Season 2 (1983)
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Episodes 17
There is a Tiger in the Town
Ben comes to the aid of an elderly newspaper editor who, traumatized by his wife's death, took on the identity of Mark Twain, and is now accused of murdering the man suspected of killing his wife.
Read MoreCradle to Grave
Ben seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.
Read MoreThe Trial of Ben Walker
Ben gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.
Read MoreThe Last Voice You Hear
Ben is caught in a legal and emotional crossfire of embattled former spouses over who knows what is best for their nine-year-old child.
Read MoreThe Shooting
Former resident Margaret Hammond writes a best-seller, ""River Town"", about the place where she grew up, and lawyer Ben has to dig deep for a defense that will saver her from a libel charge by the town's most affluent family.
Read MorePeace with Honor
Ben returns to his roots as a prosecutor to imprison a man he unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute for murder 25 years ago and who has now committed a similar crime.
Read MoreCrisis of Identity
Ben defends a private nurse who is charged with murder when the wealthy man for whom she was caring dies of a drug overdose.
Read MoreTown Without Pity
A beautiful woman hires Ben to defend her young, retarded gardener Jerry against murder charges.
Read MoreG.I. Blues
The mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.
Read MoreBetween Fathers and Sons
A peaceful activist emerges from hiding to seek Ben's help in exonerating her of a 15-year-old murder charge.
Read MoreThe Big Leagues
Ben becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.
Read MoreGoing Back to Hannibal
Ben defends the embittered survivor of a German concentration camp who is suspected of murdering a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small Mississippi river town.
Read MoreWheels of Justice
Ben defends a hot-headed ex-convict suspected of murdering both a foreman who recently fired him and a man who claimed to have seen him fleeing from the crime.
Read MoreInformed Consent
Ben is asked by the army to defend a sergeant accused of slugging a fellow officer who he claims was trying to rape his daughter.
Read MoreHome Again
Ben finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.
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