Better Living Through Chemistry

1When Irish Eyes Are Crying

48 minSep 26, 1986★ 7.1

Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.

2Stone's War

48 minOct 3, 1986★ 7.6

Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.

3Killshot

48 minOct 10, 1986★ 5.3

Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail.

4Walk Alone

48 minOct 17, 1986★ 6.2

Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.

5The Good Collar

48 minOct 24, 1986★ 7.0

A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.

6Shadow in the Dark

48 minOct 31, 1986★ 7.9

Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.

7El Viejo

48 minNov 7, 1986★ 7.1

Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.

8Better Living Through Chemistry

48 minNov 14, 1986★ 6.9Now viewing

Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.

9Baby Blues

48 minNov 21, 1986★ 6.6

Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.

10Street Wise

48 minDec 5, 1986★ 6.6

An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

11Forgive Us Our Debts

48 minDec 12, 1986★ 7.2

New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.

12Down for the Count (1)

48 minJan 9, 1987★ 7.4

Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.

13Down for the Count (2)

48 minJan 16, 1987★ 8.1

Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

14Cuba Libre

48 minJan 23, 1987★ 6.7

Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.

15Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

48 minFeb 6, 1987★ 5.4

Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.

16Theresa

48 minFeb 13, 1987★ 5.2

Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

17The Afternoon Plane

48 minFeb 20, 1987★ 5.2

Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.

18Lend Me an Ear

48 minFeb 27, 1987★ 6.3

The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.

19Red Tape

48 minMar 13, 1987★ 6.1

Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.

20By Hooker by Crook

48 minMar 20, 1987★ 5.0

Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer.

21Knock, Knock, Who's There?

48 minMar 27, 1987★ 6.0

Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.

22Viking Bikers from Hell

48 minApr 3, 1987★ 5.7

A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

23Everybody's in Show Biz

48 minMay 1, 1987★ 5.7

An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

24Heroes of the Revolution

48 minMay 8, 1987★ 5.7

An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.