- Caught!
Infobox Television episode
Title = Caught!
Series =The Bronx is Burning
Season = 1
Episode = 5
Airdate = Start date|2007|08|07
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Prev =The Seven Commandments
Next =The Game's Not as Easy as It Looks, Fellas Caught! is the fifth episode of the
ESPN miniseriesThe Bronx is Burning . It debuted onAugust 7 ,2007 . It was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by Gordon Greisman.Plot
The
New York Yankees are in a late-season collapse, andGeorge Steinbrenner (Oliver Platt ) is losing his patience withBilly Martin (John Turturro ). George wants Martin to batReggie Jackson (Daniel Sunjata ) in the cleanup spot. Billy is hesitant at first, but does so after George again threatens to fire him. Reggie does not want to at first, but gets used to it. The Yankees suddenly go on a tear since Reggie started to bat where George wanted him to.Meanwhile, the
Son of Sam continues to terrorize the citizens of New York City. The head of the Omega Task Force, Detective Timothy Dowd (Stephen Lang) starts searching for who the Son of Sam is. A key clue is after interviewing a woman, she mentioned about his parking ticket. Dowd and a few cops head to the car and find ammo in the trunk of the car. They find the owner to beDavid Berkowitz , and arrest him for being the Son of Sam.
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