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Night Heat

Detectives from the Mid-South Precinct in a generic North American city similar to New York but more akin to Toronto, with their exploits chronicled by newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column.

Tom Kirkwood's Night Heat column, which chronicles the adventures of detectives from the Mid South Precinct in a fictional North American city, is remarkably similar to New York City but has some elements resembling Toronto.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Crossfire

1. Crossfire

Aired: Jan 30, 1985

Tom Kirkwood, a journalist for the Eagle, writes a column recording the activ...

Episode 2 Necessary Force

2. Necessary Force

Aired: Feb 6, 1985

While chasing some perps, Frank shoots one of them claiming he was holding a ...

Episode 3 Deadline

3. Deadline

Aired: Feb 13, 1985

A woman on the way home is attacked and raped in her own house. Kevin and Fra...

Episode 4 The Stranger

4. The Stranger

Aired: Feb 20, 1985

Kevin and Frank pursue two criminals to a back alley. The two thugs try to e...

Episode 5 Obie's Law

5. Obie's Law

Aired: Feb 27, 1985

A woman is shot with a stolen automatic weapon. O'Brien knows the dealer but ...

Episode 6 The Witness

6. The Witness

Aired: Mar 6, 1985

Continuing from the previous episode, Kevin and Frank investigate a serial ki...

Episode 7 Deadlock

7. Deadlock

Aired: May 2, 1985

Kirkwood shoots a paperboy and a nun--in a simulation. Giambone and Brody arr...

Episode 8 Ancient Madness

8. Ancient Madness

Aired: May 9, 1985

An IRA figurehead under police protection is targeted before he can testify a...

Episode 9 Velvet

9. Velvet

Aired: May 16, 1985

A cocaine-addicted singer dies suddenly in her dressing room. It looked like ...

Episode 10 The Fifth Man

10. The Fifth Man

Aired: May 23, 1985

O'Brien and Giambone investigate a murder staged as a suicide and a murder st...

Episode 11 Jane the Ripper

11. Jane the Ripper

Aired: Sep 26, 1985

O'Brien and Giambone work the city's seamy nightlife assisted by Stevie who p...

Episode 12 Dead to Rights

12. Dead to Rights

Aired: Oct 3, 1985

Giambone and O'Brien question overwhelming evidence against a man arrested fo...

Episode 13 The Quest

13. The Quest

Aired: Oct 10, 1985

Acting on a tip, the team at Mid-South breaks up a drug deal on the metro. Th...

Episode 14 Power Play

14. Power Play

Aired: Oct 17, 1985

The detectives investigate a building owner, a retired fire fighter, who is a...

Episode 15 The Game

15. The Game

Aired: Oct 24, 1985

O'Brien and Giambone search for the loser at a big-money poker game who has g...

Episode 16 Mother's Day

16. Mother's Day

Aired: Oct 30, 1985

Kevin and Frank investigate the murders of elderly women at a senior citizen ...

Episode 17 Poison

17. Poison

Aired: Nov 6, 1985

While covering a violent confrontation at a dock strike, Tom witnesses the mu...

Episode 18 Snow White

18. Snow White

Aired: Nov 13, 1985

O'Brien and Giambone's investigation of a killing depends on a mentally chall...

Episode 19 Secrets

19. Secrets

Aired: Nov 20, 1985

Kirkwood and O'Brien (Allan Royal, Scott Hylands) investigate the murder of a...

Episode 20 Songbird

20. Songbird

Aired: Nov 27, 1985

Two thieves break into a jewel/rare artifacts store and steal a miniature bir...

Episode 21 The Source

21. The Source

Aired: Dec 1, 1985

Bobby Taylor, a "Cub" reporter comes to Tommy for help on an expose story he'...

Episode 22 Innocents

22. Innocents

Aired: Dec 25, 1985

When two children go missing in a neighborhood, frayed nerves lead to a mob o...

Episode 23 Fire and Ice

23. Fire and Ice

Aired: Jan 1, 1986

Colby believes that his brother, Devo, may hold the key to a gem theft/murder...

Info about Night Heat

Seasons: 4

Current Status: Ended

Network: CTV

Genres:Drama, Crime