David Labiosa Movies

With the presidential debate looming and a terrorist threat in play, Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) learns that Anne's (Wendy Crewson) disgraced ex-husband has changed his earlier testimony in an SEC fraud case, and is now accusing her of perjury. Wayne (D.B. Woodside) urges Palmer to distance himself from her, and suggests that they pay the ex-husband off to keep quiet. Luis Annicon (Carlos Gomez) is called to the prison to meet with Ramon (Joaquim de Almeida), who has a surprise for him. Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) is on his way to Kyle Singer's (Riley Smith) apartment, and he's fiending, but he's joined by a HAZMAT team before he has a chance to shoot up. Gael (Jesse Borrego), working inside CTU, tells Hector (Vincent Laresca) that they have a man on Kyle, so they don't have to worry about CTU reaching him. After an argument with his parents, Kyle tries to leave his house, but his father (Ted Marcoux) grabs his duffle bag and finds the "drugs" inside. Kyle struggles to get the bag back and it rips open. He runs off. When the CTU team arrives, Kyle's mother (Lucinda Jenney) panics and flushes the white powder down the toilet, setting off a desperate effort to close off the local sewer system. But Jack soon learns that there's no trace of the virus in the powder, and surmises that because the virus has a 14-hour incubation period, Kyle might have been infected, and they have about three more hours to find him before he'll become contagious. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

Investigating the claims of a fellow cop who insists he was moonlighting when shot during a carjacking, Andy (Dennis Franz) and Danny (Rick Schroder) quickly learn that the victim was carrying on a high-maintenance double life. A holdup in a bodega run by a friend of Greg Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) leads to a potential crisis for Greg when he tries to cover up the existence of an unregistered gun. Later, Andy has his first serious run-in with new precinct skipper, Rodriguez (Esai Morales). And Diane (Kim Delaney) makes a date with the doctor who treated her late husband, Bobby Simone. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Longtime television director Tony Singletary (Married... With Children, Moesha) makes his feature debut with this urban comedy set in a radio station. John Witherspoon stars as Wes, a station director who has his hands more than full with disc jockeys Jordan (Marcus Chong) and Venom (A.J. Johnson). The DJs have their hearts in the right place, but soon their antics get out of control. Ajai Sanders also stars. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Detective Stu Morrissey (Conor O'Farrell) thinks that a father knows more than he's letting on about a missing baby. Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) makes a bet that he can lose more weight than Sipowicz (Dennis Franz). Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) campaigns to be elected the squad's union delegate. Bobby Simone (Jimmy Smits) has a run-in with Henry (Willie Garson) when a woman is killed outside the building Simone inherited from Henry's aunt. And Bobby and Dianne Russell (Kim Delaney) talk over their relationship. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A couple returns home from Mexico where they had accidentally killed a cop on a highway and fled the scene. Before long, however, they are confronted by an intimidating but charismatic man who mysteriously pops up -- and who knows all about the incident in Mexico. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi

This fact-based drama centers on a sextet of WW II soldiers who are hailed as heroes upon their return to their hometown in Texas. Trouble follows when the vets unite to overthrow the town's corrupt politicians. They make a plan, but it is nearly derailed by the group leader's social-climbing wife and her father. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This family drama centers on an Irish brood in which the father and his two sons work as prizefighters. Both the boys are quite talented, but each has chosen a dramatically different means of exploiting their talent. With help from his father, the youngest boy is working for the Olympics. The eldest has involved himself with corrupt promoters. This naturally creates considerable conflict within the family ranks. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

The Guardian is set in an upper-class New York apartment building, recently plagued by a series of break-ins and murders. The tenants eagerly enlist the services of former military officer John Mack (Louis Gossett Jr.) as the building's head of security. Slowly but surely, the tenants give up their freedom of movement to Mack, who runs the place like his own private fiefdom. Bristling over this infringement upon his rights, liberal-minded tenant Charles Hyatt (Martin Sheen) begins to suspect that the killings were orchestrated by Mack himself as a means of gaining power over his employers. Stirring up a respectable amount of suspense, the made-for-cable The Guardian debuted October 20, 1984, over the HBO service. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Colleen Dewhurst stars as psychologist Elaine Lipton in the made-for-TV Death Penalty. A strong opponent of the eponymous punishment, Dr. Lipton struggles valiantly to rehabilitate street gang member Carlos Rivera (David Labiosa). Convicted of murdering two rival gang members, Carlos faces the gas chamber unless Lipton can prove that he's cleaned up his act. This fictional drama would make an interesting double feature with the fact-based Dead Man Walking (1996). Death Penalty originally aired January 22, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi