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Episode Detail: Pilot Episode - First Monday

Debut: The inner workings of the Supreme Court and the lives of its justices are the focus of this drama series. In the opener, Justice Joseph Novelli (Mantegna) reports for the new term and gets his first case: whether to grant a stay of execution to a death-row inmate who survived a lightning strike. Chief Justice Thomas Brankin: James Garner. Henry Hoskins: Charles Durning. Esther Weisenberg: Camille Saviola. Jerome Morris: James McEachin. Ellie Pearson: Hedy Burress. Miguel Mora: Randy Vasquez. Julian: Joe Flanigan.
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Premiered: January 15, 2002, on CBS
Rating: None
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Premise: A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama. The series enlisted Marcia Clark, Gerry Spence and other real-life lawyers for cameos.

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