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Petrocelli

TV·1974–1976·2 seasons, 44 episodes·NBC·Drama·1h·Created by Sidney J. Furie

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Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Petrocelli S02E05Chain of CommandS02E05 · 10.0Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.

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Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes1974–75AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Petrocelli S01E01The Golden CageSeptember 11, 1974A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.
  2. S01E02Petrocelli S01E02Music to Die BySeptember 18, 1974A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.
  3. S01E03Petrocelli S01E03By Reason of MadnessSeptember 25, 1974Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soo
  4. S01E04Petrocelli S01E04Edge of EvilOctober 2, 1974The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.
  5. S01E05Petrocelli S01E05A Life for a LifeOctober 9, 1974Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuse
  6. S01E06Petrocelli S01E06Death in High PlacesOctober 23, 1974Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.
  7. S01E07Petrocelli S01E07Double NegativeOctober 30, 1974Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.
  8. S01E08Petrocelli S01E08Mirror, Mirror, on the WallNovember 6, 1974Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was
  9. S01E09Petrocelli S01E09An Act of LoveNovember 13, 1974Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.
  10. S01E10Petrocelli S01E10A Very Lonely LadyNovember 27, 1974Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.
  11. S01E11Petrocelli S01E11CounterplayDecember 4, 1974Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.
  12. S01E12Petrocelli S01E12A Covenant with EvilDecember 18, 1974Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.
  13. S01E13Petrocelli S01E13The Sleep of ReasonJanuary 15, 1974An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can'
  14. S01E14Petrocelli S01E14A Fallen IdolJanuary 22, 1974Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.
  15. S01E15Petrocelli S01E15Once Upon a VictimJanuary 29, 1974Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.
  16. S01E16Petrocelli S01E16The KidnappingFebruary 5, 1974Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.
  17. S01E17Petrocelli S01E17A Lonely VictimFebruary 19, 1974A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a
  18. S01E18Petrocelli S01E18The OutsidersFebruary 26, 1974Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair
  19. S01E19Petrocelli S01E19Vengeance in WhiteMarch 5, 1974Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of co
  20. S01E20Petrocelli S01E20Four the Hard WayMarch 13, 1974Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.
  21. S01E21Petrocelli S01E21Death in Small DosesMarch 27, 1975Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.
  22. S01E22Petrocelli S01E22A Night of TerrorApril 2, 1975Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0222Episodes1975–76Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Petrocelli S02E01Death RideSeptember 10, 1975Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star.
  2. S02E02Petrocelli S02E02The Mark of CainSeptember 17, 1975A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge.
  3. S02E03Petrocelli S02E03Five Yards of TroubleSeptember 24, 1975Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for mur
  4. S02E04Petrocelli S02E04Shadow of FearOctober 1, 1975A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime.
  5. S02E05Petrocelli S02E05Chain of CommandOctober 8, 1975 10.0Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.
  6. S02E06Petrocelli S02E06To See No EvilOctober 29, 1975Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.
  7. S02E07Petrocelli S02E07Terror on WheelsNovember 5, 1975Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter.
  8. S02E08Petrocelli S02E08The GamblersNovember 12, 1975When evidence linking a young man to the slaying of his employer makes Petrocelli suspicious, he investigates and uncovers a web of gambling
  9. S02E09Petrocelli S02E09Terror By the BookDecember 10, 1975Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her p
  10. S02E10Petrocelli S02E10Face of EvilDecember 17, 1975A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge.
  11. S02E11Petrocelli S02E11Too Many AlibisDecember 24, 1975Petrocelli's client is a conscientious black doctor accused of killing the hospital chief of staff, who charged him with incompetence and fi
  12. S02E12Petrocelli S02E12A Deadly VowDecember 31, 1975When a woman is arrested for murder, Petrocelli isn't sure he wants the case because she told him earlier she was going to do it.
  13. S02E13Petrocelli S02E13The Falling StarJanuary 21, 1976Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.
  14. S02E14Petrocelli S02E14SurvivalJanuary 28, 1976Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive.
  15. S02E15Petrocelli S02E15The Night VisitorFebruary 4, 1976Petrocelli's office is ransacked and he becomes the quarry of a couple who will stop at nothing to get the diamond he is supposedly keeping
  16. S02E16Petrocelli S02E16Blood MoneyFebruary 11, 1976Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic.
  17. S02E17Petrocelli S02E17Any Number Can DieFebruary 18, 1976Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.
  18. S02E18Petrocelli S02E18Six Strings of GuiltFebruary 25, 1976Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.
  19. S02E19Petrocelli S02E19Deadly JourneyMarch 3, 1976Petrocelli and Ritter offer a lift to an elderly female hitchhiker, who they later learn has been arrested for killing her son's employer.
  20. S02E20Petrocelli S02E20The PayoffMarch 10, 1976Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute.
  21. S02E21Petrocelli S02E21Shadow of a DoubtMarch 17, 1976Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness.
  22. S02E22Petrocelli S02E22Jubilee JonesMarch 24, 1976An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.

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