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1 :01x01 - Out Here in the Fields
Writer: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg
Director: Gary Fleder
Guest star: Lisa Bonet (Maya Daniels (2008)), Clarke Peters (Captain Bellow (2008)), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Mike Starr (Nelson), Michael Bertolini (Colin Raimes (2008)), Michael Mulheren (Patrolman), Francisco Burgos (Boy #1 (2008)), Ramsey Faragallah (Raimes' Lawyer (2008)), Phyllis Somerville (Mrs. Raimes), Austin Basis (Willy Kramer), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Young Colin), Ken Marks (Scientist)
When NYPD detective Sam Tyler is hit by a car while searching for his missing partner, Maya Daniels, he finds himself in 1973 once regaining consciousness. There, he works for precinct boss Lieutenant Gene Hunt, a man not afraid to bend the law. Now Sam must work to find why he is mysteriously in the past.
2 :01x02 - The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler
Writer: Brian Oh
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Bruce Kirkpatrick (Freddy Gerald/Uniform #1), Patrick Noonan (Dax Benson/Uniform #2), Rob Falcone (Policeman), Michael C. Russo (Police Officer #1), Danny Aiello III (Police Officer #2), Lee Tergesen (Lee Crocker), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Sylvia Miles (Mrs. Salvaggio), Tanya Fischer (Windy), Pablo Schreiber (Kim Trent), Heather Matarazzo (June), Lisa Bonet (Maya Daniels)
After hearing a radio announcement saying Elvis will be performing in concert, Sam remains unsure as to how he found himself 30 years in the past. However, he must put his own predicament aside after he is put on a case involving fatal robberies at a check cashing store.
3 :01x03 - My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi
Writer: Tracy McMillan
Director: Michael Pressman
Guest star: Brian Avers (Sticker), Nimo Gandhi (The Maharishi), Marc Scrivo (Hippie #1), Tom Hatton (Hippie #2), Andre De Shields (Bartender), Dean Winters (Vic Tyler), Evan and Jaron (Crew Cut), Matthew Backer (Hippie Guy), Chad Hessler (Crew Cut's Friend), Jaron Farnham (Crew Cut), Tanya Fischer (Windy), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), John D'Leo (Robbie Reeves), Susan Misner (Carol Ann Reeves), Timothy Adams (John Philip Fisher), Arnie Burton (Lawrence Jones), Robin L. Taylor (Jimmy)
After a Vietnam veteran is killed upon his return from overseas, Lieutenant Hunt demands a quick resolve to this complicated case. As Sam and the detectives look into the vet's homicide, Tyler uncovers clues about his family's past.
4 :01x04 - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?
Writer: David Wilcox
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Guest star: Odette Yustman (Adrienne), Lenny Venito (Nick Profaci), Tanya Fischer (Windy), Jennifer Ferrin (Rose Tyler), Robert Klein (Elliot Casso), Don Puglisi (Jim Croce), Kay Walbye (Adrienne's mom), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted)
Sam gets pulled back into his childhood after he must deal with gangster Nick Profaci's assault on a young woman, who turns out to be his mother in 1973. As Sam tries to save her, he learns about two unsolved murders linked to Profaci and his boss, Elliot Casso.
5 :01x05 - Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead
Writer: Sonny Postiglione
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Whoopi Goldberg (Brother Lovebutter), Clarke Peters (Captain Bellow (2008)), Chris Bauer (Father Tim), Renée Goldsberry (Denise Watkins), Chad Coleman (Suede), Jesse J. Perez (Angel Ramirez), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Edi Gathegi (Fletcher Bellow), Lisa Bonet (Maya Daniels (2008)), Babs Olusanmokun (perp #2), Gregg Butler (pipe bomber/ perp #1), Shirley Rumierk (Marta Ramirez), Kay Walbye (Adrienne's mom), Don Puglisi (Jim Croce), Steven Marcus (wino)
A racial fight is triggered between the African American and Puerto Ricans when a young African American girl is found dead. Sam is assigned to the case and thinks about his mentor in 2008 in order to get an edge on the case.
6 :01x06 - Tuesday's Dead
Writer: Adele Lim
Director: Dan Minahan
Guest star: Alicia Minshew (Soap Opera Nurse), Jennifer Ferrin (Rose Tyler), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Brian McCormack (Unit Commander), Michael Mulheren (Sergeant), Marcella Lowery (Nurse), Elizabeth Hubbard (Sam's Soap Opera Mother), Grant Aleksander (Soap Opera Doctor), John Wernke (Orderly), Carmen Goodine (Erica), Stephen James King (Johnny H), Brad William Henke (Michael H), Bill Irwin (Dr. Schwahn), Lisa Bonet (Maya Daniels)
Sam Tyler finds it difficult to separate a life-and-death hostage situation taking place at County Hospital from his own strange circumstances. Stressed about a phone call where he seems to hear his mother's voice -- in 2008 -- begging him to wake up, he and the rest of the squad are ordered to diffuse a potentially explosive face-off in which a crazed gunman is trying to force a doctor to reverse a dangerous operation on the renegade's brother. Sam, Ray, Annie and Lt. Hunt are all targeted in the madman's cross hairs, but as Sam and the 1-2-5 attempt to resolve the confrontation, he suddenly realizes that the clock ticking on the gunman's demands parallels another deadline that could spell the end of Sam Tyler.
7 :01x07 - The Man Who Sold the World
Writer: Meredith Averill, Phil M. Rosenberg
Director: Darnell Martin
Guest star: Dean Winters (Vic Tyler)
Sam Tyler is shocked to discover that his own father, Vic Tyler, may have been involved in the kidnapping of a baby from a prominent family. Sam hasn't seen his father since 1973 when he was only four, having disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Was his reason of being sent back in time was to stop his father from leaving his family? Vic makes an agreement to work with the squad so they can retrieve the missing baby, but the deeper Sam gets into his father's world, the closer he comes to uncovering some dark, sordid truths, compelling him to face long suppressed childhood memories. His discovery culminates in a face-to-face which will leave Sam changed forever.
8 :01x08 - Take a Look at the Lawmen
Writer: David Wilcox, Sonny Postiglione
Director: Brad Turner
Guest star: Damon Tolstoy (Sasho), Daniel Yelsky (Lexi Voronin), Olek Krupa (Vasilli Lukin), Michael Aronov (Yuri Demidov), Christopher Eric Tschupp (Fucci), Joe Badalucco (Carbone), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Vincent Curatola (Nunzio), Maggie Siff (Maria Belanger), Bernard Hernandez (James), Jeff Wiens (Ruben Penzler), Jessica Maksimov (Yuri's Daughter), Yelana Shmulenson (Lexi's Mother), Michael Gibson (FBI Agent)
Lt. Hunt's squad and Lt. Nunzio's crew renew their long-standing rivalry due to a bank robbery with a connection to the Russian mob. Meanwhile, Sam is attracted to a pretty, young social worker.
9 :01x09 - The Dark Side of the Mook
Writer: Tracy McMillan, Brian Oh
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Guest star: Eric Balfour (Eddie Carling), Kevin Conway (Donovan Stamp), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Bridget Berger (Biker Chick), Diedre Goodwin (Nurse), Guy Paul (Willis Ashton), Antonia Rey (Latina Woman), Joel Marsh Garland (Seven Fifty), Tanya Fischer (Windy), Joseph McKenna (Disfigured Man)
Ray's shady brother may have played a role in the number of recent decapitations in which the squad is investigating. but other suspects pop up too, such as a biker, a Wall Street executive and badly disfigured man.
10 :01x10 - Let All the Children Boogie
Writer: Phil M. Rosenberg
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Jessalyn Wanlim (Sweet Jane), Robert Clohessy (Frank Wyatt), Del Pentecost (Carl Stefanski), Kevin Henderson (Uniformed New Jersey Cop), Isabelle Chester (Lulu), Robert L. Putterman (Desk Sergeant), Duke Valenti (Grizzly), Manoel Felciano (Bradley Thomas), Kristen Connolly (Donna), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Maggie Siff (Maria Belanger), Alexandra Daddario (Rocket Girl), Cheyenne Jackson (Sebastian Grace), Wallace Shawn (The Sorcerer)
Sam and Chris are pulled inside the world of a rock star who is receiving death threats, and a spacey groupie and an FBI agent known as "The Sorcerer" may be involved. A twist in the investigation has Chris wondering if he has found a way to return to his time.
11 :01x11 - Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster
Writer: Meredith Averill
Director: David Barrett
Guest star: Quisha Saunders (Misty / Elena), Corey Stoll (Detective Russell Ventura), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Maggie Siff (Maria Belanger), Laura Benanti (Denise Carling), Sharon Puterman (Clerk), Hector Lincoln (The Pimp), Eric Chan (Chinese Delivery Man), Royce Johnson (Man In Uniform #1), Malachy McCourt (The Wizard), Laura Esterman (Sue Moyer), Jason Kravits (Jerry), René Ifrah (The Groom), Annie Meisels (The Bride), Armand Schultz (Councilman Prince)
Sam discovers a shocking secret after a councilman is caught with a hooker when the police conduct a raid on a motel room. Meanwhile, Lt. Hunt puts the precinct on lockdown following a chaotic shooting inside the building. Hunt has a confrontation with his daughter, Maria.
12 :01x12 - The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All
Writer: Becky Hartman Edwards, Adele Lim
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Guest star: Tom Hammond (Reporter Number #2), Danai Jekesai Gurira (Angela), Geoffrey Cantor (Ed Redlich), Michael J. Burg (Truman Capote), Peter Appel (Demetri Pantos), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Chris Bowers (Tony Crane), Fred Dalton Thompson (Chief Harry Woolf), Patricia Frost (Penny), Anne Marie Nest (Reporter Number #1), Kerry Bishe (Eve Flannery)
The detectives at the 1-2-5 investigate the murder of newspaper journalist Joey Conway. Sam is convinced the killer is the same criminal from a case in 2008. He is motivated by flashbacks to the case, which puts him at odds with his coworkers who think someone else is guilty.
13 :01x13 - Revenge of Broken Jaw
Writer: David Wilcox, Meredith Averill
Director: Stephen Kay
Guest star: Robert L. Putterman (Cop), William Devlin (Bomb Squad Guy), Christopher Backus (Rodney Slaven), Michael Cullen (Fire Chief Gibney), Arthur J. Nascarella (Rooney), Austin Pendleton (Dr. Goldman), Anslem Richardson (Sergeant Hoyte), John Cenatiempo (Sizable Ted), Janel Moloney (Pat Olsen), Kevin Kilner (Dr. Richard Olsen), Carleigh Chirico (Laura Olsen), Brendan Sexton III (Danny Krasner), Mary Testa (Phyllis)
When the Weather Underground sends the department bomb threats on the anniversary of their leader's death, Lt. Hunt takes the threats personally. As Sam, Annie and Lt. Hunt investigate, they soon find a connection between a student and Pat Olsen, a professor.
14 :01x14 - Coffee, Tea or Annie
Writer: Brian Oh, Adele Lim
Director: David Petrarca
Guest star: Jim O'keefe (Detective James Harrison), Scott Robertson (Doorman A), Marla Sucharetza (Mrs. Collins), Libby George (Old Lady), Caleb Wallace (Young Sammy), Hamilton Clancy (Derelict), Keri Lynn Pratt (Leslie), Kelli Giddish (Carol), Mark Deklin (Ronald Harris), Mark Linn-Baker (Lincoln James), Gina Gershon (Rita)
When a Pan Atlantic air hostess is found dead, matching up with two previously murdered girls, Annie, who happens to closely resemble the dead girl, volunteers to go undercover in order to help solve the case. Assisted by the girl's extensive diary, Annie, along with Sam and Ray, work undercover to find the perp.
15 :01x15 - All the Young Dudes
Writer: Sonny Postiglione, Tracy McMillan
Director: Darnell Martin
Guest star: Bill Cwikowski (Timothy), John O'Creagh (Drunk Petey), Christian S. Anderson (Rian), Rick Kain (Officer Kane), Caleb Wallace (Young Sammy), Robert Creighton Williams (Little Patrick), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Big Patrick), Jennifer Ferrin (Rose Tyler), Patrick Salerno (10-year-old Sammy), Harry Raab Alderson (16-year-old Sammy), Christian Wallace (Young Sammy), Paige Turco (Colleen McManus), Peter Greene (Jimmy McManus)
Sam goes undercover to infiltrate a violent Irish gang, and has to reveal a dark side in order to keep his cover. The situation gets twisted, though, when it turns out that the sister of the gang leader is actually a neighbor who occasionally babysat him in his youth. The connection to his youth once more challenges Sam's perception of his situation.
16 :01x16 - Everyone Knows It's Windy
Writer: Mike Flynn, Phil M. Rosenberg
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Guest star: Michael H. Bush (Paramedic), Joe Toronto (Officer Priore), Steve Rizzo (Detective Rizzo), Diedre Goodwin (Nurse), Liza Binkley (Intern), Baylen Thomas (Doctor), Robert Creighton Williams (Little Patrick), Scott Adsit (Dr. Clifford Dorsett), Peter Gerety (Agent Frank Morgan), Peter Greene (Jimmy McManus), Tanya Fischer (Windy)
Crime hits home after Ray and Chris are shot by a gang member. When the shooter is found dead near a bar, Sam becomes the lead suspect since he has been working undercover as part of the gang. With evidence mounting against him, Sam must search for the real killer before it's too late for him.
17 :01x17 - Life is a Rock
Writer: Scott Rosenberg
Director: Michael Katleman
Guest star: Waltrudis Buck (Old Annie Norris), Dean Winters (Vic Tyler), Nick Damici (Bumper), Christian Wallace (Young Sammy), Caleb Wallace (Young Sammy), Peter Gerety (Agent Frank Morgan), Steven Marcus (Homeless Man/Wino), Emerald Young (Keisha Davies), Karen B. Song (Nurse), Michael Merly (Officer Tom Brown)
Sam receives an offer to return to 2008 from a mystery caller, but he finds himself confused over a certain set of circumstances which makes him wonder if he even wants to do this.