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The Client

TV·1995–1996·1 season, 21 episodes·CBS·Drama·1h·Created by Judith Paige Mitchell

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The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also of the same name.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0121Episodes1995–96AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01PilotSeptember 17, 1995Due to money problems, Reggie accepts a job with a prestigious law firm. However, she soon realizes that the firm only wanted her to help de
  2. S01E02A Perfect WorldSeptember 17, 1995While 11-year-old Rafe Collins waits for his father, Eddie Ray, outside a public bathroom, a man gives him a suitcase to hold. The man goes
  3. S01E03Them That Has ...September 26, 1995Reggie succeeds in overturning a court ruling that forced her to relinquish parental control of her children. Now she must gain visitation r
  4. S01E04The Peach OrchardOctober 10, 1995Reggie defends an unwed pregnant African-American teenager, Zora Ward, who wants to keep her baby. However, Zora's mother, Alice Ward, is tr
  5. S01E05Drive, He SaidOctober 17, 1995Momma Love enlists Reggie's help when Momma's friend Verna accepts a marriage proposal from a wealthy retiree whose daughter wants to destro
  6. S01E06The Burning of AtlantaOctober 24, 1995Lenny, Reggie's friend from AA, double-crosses mobster Waldo Gaines by not killing (as he was ordered) a county clerk who threatened to expo
  7. S01E07Dear HarrisOctober 31, 1995In a production of ""Romeo and Juliet"" at a predominately white school, Jamal James Garrett, a black kid, plays Romeo. This aggravates raci
  8. S01E08The Prodigal FatherNovember 7, 1995Reggie defends a 30-year-old mentally challenged man, Harris Bingham. Harris is accused of murder when his girlfriend, Cissy, is found stran
  9. S01E09Child's PlayNovember 14, 1995Reggie attempts to help a young boy, Ryan Nichols, find his father, Dewey, who was in the witness protection program, so that Dewey can dona
  10. S01E10Happily Ever AfterNovember 21, 1995Reggie helps mobster Waldo Gaines' young son, Eric, after the boy accidentally witnesses his father murder two people whose bodies are later
  11. S01E11The Way Things Never WereDecember 19, 1995Reggie defends John Euland in an acrimonious divorce case against his wife, Annalee. But it soon becomes a murder investigation due to the s
  12. S01E12Sympathy for the DevilJanuary 9, 1996During their investigation of a child abuse case, Clint surprises Reggie when he makes an off-the-cuff remark to her about his own childhood
  13. S01E13Motherless ChildJanuary 11, 1996Reggie and Foltrigg again work together to put mobster Waldo Gaines in jail when they bring him to trial for the murder of two businessmen.
  14. S01E14Private LivesJanuary 16, 1996After speaking negatively about gangs, Reggie's friend, Delores Mayfield, is shot and killed by a gang member. Her son, Justin, who saw his
  15. S01E15WinningJanuary 30, 1996Reggie helps a woman she meets at a battered women's shelter who is soon after accused of and confesses to killing her husband, a respected
  16. S01E16The Morning AfterFebruary 6, 1996Reggie's long-time friend, Karen, visits with her mother and her daughter, Amy, a gymnast in training for the Olympics. The visit turns int
  17. S01E17Damn YankeesMarch 19, 1996When Reggie's sponsor, Gretchen, shows up at an AA meeting after roughly two years, the two are excited to see each other and agree to get t
  18. S01E18The High GroundMarch 26, 1996Two elderly sisters seek Reggie's representation on behalf of their nephew, a delusional man who believes he is living the Civil War and mus
  19. S01E19Past ImperfectApril 2, 1996Reggie works as a public defender for extra money and questions her ethics when she defends a police officer, Joe, who she believes is guilt
  20. S01E20The Good SamaritanApril 9, 1996When Reggie is stalked by a crazy person, she and Foltrigg repeatedly fail to stop him. As the stalker becomes more and more aggressive and
  21. S01E21Money TalksApril 16, 1996When a church volunteer saves a woman from being raped, he doesn't want any publicity. After his picture is published in the newspaper, the

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