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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.
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- 01
Chain of CommandPetrocelli'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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Season01
- S01E01
The Golden CageSeptember 11, 1974—A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband. - S01E02
Music to Die BySeptember 18, 1974—A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation. - S01E03
By Reason of MadnessSeptember 25, 1974—Petrocelli 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 - S01E04
Edge of EvilOctober 2, 1974—The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve. - S01E05
A Life for a LifeOctober 9, 1974—Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuse - S01E06
Death in High PlacesOctober 23, 1974—Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance. - S01E07
Double NegativeOctober 30, 1974—Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail. - S01E08
Mirror, Mirror, on the WallNovember 6, 1974—Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was - S01E09
An Act of LoveNovember 13, 1974—Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead. - S01E10
A Very Lonely LadyNovember 27, 1974—Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation. - S01E11
CounterplayDecember 4, 1974—Petrocelli'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. - S01E12
A Covenant with EvilDecember 18, 1974—Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed. - S01E13
The Sleep of ReasonJanuary 15, 1974—An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can' - S01E14
A Fallen IdolJanuary 22, 1974—Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death. - S01E15
Once Upon a VictimJanuary 29, 1974—Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic. - S01E16
The KidnappingFebruary 5, 1974—Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law. - S01E17
A Lonely VictimFebruary 19, 1974—A 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 - S01E18
The OutsidersFebruary 26, 1974—Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair - S01E19
Vengeance in WhiteMarch 5, 1974—Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of co - S01E20
Four the Hard WayMarch 13, 1974—Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law. - S01E21
Death in Small DosesMarch 27, 1975—Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer. - S01E22
A Night of TerrorApril 2, 1975—Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun
Season02
- S02E01
Death RideSeptember 10, 1975—Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star. - S02E02
The Mark of CainSeptember 17, 1975—A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge. - S02E03
Five Yards of TroubleSeptember 24, 1975—Petrocelli 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 - S02E04
Shadow of FearOctober 1, 1975—A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime. - S02E05
Chain of CommandOctober 8, 1975Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him. - S02E06
To See No EvilOctober 29, 1975—Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend. - S02E07
Terror on WheelsNovember 5, 1975—Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter. - S02E08
The GamblersNovember 12, 1975—When evidence linking a young man to the slaying of his employer makes Petrocelli suspicious, he investigates and uncovers a web of gambling - S02E09
Terror By the BookDecember 10, 1975—Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her p - S02E10
Face of EvilDecember 17, 1975—A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge. - S02E11
Too Many AlibisDecember 24, 1975—Petrocelli's client is a conscientious black doctor accused of killing the hospital chief of staff, who charged him with incompetence and fi - S02E12
A Deadly VowDecember 31, 1975—When 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. - S02E13
The Falling StarJanuary 21, 1976—Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer. - S02E14
SurvivalJanuary 28, 1976—Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive. - S02E15
The Night VisitorFebruary 4, 1976—Petrocelli'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 - S02E16
Blood MoneyFebruary 11, 1976—Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic. - S02E17
Any Number Can DieFebruary 18, 1976—Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next. - S02E18
Six Strings of GuiltFebruary 25, 1976—Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead. - S02E19
Deadly JourneyMarch 3, 1976—Petrocelli and Ritter offer a lift to an elderly female hitchhiker, who they later learn has been arrested for killing her son's employer. - S02E20
The PayoffMarch 10, 1976—Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute. - S02E21
Shadow of a DoubtMarch 17, 1976—Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness. - S02E22
Jubilee JonesMarch 24, 1976—An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.
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