Episodes
1. Second Opinion
Sep 21, 1994 47m 7.9A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
2. Coma
Sep 28, 1994 47m 7.9A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
3. Blue Bamboo
Oct 5, 1994 47m 7.8The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the ""battered-woman syndrome"" as a defense.
4. Family Values
Oct 12, 1994 47m 7.6After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
5. White Rabbit
Oct 19, 1994 47m 7.0A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
6. Competence
Nov 2, 1994 47m 7.7When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
7. Precious
Nov 9, 1994 47m 7.9When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
8. Virtue
Nov 23, 1994 47m 8.0McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
9. Scoundrels
Nov 30, 1994 47m 7.4Among the suspects in a lawyer's murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman's once-wealthy son.
10. House Counsel
Jan 4, 1995 47m 8.0The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
11. Guardian
Jan 11, 1995 47m 7.4After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
12. Progeny
Jan 25, 1995 47m 7.9The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
13. Rage
Feb 1, 1995 48m 8.3A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
14. Performance
Feb 8, 1995 47m 8.2Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
15. Seed
Feb 15, 1995 47m 6.7A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
16. Wannabe
Mar 15, 1995 47m 7.8The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
17. Act of God
Mar 22, 1995 47m 6.6A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
18. Privileged
Apr 5, 1995 47m 7.9The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
19. Cruel and Unusual
Apr 19, 1995 48m 8.3The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
20. Bad Faith
Apr 26, 1995 47m 8.6Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
21. Purple Heart
May 3, 1995 48m 7.8The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
22. Switch
May 17, 1995 48m 7.6Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.
23. Pride
May 24, 1995 47m 6.3A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.