The Hat Squad Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/16/1992
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Guest star: Darlene Vogel (Gloria), Sam J. Jones (Victory Smith), Mike Mitchell (Omar Love), Stacy Edwards (Brian's Mother), Gregory Smith (Brian), Michael Dobson (Screamin' Richard), Jano Frandsen (Douglas Fredericks)

Three young men, each orphaned by crime, make up a police team specializing in violent crimes. Their first case: catch a murderer who has terrorized a young boy.

2 :01x02 - The Widow Maker

First aired: Sep/23/1992
Guest star: Nancy Sorel (Susan), Constance Marie (JoJo), J. D. Daniels (Robbie), Kim Coates (Billy Stickley)

The brothers take it personally when Matt is beaten by a ruthless ex-cop---who's now a hit man.

3 :01x03 - 92 Seconds to Midnight

First aired: Sep/30/1992
Writer: Bill Nuss
Director: Rob Bowman
Guest star: Geoffrey Blake (Jake), Larry Manetti (Terry Teasley), Lindsey Ginter (Mickey)

To help a young girl Raffi is forced to go undercover. The girl's father is forced back into a life of crime by a thief planning a subway heist.

4 :01x04 - Family Business

First aired: Oct/28/1992
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Kim Manners
Guest star: Sharlene Martin (Sally), Mark Pellegrino (D.W. Strong), Ron Ely (Carl Strong), Pete Koch (Lonnie), Sean Baca (Leland/Buster Strong)

It's a family feud when the hats clash with a family of extortionists that uses strong-arm tactics; an additional obstacle: saving the family's tormented youngest member from a life of crime.

5 :01x05 - Phoenix Rising

First aired: Nov/04/1992
Writer: Charles Grant Craig
Guest star: Janet Carroll (Kitty), Neil Giuntoli (Unknown), Kehli O'Bryrne (Darcy Prime), Stephen Shellen (Kyle Phoenix)

The guys must act quickly when a deranged explosives expert escapes from prison and targets Mike, the cop who put him behind bars for murder.

6 :01x06 - Ten

First aired: Nov/11/1992
Guest star: Charlene Fernetz (Wendy), Nicholas Walker (Den), Eric McCormack (Reg), Carmine Caridi (Lomax)

Bad brothers blow away Buddy's buddy, leaving a young boy fatherless, so the Hats scramble to confront the hit men before they leave town.

7 :01x07 - Rest in Peace

First aired: Dec/09/1992
Guest star: Pat Bermel (Sam), Gianni Russo (Fortunata), Rebecca Staab (Nikki), Phil Hayes (Willy), Paul Bittante (Gus)

Buddy travels to Las Vegas as he tracks a mob boss he thinks murdered his natural father. But the killer is closer to home, as is someone who has a contract to kill Buddy.

8 :01x08 - Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous

First aired: Jan/02/1993
Guest star: Barbara Stuart (Virginia McCauley), Paul Hipp (McCauley), Amy Hathaway (Lisa)

The squad must sharpen its skills to track down a twisted heir to a razor fortune who stalks a young female witness to his latest killing. Meanwhile, Raffi is mistaken for the "Kissing Bandit."

9 :01x09 - A Dog's Life

First aired: Jan/09/1993
Guest star: Jaimé P. Gomez (Armando), Paul Calderon (Cortez)

Frustrated by a canine capable of detecting smuggled drugs, a drug lord puts a bounty on the dog's life. So the DEA sniffs out the Hat Squad to protect the dog. But the brothers can't help but sink their teeth into the larger case.

10 :01x10 - Dead Man Walking

First aired: Jan/16/1993
Guest star: Spice Williams (Sheena), Peter DeLuise (Sgt. Bobby West), Jeff Kober (Sgt. Dan Coltrain), Jim Byrnes (Carl Drake), John Aprea (Stevenson)

A death-row inmate tips the Hats to a group of killer cops, so the squad must compile evidence against the miscreants before they wipe the brothers out.

11 :01x11 - The Liquidator

First aired: Jan/23/1993
Guest star: Roxann Dawson (Rosie), Anthony Mangano (Joey), Richard Lynch (Nick), Jerry Wasserman (Tony), Al Ruscio (Tommy)

A mob boss hires a hit man to kill his son's girlfriend after she goes to the DA with devastating information, and the Hats are called on to protect the woman and track down the killer.