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L.A. Law

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This popular television drama depicted life in a large Los Angeles law firm. The plots were strongly character-based and dealt with the personal lives and professional activities of the partners, associates, and staff. Scenes centered around the courtroom and the law offices. Often, an episode would open with a surprising twist, which would then be played out during the rest of the show.

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Corbin Bernsen
Arnie Becker
Jill Eikenberry
Ann Kelsey
Alan Rachins
Douglas Brackman, Jr.

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Episode 1

Book of Renovation, Chapter 1

Thu, Oct 7, 199347 mins

Five months later. Things have changed for the firm which is now named McKenzie, Brackman, Kelsey, Markowitz, and Morales, as the partners begin to interview candidates for a new associate at the firm which is under a massive interior renovation. Meanwhile, Stuart Markowitz's cousin, Eli Levinson, arrives in town from New York to defend Sandy Morris, the mentally ill son of some old friends who's accused of murdering a social worker. Eli's former secretary, Denise Iannello, arrives in Los Angeles to re-start her life and asks Eli to give her a job as his secretary again. Kelsey represents another attorney suing her own firm for sexual discrimination. Also, Becker finds the new associate candidate, Jane Halliday, a Christian fundamentalist, irresistible, while Kelsey is wary about Halliday's presence.

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Awards

  • 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - winner
  • 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
  • 1989 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - nominated

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