Jessie

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".

Creators and Cast

Creators

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Cast

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Lindsay Wagner

Jessie Hayden

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Tony Lo Bianco

Alex Ascoli

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Celeste Holm

Molly Hayden

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J.D. Hinton

Phil

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Renée Jones

Ellie

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Tom Nolan

Hubbell

Episodes

Specials

4 episodes

S0 E1 · Psychic Connection

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S0 E2 · Valerie's Turn

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S0 E3 · Trick of Fate

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S0 E4 · Ties That Kill

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Season 1

11 episodes

S1 E1 · Pilot

1984-09-18

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.

S1 E2 · The Lady Killer

1984-09-25

Jessie jeopardizes her job to help a battered woman, while Ascoli pursues The Streak, a box-office bandit-turned-killer.

S1 E3 · Flesh Wounds

1984-10-09

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.

S1 E4 · The Long Fuse

1984-10-16

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.

S1 E5 · McLaughlin's Flame

1984-10-23

After being badly burned while on the job, a cop (Brauner) comes to terms with his predicament with the help of Dr. Hayden (Wagner).

S1 E6 · King of the Streets

1984-10-30

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.

S1 E7 · In the Line of Duty

1984-11-13

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.

S1 E8 · Psychic Connection

When Captain Harding suggests using a psychic to help solve a series of murders, Ascoli reluctantly agrees.

S1 E9 · 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.

S1 E10 · 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.

S1 E11 · 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.