DLHQ - "The Job"

Episode Guides:
Season One (2001)
Season Two (2002)

Season One

S01E01. Pilot

First aired: 3/14/2001
Writer: Denis Leary, Peter Tolan
Director: Dean Parisot
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni) , Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Teagle F. Bougere (Kaleel Ojala), Gammy Singer (Kaleel's Grandmother), Dyron Holmes (Ironsides), Jimmy Burke (Bike Cop), Shiro Oishi (Mr. Ahira)

Mike and Pip craftily use a suspect's grandmother to get him to confess.

S01E02. Elizabeth

First aired: 3/21/2001
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni) , Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips), Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Elizabeth Hurley (Herself), Rory Culkin (Davey McNeil), Robert Merrill (Jason), Joshua Biton (Suspect), Donald Trump (Himself)

Mike's all over the case when Elizabeth Hurley files a harassment complaint; fearing that Mike is a bad influence on her husband, Adina wants Pip to get another partner; after Elizabeth asks Mike out on a date, they become the talk of the town.

S01E03. Bathroom

First aired: 3/28/2001
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni) , Wendy Makkena (Karen McNeil), Raymond Serra (Man in Store), Jesse J. Perez (Man in Bathroom), Michael Escamilla (Perpetrator #1), Carmine Cangialosi (Traffic Cop), Cyrus Farmer (Passing Cop), Bryant Richards (Perpetrator #2)

All hell breaks lose when Frank loses a perp inside the precinct; Mike stumbles on the perp (who doesn't speak any English) and is taken hostage at gunpoint; Ruben and Al are sent on a mysterious mission.

S01E04. Foot

First aired: 4/4/2001
Writer: Daphne Pollan, Peter Tolan, Denis Leary, Daphne Pollon
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni) , James McCaffrey (Jeff Larsen), Frank Santorelli (Tino), Larry Block (Podiatrist)

A bag with a severed foot is found, prompting a visit to some mob contacts and a few practical jokes; Mike secretly does a background check on Jan's new boyfriend; Toni is groped on the subway.

S01E05. Massage

First aired: 4/11/2001
Writer: Peter Tolan, Denis Leary
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Janet Hubert-Whitten (Adina Phillips), Mary Beth Peil (Peg Bermance), Michael Charles (Garrity), Ilana Levine (Diane), James Lally (John Yellin), Jack Howard (Juan Sergio)

The squad rushes out to sample the services at a massage parlor to make sure it's legit; Jan's collar, a homeless man, turns out to be a high school classmate; a grateful senior citizen has designs on Ruben.

S01E06. Anger

First aired: 4/18/2001
Writer: Mike Martineau
Director: Tucker Gates
Guest star: Karyn Parsons (Toni) , Zeljko Ivanek (Peter), Ellen Pompeo (Sue), Josh Pais (Mark), Ray Bokhour (Paulie), Olga Merediz (Yolanda Sommariba), Mike Jefferson (Riggi), Slava Schoot (Cab Driver), Woker Strongreen (Bartender), Adrian Martinez (Miguel Alvarez), Marina Durell (Lupe Alvarez)

After Mike's ugly altercation with a cab driver is captured on video and broadcast on TV, he's forced to attend anger management classes the week he decides to quit smoking and drinking; Ruben's mother wants him to apologize to the perp he's forced to shoot.