Season 1

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  Gabriel's Fire

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1990

  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.

  Director: Rob Lieberman

  Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano

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  To Catch a Con (1)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1990

  Bird is ensnared in a trap set by O'Neil that uses Bird's long-lost daughter as bait. (Part 1 of 2)

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  To Catch a Con (2)

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1990

  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)

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Louis' Date

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Carol Mendelsohn

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  The Descent

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1990

  Despite Bird's suspicions, Heller becomes involved with her new client, a charming gambler who's suspected of murder.

  Director: Dan Lerner

  Writer: Unknown

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  Money Walks

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1990

  Victoria Heller defends a teenager accused of killing another boy for his trendy tennis shoes; Bird tries to locate his parents' graves.

  Director: Rob Lieberman

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Neighborhood

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1990

  Bird takes on a neighborhood gang leader involved in criminal activities when he seeks to clear Jamil of a murder charge.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano

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  I'm Nobody

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Wind Rancher

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1990

  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.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: Unknown

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  9.5/1011 votes

  Windows

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1990

  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.

  Director: Vern Gillum

  Writer: Unknown

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  Judgements

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1990

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  'Tis the Season

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1990

  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.

  Director: Rob Lieberman

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Great Waldo

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1991

  Gabriel is a constant source of support for Josephine as she attempts to adopt a cocaine-addicted infant abandoned at her restaurant.

  Director: Michael Switzer

  Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano

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  First Date

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1991

  Gabriel asks Josephine out for a dinner date, but then starts to have second thoughts about his invitation.

  Director: George Kaczender

  Writer: Unknown

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  Truth and Consequences

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1991

  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.

  Director: Charles Braverman

  Writer: Unknown

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  Finger on the Trigger

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1991

  A nervous client of Victoria Heller's misinterprets Gabriel Bird's actions and shoots him in the chest.

  Director: James A. Contner

  Writer: Unknown

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  Postcards from the Faultline

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1991

  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.

  Director: Fred Gerber

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.6/106 votes

  A Prayer for the Goldsteins

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/1991

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  One Flew Over the Bird's Nest

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/1991

  Bird feigns mental illness in order to be checked into a psychiatric hospital and expose the dreadful conditions that exist there.

  Director: Mark Sobel

  Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano

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  Kelly Green

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/1991

  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.

  Director: Michael Switzer

  Writer: Carol Mendelsohn

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  Birds Gotta Fly

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1991

  Gabriel Bird meets with his daughter, Celine, after a twenty-year separation.

  Director: Mario Van Peebles

  Writer: Unknown

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  Belly of the Beast

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/6/1991

  Bird returns to prison to question a serial killer who may be able to identify a murder-rapist stalking a college campus.

  Director: Mark Sobel

  Writer: Unknown