Against the Law Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Pilot

Sun, Feb 4, 1990

In the pilot, lawyer Simon MacHeath helps a woman seeking to divorce a mobster; and a teen who confessed to killing a psychiatrist.

Episode 2

Where the Truth Lies

Sun, Sep 30, 1990

A poker debt forces MacHeath to defend a snitch whose perjury once cost him a case.

Episode 3

The Price of Life

Sun, Oct 7, 1990

MacHeath's opposition in a hospital negligence suit is a man working for his former father-in-law (Fritz Weaver), who consents to a wager when Mac's case appears lost.

Episode 4

The Women

Sun, Oct 14, 1990

Yvette tries to make a rape case against a hooker's john; MacHeath fights for---and with---a store owner charged with shoplifting and assault.

Episode 5

The Second Man

Sun, Oct 28, 1990

MacHeath feels he's working against his mentor when he defends one of two brothers charged with robbery and murder.

Episode 6

Requiem in B Flat

Sun, Nov 4, 1990

MacHeath and Phoebe (Barbara Williams) recall happier times when Mac sprang an ex-con, who's now on death row for the accidental killing of a cop.

Episode 7

Contempt

Fri, Nov 16, 1990

MacHeath goes to bat for a comedian busted for obscene language---and goes to jail when he can't get the man to control his mouth in the courtroom.

Episode 8

A Safe, New World

Fri, Nov 23, 1990

Mac helps a 16-year-old prodigy gain emancipation from his family, then learns they have mob ties.

Episode 9

Nature Now

Fri, Dec 7, 1990

MacHeath is hired by an old flame, now an environmental activist, to defend her after she is accused of a bombing.

Episode 10

We, the Jury

Fri, Dec 21, 1990

Mac holds Christmas Eve court in the mayor's home, where a homeless man's hostages are used as the jury in the man's fight against city hall.

Episode 11

The Indictment

Fri, Jan 11, 1991

MacHeath is one of several lawyers involved in a civil injury suit against a corporation, but stands alone after being charged with rape.

Episode 12

Hoops

Fri, Feb 1, 1991

A basketball coach fights to keep his illiterate star eligible, until he hurts his knee---and loses his scholarship; and diet-powder users want to sue after gaining weight.

Episode 13

The Union Label

Fri, Feb 8, 1991

Mac loses his cool when Meigs is hospitalized by union thugs warning him not to challenge their corrupt leader.

Episode 14

Damages

Fri, Feb 15, 1991

Episode 15

Past, Present

Fri, Mar 1, 1991

Episode 16

Miss Mass

Fri, Mar 8, 1991

Mac learns that revealing pictures aren't the only secret in the past of a beauty queen, whose mother objects to his suit against the tabloid that prints them.

Episode 17

Evil Conduct

Fri, Apr 5, 1991

During an illegal search and seizure, a man confesses to killing his daughter's rapist.