Crime Story/MIG-21

MIG-21
Season 2, Episode 9
Airdate	December 15, 1987
Teleplay by	Allan Weisbecker and Tom Towler & Gail Morgan Hickman
Story by	Allan Weisbecker
Directed by	David Jackson
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Crime Story — Season Two

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MIG-21 is the ninth episode of the second season of Crime Story, and the thirty-first episode overall.

Starring: Dennis Farina (Lt. Mike Torello), Anthony Denison (Ray Luca), Bill Smitrovich (Sgt. Danny Krychek), John Santucci (Pauli Taglia), Steve Ryan (Det. Nate Grossman), Bill Campbell (Det. Joey Indelli), Paul Butler (Det. Walter Clemmons)

and Starring: Stephen Lang (David Abrams)

with Ted Levine (Frank Holman)

Guest Stars: George Dzundza (Ivan Patchenko), Jan Triska (Vasi), David Pierce (Carruthers)

and Liza Morrow (Fauna)

Co-Starring: Kevin Bourland (Mitchell), Michael D. Gainsborough (Danforth)

Featuring in Alphabetical Order: Joshua Abbey (Phil), Lawrence Scott Andrus (Newscaster), Michael Arthofer (Loomis), David Lain Baker (Wing Pilot), Robert L. Benedetti (Minister), Philip Bentley (Bouncer), Michael Brower (Cameraman), Brigitt Butler (Holmanette), Carmen Carol (Holmanette), David S. Durand (Air Traffic Control), Eve Eiholzer (Doris), Teresa Foy McGeough (Organist), Victoria Katherine Hirsch (Reporter #3), Maureen Hopkins (Reporter #2), Roy Thomas Kiefer (Reporter #1), James McIntyre (Cowboy), Karen McKenney (Texan Woman), Louis A. Rivera (Chicano), Gregory Darrel Smith (Aide), Victor Stretton (Croupier), Len Talarico (Beatnik), Jack Zavorak, Jr. (Store Clerk)

Plot Overview

Torello and the Task Force are assigned to watch over a Russian Air Force colonel who has defected to the States. After learning that he is to be turned over to Russian officials in exchange for a captured American pilot and then shot by a firing squad, the guys risk their badges in order to show their new friend a good time...and also to protect him from a Russian cop who's out to take him out right then and there. Luca and Abrams make overtures to the owner of an aircraft freight company to buy him out, and eventually get the owner to acquiesce, but Pauli is suspicious about Abrams joining forces with the Mob.

Trivia

The Show

Obnoxious NSA agent Carruthers tells Torello that the orders to watch over Patchenko came from up above, from their boss Phil Hallahan, though previous episodes refer to him as Patrick Hallahan.

Songs featured in this episode: "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley. Frank Holman and his band also sing "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "What'd I Say".

Memorable Moments

Patchenko crashes Holman's act at a casino and winds up becoming part of the show, singing "What'd I Say" along with Holman.