The first two seasons of Michael Chiklis's first show,
The Commish, are already out on DVD, but the folks at Stephen J. Cannell Productions have decided to make a less expensive option available for people who enjoy the show, but aren't quite enough of a die-hard fan to invest in the mult-disc sets. With that thought in mind, they are putting together
The Commish - The Best of Season 1 for a
May 17th release.
List price is $14.98, but
Amazon has been selling pre-orders for the past few weeks at only $11.23. For that amount you get 196 minutes of show, in original full-frame video, covering 4 episodes from the original year the show aired. Now distributor Anchor Bay has made that list of episodes available:
Emmy Award winner Michael Chiklis stars as Tony Scali, a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill. The 4 best episodes from season one chosen by creator Stephen J. Cannell:
- IN THE BEST OF FAMILIES - Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell. Also, Rachel's brother "helps" Tony and Rachel look for a larger house; and Tony devises a strategy for capturing a gang of convenience store stick-up artists and outwits a "jumper" determined to leap off the police department roof.
- DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? - The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city. And when a cop who's caught sleeping on duty implies that Commissioner Scali has forgotten how rough midnight tours can be, Tony takes the graveyard shift and gets paired with a tough-talking female officer.
- SEX, LIES & KEROSENE - Tony and Paulie investigate a puzzling arson case in which the husband of a beautiful woman appears to have been murdered.
- THE PUCK STOPS HERE - Mike Cermak - star high school hockey player, recovering addict, and good friend of the Scali family - becomes a prime drug ring suspect. Meanwhile, Tony and Rachel must make a momentous decision: whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
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