Season 2 - Episode Guide

Torello's strike force serves subpoenas at a meeting of crime bosses; a senator holds hearings on casino skimming; Nate catches a dangerous fever; and Torello romps with a star who shines not so brightly.

Julie's new husband is taken hostage in a Tucson bank robbery.

Joey becomes obsessed with "rescuing" a hooker who was his high-school sweetheart; and the Strike Force encourages a bandleader to help nail a marijuana importer linked to Senterro.

Torello investigates a Weisbord smuggling operation and a federal employee suspected of several brutal murders, but the attorney general's office refuses to help, claiming a need to maintain "plausible deniability."

A Federal order concerning a Government "asset" creates chaos for the Strike Force; Kordo and Goldman fear for their futures; Abrams decides to close the book on his career.

Torello's birthday celebration is halted when Danny is shot in a restaurant men's room, leaving only a one-word clue concerning the identity of the gunman.

A PI is killed before he can tell Torello the details of a murder, sending the Strike Force on a search for a possible witness, who is also wanted by Luca.

Luca becomes obsessed with a movie star who not only is attracted to power, but wields some of her own.

Torello learns that the defecting Soviet pilot he's assigned to guard will have only one night of freedom, so he decides to help him make it memorable. Meanwhile, Torello meets Luca's newest employee.

Reporter Susanne Terry is reunited with Abrams when she investigates the firebombing of a black-owned nightclub casino.

Torello sets out to prove that Iris's partners at the Moulin Rouge are laundering drug money through the casino.

A beautiful woman asks Torello to find her father, a gambler who owes money to a loan shark.

A Chicago hood on the run from his former boss is a potential federal witness, if Torello can find the man before Luca does.

While Torello spreads the word about Weisbord's imminent death, Luca resorts to extortion---and "science fiction"---to save his mentor.

In a dream, Taglia recounts the atomic blast and the subsequent interrogation by and escape from government agents.

Torello is careless in trying to recapture an escaped con from Arizona, whose state troopers want him too---dead or alive.

Torello and Nate lack jurisdiction over a crooked county government trying to run a Chicago acquaintance out of business.

A hard-drinking reporter intimates he's working on a big story while on a Las Vegas "pleasure" trip.

Flashbacks recall Luca's past dealings as his alleged connection with the government is probed at Senate hearings.

In a Latin American nation, Torello is frustrated by Luca's cozy relationship with the local government until he gets his own inside contact.

Mike makes a deal with one of Luca's rivals to get Danny out of prison.

Luca offers Mike a deal: Abrams' life in exchange for his heroin.