The Best Episodes of Petrocelli Season 1

#1 Fan Favorite
7.6/10(59 votes)
#1 - The Golden Cage
S1:E19/11/1974
A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.
Directors:James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney
Writer:William Kelley
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Directors:James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney
Writer:William Kelley
7.9/10(57 votes)
#2 - Music to Die By
S1:E29/18/1974
A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.
Directors:Irving J. Moore, Paul Stanley
Writers:Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford
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Directors:Irving J. Moore, Paul Stanley
Writers:Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford
6.4/10(60 votes)
#3 - By Reason of Madness
S1:E39/25/1974
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.
Director:Allen Reisner
Writer:William Kelley
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Director:Allen Reisner
Writer:William Kelley
8.1/10(68 votes)
#4 - Edge of Evil
S1:E410/2/1974
The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Mel Goldberg
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Mel Goldberg
7.3/10(44 votes)
#5 - A Life for a Life
S1:E510/9/1974
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.
Directors:Herb Wallerstein, Allen Reisner
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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Directors:Herb Wallerstein, Allen Reisner
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
7.3/10(49 votes)
#6 - Death in High Places
S1:E610/23/1974
Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.
Directors:Irving J. Moore, Richard Donner
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Directors:Irving J. Moore, Richard Donner
Writer:Leonard Katzman

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7.4/10(44 votes)
#7 - Double Negative
S1:E710/30/1974
Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.
Director:Paul Stanley
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Director:Paul Stanley
Writer:Leonard Katzman
8.0/10(49 votes)
#8 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
S1:E811/6/1974
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.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(38 votes)
#9 - An Act of Love
S1:E911/13/1974
Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.
Directors:James Sheldon, Paul Stanley
Writer:Edward J. Lakso
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Directors:James Sheldon, Paul Stanley
Writer:Edward J. Lakso
7.7/10(44 votes)
#10 - A Very Lonely Lady
S1:E1011/27/1974
Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.
Director:Vincent McEveety
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Vincent McEveety
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(36 votes)
#11 - Counterplay
S1:E1112/4/1974
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.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:William Kelley
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:William Kelley
7.6/10(34 votes)
#12 - A Covenant with Evil
S1:E1212/18/1974
Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.
Director:Herb Wallerstein
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Director:Herb Wallerstein
Writer:Leonard Katzman
7.1/10(41 votes)
#13 - The Sleep of Reason
S1:E131/15/1974
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.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Leonard Katzman
7.2/10(33 votes)
#14 - A Fallen Idol
S1:E141/22/1974
Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Robert C. Dennis
7.1/10(38 votes)
#15 - Once Upon a Victim
S1:E151/29/1974
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
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Leonard Katzman
6.9/10(34 votes)
#16 - The Kidnapping
S1:E162/5/1974
Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Leonard Katzman
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Leonard Katzman
7.6/10(35 votes)
#17 - A Lonely Victim
S1:E172/19/1974
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.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(36 votes)
#18 - The Outsiders
S1:E182/26/1974
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.
Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Irving J. Moore
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(29 votes)
#19 - Vengeance in White
S1:E193/5/1974
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.
Director:Leonard Katzman
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Leonard Katzman
Writer:Unknown
7.0/10(28 votes)
#20 - Four the Hard Way
S1:E203/13/1974
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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Director:Joseph Pevney
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(33 votes)
#21 - Death in Small Doses
S1:E213/27/1975
Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.
Director:Don Taylor
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Don Taylor
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(42 votes)
#22 - A Night of Terror
S1:E224/2/1975
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.
Director:Bernard McEveety
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Bernard McEveety
Writer:Unknown