Season 2

1983 · 17 episodes

Episodes

1There is a Tiger in the TownBen comes to the aid of an elderly newspaper editor who, traumatized by his wife's death, took on the identity of Mark Twain, and is now accused of murdering the man suspected of killing his wife.
2Cradle to GraveBen seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.
3The Trial of Ben WalkerBen gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.
4The Last Voice You HearBen is caught in a legal and emotional crossfire of embattled former spouses over who knows what is best for their nine-year-old child.
5The ShootingFormer resident Margaret Hammond writes a best-seller, ""River Town"", about the place where she grew up, and lawyer Ben has to dig deep for a defense that will saver her from a libel charge by the town's most affluent family.
6Peace with HonorBen returns to his roots as a prosecutor to imprison a man he unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute for murder 25 years ago and who has now committed a similar crime.
7JoeyBen takes on the medical profession in defense of a midwife who defies the law to practice the craft of child delivery with a skill rivaled by few obstetricians.
8Crisis of IdentityBen defends a private nurse who is charged with murder when the wealthy man for whom she was caring dies of a drug overdose.
9Town Without PityA beautiful woman hires Ben to defend her young, retarded gardener Jerry against murder charges.
10G.I. BluesThe mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.
11Between Fathers and SonsA peaceful activist emerges from hiding to seek Ben's help in exonerating her of a 15-year-old murder charge.
12The Big LeaguesBen becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.
13Going Back to HannibalBen defends the embittered survivor of a German concentration camp who is suspected of murdering a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small Mississippi river town.
14Wheels of JusticeBen defends a hot-headed ex-convict suspected of murdering both a foreman who recently fired him and a man who claimed to have seen him fleeing from the crime.
15Informed ConsentBen is asked by the army to defend a sergeant accused of slugging a fellow officer who he claims was trying to rape his daughter.
16AbigailAn elderly farmer hires Ben to defend a young navy veteran who is accused of killing his father after an explosive argument.
17Home AgainBen finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.