Vincent Irizarry
as Michael Abruzzi in

Murder She Wrote

1990

Murder, She Wrote [Family Doctor]
review by Maddie:

Vincent Irizarry plays mobster son Michael Abruzzi trying to set the family business back on the legitimate side of the tracks after his father, Carmine Abruzzi, a big time crime boss, is gunned down in an alley outside the family restaurant. He is at odds with his younger brother Sal and the family lawyer, Andrew Gant, over what to do with an elderly doctor and his companion Jessica after the shooting. Sal kidnapped the doctor from the restaurant after their father was shot, and he and Michael performed an operation, saving the Senior Abruzzi’s life.

Sometime during the night at home, Carmine mysteriously dies. The doctor confirms that Carmine did not die from his wounds, but from a lethal injection of drugs. This infuriates Sal who believes that the doctor killed his father, and he insists that Michael, now head of the family as the oldest son, make an example of the doctor and Jessica. Michael disagrees with sacrificing them as an answer, vowing to get his family back on the straight and narrow. Mister Gant advises Michael that if he refuses to ask for blood, this will show weakness to the other crime families and open them up for attack. Michael does not back down, and when Sal goes to take care of the problem himself, Michael saves Jessica’s and the doctor’s lives.