The BEST episodes of Midnight Caller
Every episode of Midnight Caller ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Midnight Caller!
Follows Jack Killian, a San Francisco cop who accidentally killed his partner. After leaving the police force, he ended up the host of a late-night radio talk show--with a penchant for getting involved with the problems of his listeners.
#1 - Blame It on Midnight
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/1989
An abused wife calls Jack's show fearing for her life. Their paths cross and they become romantically involved. The reappearance of the abusive husband throws Jack into the middle of a murder investigation - as the prime suspect.
#2 - Life Without Possibility (1)
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1990
Nikki shows who's the new boss by insisting Jack cover a prison riot near San Francisco. Jack arrives at the prison and becomes part of a chosen delegation to go inside and witness the atrocities the convicts are rebelling against. Unknowingly, Jack becomes the target of one of the inmates, who has a personal score to settle.
#3 - The Leopard
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1991
Jack and Nikki find themselves as proxies in a poker game; Jack's father's life is at stake.
#4 - Uninvited Guests
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1991
When Zymak's relationship with an immigration officer seems to be clouding his judgment in a murder investigation, Jack becomes involved at the request of one of the deceased person's relatives.
#5 - Home to Roost
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1990
A child of the Vietnam war, whose father was a U.S. serviceman, instigates a hostage situation into which Jack is drawn.
#6 - The Hostage Game
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/1990
Jack's friend from childhood is too close to the hostage situations around the world; his brother is one of many on a hijacked plane. In retaliation, he kidnaps an official from the country claiming responsibility. He keeps regular contact with Jack via the radio show, alluding to his location.
#7 - The Reverend Soundbite
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/6/1990
Gang violence and police retaliation are the focal point for this episode. Zymak, accused of police brutality, is unable to come clean with his whereabouts as his marriage is disintegrating.
#8 - The Added Starter
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/1991
A frequent caller to the show witnesses a murder; however no one believes her because the crime scene is cleaned up before the cops get there. She turns to Jack for help, protection, and comfort.
#9 - Her Dirty Little Secret
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1991
Jack recognizes a woman who has been missing for years and in his pursuit of her he uncovers that she intentionally disappeared to avoid beatings from cop husband.
#10 - With Malice Towards One
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1990
Jack tells Nikki about a situation he and Devon were trapped in a year ago, in which a vengeful ex-con and his gang kidnapped Devon in order to lure Jack to a payback situation.
#11 - The Language Barrier
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1990
Our man Billy Po is featured in this episode of racial tensions that are spawned in Little Italy. Billy is attacked after a date with his girlfriend, which leads Jack into an investigation of the death of a young Chinese immigrant.
#12 - Play Blotto... and Die
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1991
A former snitch seeks Jack's help in collecting his lotto winnings. He's in the witness protection program, and he's not a very popular citizen in San Francisco! When Jack isn't successful, the would-be millionaire approaches various familiar faces to attempt to retrieve the prize.
#13 - Sale Away (2)
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1990
Devon struggles with the sale of KJCM, wanting to ensure that her employees are well taken care of. She and Jack continue to lock horns, until push comes to shove in the delivery room! Jack has to decide whether to stay on at KJCM or move on to greener pastures.
#14 - City of Lost Souls (2)
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1991
Jack pursues the death of his friend, who had been homeless for many years. In his search for answers to Sonny's death he goes undercover on the streets and meets up with the hierarchy of the street dwellers. Jack's pursuits may cost him his job, as a young upstart in the Castleman dynasty covers his show without a problem.
#15 - Nighthawk's Got the Blues
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1990
Jack is haunted by the memory of Tina as her birthday approaches. His friends try to offer their help and comfort, but Jack seems to have lost his way, especially the reasons he helps others.
#16 - The Loneliest Number
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/12/1991
Jack's troubled young sister shows up on his doorstep. She and Deacon become emotionally involved and Jack struggles with the relationship.
#17 - The Class of 1980
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1990
A very pregnant Devon hosts a fundraiser with Jack as the object of the bachelor auction. Her college classmates attend; however, one by one, they fall victim to a murderer. Jack, Zymak and Deacon all work the angles of this case, with the evidence pointing firmly at Jack's new girlfriend.
#18 - Can't Say N-N-No
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1991
Jack and Nikki's tenuous friendship is tested when he questions her involvement with an ex-boyfriend, who has a substance abuse problem.
#19 - City of Lost Souls (1)
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1991
The Castlemans are pressuring KJCM to take a stand in the upcoming election, Jack is greeted by his supposed daughter, and his high school friend is murdered.
#20 - A Cry in the Night
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/19/1991
KJCM's security guard is charged with murdering his son. Jack gets involved because the guard is suing KJCM for the advice he claims he received from Jack in how to deal with the drug problem in his family.
#21 - Ryder on the Storm
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1990
Jack tries to help out his radio hero from his youth by trying to convince Nikki to give him a job. Jack seems blind to the man's obvious faults and self-destructive actions.
#22 - Life Without Possibility (2)
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1990
The convicts demand Jack broadcast their side of the story via KJCM, Deacon gets an interview with the prisoner on the outside, and Jack meets up with the prisoner with a bone to pick.
#23 - Wrong Side of the Wall
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/1990
A long time prisoner of the correctional system is paroled, and he finds the real world too difficult to manage. Jack tries to dissuade him from breaking his parole just to get back into the system he knows so well.
#24 - Three for the Money
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1990
We don't see much of Jack in the episode, as his brother and his father hook up for the first time in years to help a damsel in distress retrieve a valuable artifact. (This was the premise for a spinoff show that didn't make it off the ground.)
#25 - City of Lost Souls (3)
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/1991
Closing in on the answers to Sonny's death leads to connections to the candidates and the issue of the homeless, which in turn causes Jack to become the target of an assassin.
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