Episodes
1. The Golden Cage
September 11, 1974
A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.
Guest Stars:
Joseph Campanella, Rosemary Forsyth, Morgan Woodward, William Windom, Rose Marie
2. Music to Die By
September 18, 1974
A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.
Guest Stars:
Britt Leach, Don Starr, Jeremy Slate, Sandy Kenyon, Ricky Nelson
3. By Reason of Madness
September 25, 1974
Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity.
Guest Stars:
Rory Calhoun, John Vernon, Lynda Day George, Rudy Bond
4. Edge of Evil
October 2, 1974
The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.
Guest Stars:
Susan Oliver, William Shatner, Lynn Carlin, Glenn Corbett, Dana Elcar
5. A Life for a Life
October 9, 1974
Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.
Guest Stars:
Sharon Farrell, Henry Jones, Walter Brooke, Geoffrey Deuel, John Anderson
6. Death in High Places
October 23, 1974
Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.
Guest Stars:
Cameron Mitchell, Joe Mantell, Dick Alexander, Harold Gould, Belinda Montgomery
7. Double Negative
October 30, 1974
Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.
Guest Stars:
Fritz Weaver, Michael Burns, Gene Tyburn, Ron Foster
8. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
November 6, 1974
Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.
Guest Stars:
Kurt Grayson, Harold Gould, Stefanie Powers
9. An Act of Love
November 13, 1974
Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.
Guest Stars:
Alan Oppenheimer, John Marley, Don Starr
10. A Very Lonely Lady
November 27, 1974
Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.
Guest Stars:
John Milford, Don Starr, Arlene Martel, Louis Gossett Jr., Jack Ging
11. Counterplay
December 4, 1974
Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.
Guest Stars:
Ben Masters, Hayden Rorke, Richard Jaeckel
12. A Covenant with Evil
December 18, 1974
Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.
Guest Stars:
Charles Martin Smith, Julie Cobb, Dean Harens, Paul Carr, Arthur Malet
13. The Sleep of Reason
January 15, 1974
An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can't recall the shooting.
14. A Fallen Idol
January 22, 1974
Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.
Guest Stars:
Louis Gossett Jr., Fred Stromsoe, Chuck Hicks
15. Once Upon a Victim
January 29, 1974
Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.
Guest Stars:
John Dehner, Della Reese, Jonathan Goldsmith
16. The Kidnapping
February 5, 1974
Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.
17. A Lonely Victim
February 19, 1974
A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.
Guest Stars:
Anjanette Comer, Madlyn Rhue, Don Dubbins, Mark Goddard
18. The Outsiders
February 26, 1974
Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.
Guest Stars:
Lucille Benson, Marion Ross
19. Vengeance in White
March 5, 1974
Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of collapse.
20. Four the Hard Way
March 13, 1974
Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.
Guest Stars:
Strother Martin, Paul Brinegar, Gloria LeRoy
21. Death in Small Doses
March 27, 1975
Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.
Guest Stars:
Elizabeth MacRae, Stephen Elliott, Paul Shenar, Torin Thatcher, Robert Mandan
