Season 1

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  6.4/1017 votes

  First Episode

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000

  A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist (Oliver Platt) recruits college students to assist in uncovering headline stories.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/1013 votes

  Lovers and Madmen

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000

  Benton investigates a renowned classical pianist who becomes romantically involved with Benton's estranged wife.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.4/109 votes

  Perception

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000

  Benton uncovers a link between the "accidental" shooting of an off-duty officer and a series of police beatings.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/108 votes

  Daniel in the Lion's Den

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000

  Benton learns that a candidate for city council is a convicted fugitive living under an assumed name.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/108 votes

  Howl

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2000

  Benton becomes a suspect in the murder of a gangster's girlfriend after she spent the night at his place.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1011 votes

  The Old Ball Game

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/2001

  A wealthy woman goes missing, and the investigation uncovers more than anyone expected.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/109 votes

  Don't I Know You?

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/17/2001

  When Wallace probes the mob, Nikki's family connections and her past come back to haunt her and she is forced to choose between her father and her career. Abe Vigoda guest stars.

  Director: Richard Dobbs

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.9/109 votes

  The Undesirables

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/24/2001

  Wallace uncovers a politician's plot to sterilize female drug addicts

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/108 votes

  Somebody's Fool

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2001

  Benton investigates when a man is killed after creating a disturbance on a plane.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.1/1010 votes

  The First Commandment

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2001

  Benton is led astray while investigating the murder of a prominent rabbi's wife, causing him to delve into the holy man's background.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/108 votes

  Just Lie Back

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/31/2001

  Benton investigates the possibility that misogynistic comments by a radio disc jockey may have provoked a series of sexual assaults.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/108 votes

  Shock

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/2001

  Beth investigates a drug rehabilitation center that preys off its clientele by selling narcotics and condoning prostitution.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.6/109 votes

  Red Herring

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/2001

  Benton ends up afraid for his life and on his publisher's bad side when he dares to write a damning column on a stock scam run by the Russian mafia.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown