In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.
McCoy's new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life on an audio tape discovered at the crime scene.
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s07e02ID1996-09-2516:00⌄
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ID
s07e02 ·
1996-09-25 ·
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The cops tackle identifying a corpse left in an elevator, and McCoy finds his prosecution of the suspect later hampered by a vindictive judge (Jerry Adler) who resents Ross's in-court rebuke for sexual harassment.
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s07e03Good Girl1996-10-0716:00⌄
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Good Girl
s07e03 ·
1996-10-07 ·
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Briscoe and Curtis have to break the mutual alibi of two girlfriends as they try to find the killer of a young black man, whose angry parents pressure McCoy to indict a young woman who claims the victim had raped her.
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s07e04Survivor1996-10-2316:00⌄
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Survivor
s07e04 ·
1996-10-23 ·
16:00
Briscoe and Curtis's investigation of the murder of a rare coin dealer nets them a millionaire as a suspect, but Ross has to play detective too as the DA's office tries to establish a provenance for the missing coin collection.
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s07e05Corruption1996-10-3017:00⌄
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Corruption
s07e05 ·
1996-10-30 ·
17:00
Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Briscoe's, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA's office into competition with an ambitious judge and Briscoe under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.
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s07e06Double Blind1996-11-0617:00⌄
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Double Blind
s07e06 ·
1996-11-06 ·
17:00
The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.
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s07e07Deadbeat1996-11-1317:00⌄
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Deadbeat
s07e07 ·
1996-11-13 ·
17:00
The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents McCoy and Ross with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.
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s07e08Family Business1996-11-2017:00⌄
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Family Business
s07e08 ·
1996-11-20 ·
17:00
The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.
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s07e09Entrapment1997-01-0817:00⌄
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Entrapment
s07e09 ·
1997-01-08 ·
17:00
The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress, comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness was once an informant for the FBI, and is still under their protection.
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s07e10Legacy1997-01-1517:00⌄
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Legacy
s07e10 ·
1997-01-15 ·
17:00
The investigation of a seemingly random shooting leads Briscoe and Curtis to a brazen, cold-blooded hitman, and the only way to bring him down is for Briscoe to pose as his competition. The case is complicated during trial when we learn that the victim was shot as revenge for a murder he committed himself just three years ago.
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s07e11Menace1997-02-0517:00⌄
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Menace
s07e11 ·
1997-02-05 ·
17:00
An apparent suicide turns out to be murder as Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a woman who jumped from a bridge (in front of numerous bystanders) to avoid a crazed attacker with whom she was apparently involved in a fender-bender. When they are unable to convict, McCoy and Ross dig deeper and discover that the 'accident' might not have been so accidental after all. Meanwhile, Curtis is booted from his house after admitting to his wife that he cheated on her.
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s07e12Barter1997-02-1217:00⌄
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Barter
s07e12 ·
1997-02-12 ·
17:00
An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the matter of ethical conduct as he tries to make a case against a lender who uses unscrupulous methods to collect the money owed to him.
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s07e13Matrimony1997-02-1917:00⌄
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Matrimony
s07e13 ·
1997-02-19 ·
17:00
The discovery of a would-be thief refocuses a murder investigation, leaving the prosecutors the task of making a conspiracy case against the deceased's attorney and the pretty young widow.
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s07e14Working Mom1997-02-2617:00⌄
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Working Mom
s07e14 ·
1997-02-26 ·
17:00
The shooting of an ex-cop in a neighborhood notorious for prostitution leads Briscoe and Curtis to two suburban housewives who are secretly high-class hookers. When one of the housewife's specialty lipstick is matched to a lipstick sample taken from a very private spot on the victim, it seems like McCoy has an open and shut case. However, the accused soon claims rape and hires a famous women's rights attorney to defend her. Felicity Huffman (Sports Night) guest stars.
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s07e15D-Girl1997-03-1317:00⌄
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D-Girl
s07e15 ·
1997-03-13 ·
17:00
A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Briscoe and Curtis out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect. Back in New York, McCoy and Ross try to obtain a court order for the procedure.
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s07e16Turnaround1997-03-2017:00⌄
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Turnaround
s07e16 ·
1997-03-20 ·
17:00
In New York, Briscoe and Curtis try to pin down the suspect's schedule on the night of the murder, but find instead that another man was in the area at the right time and more importantly, might have a motive for the crime. After a new arrest warrant is issued, McCoy and Ross have to fly to L.A. to defend their warrant against attacks by the man's defense counsel, Ross's former husband Neal Gorton.
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s07e17Showtime1997-03-2717:00⌄
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Showtime
s07e17 ·
1997-03-27 ·
17:00
The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, and a surprise accusation of sexual harassment. Curtis' relationship with Lisa also creates tension.
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s07e18Mad Dog1997-04-0217:00⌄
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Mad Dog
s07e18 ·
1997-04-02 ·
17:00
McCoy pushes the police perilously close to harassment as he tries to link a recently paroled serial rapist to a new fatal rape.
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s07e19Double Down1997-04-1616:00⌄
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Double Down
s07e19 ·
1997-04-16 ·
16:00
The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing McCoy in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing McCoy in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.
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s07e20We Like Mike1997-04-3016:00⌄
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We Like Mike
s07e20 ·
1997-04-30 ·
16:00
A young man who claims to have helped a murdered young man change a flat tire is first the cops' primary suspect, then the prosecutors' chief witness.
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s07e21Passion1997-05-0716:00⌄
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Passion
s07e21 ·
1997-05-07 ·
16:00
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a pretty young book editor who was reputedly having an affair with one of her authors, and find themselves focusing on the author's longtime companion, who steadfastly denies there was anything wrong with their relationship.
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s07e22Past Imperfect1997-05-1416:00⌄
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Past Imperfect
s07e22 ·
1997-05-14 ·
16:00
The cops have a definite clue when a bloodstain that's not the same as the victim's reveals that the killer was a blood relative, and the prosecutors stumble when their chief suspect claims their chief witness is her lawyer, and his knowledge of the crime represents privileged communications.
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s07e23Terminal1997-05-2116:00⌄
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Terminal
s07e23 ·
1997-05-21 ·
16:00
The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Adam Schiff goes toe-to-toe with the governor and the state's Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty. Meanwhile Schiff learns his wife has been rushed to Cedar's Hospital after suffering a severe stroke rendering her unconscious.
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