Against the Law (TV series)
1990 American TV series or program
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Against the Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network from September 23, 1990, until April 5, 1991 (followed by an April 12 rerun of the February 1 episode).[1][2] Starring Michael O'Keefe and Suzzanne Douglas, the series centered on the brash Boston lawyer Simon MacHeath, who left his job at a prestigious law firm to start his own defense practice.[3]
GenreDramedy
Created by
- Michael Butler
- David Manson
Starring
- Michael O'Keefe
- Suzzanne Douglas
- Elizabeth Ruscio
- M. C. Gainey
Theme music composerThomas Newman
| Against the Law | |
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| Genre | Dramedy |
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| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Thomas Newman |
| Composer | Jay Gruska |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Misha Suslov |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 23, 1990 – April 5, 1991 |
Seventeen one-hour episodes were broadcast from September 23, 1990, to April 5, 1991.[4]
Cast
- Michael O'Keefe as Simon MacHeath
- Suzzanne Douglas as Yvette Carruthers
- Elizabeth Ruscio as Elizabeth Verhagen
- Rosalind Chao as Toy Feng
- M. C. Gainey as J.T. "Miggsy" Meigs
- Fritz Weaver as Skipper Haverhill
- Barbara Williams as Phoebe
- Lance Norris as the SWAT Team Leader
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Jan Egleson | Michael Butler | September 23, 1990 |
| 2 | "Where Truth Lies" | Eugene Corr | Frederick Rappaport | September 30, 1990 |
| 3 | "The Price of Life" | Francis Delia | Howard Chesley | October 7, 1990 |
| 4 | "The Women" | Jan Egleson | Fern Hill | October 14, 1990 |
| 5 | "The Second Man" | Fred Gerber | Story by : Cynthia Saunders Teleplay by : Michael Butler | October 28, 1990 |
| 6 | "Requiem in B Flat" | Jan Egleson | Sandy Kroopf | November 4, 1990 |
| 7 | "Contempt" | Jan Egleson | Michael Butler | November 16, 1990 |
| 8 | "A Safe, New World" | Sam Pillsbury | Sam Denver & Elia J. Katz | November 23, 1990 |
| 9 | "Nature Now" | Don Scardino | Wayne Powers and Donna Dottley Powers | December 7, 1990 |
| 10 | "We the Jury" | Sam Pillsbury | William Bentley & Steven Whitney | December 21, 1990 |
| 11 | "The Indictment" | Peter Ellis | Elia Katz | January 11, 1991 |
| 12 | "Hoops" | Rob Bowman | Barry Beckerman & Michelle Gallagher | February 1, 1991 |
| 13 | "The Union Label" | Peter Ellis | William Bentley & Steven Whitney | February 8, 1991 |
| 14 | "Damages" | Armand Mastroianni | William Bentley & Steven Whitney | February 15, 1991 |
| 15 | "Past, Present" | Jan Egleson | Yale Udoff & Maurice Jules | March 1, 1991 |
| 16 | "Miss Mass" | Victor Lobl | Story by : Michael A. Graham & E. Gail Willhardt Teleplay by : Michael A. Graham | March 8, 1991 |
| 17 | "Evil Conduct" | Armand Mastroianni | Yale Udoff | April 5, 1991 |
