L.A. Law

Episodes

Season 5 · 22 episodes

• E1 The Bitch Is Back
  Oct 18, 1990 45 min

  The shadow of Rosalind Shays again darkens the door of the firm when she sues them for discrimination, while another lawsuit escalates racial tensions.

• E2 Happy Trails
  Oct 25, 1990 45 min

  Rollins feels exploited when he's asked to assist on the Chisholm case; a surprise witness testifies in Rosalind's suit; Brackman considers breaking off with sex surrogate Marilyn after one of her clients dies; Murray gets everyone's attention.

• E3 Lie Harder
  Nov 1, 1990 45 min

  An unexpected witness emerges in the Chisholm case; the parents of an emotionally disturbed adopted son seek relief through the courts; Melman refuses to do personal errands for Hammond.

• E4 Armand's Hammer
  Nov 8, 1990 45 min

  Holloway takes the stand; a savvy lawyer, C.J. Lamb, gets wise to the firm's strategy in a lawsuit; a college professor claims he was publicly humiliated on a TV home-video show.

• E5 Smoke Gets in Your Thighs
  Nov 15, 1990 45 min

  A gay-rights case proves to be emotionally trying for the parents and lover of a terminally ill man; Van Owen is taken aback by Sollers' proposition; the firm goes to court behind Benny's back over his involvement with a cult.

• E6 Vowel Play
  Nov 29, 1990 45 min

  Douglas appears on Wheel of Fortune (daytime version) & when he's champion, he tries to ask Vanna out on a date. He wins one round with the puzzle, ""Bald Is Beautiful""!

• E7 New Kidney on the Block
  Dec 6, 1990 45 min

  Van Owen is given another option when a hospital rejects her client for a kidney transplant; a flag-burner is beaten up by an outraged citizen; Murray and Benny double date.

• E8 God Rest Ye Little Gentleman
  Dec 13, 1990 45 min

  A disfigured doctor charges a clinic with discrimination; Benny anticipates the holidays with his new roommate; Van Owen defends a former colleague.

• E9 Splatoon
  Jan 3, 1991 45 min

  The wife of a brain-damaged boxer sues his promoter; Abby speaks out on TV on gun control; Sifuentes and Van Owen mull their relationship.

• E10 Pump it Up
  Jan 10, 1991 45 min

  McKenzie's social life is scrutinized; Sifuentes has misgivings about defending a client; Becker gives a golddigger a creative divorce; Kuzak clashes with Van Owen.

• E11 Rest in Pieces
  Jan 31, 1991 45 min

  A soldier faces a military court for disobeying orders; C.J. represents a home buyer who claims her house is haunted; ""personality differences"" affect Becker and Roxanne.

• E12 He's a Crowd
  Feb 7, 1991 45 min

  Rosalind promises to help McKenzie save an account; a case of multiple personalities confounds Kuzak; Abby collaborates with C.J. to build her practice; Roxanne is subpoenaed in the case of Becker vs. Becker.

• E13 Dances with Sharks
  Feb 14, 1991 45 min

  A jog in a white neighborhood lands Rollins in jail as a rape suspect; C.J.'s client goes before a Navajo tribal court to get her son back from his father; Brackman moves to sue a tabloid.

• E14 The Gods Must Be Lawyers
  Feb 21, 1991 45 min

  Sifuentes is forced to play God on behalf of his brother; a headline-hunter charged with murdering her husband hunts for an attorney; Zoey takes on a rape case she's unsure she can win.

• E15 The Beverly Hills Hangers
  Mar 14, 1991 45 min

  Lawyers stand ready to assist Mullaney and Kuzak, who are defending Rikki Davis on murder charges; McKenzie gets a surprise proposal as he faces his birthday.

• E16 Good to the Last Drop
  Mar 21, 1991 45 min

  Zoey scoffs at the legal system when a child-killer goes free; a delinquent taxpayer protests Government spending; Rosalind steps in to help McKenzie with yet another case.

• E17 Mutinies on the Banzai
  Mar 28, 1991 45 min

  Roxanne and Ann quietly (but gleefully)toast the death of Rosalind whome they both despised. McKenzie feels guilty about Rosalinds death but realises that she may have had it coming. Arnie also celebrates the death of Rosalind for a totally different reason, he gets a bigger office.

• E18 As God Is My Co-Defendant
  Apr 4, 1991 45 min

  Recent events lead to chaos at the firm; religion goes on trial in the case of a couple who relied on their faith to save their dying son; C.J. instructs East Bloc lawyers on trial law.

• E19 Speak, Lawyers, For Me
  Apr 25, 1991 45 min

  Staffers fear Dave Meyer will derail the firm; Brackman plays litigator in the case of a transsexual fired from a job as a model; and Mullaney weighs a coach's negligence in the death of an athlete.

• E20 There Goes the Judge
  May 2, 1991 45 min

  An eccentric judge loses his grip on reality; Rollins gets caught up in his own agenda while defending a black motorist charged with evading the police; Becker grapples with his demons.

• E21 On the Toad Again
  May 9, 1991 45 min

  Kelsey and Sollers get caught up in winning a murder case involving an unstable client; a retiree finds euphoric companionship in his pet toads; a team owner objects to a singer's rendition of the national anthem.

• E22 Since I Fell For You
  May 16, 1991 45 min

  An AIDS-stricken attorney fights an insurance company's refusal to pay for an experimental treatment; Kelsey's admission concerning a murder case could jeopardize her standing with the bar; and a new partner is named.