The Client
This series was based on the book by John Grisham about Reggie Love, a lawyer, who just started her practice and is also a recovering alcoholic, which was made into a movie starring Susan Sarandon. Now Jobeth Williams is playing the part of Reggie. Her adversary in the movie, Roy Foltrig, is also there, only their relationship is not as adversarial as it was in the movie. Reggie occasionally calls on Roy for help, and at other times drives him crazy with high standards of ethics. Also Reggie is trying to convince her ex-husband to allow her access to her children.
- Metascore50
- 1995-1996
- 1 season
- CBS
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
This series was based on the book by John Grisham about Reggie Love, a lawyer, who just started her practice and is also a recovering alcoholic, which was made into a movie starring Susan Sarandon. Now Jobeth Williams is playing the part of Reggie. Her adversary in the movie, Roy Foltrig, is also there, only their relationship is not as adversarial as it was in the movie. Reggie occasionally calls on Roy for help, and at other times drives him crazy with high standards of ethics. Also Reggie is trying to convince her ex-husband to allow her access to her children.
Season 1 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1995 - 1996
Episode 0
Pilot
Sun, Sep 17, 1995 91 mins
Reggie Love, a family-law attorney, helps a young murder witness running from the killer.
Episode 1
A Perfect World
Tue, Sep 19, 1995
Reggie defends an unpopular 15-year-old girl accused of killing a teenage boy who she claims was in love with her.
Episode 2
Them That Has...
Tue, Sep 26, 1995 47 mins
Reggie's client is an unwed, pregnant 15-year-old who wants to keep her baby despite the pressure of her mother and a powerful adoption agency to give up the baby.
Episode 3
The Peach Orchard
Tue, Oct 10, 1995
Momma Love's friend Verna needs Reggie's help when she and her fiancé are harassed by his daughter who wants to end their relationship.
Episode 4
Drive, He Said
Tue, Oct 17, 1995 46 mins
After failing a third time to convict mobster Waldo Gaines, Roy seeks help from Reggie and one of her n more unreliable clients.
Episode 5
The Burning of Atlanta
Tue, Oct 24, 1995 57 mins
Reggie agrees to represent a black student arrested for setting on fire the school's state flag which is also the Confederate flag, after being harassed by racist white students.
Episode 6
Dear Harris
Tue, Oct 31, 1995
Neil McDonough plays a mentally retarded man and the prime suspect for the murder of a senator's daughter. Reggie suspects the victim's husband may be responsible.
Episode 7
The Prodigal Father
Tue, Nov 7, 1995
Reggie goes in search of the father of a 4-year-old who is in need of a bone-marrow transport. He is a former client who deserted his family while they were in the witness protection program.
Episode 8
Child's Play
Tue, Nov 14, 1995
After witnessing his father commit a double murder 8-year-old Waldo Gaines is institutionalized and his mother refuses to seek custody.
Episode 9
Happily Ever After
Tue, Nov 21, 1995
Reggie's estranged daughter arrives while she is working on a bitter divorce case that takes a murderous turn.
Episode 10
The Way Things Never Were
Tue, Dec 19, 1995
Reggie agrees to help the biological mother of an 11 year old boy expose the truth about her son's foster parents after he is rushed to the hospital yet again.
Episode 11
Sympathy for the Devil
Tue, Jan 9, 1996
An eight year old must testify in the double-murder trial of his mobster father but Reggie feels he is not mentally stable to get through the ordeal.
Episode 12
Motherless Child
Thu, Jan 11, 1996
During a gang-related drive-by shooting Reggie's friend is killed. The victim's son then joins a rival gang seeking retribution.
Episode 13
Private Lives
Tue, Jan 16, 1996
Episode 14
Winning
Tue, Jan 30, 1996
Reggie sees the unpleasant side of the Olympic trials after witnessing an overbearing coach's treatment of her friend's daughter.
Episode 15
The Morning After
Tue, Feb 6, 1996
Joan Van Ark plays Reggie's former rehab nurse who is also a recovering alcoholic. When she falls of the wagon Reggie comes to her aid but contemplates walking away when the situation takes a turn for the worse.
Episode 16
Damn Yankees
Tue, Mar 19, 1996 60 mins
A young man who believes he's a Confederate soldier and kills a man becomes Reggie's client and she must prove that he belongs in a psychiatric hospital and not prison.
Episode 17
The High Ground
Tue, Mar 26, 1996 60 mins
James Cromwell guests as a police officer charged with murder for shooting an intruder who turns out to be the unwelcome beau of his pregnant teenage daughter.
Episode 18
Past Imperfect
Tue, Apr 2, 1996 60 mins
A man from Reggie's past, when she was drinking, who knew her as "Rachel" learns her true identity and begins to stalk her.
Episode 19
The Good Samaritan
Tue, Apr 9, 1996 60 mins
A member of Reggie Love's church group volunteers is arrested for a murder that occurred 30 years ago.
Episode 20
Money Talks
Tue, Apr 16, 1996 60 mins