Against the Law (TV series)

*Against the Law*
Against the Law
Genre	Dramedy
Created by	Michael Butler; David Manson;
Starring	Michael O'Keefe; Suzzanne Douglas; Elizabeth Ruscio; M. C. Gainey;
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
Production companies	Sarabande Productions; Daniel H. Blatt Productions; MGM/UA Television;
Original release
Network	Fox; CTV (Canada); Perviy Kanal (Russia); CCTV (China); M6 (France); DiziMax (Turkey); 1+1, TET (Ukraine);
Release	September 23, 1990 –; April 5, 1991

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Seventeen one-hour episodes were broadcast from September 23, 1990, to April 5, 1991.^[3]

Cast[edit]

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[edit]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Jan Egleson	Michael Butler	September 23, 1990 (1990-09-23)
2	"Where Truth Lies"	Eugene Corr	Frederick Rappaport	September 30, 1990 (1990-09-30)
3	"The Price of Life"	Francis Delia	Howard Chesley	October 7, 1990 (1990-10-07)
4	"The Women"	Jan Egleson	Fern Hill	October 14, 1990 (1990-10-14)
5	"The Second Man"	Fred Gerber	Story by : Cynthia Saunders Teleplay by : Michael Butler	October 28, 1990 (1990-10-28)
6	"Requiem in B Flat"	Jan Egleson	Sandy Kroopf	November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)
7	"Contempt"	Jan Egleson	Michael Butler	November 16, 1990 (1990-11-16)
8	"A Safe, New World"	Sam Pillsbury	Sam Denver & Elia J. Katz	November 23, 1990 (1990-11-23)
9	"Nature Now"	Don Scardino	Wayne Powers and Donna Dottley Powers	December 7, 1990 (1990-12-07)
10	"We the Jury"	Sam Pillsbury	William Bentley & Steven Whitney	December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21)
11	"The Indictment"	Unknown	Unknown	January 11, 1991 (1991-01-11)
12	"Hoops"	Rob Bowman	Barry Beckerman & Michelle Gallagher	February 1, 1991 (1991-02-01)
13	"The Union Label"	Unknown	Unknown	February 8, 1991 (1991-02-08)
14	"Damages"	Unknown	Unknown	February 15, 1991 (1991-02-15)
15	"Past, Present"	Jan Egleson	Maurice Jules	March 1, 1991 (1991-03-01)
16	"Miss Mass"	Victor Lobl	Story by : Michael A. Graham & E. Gail Willhardt Teleplay by : Michael A. Graham	March 8, 1991 (1991-03-08)
17	"Evil Conduct"	Armand Mastroianni	Yale Udoff	April 5, 1991 (1991-04-05)

References[edit]

^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
^ Fergus, George (2005-05-14). "Against the Law". EpGuides. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

External links[edit]

Against the Law at IMDb

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[1] Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

[2] Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.

[3] Fergus, George (2005-05-14). "Against the Law". EpGuides. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

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