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Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit. The saga of Shannon, who leaves a prestigious law firm after years of becoming unhappy with the legal system and being forced to take his clients to court, and whom subsequently opens his own low-rent practice
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Words to MusicApril 16, 1990—A country singer claims a music-publishing syndicate stole her song.
- S01E02Inside StraightApril 23, 1990—Shannon anticipates working for a paying client, a contractor whose employee is charged with manslaughter.
- S01E03ArtApril 30, 1990—An art-loving burglar asks for a light sentence but ends up the target of a mob hit; Shannon has a blind date with a blabby lush.
- S01E04CustodyMay 7, 1990—Shannon gets involved in a small town child-custody dispute in which grandparents have taken a 6-year-old from the aunt attempting an adopti
- S01E05Hitting HomeMay 14, 1990—Shannon's estranged father seeks justice for a disgruntled dockworker friend arrested in a shootout after learning he was cheated out of his
- S01E06SanctuaryMay 21, 1990—
Season02
- S02E01The Bad BeatMarch 23, 1991—Shannon is tempted by his old gambling demons when he volunteers to investigated a girlfriend's gambling ex-husband.
- S02E02GreedApril 9, 1991—Cash-poor Jack joins a corporate law firm, neglecting two old men being evicted from his building.
- S02E03Strangers in the Night (1) [a.k.a. Wrongful Death]April 16, 1991—Shannon files a wrongful-death suit after a shootout in which two cops kill a store owner and nearly Lucy as well.
- S02E04Strangers in the Night (2)April 16, 1991—
- S02E05First AmendmentApril 23, 1991—A loud, Arab-baiting TV personality is charged with inciting a young man to kill a Syrian store owner.
- S02E06The Inside ManApril 30, 1991—Representing a farm worker burned by illegal chemicals, Shannon discovers his corporate law past is a root cause of the accident.
- S02E07MatrimonyMay 14, 1991—Shannon dates a prosecutor, and help a pal's cheating wife, who had a hit-and-run accident after a tryst.
- S02E08TroubleMay 21, 1991—Neala's rich, troubled pal is unwillingly committed to a mental hospital by her dad, Shannon's old enemy.
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