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The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright.
Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01PilotSeptember 26, 2003—An FBI agent trains and handles agents who go under cover to solve crimes; Joe mourns the loss of one of his own as the dangers of the job b
- S01E02It's Only Rock and RollOctober 3, 2003—Darnell and Heather go undercover to infiltrate a band of bank robbers making its way across the U.S.; Lily poses as a waitress to get the g
- S01E03Bruno Comes BackOctober 10, 2003—Artie, Joe's friend, comes back into town, and offers Joe a business proposition. His plan is to dig a tunnel from a bookstore to the bank a
- S01E04Body of EvidenceOctober 17, 2003—Joe and Lola use a dead body to weave a net for a known killer in order to find where he's buried the bodies; Darnell and Lily act as a coup
- S01E05Under Color of LawOctober 24, 2003—Joe handles a ""black op"" for his FBI boss investigating the death of an FBI agent working undercover with the LAPD, investigating them for
- S01E06Dirty White CollarOctober 31, 2003—When Joe and Heather work a sting operation involving an accused corporate raider they find out that he hired them to take a hit out on one
- S01E07Jar of SpidersNovember 7, 2003—Joe must investigate Andy, a fellow FBI handler who's also one of his best friends, after a city councilwoman is murdered and the chief susp
- S01E08HardcoreNovember 14, 2003—Joe and his crew pose as filmmakers involved in the adult-entertainment industry to lure a porn-obsessed man suspected of murdering his wife
- S01E09Big StonesNovember 21, 2003—Joe and his team infiltrate a gang of thieves who plan to rob multiple jewelry exchanges across the United States.
- S01E10Homewrecker's BallDecember 5, 2003—Elena enters a rehab clinic in order to find out where $5 million in missing DEA money is located; Darnell poses as a hit man to thwart a mu
- S01E11Off the EdgeDecember 12, 2003—Joe enlists the help of his former handler when two of his agents disappear during a dangerous mission. Also, Heather looks after a witness
- S01E12Bleak HouseJanuary 9, 2004—Lily goes undercover as an Irish nanny in order to determine the whereabouts of another Irish nanny who has gone missing and is possibly dea
- S01E13Acts of CongressJanuary 16, 2004—Agents go under cover to investigate the murder of a college intern who was romantically linked to a U.S. congressman. They learn they have
- S01E14Give Daddy Some SugarJanuary 30, 2004—Joe and his agents go undercover into the world of thoroughbred horse racing to take down a trainer suspected of murdering his horses.
- S01E15The Wedding Party—Lily is undercover as the girlfriend of a young Irish mobster. She ends up agreeing to marry him in order to draw his mob boss father into
- S01E16The Big Fall—Joe and his agents infiltrate a dating service in order to catch a woman who is suspected of killing several of her past dates. Caroline Gle
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