Episode

The Commish: The Poisoned Tree

Name: The Commish: The Poisoned Tree
Released: 1991-10-12
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Michael Chiklis, Theresa Saldana, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Geoffrey Nauffts, Melinda McGraw

The CommishSeason 11991-10-12

Overview

Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester.

Details

Series: The Commish
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 1991-10-12
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

The Poisoned Tree is Episode 3 in Season 1 of The Commish. It aired on 1991-10-12. The runtime is 60 min.

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Episode 4: Nothing to Fear But ... 1991-10-26 | 60 min After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.

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Episode 1: In the Best of Families 1991-09-28 | 60 min Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.

Episode 5: A Matter of Life or Death (1) 1991-11-02 | 60 min Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.

Episode 6: A Matter of Life or Death (2) 1991-11-02 | 60 min Two missing cops have been found under water, there a jail hunger strike going on and tony's up for the nypd commissioner job.

Episode 7: Behind the Storm Door 1991-11-09 | 60 min Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.

Episode 8: The Hatchet 1991-11-16 | 60 min Tony butts heads with both a tough cop who is overzealous in his handling of criminals, and a hard-nosed management consultant hired by the city in a cost-cutting effort.

Episode 9: Two Confessions 1991-11-30 | 60 min Tony is doubly stymied when identical twins both initially confess to the same murder, then, in a surprise about-face, accuse each other of the crime. Also, Arnie finds romance with a kindred soul, a phone-sex operator named Gloria.

Episode 10: Commissioner's Ball 1991-12-07 | 60 min A serial killer has been mutilating the bodies of Eastbridge tradsients and homeless people - and Tony begins to suspect the perpetrator's identity.

Episode 11: No Greater Gift 1991-12-21 | 60 min During the holiday season, Tony investigates the murder of an elderly woman allegedly killed in her home during a Christmas burglary; matches wits with a mugger, and defends a homeless woman who's been sleeping in the manger of a Holy Family creche.

Episode 12: The Fourth Man 1992-01-04 | 60 min After Commissioner Scali's friend and colleague, Chief of Detectives Irv Wallerstein, is struck down during a bloody encounter with hijackers, Tony becomes obsessed with finding the assailant!

Episode 13: Charlie Don't Surf 1992-01-18 | 60 min Vietnamese gangs threaten Eastbridge and Tony steps in to help.