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COLLECTION · Series · 1989

Hardball

Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who is forced to take a desk job or retire. Battles is soon assigned a new partner, the 25-year old hotshot Kaczierowski who follows his own set of rules when dealing with criminals. The pair are soon at odds over their respective methods of law enforcement. HARDBALL is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.

Source: TMDB
* 7.0 (4)ActionAdventureCrimeUnited States
Creators
Robert Palm
Countries
United States
Studios
NBC · NBC Productions · Columbia Pictures Television
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
21/09/1989
Score
7.0 / 10 (4)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
18 episodes · 1989
Episode 1. Till Death Do Us Part
1989-09-21 · 60 min

Charlie faces a desk job but gets a reprieve, he is teamed with a new young partner and despite their differences must protect a witness, a mobster's wife, whom Charlie knows too well. Charlie: ""I stopped thinking in '69 and started…

Episode 2. The Silver Scream
1989-09-28 · 60 min

Charlie and Kaz work as technical advisors on a film and wind up protecting the star, an actress whose attacker has just recently been paroled.

Episode 3. The One Armed Bandit
1989-10-13 · 60 min

Charlie and Kaz are in Las Vegas visiting Charlie's friend who owns a casino-hotel. Kaz's discovery of the bullet-ridden corpse of a pickpocket, followed by gunfire in the showroom cut their vacation short. It seems the Russian comic is…

Episode 4. Which Witch is Which?
1989-10-27 · 60 min

Charlie is a having a string of bad ""coincidences."" A witch in a retirement home says that one of nurses there will be the next in a series of kidnap-murders. When Kaz and Charlie arrive, they wind up thwarting an attack by a trio in…

Episode 5. The Cleveland Indian
1989-11-03 · 60 min

A Native American is in search of his great-grandson who's spent time in an institution other than the one wrote about. The great-grandson is also wanted by his friends from the bank job and by his parole officer, all who have 1.2 million…

Episode 6. The Fighting 52nd
1989-11-10 · 60 min

Charlie, the ""Rainmaster,"" attends the reunion of his old Vietnam Army unit; however one of the members is murdered. The man wanted to talk to Charlie about something before the reunion; Charlie and Kaz discover that other members are…

Episode 7. Time Bomb
1989-11-17 · 60 min

Two men are killed. 30 years ago in college they were part of a group which was charged for the death of a fellow student in a test of courage. Charlie and Kaz want to protect the remaining three from the killer, but it seems the killer…

Episode 8. Trying to Make a Living, and Doing the Best I Can
1989-11-24 · 60 min

The little crook Sonny mistakenly steals the case of a professional killer. Now he is chased by that man and when he stumbles and the case with a gun opens, Sonny gets arrested. Charlie and Kaz now must protect Sonny as well find out…

Episode 9. The Out of Towner
1989-12-01 · 60 min

G.P. Svetlo, a rude detective from Louisiana, is in town searching for his lost daughter. During a raid he and his daughter are arrested. Kaz soon realizes that this man is highly dangerous and his deadly scared daughter Lauren is his…

Episode 10. The Cool Katt
1990-04-20 · 60 min

An older cop is shot in a bank, but the case and everything about it is made non-existent. Charlie begins to think about retiring or moving to that desk job. The perpetrator is cocky and appears to be connected; Charlie and Kaz are ready…

Episode 11. The Angel of Death
1990-04-27 · 60 min

A reporter who was on the scene of the murder of a homeless man minutes after it happened is terrorized by the caller who gave her the tip about the murder.

Episode 12. A Killer Date
1990-05-04 · 60 min

Kaz gets Charlie a lifetime membership to a computer dating company. Charlie gives it a shot, but winds up getting shot at on this first date and gets a warning to pass on his second date. Charlie's date is also an Al Martoni fan and…

Episode 13. A Death in the Family
1990-05-11 · 60 min

It's Charlie's birthday and his daughter stops by wish him well, but the differences between them still run deep. She then becomes the victim of a wounded robber who vows revenge against Charlie, who caused the death of the robber's…

Episode 14. Sex, Cops, and Videotape (a.k.a. From the Commissioner, With Love)
1990-05-18 · 60 min

Charlie and Kaz get assigned to a delicate case: the murder of the commissioner's mistress. The commissioner has hired a killer to search for the videotape that shows him in a compromising position.

Episode 15. Wedding Bell Blues
1990-06-01 · 60 min

Kaz's mother comes to town and surprises her by announcing she is getting remarried. While meeting her fiancé they are hailed by a barrage of bullets. Kaz has a hard time dealing with this and the fact his mother is getting remarried. It…

Episode 16. Prescription For Murder (a.k.a. Charlie and Kaz Meet the Mummy)
1990-06-08 · 60 min

While Charlie is in the hospital, he is mistaken for a hitman's target. Kaz inadvertently blocks Charlie's shot at the would-be killer while in pursuit. They wind up sharing a room while trying to figure out what's going on. It seems that…

Episode 17. Every Dog Has Its Day
1990-06-22 · 60 min

A retarded friend of Charlie's says a dog asked him to get the police to stop his murder. When Charlie and Kaz arrive at the scene shots are fired.

Episode 18. The Hunt for Honus Wagner
1990-06-29 · 60 min

Kaz's bike and a valuable baseball card are stolen and lead into a different type of ball game managed by a player who could have Charlie legally tossed out.

Cast by season
John Ashton
John Ashton
Charlie Battles
Richard Tyson
Richard Tyson
Kaz
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