Chiefs

7.9(21)|1983-11-13|1 seasons, 3 episodes

DramaCrimeMystery

Overview

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?

Episodes

Miniseries(3)

S1E1 · 1983-11-13 · 70m

Part 1

8.0

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.

S1E2 · 1983-11-15 · 70m

Part 2

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.

S1E3 · 1983-11-16 · 70m

Part 3

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.