Wiseguy

"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.

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 1h 0m

Release: 1987

Rating: 6.4

Season 1 - Wiseguy
16 Sep 1987
"This was the pilot for the hit series. Ken Wahl stars as Vinnie Terranova, a Justice Department agent reassigned to the Organized Crime Bureau (OCB) as a \"wiseguy\", a specially trained deep..."
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08 Oct 1987
"When Vinnie's young cousin, a boxer, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Vinnie jeopardizes his cover by going to \"legals\" -- the coroner, the homicide cops -- to get them moving on what he knows was a murder."
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05 Nov 1987
"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."
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18 Jan 1988
"Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go hare 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."
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15 Feb 1988
"When Mel Profitt's armaments deals go sour, he sends Vinnie back East to set up a narcotics import distribution deal with the mob."
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28 Mar 1988
"Roger Loccoco in effect signs his own death warrant by testifying to a Senate comnittee about a cabal within the U.S. intelligence community, but to back him up he needs Vinnie to testify ..."
Season 2 - Wiseguy
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02 Nov 1988
"Vinnie returns to the O.C.B. on his own terms, determined to infiltrate the radical racist organization that has threatened his family and friends."
09 Nov 1988
"The local police leave their kid gloves behind when they haul Vinnie in, mistakenly believing he has murdered one of their own."
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11 Jan 1989
"While David and Eli move to close their most important knock-off dress deal ever, Pinzolo uses the same deal -- and information from someone close to David - in an attempt to bury Eli and Elrose Fashions for good."
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01 Feb 1989
"When Frank learns his wife is going to die, Vinnie uses some missing OCB funds to enable her to get a lifesaving transplant."
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Season 3 - Wiseguy
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04 Oct 1989
"In his bid for the governor's seat, Phil Alatorre plans to reveal Vinnie as a mob boss."
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25 Oct 1989
"On the advice of a therapist, Vinnie and Amber agree to confront their true feelings for each other on a retreat in Vermont."
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10 Jan 1990
"When cantankerous Mike McPike is asked to leave his nursing home--the latest in a string of them-- he \"retires\" temporarily to the home of his son Frank, who is so close to his father that ..."
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07 Feb 1990
"Vinnie joins his old neighborhood friends for a bachelor party but ends up finding one of his pals in trouble with a loan shark."
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11 Apr 1990
"Vinnie's crusade against illegal waste dumping uncovers a web of political ties to organized crime figures."
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Season 4 - Wiseguy
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"When his brother-in-law disappears, Santana is drawn into a web of police corruption."
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