List of Tropical Heat episodes

Tropical Heat (known as Sweating Bullets in the United States^[1]) is a Canadian action series that aired between 1991 and 1993. In the U.S., the show eventually aired as part of the CBS umbrella series Crimetime After Primetime which aired before the premiere of the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS in 1993. The series ran for three seasons totaling 66 episodes.

Season one of the series was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico due to tax breaks the production was eligible for under the budding North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Season two was filmed in Eilat, Israel. Season three was filmed in Pretoria, South Africa, with some sequences shot on the Isle of Mauritius.^[1]

Series overview[]

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	9	April 8, 1991 (1991-04-08)	June 3, 1991 (1991-06-03)
	2	21	September 9, 1991 (1991-09-09)	June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01)
	3	36	September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14)	October 18, 1993 (1993-10-18)

Episodes[]

Season 1 (1991)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Hard Case"	Tibor Takacs	Angel Flores Marini	April 8, 1991 (1991-04-08)
2	2	"Fowl Play"	Mario Azzopardi	R. Scott Gemmill	April 15, 1991 (1991-04-15)
3	3	"Death's a Beach"	Gerard Ciccoritti	Sam Egan	April 22, 1991 (1991-04-22)
4	4	"Family Affair"	Mario Azzopardi	R. Scott Gemmill	April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29)
5	5	"Roll of the Dice"	Timothy Bond	Tony DiFranco	May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06)
6	6	"Double Time"	Mario Azzopardi	Jeremy Hole	May 13, 1991 (1991-05-13)
7	7	"Forget Me Not"	Mario Azzopardi	Peter Mohan	May 20, 1991 (1991-05-20)
8	8	"For a Song"	Timothy Bond	Tim Burns	May 27, 1991 (1991-05-27)
9	9	"Marissa"	Mario Azzopardi	Andy Heller	June 3, 1991 (1991-06-03)

Season 2 (1991–92)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
10	1	"The Mariah Connection"	Mario Azzopardi	R. Scott Gemmill	September 9, 1991 (1991-09-09)
11	2	"Mafia Mistress"	Mario Azzopardi	Jim Henshaw	September 16, 1991 (1991-09-16)
12	3	"A Perfect .38"	Randy Bradshaw	Jim Henshaw	September 23, 1991 (1991-09-23)
13	4	"Dead Men Tell"	Timothy Bond	Tony DiFranco	September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)
14	5	"Big Brother is Watching"	Mario Azzopardi	Andy Heller	October 7, 1991 (1991-10-07)
15	6	"This Year's Model"	Jerry Ciccoritti	Peter Mohan	October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14)
16	7	"Writer Wrong"	Randy Bradshaw	Rob Stewart & Jim Gordon	October 21, 1991 (1991-10-21)
17	8	"Runaway"	Mario Azzopardi	Peter Mohan	October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
18	9	"Sex, Lies and Lullabies"	Tibor Takacs	Andy Heller	November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04)
19	10	"She"	Mario Azzopardi	John Kent Harrison	November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)
20	11	"Tara, Tara, Tara"^{[Note 1]}	Tibor Takacs	Story by : Tim Dunphy Teleplay by : Andy Heller	November 18, 1991 (1991-11-18)
21	12	"Abandoned"	Jerry Ciccoritti	Angel Flores Marini	November 25, 1991 (1991-11-25)
22	13	"Deceit"	Mario Azzopardi	Peter Mohan	February 24, 1992 (1992-02-24)
23	14	"Party Girl"	Michael Robinson	Harel Goldstein	April 13, 1992 (1992-04-13)
24	15	"Double Fault"	Sam Firstenberg	Andy Heller	April 20, 1992 (1992-04-20)
25	16	"Alive and Kicking"	Jorge Montesi	Rob Stewart & Jim Gordon	April 27, 1992 (1992-04-27)
26	17	"Tattooed Lady"	Jorge Montesi	Andy Heller	May 4, 1992 (1992-05-04)
27	18	"Users"	Jorge Montesi	Harel Goldstein	May 11, 1992 (1992-05-11)
28	19	"Frame Up"	Sam Firstenberg	R. Scott Gemmill	May 18, 1992 (1992-05-18)
29	20	"Going to the Dogs"	Sam Firstenberg	Peter Mohan	May 25, 1992 (1992-05-25)
30	21	"Dial 9 for Murder"	Clay Borris	Harel Goldstein	June 1, 1992 (1992-06-01)

Season 3 (1992–93)[]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
31	1	"Twice as Dead"	Clay Borris	Peter Mohan	September 14, 1992 (1992-09-14)
32	2	"Deadly Switch: Part 1"	Sam Firstenberg	Dan Horowitz	September 28, 1992 (1992-09-28)
33	3	"Deadly Switch: Part 2"	Sam Firstenberg	Vince Gritanni	October 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)
34	4	"Over My Dead Body"	Sam Firstenberg & Harel Goldstein	Peter Mohan	October 12, 1992 (1992-10-12)
35	5	"White Hot"	Clay Borris	Ken Gord	October 26, 1992 (1992-10-26)
36	6	"Stranger in Paradise"	Allan Eastman	Sherman Snukel	November 9, 1992 (1992-11-09)
37	7	"The Pro & the Con"	Allan Eastman	Harel Goldstein	November 16, 1992 (1992-11-16)
38	8	"Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby"	Rob Stewart	R. Scott Gemmill	November 23, 1992 (1992-11-23)
39	9	"Ocean Park"	Clay Borris	R. Scott Gemmill	November 30, 1992 (1992-11-30)
40	10	"Jack of Diamonds"	Jorge Montesi	Rob Stewart & Jim Gordon	December 7, 1992 (1992-12-07)
41	11	"His Pal Joey"	Al Waxman	Rob Stewart & Jim Gordon	February 8, 1993 (1993-02-08)
42	12	"Grasping at Shadows"	Clay Borris	Jack Sylvester	February 15, 1993 (1993-02-15)
43	13	"The Last of the Magnificent"	Clay Borris	Jim Henshaw	February 22, 1993 (1993-02-22)
44	14	"The Patsy"	Allan Eastman	Andy Heller	March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)
45	15	"May Divorce Be with You"	Clay Borris	R. Scott Gemmill	May 3, 1993 (1993-05-03)
46	16	"Feedback"	Clay Borris	Romeo Infantino	May 10, 1993 (1993-05-10)
47	17	"Basic Black"	Clay Borris	Adriaan Walker	May 17, 1993 (1993-05-17)
48	18	"Born Tomorrow"	Clay Borris	Alison Swifter	May 24, 1993 (1993-05-24)
49	19	"Object of Desire"	Rob Stewart	Jim Henshaw	May 31, 1993 (1993-05-31)
50	20	"Royal Pain"	Clay Borris	Andrea Paterno	June 7, 1993 (1993-06-07)
51	21	"Poison Ivy"	Michael Robinson	Jim Gordon	June 14, 1993 (1993-06-14)
52	22	"Massage in a Bottle"	Michael Robinson	Jim Gordon	June 21, 1993 (1993-06-21)
53	23	"Mutiny and the Bounty"	Billy Ruth	J.J. Munro	June 28, 1993 (1993-06-28)
54	24	"Seen at the Crime"	Bob Bralver	Adriaan Walker	July 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)
55	25	"You Stole My Heart"	Rob Stewart	R. Scott Gemmill	July 12, 1993 (1993-07-12)
56	26	"Gun Shy"	Al Waxman	J.J. Munro	July 19, 1993 (1993-07-19)
57	27	"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"	Billy Ruth	Robin Wranger	July 26, 1993 (1993-07-26)
58	28	"Spider's Tale"	Rob Stewart	Louis Moschello	August 2, 1993 (1993-08-02)
59	29	"Turning Screws"	Clay Borris	David Cliffwood	August 9, 1993 (1993-08-09)
60	30	"Tess"	Allan Eastman	Louis Moschello	August 16, 1993 (1993-08-16)
61	31	"Deal of a Lifetime"	Billy Ruth	J.J. Munro	August 23, 1993 (1993-08-23)
62	32	"Katie's Secret"	Al Waxman	Louis Moschello	September 13, 1993 (1993-09-13)
63	33	"Slummin' It"	Michael Robinson	J.J. Munro	September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)
64	34	"Man with the Midas Touch"	Michael Robinson	Louis Moschello	September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27)
65	35	"Forbidden Fruit"	Rob Stewart	Jim Gordon	October 4, 1993 (1993-10-04)
66	36	"Smut and Nothin' But"^{[Note 2]}	Allan Eastman	Wendy Camras	October 18, 1993 (1993-10-18)

Notes[]

^ Cf. film Tora! Tora! Tora!.
^ A phrase from the song "Smut" released on the 1965 Tom Lehrer album That Was the Year That Was.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.

External links[]

Sweating Bullets at IMDb
Sweating Bullets at epguides.com

[2] Cf. film Tora! Tora! Tora!.

[3] A phrase from the song "Smut" released on the 1965 Tom Lehrer album That Was the Year That Was.

[B&M-1] Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.

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