Midnight Caller

Overview

An ex-cop hosts a late-night talk radio program while getting involved with his listeners' problems in his off-time.

Episodes

Conversations with an Assassin

S01E01 Conversations with an Assassin

October 25, 1988 60 min
Jack Killian retires from the San Francisco Police Department after accidentally shooting his partner, Rusty, in a crossfire situation. He's drawn back to the world of the living by an offer to be a late...
Twelve Gauge

S01E02 Twelve Gauge

December 6, 1988 60 min
Jack receives a phone call from a kidnapper who informs Jack that he has taken a suspected murderer into his personal custody so he won't hurt any more women. He continues to use Jack's show...
After It Happened

S01E03 After It Happened

December 13, 1988 60 min
"After It Happened" is a 1988 episode of the NBC television series Midnight Caller. The controversial episode tells the story of a bisexual man who is deliberately infecting people, including series lead character Jack Killian's...
Payback

S01E04 Payback

December 20, 1988 60 min
A female friend of Jack's from the police force is wounded in the line of duty and her partner killed. They seek comfort in each other's arms to grieve the deaths of their partners. Jack...
Bank Job

S01E05 Bank Job

January 3, 1989 60 min
As Jack's luck would have it, he goes into a bank to cash a cheque and finds himself a hostage in a bank robbery. The media and the police wait out the negotiations, all with...
The Execution of John Saringo

S01E06 The Execution of John Saringo

January 10, 1989 60 min
Jack, Devon and Billy are forced to examine their belief in capital punishment when they are invited to broadcast the final hours of a death row inmate's life.
But Not for Me

S01E07 But Not for Me

January 17, 1989 60 min
Jack receives a phone call from a kidnapper who informs Jack that he has taken a suspected murderer into his personal custody so he won't hurt any more women. He continues to use Jack's show...
Trash Radio

S01E08 Trash Radio

January 31, 1989 60 min
Jack finds himself being raked over the coals by a jealous competitor who has insider information on an Internal Affairs investigation, which found Jack not guilty of the charges.
No Exit

S01E09 No Exit

February 7, 1989 60 min
A young runaway, forced into prostitution, turns to Jack via his radio show for assistance in breaking away from her pimp who is involved in the white slavery market.
Fathers and Sins

S01E10 Fathers and Sins

February 14, 1989 60 min
A man claiming to be Jack's father shows up and Jack is not exactly warming up to him. And Devon finally has it out with her father which doesn't end well.
Blame It on Midnight

S01E11 Blame It on Midnight

February 21, 1989 60 min
Jack meets a night club singer, dates her and falls hard for her. She warns him of her ex-husband who's not willing to let her go. The man even attacks Jack with a knife in...
Promise to a Dead Man

S01E12 Promise to a Dead Man

March 7, 1989 60 min
Jack gets involved with a retired cop's search for the man who killed his partner years ago. And it seems that Devon's father was a person of interest.
The Fall

S01E13 The Fall

March 28, 1989 60 min
Jack is drawn back to the neighborhood he worked in as a patrolman in response to a mother's plea to help her drug-addicted son.
Ethan's Call

S01E14 Ethan's Call

April 4, 1989 60 min
Jack continues to be haunted by the night of Rusty's death. This time he has to help out Rusty's son, Ethan, who has run away from home and calls Jack to tell him so.
Baby Chase

S01E15 Baby Chase

April 11, 1989 60 min
Assisting an ill man on the street, a young doctor is faced with every mother's nightmare when her infant daughter is abducted by a young woman whose grasp on reality is failing. Jack uses the...
Wait Until Midnight

S01E16 Wait Until Midnight

May 2, 1989 60 min
One of Jack's regular callers ""witnesses"" a murder in her apartment building while talking to Jack on the phone. She isn't believed by the authorities because she is blind and there is no evidence that...
Blues for Mr. Charlie

S01E17 Blues for Mr. Charlie

May 9, 1989 60 min
The season finale deals with the issue of gun control, and a citizen's right to bear arms. A neighborhood convenience store owner misinterprets Jack's caution to protect himself, ends up killing a man and places...

Cast

Gary Cole
Gary Cole
Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian
Wendy Kilbourne
Wendy Kilbourne
Devon King
Lisa Eilbacher
Lisa Eilbacher
Nicky Molloy
Dennis Dun
Dennis Dun
Billy Po
Mykelti Williamson
Mykelti Williamson
Deacon Bridges
Arthur Taxier
Arthur Taxier
Lt. Carl Zymak

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