As of July 2026, Wiseguy Season 1 aired in 1987 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Wiseguy Season 1

1987 22 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Wiseguy Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and its case-by-case structure never gets in the way of the bigger story. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. With 37 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch Ken Wahl work — the performance is a masterclass in restraint. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Wiseguy Season 1 keeps coming up in conversation. Wiseguy Season 1 treats its mystery as a means, not an end in itself. Season 1 of Wiseguy includes 22 episodes. It aired from September 1987 to March 1988. This season stars Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks and Jim Byrnes. Ken Wahl and Jonathan Banks lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. The plot mechanics of Wiseguy Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For anyone who wants their crime drama to earn its twists, Wiseguy Season 1 delivers. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Ken Wahl anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.

📡 Where to Watch Wiseguy Season 1

🇺🇸 United States

Amazon Prime Video

Peacock Premium

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Peacock Premium Plus

Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Amazon Prime Video

Shout! Factory Amazon Channel

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Amazon Prime Video

🎬 Wiseguy Season 1 — Episode Guide

Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Stee...

Vinnie and Sonny's right hand man, Tony Grecco, has a run-in with the cops causing Vinnie to be arrested. The Steelgraves find that guns are being exported illegally using their pier and decide to take possession of the guns and sell them back to the owner.

In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave’s business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.

The Loose Cannon

A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.

The Birthday Surprise

Vinnie nearly blows his cover when he becomes obsessed with finding out who killed his cousin, causing Frank to threaten him with dismissal. Frank desperately wants Vinnie to concentrate on nailing the Zaratzos, who are trying to arrange a drug smuggling deal with Sonny, because they killed one of F...

After several deals go sour, Sonny starts suspecting Vinnie may be a plant. Frank orders Vinnie to drop the case when he finds out the local police have an informer in Sonny's operations. Sid has Frank picked up and tortured, but Vinnie and undercover cop Karen Malloy rescue him. Karen's disappearan...

After his mother is mugged in Brooklyn, an enraged Vinnie sets out to find the punk who did it, but when he visits his mother in the hospital, it breaks his heart that she still won't forgive him for his life of “crime.”

A Deal's a Deal

Sonny’s cruel punishment of a lounge singer who wants out of his contract triggers a cascade of events that leads to Vinnie’s being photographed with McPike — a photo that is to be delivered to Sonny.

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Sonny’s impending marriage to a syndicate boss’ daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of “families,” but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pretext for a bloody gang war.

No One Gets Out of Here Alive

An outraged Sonny Steelgrave accuses Vinnie of betraying him to his arch-rival, then realizes the devastating truth — that his paisan is an undercover Federal agent.

Last Rites for Lucci

In the aftermath of the Steelgrave case, Vinnie tries to vindicate himself of his lingering feelings of betrayal and disloyalty by risking his life to save an old friend from the Brooklyn neighborhood who has a contract out on him.

Independent Operator

Vinnie’s assignment to check out a contract killer leads him into a huge global contraband syndicate — an operation that far exceeds the scope of the Steelgrave family — overlorded by brother and sister Mel and Susan Profitt.

Fascination for the Flame

Vinnie, now a bodyguard for the Profitts, gets his first trial by fire when Mel Profitt, the brilliant but paranoid overlord of an international crime empire, disrupts the wedding of an associate, who retaliates by kidnapping Susan.

Smokey Mountain Requiem

Vinnie tells Mel Profitt he is leaving to go home to New Jersey, but Mel offers him the biggest cocaine distribution network in the country — a plum that Vinnie feels is too juicy for any undercover cop to turn down.

Player to be Named Now

Mel’s desire to buy a baseball franchise is two-fold: he wants to play on it, and he wants to take it away from an old business associate who cheated him in a Mexican drug deal. When Mel’s former girlfriend shows up, begging for readmission to the Inner circle, he humiliates her, using her as a sexu...

The Merchant of Death

When some of his munitions contacts begin drying up, Mel decides to blackmail a French Deputy Minister of Defense into supplying him with the weapons he needs.

Not For Nothing

Hiding out in Vancouver after the fall of the Steelgrave empire, Aldo Baglia sees a photo of Vinnie in the paper and decides to even the score, sending Vinnie into a coma from two serious gunshot wounds. Roger, using his CIA contact, tracks down Aldo.

After his munitions operation starts falling apart, Mel orders Vinnie to set up a meet with the mob to use his immense cocaine trade to regain financial power.

After rejecting an offer to finance a coup d'etat in the Caribbean, Mel Profitt becomes obsessed with a supposed voodoo death curse, and Vinnie, horrified, can only watch as Mel’s personality begins to disintegrate.

After Susan is arrested for Mel’s murder, Vinnie refuses McPike’s order to pull out of the Profitt case, because Susan, who has seemingly lost her grip on reality, has told him she is pregnant with his child.

🎭 Cast of Wiseguy Season 1

Ken Wahl

Vincent Terranova

Jonathan Banks

Jim Byrnes

Daniel Benjamin 'Lifeguard' Burroughs

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