7.9/1044 votes#1 - Chapter One, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/1996
Deputy District Attorney Jimmy Wyler joins Hoffman & Associates, and for his first case he defends Sharon Rooney, who was arrested for murdering the governor of California.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.6/1043 votes
#2 - Chapter Two, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1996
Sharon testifies she was pregnant with Governor Van Allan's child, but he made her have an abortion, while Wyler learns the governor's wife was having an affair of her own.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1039 votes
#3 - Chapter Three, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1996
As Sharon continues to insist she is guilty, Wyler feels certain that she is not, and a surprising source offers to pay for Sharon Rooney's defense.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 7.3/1038 votes
#4 - Chapter Four, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1996
Wyler talks to Sharon's husband concerning her confession, then later meets basketball superstar Rickey Latrell, who fears he'll be arrested for the murder of an NBA team owner.
Director: Rick Wallace
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1041 votes
#5 - Chapter Five, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1996
Wyler learns another of the governor's affairs ended badly for the woman involved, and Latrell is called in for questioning concerning the murder of team owner Sandy Fortas.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.4/1034 votes
#6 - Chapter Six, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1996
While Wyler uncovers more connections between the various players involved in the Van Allan murder, Rickey Latrell is arrested and charged with murder.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1039 votes
#7 - Chapter Seven, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1996
Sharon has trouble dealing with the jury's verdict, and an underworld figure already in jail promises to tell Wyler what really happened the night the governor was killed.
Director: Adam Nimoy
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.1/1038 votes
#8 - Chapter Eight, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1996
The truth about the governor's murder is finally revealed as Mosley and Docknovich argue over who is best suited to make Rickey Latrell's bail argument.
Director: N/A
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 6.9/1037 votes
#9 - Chapter Nine, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1997
While Docknovich and Mosley clash over jury selection for the Latrell case, an agent eager to represent Latrell implies that his current agent has been stealing from clients.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: William M. Finkelstein
- 7.2/1035 votes
#10 - Chapter Ten, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/1997
Witnesses in the Latrell case portray Rickey as a desperate and possessive man, but later it is Rickey himself who offers up the most damning statement.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: William M. Finkelstein
- 7.2/1034 votes
#11 - Chapter Eleven, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/1997
The defense brings forth witnesses attesting to Fortas' disregard for others and then has Rickey testify about how Fortas was blackmailing Rickey's wife.
Director: William M. Finkelstein, Michael Fresco
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.2/1033 votes
#12 - Chapter Twelve, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/1997
Rickey goes into hiding after a witness testifies that Rickey said he was going to kill Fortas because he was tired of being threatened over gambling debts.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, William M. Finkelstein
- 7.3/1031 votes
#13 - Chapter Thirteen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/25/1997
Wyler defends a serial killer who targeted ex-cons convicted of vicious crimes, and the firm receives bids from Hollywood producers vying for the movie rights.
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1039 votes
#14 - Chapter Fourteen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 5/25/1997
Jury selection for the Banks' trial proves difficult as many of the jurors interviewed feel Banks is a hero for killing murderers who received light sentences for their horrific crimes.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.2/1032 votes
#15 - Chapter Fifteen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 5/26/1997
Wyler's attempts to protect his client fail after Banks gets permission from the judge to testify on his own behalf and then angrily tells Wyler "You are now at the top of my list."
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 7.0/1032 votes
#16 - Chapter Sixteen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/26/1997
While Grasso calls forth witnesses who believed Banks' final victim was innocent, Wyler begins to worry whether his client will kill again if he is found innocent and released.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1035 votes
#17 - Chapter Seventeen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 5/29/1997
Banks is released, and as the firm tries to help him, one of their own is shot; Wyler defends a young man accused of killing his 83-year-old girlfriend.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Geoffrey Neigher
- 7.7/1041 votes
#18 - Chapter Eighteen, Year Two
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/29/1997
Wyler learns murder is often a family affair after a man claims to know who really murdered Tommy Banks and then Mary Beth's killer confesses.
Director: Marc Buckland
Writer: Charles H. Eglee, Geoffrey Neigher
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Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Chapter One, Year Two" is the best rated episode of "Murder One" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Michael Fresco and written by Geoffrey Neigher, it aired on 10/10/1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Chapter Two, Year Two".