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Pilot
14 Sep 1986
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Becker begins the day dealing with some irate clients and finds himself at the wrong end of a gun; Melman discovers a dead partner...
Those Lips, That Eye
02 Oct 1986
33 Views
Kuzak pursues a very attractive deputy district attorney, Grace Van Owen, even though she's engaged to marry the man managing her...
The House of the Rising Flan
09 Oct 1986
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Sifuentes is outraged when he learns that the motive behind an invitation to dinner at the Brackman house was to enlist his aid in...
The Princess and the Wiener King
16 Oct 1986
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McKenzie's disappointment in the greedy law school students whose class he addresses leads him to offer a clerkship to a student w...
Simian Chanted Evening
23 Oct 1986
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Kuzak fights for his terminally ill client's right to be cryogenically preserved after death; Becker whets his appetite for entert...
Slum Enchanted Evening
30 Oct 1986
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Van Owen faces hairy jokes from her colleagues and the anger of her ex-fiance after bailing out on her wedding; Kuzak represents a...
Raiders of the Lost Bark
06 Nov 1986
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Kuzak slyly sticks Sifuentes with a dog of a case, but it's Sifuentes who's sitting pretty after he discovers the teeth in the mat...
Gibbon Take
13 Nov 1986
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Van Owen's ex-fiance gets his revenge by humiliating her during a campaign appearance, thus sabotaging her race for the bench; whe...
The Venus Butterfly
20 Nov 1986
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Becker, Markowitz and Kelsey bicker over who will inherit Chaney's office; Van Owen prosecutes a man charged with the mercy killin...
Fry Me to the Moon
03 Dec 1986
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Kuzak gets nightmares over handling an appeal for a man sentenced to death; Van Owen helps Gilliam get a reprieve for Appleton; Me...
El Sid
10 Dec 1986
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An increasingly unstable Hershberg asks Kuzak to take over the case of a woman who shot a police officer; Rogoff reassigns Van Owe...
Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer
17 Dec 1986
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La Rosa digs up the ammunition Kelsey needs to succeed in representing an inventor in a contract dispute over patent royalties; K...
Prince Kuzak in a Can
07 Jan 1987
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Overburdened with Hershberg's caseload, and haunted with guilt over his death, Kuzak snaps at his colleagues, pays a heavy price f...
The Douglas Fur Ball
14 Jan 1987
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McKenzie gets Kuzak sprung from jail; after Brackman's wife discovers his infidelity and serves him with divorce papers, he begs h...
December Bribe
21 Jan 1987
37 Views
The partners consider whether they should merge with a large New York firm; Kuzak and Van Owen bemoan the scheduling difficulties...
Beef Jerky
04 Feb 1987
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Van Owen prosecutes a case of seminal importance; Becker comes to regret pushing a client beyond her limits after confronting her...
Becker on the Rox
11 Feb 1987
34 Views
When a pharmaceutical firm employs a jury consulting firm to assist him in a product liability suit, Kuzak becomes engaged in a co...
Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover
18 Feb 1987
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Becker is enthralled by the beautiful, but somewhat incompetent, secretary who's temping while Melman is on jury duty until he dis...
The Grace of Wrath
25 Feb 1987
33 Views
Sifuentes tries to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat by responding to the advances made by an attractive juror after his el...
Sparky Brackman, R.I.P.
25 Mar 1987
36 Views
Kuzak faces a tough opponent in civil court when he represents a college student suing for damages after being raped; the ongoing...
Oy Vey! Wilderness!
01 Apr 1987
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Markowitz and Kuzak join forces to help a fisherman when the IRS confiscates his boat in a tax dispute; Sifuentes convinces Feldma...
Pigmalion
08 Apr 1987
36 Views
Becker represents the wife of a children's television show host who sues her husband for divorce after catching him in bed with an...
The Lung Goodbye
14 Oct 1987
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Kuzak takes a personal interest in representing a terminally ill smoker suing a tobacco company; Sifuentes's bad luck with women c...
The Wizard of Odds
21 Oct 1987
35 Views
Brackman begins to get carried away over his judicial appointment until an insulting parrot puts him in his place; Kelsey successf...
Cannon of Ethics
28 Oct 1987
33 Views
Kelsey seeks the advice of outside counsel, Kuzak's former mentor Wendell Gleason, in resolving her ethical dilemma about Dr. Warr...
Brackman Vasektimized
04 Nov 1987
35 Views
Kelsey forces a client to clean up his act after she discovers that his company is knowingly dumping carcinogens into a local wate...
The Brothers Grimm
11 Nov 1987
36 Views
Sifuentes represents a traumatized woman suing a cop for not intervening as he witnessed her rape, and her boyfriend's murder, dur...
Rohner vs. Gradinger
02 Dec 1987
35 Views
Rollins does an end run around Markowitz and McKenzie to retain a client, much to their displeasure; Sifuentes meets an attractive...
Divorce with Extreme Prejudice
16 Dec 1987
41 Views
Van Owen has mixed emotions about successfully prosecuting a teenager who murdered his abusive father; seeking to get out from und...
Full Marital Jacket
06 Jan 1988
34 Views
In the aftermath of his anxiety attack, Brackman has a new perspective on life, and his wife has a new perspective on their relati...
Hand Roll Express
20 Jan 1988
34 Views
McKenzie gets Brackman's arrest for solicitation vacated when he's able to prove that his colleague really was ordering off the me...
Petticoat Injunction
17 Feb 1988
36 Views
Still traumatized by the mob hit, Van Owen resigns from the firm and decides to take some time off before job hunting; Kuzak shock...
Fetus Completus
02 Mar 1988
34 Views
Feelings run high among the attorneys at the firm when Kelsey represents a doctor petitioning the court to allow him to deliver an...
Open Heart Perjury
20 Apr 1988
35 Views
Rollins goes after a businessman who bilked a widow out of her life's savings; Becker capitalizes on the pending divorce of a judg...
Leapin' Lizards!
27 Apr 1988
33 Views
A TV superhero fights to remain in the role of the Salamander; Becker celebrates his birthday with the new woman in his life; and...
Hey, Lick Me Over
02 Nov 1988
36 Views
Sifuentes represents a couple suing their security company for neglecting to take action when they were assaulted during a home i...
The Son Also Rises
09 Nov 1988
33 Views
Perkins decides to strike out on her own as a solo practitioner; Becker loses a car but gains a new friend when he agrees to repre...
Romancing the Drone
16 Nov 1988
36 Views
Markowitz gets discouraging news when he visits a fertility specialist; Melman has difficulty adapting to married life and her hus...
Princess and the Pee
07 Dec 1988
35 Views
Kuzak faces disciplinary action for not revealing that his opponent in a negligence trial is not a member of the bar; Brackman hir...
Dummy Dearest
14 Dec 1988
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Rollins represents a man who, after a devastating childhood trauma, can only talk through a caustic dummy, and is charged with ass...
I'm in the Nude for Love
11 Jan 1989
37 Views
Kuzak returns from his suspension to defend the owner of a nudist colony being sued for creating a public nuisance, and manages to...
The Plane Mutiny
08 Feb 1989
34 Views
On his way to Chicago for an important new client pitch, Brackman takes on the airline that refuses to allow him to disembark in t...
Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not?
15 Feb 1989
35 Views
Perkins and Ringstrom continue their romance and their afternoon trysts; Melman gets arrested and sued after the strains of her di...
Barstow Bound
22 Mar 1989
35 Views
A jealous husband who blames the divorce video for the demise of his marriage abducts Becker at gunpoint and forces him to drive t...
The Unbearable Lightness of Boring
05 Apr 1989
34 Views
Kelsey and Markowitz are devastated when Harris changes her mind about the adoption; Melman decides to file for divorce; Rollins...
His Suit Is Hirsute
26 Apr 1989
34 Views
Although Sifuentes wages a valiant battle in court on their behalf, Kelsey and Markowitz are ordered to return their daughter to...
America the Beautiful
03 May 1989
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Van Owen prosecutes a homeowner who killed a homeless man going through his garbage; against Kuzak's advice, Perkins decides to te...
Consumed Innocent
17 May 1989
35 Views
A cocky talk show host who's sure he won't be convicted and is eager to use the publicity surrounding a trial to boost his ratings...
The Unsterile Cuckoo
01 Nov 1989
35 Views
Sifuentes reluctantly represents a wholesale furrier suing an animal rights group whose disruptions at his fashion shows caused hi...
Captain Hurt
08 Nov 1989
33 Views
Kuzak's defense of a black college professor accused of murdering his young white research assistant blows up when the prosecutor...
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
15 Nov 1989
34 Views
Kuzak weighs the testimony of sympathetic witnesses to clear his client; Becker tries to clear the air with an unhappy divorce cli...
One Rat, One Ranger
29 Nov 1989
34 Views
Van Owen is at a loss for words when confronted by a terrified mother after failing to win a conviction against the woman's ex-hus...
Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town
13 Dec 1989
36 Views
Kuzak makes a last-ditch try to have his client's sentence lightened; Markowitz panics when Kelsey goes into labor early; Benny ha...
Noah's Bark
10 Jan 1990
33 Views
After Becker slinks off with his files and resigns his partnership by telegram, McKenzie gets a restraining order to prevent him f...
True Brit
24 Jan 1990
34 Views
Kuzak suspects a barrister is exaggerating his ignorance of American courtroom procedure to influence the jury; Becker yearns for...
Whatever Happened to Hannah?
14 Feb 1990
34 Views
A comic charges his comedy-writer ex-wife with heckling him on-stage; a divorce sues her ex for years of abuse; and Kelsey wages w...
Blood, Sweat and Fears
14 Mar 1990
33 Views
Kuzak fights to have the murder charges against Earl Williams dismissed; Sifuentes defends a doctor who refused to perform emergen...
Bounds for Glory
21 Mar 1990
33 Views
To the dismay of Becker and Brackman, Rosalind becomes Abby's strong supporter when a major client leaves the firm after he is uns...
Watts a Matter?
04 Apr 1990
35 Views
A family whose home was destroyed in a drug raid charge the police with excessive force; Van Owen ponders her sentencing of an 8-y...
Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sued
02 May 1990
33 Views
Sifuentes represents a priest being sued by a husband who attributes his wife's mental breakdown to the priest's refusal to grant...
The Last Gasp
16 May 1990
34 Views
Sifuentes's boyhood friend battles time while on death row; the prenuptial countdown begins for Becker and Corrinne; and the firm'...
The Bitch Is Back
17 Oct 1990
34 Views
The shadow of Rosalind Shays again darkens the door of the firm when she sues them for discrimination, while another lawsuit escal...
Happy Trails
24 Oct 1990
37 Views
Rollins feels exploited when he's asked to assist on the Chisholm case; a surprise witness testifies in Rosalind's suit; Brackman...
Lie Harder
31 Oct 1990
35 Views
An unexpected witness emerges in the Chisholm case; the parents of an emotionally disturbed adopted son seek relief through the c...
Armand's Hammer
07 Nov 1990
33 Views
Holloway takes the stand; a savvy lawyer, C.J. Lamb, gets wise to the firm's strategy in a lawsuit; a college professor claims he...
Vowel Play
28 Nov 1990
34 Views
Douglas appears on Wheel of Fortune (daytime version) & when he's champion, he tries to ask Vanna out on a date.
He wins one roun...
God Rest Ye Little Gentleman
12 Dec 1990
35 Views
A disfigured doctor charges a clinic with discrimination; Benny anticipates the holidays with his new roommate; Van Owen defends a...
Pump it Up
09 Jan 1991
36 Views
McKenzie's social life is scrutinized; Sifuentes has misgivings about defending a client; Becker gives a golddigger a creative div...
Rest in Pieces
30 Jan 1991
34 Views
A soldier faces a military court for disobeying orders; C.J. represents a home buyer who claims her house is haunted; ""personalit...
Dances with Sharks
13 Feb 1991
36 Views
A jog in a white neighborhood lands Rollins in jail as a rape suspect; C.J.'s client goes before a Navajo tribal court to get her...
The Beverly Hills Hangers
13 Mar 1991
34 Views
Lawyers stand ready to assist Mullaney and Kuzak, who are defending Rikki Davis on murder charges; McKenzie gets a surprise propos...
Good to the Last Drop
20 Mar 1991
36 Views
Zoey scoffs at the legal system when a child-killer goes free; a delinquent taxpayer protests Government spending; Rosalind steps...
As God Is My Co-Defendant
03 Apr 1991
34 Views
Recent events lead to chaos at the firm; religion goes on trial in the case of a couple who relied on their faith to save their dy...
There Goes the Judge
01 May 1991
34 Views
An eccentric judge loses his grip on reality; Rollins gets caught up in his own agenda while defending a black motorist charged w...
Since I Fell For You
15 May 1991
35 Views
An AIDS-stricken attorney fights an insurance company's refusal to pay for an experimental treatment; Kelsey's admission concernin...
Something Old, Something Nude
09 Oct 1991
33 Views
Facing financial woes, the firm is forced to share office space with an entertainment lawyer; Van Owen's high-profile client is ch...
TV or Not TV
16 Oct 1991
33 Views
Van Owen elicits emotional testimony from Elsa Chandler; the Government's handling of the MIA issue following the Vietnam War come...
Do the Spike Thing
30 Oct 1991
34 Views
Brackman is the unwitting victim in a gay-bashing incident; Kelsey defends a logging-company executive in a case involving a tree-...
Monkey on My Back Lot
13 Nov 1991
35 Views
A tenant at a housing project where guns have been banned sues for the right to defend himself; a recovering addict faces reproduc...
Badfellas
20 Nov 1991
34 Views
As new D.A. Ruby Thomas takes office, the firm's reputation is tainted when Frank Kittredge defends a mob boss; Markowitz challeng...
The Nut Before Christmas
18 Dec 1991
33 Views
C.J. takes a personal interest in a case involving a friend, a divorcée whose lesbian affair foments a custody battle for her kids...
Back to the Suture
15 Jan 1992
36 Views
A patient paralyzed after surgery sues her physician; Benny petitions for custody of a homeless youth; not everyone is supportive...
All About Sleaze
29 Jan 1992
34 Views
C.J.'s client accuses the Government of negligence in the rape-murder of his wife; Becker's ego is cut down to size over the airwa...
Steal It Again, Sam
19 Feb 1992
33 Views
Sifuentes visits the firm and finds that his failed relationship with Van Owen demands his attention; Kittredge takes on a legal d...
Great Balls Afire
18 Mar 1992
36 Views
A Jewish philanthropist halts funding for a medical researcher who is using data from Nazi experiments; the Markowitzes anticipate...
P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead
15 Apr 1992
35 Views
Becker's shrink drops dead; the Brackmans use Alexander to call one another's bluff; Kelsey fires Ned after he makes a pass at her...
Love in Bloom
22 Apr 1992
32 Views
A multimillionaire tries to buy his way out of a murder charge; parental concerns compound for the Brackmans and Benny when Alexan...
Beauty and the Breast
06 May 1992
34 Views
Frank is fired for his role in destroying Becker's case; C.J. represents a movie executive who's being sued by an actress for insi...
Say Goodnight, Gracie
20 May 1992
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Jonathan dumps Zoey; the Brackmans decide to reconcile and remarry; Victor Sifuentes returns to reclaim Van Owens' hand; Zoey's de...
L.A. Lawless
21 Oct 1992
36 Views
McKenzie, Brackman restructures itself into a leaner, meaner firm with the arrival of new partner Daniel Morales and the departure...
Second Time Around
28 Oct 1992
37 Views
Five months have passed since the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and Brackman becomes his own worst enemy when he sues the city for false...
Zo Long
04 Nov 1992
34 Views
Brackman sees life's underbelly from behind bars; Jonathan gets in a mudslinging contest in the final days before the election, an...
Wine Knot
11 Nov 1992
33 Views
Markowitz, Rollins and Brackman return to work; Becker gives his client some very Zen advice when a case of sour grapes pits sibli...
Love on the Rox
02 Dec 1992
34 Views
Kelsey represents a man who wants to prevent his ex-wife from implanting the frozen embryos that they created during their marriag...
Christmas Stalking
16 Dec 1992
35 Views
Kelsey represents Markowitz in court and gets the charges suspended with Mullaney's support; suspecting that Morales may be her st...
Odor in the Court
06 Jan 1993
36 Views
Becker realizes why Flicker has kept Schuller on ice when they finally come face-to-face; Paros returns a favor to McKenzie by cal...
Bare Witness
03 Feb 1993
33 Views
Taylor is haunted by nightmares of Salerno; Brackman represents the owner of a gentleman's club charged with indecency by the city...
Hello and Goodbye
17 Feb 1993
36 Views
A widow charges a news photographer with encouraging her late husband's suicide; Mullaney maintains a vigil by his father's hospit...
F.O.B.
31 Mar 1993
38 Views
Brackman represents a man with ties to Hillary Clinton; a man is accused of murdering the rapist who attacked his daughter; and a...
Cold Shower
07 Apr 1993
35 Views
Taylor knows just what to say when Markowitz has a problem with a client who demands that the I.R.S. treat her with respect before...
Come Rain or Come Schein
21 Apr 1993
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Kelsey represents a TV weatherman suing for wrongful termination; Morales represents a laborer suing a racist couple who cheated h...
Testing, Testing, 1...2...3...4
05 May 1993
35 Views
A teacher is fired after refusing to take a test that would prove he is not sexually aroused by children; a fan claims that a base...
Hackett or Pack It
26 May 1993
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Roxanne convinces comedian Buddy Hackett to appear in an infomercial about a device that allows a pregnant woman to communicate wi...
Book of Renovation, Chapter 1
06 Oct 1993
37 Views
The partners begin to interview candidates for a new associate at the firm which is under interior renovation. Meanwhile, Stuart...
Leap of Faith
13 Oct 1993
34 Views
New associate Jane Halliday represents a Gulf War veteran in declining health, who charges a VA doctor with negligence in treating...
How Much Is That Bentley in the Window?
20 Oct 1993
34 Views
The Sandy Morris murder trial begins where Eli acts on his suspicions and calls the murder victim's husband, Jonah, to the stand....
The Green, Green Grass of Home
03 Nov 1993
33 Views
Markowitz is approached by Barry Glassman, an old friend who reveals that he's a fugitive named Jay Ellison wanted for attempting...
Pacific Rimshot
17 Nov 1993
33 Views
Becker's car accident with his Bentley prompts a spate of anti-Asian sentiments, which in turn inspires the minority members of th...
Eli's Gumming
08 Dec 1993
34 Views
A prostitute brings rape charges against a record executive who claims to have exotic sexual needs; an insecure student sues his...
He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother
02 Feb 1994
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Morales agrees to defend a confused young man who wants to confess to a convenience store robbery, but who may not be guilty. Mea...
Cold Cuts
16 Feb 1994
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Two mountaineers face charges after resorting to cannibalism; a mathematician adds up the consequences of divorce; and Denise land...
Age of Insolence
23 Feb 1994
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Kelsey represents a woman being sued for the custody of her adopted daughter by the girl's biological father, who's heavily influe...
Three on a Patch
16 Mar 1994
35 Views
Brackman represents senior citizens threatened with eviction from their retirement community for rambunctious behavior arising fro...
Silence is Golden
13 Apr 1994
34 Views
Becker and Mullaney suspect, but cannot prove, that Flannigan committed a felony in settling a civil damages suit in a child moles...
Tunnel of Love
27 Apr 1994
35 Views
Patrick pulls another fast one; a rumor about Belinda troubles Becker; the owner of a show dog with a litter of mongrels sues her...
How Am I Driving?
04 May 1994
32 Views
Becker tries to hush up his client's connection to a well-placed madam; an incorrigible teen sues to be released from rehab; Eli g...
Whistle Stop
11 May 1994
39 Views
Becker blames Belinda's personal malice for his becoming a murder suspect; Mullaney anticipates trouble with a judge who used to d...
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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