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18 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 17, 1990
Rosie's put through her paces by a client who's charged with killing her newborn infant. Meanwhile, she struggles with her feelings of loss over her recent divorce, and the needs of her mother, sister, and step-daughter.
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 24, 1990
Rosie battles her conscience and her fear when she fights to clear a rapist who shows no remorse and says he'll strike again.
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 1, 199048 mins
As Rosie reviews her final divorce decree from her unfaithful husband, the defendant's mother places a curse on the lawyer when the son is convicted, and Rosie starts a run of "bad luck." While her Mercedes sedan is being repaired at the mechanic's, she goes to dinner with the repair shop owner; but, her date admits he is allergic to her as he walks away. Rosie defends a man for vehicular manslaughter but finally cracks the case, enabling her to break her bad-luck spell and obtain an amicable settlement for her defendant.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 15, 1990
The man Rosie defends in a case of mistaken identity gets the wrong idea about their relationship; Steve (Doug Wert) wants a decision from Rosie on their future.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 22, 1990
Rosie believes in her All-American client, who's accused of defacing a Jewish cemetery, while Hank (Dorian Harewood) questions Ben's beliefs on personal freedom.
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 29, 1990
Rosie comes face-to-face with her own mortality when her handling of an AIDS euthanasia case gets her thinking about her own susceptibility to the disease.
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 5, 1990
Rosie's 44th birthday is no party as she burns the candle at both ends searching for evidence to clear a man accused of child molestation.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 19, 1990
Thanksgiving gives Rosie the blues when she tries to help a homeless blues legend (Bill Cobbs) charged with kidnapping the rocker who stole his song.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 26, 1990
The severity of the gang problem hits home with Rosie, who tries to help an ex-gang member beat an assault charge, even though the fight was videotaped.
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 3, 1990
Rosie faces two trials: quitting smoking and defending a prostitute (Alix Koromzay) accused of killing her vicious pimp with the gun he used to threaten her.
Episode 11
Mon, Dec 17, 1990
Rosie hopes to spring a client claiming to be an elf (Paul Williams) before Christmas Eve, the night a Scrooge of a judge has set for trial.
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 30, 1990
Rosie fights with a fragile Kim while representing a woman (Sheila Johns) who shot and killed her drug-addicted daughter.
Episode 13
Mon, Jan 7, 1991
Rosie becomes preoccupied with curing the ills of a system that allows a mentally unstable woman (Peggy McCay) to live on the streets.
Episode 14
Mon, Jan 14, 1991
At an awards dinner, Rosie discovers a side of her father she doesn't like, and a side of Kim (Lisa Rieffel) she does, when Kim tags along for a school project on the justice system.
Episode 15
Mon, Jan 28, 1991
Rosie's high-school pal (Tyne Daly), now a Broadway star, returns for their 25th reunion---only she's not exactly singing Rosie's praises. Carole King performs the show's theme song, which she wrote.
Episode 16
Sun, Jun 9, 1991
Rosie notices a family resemblance---in attitude---when she defends Hank's obstinate brother (Kevin N. Davis), who laments his lack of opportunity while refusing to give up the guy who committed an armed robbery.
Episode 17
Sun, Jun 16, 1991
An ecoterrorist (Robert Foxworth) holds Rosie's conscience hostage, pressuring her to argue the issue, which Rosie feels could be toxic to her mistaken-identity defense.
Episode 18
Sun, Jun 23, 1991
In Rosie's first capital offense case, which could end in the death penalty, Rosie and Hank defend a young black man accused of murder. Rosie insists that she should make the closing arguments, but Hank, haunted by his own experiences of racism, says she can't possibly speak for a black man in America. Later, circumstances put Rosie to the test and her client's life hangs in the balance.