TV season
1990-09-12
Episode 1
1990-09-12 • 60 min
Gabriel Bird, unjustly imprisoned for 20 years, wins his freedom through the efforts of a beautiful female lawyer. Now she wants to hire him as an investigator for her law firm, but an embittered Bird refuses.
Episode 2
1990-09-20 • 60 min
Bird is ensnared in a trap set by O'Neil that uses Bird's long-lost daughter as bait. (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 3
1990-09-27 • 60 min
Bird finds out about his ""daughter"" and, with her help, sets a trap for the men who tried to frame him. (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 4
1990-10-04 • 60 min
A beautiful con artist becomes part of Bird's scheme to help Heller nab a man who cheated elderly people out of a million dollars.
Episode 5
1990-10-18 • 60 min
Despite Bird's suspicions, Heller becomes involved with her new client, a charming gambler who's suspected of murder.
Episode 6
1990-10-25 • 60 min
Victoria Heller defends a teenager accused of killing another boy for his trendy tennis shoes; Bird tries to locate his parents' graves.
Episode 7
1990-11-01 • 60 min
Bird takes on a neighborhood gang leader involved in criminal activities when he seeks to clear Jamil of a murder charge.
Episode 8
1990-11-08 • 60 min
Bird must prove the identity of a former singer, now a derelict who's accused of murder and refuses to speak up in his own defense.
Episode 9
1990-11-15 • 60 min
Bird, Josephine, and others are held hostage in Josephine's restaurant by a panicked would-be robber whose dream is to escape to a ranch in North Dakota.
Episode 10
1990-11-29 • 60 min
On a stakeout, Bird and Jamil see a mobster murdered; Heller has a night of misadventure when she heads for a costume party dressed as a hooker.
Episode 11
1990-12-06 • 60 min
When Victoria defends her father, Judge Norton Heller, against bribery charges, she asks Gabriel and Louis to help prove his innocence—not realizing their investigation will reveal some painful secrets about her family's past.
Episode 12
1990-12-20 • 60 min
An appearance on Oprah Winfrey's television show leads Gabriel to a bittersweet reunion with Ellie, his ex-wife whom he has not seen in twenty years.
Episode 13
1991-01-10 • 60 min
Gabriel is a constant source of support for Josephine as she attempts to adopt a cocaine-addicted infant abandoned at her restaurant.
Episode 14
1991-01-24 • 60 min
Gabriel asks Josephine out for a dinner date, but then starts to have second thoughts about his invitation.
Episode 15
1991-01-31 • 60 min
Victoria Heller faces a tough trial lawyer in court, when she agrees to defend a famous football player accused of homosexuality by a sleazy tabloid magazine.
Episode 16
1991-02-14 • 60 min
A nervous client of Victoria Heller's misinterprets Gabriel Bird's actions and shoots him in the chest.
Episode 17
1991-02-21 • 60 min
Gabriel Bird and Louis Klein entertain customers at Josephine's Cafe with a tall tale in film noir style about a case they solved in Los Angeles.
Episode 18
1991-03-07 • 60 min
Max Goldstein, a Jewish friend of Gabriel Bird's, steals a painting from an art gallery which was originally stolen from him by the Nazis.
Episode 19
1991-04-17 • 60 min
Bird feigns mental illness in order to be checked into a psychiatric hospital and expose the dreadful conditions that exist there.
Episode 20
1991-04-24 • 60 min
Convinced of her client's guilt, Victoria Heller decides whether or not to conceal a piece of evidence that would allow him to go free.
Episode 21
1991-05-01 • 60 min
Gabriel Bird meets with his daughter, Celine, after a twenty-year separation.
Episode 22
1991-06-06 • 60 min
Bird returns to prison to question a serial killer who may be able to identify a murder-rapist stalking a college campus.
