L.A. Law

Candidates for new associates are interviewed; and on the docket is a lawyer's sex-discrimination suit and a murder case.

A vet charges a doctor with negligence in treating his illness; a man holds a TV shopping network responsible for enticing his shopaholic wife to spend.

Eli puts Jonah on the stand; Becker longs for a Bentley; and Morales's artistic eye puts him in charge of office renovation.

McKenzie urges Eli to join the firm and his restricted men's club; a couple move to sue their travel agent for a nightmare trip; a Chinese financier faces murder charges for the death of an illegal immigrant.

Markowitz tries to arrange a surrender for a '60s radical who aided a Black Panther prison escape; pot-smoking parents sue after their daughter informs on them.

Politics complicate Rollins and Markowitz's defense of Barry and get in the way of Kelsey and Jane's defense of a right-winger charged with spying on an employee; and Becker calls in a security consultant.

Rollins and Markowitz try to turn the jury against the Government in the Ellison trial; Becker has a highway mishap; Eli fears he'll never adapt to L.A.'s fast lane.

A prostitute brings rape charges against a record executive who claims to have exotic sexual needs; an insecure student sues his voice therapist for fraud; while studying for the bar exam, Eli contends with the passions of two women.

Mamie Van Doren is a guest at the firm's Christmas party; the son of an aging comic believes his father is being exploited by a mistress; Roxanne asks Mullaney to surrender parental rights.

Mullaney's involvement with Judge Walker raises misconduct charges; Morales tries to get a reduced sentence for a confessed criminal; and a woman charges her boyfriend with sexual fraud.

A ballerina sues a dance company for breach of contract; an aging juggler accuses his protégé of stealing his act; and Benny dances around a commitment to Rosalie.

Two mountaineers face charges after resorting to cannibalism; a mathematician adds up the consequences of divorce; and Denise lands in the middle of a father-son feud.

A biological father of a 2-year-old sues for custody of his daughter; a prudish librarian claims that a caddish co-worker taunted her with vulgarities; and Rollins gives the firm an ultimatum.

Rosalie reveals that she said "I do" before; Jane's father meddles in her case involving a biology teacher fired for teaching creationism.

Rambunctious senior citizens test a testosterone patch and disrupt life at their retirement home; an inmate wants his maximum-security facility closed down; partners choose a new associate.

An ad exec is sued for sexual harassment by a copywriter with whom she had an affair; a client suing her contractor for earthquake damage finds answers in the Bible.

Patrick throws his weight around and crosses Becker while assisting on a civil case; and Rollins' case involves him with a model and her overprotective father.

A libel suit involves a journalist who accused a nuclear physicist of conducting radiation experiments on unwitting subjects; and a woman sues her Deadhead husband for divorce.

Patrick pulls another fast one; a rumor about Belinda troubles Becker; the owner of a show dog with a litter of mongrels sues her mutt of a neighbor.

Becker tries to hush up his client's connection to a well-placed madam; an incorrigible teen sues to be released from rehab; Eli goes through a broker to buy a car.

Becker blames Belinda's personal malice for his becoming a murder suspect; Mullaney anticipates trouble with a judge who used to date Carolyn; and McKenzie gets troubling news.

It's case closed for the Emmy-winning series with a retirement announcement from McKenzie, news that couldn't come at a worse time for Becker.

Daniel Morales joins the firm on an episode punctuated by the 1992 L.A. riots. Meanwhile, Becker's case involves a theme park's Homer Simpson character

A murder case comes back to haunt McKenzie; Markowitz returns home to new terrors; Brackman sinks into legal troubles; Becker returns from a global journey; Mullaney considers jumping ship.

Zoey looks for a change; mudslinging follows Rollins; Becker looks inward; and Brackman sees life's underbelly from behind bars.

A case of sour grapes pits sibling winemakers; Roxanne yearns for something to give life purpose; Markowitz goes on an impromptu excursion with Benny.

Becker cozies up to a studio mogul whose daughter's divorce he's handling; McKenzie takes a pro bono case involving a hearing-impaired friend accused of reverse discrimination; Roxanne thinks she's found Mr. Right; Brackman begins his memoirs.

Kelsey fights for a man's right to choose in an injunction against his ex-wife to stop her from using their frozen embryos; Gwen believes someone is stalking her; a gun-toting Markowitz shares a secret with Benny.

The lawyers welcome associate Melina Paros ; Markowitz goes off the deep end while helping Benny; Becker accepts an intricate assignment from Flicker; and Brackman teams with an unlikely partner.

Paros hopes to prove child abuse in a case for the attorney general's office; Becker heads out of town---at knife point; Roxanne and Mullaney share a special gift at Christmas.

A couple whose daughter was murdered try to block the prison release of her killer; Flicker skates on thin ice with Becker; Brackman tries to revitalize his sex life.

The trial of a sexual-bondage dominatrix has ramifications for the firm and World Wide Studios; Rollins defends the right to free artistic expression of a sculptor whose work incited civil unrest.

Markowitz stands up to his attackers; Gwen is jarred by nightmares about Morales's late wife; a topless-club owner faces charges of violating a city decency clause; and a shrewd new admirer goes after Becker.

A man fights to have his girlfriend kept on life support so his unborn child can reach full term; Morales is left holding a smoking gun; Mullaney's hard-drinking father pays an unexpected visit; Markowitz's case is settled.

A widow charges a news photographer with encouraging her late husband's suicide; Mullaney maintains a vigil by his father's hospital bed; and authorities are summoned to locate baby Lucy.

McKenzie pursues a witness who could re-open Osgood's case; a murder-for-hire case involves Paros with a family friend; star-crossed lovers cross literary swords in the courtroom.

Becker takes on a boxer's wife as a client; Kelsey's client boasts of Clinton Administration connections; and Morales defends a man on trial for murdering his daughter's rapist.

A client with tax problems refuses to deal with the IRS unless she gets some respect; and a gay defendant charged with art theft claims he was entrapped by a friendly undercover cop.

Siblings get more than they bargained for in a stamp collection owned by their late father; a postal worker holds his employer responsible for the death of his wife, who was shot by a disgruntled sorter.

An Hispanic construction worker claims he was snowed by a couple who hired him; a divorcing husband rains on his wife's parade; a TV weatherman sues after being replaced by a telegenic comedian.

Descendants of a slave seek the return of their ancestor's paintings, now valuable folk art in the collection of the slave owner's great-great grandson; the results of a restaurant brawl are argued in court; and Benny encourages a mentally handicapped friend to report her rape.

A teacher cleared of molestation charges demands reinstatement by the school that fired him; a baseball fan files assault charges against a player who's tired of his heckling.

A teenage prostitute claims her boyfriend forced her to rob a man; Becker represents a country music star whose wife's career is better than his; and Gwen's teacher makes another sexual advance.

Roxanne delivers Buddy Hackett and much-needed help to Dave Meyer, who breezes back into her life with another sales pitch; Rosalie takes the stand against her rapist; Gwen prepares for the sexual-harassment case against her professor

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