The District: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Pilot
Oct 7, 2000
Jack Mannion is greeted with hostility as soon as he's hired as the new chief of police in Washington D.C.
Dirty Laundry
Oct 14, 2000
Mannion issues a mandate to get illegal guns off the streets and uncovers the surprising motive behind the murder of a well-connected young man.
Worst Block
Oct 21, 2000
As Mannion vows to clean up the most crime-ridden block in the city, community tensions rise when Temple is accused of intentionally pushing a police suspect into oncoming traffic.
Surveillance
Oct 28, 2000
Mannion creates departmental strife when he orders a special night shift that will put senior officers out on the streets during peak crime hours.
The Real Terrorist
Nov 4, 2000
The threat of biological terrorism strikes Washington and Chief Mannion has to arrange almost all his force to search for a potential terrorist. An escapee from juvenile detention
How They Lived
Nov 11, 2000
The statement on this episode about the Pumpkin Tapes should be on Episode #8
Imperfect Victims
Nov 18, 2000
Ella is fearful of what will happen to Ricky when he testifies against his father, who's on trial for murdering the boy's mother; Temple tries to convince the victim of a serial ra
The Jackal
Nov 25, 2000
The city is terrorized by a criminal who stalks elderly people, empties their bank accounts and then kills them; the Mayor comes clean about his sordid past; Ella is asked out on a
Pot Scrubbers
Dec 2, 2000
Mannion goes after a dealer who is supplying drugs to rich executives. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Sherry, shows up unexpectedly to deliver bad news.
The Santa Wars
Dec 16, 2000
Jack is threatened by an ex-cop who was fired. Ella has to deal with Santas fighting over the hot spots of the city. Jack's suspicious that Nick is seeing his daughter behind his b
The D.C. Strangler
Jan 6, 2001
Temple leads an investigation to catch a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes, but after viewing the women's mutilated bodies he doesn't know if he's strong enough to see the
Old Ghosts
Jan 20, 2001
Mannion becomes personally involved in a case after a woman asks him to find her husband; McGregor threatens a former I.R.A. gunman who is in town for peace talks.
Vigilante
Feb 3, 2001
Mannion searches for a vigilante who is killing convicted child molesters; Ella learns that one of her neighbors is a former sex offender.
Rage Against the Machine
Feb 10, 2001
Mannion attempts to reunite a troubled boy living in foster care with his mother, who is in jail on a drug charge; McGregor tries to prevent a stalker from harming a woman; a femal
The Most Dangerous Job
Feb 17, 2001
Mannion vows to better protect cab drivers after a cabbie fatally shoots a passenger he thought was trying to rob him. Also, a new U.S. Attorney stirs up controversy, and McGregor
A Southern Town
Feb 24, 2001
Mannion goes to New York to attend his ex-wife's wedding and perhaps stop it; an ex-cop accuses Noland of covering up a case 30 years ago that involved a politician's son.
New World
Mar 10, 2001
A respected Vietnamese colonel, who is now a successful local businessman, is suspected of running a sex-slave operation using kidnapped Asian girls, one of whom is murdered. Also,
Night Moves
Apr 7, 2001
Mannion decides to declare war against street gangs after a drive by shooting kills an innocent pedestrian. Two Latino gangs (the "Colombian Guardian Crew" - C.G.C. - and "Los Muer
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Apr 21, 2001
Just as Mannion and his ex-wife, Sherry, are making plans to get back together, their son, Jack Jr., arrives for a visit. He brings his new girlfriend with him and they announce th
Running Towards Fire
Apr 28, 2001
Detective Travis Haywood is shot while performing an undercover operation by an off-duty cop. Mannion has to handle the manipulative press that keeps referring to the incident as t
Don't Fence Me In
May 5, 2001
An operation to catch a theft mob is set and Temple goes undercover as a pawn shop salesman who also works selling stolen objects. After entering a scheme for stolen credit cards a
Fools Russian (1)
May 12, 2001
Two ex-cops who worked as bank securities are shot to death and Mannion suspects that the Russian mob is behind it. The FBI wants the case, but Mannion won't let go and decides to
Fools Russian (2)
May 19, 2001
Mannion receives Monya's hand by the mail, an indication that someone is plotting against him. Temple hasn't recovered from his fiancée's death, but Mannion accepts him back on th