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The Best Episodes of Petrocelli

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The Best Episodes of Petrocelli

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American...
  1. 8.1/10(56 votes)

    #1 - Edge of Evil

    S1:E4

    The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.

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  2. 8.0/10(49 votes)

    #2 - Music to Die By

    S1:E2

    A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

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  3. 8.0/10(40 votes)

    #3 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

    S1:E8

    Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(30 votes)

    #4 - The Outsiders

    S1:E18

    Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.

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    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.0/10(25 votes)

    #5 - Shadow of Fear

    S2:E4

    A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime.

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    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.8/10(31 votes)

    #6 - A Lonely Victim

    S1:E17

    A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.8/10(26 votes)

    #7 - The Falling Star

    S2:E13

    Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.

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  9. 7.8/10(19 votes)

    #8 - Shadow of a Doubt

    S2:E21

    Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness.

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    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.7/10(50 votes)

    #9 - The Golden Cage

    S1:E1

    A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

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  11. 7.7/10(37 votes)

    #10 - A Very Lonely Lady

    S1:E10

    Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.7/10(37 votes)

    #11 - A Night of Terror

    S1:E22

    Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun in her hand.

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  13. 7.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Six Strings of Guilt

    S2:E18

    Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.

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    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.6/10(30 votes)

    #13 - A Covenant with Evil

    S1:E12

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

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  15. 7.6/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Chain of Command

    S2:E5

    Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  16. 7.6/10(29 votes)

    #15 - To See No Evil

    S2:E6

    Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.

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  17. 7.6/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Any Number Can Die

    S2:E17

    Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.

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    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.6/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Jubilee Jones

    S2:E22

    An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.5/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Death in Small Doses

    S1:E21

    Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

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    Director:Don Taylor
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  20. 7.5/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Terror By the Book

    S2:E9

    Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her past.

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  21. 7.4/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Five Yards of Trouble

    S2:E3

    Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for murder.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:N/A
  22. 7.3/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Death in High Places

    S1:E6

    Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

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  23. 7.3/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Double Negative

    S1:E7

    Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

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  24. 7.3/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Counterplay

    S1:E11

    Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.

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  25. 7.3/10(30 votes)

    #24 - A Fallen Idol

    S1:E14

    Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

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    Director:N/A
  26. 7.3/10(21 votes)

    #25 - Deadly Journey

    S2:E19

    Petrocelli and Ritter offer a lift to an elderly female hitchhiker, who they later learn has been arrested for killing her son's employer.

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    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Edge of Evil" is the best rated episode of "Petrocelli". It scored 8.1/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Irving J. Moore and written by Mel Goldberg, it aired on 10/2/1974. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Music to Die By".