Chiefs

NR1983•1h 10m•7.9/10

DramaCrimeMystery

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7.9/10(21)

Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?

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Production

Highgate Pictures

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 13, 1983

Last Aired

November 16, 1983

Networks

CBS

Created By

Robert W. Lenski

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Part 1

Air date: 1983-11-13

The new police chief of the young, thriving 1920's southern city of Delano is confronted with petty theft, Klan activities and, above all, the deaths of a number of young boys which lead him to suspect the doings of a serial killer.

Part 2

Air date: 1983-11-15

The baby-boom years in Delano after World War II see the appointment of an ill-suited veteran as the new Police Chief, resulting in graft, police brutality and racial discrimination, while the crimes of a serial killer remain unsolved.

Part 3

Air date: 1983-11-16

While Kennedy liberalism in the early 1960s offers new challenges and possibilities, the courageous appointment of a new sheriff and the resolution of a decades long hunt for a serial killer bring closure and new hope to Delano.