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Under Suspicion

1994

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EP1 Pilot Sep 16, 1994

Det. Rose ""Phil"" Phillips, a detective with Portland Oregon's police homicide squad, is appointed the Women's Coordinator, raising hackles among her co-workers. But she soon becomes involved in more weighty matters after her friend and partner disappears, prompting worries from his wife and daughter , and leading to the involvement of a tough Internal Affairs Investigator in the case.

EP2 Serial Killer (1) Sep 23, 1994

Now undermanned in the homicide division due to the death of Fusco and LeBlanc, and the arrest of the third officer, Phil is on the case of an apparent serial killer, who leaves a strange symbol inscribed at his murder scenes.

EP3 Serial Killer (2) Sep 30, 1994

All the evidence seems to point to Judge Friedlander, but Phil comes dangerously close to badgering him and endangering her career, and possibly her life, in pursuit of the serial killer.

EP4 Child Molester (1) Oct 07, 1994

Shane Fusco's best friend is kidnapped while she and Shane walk through the park, and Phil is soon involved (more than she should be) questioning Shane about the events, and investigating the girl's disappearance. Meanwhile, a new detective by the name of Beck joins the force to close the manpower gap, and helps Phil with the case, the kind of case which Beck just happens to be an expert in.

EP5 Child Molester (2) Oct 14, 1994

When Shane's friend Rita turns up murdered, Phil, with the help of Beck, and another new detective by the name of Papadakis must investigate the murder from the pieces of evidence. Meanwhile, Shane becomes distant and withdrawn from Phil, and the world.

EP6 Wife Abuse/Murder (1) Oct 28, 1994

While Phil and Beck are in a restaurant, Phil spots a husband abusing his wife, so Phil threatens to bust him. And when the wife turns up dead, Phil is out for blood.

EP7 Wife Abuse/Murder (2) Nov 04, 1994

As Phil closes in on Garfield as his wife's killer, the husband's famous defense attorney Martin Fox turns the tables: he exposes Phil's affair with Vitelli in the press and alleges a police cover-up. The mess prompts a visit from Phil's estranged father, Bob Phillips.

EP8 Street Kid Arson/Murder Story Nov 11, 1994

When a body is discovered in the rubble of a torched warehouse, Phil and the detectives focus their investigation on a group of street kids living nearby, and at least one kid named Johnny may have been involved in arsons before. Meanwhile, Lt. Schwarz's college-aged daughter surprises him with some news, and Vitelli investigates a police leak to the paper.

EP9 The Retarded Witness Nov 18, 1994

A pregnant woman is hit in a drive-by shooting, and Phil's only witness is a mentally retarded man, who happens to have a photographic memory.

EP10 Father/Daughter Murder Dec 01, 1994

When a business man turns up in his bed, dead by a shootgun blast, all evidence seems to point to his daughter, who can't remember the night of the murder, but who does claim her father molested her.

EP11 Sex Harassment/Corruption Case Jan 06, 1995

Phil takes on a female officer's sexual-harassment case against a city official. But when the case becomes an Internal Affairs investigation, and Phil is pulled from the case, it means trouble between Phil and Vitelli. Meanwhile, Shane Fusco visits the station and gets a crush on ""Doc"".

EP12 Koreatown Murder Jan 13, 1995

Racial tensions complicate Beck's and Phil's investigation of the murder of a Korean spa owner who had been acquiring real estate in a predominantly black neighborhood.

EP13 Holy Suspect Jan 20, 1995

The suspects in the murder of a newspaper reporter include a priest who once served time for manslaughter, but who now claims to be redeemed and repents by running a halfway house.

EP14 A Haunting Case Jan 27, 1995

Lt. Schwarz leads the investigation into a brutal murder that closely resembles a disturbing case he handled 25 years earlier, in which the suspect got off on a technicality.

EP15 Hostage Standoff Feb 03, 1995

While doing a profile of Phil and generally being annoying and getting in the way, a TV reporter and her cameraman jeopardize a murder investigation, and then get themselves held as hostages by the prime suspect.

EP16 Kinky Murder Feb 24, 1995

Phil's investigation into the grisly murder of a seemingly demure school teacher reveals surprising facts about her personal life.

EP17 Cop Killing Mar 03, 1995

Phil has her hands full running the station in Lt. Schwarz's absence, while the detectives investigate the mob-style murder of a police officer, encountering FBI interference along the way. Meanwhile, Vitelli visits with his father.

EP18 Wrongful Shooting Mar 10, 1995

Clarke fatally shoots the brother of a murder suspect, prompting a promise of retribution from the real suspect. And tempers flare at the station when Internal Affairs questions the detectives in the ensuing investigation. Meanwhile, Lt. Schwarz announces his engagement, which sets up the return of Farnsworth (and jealousy from Vitelli), and a shootout at the wedding where the murder suspect is shot by ""Doc"" and Phil is apparently fatally wounded.
8.1| 0h30m| NR| en
Synopsis

Under Suspicion is an American television police drama set in Portland, Oregon. It was created by Jacqueline Zambrano. Its episodes were broadcast on the CBS network from September 16, 1994 to March 10, 1995. Though short-lived, the show premiered to fairly strong reviews, which praised lead Karen Sillas's performance and observed that the show functioned as a kind of Americanized Prime Suspect. Filming occurred in Portland, with views of the South Park Blocks and Willamette River.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Executscan Expected more
Dotbankey A lot of fun.
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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