Seattle’s Victims
- A One Horse Town
- His Master’s Voice
- The bodies of the two missing deputies turn up (that are killed by Stemkowski)
- Stemkowski electrocutes himself after confessing he’s the stun gun killer of the 41 girls and two deputies.
- Hello Buckwheat
- Let Them Eat Cake
- Meltdown
- Vinnie shoots the two assassins sent by Kousakis to kill him.
- Sanctuary
- Brrump-Bump
- Charlie Boden kills one of Kousakis’ men with a bowling ball after interrogating him.
- Kousakis kills Harriet with a golf stick.
- Kousakis throws himself down the stairs when Vinnie discovers him in the bell tower.
- Total Dead, 49
- Most kills
Stemkowski, 44 dead (including himself and 41 deads out of the picture) - Kousakis, 2 dead (including himself)
- Vincent Terranova, 2 dead
- Charlie Boden, 1 dead
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Volchek: Steve Ryan |
Rogosheske: James Stacy |
Fluegel), owner of
the town brothel,
befriends Vinnie.
A One Horse Town
Original airdate: 2/14/90
Writer: David J. Burke
Director: Peter D. Marshall
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 repossessed. Sherrif Stemkowski, who has already been booted out of other towns for his excessive use of violence investigates Vinnie and finds out he used to be a cop, so he offers him a job as deputy. Lynchboro is virtually owned by reclusive businessman Mark Volchek, who is obsessed with cryonics and with building a hospital to as a cryonics center.
controls Lynchboro
and is obssesed with
cryonic preservation.
An incident at a local brothel, run with Volchek’s blessing, prompts Stemkowsky to test Vinnie’s loyalty by ordering him to kill a troublesome young man named Bobby. Vinnie prevents Bobby from killing Volchek, then fakes Bobby’s death to win Volchek’s trust.
His Master’s Voice
Original airdate: 3/7/90
Writer: Robert Engels
Director: James A. Contner
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 Stemkowski loses control. Frank warns Vinnie he has to leave after Dan tells him there’s a 40-man task force on the way to Lynchboro. As Volchek tries to eliminate possible suspects, Stemkowski confesses to the murders, then electrocutes himself. Vinnie flashes back to Sonny killing himself, then snaps and takes off, stealing Frank’s car.
Hello, Buckwheat
Original airdate: 3/14/90
Writers: David J. Burke, Stephen Kronish
Director: Jonathan Sanger
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 Frank to continue the case and offers him another agent, which Frank refuses. Roger takes over as sheriff. Dan moves to Seattle to support Frank and look for Vinnie.
Let Them Eat Cake
Original airdate: 3/21/90
Writers: Clifton Campbell, Robert Engels
Director: James A. Contner
Vinnie takes a job hauling hospital waste [Boden: “that’s no job for a white man.”] 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 plans to arrest them after dinner. Roger uncovers Volchek’s cryogenic vault. Lacy talks to Roger about how important Volchek is to the town, causing him to throw the arrest.
Meltdown
Original airdate: 3/28/90
Writers: Clifton Campbell, Robert Engels
Director: Frank E. Johnson
Volchek becomes depressed over losing the hospital. Roger and Frank try to save Lynchboro by getting Volchek to realize he really is in control. [They go through a charade based on Mr. Sardonicus, the movie Volchek obsessively watches.] Vinnie goes to Kousakis when he realizes the medical waste they’re dumping is causing a hepatitis outbreak in a nearby school, then attacks Kousakis when he tells Vinnie to mind his own business.
Vinnie tries to alert an official to the toxic waste, but it turns out the guy is corrupt and tells Kousakis to kill Vinnie. Feeling trapped, Vinnie kills the two gunmen sent to kill him, then flees into the night. Roger leaves, telling Frank to tell Vinnie they’re now even.
Sanctuary
Original airdate: 4/11/90
Writers: David J. Burke, Robert Engels
Director: William A. Fraker
Depressed, Vinnie contemplates suicide, then hears church bells. He goes to confession and breaks down, begging Father Pat to help him. [Father Pat remembers meeting Vinnies’s brother Father Pete. They were a couple of non-conformists.] Frank goes to Seattle to look for Vinnie. Vinnie tells Father Pat about the toxic dumping, and the priest arranges a press conference. Frank finally finds Vinnie at the church. Kousakis overhears the plan to expose him on the news and shoots at them, wounding Frank and Father Pat. Vinnie and Dan chase Kousakis. Dan finds out Frank is in critical condition and goes to the hospital. After trying to revive Frank, the doctors give up when he flat-lines.
Bartlett), murdered
by Kousakis with a
golf club.
Brrump-Bump
Original airdate: 4/18/90
Writer: Robert Engels
Director: Peter D. Marshall
Frank has an out-of-body experience, then briefly awakens when he hears Vinnie calling him. Kousakis kills Harriet [with a golf club], then hides out at the church [in the steeple] while waiting to kill Boden. Vinnie decides to try repairing the church bells in the hopes that they will awaken Frank from his coma. Vinnie discovers Kousakis in the bell tower, but Kousakis jumps to his death before Vinnie can summon the police. [Kousakis has gone crazy from exposure to toxic waste. He ties his necktie around his head and says at one point, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”, a reference to CBS news anchor Dan Rather] Vinnie repairs the bells and rings them, waking Frank.