Midnight Caller

  • Premiered: Oct 1988
  • Episodes: 61
  • Followers: 8
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Unknown
  • Drama

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Season 2
2x1
Tarnished Shield
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 19, 1989
Jack's mentor on the police force is reunited with him under horrific circumstances. His policeman son-in-law commits suicide after calling Jack's show. Jack finds himself involved in a .. show full overview
2x2
Evil is Live Spelled Backward (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 1989
Jack's show is plagued by a series of on-air murders and locations of dead bodies. Jack's intuition tells him it's a serial killer but he has a hard time convincing Lieutenant Zymak.
2x3
Evil is Live Spelled Backward (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 1989
When Devon becomes a kidnap victim of the call-in killer, Zymak and Jack work together to discover that the crimes are a twisted vendetta against Jack and KJCM.
2x4
Mercy Me
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 1989
In an effort to help his friend whose son is being kept alive by life support, Jack showcases the issue of euthanasia on his show.
2x5
Watching Me, Watching You
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1989
Devon is stalked by a man who targets her during a traffic jam. She and Jack are forced into a situation that causes them to contemplate moving their relationship from platonic to something more.
2x6
Take Back the Streets
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Air date
Nov 07, 1989
The drug trade hits too close to home for a San Francisco neighborhood. Their personal war on crime becomes the focus of Jack's show.
2x7
Someone to Love
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Air date
Nov 14, 1989
Jack receives a call from a hospice. Tina Cassidy's battle with AIDS is near the end. As Jack goes to her, he reflects on their time together.
2x8
End of Innocence
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 28, 1989
A woman chooses imprisonment versus revealing the location of her daughter to her ex-husband. The young child is supposedly a victim of sexual abuse while her legal eagle parents sort .. show full overview
2x9
Blood Red
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 1989
Deacon's girlfriend, Susan, seeks Jack's assistance in dealing with her gambling debts. As Jack investigates outside of the official channels, he uncovers an art forgery ring that has Susan in the middle of it.
2x10
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 1989
A blessed statue of the baby Jesus is stolen from St. Michael's Cathedral. Jack uses his show to find out clues to its whereabouts and to prevent the mob family who donated the statue from exacting their own form of penance on the perpetrator.
2x11
Based on a True Story
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 16, 1990
The devastating San Francisco earthquake is re-enacted as Jack and Billy help citizens connect with loved ones via the radio waves, Devon has a close encounter, and Zymak and his family re-unite under tense circumstances.
2x12
Planes
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 30, 1990
An abandoned young boy seeks refuge within a modern day band of street thieves with similarities to the Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist.
2x13
Kid Salinas
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 06, 1990
The exploitation of illegal immigrants in the work force and the sporting world is the premise for this episode. Jack introduces Devon to the world of boxing. Unfortunately, this leads to the more unpleasant side of things...
2x14
A Snitch in Time (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 20, 1990
Jack borrows Devon's car, unfortunately a young woman is killed by a hit and run driver matching Devon's car and Jack's description. The victim turns out to be the daughter of an .. show full overview
2x15
A Snitch in Time (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 1990
Things are looking tense for Jack, when he and Deacon sit down to figure out the tangled web of lies and deceit to which he has fallen victim.
2x16
The Reverend Soundbite
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 1990
Gang violence and police retaliation are the focal point for this episode. Zymak, accused of police brutality, is unable to come clean with his whereabouts as his marriage is disintegrating.
2x17
Wrong Side of the Wall
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 1990
A long time prisoner of the correctional system is paroled, and he finds the real world too difficult to manage. Jack tries to dissuade him from breaking his parole just to get back into the system he knows so well.
2x18
Three for the Money
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 03, 1990
We don't see much of Jack in the episode, as his brother and his father hook up for the first time in years to help a damsel in distress retrieve a valuable artifact. (This was the premise for a spinoff show that didn't make it off the ground.)
2x19
Protection
Episode overview
Air date
May 01, 1990
One of Jack's informants from his police force days seeks his assistance when his witness protection status is jeopardized. Jack is drawn into a government conspiracy that reaches to high office and global proportion.
2x20
The Hostage Game
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1990
Jack's friend from childhood is too close to the hostage situations around the world; his brother is one of many on a hijacked plane. In retaliation, he kidnaps an official from the .. show full overview
2x21 Season finale
Nighthawk's Got the Blues
Episode overview
Air date
May 22, 1990
Jack is haunted by the memory of Tina as her birthday approaches. His friends try to offer their help and comfort, but Jack seems to have lost his way, especially the reasons he helps others.

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