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Season 1

1 :01x01 - Promised Land (1) (Sep/20/1985)

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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: John Wilder

2 :01x02 - Promised Land (2) (Sep/20/1985)

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Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: John Wilder

3 :01x03 - No Room at the Inn (Sep/27/1985)

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Guest Stars: Anthony Stewart Head as Security Guard, Jacques Sandulescu as Unknown, Deborah Rush as Unknown, Joseph Pilato as Unknown, Robert Milli as Unknown, Stephen Keep as Unknown, Anthony Heald as The Doorman, Michael Currie as Unknown, Ronn Carroll (1) as Unknown, John Capodice as Joe the Cabbie, Lisa Banes as Unknown, Victor Argo as Unknown

Director: John Wilder
Writer: John Wilder

4 :01x04 - The Choice (Oct/04/1985)

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Guest Stars: Joe Seneca as Unknown, Sam Robards as Unknown, William H. Macy as D.A., Barton Heyman as Unknown, George Grizzard as Frank Silverman, Patricia Clarkson as Elizabeth Haller, Angela Bassett as Joe's Daughter

Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger, John Wilder

5 :01x05 - Children of a Tempest Storm (Oct/11/1985)

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Guest Stars: Lauren Tom as Unknown, Judith Tannen as Unknown, Roger Serbagi as Unknown, Cristine Rose as Unknown, Noah Moazezi as Unknown, Bill McCutcheon as Unknown, Baxter Harris as Unknown, Chuck Connors as King Powers, Greg Baker as Unknown

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

6 :01x06 - Original Sin (Oct/18/1985)

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Guest Stars: David O'Brien as Unknown, Jonathan Moore (1) as Unknown, Eddie Jones (1) as Michael O'Rourke, Erica Gimpel (1) as Shelley, James Eckhouse as Robert Jordan, Elizabeth Franz as Mrs. O'Rourke, Jay O. Sanders as Father Crawford

Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

7 :01x07 - Discord in A Minor (Oct/25/1985)

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Guest Stars: Jay Thomas as Tony Braz, Paul Shenar as Unknown, Raymond Serra as Unknown, Billy Masters as Dan Webster, Barbara Garrick as Edie James, Patricia Elliott as Unknown, Anne Bobby as Unknown, Neill Barry as Unknown

Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Janet Kapsin

8 :01x08 - The Killer Within (Nov/12/1985)

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Guest Stars: Nancy Paul as Donna / Diane, Gregg Edelman as Unknown, Jon DeVries as Unknown, Kim Chan as Sam Wu, William Cain (2) as Unknown, David Allen Brooks (1) as Unknown, Richard Borg as Unknown

Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Robert Malcolm Young (5)

9 :01x09 - Autumn Thieves (Nov/19/1985)

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Guest Stars: John Savoia as Unknown, Will Lyman as Unknown, Mark Keyloun as Unknown, Alice Haining as Kay Redfield, Gail Grate as Unknown, Ron Frazier (1) as Unknown, Alfred Drake as Roman St. George, James Arone as Unknown

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Jerry Ziegman

10 :01x10 - Blood Money (Nov/26/1985)

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Guest Stars: Charlayne Woodard as Dorothy Marks, James Rebhorn as Paul Manning, Jack Neary as Airport Clerk

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Bob Shayne (1), Bruce Murkoff

11 :01x11 - Resurrection (Dec/03/1985)

Spenser comes to the aid of a prostitute whose life is in danger after her bag, containing confidential information, is stolen.

Guest Stars: Robert Tessier as Unknown, D. B. Sweeney as Unknown, W. Clapham Murray as Unknown, Evelyn Moore as Unknown, Dick Latessa as Unknown, Earl Hindman as Sgt. Clayton, Paul Dooley as Bryce Taylor, Dawn M. Davis as Unknown, Kasi Lemmons as Unknown

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Richard Collins (1)

12 :01x12 - Internal Affairs (Dec/17/1985)

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Guest Stars: Edward Mason as Unknown, Bruce MacVittie as Unknown, Shirley Knight as Katie Quirk, Richard Jenkins as Unknown, Jim Huston as Unknown, James Handy as Joe, James Douglas (1) as Unknown, Walter Covell as Unknown, Jess Cain as Unknown

Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Bruce Murkoff

13 :01x13 - Death By Design (Jan/07/1986)

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Guest Stars: Burke Moses as Tony Ristelli

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Bruce Murkoff

14 :01x14 - A Day's Wages (Jan/14/1986)

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Guest Stars: Edward Binns as Brady, Raymond Serra as Broz, Frances McDormand as Mary

Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Robert McKee

15 :01x15 - A Madness Most Discreet (Jan/21/1986)

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Guest Stars: Oliver Solomon as Unknown, Stefan Schnabel as Unknown, Ron Parady as Unknown, Maria Holvoe as Anna Maria Kolvo, Ellen Holly as Amanda Layton, Robert Hogan as Robertson, Walter Gotell as Max Claus, Patrice Colihan as Betty Thymes, D. Neal Brown as Unknown

Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

16 :01x16 - Brother to Dragons (Feb/04/1986)

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Guest Stars: Michael Zaslow as Dr. Alistair Layton, Regina Reagan as Unknown, Sharon Porter as Unknown, Stephen McHattie as Corbett, Becky Herzberg as Girl, Timothy Carhart as Jim Gowan, Eugene Boles as Unknown

Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: Howard Gordon (1), Alex Gansa

17 :01x17 - When Silence Speaks (Feb/11/1986)

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Guest Stars: Caitlin O'Heaney as Unknown, Philip Kraus as Unknown, Phyllis French as Joan Cugell, Mathieu Carrière (1) as Unknown

Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

18 :01x18 - In a Safe Place (Feb/14/1986)

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Guest Stars: Jimmy Smits as Hector Valdes, Joe Silver as Unknown, Jaime Sanchez as Unknown, Victoria Racimo as Unknown, Jeffrey DeMunn as Jacob Zelesky, Gerry Cooney as Unknown, Ray Baker as Unknown, Nancy Marchand as Emily Garden

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: William Robert Yates (1)

19 :01x19 - Angel of Desolation (Mar/04/1986)

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Guest Stars: Leigh Taylor-Young as Alicia Carlisle, Eriq La Salle as Jeffrey Miller, James Patrick Gillis (1) as Unknown, John Coulter as Unknown, Johnny Carpenter (1) as Unknown, Stuart Burney as Unknown, Shelly Burch as Deidra

Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

20 :01x20 - She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (Mar/11/1986)

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Guest Stars: Gail Strickland as Mildred Frances, Jess Osuna as Unknown, Mike Nussbaum as Unknown, Greg Mullavy as Unknown, Ruth Cox as Unknown

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger

21 :01x21 - At the River's Edge (Mar/25/1986)

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Guest Stars: Alexandra Wilson as Chrissy Pierce, Paul Sparer as Unknown, Carrie Kei Heim as Marcella Harrington, John Davidson (3) as Rev. Bobby Freemont, Karen Carlson as Unknown

Director: David Whorf
Writer: Robert Hamilton (1)

22 :01x22 - Rage (Apr/01/1986)

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Guest Stars: Trey Wilson as Unknown, Daniel Von Bargen as Mr. Hurley, Rocco Sisto as Eddie Duffy, Adam Philipson as Unknown, Herb Mandell as Unknown, Jihmi Kennedy (1) as Chico, Christie Houser as Jill Weller, Brad Dourif as Maxie Lyons, Barbara Blossom as Unknown

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Bruce Murkoff

23 :01x23 - Hell Hath No Fury (Apr/08/1986)

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Guest Stars: Linda Thorson as Karen Cooper, Mary Joan Negro as Unknown, Lucinda Jenney as Unknown, Paul Austin as Unknown

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger

Season 2

24 :02x01 - An Eye for an Eye (Sep/27/1986)

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Guest Stars: Joshua Mostel as Leonard, Charles Kimbrough as Louis Groton, Marg Helgenberger as Nancy Kettering, Kent Broadhurst as Michael Brimson, Carole Shelley (1) as Irene

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Steve Hattman

25 :02x02 - Widow's Walk (Oct/04/1986)

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Guest Stars: Margaret Whitton as Ellen Calone, Spiro Malas as George Cannon, John Fiore as Almieda, Neill Barry as Tony Calone, James A. Baffico as Murray Peltzer, Helen Stenborg as Velma Almeida, Ed O'Neill as Buddy Almeida, Louis Zorich as Manuel Almeida

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Juanita Bartlett

26 :02x03 - White Knight (Oct/18/1986)

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Guest Stars: Doug Wert as Benny Haskell, Alan North as Chief Hollis Cushing, Bernie McInerney as Sam Findley, Joe Lambie (1) as Theodore Wilkes, Samuel L. Jackson as Leroy Clancy, Page Hannah as Laura Findley, Jesse Doran as Joey Thorpe, Jude Ciccolella as Gus Sloan, Pamela Burrell as Jessie Findley, Tom Atkins as Hatch

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger

27 :02x04 - Rockabye Baby (Oct/25/1986)

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Guest Stars: Clarice Taylor as Miss Emma, Norman Snow as Peter Devane, Janice Rule as Mrs. Bennett, Susan Hess as Michelle Gilbert, John Cullum as Frank Bennett

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: David Abramowitz

28 :02x05 - And Give Up Show Biz? (Nov/01/1986)

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Guest Stars: Paul Sparer as Ernest Galway, Christine Romeo as Deborah Townes, Paul Herman as Morgan Evans, Patrick Breen as Bobby Olak, Gerry Bamman as Laurence Denning

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Robert Bielak

29 :02x06 - The Long Hunt (Nov/08/1986)

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Guest Stars: J. Kenneth Campbell (1) as Deputy, Michael Currie as Unknown, Drew Snyder as Paul Martine

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: David Carren

30 :02x07 - Home is the Hero (Nov/22/1986)

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Guest Stars: John Spencer as Joe Moran, Frank Scasso as Mario, Gregory Salata as Frank Scanlon, Leon Russom as Brad Stiles, Peter Maloney as Red Donnelly, Lauren Holly as Emily Brown, Tim Guinee as Kevin Moran

Director: William Wiard
Writer: Shel Willens

31 :02x08 - One if by Land, Two if by Sea (Nov/29/1986)

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Guest Stars: Casey King as Beauregard, James Kiberd as Lewis Johnson, Dee Hoty as Sarah Brown, Margaret Hilton as Mrs. Martin, Robert Gerringer as Paul Johnson, Donal Donnelly as Mr. Martin, Peter Boyden as Maitre D', Eric Bruno Borgman as British Rev. War Re-enactor, Stephen Joyce as Michael Kelly

Director: Virgil Vogel
Writer: William Robert Yates (1)

32 :02x09 - Shadowsight (Dec/13/1986)

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Guest Stars: Jon Tenney as Garrett, Patricia Richardson as Sarah Cabot, Clayton Prince as Willy, Christopher Loomis as Costigan, James Hurdle as Lucas Cabot, Kim Hauser as Chrissy Cabot, Colin Fox (1) as Father Brendan, Kevin Conroy as Gallagher, Tamara Tunie as Nina

Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Gerry Day (1)

33 :02x10 - The Hopes and Fears (Dec/20/1986)

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Guest Stars: Seth Green as Andy Chandler

Director: Harry Harris (1)
Writer: Michael Petryni

34 :02x11 - Among Friends (Jan/10/1987)

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Guest Stars: David O'Brien as Tom Flaherty, Badja Djola as Tyrone Blackwell

Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Daniel Freudenberger

35 :02x12 - I Confess (Jan/17/1987)

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Guest Stars: Olivia Virgil White as Linda Verrain, Pamela Payton-Wright as Karen Fuller, James Murtaugh as Morton Fuller, Spalding Gray as Edward Niles, Marita Geraghty as Elizabeth Canning Anthony, Patricia Elliott as Vera Canning

Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Robert Malcolm Young (5)

36 :02x13 - Murder and Acquisitions (Jan/24/1987)

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Guest Stars: J. T. Walsh as Andrew Lawford, Danielle Von Zerneck as Lisa Bodman, John Towey as Bruce Huber, Jamey Sheridan as Todd Wallace, Rob Morrow as Danny, E. Katherine Kerr (1) as Cynthia Bodman

Director: Harry Harris (1)
Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon (1)

37 :02x14 - Personal Demons (Feb/07/1987)

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Guest Stars: Dick Latessa as George Kendrick, Laurence Fishburne as David Mukende, Christine Farrell as Brenda Reston, Ruby Dee as Eleanor Simpson, Blanche Baker as Carolyn Tomlinson

Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Cynthia Darnell

38 :02x15 - Mary Hamilton (Feb/14/1987)

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Guest Stars: Jimmie Ray Weeks as Billy Joe Hamilton, David Leary as Jackie Coyle, John Christopher Jones (1) as Fred Taylor, Earl Hindman as Max Ordella, Patricia Charbonneau as Linda Shannon, Melissa Leo as Mary Hamilton, Randall Edwards as Betsy

Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Norma Safford Vela

39 :02x16 - Trial and Error (Feb/21/1987)

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Guest Stars: Trey Wilson as Terry Vogel, David Patrick Kelly (1) as Ned Lloyd, Barton Heyman as Don Clemens, Alice Haining as Linda Arpel, John Coulter as Arnie Wexler

Director: David Whorf
Writer: Robert Bielak, Nelson Costello

40 :02x17 - One For My Daughter (Mar/07/1987)

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Guest Stars: David Strathairn as Doggie Thorpe, Rocco Sisto as Sonny Stroud, Larry Riley as Bo Braxton, Pam Potillo as Jessie Braxton, Margaret Avery as Callie Braxton

Director: Winrich Kolbe

41 :02x18 - My Brother's Keeper (Mar/14/1987)

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Guest Stars: Beatrice Winde as Delia Johnson, Isao Sato as Long Van Lihn, Tom Matsusaka as Phan, Michael Countryman as Nick Griffin, Jordan Clarke as Brad Griffin, Fran Brill (1) as Joan Cahill, Mako as Tommy Nguyen

Director: Mike Vejar

42 :02x19 - The Road Back (Mar/21/1987)

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Guest Stars: Frank Whaley as Evicted boy, David Margulies (1) as Karl Shore, Heather Menzies as Miss Westmore, Tony Shalhoub as Dr. Hambrecht

Director: Winrich Kolbe

43 :02x20 - If You Knew Sammy (Apr/04/1987)

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Guest Stars: Sal Viscuso as Sammy Backlin, John Seitz as Duke Fallon, William H. Macy as Efrem Connors, Bill Cobbs as Larry Sills, Kate Burton as Randy

Director: Bruce Bilson

44 :02x21 - The Man Who Wasn't There (May/02/1987)

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Guest Stars: Tom Urich as Thomas Oliver, Peggy Smithhart as Lissa Thomas, John Rothman as Stanley Michaels, Jay Patterson as Al Sheen, David Hyde Pierce (1) as O'Neill, Paul Guilfoyle (1) as Ross Bates, Reg E. Cathey as Shepard, Richard Backus as John Thomas

Director: Charles Picerni

45 :02x22 - Song of Orpheus (May/09/1987)

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Guest Stars: Roger Serbagi as Dunleavy, John Pankow as Billy Hanratty, David O'Brien as Tom Flaherty, George Loros as Jake Williams, Leonard Jackson as Jock

Director: Winrich Kolbe

Season 3

46 :03x01 - Homecoming (Sep/27/1987)

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