Tequila and Bonetti

Charles Rocket

Midian Knight

Mariska Hargitay

Angela Garcia

Terry Funk

Sargent Nuzo

Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 17, 1992

Episodes

1–6 of 12

Ep 1

Street Dogs

Jan 17, 1992

Detective Nico Bonetti is a New York cop who one day gets transferred to a California beach town, after being in a a shootout that fueled a lot of bad press for the police. Here he must adapt to the way California officers do things. But one of the most shocking things he must stand is his new partner, a drooling bulldog called Tequila. Bonetti cannot hear his partner's musings but viewers can. The first case this offbeat duo must crack has to do with a supposed suicide which all the evidence points to murder. This is the pilot episode for the series.

Ep 2

Teach Your Children

Jan 24, 1992

Reverend Pasko, a demented preacher, is released on a technicality after attempting to rape Garcia. The man had been arrested as a suspect in a series of attacks on women in parking lots. Now Pasko has a new target, Garcia's daughter, and Bonetti must be on the lookout.

Ep 3

The Rose Cadillac

Jan 31, 1992

Bonetti's 1957 Cadillac gets stolen. Tequila's to blame because he got distracted by a cute poodle.

Ep 4

Reel Life

Feb 14, 1992

Bonetti receives with alarm the order of helping Hollywood star Chad Rydell become familiar with a cop's work in preparation for a role. Rydell becomes from now on Nico’s constant companion. Yet the situation becomes dangerous when the star begins to intervene in Bonetti’s latest case and wants to arrest a murderer by his own means.

Ep 5

Runt of the Litter

Feb 21, 1992

Bonetti experiences something odd: while he and Tequila are on the beach carrying out an arrest, a small girl appears in the distance. Tequila barely sees the girl, and begins to run hastily towards her. Bonetti is amazed. He can't guess that Tequila has found again his earlier owner, Casey.