Roy is a hardened twenty year cop with the NYPD; his son Ernie is an idealistic rookie. Together they face and learn from their different views of life and work.
Where to Watch Brenner • Season 1
16 Episodes
False Witness
E1
False WitnessSeries based on experiences of a dedicated New York City police detective. Detective Lieutenant Ray Brenner sets out to crack a numbers racket in a fellow officer's precinct.
Record of Arrest
E2
Record of Arrest
Family Man
E3
Family Man
Blind Spot
E4
Blind SpotDetective Brenner is angered when his son, also a policeman, is injured by a gang of hoodlums.
Loan Shark
E5
Loan SharkThe observation of a loan shark operation raises the question whether precinct policemen are victims or grafters.
Word of Honor
E6
Word of HonorA patrolman who shoots a young thug raises a newspaper furor against "trigger happy cops."
The Executioner
E7
The ExecutionerPoliceman Ernie Brenner doubts that his dad is the ideal, objective cop he believes in.
The Bluff
E8
The BluffWhen a young woman who has been mugged on a shadowy side street, sees a policeman and cries for help, his retreating footfalls indicate dereliction of duty, The commissioner orders Brenner to get to the bottom of the incident.
Small Take
E9
Small Take
One of Our Own
E10
One of Our Own
Man in the Middle
E11
Man in the Middle
Thin Ice
E12
Thin IceThe theme of this one is quite good: How can a cop walk a beat in his old neighborhood and still enforce "nuisance" laws? Message is framed in a drama about gambling on pin ball machines and a policeman who is unable to crack down on an old couple he has known all his life.
Crime Wave
E13
Crime Wave
Monopoly on Fear
E14
Monopoly on Fear
The Thin Line
E15
The Thin Line
Good Friend
E16
Good Friend
Cast of Brenner • Season 1
Edward BinnsRoy Brenner
James BroderickErnie Brenner
Herbert BrodkinProducer
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