The WORST episodes of Midnight Caller
Every episode of Midnight Caller ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - 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.
#2 - Mercy Me
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1989
In an effort to help his friend whose son is being kept alive by life support, Jack showcases the issue of euthanasia on his show.
#3 - Watching Me, Watching You
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1989
Devon is stalked by a man who targets her during a traffic jam. She and Jack are forced into a situation that causes them to contemplate moving their relationship from platonic to something more.
#4 - Planes
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1990
An abandoned young boy seeks refuge within a modern day band of street thieves with similarities to the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist.
#5 - Kid Salinas
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/1990
The exploitation of illegal immigrants in the work force and the sporting world is the premise for this episode. Jack introduces Devon to the world of boxing. Unfortunately, this leads to the more unpleasant side of things...
#6 - A Snitch in Time (2)
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/1990
Things are looking tense for Jack, when he and Deacon sit down to figure out the tangled web of lies and deceit to which he has fallen victim.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.)
#9 - Protection
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/1990
One of Jack's informants from his police force days seeks his assistance when his witness protection status is jeopardized. Jack is drawn into a government conspiracy that reaches to high office and global proportion.
#10 - 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.
#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 - Old Friends
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1990
The sudden death of Jack's surrogate father leads Jack and Deacon to investigate the policies of the nursing home in which he was residing. It turns out that once people move in, their stay is usually quite short.
#13 - Ain't Too Proud to Beg (1)
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1990
Jack is offered a new job, which he considers as Devon prepares to sell KJCM and move to Tahiti with the father of her child. We are introduced to Nikki Malloy in this episode and the prospective new owners of KJCM. Jack and Devon deal with their imminent separation by arguing with each other every chance they can get.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Blood Ties
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/1991
Jack struggles with his opinion of deadbeat dads and with giving his ""Little Brother"" a positive start with his father who is making an effort to reform himself.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - That's Amore
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1991
Jack's associate in the underworld seeks his assistance in locating his restaurant's kidnapped chef. The story turns out to be of a personal nature between the kidnapper and his hostage.