Here is the complete episode list for Crime Story. It includes original air dates, episode numbers, episode titles, and brief episode descriptions. The first column of this table indicates the episodes of Crime Story we currently have in our archive. (All episodes were recorded in standard play on VHS tapes.) The entries for this column are defined as follows:
| [blank] | Episode not currently in archive |
| PURE | Episode was purchased on a pre-recorded tape |
| PURE | 18-Sep-1986 | Episode 1 | Season 1 Number 1 | Pilot (Part 1) | In early '60s Chicago, Lt. Mike Torello (Dennis Farina) of the Major Crime Unit pursues a suspect (Anthony Denison) in a series of violent robberies. |
| PURE | 18-Sep-1986 | Episode 2 | Season 1 Number 2 | Pilot (Part 1) | Torello finds himself on the trail of mobster Ray Luca. |
| PURE | 19-Sep-1986 | Episode 3 | Season 1 Number 3 | Final Transmission | Torello must catch a psychopathic killer terrorizing the city while mobster Ray Luca plans a series of major jewelry heists |
| PURE | 26-Sep-1986 | Episode 4 | Season 1 Number 4 | Shadow Dancer | As Torello basks in the happiness of his wife's pregnancy, his crime unit makes a break in the investigation of Ray Luca's "home invader" robbery team. |
| PURE | 30-Sep-1986 | Episode 5 | Season 1 Number 5 | The Saint Louis Book of Blues | While Torello's crime unit trails a member of Ray Luca's gang to St. Louis, Luca's nationwide sports-gambling scheme gains the approval of a high-level "godfather." |
| PURE | 7-Oct-1986 | Episode 6 | Season 1 Number 6 | The War | Torello intercepts a major piece of information needed for Ray Luca's sports operation; Torello's wife Julie suffers a miscarriage. |
| PURE | 14-Oct-1986 | Episode 7 | Season 1 Number 7 | Abrams for the Defense | While trying to build a case against a racist slum lord (Fred Neuman), Abrams becomes involved with a crusading journalist (Pam Grier). |
| PURE | 28-Oct-1986 | Episode 8 | Season 1 Number 8 | Pursuit of a Wanted Felon | Conflict ruins the Torello's weekend trip. Luca situates in Las Vegas. Bigots target Abrams's relationship with Susan. |
| PURE | 4-Nov-1986 | Episode 9 | Season 1 Number 9 | Old Friends, Dead Ends | Torello confronts his new friend, now laundering money for the Mob. Federal investigators indict Luca and Bartoli. |
| PURE | 11-Nov-1986 | Episode 10 | Season 1 Number 10 | Justice Hits the Skids | Devastated by Kehoe's death, Torello stonewalls Breitel's federal investigation. Abrams joins the MCU on the street. |
| PURE | 5-Dec-1986 | Episode 11 | Season 1 Number 11 | For Love or Money | Divorced Torello finds comfort with Inger. The Crime Unit nabs Luca's jewelry-heist team. Torello's best friend supplies the Mob with capital. |
| PURE | 12-Dec-1986 | Episode 12 | Season 1 Number 12 | Hide and Go Thief | Indelli and Krychek must deal with a tense hostage situation. Torello travels to Indiana to make his move on Frank Holman. |
| PURE | 26-Dec-1986 | Episode 13 | Season 1 Number 13 | Strange Bedfellows | Holman ideintifies Torello as a dirty cop to Breitel. After an attempt on his life, Luca takes refuge in Florida. |
| PURE | 9-Jan-1987 | Episode 14 | Season 1 Number 14 | Fatal Crossroads | Torello is subpoenaed to testify for Luca. An enraged Abrams jumps to Torello's defense. Luca orders Torello and Abrams killed. (Episode aka "Fortune in Men's Eyes") |
| PURE | 16-Jan-1987 | Episode 15 | Season 1 Number 15 | Torello on Trial | Breitel brutally cross-examines Torello. Acquitted Luca moves to Las Vegas. Torello gets a new assignment. |
| PURE | 30-Jan-1987 | Episode 16 | Season 1 Number 16 | Kingdom of Money | Torello and Krychek join the Federal Task Force planning to raid Luca's new gambling business in Las Vegas. |
| PURE | 6-Feb-1987 | Episode 17 | Season 1 Number 17 | The Battle of Las Vegas | To take over Las Vegas casinos, Luca murders the head of a resort-workers union to put his own man in the position. |
| PURE | 13-Feb-1987 | Episode 18 | Season 1 Number 18 | The Survivor | Torello falls in love with a Justice Attorney's former wife, only to find out that the attorney has been molesting his adopted daughter. Molestation charges jeopardizes the Unit's investigation of Luca. |
| PURE | 27-Feb-1987 | Episode 19 | Season 1 Number 19 | The Pinnacle | Luca's greedy ploy to take over another casino puts his entire gambling empire in jeopardy. |
| PURE | 6-Mar-1987 | Episode 20 | Season 1 Number 20 | Top of the World | Luca's jubilation over his growing business turns to fear that his associates are setting him up. Luca's insatiable lust for violence proves his undoing when he rapes Pauli's girlfriend. Pauli testifies for the prosecution in Luca's trial. (Episode aka "The King in a Cage") |
| PURE | 13-Mar-1987 | Episode 21 | Season 1 Number 21 | Ground Zero | After his murder mistrial, Luca clashes with a crime kingpin over plans to split up control of the sinking Luca gambling empire. Pauli changes his mind and rescues Luca from Torello as they hide in a house in the desert, a target site for nuclear testing. |
22-Sep-1987 | Episode 22 | Season 2 Number 1 | The Senator, the Movie Star, & the Mob | Luca's heir apparent, Carlo Mastrangelo (Steven McHattie), vows to halt an organized crime commission hearing headed by an ambitious politician (Kevin Spacey). | |
29-Sep-1987 | Episode 23 | Season 2 Number 2 | Blast from the Past | Torello's ex-wife (Darlanne Fluegel) seeks help from Mike (Dennis Terina) in rescuing her new husband (David Soul), who is being held hostage by bank robbers. | |
20-Oct-1987 | Episode 24 | Season 2 Number 3 | Always a Blonde | Indelli (William Campbell) becomes obsessed with rescuing his former high-school flame (Britte Phillips) from life as a prostitute. | |
27-Oct-1987 | Episode 25 | Season 2 Number 4 | Atomic Fallout | Lt. Torello's search for a murderer, a nuclear scientist under the U.S. government's protection, leads him to Mexico. Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner makes a guest appearance. | |
| PURE | 3-Nov-1987 | Episode 26 | Season 2 Number 5 | Shockwaves | Luca shocks everyone when he returns to Las Vegas after being granted immunity. |
| PURE | 10-Nov-1987 | Episode 27 | Season 2 Number 6 | Robbery, Armed | Danny Krychek is gunned down by a powerful Chicago thug (John Michael Bolger) planning a major Las Vegas casino robbery. |
| PURE | 24-Nov-1987 | Episode 28 | Season 2 Number 7 | Little Girl Lost | Torello and Luca separately search for Weisbord's missing granddaughter (Wendy Gazelle). |
| PURE | 8-Dec-1987 | Episode 29 | Season 2 Number 8 | Love Hurts | Luca gets used by a starlet (Pam Gidley) he loves. |
15-Dec-1987 | Episode 30 | Season 2 Number 9 | MIG-21 | The Strike Force is assigned to protect a defecting Soviet pilot (George Dzundza); Torello learns that Abrams is working for Luca. | |
| PURE | 5-Jan-1988 | Episode 31 | Season 2 Number 10 | Moulin Rouge | Torello and the Strike Force attempt to save a jazz club plagued by extortion, fire bombings and racial threats. |
| PURE | 12-Jan-1988 | Episode 32 | Season 2 Number 11 | Seize the Time | Torello discovers an enormous money-laundering operation but can't identify the source. |
| PURE | 19-Jan-1988 | Episode 33 | Season 2 Number 12 | Femme Fatale | Mike's latest love turns out to be a dangerous agent for the Chinese government. |
| PURE | 2-Feb-1988 | Episode 34 | Season 2 Number 13 | Protected Witness | Torello offers a Chicago mobster (Billy Zane) government protection in exchange for his testimony against his ex-bosses, Vito Magio and Ray Luca. |
9-Feb-1988 | Episode 35 | Season 2 Number 14 | Last Rites | Manny may become history's first human artificial heart transplant recipient if Ray has his way. | |
8-Mar-1988 | Episode 36 | Season 2 Number 15 | Pauli Taglia's Dream | Luca is injured in an atomic blast and Taglia must find an escape route for them from a government hospital. | |
15-Mar-1988 | Episode 37 | Season 2 Number 16 | Roadrunner | While on a routine apprehension of a prison farm escapee, Torello must contend with the prisoner as well as a group of murderous strangers. | |
22-Mar-1988 | Episode 38 | Season 2 Number 17 | Desert Justice | Mike and the Strike Force go after crooked cops who are part of a prostitution ring. (Episode aka "The Brothel Wars") | |
29-Mar-1988 | Episode 39 | Season 2 Number 18 | Byline | Torello's hard-drinking reporter friend (Tom Signorelli) comes to Las Vegas to expose Luca's drug-smuggling cartel. | |
5-Apr-1988 | Episode 40 | Season 2 Number 19 | The Hearings | During Senate hearings, Torello and the Strike Force attempt to prove that the government has formed an unholy alliance with organized crime. | |
26-Apr-1988 | Episode 41 | Season 2 Number 20 | Pursuit | Torello and the Strike Force travel to Latin America to bring Luca back to the United States. (Part 1 of 3) | |
3-May-1988 | Episode 42 | Season 2 Number 21 | Escape | Luca attempts to trap Torello by setting an execution date for Krychek who is imprisoned in a Latin American country. (Part 2 of 3) | |
10-May-1988 | Episode 43 | Season 2 Number 22 | Going Home | Abrams is faced with a life-and-death decision when Luca plans to murder Torello. (Part 3 of 3) |