Night Heat

4 Seasons 1985 - 1989 TV-14 1h 00m 7.5

The exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column.

The exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column.

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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

O'Brien (Scott Hylands) is critically wounded while attempting to prevent a d...

Episode 14 Power Play

14. Power Play

Aired: Oct 17, 1985

The detectives investigate a building owner who has been accused of arson eve...

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

Kirkwood suspects that a death occurring during a shipping-plant strike is ac...

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

Officials pressure Giambone and O'Brien to prove a troubled man caused the di...

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

Current Status: Ended

Network: CTV

Genres: Drama, Crime