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The District: Season 1

23 episodes Premiered Oct 7, 2000 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

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.

S1·E2

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.

S1·E3

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.

S1·E4

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.

S1·E5

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

S1·E6

How They Lived

Nov 11, 2000

The statement on this episode about the Pumpkin Tapes should be on Episode #8

S1·E7

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

S1·E8

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

S1·E9

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.

S1·E10

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

S1·E11

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

S1·E12

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.

S1·E13

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.

S1·E14

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

S1·E15

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

S1·E16

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.

S1·E17

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,

S1·E18

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

S1·E19

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

S1·E20

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

S1·E21

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

S1·E22

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

S1·E23

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