Lindsay Wagner
Dr. Jessie Hayden
Jessie (1984)
Season 1
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".
Released Sept. 19, 1984
Episode 45 min
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S1E1 - Pilot
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.
Sept. 18, 1984, midnight
S1E2 - The Lady Killer
Jessie jeopardizes her job to help a battered woman, while Ascoli pursues The Streak, a box-office bandit-turned-killer.
Sept. 25, 1984, midnight
S1E3 - Flesh Wounds
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.
Oct. 9, 1984, midnight
S1E4 - The Long Fuse
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.
Oct. 16, 1984, midnight
S1E5 - McLaughlin's Flame
After being badly burned while on the job, a cop (Brauner) comes to terms with his predicament with the help of Dr. Hayden (Wagner).
Oct. 23, 1984, midnight
S1E6 - King of the Streets
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.
Oct. 30, 1984, midnight
S1E7 - In the Line of Duty
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.
Nov. 13, 1984, midnight
S1E8 - Psychic Connection
When Captain Harding suggests using a psychic to help solve a series of murders, Ascoli reluctantly agrees.
S1E9 - 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.
S1E10 - 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.
S1E11 - 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.
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Sept. 19, 1984
Last Air Date: Nov. 13, 1984, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR
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