Night Heat — Season 3
I feel the Night Heat, I feel your heart beat. Somethin' ain't right. There's too much heat in the night.
About this season
Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The police crime drama series aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was conceived by Sonny Grosso, a former New York City Police Department detective. Grosso served as the show's executive producer along with his partner, Larry Jacobson.
Episodes (24)
1. Love You to Death
Aired 5 February 1987 • 60 min
O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood investigate the murders of the trainer and jockey of a prize racehorse.
2. Vantage Point
Aired 12 February 1987 • 60 min
Colby and Carson are the subject of a department investigation. Guest star: Leslie Toth. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
3. Play the Game
Aired 19 February 1987 • 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone investigate the death of a star college hockey player who had ties to a gambling ring.
4. Punk
Aired 26 February 1987 • 60 min
An unbalanced woman from O'Brien's past makes an attempt on his life and injures Nicole in the process.
5. Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Aired 30 April 1987 • 60 min
The death of a young model leads O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood to a top model embroiled in blackmail.
6. You're on the Air
Aired 7 May 1987 • 60 min
During a radio interview, Hogan (Sean McCann) is challenged by a murderer he previously arrested. Guest stars: Alan Scarfe and Frank Moore. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
7. And Baby Makes Grief
Aired 21 May 1987 • 60 min
A woman's mysterious death sends O'Brien and Giambone to investigate her adopted child's birth mother.
8. All the King's Horses
Aired 4 August 1987 • 60 min
O'Brien (Scott Hylands) believes that an off-duty police officer (Jason Miller) helped a drug-case suspect escape. Guest star: Cynthia Dale. With Jeff Wincott.
9. Grace
Aired 11 August 1987 • 60 min
An abused wife (Carol Lynley) comes to Kirkwood for help; O'Brien and Giambone search for a pimp's killer.
10. The Kid
Aired 16 August 1987 • 60 min
A member (Lee Montgomery) of a youth league basketball team is implicated in a street gang murder. Guest star: Hector Elizondo. With Jeff Wincott and Scott Hylands.
11. Flashback
Aired 25 August 1987 • 60 min
The reappearance of his first partner's killer rekindles O'Brien's memories and renews his determination to capture the man.
12. Tell Me a Story
Aired 1 September 1987 • 60 min
A neighbourhood's inhabitants are hesitant to reveal to the police what they know about a young girl's murder.
13. Comeback
Aired 8 September 1987 • 60 min
A lounge singer is seen arguing with his cousin over money. The cousin is later found murdered. Does the lounge singer have ties to the mafia? O'Brien and Giambone seek the cooperation of a frightened singer (Danny Aiello) blackmailed by the mob.
14. The Pimp
Aired 24 September 1987 • 60 min
The enraged father of a runaway who turned to prostitution is accused of murdering her pimp.
15. Limo
Aired 1 October 1987 • 60 min
Whitey's cousin becomes a murder suspect when the limousine he drives appears to be connected with several deaths.
16. Mean Business
Aired 8 October 1987 • 60 min
Sympathy for the man's family makes Giambone reject suicide as the cause of a failing industrialist's death.
17. Tonight's News
Aired 15 October 1987 • 60 min
An eager TV newswoman (Cynthia Belleveau) puts her life in danger when she reports on a crime family's activities. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
18. Simon Says
Aired 22 October 1987 • 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone enter the world of child pornography while seeking a runaway whose father was killed searching for her.
19. The Victim
Aired 29 October 1987 • 60 min
A rape victim learns that her assailant has been released from prison after serving only four years of his sentence.
20. The Cost of Doing Business
Aired 5 November 1987 • 60 min
A young astronomer sees a homicide through her telescope, but her frightened mother will not let her testify.
21. These Happy Golden Years
Aired 12 November 1987 • 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone (Scott Hylands, Jeff Wincott) uncover a drug-smuggling ring that uses innocent senior citizens as couriers. Guest stars: Kay Tremblay and Cec Linder.
22. The Wiseguy
Aired 19 November 1987 • 60 min
When a mobster decides to testify against his boss, O'Brien and Giambone grudgingly agree to protect the informant.
23. Freedom Dead
Aired 26 November 1987 • 60 min
Kirkwood's old friend, a presumed-dead rebel leader in South America, wants everyone to know he is alive.
24. Vengeance
Aired 7 January 1988 • 60 min
Giambone and O'Brien (Jeff Wincott, Scott Hylands) are faced with a drug war after a narcotics dealer is slain. Guest star: Dean Richards.