Hawkins
Billy Jim Hawkins was a very clever defense attorney, whose drawl and laid back manner often fooled his adversaries into underestimating his skills as an attorney. Billy Jim's office was located in a small town in West Virginia, although his cases often took him to other places around the country. R.J. was Billy Jim's cousin and associate who did most of Billy Jim's legwork.
- 1973-1974
- 1 season
- CBS
- Suspense, Drama
Billy Jim Hawkins was a very clever defense attorney, whose drawl and laid back manner often fooled his adversaries into underestimating his skills as an attorney. Billy Jim's office was located in a small town in West Virginia, although his cases often took him to other places around the country. R.J. was Billy Jim's cousin and associate who did most of Billy Jim's legwork.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 0
Death and the Maiden
Tue, Mar 13, 1973 74 mins
Hawkins defends an heiress charged with a triple murder.
Episode 1
Murder in Movieland
Tue, Oct 2, 1973 74 mins
Hawkins comes to Hollywood to defend a star's husband in a murder case. The man claims that he killed a playboy when he caught him trying to rape his daughter. But Hawkins doubts that he is telling him the full truth.
Episode 2
Die, Darling, Die
Tue, Oct 23, 1973 75 mins
Hawkins defends a woman who is accused of murdering her wealthy elderly husband, who was bedridden with an incurable disease. She admits to not giving him the medicine he needed, but refuses to discuss her motives. While many believe it was a mercy killing, an ambitious assistant district attorney is trying to prove she did it because of the two million dollars she would inherit.
Episode 3
A Life for a Life
Tue, Nov 13, 1973 74 mins
Hawkins defends a man who is charged with killing one of the two psychology professors whom he blames for the suicide of his son. Making it worse is that he was recorded on a television news tape vowing to make both men pay "a life for a life".
Episode 4
Blood Feud
Tue, Dec 4, 1973 73 mins
Hawkins comes to his own hometown to defend his own cousin's accused killer (and R.J.'s opponent in the upcoming sheriff's race). Fueling the case against the man is that he has been openly in love with the victim's wife, and that there has been talk of a long-standing feud between his family and the Hawkins clan.
Episode 5
Murder in the Slave Trade
Tue, Jan 22, 1974 73 mins
Hawkins defends a star football player who is accused of killing his team's owner, a man who was apparently hated by plenty of other people as well, including his wife.
Episode 6
Murder on the Thirteenth Floor
Tue, Feb 5, 1974 73 mins
Hawkins defends the son of an old flame, who has been charged with murdering a drug-addicted young woman whom he had put into a room at the hotel his mother runs
Episode 7
Candidate for Murder
Tue, Mar 5, 1974 75 mins
Hawkins defends a U.S. Senator's aide who's been charged with the murder of a muckraking reporter who was going to air a story that might have caused embarrassment to his boss.