Our Family Honor

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Our Family Honor was a dramatic television series aired in the United States on ABC as part of its 1985 fall lineup.

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Launched as a two-hour TV-movie, Our Family Honor was about two New York City families who had known each other since their childhoods and who were involved in competing "family businesses" – the McKay family mostly worked for the New York City Police Department, where Patrick (Kenneth McMillan) was Commissioner, while the Danzigs were deeply involved in organized crime, with patriarch Vincent (Eli Wallach) filling the role of "godfather". Detective Sergeant Frank McKay (Tom Mason) was Patrick's often hot-headed son while Vincent's cruel but inept son Augie (Michael Madsen) was nonetheless his heir apparent. Liz McKay (Daphne Ashbrook), Patrick's niece, was a newly-graduated officer now partnered with Officer Ed Santini (Ray Liotta). She was romantically involved with Vincent's other son, Jerry (Michael Woods), who wanted out of his father's business and used the name "Jerry Cole" in order to minimize any connection with his father's family. Another story line involved Vincent's murder of his wife's lover, carried out by Augie; when Frank came to arrest Augie for this crime, Augie died in the ensuing fight. The effect of Augie's death remains unknown; despite the program's large budget and large, impressive cast, it was permanently cancelled due to low Nielsen ratings after the episode (January 3, 1986) containing this event was aired.