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The Best Episodes of L.A. Law

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...

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  1. Background image for The Grace of Wrath
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Grace of Wrath

    S1:E19

    Sifuentes tries to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat by responding to the advances made by an attractive juror after his elderly pot smoker client is found guilty, but soon comes to realize that his losing streak with women is continuing when she reveals her true colors; Brackman considers wearing a toupee when the prospect of aging starts to weigh on him heavily; Rogoff assigns Van Owen to desk duty as it becomes apparent that she's become more traumatized by the shooting than she's willing to admit; Melman provides a source of strength and comfort to a client struggling with his emotions during a painful divorce.

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  2. Background image for Justice Swerved
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #2 - Justice Swerved

    S4:E17

    A couple is accused of murdering their baby; a sobriety test halts Markowitz and Kelsey's lunch-time tryst; thoughts of Sheila wreak havoc with Brackman's sex life.

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  3. Background image for Blood, Sweat and Fears
    8.1/10(50 votes)

    #3 - Blood, Sweat and Fears

    S4:E15

    Kuzak fights to have the murder charges against Earl Williams dismissed; Sifuentes defends a doctor who refused to perform emergency surgery on an AIDS victim; the firm is rocked by McKenzie's resignation as senior partner, as Rosalind, Stuart and Douglas are eager to assume the role.

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  4. Background image for Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer

    S1:E12

    La Rosa digs up the ammunition Kelsey needs to succeed in representing an inventor in a contract dispute over patent royalties; Kuzak is horrified as he witnesses a severely depressed Hershberg commit suicide in court; Becker gets caught in a compromising position when he's propositioned by a client's soon-to-be ex-wife; Perkins spends Christmas with her son; when his pre-trial depositions reveal that the Emmons case is a winner, Kuzak is able to negotiate a favorable settlement for his client.

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  5. Background image for One Rat, One Ranger
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #5 - One Rat, One Ranger

    S4:E5

    Van Owen is at a loss for words when confronted by a terrified mother after failing to win a conviction against the woman's ex-husband for molesting their young daughter; Becker, Kelsey, and the associates are all wary when the partners decide that the way to stem their declining revenues is to bring in Rosalind Shays, a ""rainmaker"", as a new partner; Markowitz represents a dating service sued by a hard-to-satisfy customer, who's more than happy to make the acquaintance of Dave Meyer after the trial is over; Brackman's latest scheme to save money on his health food kick has the staff smelling a rat.

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    Director:Tom Moore
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for True Brit
    8.0/10(44 votes)

    #6 - True Brit

    S4:E11

    Kuzak suspects a barrister is exaggerating his ignorance of American courtroom procedure to influence the jury; Becker yearns for more fanfare from his co-workers; a friend's confession to Diana tests the limits of lawyer-client privilege; Rosalind invades Kelsey's space.

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  8. Background image for Whatever Happened to Hannah?
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    #7 - Whatever Happened to Hannah?

    S4:E13

    A comic charges his comedy-writer ex-wife with heckling him on-stage; a divorce sues her ex for years of abuse; and Kelsey wages war on Rosalind.

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  9. Background image for Ex-Wives and Videotapes
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #8 - Ex-Wives and Videotapes

    S4:E14

    Kuzak pleads Williams's case before the State Court of Appeals; Rosalind is outraged when the partners decline to take on a potentially lucrative client because the company promotes apartheid; Becker represents a man so embittered by his wife's divorcing him that he intends to ruin her career as a prominent newswoman by distributing a private, x-rated video he made of their intimate moments.

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  10. Background image for Outward Bound
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    #9 - Outward Bound

    S4:E21

    A gay cop sues when the secret of his sexuality is revealed in the press by a journalist; McKenzie seeks a star litigator to fill an opening at the firm; Benny fumes after seeing Alice kiss someone else; and Corrinne pops the question to an unsure Becker.

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  11. Background image for The Bitch Is Back
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #10 - The Bitch Is Back

    S5:E1

    The shadow of Rosalind Shays again darkens the door of the firm when she sues them for discrimination, while another lawsuit escalates racial tensions.

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  12. Background image for Good to the Last Drop
    8.0/10(225 votes)

    #11 - Good to the Last Drop

    S5:E16

    Zoey scoffs at the legal system when a child-killer goes free; a delinquent taxpayer protests Government spending; Rosalind steps in to help McKenzie with yet another case.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #12 - The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great

    S4:E10

    Sifuentes's representation of a woman in a sexual harassment case against the federal judge for whom she clerked stirs up some emotional issues about Allison's rape which, despite their best efforts, the couple can't seem to resolve; Markowitz represents an elderly mohel being sued for malpractice; Becker is greeted coldly upon his return to the firm, and must face a hurt and angry Stulwicz; Rosalind subtly pits McKenzie and Brackman against each other as she secretly undermines them to poach their major clients.

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  14. Background image for Lie Harder
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #13 - Lie Harder

    S5:E3

    An unexpected witness emerges in the Chisholm case; the parents of an emotionally disturbed adopted son seek relief through the courts; Melman refuses to do personal errands for Hammond.

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  15. Background image for The Unsterile Cuckoo
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #14 - The Unsterile Cuckoo

    S4:E1

    Sifuentes reluctantly represents a wholesale furrier suing an animal rights group whose disruptions at his fashion shows caused him a million dollar loss; Hackett becomes concerned about the possibility of becoming a grandfather when he learns that his daughter and Stulwicz are having sex, and it takes McKenzie's powers of persuasion and a promise to talk to Stulwicz about contraception to convince Hackett not to have his daughter sterilized; Markowitz is torn between his dreams of glory as the star third baseman at the McKenzie Brackman annual softball game and his promise to attend Lamaze class with Kelsey; Kuzak buys a motorcycle.

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  16. Background image for God Rest Ye Little Gentleman
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #15 - God Rest Ye Little Gentleman

    S5:E8

    A disfigured doctor charges a clinic with discrimination; Benny anticipates the holidays with his new roommate; Van Owen defends a former colleague.

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    Director:Tom Moore
  17. Background image for Pump it Up
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    #16 - Pump it Up

    S5:E10

    McKenzie's social life is scrutinized; Sifuentes has misgivings about defending a client; Becker gives a golddigger a creative divorce; Kuzak clashes with Van Owen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Captain Hurt
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #17 - Captain Hurt

    S4:E2

    Kuzak's defense of a black college professor accused of murdering his young white research assistant blows up when the prosecutor sandbags his case by delaying DNA discovery, thus exposing his client's lies and destroying Kuzak's defense strategy; Van Owen counters an insanity defense based on uncontrollable sexual obsession when she prosecutes a claims adjuster for insurance fraud he asserts was the result of his inability to counter the demands of his dominatrix; Becker's desire to win at all costs and gain a large fee in the process garners his client a large settlement, but wrecks havoc on his relationship with his client; fulfilling his promise to Hackett, McKenzie assigns Sifuentes the responsibility of teaching Stulwicz about contraception.

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  19. Background image for Happy Trails
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #18 - Happy Trails

    S5:E2

    Rollins feels exploited when he's asked to assist on the Chisholm case; a surprise witness testifies in Rosalind's suit; Brackman considers breaking off with sex surrogate Marilyn after one of her clients dies; Murray gets everyone's attention.

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    Director:Win Phelps
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for He's a Crowd
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    #19 - He's a Crowd

    S5:E12

    Rosalind promises to help McKenzie save an account; a case of multiple personalities confounds Kuzak; Abby collaborates with C.J. to build her practice; Roxanne is subpoenaed in the case of Becker vs. Becker.

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  21. Background image for Since I Fell For You
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #20 - Since I Fell For You

    S5:E22

    An AIDS-stricken attorney fights an insurance company's refusal to pay for an experimental treatment; Kelsey's admission concerning a murder case could jeopardize her standing with the bar; and a new partner is named.

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  22. Background image for The Wizard of Odds
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #21 - The Wizard of Odds

    S2:E2

    Brackman begins to get carried away over his judicial appointment until an insulting parrot puts him in his place; Kelsey successfully represents a psychiatrist being sued in civil court for not preventing the murder of one patient by another, and is horrified when her client later confesses to the crime to prevent her from pursuing her suspicions that the wrong man was convicted of the crime; Markowitz covers for Gianelli, protecting him from Brackman's wrath; a wealthy woman wins an evening with Becker in a bachelor charity auction, and intends to get her money's worth; McKenzie hires hotshot young attorney Jonathan Rollins over Brackman's reservations that meeting Rollins's salary demands will cause trouble with the other associates; Sifuentes faces an opponent skilled in manipulating the jury's guilt with ethically questionable antics when they go head to head in a product liability case.

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  23. Background image for Full Marital Jacket
    7.6/10(55 votes)

    #22 - Full Marital Jacket

    S2:E10

    In the aftermath of his anxiety attack, Brackman has a new perspective on life, and his wife has a new perspective on their relationship that involves talking to lawyers; Benny is mistakenly charged with sexual assault; Melman runs into a handsome and charming man in the parking garage; Gianelli asks Perkins for her hand in marriage, but is forced to settle for a date; Kelsey's mother reappears bearing gifts and heartfelt apologies; Rollins lights a fire under the opposition to smoke out the real extent of the injuries a man claims to have sustained during a performance by the Gianelli family; after the bride overcomes a few pre-wedding jitters, Kelsey and Markowitz are united in matrimony.

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  24. Background image for When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #23 - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

    S4:E3

    Kuzak weighs the testimony of sympathetic witnesses to clear his client; Becker tries to clear the air with an unhappy divorce client; a sympathetic Rollins takes the case of an elderly woman being steamrolled by an insurance company.

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  25. Background image for Bounds for Glory
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #24 - Bounds for Glory

    S4:E16

    To the dismay of Becker and Brackman, Rosalind becomes Abby's strong supporter when a major client leaves the firm after he is unsuccessful in pressuring Abby not to pursue a dismissal of charges against his drug-addicted son, but to convince his son instead to accept a plea bargain that will send him to jail; Rollins's client is sued by the owner of an oversized frog when she disqualifies the amphibian from the jumping contest she's promoting; Kelsey represents the parents of a slain teenager when they sue the parents of the young skinhead who murdered their son; Benny inadvertently sets off a bidding war hampered by attorneys and paralegals when he decides to sell his baseball card collection; as her overbearing manner begins to set the other attorneys on edge, Rosalind mounts a subtle campaign for absolute control of the firm by undermining McKenzie's influence with clients.

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  26. Background image for The Last Gasp
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #25 - The Last Gasp

    S4:E22

    Sifuentes's boyhood friend battles time while on death row; the prenuptial countdown begins for Becker and Corrinne; and the firm's new attorney defends a mercy killer.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Grace of Wrath" is the best rated episode of "L.A. Law". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Helaine Head and written by William M. Finkelstein, it aired on 2/26/1987. This episode scored 1.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Justice Swerved".