L.A. Law

(1986)•

7.1

"The professionals who will take you into the jungles of American justice"

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L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

Seasons

171

Episodes

Ended

Status

September 15, 1986

First Aired

Season Ratings

7.0→8.4

IMDb

Networks: NBC

Genres: Drama, War & Politics

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1986Avg: 8.4Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot	Sep 15, 1986	7.3
2	Those Lips, That Eye	Oct 3, 1986	0.0
3	The House of the Rising Flan	Oct 10, 1986	0.0
4	The Princess and the Wiener King	Oct 17, 1986	0.0
5	Simian Chanted Evening	Oct 24, 1986	0.0
6	Slum Enchanted Evening	Oct 31, 1986	0.0
7	Raiders of the Lost Bark	Nov 7, 1986	0.0
8	Gibbon Take	Nov 14, 1986	0.0
9	The Venus Butterfly	Nov 21, 1986	0.0
10	Fry Me to the Moon	Dec 4, 1986	0.0
11	El Sid	Dec 11, 1986	0.0
12	Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer	Dec 18, 1986	8.0
13	Prince Kuzak in a Can	Jan 8, 1987	0.0
14	The Douglas Fur Ball	Jan 15, 1987	0.0
15	December Bribe	Jan 22, 1987	0.0
16	Beef Jerky	Feb 5, 1987	0.0
17	Becker on the Rox	Feb 12, 1987	0.0
18	Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover	Feb 19, 1987	0.0
19	The Grace of Wrath	Feb 26, 1987	10.0
20	Sparky Brackman, R.I.P.	Mar 26, 1987	0.0
21	Oy Vey! Wilderness!	Apr 2, 1987	0.0
22	Pigmalion	Apr 9, 1987	0.0

Season 2

20 episodes • 1987Avg: 7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Lung Goodbye	Oct 15, 1987	0.0
2	The Wizard of Odds	Oct 22, 1987	0.0
3	Cannon of Ethics	Oct 29, 1987	0.0
4	Brackman Vasektimized	Nov 5, 1987	0.0
5	The Brothers Grimm	Nov 12, 1987	0.0
6	Auld L'Anxiety	Nov 19, 1987	7.0
7	Rohner vs. Gradinger	Dec 3, 1987	0.0
8	Goldilocks and the Three Barristers	Dec 10, 1987	0.0
9	Divorce with Extreme Prejudice	Dec 17, 1987	8.0
10	Full Marital Jacket	Jan 7, 1988	0.0
11	Gorilla My Dreams	Jan 14, 1988	0.0
12	Hand Roll Express	Jan 21, 1988	0.0
13	Beauty and Obese	Feb 11, 1988	0.0
14	Petticoat Injunction	Feb 18, 1988	0.0
15	The Bald Ones	Feb 25, 1988	0.0
16	Fetus Completus	Mar 3, 1988	0.0
17	Belle of the Bald	Apr 14, 1988	0.0
18	Open Heart Perjury	Apr 21, 1988	0.0
19	Leapin' Lizards!	Apr 28, 1988	0.0
20	Chariots of Meyer	May 5, 1988	0.0

Season 3

19 episodes • 1988Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Hey, Lick Me Over	Nov 3, 1988	0.0
2	The Son Also Rises	Nov 10, 1988	0.0
3	Romancing the Drone	Nov 17, 1988	0.0
4	Sperminator	Dec 1, 1988	0.0
5	Princess and the Pee	Dec 8, 1988	0.0
6	Dummy Dearest	Dec 15, 1988	8.0
7	To Live and Diet in L.A.	Jan 5, 1989	0.0
8	I'm in the Nude for Love	Jan 12, 1989	0.0
9	Victor/Victorious	Jan 19, 1989	0.0
10	The Plane Mutiny	Feb 9, 1989	0.0
11	Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not?	Feb 16, 1989	0.0
12	The Accidental Jurist	Feb 23, 1989	0.0
13	Barstow Bound	Mar 23, 1989	0.0
14	Leave It to Geezer	Mar 30, 1989	0.0
15	The Unbearable Lightness of Boring	Apr 6, 1989	0.0
16	His Suit Is Hirsute	Apr 27, 1989	0.0
17	America the Beautiful	May 4, 1989	0.0
18	Urine Trouble Now	May 11, 1989	0.0
19	Consumed Innocent	May 18, 1989	0.0

Season 4

22 episodes • 1989Avg: 7.5

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Unsterile Cuckoo	Nov 2, 1989	0.0
2	Captain Hurt	Nov 9, 1989	0.0
3	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Nov 16, 1989	0.0
4	The Mouse That Soared	Nov 23, 1989	0.0
5	One Rat, One Ranger	Nov 30, 1989	0.0
6	Lie Down and Deliver	Dec 7, 1989	0.0
7	Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town	Dec 14, 1989	7.0
8	The Good Human Bar	Jan 4, 1990	0.0
9	Noah's Bark	Jan 11, 1990	0.0
10	The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great	Jan 18, 1990	0.0
11	True Brit	Jan 25, 1990	0.0
12	On Your Honor	Feb 8, 1990	0.0
13	Whatever Happened to Hannah?	Feb 15, 1990	0.0
14	Ex-Wives and Videotapes	Feb 22, 1990	0.0
15	Blood, Sweat and Fears	Mar 15, 1990	0.0
16	Bounds for Glory	Mar 22, 1990	0.0
17	Justice Swerved	Mar 29, 1990	0.0
18	Watts a Matter?	Apr 5, 1990	0.0
19	Bang... Zoom... Zap	Apr 26, 1990	0.0
20	Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sued	May 3, 1990	0.0
21	Outward Bound	May 10, 1990	8.0
22	The Last Gasp	May 17, 1990	0.0

Season 5

22 episodes • 1990Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Bitch Is Back	Oct 18, 1990	0.0
2	Happy Trails	Oct 25, 1990	0.0
3	Lie Harder	Nov 1, 1990	0.0
4	Armand's Hammer	Nov 8, 1990	0.0
5	Smoke Gets in Your Thighs	Nov 15, 1990	0.0
6	Vowel Play	Nov 29, 1990	0.0
7	New Kidney on the Block	Dec 6, 1990	0.0
8	God Rest Ye Little Gentleman	Dec 13, 1990	8.0
9	Splatoon	Jan 3, 1991	0.0
10	Pump it Up	Jan 10, 1991	0.0
11	Rest in Pieces	Jan 31, 1991	0.0
12	He's a Crowd	Feb 7, 1991	0.0
13	Dances with Sharks	Feb 14, 1991	0.0
14	The Gods Must Be Lawyers	Feb 21, 1991	0.0
15	The Beverly Hills Hangers	Mar 14, 1991	0.0
16	Good to the Last Drop	Mar 21, 1991	0.0
17	Mutinies on the Banzai	Mar 28, 1991	0.0
18	As God Is My Co-Defendant	Apr 4, 1991	0.0
19	Speak, Lawyers, For Me	Apr 25, 1991	0.0
20	There Goes the Judge	May 2, 1991	0.0
21	On the Toad Again	May 9, 1991	0.0
22	Since I Fell For You	May 16, 1991	0.0

Season 6

22 episodes • 1991Avg: 8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Something Old, Something Nude	Oct 10, 1991	0.0
2	TV or Not TV	Oct 17, 1991	0.0
3	Do the Spike Thing	Oct 31, 1991	0.0
4	Spleen It to Me, Lucy	Nov 7, 1991	0.0
5	Monkey on My Back Lot	Nov 14, 1991	0.0
6	Badfellas	Nov 21, 1991	0.0
7	Lose the Boss	Dec 12, 1991	0.0
8	The Nut Before Christmas	Dec 19, 1991	8.0
9	Guess Who's Coming To Murder?	Jan 9, 1992	0.0
10	Back to the Suture	Jan 16, 1992	8.0
11	All About Sleaze	Jan 30, 1992	0.0
12	I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz	Feb 13, 1992	0.0
13	Steal It Again, Sam	Feb 20, 1992	0.0
14	Diet, Diet, My Darling	Feb 27, 1992	0.0
15	Great Balls Afire	Mar 19, 1992	0.0
16	From Here to Paternity	Mar 26, 1992	0.0
17	P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead	Apr 16, 1992	0.0
18	Love in Bloom	Apr 23, 1992	0.0
19	Silence of the Lambskins	Apr 30, 1992	0.0
20	Beauty and the Breast	May 7, 1992	0.0
21	Double Breasted Suit	May 14, 1992	0.0
22	Say Goodnight, Gracie	May 21, 1992	0.0

Season 7

22 episodes • 1992Avg: 7.0Valley of Despair

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	L.A. Lawless	Oct 22, 1992	0.0
2	Second Time Around	Oct 29, 1992	0.0
3	Zo Long	Nov 5, 1992	0.0
4	Wine Knot	Nov 12, 1992	0.0
5	My Friend Flicker	Nov 19, 1992	0.0
6	Love on the Rox	Dec 3, 1992	0.0
7	Helter Shelter	Dec 10, 1992	0.0
8	Christmas Stalking	Dec 17, 1992	7.0
9	Odor in the Court	Jan 7, 1993	0.0
10	Spanky and the Art Gang	Jan 14, 1993	0.0
11	Bare Witness	Feb 4, 1993	0.0
12	Parent Trap	Feb 11, 1993	0.0
13	Hello and Goodbye	Feb 18, 1993	0.0
14	Where There's a Will	Feb 25, 1993	0.0
15	F.O.B.	Apr 1, 1993	0.0
16	Cold Shower	Apr 8, 1993	0.0
17	That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp	Apr 15, 1993	0.0
18	Come Rain or Come Schein	Apr 22, 1993	0.0
19	Vindaloo in the Villows	Apr 29, 1993	0.0
20	Testing, Testing, 1...2...3...4	May 6, 1993	0.0
21	Bourbon Cowboy	May 13, 1993	0.0
22	Hackett or Pack It	May 27, 1993	0.0

Season 8

22 episodes • 1993Avg: 7.0Valley of Despair

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Book of Renovation, Chapter 1	Oct 7, 1993	0.0
2	Leap of Faith	Oct 14, 1993	0.0
3	How Much Is That Bentley in the Window?	Oct 21, 1993	0.0
4	Foreign Co-Respondent	Oct 28, 1993	0.0
5	The Green, Green Grass of Home	Nov 4, 1993	0.0
6	Safe Sex	Nov 11, 1993	0.0
7	Pacific Rimshot	Nov 18, 1993	0.0
8	Eli's Gumming	Dec 9, 1993	0.0
9	Rhyme and Punishment	Dec 16, 1993	7.0
10	He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother	Feb 3, 1994	0.0
11	McKenzie, Brackman, Barnum & Bailey	Feb 10, 1994	0.0
12	Cold Cuts	Feb 17, 1994	0.0
13	Age of Insolence	Feb 24, 1994	0.0
14	God is My Co-Counsel	Mar 10, 1994	0.0
15	Three on a Patch	Mar 17, 1994	0.0
16	Whose San Andreas Fault Is it, Anyway?	Mar 24, 1994	0.0
17	Silence is Golden	Apr 14, 1994	0.0
18	Dead Issue	Apr 21, 1994	0.0
19	Tunnel of Love	Apr 28, 1994	0.0
20	How Am I Driving?	May 5, 1994	0.0
21	Whistle Stop	May 12, 1994	0.0
22	Finish Line	May 19, 1994	0.0

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