
Boomtown
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Each episode of this series, set in present day Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01PilotSeptember 29, 2002—In the pilot, the drive-by killing of a young girl and another's critical wounding preoccupies the cops, whose probe leads to a black teen a
- S01E02PossessionOctober 6, 2002—The murder of a reckless Romeo prompts an intensive search for the suspected killer: an enraged spouse now apparently out to slay his adulte
- S01E03The SqueezeOctober 13, 2002—To get to a wily defense lawyer (Gregg Henry) suspected of murdering an ex-girlfriend, the cops put the squeeze on the attorney's conflicted
- S01E04Reelin' in the YearsOctober 20, 2002—Patricia Wettig plays a radical turned homemaker, whose arrest for the 1976 murder of a cop opens department wounds and triggers recriminati
- S01E05All Hallow's EveOctober 27, 2002—On Halloween, costumed thieves take Teresa hostage in her paramedic vehicle, where the gang's leader orders her to tend to his brother, who
- S01E06The FreakNovember 3, 2002—Russian mobsters challenge Fearless, whose protection of a very scared preteen girl, an eyewitness to murder, subconsciously recalls his all
- S01E07Insured by Smith & WessonNovember 10, 2002—A hostage crisis imperils Off. Hechler, held by vicious thugs in a robbery gone awry at a store run by a former TV crime-fighting hero who i
- S01E08CrashNovember 17, 2002—An auto-insurance scam takes a deadly turn in a grisly accident, which entangles a semi driver on speed, a guilt-ridden conspirator and a sl
- S01E09The David McNorris ShowDecember 1, 2002—A top-priority murder case entangles McNorris with a powerful, sleazy movie mogul, whose teenage son is the chief suspect in a female classm
- S01E10CoyoteDecember 8, 2002—The search for an abducted teenage girl is tied to a psychotic eyewitness: a figure from Andrea's past found living like a wild animal in mo
- S01E11Monster's BrawlJanuary 5, 2003—A skid-row slaying embroils the law enforcers with a hapless alcoholic and a smarmy documentary filmmaker, who shrewdly defies interrogators
- S01E12Sinaloa CowboysJanuary 12, 2003—Violence erupts in a nasty drug case, reopening old wounds involving an unresolved conflict between Off. Hechler and prosecutor McNorris.
- S01E13Home InvasionMarch 2, 2003—A series of home-invasion killings lead to a stakeout of a potential victim: a well-to-do, terminally ill cancer patient and his family.
- S01E14ExecutionMarch 9, 2003—With only hours to live, a murderer on death row has a deal for McNorris: commutation to a prison term in exchange for the cop the killer's
- S01E15Storm WatchMarch 16, 2003—To ferret out a turncoat cop responsible for the murders of two officers, Joel conducts heated interrogations at the station house that arou
- S01E16FearlessMarch 30, 2003—A killing linked to a sexual molestation stirs up painful memories for Fearless, who sets out on a personal quest for justice that also ends
- S01E17BlackoutApril 13, 2003—A booze binge takes an emotional toll on deputy DA David McNorris, whose blackout leads him to believe he's involved in a hit-and-run killin
- S01E18Lost ChildApril 20, 2003—Stevens investigates an infant's disappearance, which coincides with the reopening of a probe into his own baby's mysterious death a year ea
Season02
- S02E01
The Love of MoneySeptember 26, 2003—Joel and Fearless enlist Ray and Tom in an covert op to track down the thieves who killed Wisnicki and Chandler when the detectives assigned - S02E02
InadmissibleOctober 3, 2003—David comes out of rehab and lands in the middle of the case against Sabrina and Donadoni, although not in the position he'd like at first; - S02E03
WannabeDecember 27, 2003—Called to the police academy to investigate a murder, Joel and Fearless discover that the recruit who discovered the body is none other than - S02E04
HaystackDecember 27, 2003—Bank robbers attempting to flee the scene end up at a local shopping mall and take several hostages, including Teresa, whose ""shoot, don't - S02E05
The Hole-in-the-Wall GangDecember 27, 2003—When the body of a college student is found in a house under renovation, David joins forces with Katherine, Joel, and Fearless to determine - S02E06
The Big PictureDecember 28, 2003—Wracked with guilt for not following his instincts on a domestic disturbance call when the woman involved is reported missing and presumed d
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