About this season
Jessie is an American 1984 ABC television police drama series starring Lindsay Wagner as a psychiatrist. It originated as a 1984 television movie. The series was based in part on the book "Psychologist with a Gun".
Episodes (11)
1. Pilot
Aired 18 September 1984 • 120 min
Dr. Jessie Hayden, a psychiatrist, begins a new job with the police department. She finds herself on a murderer's hit list when she realizes that he has been lying during an interview about a crime of which he is suspected.
2. The Lady Killer
Aired 25 September 1984 • 60 min
Jessie jeopardizes her job to help a battered woman, while Ascoli pursues The Streak, a box-office bandit-turned-killer.
3. Flesh Wounds
Aired 9 October 1984 • 60 min
Jessie wants Kit Parnell, an undercover policewoman who is a former centerfold model, pulled off a case when she sees signs of extreme stress. Ascoli refuses to do it.
4. The Long Fuse
Aired 16 October 1984 • 60 min
A bomb blast at the health club used by Jessie's mother triggers a search by Jessie and Ascoli for a group of '60s radicals from the college that Jessie attended.
5. McLaughlin's Flame
Aired 23 October 1984 • 60 min
After being badly burned while on the job, a cop (Brauner) comes to terms with his predicament with the help of Dr. Hayden (Wagner).
6. King of the Streets
Aired 30 October 1984 • 60 min
King is a good veteran policeman, but his efforts to live up to his perfect image drive him over the edge despite Jessie's offers of help.
7. In the Line of Duty
Aired 13 November 1984 • 60 min
Cantwell, an innocent man, is framed by police officer Ben Grant who uses him as a tool to get a departmental promotion, The wronged man manages to get out on parole to seek revenge on Ben and his partner.
8. Psychic Connection
When Captain Harding suggests using a psychic to help solve a series of murders, Ascoli reluctantly agrees.
9. Valerie's Turn
Jessie becomes concerned about the high number of women dropouts from the police academy, and she and Ascoli train four of the remaining women cadets in self-defense.
10. Trick of Fate
Jessie protects April, a teenage prostitute, who has witnessed a murder, but the woman won't reveal the killer's name - and he's out to silence her.
11. Ties That Kill
After losing her policeman-husband, a woman turns to Lt. Ascoli for comfort, and Jessie learns a frightening secret withheld for many years by the dead man's former partner.