The BEST episodes of Crime Story
Every episode of Crime Story ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Crime Story!
Chicago police lieutenant Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) wages an epic battle against organized crime in Michael Mann's arresting combination of cops and robbers, prime time soap, and film noir. Like Eliot Ness and the Untouchables, Torello and his Major Crimes Unit (MCU) have a formidable opponent in Ray Luca (Anthony Dennison), a young, ambitious thug who'll do whatever it takes to claw his way to the top.
#1 - Femme Fatale
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1988
A Chinese agent dupes Torello into looking for her father while she smuggles plutonium out of the country.
#2 - Going Home (3)
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1988
Torello and his men catch up to Luca in Mexico and force him to escape but they all get trapped inside a pilotless airborne plane.
#3 - MIG-21
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/1987
A defecting Soviet pilot becomes custody of the Strike Force, which learns of plans to use him in a spy swap.
#4 - Love Hurts
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/1987
Luca falls for an actress in a movie he is financing and discovers she is more than even he can handle.
#5 - Byline
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/1988
Torello's writer-friend plans to take down Luca by exposing him in an article.
#6 - Pursuit (1)
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1988
Torello and his men chase Luca to Mexico where they will get no help from the US Government.
#7 - Protected Witness
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1988
In return for the man's testimony, Torello offers government protection to a Chicago mobster with a contract on his life.
#8 - Last Rites
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1988
After Manny is stricken by a heart attack, Luca demands that he be the first heart-transplant recipient. Max convinces Steve to put a hit on Luca.
#9 - The Brothel Wars (aka Desert Justice)
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/1988
The Justice Department must deal with crooked cops and feuding brothel owners when Pauli's prostitute-girlfriend is murdered.
#10 - The Hearings
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/1988
Luca is finally brought to court on racketerring charges but the trial is postponed when a military emergency happens in Vietnam.
#11 - Blast from the Past
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1987
Torello confronts his feelings for Julie when she asks him to rescue her kidnapped husband, who is a doctor forced to tend to one of his injured kidnappers.
#12 - The Pinnacle
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1987
Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy.
#14 - Roadrunner
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/1988
While escorting a prisoner and his girlfriend, Torello is trapped in the desert and stalked by corrupt lawmen who want the prisoner.
#15 - Seize the Time
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1988
Torello cannot identify the source of a money-laundering operation. Clemmons reveals his suspicions about Iris's new casino partner.
#16 - Moulin Rouge
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1988
The Justice Department tries to deal with troubles at a new nightclub - including bombings, extortion, and racial threats - owned by a beautiful black woman.
#17 - Little Girl Lost
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/24/1987
An investigator searching for a man's girlfriend, who happens to be Weisbord's granddaughter, is murdered before he gives information to Torello. Luca offers a drug-addicted Abrams a position on his staff.
#18 - Robbery, Armed
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1987
A Chicago thug, preparing for the heist of a Las Vegas casino, shoots Krychek on the eve of Torello's birthday.
#19 - Shockwaves
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1987
Luca returns to Vegas with immunity to work for the US Government, causing revenge-minded Abrams to resign in frustration and Torello unable to get near Luca.
#20 - Always a Blonde
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1987
Joey sees a former girlfriend in Las Vegas working as a prostitute.
#22 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1986
Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida.
#23 - Escape (2)
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1988
Torello and his men save Danny from certain death while Luca is told by a top military commander that he is nothing in Mexico.
#24 - Old Friends, Dead Ends
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1986
Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli.
#25 - Crime Pays
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1986
Mike Torello's obsessive pursuit of Ray Luca is recalled through flashbacks. Guest stars Michael Madsen, Lorraine Bracco.