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.