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"Wiseguy" (1987) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1987-1990

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"Wiseguy" (1987): Season 1: Episode 22 -- 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 give a testimony that would end Vinnie's career as an undercover agent.
"Wiseguy" (1987): Season 1: Episode 21 -- 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.
"Wiseguy" (1987): Season 1: Episode 20 -- 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.
"Wiseguy" (1987): Season 1: Episode 19 -- 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.
"Wiseguy" (1987): Season 1: Episode 17 -- Small-time hood Aldo Baglia notices a photo of Vinnie in a newspaper, and tracks him down and shoots him for revenge.

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Release Date:
16 September 1987 (USA) more
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His first wrong move will be his last.
Plot:
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for... more
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Jessica Biel Finds The A-Team
 (From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 16 September 2009, 1:14 AM, PDT)

New on DVD This Week
 (From The Flickcast. 25 August 2009, 5:11 PM, PDT)

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TV doesn't get any better than this more (15 total)

Cast

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Jim Byrnes ... Daniel Benjamin 'Lifeguard' Burroughs (75 episodes, 1987-1990)
Jonathan Banks ... Frank McPike (74 episodes, 1987-1990)
Ken Wahl ... Vincent Michael 'Vinnie' Terranova / ... (63 episodes, 1987-1990)
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Runtime:
60 min | Israel:45 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Iceland:L (some epiosodes) | Australia:M (some episodes)

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Trivia:
In the episode "To Die in Bettendorf", Sid insults an overweight customer who can't find shoes in her size - exactly as Al Bundy does many times in "Married with Children" (1987). more
Quotes:
Sonny Steelgrave: You're that smart. How come you're not that smart?
Sonny Steelgrave: In my neighborhood, possession is nine tenth of the law. The other ten - we don't care about.
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Referenced in Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV) more
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Try a little tenderness more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
TV doesn't get any better than this, 7 February 2002
Author: hawk-58 from California

Thank God for those reruns, allowing those of us who weren't smart enough to tape it at the time to do so now! There isn't anything I don't like about this series, other than the fact that it ended. Great acting, great scripts, great production values - this is a production everyone involved can be proud of. It was unique and ahead of its time in that watching it now I don't think it looks or feels dated at all. There are some great contemporary crime dramas on TV now, but none with the arc structure that made Wiseguy so compelling. Even though the storylines ran in arcs, each episode is eminently watchable in and of itself. Gosh, I miss it, and I sure miss Ken Wahl.

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