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Wiseguy
★ 6.6/10•1987•1h 0m•TV-14•Crime•Drama•Action & Adventure
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With friends like his who needs enemies

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 16, 1987

Episodes

Episode 1 - Wiseguy (1)E160m

Wiseguy (1)

Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Steelgrave crime family, but it will take a while to finish this job.

Sep 16, 1987

Episode 2 - Wiseguy (2)E260m

Wiseguy (2)

Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pier and decide to take possession of the guns and sell them back to the owner.

Sep 16, 1987

Episode 3 - New BloodE360m

New Blood

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave’s business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.

Sep 24, 1987

Episode 4 - The Loose CannonE460m

The Loose Cannon

A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

Oct 1, 1987

Episode 5 - The Birthday SurpriseE560m

The Birthday Surprise

Vinnie nearly blows his cover when he becomes obsessed with finding out who killed his cousin, causing Frank to threaten him with dismissal. Frank desperately wants Vinnie to concentrate on nailing the Zaratzos, who are trying to arrange a drug smuggling deal with Sonny, because they killed one of Frank's agents.

Oct 8, 1987

Episode 6 - One on OneE660m

One on One

After several deals go sour, Sonny starts suspecting Vinnie may be a plant. Frank orders Vinnie to drop the case when he finds out the local police have an informer in Sonny's operations. Sid has Frank picked up and tortured, but Vinnie and undercover cop Karen Malloy rescue him. Karen's disappearance points the finger at Sid as the leak.

Oct 15, 1987

Episode 7 - Prodigal SonE760m

Prodigal Son

After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it, but when he visits his mother in the hospital, it breaks his heart that she still won't forgive him for his life of “crime.”

Oct 22, 1987

Episode 8 - A Deal's a DealE860m

A Deal's a Deal

Sonny’s cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie’s being photographed with McPike — a photo that is to be delivered to Sonny.

Oct 29, 1987

Episode 9 - The Marriage of Heaven and HellE960m

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Sonny’s impending marriage to a syndicate boss’ daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of “families,” but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody gang war.

Nov 5, 1987

Episode 10 - No One Gets Out of Here AliveE1060m

No One Gets Out of Here Alive

An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch-rival, then realizes the devastating truth — that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent.

Nov 12, 1987

Episode 11 - Last Rites for LucciE1160m

Last Rites for Lucci

In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend from the Brooklyn neighborhood who has a contract out on him.

Nov 19, 1987

Episode 12 - Independent OperatorE1260m

Independent Operator

Vinnie’s assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate — an operation that far exceeds the scope of the Steelgrave family — overlorded by brother and sister Mel and Susan Profitt.

Jan 4, 1988

Episode 13 - Fascination for the FlameE1360m

Fascination for the Flame

Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.

Jan 11, 1988

Episode 14 - Smokey Mountain RequiemE1460m

Smokey Mountain Requiem

Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country — a plum that Vinnie feels is too juicy for any undercover cop to turn down.

Jan 18, 1988

Episode 15 - Player to be Named NowE1560m

Player to be Named Now

Mel’s desire to buy a baseball franchise is two-fold: he wants to play on it, and he wants to take it away from an old business associate who cheated him in a Mexican drug deal. When Mel’s former girlfriend shows up, begging for readmission to the Inner circle, he humiliates her, using her as a sexual pawn in a power game with a rival, but for Vinnie, forced to watch it happen, the worst is yet to come.

Jan 25, 1988

Episode 16 - The Merchant of DeathE1660m

The Merchant of Death

When some of his munitions contacts begin drying up, Mel decides to blackmail a French Deputy Minister of Defense into supplying him with the weapons he needs.

Feb 1, 1988

Episode 17 - Not For NothingE1760m

Not For Nothing

Hiding out in Vancouver after the fall of the Steelgrave empire, Aldo Baglia sees a photo of Vinnie in the paper and decides to even the score, sending Vinnie into a coma from two serious gunshot wounds. Roger, using his CIA contact, tracks down Aldo.

Feb 8, 1988

Episode 18 - SqueezeE1860m

Squeeze

After his munitions operation starts falling apart, Mel orders Vinnie to set up a meet with the mob to use his immense cocaine trade to regain financial power.

Feb 15, 1988

Episode 19 - Blood DriveE1960m

Blood Drive

After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse, and Vinnie, horrified, can only watch as Mel’s personality begins to disintegrate.

Feb 22, 1988

Episode 20 - Phantom PainE2060m

Phantom Pain

After Susan is arrested for Mel’s murder, Vinnie refuses McPike’s order to pull out of the Profitt case, because Susan, who has seemingly lost her grip on reality, has told him she is pregnant with his child.

Mar 14, 1988

Episode 21 - Dirty Little WarsE2160m

Dirty Little Wars

With Mel and Susan Profitt undone, McPike begins dismantling their empire, but Vinnie demands to stay on the case to get to the bottom of Roger Lococco’s ties to a rogue CIA operation to stage a Caribbean coup d’etat.

Mar 21, 1988

Episode 22 - Date With an AngelE2260m

Date With an Angel

Roger Lococco in effect signs his own death warrant by testifying to a Senate committee about a cabal within the U.S. intelligence community, but to back him up he needs Vinnie to testify as an O.C.B. operative — testimony that would end Vinnie’s career as an undercover agent.

Mar 28, 1988

Actors

Steven Bauer

Steven Bauer

Michael Santana

Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Banks

Frank McPike

Jim Byrnes

Jim Byrnes

Daniel Benjamin 'Lifeguard' Burroughs

Cecil Hoffman

Cecil Hoffman

Hillary Stein

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Amado Guzman

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