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L.A. Law

Season 1

22 listed hours · 1986–1994 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

Peak Bochco-era network legal drama — glossy, talky, and addictive, with elevator-sex water-cooler lore and a rotating firm that stacked Drama Series Emmys. Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Jimmy Smits, Corbin Bernsen's oily Arnie: litigation as lifestyle brand. The template for every later firm-as-soap prestige hybrid. Objection sustained, hairstyle noted.

TV Flash files Season 1 of L.A. Law (1986–1994) on NBC as the first listed season of 8 — 22 listed hours, 1986-09-15–1987-04-09 from “Pilot” (S01E01) to “Pigmalion” (S01E22). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Pilot

    The Pilot makes the firm a lifestyle: Hamlin, Dey, Smits, Bernsen's oily Arnie — talky legal soap as the 1986 water-cooler.

  1. S01E01

    Pilot

    When Arnie and Roxanne found in the office is the junior partner Norman Chaney lying dead in his desk.

  2. S01E02

    Those Lips, That Eye

    Those Lips, That Eye — Season 1, Episode 2 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-10-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S01E03

    The House of the Rising Flan

    The House of the Rising Flan — Season 1, Episode 3 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-10-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S01E04

    The Princess and the Wiener King

    The Princess and the Wiener King — Season 1, Episode 4 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-10-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S01E05

    Simian Chanted Evening

    Simian Chanted Evening — Season 1, Episode 5 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-10-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S01E06

    Slum Enchanted Evening

    Slum Enchanted Evening — Season 1, Episode 6 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-10-31. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S01E07

    Raiders of the Lost Bark

    Raiders of the Lost Bark — Season 1, Episode 7 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-11-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S01E08

    Gibbon Take

    Gibbon Take — Season 1, Episode 8 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-11-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S01E09

    The Venus Butterfly

    The Venus Butterfly — Season 1, Episode 9 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-11-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S01E10

    Fry Me to the Moon

    Fry Me to the Moon — Season 1, Episode 10 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-12-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S01E11

    El Sid

    El Sid — Season 1, Episode 11 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-12-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S01E12

    Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer

    Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer — Season 1, Episode 12 of L.A. Law. Aired 1986-12-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S01E13

    Prince Kuzak in a Can

    Prince Kuzak in a Can — Season 1, Episode 13 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-01-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S01E14

    The Douglas Fur Ball

    The Douglas Fur Ball — Season 1, Episode 14 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-01-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S01E15

    December Bribe

    December Bribe — Season 1, Episode 15 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-01-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S01E16

    Beef Jerky

    Beef Jerky — Season 1, Episode 16 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-02-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S01E17

    Becker on the Rox

    Becker on the Rox — Season 1, Episode 17 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-02-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S01E18

    Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover

    Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover — Season 1, Episode 18 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-02-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S01E19

    The Grace of Wrath

    The Grace of Wrath — Season 1, Episode 19 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-02-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S01E20

    Sparky Brackman RIP ?-1987

    Sparky Brackman RIP ?-1987 — Season 1, Episode 20 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-03-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  21. S01E21

    Oy Vey! Wilderness!

    Oy Vey! Wilderness! — Season 1, Episode 21 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-04-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  22. S01E22

    Pigmalion

    Pigmalion — Season 1, Episode 22 of L.A. Law. Aired 1987-04-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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