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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Director: Dean Parisot
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni), Teagle F. Bougere (Kaleel Ojala), Shiro Oishi (Mr. Ahira), Gammy Singer (Kaleel's grandmother), Dyron Holmes (Ironsides), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Jimmy Burke (Bicycle cop)
In the show's pilot, we meet Detective Mike McNeil and his co-workers. McNeil has a difficult time trying to keep both his wife and his girlfriend happy. His partner, Pip, gives him a hard time about his lifestyle while they attempt to apprehend a suspect.
2 :01x02 - Elizabeth
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Elizabeth Hurley (Herself), Robert Merrill (Jason), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Rory Culkin (Davey McNeil), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Joshua Biton (Suspect), Donald Trump (Himself), Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips)
Someone seems to be harassing actress Elizabeth Hurley, and all the guys want to be head detective on her case. McNeil has dinner with her, and she flirts and kisses him as paparazzi photograph them, and McNeil isn't sure of her motives. Pip's wife comes to the precinct and stirs up trouble, still angry about McNeil's lifestyle.
3 :01x03 - Bathroom
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni), Cyrus Farmer (Passing cop), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Bryant Richards (Perp #2), Carmine Cangialosi (Traffic Cop), Jesse J. Perez (Man in bathroom), Raymond Serra (Man in Store), Michael Ray Escamilla (Perp #1)
Frank accidentally allows a suspect to escape while inside the precinct. McNeil desperately needs to use the bathroom, but when he goes in, the missing suspect is in there and holds him at gunpoint. Al and Ruben are sent off on an errand to collect "Iggy" and "Butch," as a favor to McNeil.
4 :01x04 - Foot
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan, Daphne Pollon
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni), Larry Block (Podiatrist), Frank Santorelli (Tino), James McCaffrey (Jeff)
McNeil is suspicious of Jan's new boyfriend, and does a little background search on him. The detectives are alerted to a paper bag containing a foot, which along with being evidence in a case, comes in handy when playing practical jokes around the precinct. Meanwhile, McNeil's girlfriend gets groped on the subway, which leads to an argument over underwear.
5 :01x05 - Massage
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Michael Charles (Garrity), Mary Beth Peil (Peg Bermance), Jack Howard (Juan Sergio), Ilana Levine (Diane), James Lally (John Yellin), Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips)
The detectives are investigating a local massage parlor, and McNeil is sent to try it out to see if the place offers more than just a massage - and of course, the other guys have to "get a massage" too. Jan arrests a homeless man, and discovers he was a friend from high school. A lusty older lady is hot for Ruben.
6 :01x06 - Anger
Writer: Mike Martineau
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Adrian Martinez (Miguel Alvarez), Mike Jefferson (Riggi), Olga Merediz (Yolanda Sommariba), Marina Durell (Lupe Alvarez), Josh Pais (Mark), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Walter Strongreen (Bartender), Ray Bokhour (Paulie), Slava Schoot (Taxi Driver), Zeljko Ivanek (Peter), Ellen Pompeo (Sue)
McNeil gets in a fight with a taxi driver, and the whole thing is videotaped and broadcast on TV. He is forced to take anger management classes before he can return to work. Unfortunately, this is also the week he decides to quit smoking and drinking. Ruben's mom is concerned about him, and wants him to apologize to a man he shot in the line of duty.
7 :02x01 - Sacrilege
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Peter Tolan
Guest star: Dylan Carusona (Counter Man), James Shanklin (Man in Suit), Peter Gerety (O'Malley), Molly Jobe (2nd Kimberly), Page Johnson (Monsignor), Zena Grey (Kimberly), Massimo Digiovanna (Altar Boy), Peter Tolan (Sean), Tamara Gorski (Hot Nun)
The D.A.'s daughter wants to ride along with a couple of cops so she can write a feature for her school newspaper, and McNeil and Pip are the lucky cops. McNeil treats the whole thing as a joke until they lose her in the city. Frank pretends to be a priest to catch a thief. Jan and the guys try to assist a "hot nun," but she turns out to be a little TOO hot.
8 :02x02 - Soup
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Curtiss Cook (Uniformed Cop), Gary Farmer (Injun Joe), Evan Neumann (Teen B-Ball Player), Harry Carnahan (Soup Guy), Page Johnson (Monsignor)
Frank is obsessed with a new soup place, and can't get enough of the soup, until he learns what may be in it. McNeil, Jan, and Pip are trying to find a missing ballerina, and it seems her disappearance may be linked to the soup. Ruben meets a suspect in Central Park, who he thinks he could be a mystical Indian chief with spiritual powers.
9 :02x03 - Telescope
Writer: Richard Dresser, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Jimmy Smagula (Passive Guy), Sam Guncler (Dealer), Vinny Argiro (Cop), Johnny Irion (Folk Singer), T. J. Kenneally (Eerie Guy), Michael Buscemi (Angry Guy), Elizabeth Hobgood (Daphne), Rob Grader (Goofy Guy), Cameron Mathison (Brad), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil)
Tommy "borrows" a telescope from a crime scene, and the guys use it to spy on a woman doing topless yoga in her apartment. They decide that they can't quite see enough of her, though. Jan is feeling lonely these days, so she takes a shot at "speed dating," and meets someone she thinks might be special. Frank plays a game with another precinct involving a dead body.
10 :02x04 - Gina
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Gina Gershon (Herself), Helen Hanft (Middle-Aged Woman), Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips), Catherine McCord (Herself), Sara Surrey (Jan's Cousin), Michael Charles (Garrity), Scott Wolf (Himself), Todd Carroll (Carbello), Kelly Overton (Teenage Girl), Joelle Carter (Sharon), Curtiss Cook (Uniformed Cop), Lea DeLaria (Kiki)
McNeil discovers that Ruben is working as a security guard for actress Gina Gershon, and wants a piece of that action. Frank decides he needs to be in on this little opportunity also, so he and the rest of the guys take personal security jobs with other clients. Pip is in trouble when Adina finds a phone number in his pants pocket, and she worries that he is being unfaithful. Jan learns that Al has a naughty little secret.
11 :02x05 - Boss
Writer: Mike Martineau
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: John Joseph Gallagher (Larry), George Palermo (Dave), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Mike Benitez (Dumpy Guy), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Robert Turano (Johnny), Lenny Venito (Ozzie), Robert Krausz (Thin Guy), Henry Strozier (Thurston), Eunice Wong (Crime Scene Worker)
McNeil worries that his girlfriend is fooling around with her boss, completely ignoring the fact that he's fooling around on his wife. Frank and Tommy borrow money from the evidence room at work to make bets at the racetrack. Jan and Ruben finds their friendship suffers when they both want the same apartment, even though the previous owner was murdered inside.
12 :02x06 - Quitter
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Douglas D. McInnis (Jerry), Georgine Hall (Elderly Lady), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Keith Tisdell (Rastafarian Guy), Michael Jaye (Swinger), Katie Kreisler (Tricia), Sally Mayes (Cashier), Michael Charles (Garrity), James Leo Ryan (Ex-Roadie), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Johnny Spanish (Tattoo Guy), Howard Pinhasik (Pharmacist)
To prove to Karen that he doesn't actually have a drinking problem, McNeil swears to her that he'll quit drinking. While he doesn't buy any booze, he does start downing record amounts of cough syrup and taking some erectile dysfunction medications. Meanwhile, the gang is supposed to bust a group of weed users, but when they actually see the people involved and learn why the group is smoking pot, they no longer want to bust them.
13 :02x07 - Parents
Writer: Mike Martineau
Director: Adam Bernstein
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni), Stephen Peabody (Maitre'D), Donovan Leitch (Barry/Crystal), Phyllis Bash (Toni's Mother), Helmar Augustus Cooper (Reverend), Crystal Bock (Patty), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Kellie Overbey Shane (Connie)
Toni gets McNeil to meet her parents for dinner by threatening to tell his wife about their relationship. Jan meets a man she thinks is perfect in every way, until she looks in his closet. Tommy lusts after a female suspect with a tendency toward violence.
14 :02x08 - Barbecue
Writer: Mike Martineau
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Mike Lisenco (Pip's Neighbor), Herb Downer (Reverend Shelby), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Harry O'Reilly (Ron Kegler), Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips), Kellie Overbey Shane (Connie)
It's Pip and Adina's 25th wedding anniversary, and they throw a barbecue to celebrate. McNeil brings Karen but Toni wants to go too, so his affair is in danger of being revealed. Adina insists on a "proper" barbecue with no alcohol, smoking, or carousing, but with the precinct guys there it's unlikely Adina will have the kind of event she wants. Al opens a bar in the back, Tommy's violent girlfriend picks a fight with the next door neighbor, and McNeil spends the whole party trying to keep his women separated.
15 :02x09 - Betrayal
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni), Eli Wallach (Mr. Weiss), Chevi Colton (Mrs. Arntz), Glenn Fleshler (Kent), Eliza Pryor Nagel (Counter Person), Joshua Biton (Dead Body), John Kassir (Roger Weiss), Harry O'Reilly (Ron Kegler), Nasser Metcalfe (Doorman), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Hugh Cole (Dr. Jenkins)
Toni informs McNeil that she's going to tell his wife about their affair, and sees something interesting when she goes to McNeil's house. Frank is taken to the hospital because he thinks he is having a heart attack. The detectives suspect a kindly old man of killing his own wife.
16 :02x10 - Neighbor
Writer: David Walpert
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Adrienne Carter (DeNiro's Assistant), Douglas D. McInnis (Jerry), Tessa Ghylin (Zoe), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Chance Kelly (Cop), Rory Culkin (Davey McNeil), Valorie Hubbard (Jen), Crystal Bock (Woman), Harry O'Reilly (Ron Kegler)
McNeil thinks his good-looking neighbor, Ron, is hitting on Karen, so he sends Ruben and Al to spy on them while he investigates some dead pigeons. Tommy and Frank try to find a missing dog that belongs to Robert DeNiro.
17 :02x11 - Gay
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Tirlok Malik (Wiry Guy), Matt Shea (Thin Guy), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Charlotte Colavin (Jan's Mom), Ramsey Faragallah (Fleshy Guy), Glenn Howerton (Young Guy)
While on an evening out with Toni, McNeil sees Frank coming out of a gay club with another man. He tells the rest of the precinct, so in their paranoia, they try to "out" Frank, and each other. Jan and Pip buy a couple of scales from a shady store clerk, but the scales are weighing everyone too heavy - for a good reason.
18 :02x12 - Vacation
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Peter Tolan
Guest star: Mike Lombardi (Cabana Boy/Manuel), Elizabeth Hubbard (Mother-in-Law), John Howard (Pool Guy), Teresa Yenque (Maid), John Boyle (Mr. Lundberg), Brad Calcaterra (Disheveled Man), Mark Ledbetter (Desk Clerk), Gina Merchan (Bikini Girl #2), Patrick Stogner (Small Boy), Samara Harris (Bikini Girl #1), Karyn Parsons (Toni), Robert Donlon Kelly (Louis), Stoney Westmoreland (O'Hara)
McNeil gets caught pretending to be a firefighter during a drug bust, so his boss sends him to Miami on forced vacation to get him out of town. He should be relaxing and enjoying the pool with Toni, but first he gets a horrible sunburn, and then he thinks one of the hotel guests is a fugitive he's been trying to catch.
19 :02x13 - Dad
Writer: Richard Dresser, Ann Lembeck
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Del Pentecost (Son), Musashi Alexander (Waiter), Angelo Massagli (Car Thief), Joshua Biton (Parking Lot Attendant)
Tommy thinks he's got a stalker, but the guy is actually following Frank - and he turns out to be Frank's long lost son. Pip and McNeil's police car is stolen, and McNeil tries to console Jan when she finds out she has a lump in her breast.