Season 1

PetrocelliSeason 1

1974
22 Episodes

Episodes

The Golden Cage
S01E01

The Golden Cage

A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

11 Sept 1974
Music to Die By
S01E02

Music to Die By

A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

18 Sept 1974
By Reason of Madness
S01E03

By Reason of Madness

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.

25 Sept 1974
Edge of Evil
S01E04

Edge of Evil

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

02 Oct 1974
A Life for a Life
S01E05

A Life for a Life

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.

09 Oct 1974
Death in High Places
S01E06

Death in High Places

Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

23 Oct 1974
Double Negative
S01E07

Double Negative

Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

30 Oct 1974
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
S01E08

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

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.

06 Nov 1974
An Act of Love
S01E09

An Act of Love

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

13 Nov 1974
A Very Lonely Lady
S01E10

A Very Lonely Lady

Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

27 Nov 1974
Counterplay
S01E11

Counterplay

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.

04 Dec 1974
A Covenant with Evil
S01E12

A Covenant with Evil

Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

18 Dec 1974
The Sleep of Reason
S01E13

The Sleep of Reason

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.

15 Jan 1974
A Fallen Idol
S01E14

A Fallen Idol

Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

22 Jan 1974
Once Upon a Victim
S01E15

Once Upon a Victim

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

29 Jan 1974
The Kidnapping
S01E16

The Kidnapping

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

05 Feb 1974
A Lonely Victim
S01E17

A Lonely Victim

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.

19 Feb 1974
The Outsiders
S01E18

The Outsiders

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.

26 Feb 1974
Vengeance in White
S01E19

Vengeance in White

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.

05 Mar 1974
Four the Hard Way
S01E20

Four the Hard Way

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

13 Mar 1974
Death in Small Doses
S01E21

Death in Small Doses

Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

27 Mar 1975
A Night of Terror
S01E22

A Night of Terror

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.

02 Apr 1975