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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • September 26, 1991
    • NBC

    When police officer Dicky Cobb reveals he can read sign language, he's transferred from the street to the office of deputy district attorney Tess Kaufman.

  • S01E02 Hard Bargains

    • September 27, 1991
    • NBC

    Tess and Dicky handle the case of a mentally ill man who attacked a neighbor. Kay gives Dicky an ultimatum while Tess is impressed with her ex's efforts to strengthen their relationship.

  • S01E03 Making Dirt Stick

    • October 4, 1991
    • NBC

    Dicky and Tess search for new evidence to nail a murderer released on a technicality, but their sole lead is a witness who refuses to endanger his new straight life by revisiting his ugly past.

  • S01E04 Daddy's Little Girl

    • October 18, 1991
    • NBC

    Dicky's stuck with an inadmissible confession when a woman confesses to murdering her father, a prominent citizen, and uncovers a scandal involving the mayor and the district attorney. Kay argues with her father over her drinking.

  • S01E05 ... and Sleep Won't Come

    • October 25, 1991
    • NBC

    Grieving over the suicide of a friend, Tess investigates the case that drove him to despair. Dicky reconciles with Kay.

  • S01E06 The Silent Treatment

    • November 1, 1991
    • NBC

    Tess is tough on a deaf man accused of attempted murder, and Dicky becomes involved with attorney Lila Simon.

  • S01E07 Tangled up in Blue

    • November 8, 1991
    • NBC

    Bruce's move on Kay shakes things up with Tess; and a date-rape incident promises many aftershocks.

  • S01E08 Aftermath

    • November 15, 1991
    • NBC

    Kay tries to cope with the rape, harassment by the police and the impending trial all at once; Bruce drops a bomb on Tess.

  • S01E09 One Woman's Word

    • November 29, 1991
    • NBC

    Kay is as much on trial as the defendant, but with the support of Tess and Dicky she braces herself as the proceedings begin.

  • S01E10 Graduation Day

    • December 5, 1991
    • NBC

    A murder case is dumped on Tess only days before trial, and she's pitted against her mentor; Dicky meets Lila's parents; Bruce gets nasty in the divorce; Kay copes with the aftermath of rape.

  • S01E11 Pure Gold

    • December 13, 1991
    • NBC

    A fatal hit-and-run case involving a politician puts Gold on the spot, and causes a rift between Sean and Tess; Dicky and Lila face the truth about their relationship; Kay decides to sell the bar.

  • S01E12 Dicky's Got the Blues

    • December 20, 1991
    • NBC

    An activist professor is charged with the murder of a college journalist who crucified him in print; Dicky feels blue as Kay considers moving; Tess feels angry over Bruce's machinations.

  • S01E13 The Shadow of Death

    • January 17, 1992
    • NBC

    Gold's uncle, who's opposed to capital punishment, defends a psycho-killer against Tess; Tess's parents visit just as she's getting cozy with Sean; Kay makes a move toward Dicky.

  • S01E14 The Discomfort Zone (1)

    • February 4, 1992
    • NBC

    Dicky is cast adrift when he's accused of brutality while breaking up a fight; and his troubles have a ripple effect on Gold, who's the mayor's choice for City Council; Bruce makes waves for Tess.

  • S01E15 Fish out of Water (2)

    • February 11, 1992
    • NBC

    Dicky awaits the outcome of the brutality investigation; Tess laments that things have hit the skids with Sean; Kay hits it off with her professor.

  • S01E16 Burning Desire (1)

    • March 3, 1992
    • NBC

    Tess's prosecution of the young neo-Nazi is roughed up by Judge Booth. Meanwhile, Dicky dogs the defendant's friend to testify to the truth.

  • S01E17 Love is Strange (2)

    • March 17, 1992
    • NBC

    Tess starts the wheels turning in the neo-Nazi case, but Judge Booth's obsessive attraction to her throws a wrench into things.

  • S01E18 Home is Where the Heart Is (3)

    • March 17, 1992
    • NBC

    Judge Booth makes things difficult for Tess as she prosecutes the neo-Nazi case, while Dicky dogs the defendant's friend; Kay tries to get Weldon on the wagon.

  • S01E19 Maggie Finds Her Soul

    • March 24, 1992
    • NBC

    Maggie provides a spirited defense of a battered woman accused of murder in a case that Tess prosecutes with ambivalent feelings.

  • S01E20 Home to Roost

    • September 8, 1992
    • NBC

    A public defender provides a weak defense for a Mexican immigrant couple accused of endangering their daughter; Sean is given a case involving chickens he views as a real turkey.

  • S01E21 Change of Plans

    • September 15, 1992
    • NBC

    Dicky is holed up on a stakeout with an obnoxious surgeon who altered the face of a crook and is now the only one who can ID him. Meanwhile, Maggie makes Bruce's case a personal battle with his prosecutor.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Lifelines (1)

    • September 29, 1992
    • NBC

    In the second season opener, Kay is critically wounded by a murderous hood during a holdup at the bar; a burglary case takes some odd twists for; and Bruce's wealthy mother visits him in prison.

  • S02E02 Lifelines (2)

    • September 29, 1992
    • NBC

    Kay remains critically wounded; Bruce's wealthy mother visits him in prison.

  • S02E03 FAP

    • October 6, 1992
    • NBC

    Feminists seek a platform to voice their grievances against pornography by attacking a porno emporium.

  • S02E04 Moment of Doubt

    • October 27, 1992
    • NBC

    A killer's been arrested by a zealous detective who planted evidence and used a psychic to cover his deed.

  • S02E05 Mercury in Retrograde

    • November 10, 1992
    • NBC

    The trial of an accused child molester causes repressed memories to surface in a young man. Meanwhile, Dicky kills a young robber.

  • S02E06 Try to Be Nice, What Does It Get You?

    • November 17, 1992
    • NBC

    A tough parole case, the death of her mother and compassion from Dicky turn Maggie's world topsy-turvy.

  • S02E07 Brother's Keeper

    • December 1, 1992
    • NBC

    A man may be put away for murder because he won't turn on his brother. Meanwhile, Tess meets someone new.

  • S02E08 Self-Defense

    • December 8, 1992
    • NBC

    Dicky's hit by a gunshot during a crossfire, but the incident might be a case of a good kid defending himself in a bad neighborhood.

  • S02E09 A Rose Is a Rose

    • December 15, 1992
    • NBC

    A prostitute's mysterious death is shelved in favor of the higher-profile prosecution of a VIP accused of killing his wife.

  • S02E10 Silence

    • December 22, 1992
    • NBC

    A killer Tess and Dicky know they have dead to rights claims he'll go free because he's got "friends."

  • S02E11 Legacy

    • January 5, 1993
    • NBC

    Tess must prosecute two Jewish students who abducted an unrepentant Nazi suspected of war crimes.

  • S02E12 Two Women

    • January 12, 1993
    • NBC

    Tess prosecutes a man for killing his adopted son; while Maggie defends the adoption agency in a civil suit.

  • S02E13 The Iceman

    • January 19, 1993
    • NBC

    A former hockey player is accused of a barroom-brawl killing. Meanwhile, Bruce has a custody case involving a gorilla that understands sign language.

  • S02E14 Run Through the Jungle

    • January 26, 1993
    • NBC

    A shopkeeper's trap for burglars does in a druggie, and the legal fallout has political and personal consequences for Gold and Dicky.

  • S02E15 Thank God, It's Friday

    • January 26, 1993
    • NBC

    Tess takes on an unusual case of Korean men involved in smuggling bear gallbladders; a real-estate mogul takes hostages.

  • S02E16 Sister, Can You Spare a Dime?

    • March 13, 1993
    • NBC

    Maggie's brother visits Maggie, who deals with a sexual-harassment case; Tess is the victim of a carjacking.

  • S02E17 Crumbling Systems

    • March 20, 1993
    • NBC

    Maggie wants to see a couples counselor with Dicky, who protects a mobster's mistress; a doctor stands trial after a DUI arrest.

  • S02E18 Diminished Capacity

    • March 27, 1993
    • NBC

    Dicky's buddy, a cop, is despondent over his crumbling marriage; Tess becomes an advocate for a disturbed deaf woman.

  • S02E19 Wish You Were Here

    • April 3, 1993
    • NBC

    Maggie refuses to testify before a grand jury against her client, a fraudulent businessman with whom she shares a past.

  • S02E20 The Ties That Bind (1)

    • April 13, 1993
    • NBC

    While trying to work things out with Maggie, Dicky investigates the killing of a man who was engaged to a high-class woman.

  • S02E21 The Ties That Bind (2)

    • April 13, 1993
    • NBC

    While Dicky tries to work things out with Maggie, Tess receives a proposal from a man from her past.

  • S02E22 Trust Me on This (1)

    • April 27, 1993
    • NBC

    Tess demands that Dicky investigate when evidence comes to light indicating a man executed for murder may have been innocent.

  • S02E23 Trust Me on This (2)

    • April 27, 1993
    • NBC

    While Dicky investigates if a man may have been wrongfully executed, Tess goes up against a woman who's defending herself.