Shannon's Deal
Once a successful corporate lawyer at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm, Jack Shannon lost his marriage and his job, due in part to a compulsive gambling habit. While Shannon maintains a good relationship with his daughter, his professional career has hit rock bottom. He becomes a general practioner of law, gaining a loyal secretary in Lucy Acosta when he manages to free her boyfriend from jail. Shannon also gains an unlikely investigator in Wilmer Slade, a verbose enforcer for one of the many loan sharks to whom Jack is in debt. Although he has sworn off gambling, Shannon continues to use his skill as a cardplayer to help him work out his cases, and he always tries to work out deals for his clients without having to go to court.
- 1990-1991
- 2 seasons
- NBC
- Drama
Once a successful corporate lawyer at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm, Jack Shannon lost his marriage and his job, due in part to a compulsive gambling habit. While Shannon maintains a good relationship with his daughter, his professional career has hit rock bottom. He becomes a general practioner of law, gaining a loyal secretary in Lucy Acosta when he manages to free her boyfriend from jail. Shannon also gains an unlikely investigator in Wilmer Slade, a verbose enforcer for one of the many loan sharks to whom Jack is in debt. Although he has sworn off gambling, Shannon continues to use his skill as a cardplayer to help him work out his cases, and he always tries to work out deals for his clients without having to go to court.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1991
Episode 1
The Bad Beat
Sat, Mar 23, 1991
Jack Shannon helps a struggling girlfriend whose dead-beat ex-husband, in debt with a gambling problem and delinquent with his child support.
Episode 2
Greed
Tue, Apr 9, 1991
Jake gets a new job at an upscale firm that provides him with a condo, but his heart is back at his old apartment building where tenants are being forced out by a greedy developer.
Episode 3
Strangers in the Night: Part 1
Tue, Apr 16, 1991
Jack Shannon's secretary Lucy Acosta is almost killed in a bizarre shootout involving two police officers. Jack decides to take action by filing a wrongful death suit against the department.
Episode 4
Strangers in the Night: Part 2
Tue, Apr 16, 1991
Episode 5
First Amendment
Tue, Apr 23, 1991
The First Amendment rights of a bullying TV talk-show host are defended by Jack Shannon when he is charged with instigating anti-Arab sentiments that results in an Arab shop keeper being beaten to death.
Episode 6
The Inside Man
Tue, Apr 30, 1991
Shannon discovers the illegal dumping of toxic chemicals while by probing the explosion of a tractor that critically injured a friend of Neala.
Episode 7
Matrimony
Tue, May 14, 1991
Episode 8
Trouble
Tue, May 21, 1991