Season 5

1

Second Opinion

75%

September 21, 1994 • 45m

A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.

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2

Coma

76%

September 28, 1994 • 45m

A 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.

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3

The 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.

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4

Family Values

72%

October 12, 1994 • 45m

After 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.

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5

White Rabbit

69%

October 19, 1994 • 45m

A 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.

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6

Competence

72%

November 2, 1994 • 45m

When 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.

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7

Precious

76%

November 9, 1994 • 45m

When 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.

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8

Virtue

79%

November 23, 1994 • 45m

McCoy uses a charge of ""larceny by extortion"" against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.

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9

Scoundrels

70%

November 30, 1994 • 45m

Among 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.

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10

House Counsel

78%

January 4, 1995 • 45m

The 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.

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11

Guardian

70%

January 11, 1995 • 45m

After 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.

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12

Progeny

77%

January 25, 1995 • 45m

The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.

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13

Rage

78%

February 1, 1995 • 45m

A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.

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14

Performance

79%

February 8, 1995 • 45m

Briscoe 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.

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Directed by: Martha Mitchell

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15

Seed

67%

February 15, 1995 • 45m

A 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.

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16

Wannabe

76%

March 15, 1995 • 45m

The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.

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17

Act of God

66%

March 22, 1995 • 45m

A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.

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18

Privileged

75%

April 5, 1995 • 45m

The 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.

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19

Cruel and Unusual

80%

April 19, 1995 • 45m

The 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.

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20

Bad Faith

80%

April 26, 1995 • 45m

Logan 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.

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21

Purple Heart

75%

May 3, 1995 • 45m

The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.

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22

Switch

72%

May 17, 1995 • 45m

Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.

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23

Pride

64%

Season Finale

May 24, 1995 • 45m

A gay city councilman is murdered and the trail leads to a bigoted rival politician and a male prostitute.

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Season 5 (1994)

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Episodes 23

Second Opinion

Coma

Blue Bamboo

Family Values

White Rabbit

Competence

Precious

Virtue

Scoundrels

House Counsel

Guardian

Progeny

Rage

Performance

Crew 1

Guest Stars 39 Full Cast & Crew

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Seed

Wannabe

Act of God

Privileged

Cruel and Unusual

Bad Faith

Purple Heart

Switch

Pride

Global

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