Crime Story

Chicago Major Crime Unit, led by no-nonsense Lt. Torrello, stops a team of robbers, but the leader escapes. Torrello suspects Ray Luca, a mobster on the rise.

A psycho killer becomes the MCU's top priority case. Luca uses the manpower shift to his advantage by pulling off major heists.

Lt. Torello and the MCU search for the person responsible for the murder committed during a home invasion.

Luca plans to take over the gambling business and sends one of his men, Holman, to St. Louis. Torello plans to take Holman down.

Luca's takeover of the gambling business comes to a halt and Torello hits his other operations even harder. However, Torello suffers a major loss in his private life.

A pretty female reporter helps public defender Abrams defend a man accused of assaulting a slumlord and he falls for her.

Abrams pursues a relationship with Suzanne Terry but he's condemned by most because she's African-American. Torello and his wife have a rocky vacation.

Shocked Torello discovers that his old friend is working with the mob. A federal investigator, who's about to indict Luca, suspects Torello is dirty.

Angered by the death of his friend, Torello decides to ignore the FBI and goes after Holman himself. Luca goes into fencing business.

As his marriage disintegrates, Torrello starts a relationship with lovely Inger Thorson, assistant of one of the jewelers Luca's crew murdered. MCU stops a new crew of robbers.

A clip show recapping the story thus far. All major plot events and character development moments are covered and some previously cut scenes shown for the first time.

MCU faces an armed robbery that turns into a hostage situation. Holman is caught, but overly ambitious Federal prosecutor Harry Breitel asks him to testify against Luca's crew.

Luca gets indicted and Torello is next, so his boss orders him to take a vacation. Luca tries to find someone to take out Holman in jail, before he testifies.

Mike is indicted and used by Luca to destroy Holman's testimony. However, Abrams, feeling guilty for being foolish, helps Mike.

Torello testifies in court to prove his innocence, but emotions in the courtroom heat up quickly. Boss Dominic Tranchita breaks the mob's golden rule and starts dealing drugs.

The mob makes its move to take over Las Vegas casinos. Abrams and Torello gather a team and set up an undercover operation in the strip club that Luca's men frequently visit.

A general strike hits Las Vegas casinos. Luca decides to get the strike leaders on his side one way or the other.

Torrello falls for Lisa, ex-wife of Abrams's assistant, Steve Altman, but Altman is psychotic and possessive and tries to get Lisa and her daughter Tracy back.

Luca forces the owner of Palladium, the biggest Las Vegas casino still not controlled by the mob, to give in.

The case against Luca is dropped, so Luca gives in to his inner demons to celebrate the fact that he now owns Vegas and the cops can't touch him.