Wiseguy (1987) is a crime, drama, action & adventure web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Wiseguy online in HD.
Wiseguy — Storyline
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
- Starring: Steven Bauer, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, Cecil Hoffman, Maximilian Schell
Wiseguy — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1987-09-16 |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 75 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure |
| Language | English |
| Network | CBS |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.6/10 (37 votes) |
Wiseguy — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Wiseguy (1) (1987-09-16) — Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is
- E2: Wiseguy (2) (1987-09-16) — Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pi
- E3: New Blood (1987-09-24) — In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave’s business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating
- E4: The Loose Cannon (1987-10-01) — A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.
- E5: The Birthday Surprise (1987-10-08) — Vinnie nearly blows his cover when he becomes obsessed with finding out who killed his cousin, causing Frank to threaten him with dismissal. Frank desperately wants Vinnie to conce
- E6: One on One (1987-10-15) — After several deals go sour, Sonny starts suspecting Vinnie may be a plant. Frank orders Vinnie to drop the case when he finds out the local police have an informer in Sonny's oper
- E7: Prodigal Son (1987-10-22) — After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it, but when he visits his mother in the hospital, it breaks his heart that she still wo
- E8: A Deal's a Deal (1987-10-29) — Sonny’s cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie’s being photographed with McPike — a photo that is to be
- E9: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1987-11-05) — Sonny’s impending marriage to a syndicate boss’ daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of “families,” but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody ga
- E10: No One Gets Out of Here Alive (1987-11-12) — An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch-rival, then realizes the devastating truth — that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent.
- E11: Last Rites for Lucci (1987-11-19) — In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend from the B
- E12: Independent Operator (1988-01-04) — Vinnie’s assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate — an operation that far exceeds the scope of the Steelgrave family — overlorded
- E13: Fascination for the Flame (1988-01-11) — Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding
- E14: Smokey Mountain Requiem (1988-01-18) — Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country — a plum that Vinnie feels is too juicy
- E15: Player to be Named Now (1988-01-25) — Mel’s desire to buy a baseball franchise is two-fold: he wants to play on it, and he wants to take it away from an old business associate who cheated him in a Mexican drug deal. Wh
- E16: The Merchant of Death (1988-02-01) — When some of his munitions contacts begin drying up, Mel decides to blackmail a French Deputy Minister of Defense into supplying him with the weapons he needs.
- E17: Not For Nothing (1988-02-08) — Hiding out in Vancouver after the fall of the Steelgrave empire, Aldo Baglia sees a photo of Vinnie in the paper and decides to even the score, sending Vinnie into a coma from two
- E18: Squeeze (1988-02-15) — After his munitions operation starts falling apart, Mel orders Vinnie to set up a meet with the mob to use his immense cocaine trade to regain financial power.
- E19: Blood Drive (1988-02-22) — 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
- E20: Phantom Pain (1988-03-14) — 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
- E21: Dirty Little Wars (1988-03-21) — 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 operat
- E22: Date With an Angel (1988-03-28) — 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
Season 2
- E1: Going Home (1988-10-26) — After resigning, Vinnie returns to his old neighborhood to try and get some peace after his life undercover, but is distressed to find white supremists are stirring up trouble. Dar
- E2: School of Hard Knox (1988-11-02) — Vinnie hesitantly goes back to work for the OCB under the promise they will help find Pete's killer, but Daryl is more interested in getting his star agent to work on a ""real"" as
- E3: Revenge of the Mud People (1988-11-09) — Unbeknownst to Vinnie, his car was used in the robbery where an off-duty cop was killed, leading to his arrest and brutalization at the hands of the NYPD. Frank bails him out, then
- E4: Last of the True Believers (1988-11-16) — Knox Pooley realizes Calvin is insane and kicks him out, causing Calvin to go off the deep end and take a famous black leader hostage. Richie becomes disenchanted when he realizes
- E5: Aria for Don Aiuppo (1988-12-07) — Vinnie is questioned about his connection to Don Aiuppo, thus learning his mother is dating the retired mobster. Checking into it, he finds Rudy and Carlotta were in love as teenag
- E6: 7th Avenue Freeze Out (1988-12-14) — When garment manufacturer Eli Sternberg cannot get a loan to bail out his business, he turns to mobster Ricky Pinzolo for the money. David goes to the OCB for help when he finds ou
- E7: Next of Kin (1988-12-21) — Eli impatiently awaits news from Sri Lanka, where a terrorist's bomb exploded at David's hotel. Vinnie is hit by a taxi, and Frank talks John Henry Raglin into taking over the case
- E8: All or Nothing (1989-01-11) — Raglin follows Pinzolo's crooked trail into Chinatown, where a garment-worker's strike has snarled an important order for the Sternbergs. Meanwhile, Eli's niece Carole sews up her
- E9: Where's the Money (1989-01-18) — Raglin uncovers evidence that Carole is working with Pinzolo to bankrupt Eli. David confronts Pinzolo and forces him to take him to the bank to give him the money he cheated Eli ou
- E10: Postcard From Morocco (1989-01-25) — Raglin pursues a lead that David left him about Pinzolo's murderous past, but they can't find the body. Eli offers Raglin money to kill Pinzolo. Raglin urges Frank to get Carole to
- E11: Stairway to Heaven (1989-02-01) — Frank shows up at Vinnie's house in the middle of the night and states than his wife is dying and he can't afford the liver transplant she needs to save her life. Vinnie leaves a b
- E12: White Noise (1989-02-15) — Concerned that Vinnie is addicted to the pain pills he's been taking for his leg, Frank calls in Paul Beckstead, who orders Vinnie to undergo a routine physical exam. At the hospit
- E13: Dead Dog Lives (1989-03-01) — Frank exchanges Pinzolo's jet with the DEA for a small record company, then allows Vinnie to run it. Bobby Travis talks Vinnie into hiring him by promising Vinnie he'll teach him a
- E14: And it Comes Out Here (1989-03-08) — Despite Paul Beckstead's misgivings, Vinnie uses Diana's record to start a bidding war in the hopes of selling Dead Dog to a bigger label. When Vinnie signs elusive James Eliot, Ne
- E15: The Rip-Off Stick (1989-03-22) — Vinnie bails artist Monroe Blue out of jail, then tells him to help Diana work on some songs. Vinnie begins to wonder about Isaac's honesty when he gets a $57,000 bill for bogus re
- E16: High Dollar Bop (1989-04-05) — Sensing Eddie's unhappiness with Newquay, Vinnie tries to lure him away by promising him he can work with Monroe. Winston finds out and has Medley thrown off a roof as a warning to
- E17: Hip Hop on the Gravy Train (1989-04-12) — Amber talks Winston into letting her and Isaac run Shakala at Radiance. Feeling like he's at a dead end, Vinnie urges Bobby to make his own way inside Radiance while he starts turn
- E18: The One that Got Away (1989-05-03) — Winston serves Vinnie with an order to vacate, which Vinnie counters with the vow that he's going to stay at Radiance for the duration of his contract, causing Winston to dig deepe
- E19: Living and Dying in 4/4 Time (1989-05-10) — Just as Frank's suspected, the case against Winston is thrown out of court as entrapment, pushing the investigation back to square one. Vinnie urges Bobby to start working away at
- E20: Call it Casaba (1989-05-17) — Wrapping things up at Shakala, Frank reminds Vinnie that they're scheduled to go fishing in the morning. Vinnie and Amber go to dinner, stay up all night talking. Vinnie is surpris
- E21: The Four-Letter Word (1) (1989-05-24) — Vinnie warns Amber about her lawyer, but Amber thinks he's just jealous. Vinnie runs into an old high school buddy who urges Vinnie to pursue Amber. Vinnie uncovers proof the lawye
- E22: Le Lacrime de Amore (2) (1989-05-24) — Carlotta and Rudy Aiuppo return to the States when they hear about Amber. Carlotta thinks Amber isn't right for Vinnie. Rudy takes Vinnie to the Commission and tells them that Vinn
Season 3
- E1: A Rightful Place (1989-09-20) — While keeping vigil over Rudy, Vinnie learns that Grosset's father-in-law was also hit, setting up a power struggle within the mob. Albert courts Vinnie's alliance by letting him i
- E2: Battle of the Barge (1989-09-27) — The tension mounts between Cerrico and Grosset over control of the garbage collection business. Grosset forms an uneasy alliance with Chinatown mobster Chin. Carlotta urges Rudy to
- E3: Sins of the Father (1989-10-04) — Frank wants to pull Vinnie off the case when he finds out that D.A. Peter Alatorre plans to expose Vinnie as the head of the Commission in a news conference. Albert is distraught w
- E4: Heir to the Throne (1989-10-11) — Rudy discovers Joey's plan to kill him, Albert and Vinnie, so sets his own plan into operation by convincing Albert he must kill Grosset. Albert and Joey have a showdown that ends
- E5: Sleepwalk (1989-10-25) — Frank and Dan urge Vinnie to try and reconcile with Amber. At their urging, he goes to her, they make love, then she demands that they see a counselor. Following their therapist's
- E6: How Will They Remember Me? (1989-11-01) — When a local priest finds a box that belonged to Pete, he takes it to Vinnie, who finds a diary of his father's inside. As he reads it, he finds out about a dark episode involving
- E7: People Do it All the Time (1989-11-08) — Vinnie and Frank try to cheer up Dan, who's depressed about becoming a grandfather. When Lauren finds a phony check in her husband's pocket, she asks Dan to investigate, and he unc
- E8: Reunion (1989-11-15) — Vinnie attends his 15-year high school reunion and bumps into two old friends, one a mob lawyer and one a detective. Vinnie is torn between telling Denise he's a cop and protecting
- E9: Day One (1989-11-29) — Vinnie is called to Washington to investigate a counterfeiting operation designed to sabotage the Japanese economy. Frank warns Vinnie to be careful, that there is some kind of pow
- E10: Day Four (1989-12-06) — In the aftermath of economist Valenti's assassination, new paths open in Vinnie's investigation of the plot to disrupt the Japanese economy. Although Vinnie strongly suspects that
- E11: Day Seven (1989-12-13) — Vinnie and Dan find evidence of the counterfeiting ring in Utah, but it seems to have come too easily, so Vinnie heads into the mountains to meet a billionaire recluse, Prescott Wi
- E12: Day Nine (1989-12-20) — Vinnie is the fall guy in the alleged plot to disrupt the Japanese economy, prompting the Attorney General to launch a classified Senate investigation that could cost Vinnie his ba
- E13: Meet Mike McPike (1990-01-10) — During a budget meeting, Frank gets a call from Jenny that his father is causing trouble at the rest home he's at. Frank takes Mike home while he looks for a new home for him. Mike
- E14: To Die in Bettendorf (1990-01-17) — Steelgrave's former accountant, Sid Royce, is suffering in the Witness Protection life Frank assigned him. When his wife leaves, he snaps and decides to get revenge against Frank f
- E15: Romp (1990-02-07) — Feeling lonely, Vinnie joins his old buddy Mike Caccatori at the bachelor party for their high-school friend Jimmy ""The Legend"" Vitale, but the trio's friendship is put to the te
- E16: A One Horse Town (1990-02-14) — Frank's reporter friend tells him about a corrupt town in Washington, spurring Frank to assign Vinnie to the case. Vinnie sets his cover as a truck driver whose rig just got reposs
- E17: His Master's Voice (1990-03-07) — When the bodies of two missing deputies turn up, it points to a serial killer who has been terrorizing the northwest. Volchek assigns the investigation to Vinnie when Stem loses co
- E18: Hello Buckwheat (1990-03-14) — Vinnie calls in Roger Lococco to take over the case, then holes up in a seedy hotel in Seattle. Frank is more interested in looking for Vinnie than in nailing Volchek. Paul orders
- E19: Let Them Eat Cake (1990-03-21) — Vinnie takes a job hauling hospital waste as he continues to hide out in Seattle. Frank finds out Volchek is going to bribe a state official to get the license for his hospital and
- E20: Meltdown (1990-03-28) — Volchek becomes depressed over losing the hospital. Roger and Frank try to save Lynchboro by getting Volchek to realize he really is in control. Vinnie goes to Kousakis when he rea
- E21: Sanctuary (1990-04-11) — Depressed, Vinnie contemplates suicide, then hears church bells. He goes to confession and breaks down, begging Father Pat to help him. Frank goes to Seattle to look for Vinnie. Vi
- E22: Brrump-Bump (1990-04-18) — Frank has an out-of-body experience, then briefly awakens when he hears Vinnie calling him. Kousakis kills Harriet, then hides out at the church while waiting to kill Boden. Vinnie
Season 4
- E1: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (1) (1990-11-10) — While Frank is in Washington to talk to Paul about returning to work, Dan calls to say Vinnie missed his last check-in. Frank goes to Vinnie's house and finds evidence that he was
- E2: Fruit of the Poisonous Tree (2) (1990-11-10)
- E3: Black Gold (1990-11-17)
- E4: The Gift (1990-11-24)
- E5: La Mina (1990-12-01)
- E6: Witness Protection for the Archangel Lucifer (1990-12-08)
- E7: Point of No Return (1990-12-08)
- E8: Dead Right (1990-12-15)
- E9: Changing Houses (1990-12-22)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Wiseguy have? 4 season(s) with 75 episodes.
Who created Wiseguy? Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell.
Where can I watch Wiseguy? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.