The Catch

Kuzak defends a rapist with lofty connections; Kelsey aids a woman denied medical benefits; Becker upsets an amicable divorce.

Kuzak experiences pangs of conscience while defending a client he considers contemptible; Kelsey makes her move on Markowitz.

Kuzak falls for an ambitious deputy district-attorney; Kelsey rejects a settlement for a personal-injury case; guest Mario Van Peebles.

Medical reports upset Kuzak's personal-injury case; Abby Perkins' 3-year-old is abducted; Markowitz lies for a tax client.

Becker's lovesick client (Bill Macy) wants a reconciliation; smitten Kuzak schemes to meet Van Owen's fiance.

Kuzak proclaims his love for Van Owen at her wedding; Becker falls for a screenwriter who wants her ex-lover's box-office profits.

Kuzak defends a TV news anchor (Barbara Bosson), fired for a candid report on breast-cancer surgery; Brackman's tenants win.

A TV news anchor (Barbara Bosson) baffles Kuzak by rejecting a generous settlement; Sifuentes bets he can win a dog-bite case.

Kelsey must find a truly poor person in order to execute a rich matron's will; Becker takes pride in his pupil, divorce attorney Abby.

Van Owen prosecutes an AIDS victim who took the life of his terminally ill lover; a polygamist shares a secret with Markowitz.

Death-penalty-opponent Kuzak defends a violent man accused of murder; Becker's divorcing parents each seek his representation.

Becker attempts to replace resigned Sifuentes with a candidate for his lawyers basketball team; Abby anticipates a reunion with her son.

A night with a divorce client puts Becker in hot water; Kuzak advises a woman whose child was killed by police not to settle.

Kuzak is jailed on contempt charges after withdrawing from a case; Kelsey vies to defend an aircraft company sued by a pilot's widow.

Brackman considers divorce; jealous Markowitz suspects Kelsey of sleeping with an aircraft executive.

McKenzie and his partners accept a lucrative offer; unprepared Abby gets burned in her first court appearance.

Becker pushes a trusting divorce client to demand a bigger settlement; Abby seeks a date for a family wedding.

Kuzak and Sifuentes vie to represent a major pharmaceutical firm; Becker tries to charm Roxanne out of demanding a raise.

Van Owen gets death threats from the man she is prosecuting; Becker lusts for a sexy secretary with a secret.

Van Owen's boss questions his wounded employee's will to prosecute; Brackman indulges himself with a new toupee.

Kuzak's client claims a famous athlete sexually assaulted her; Brackman's barking dog annoys a neighbor.

Van Owen turns to pills and alcohol after she is shot; Kelsey takes overworked Markowitz on a wilderness retreat.

Becker must complete a divorce before his client's scheduled wedding; troubled Van Owen abandons Kuzak to sort out her life.