Midnight Caller Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

  • .12 Gauge

    Jack tries to keep on the line a distraught caller threatening to kill an unfaithful girlfriend.

  • The Added Starter

    Killian aids the only witness to a murder linked to a blackmailed state senator (Edward Albert).

  • After It Happened

    Jack's ex-girlfriend tests positive for HIV after an affair with an irresponsible man.

  • Ain't Too Proud to Beg

    Protective Jack proposes to pregnant Devon, then the natural father returns.

  • The Baby Chase

    Jack pleads over the air to kidnappers of a diabetic infant.

  • Bank Job

    Jack intervenes when an embittered Vietnam War hero's bank robbery becomes a standoff with police.

  • Based on a True Story

    Jack's show recounts the events of a recent earthquake.

  • Blame It on Midnight

    Jack tries to rescue a former college basketball player slipping into drug dealing and abuse.

  • Blood Red

    Jack tries to help Deacon's girlfriend stop gambling and winds up involved in art forgery.

  • Blood Ties

    Killian becomes a big brother for a boy whose alcoholic father wants a second chance.

  • Blues for Mr. Charlie

    Jack takes the blame when a shopkeeper friend (Harold Gould) kills a supposed robber with an automatic weapon.

  • Burned Beyond Recognition

    Jack dates Devon's former college classmate, then suspects her in a series of fiery deaths.

  • Can't Say N-n-no

    A singer (Roger Daltrey) trying to break a heroin addiction wants to rekindle a romance with Nicky.

  • The City of Lost Souls

    Killian helps a 17-year-old who claims to be his daughter find her real father, his ex-classmate.

  • The City of Lost Souls

    Killian launches an on-air crusade after a homeless ex-classmate is murdered; with G. Gordon Liddy.

  • The City of Lost Souls

    Killian launches an on-air crusade after a homeless ex-classmate is murdered; with G. Gordon Liddy.

  • Conversations With the Assassin

    Jack attracts the attention of a serial killer in his new job of radio call-in show host.

  • A Cry in the Night

    An elderly security guard claims he followed Jack's on-air advice to shoot his drug-crazed son.

  • Do You Believe in Miracles?

    Jack gets involved in a gang war over a statue of Jesus rumored to have shed tears.

  • End of the Innocence

    A woman jailed for hiding her daughter from her abusive husband asks Jack to take the girl.

  • Ethan's Call

    Jack relives the anguish of killing his partner when he helps the man's distraught son.

  • Evil Is Live Spelled Backward

    Killian establishes contact with a serial killer who holds the city in fear; with Alex English.

  • Evil Is Live Spelled Backward

    Killian establishes contact with a serial killer who holds the city in fear; with Alex English.

  • Evil Is Live Spelled Backward

    Killian establishes contact with a serial killer who holds the city in fear; with Alex English.

  • The Execution of John Saringo

    A convicted murderer (Joe Spano) invites Jack to broadcast from death row on the eve of his execution.

  • Eyeless Vision

    A killer (David Morse) stalks a blind listener (Meg Foster) who cannot convince police she witnessed a murder.

  • The Fall

    Jack falls for a beautiful singer (Audrey Landers) who plans to murder and frame him for it.

  • Fathers and Sins

    Jack's long-lost father (Peter Boyle) returns with a sob story; a heart attack fells Devon's father.

  • Her Dirty Little Secret

    Killian uses his show to find a friend's (Ed Marinaro) wife; director Betty Thomas.

  • Home to Roost

    A Vietnam War orphan kidnaps a cop he blames for the deaths of his parents.

  • The Hostage Game

    A passenger's brother kidnaps a diplomat to retaliate for the hijacking of a plane by Colombian drug lords.

  • Kid Salinas

    Jack attempts to free a young Mexican fighter from a greedy promoter.

  • A Kiss for the Dying

    Jack pleads for equity when a media mogul's son, accused of murder, appears headed for a lenient sentence.

  • The Language Barrier

    After young toughs harass Billy, Jack makes an on-air stand against ethnic bias and antagonizes longtime residents.

  • The Leopard

    Thugs try to collect from Jack the $50,000 gambling debt of his father (Peter Boyle).

  • Life Without Possibility

    Jack broadcasts his radio show from inside prison after a riot.

  • Life Without Possibility

    As Killian continues his broadcast inside the prison, the warden convinces the governor to send in troops.

  • The Loneliest Number

    Deacon thinks race is Killian's objection to his romance with Jack's sister.

  • Mercy Me

    Jack struggles with a friend's (Bruce Weitz) decision to remove life support from his comatose son.

  • Nighthawk's Got the Blues

    Tina's birthday sends Jack into depression, causing him to quit his radio show.

  • No Exit

    Jack receives a call from a runaway whose pimp (Bud Cort) is endangering her life.

  • Old Friends

    Mercy killings occur in a nursing home where Jack's surrogate father resides.

  • Payback

    Jack watches over a police officer (Patti D'Arbanville) who developed amnesia after witnessing her partner's murder.

  • Planes

    Jack befriends an abandoned boy being lured by a thief who uses children to perpetrate his crimes.

  • Play Blotto and Die

    Killian helps a protected witness claim a lottery prize in person.

  • Promise to a Dead Man

    A 40-year-old murder case reopens when the killer calls Jack's show; guests Bonnie Bartlett, George Murdoch.

  • Protection

    The murder of a protected federal witness leads Jack to a government conspiracy involving drugs and arms trafficking.

  • The Reverend Sound Bite

    Zymack won't accept Jack's help to disprove a militant minister's (Cleavon Little) charge of racism.

  • Ryder on the Storm

    Killian tries to find a job for his hero (Robert Klein), a '60s radio iconoclast.

  • Sale Away

    Jack serves as Devon's Lamaze coach and fields offers from another radio station.

  • A Snitch in Time

    Killian is railroaded for the vehicular manslaughter of a powerful attorney's daughter.

  • A Snitch in Time

    Jack cannot disprove the falsified testimony of a petty criminal who named him as the hit-and-run driver.

  • Someone to Love

    Jack tries to provide support to his ex-girlfriend (Kay Lenz) who is dying of AIDS.

  • Take Back the Street

    Jack gets involved with frightened senior citizens whose neighborhood is ravaged by drug dealers.

  • Tarnished Shield

    A policeman's on-air suicide reveals corruption in the San Francisco Police Department.

  • That's Amore

    A mobster's prized chef (Don Novello) is kidnapped by a rival to settle a score; with Jerry Vale.

  • Three for the Money

    Jack and his father (Peter Boyle) try to clear Jack's brother (Scott Valentine) of the theft of an artifact.

  • Trash Radio

    A TV talk-show host links Killian to an unsolved drug crime as retaliation for being embarrassed on Killian's show.

  • Uninvited Guests

    Killian suspects an immigration agent (Joan Severance) of corruption and murder.

  • Watching Me Watching You

    Jack is the only one who believes an obsessed maniac is trying to kill Devon.

  • With Malice Toward One

    An ex-convict wants revenge for Killian's part in sending him to prison.

  • The Wrong Side of the Wall

    An ex-convict that Killian is helping reacclimate to the outside gets involved in an ill-fated robbery.