NaN/100 votes#1 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - 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: N/A
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - 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: N/A
Writer: Jacqueline Zambrano
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - 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: N/A
- 9.5/1011 votes
#10 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - '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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - 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: N/A
- 7.6/106 votes
#18 - 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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - 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: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - 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: N/A
The Best Episodes of Gabriel's Fire Season 1
Every episode of Gabriel's Fire Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gabriel's Fire Season 1!
Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Gabriel's Fire" is the best rated episode of "Gabriel's Fire" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Rob Lieberman and written by Jacqueline Zambrano, it aired on 9/12/1990. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "To Catch a Con (1)".