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L.A. Law

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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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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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Episode 1

The Unsterile Cuckoo

Sifuentes reluctantly represents a wholesale furrier suing an animal rights group whose disruptions at his fashion shows caused him a million dollar loss; Hackett becomes concerned about the possibility of becoming a grandfather when he learns that his daughter and Stulwicz are having sex, and it takes McKenzie's powers of persuasion and a promise to talk to Stulwicz about contraception to convince Hackett not to have his daughter sterilized; Markowitz is torn between his dreams of glory as the star third baseman at the McKenzie Brackman annual softball game and his promise to attend Lamaze class with Kelsey; Kuzak buys a motorcycle.

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Directed by Rob ThompsonWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Margaret Nagle, Amanda Plummer, George Murdock, John Lehne, Julie Payne, Bruce Marchiano, John Hancock

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Episode 2

Captain Hurt

Kuzak's defense of a black college professor accused of murdering his young white research assistant blows up when the prosecutor sandbags his case by delaying DNA discovery, thus exposing his client's lies and destroying Kuzak's defense strategy; Van Owen counters an insanity defense based on uncontrollable sexual obsession when she prosecutes a claims adjuster for insurance fraud he asserts was the result of his inability to counter the demands of his dominatrix; Becker's desire to win at all costs and gain a large fee in the process garners his client a large settlement, but wrecks havoc on his relationship with his client; fulfilling his promise to Hackett, McKenzie assigns Sifuentes the responsibility of teaching Stulwicz about contraception.

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Directed by Win PhelpsWritten by William M. FinkelsteinGuest stars Marnie McPhail, Tricia O'Neil, Carl Lumbly, Jennifer Hetrick, Randy Oglesby, Vonetta McGee, Cedering Fox, John Hostetter

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Episode 3

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Kuzak weighs the testimony of sympathetic witnesses to clear his client; Becker tries to clear the air with an unhappy divorce client; a sympathetic Rollins takes the case of an elderly woman being steamrolled by an insurance company.

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Directed by David CarsonWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Dion Anderson, Mary Jackson, Carl Lumbly, Jennifer Hetrick, Vonetta McGee, Jon Matthews, Richard Riehle, Veronica Cartwright

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Episode 4

The Mouse That Soared

Sifuentes duels again with Hamilton Schuyler in a case challenging ""dwarf tossing""; a witness comes forward with testimony Kuzak hopes will clear his client; Kelsey agrees to help a friend sue pro-lifers harassing women at health clinics.

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Guest stars David Rappaport, Jim Haynie, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Veronica Cartwright, Lorinne Vozoff, Ellen Blake, Jane Daly

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Episode 5

One Rat, One Ranger

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-husband for molesting their young daughter; Becker, Kelsey, and the associates are all wary when the partners decide that the way to stem their declining revenues is to bring in Rosalind Shays, a ""rainmaker"", as a new partner; Markowitz represents a dating service sued by a hard-to-satisfy customer, who's more than happy to make the acquaintance of Dave Meyer after the trial is over; Brackman's latest scheme to save money on his health food kick has the staff smelling a rat.

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Directed by Tom MooreGuest stars Rick Scarry, Gina Hecht, Sherman Howard, Kathy Bates, Robert Harper, Diana Muldaur, John Hancock, Dann Florek

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Episode 6

Lie Down and Deliver

48m

Kelsey defends a malpractice suit filed by a patient whose baby died during delivery; a divorcée sues Becker over his video; Brackman puts the crunch on a cereal company over a botched contest; Sifuentes is miffed about the firm's new partner Rosalind Shays.

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Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontGuest stars George D. Wallace, Felicity LaFortune, Joyce Hyser, Susan Gibney, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jennifer Hetrick, Leilani Sarelle, Diana Muldaur

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Episode 7

Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town

7.0 / 10

Kuzak makes a last-ditch try to have his client's sentence lightened; Markowitz panics when Kelsey goes into labor early; Benny has a holiday surprise for Alice; the holidays could be lonely for Becker.

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Directed by Rob ThompsonWritten by William M. FinkelsteinGuest stars Joyce Hyser, Amanda Plummer, Lillian Lehman, Carl Lumbly, Beah Richards, Vonetta McGee, Stacy Edwards, George Buck

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Episode 8

The Good Human Bar

Rollins's friend asks for his help in petitioning the court to allow her to end her life and be cryogenically preserved until a cure for her incurable brain tumor is found; Kuzak meets an attractive dancer; Becker decides to leave the firm and form a partnership with Ganz; Allison is sexually assaulted by a member of her film crew; Roxanne gets a little help from her friends when she experiences a little stage fright during her singing lesson recital.

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Directed by Johanna DemetrakasWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Lelia Goldoni, Bob Minor, Joyce Hyser, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jim Norton, Steven Culp, Diana Muldaur, Maggie Wheeler

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Episode 9

Noah's Bark

After Becker slinks off with his files and resigns his partnership by telegram, McKenzie gets a restraining order to prevent him from siphoning off the firm's clients; Allison's rapist is bound over for trial after a painful pre-trial hearing; Rollins represents a man with Tourette's Syndrome who's suing his employer for wrongful termination after he's fired because of his disability; Kuzak and Dugan make a dinner date; Brackman gets braces.

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Directed by Win PhelpsWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Terry Kiser, Joyce Hyser, Olivia Cole, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Lenny Wolpe, Peter Schuck, Diana Muldaur, Stanley Grover

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Episode 10

The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great

Sifuentes's representation of a woman in a sexual harassment case against the federal judge for whom she clerked stirs up some emotional issues about Allison's rape which, despite their best efforts, the couple can't seem to resolve; Markowitz represents an elderly mohel being sued for malpractice; Becker is greeted coldly upon his return to the firm, and must face a hurt and angry Stulwicz; Rosalind subtly pits McKenzie and Brackman against each other as she secretly undermines them to poach their major clients.

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Directed by David CarsonWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Paul Mantee, Joyce Hyser, Hansford Rowe, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Levine, Diana Muldaur, Raymond Singer, Kim Myers

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Episode 11

True Brit

Kuzak suspects a barrister is exaggerating his ignorance of American courtroom procedure to influence the jury; Becker yearns for more fanfare from his co-workers; a friend's confession to Diana tests the limits of lawyer-client privilege; Rosalind invades Kelsey's space.

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Directed by Arthur Allan SeidelmanWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Britt Leach, Christopher Neame, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jennifer Hetrick, John Standing, Lawrence Dobkin, Diana Muldaur, Cedering Fox

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Episode 12

On Your Honor

Sifuentes and McKenzie butt heads over a suit involving an Iranian airplane; Roxanne leads a secretaries' revolt when Brackman issues a lunch-hour edict; and Van Owen is offered a seat on the bench.

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Directed by Steven RobmanWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Reid Shelton, James Harper, Steven Gilborn, Bruce Kirby, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Shawn Harrison, Diana Muldaur, Susan Krebs

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Episode 13

Whatever Happened to Hannah?

48m

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 war on Rosalind.

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Directed by Tom MooreWritten by William M. Finkelstein, Amy Lippman, David E. KelleyGuest stars Peter Michael Goetz, Lillian Lehman, Sian Barbara Allen, Courtney Thorne-Smith, David Paymer, Breckin Meyer, Diana Muldaur, Edward Edwards

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Episode 14

Ex-Wives and Videotapes

Kuzak pleads Williams's case before the State Court of Appeals; Rosalind is outraged when the partners decline to take on a potentially lucrative client because the company promotes apartheid; Becker represents a man so embittered by his wife's divorcing him that he intends to ruin her career as a prominent newswoman by distributing a private, x-rated video he made of their intimate moments.

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Directed by Miles WatkinsWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Erin Gray, Patience Cleveland, Parley Baer, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Diana Muldaur, Veronica Cartwright

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Episode 15

Blood, Sweat and Fears

48m

Kuzak fights to have the murder charges against Earl Williams dismissed; Sifuentes defends a doctor who refused to perform emergency surgery on an AIDS victim; the firm is rocked by McKenzie's resignation as senior partner, as Rosalind, Stuart and Douglas are eager to assume the role.

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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by David E. KelleyGuest stars Leon, Franc Luz, Stanley Kamel, Carl Lumbly, Beah Richards, Vonetta McGee, Christine Estabrook, Diana Muldaur

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Episode 16

Bounds for Glory

To the dismay of Becker and Brackman, Rosalind becomes Abby's strong supporter when a major client leaves the firm after he is unsuccessful in pressuring Abby not to pursue a dismissal of charges against his drug-addicted son, but to convince his son instead to accept a plea bargain that will send him to jail; Rollins's client is sued by the owner of an oversized frog when she disqualifies the amphibian from the jumping contest she's promoting; Kelsey represents the parents of a slain teenager when they sue the parents of the young skinhead who murdered their son; Benny inadvertently sets off a bidding war hampered by attorneys and paralegals when he decides to sell his baseball card collection; as her overbearing manner begins to set the other attorneys on edge, Rosalind mounts a subtle campaign for absolute control of the firm by undermining McKenzie's influence with clients.

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Directed by Win PhelpsWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Dick Anthony Williams, Dan Hedaya, Hansford Rowe, George Dickerson, Richard Venture, Diana Muldaur, Michael DeLuise, Andrew Hill Newman

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Episode 17

Justice Swerved

48m

A couple is accused of murdering their baby; a sobriety test halts Markowitz and Kelsey's lunch-time tryst; thoughts of Sheila wreak havoc with Brackman's sex life.

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Written by David E. Kelley, Bryce ZabelGuest stars Ethan Phillips, Earl Boen, Joan McMurtrey, Cal Gibson, Diana Muldaur, Elena Wohl, William Converse-Roberts, Bruce Ornstein

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Episode 18

Watts a Matter?

A family whose home was destroyed in a drug raid charge the police with excessive force; Van Owen ponders her sentencing of an 8-year-old cop killer; Sifuentes and Rosalind clash over a test case involving a liquor company's negligence; Marilyn unleashes Brackman's passion

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Directed by Tom MooreWritten by David E. Kelley, Bryce ZabelGuest stars Mary Alice, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Chiklis, Leonard Kibrick, Diana Muldaur, Concetta Tomei, Ray Reinhardt, John Hancock

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Episode 19

Bang... Zoom... Zap

Roxanne's dealings with her dad are reminiscent of The Honeymooners; Markowitz's first trial involves a man tortured in Argentina; Rosalind sells out a client.

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Written by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Richard Chaves, Jeffrey DeMunn, Lance LeGault, Vincent Gardenia, Lawrence Dobkin, Diana Muldaur, Carmen Argenziano, Elena Wohl

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Episode 20

Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sued

Sifuentes represents a priest being sued by a husband who attributes his wife's mental breakdown to the priest's refusal to grant her absolution; Roxanne becomes her father's legal guardian, and brings him to her home to live; McKenzie faces off against Rosalind in a bid for reinstatement as senior partner.

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Directed by Elodie KeeneWritten by John Romano, William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Lillian Lehman, John Diehl, Vincent Gardenia, Dick O'Neill, Robert Harper, Diana Muldaur, Stanley Grover, Ray Walston

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Episode 21

Outward Bound

8.0 / 10

A gay cop sues when the secret of his sexuality is revealed in the press by a journalist; McKenzie seeks a star litigator to fill an opening at the firm; Benny fumes after seeing Alice kiss someone else; and Corrinne pops the question to an unsure Becker.

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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Craig Wasson, Maryann Plunkett, Amanda Plummer, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Hetrick, Diana Muldaur, Warren Munson, Wayne Tippit

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Episode 22

The Last Gasp

finale

Sifuentes's boyhood friend battles time while on death row; the prenuptial countdown begins for Becker and Corrinne; and the firm's new attorney defends a mercy killer.

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Directed by Rick WallaceWritten by William M. Finkelstein, David E. KelleyGuest stars Sheila Kelley, Mike Nussbaum, John Kapelos, Mike Ditka, Jeanne Cooper, Jennifer Hetrick, John Pleshette, Michael Laskin

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about L.A. Law

Cast

Corbin BernsenArnie Becker
Harry HamlinMichael Kuzak
Jill EikenberryAnn Kelsey
Susan DeyGrace Van Owen
Alan RachinsDouglas Brackman
Michael TuckerStuart Markowitz
Susan RuttanRoxanne Melman
Blair UnderwoodJonathan Rollins

Credits

Created by
Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
171
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • NBCUnited States
  • 20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
  • Steven Bochco ProductionsUnited States

Themes

law firmlawyerlos angeles, california

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