Season 1

E1. Meridian

Sep 30, 1958

Detective Halloran's first day as a detective brings him face-to-face with a cop killer and his accomplice who're holding hostages at the New York Coliseum..

E2. Nickel Ride

Oct 7, 1958 · 30m

The detectives visit the aging captain of the Staten Island Ferry at the same time that armed robbers are executing a daring heist of an armored car traveling on the ferry.

E3. Line of Duty

Oct 14, 1958

Det. Halloran easily kills a fleeing robber who's about to shoot him, but Halloran's lingering feelings of guilt make getting through the aftermath with the man's family anguish. Halloran's wife and Lieutenant support him throughout his search for meaning.

E4. Sidewalk Fisherman

Oct 21, 1958 · 30m

Gio, who lives by fishing coins out of sidewalk grates, longs to adopt an orphaned boy who he spins yarns for, as if Gio actually was a courageous deep-sea fisherman. By working 16 hours a day, old Gio saves money to adopt the boy, but in doing so violates the territorial rights of a local gang, who try to kill Gio.

E5. The Violent Circle

Oct 28, 1958 · 30m

Detective Halloran goes undercover as a patient in a hospital mental ward in an attempt to identify the murderer of patient who was a witness in a gang killing.

E6. Stakeout

Nov 4, 1958 · 25m

A young detective works to redeem himself after lying about the circumstances of his partner's shooting death during a stakeout.

E7. No More Rumbles

Nov 11, 1958 · 30m

A young gang member is assigned to perform a revenge shooting after a member of his own gang is killed.

E8. Belvedere Tower

Nov 18, 1958 · 25m

A thief assaults milkmen and steals their uniforms in order to gain access to and rob from wealthy people's apartment buildings.

E9. The Bird Guard

Nov 25, 1958 · 30m

A tiny island in Long Island Sound, ""Execution Rock,"" becomes a refuge for a frightened girl hiding from criminals.

E10. The Other Face of Goodness

Dec 2, 1958 · 30m

New York City detectives frantically hunt a killer who strangles married disabled women with a coat hanger, in their own homes.

E11. Lady Bug, Lady Bug

Dec 9, 1958 · 30m

A wealthy industrialist refuses to give in to an extortionist's demands even after the extortionist brutally assaults a neighbor girl and threatens the life of the man's alienated son.

E12. Susquehanna 4-7598

Dec 16, 1958 · 30m

A naïve young woman, Carol Thomas, fresh to New York, gets a mysterious phone call on her new line from a woman who sounds to be in the process of being murdered. Carol is unable to get prompt action from the police, so she ill-advisedly decides to play detective herself.

E13. And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol

Dec 23, 1958 · 30m

The precinct investigates a brazen Christmas Eve robbery and shooting by the notorious Marco Butcher and his brother.

E14. The Explosive Heart

Dec 30, 1958 · 30m

The detectives fight against time to unravel a plan to murder a Commander aboard his yacht.

E15. The Manhole

Jan 6, 1959 · 25m

When an elderly sewer worker learns that his son is the leader of a street gang, he begs him vainly to reform, and then tells police about his association. When the gang uses the sewers to escape after a jewel robbery, the old man follows them into the underground passages.

E16. Even Crows Sing Good

Jan 13, 1959 · 30m

In a vicious downpour, a killer prods a terrified man forward using a huge spear-gun. The man with the spear-gun is a meek New Yorker living with his mother, who disapproves of her son's fiancée.

E17. Burst of Passion

Jan 20, 1959 · 30m

Detective Halloran helps hunt down a man whom he knows, and who has always been a well-liked solid citizen before suddenly snapping and going on a killing spree throughout the city.

E18. Goodbye, My Lady Love

Jan 27, 1959 · 30m

Matty, a down-and-out alcoholic in the Bowery, is accused of robbing and murdering a man, then using the stolen money to buy a horse-drawn cart.

E19. The Shield

Feb 3, 1959 · 25m

Lt. Muldoon counsels the son of a patrolman who is trying to join the force, despite his mother's wishes that he not follow in his father's footsteps.

E20. One to Get Lost

Feb 10, 1959 · 30m

George Blake regrets having strayed from his wife, and terminates the affair just moments before the woman is murdered by another jealous man. Blake is the prime suspect, and works to clear his name and find the killer.

E21. Hey, Teach!

Feb 17, 1959 · 30m

Halloran goes undercover as the home room teacher for a "modified-curriculum" high school class after their previous home room teacher fell out of the window to his death.

E22. Ticker Tape

Feb 24, 1959 · 30m

The detectives work to stymie a bomb threat during a ticker-tape parade for an Olympic champion.

E23. Fire Island

Mar 3, 1959 · 30m

The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.

E24. Ten Cent Dreams

Mar 10, 1959 · 30m

A young immigrant hits a big score playing the numbers racket, but runs into complications collecting his winnings.

E25. The Bumper

Mar 17, 1959 · 25m

After Lt. Muldoon is killed in a car wreck deliberately caused by a mob hit man, the detectives pull out all the stops in their search for the killer.

E26. A Running of Bulls

Mar 24, 1959 · 25m

The detectives are assigned to protect visiting Latin Americans dignitaries, including the adolescent son of a dictator and his bodyguard, a former bullfighter who is involved in a plot to kill the young man.

E27. Fallen Star

Mar 31, 1959 · 25m

A young hotel bellhop is mixed up with a gang of card sharps preying upon the convention crowd, and who are responsible for the killing of one of their victims.

E28. Beyond Truth

Apr 7, 1959 · 25m

A recurring nightmare haunts a murderer - that he's been framed. But when his loving wife begs the 65th Precinct's skeptical detectives to re-investigate, Arnold Fleischman refuses to co-operate with the police.

E29. Baker's Dozen

Apr 14, 1959 · 25m

A former top mob assassin is lured out of retirement by the opportunity to kill a kingpin for his 13th hit.

E30. The Rebirth

Apr 21, 1959 · 25m

A cleaning woman, tired of her hardscrabble life, robs a bank in an attempt to buy happiness.