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Episode 11: Stairway to Heaven

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Jan 31, 1989

When Frank learns his wife is going to die, Vinnie uses some missing OCB funds to enable her to get a lifesaving transplant.

Full Episodes

Season 2, 22 episodes

Episode 1: Going Home,

Vinnie's resignation from the Organized Crime Bureau leads him home and into a hotbed of racial hatred.

49m Oct 25, 1988

Episode 2: School Of Hard Knox,

Vinnie returns to the OCB on his own terms, determined to infiltrate the radical racist organization that has threatened his family and friends.

49m Nov 1, 1988

Episode 3: Revenge of the Mud People,

The local police leave their kid gloves behind when they haul Vinnie in, mistakenly believing he has murdered one of their own.

48m Nov 8, 1988

Episode 4: Last of the True Believers,

Knox Pooley's explosive appearance on an issue-oriented talk show ends in tragedy.

45m Nov 15, 1988

Episode 5: Aria For Don Aiuppo,

When Vinnie's mother falls in love with an organized crime boss, rekindling a romance that began in the old country, the OCB asks Vinnie to intervene.

48m Dec 6, 1988

Episode 6: 7th Avenue Freeze Out,

Vinnie goes undercover for the OCB as a garment center security consultant to keep the new wave of organized crime leadership from destroying a father-and-son business.

49m Dec 13, 1988

Episode 7: Next of Kin,

Another side of Eli is revealed when his son David is reported missing while on an overseas business trip.

47m Dec 20, 1988

Episode 8: All or Nothing,

While David and Eli move to close their most important knock-off dress deal ever, Pinzolo uses the same agreement.

48m Jan 10, 1989

Episode 9: Where’s the Money?,

With Elrose Fashions in its death throes, David and Eli's tenuous relationship shatters, and David seeks to avenge his grievous losses against Rick Pinzolo.

49m Jan 17, 1989

Episode 10: Postcard From Morocco,

David Sternberg's final act is to leave a letter incriminating Rick Pinzolo in a murder he witnessed.

48m Jan 24, 1989

Episode 11: Stairway to Heaven,

When Frank learns his wife is going to die, Vinnie uses some missing OCB funds to enable her to get a lifesaving transplant.

48m Jan 31, 1989

Episode 12: White Noise,

Vinnie has no choice but to come out from behind his OCB badge to face the chilling accusations of mobster Sonny Steelgrave—the friend he was forced to betray.

49m Feb 14, 1989

Episode 13: Dead Dog Lives,

Vinnie and Frank plan to use a record company OCB they have to get into the corrupt music business.

48m Feb 28, 1989

Episode 14: And It Comes Out Here,

Corrupt music mogul Winston Newquay tries to buy out Vinnie's Dead Dog Records, but it instead opts to merge with Isaac Twine's company, Shakala.

48m Mar 7, 1989

Episode 15: The Rip-off Stick,

Newquay (Tim Curry) seduces Diana Price (Deborah Harry), and she tells Vinnie she can't resist him because she's in love.

46m Mar 21, 1989

Episode 16: High Dollar Bop,

Vinnie and his record producer Johnny Medley try to steal Eddie Tempest, a hot property, from Winston Newquay.

48m Apr 4, 1989

Episode 17: Hip Hop on the Gravy Train,

Newquay attempts to terminate Vinnie's employment, but Terranova counters with a restraining order.

49m Apr 11, 1989

Episode 18: The One That Got Away,

Not wanting to hurt his mother, Vinnie tries to resist an OCB investigation of his new stepfather, while his relationship with Amber Twine grows ever closer.

48m May 2, 1989

Episode 19: Living and Dying in 4/4 Time,

The case against Newquay is dismissed as entrapment.

48m May 9, 1989

Episode 20: Call It Casaba,

After Vinnie puts the Shakala Records investigation to rest, he and McPike take a trip to the mountains with lifeguard, whose real-life problems may force him to quit the OCB.

47m May 16, 1989

Episode 21: The Four-Letter Word, Part 1,

After a restraining order keeps Vinnie away from Amber, Vinnie uncovers a plan to sell Shakala as part of a large real estate venture.

47m May 23, 1989

Episode 22: There’s Plenty of Time, Part 2,

Not wanting to hurt his mother, Vinnie tries to resist an OCB investigation of his new stepfather, while his relationship with Amber Twine grows ever closer.

50m May 23, 1989