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The Worst Episodes of Petrocelli

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The Worst 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...

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  1. Background image for By Reason of Madness
    6.4/10(49 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for A Deadly Vow
    6.7/10(21 votes)

    #2 - A Deadly Vow

    S2:E12

    When a woman is arrested for murder, Petrocelli isn't sure he wants the case because she told him earlier she was going to do it.

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  3. Background image for Survival
    6.7/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Survival

    S2:E14

    Petrocelli and a suspected burglar, ambushed in the desert, must battle nature to survive.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Gamblers
    6.8/10(28 votes)

    #4 - The Gamblers

    S2:E8

    When evidence linking a young man to the slaying of his employer makes Petrocelli suspicious, he investigates and uncovers a web of gambling debts and strange burglaries.

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  5. Background image for Face of Evil
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Face of Evil

    S2:E10

    A mysterious woman hires Petrocelli to defend her twin sister, a shy waitress whom she loathes, against a murder charge.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for The Kidnapping
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Kidnapping

    S1:E16

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

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  8. Background image for The Payoff
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #7 - The Payoff

    S2:E20

    Tony must defend Maggie's visiting Uncle Roy, who has been accused of the murder of a prostitute.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for An Act of Love
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for The Sleep of Reason
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Once Upon a Victim
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Four the Hard Way
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Death Ride
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #12 - Death Ride

    S2:E1

    Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star. Rodeo clown Gage seems to have murdered a rival rodeo man. Surprisingly Gage doesn't want to appear innocent.

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  14. Background image for The Mark of Cain
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #13 - The Mark of Cain

    S2:E2

    A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge.

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  15. Background image for Terror on Wheels
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #14 - Terror on Wheels

    S2:E7

    Petrocelli defends a man suspected of murdering a motorcycle-gang member who had been romancing his daughter.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Blood Money
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Blood Money

    S2:E16

    Petrocelli's client is charged with murder when a fraternity-prank kidnapping suddenly becomes deadly realistic.

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  17. Background image for A Life for a Life
    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for Vengeance in White
    7.2/10(25 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Too Many Alibis
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Too Many Alibis

    S2:E11

    Petrocelli's client is a conscientious black doctor accused of killing the hospital chief of staff, who charged him with incompetence and fired him.

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  20. Background image for The Night Visitor
    7.2/10(21 votes)

    #19 - The Night Visitor

    S2:E15

    Petrocelli's office is ransacked and he becomes the quarry of a couple who will stop at nothing to get the diamond he is supposedly keeping for a mysterious client.

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  21. Background image for Death in High Places
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Background image for Double Negative
    7.3/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Double Negative

    S1:E7

    Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

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  23. Background image for Counterplay
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. Background image for A Fallen Idol
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #23 - 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:Unknown
  25. Background image for Deadly Journey
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #24 - 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:Unknown
  26. Background image for Five Yards of Trouble
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #25 - 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:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"By Reason of Madness" is the worst rated episode of "Petrocelli". It scored 6.4/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Allen Reisner and written by William Kelley, it aired on 9/25/1974. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Deadly Vow".