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The Best Episodes of Petrocelli Season 1

Every episode of Petrocelli Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Petrocelli Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Petrocelli Season 1

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...

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  1. Background image for The Golden Cage
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Music to Die By
    8.0/10(55 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. Background image for By Reason of Madness
    6.5/10(57 votes)

    #3 - By Reason of Madness

    S1:E3

    Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity.

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  4. Background image for Edge of Evil
    8.1/10(65 votes)

    #4 - Edge of Evil

    S1:E4

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

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  5. Background image for A Life for a Life
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #5 - A Life for a Life

    S1:E5

    Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.

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  6. Background image for Death in High Places
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Double Negative
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    #7 - Double Negative

    S1:E7

    Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

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  9. Background image for Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for An Act of Love
    7.0/10(37 votes)

    #9 - An Act of Love

    S1:E9

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.

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  11. Background image for A Very Lonely Lady
    7.7/10(43 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Counterplay
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for A Covenant with Evil
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. Background image for The Sleep of Reason
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #13 - The Sleep of Reason

    S1:E13

    An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can't recall the shooting.

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  15. Background image for A Fallen Idol
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Once Upon a Victim
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    #15 - Once Upon a Victim

    S1:E15

    Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Kidnapping
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #16 - The Kidnapping

    S1:E16

    Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.

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  18. Background image for A Lonely Victim
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Outsiders
    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Vengeance in White
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    #19 - Vengeance in White

    S1:E19

    Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of collapse.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Four the Hard Way
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #20 - Four the Hard Way

    S1:E20

    Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Death in Small Doses
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    #21 - Death in Small Doses

    S1:E21

    Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for A Night of Terror
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Golden Cage" is the best rated episode of "Petrocelli" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney and written by William Kelley, it aired on 9/11/1974. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Music to Die By".