"L.A. Law" (1986) TV series 1986-1994

Creators:

Steven Bochco
Terry Louise Fisher
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

3 October 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.

Plot Keywords:

Law | Courtroom | Los Angeles California | Bisexual | Human Relationship

Awards:

Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 36 wins & 113 nominations

Cast

Corbin Bernsen	...	Arnie Becker (171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Jill Eikenberry	...	Ann Kelsey (171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Alan Rachins	...	Douglas Brackman, Jr. (171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Michael Tucker	...	Stuart Markowitz (171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Richard Dysart	...	Leland McKenzie (171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Blair Underwood	...	Jonathan Rollins (149 episodes, 1987-1994)
Larry Drake	...	Benny Stulwicz / ... (140 episodes, 1987-1994)
Susan Ruttan	...	Roxanne Melman (138 episodes, 1986-1993)
Susan Dey	...	Grace Van Owen (126 episodes, 1986-1992)
Jimmy Smits	...	Victor Sifuentes (107 episodes, 1986-1992)
Harry Hamlin	...	Michael Kuzak (105 episodes, 1986-1991)
Michele Greene	...	Abby Perkins (105 episodes, 1986-1991)
John Spencer	...	Tommy Mullaney (83 episodes, 1990-1994)

Series Directed by
Win Phelps		(19 episodes, 1988-1994)
Elodie Keene		(18 episodes, 1990-1994)
Tom Moore		(13 episodes, 1988-1993)
Rick Wallace		(11 episodes, 1986-1993)
Mark Tinker		(6 episodes, 1993-1994)
John Pasquin		(4 episodes, 1987-1989)
Sam Weisman		(4 episodes, 1987-1989)
Gabrielle Beaumont		(4 episodes, 1988-1992)
David Carson		(4 episodes, 1989-1991)
Oz Scott		(4 episodes, 1992-1994)
Gregory Hoblit		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Sharron Miller		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Helaine Head		(3 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sandy Smolan		(3 episodes, 1989)
Rob Thompson		(3 episodes, 1989)
Steven Robman		(3 episodes, 1990-1993)
Menachem Binetski		(3 episodes, 1990-1991)
Miles Watkins		(3 episodes, 1990-1991)
Edwin Sherin		(3 episodes, 1990)
Mervin B. Dayan		(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
Paul Lazarus		(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jan Eliasberg		(2 episodes, 1986-1989)
Ben Bolt		(2 episodes, 1986-1988)
Janet Greek		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Donald Petrie		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael Zinberg		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Mimi Leder		(2 episodes, 1987)
Richard Compton		(2 episodes, 1990-1992)
Michael Fresco		(2 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Katleman		(2 episodes, 1991)
Andre R. Guttfreund		(2 episodes, 1992-1993)
Dennis Dugan		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Randy Roberts		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
James C. Hart		(2 episodes, 1993)

Series Writing credits
Steven Bochco		(171 episodes, 1986-1994)
Terry Louise Fisher		(171 episodes, 1986-1994)
David E. Kelley		(67 episodes, 1986-1992)
William M. Finkelstein		(60 episodes, 1986-1994)
Jacob Epstein		(20 episodes, 1986-1988)
Paul Manning		(20 episodes, 1992-1994)
Anne Kenney		(19 episodes, 1991-1994)
Julie Martin		(14 episodes, 1992-1994)
Alan Brennert		(13 episodes, 1991-1992)
Patricia Green		(11 episodes, 1990-1991)
Michele Gallery		(9 episodes, 1988-1989)
Judith Feldman		(7 episodes, 1990-1992)
Sarah Woodside Gallagher		(7 episodes, 1990-1992)
Judith Parker		(6 episodes, 1989)
Roger Lowenstein		(6 episodes, 1991-1994)
Carol Flint		(6 episodes, 1991-1992)
Peter Schneider		(5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Cynthia Saunders		(4 episodes, 1989-1990)
John Masius		(4 episodes, 1992)
John Tinker		(4 episodes, 1992)
Paul Haggis		(4 episodes, 1994)
Marshall Goldberg		(3 episodes, 1986)
John Hill		(3 episodes, 1990-1991)
Robert Cochran		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Christopher Keyser		(2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Barry M. Schkolnick		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Stephen Katz		(2 episodes, 1990)
Bryce Zabel		(2 episodes, 1990)
Theresa Rebeck		(2 episodes, 1992-1994)
Charles H. Eglee		(2 episodes, 1992)
Channing Gibson		(2 episodes, 1992)
Jennifer Flackett		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Josef Anderson		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Robert Breech	....	producer / supervising associate producer / ... (127 episodes, 1986-1992)
Rick Wallace	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (113 episodes, 1988-1993)
Elodie Keene	....	producer / supervising producer / ... (110 episodes, 1989-1994)
William M. Finkelstein	....	executive producer / supervising producer / ... (71 episodes, 1988-1994)
David E. Kelley	....	executive producer / supervising producer / ... (70 episodes, 1988-1991)
Steven Bochco	....	executive producer (69 episodes, 1986-1992)
James C. Hart	....	senior producer / producer (66 episodes, 1990-1993)
Christina Musrey	....	associate producer (66 episodes, 1991-1994)
Michael M. Robin	....	associate producer / producer (61 episodes, 1987-1990)
Phillip M. Goldfarb	....	coordinating producer (54 episodes, 1986-1989)
Alice West	....	coordinating producer (50 episodes, 1989-1991)
Scott Goldstein	....	producer (49 episodes, 1987-1989)
Monica Wyatt	....	associate producer (44 episodes, 1989-1991)
Denny Salvaryn	....	coordinating producer (39 episodes, 1992-1994)
Gregory Hoblit	....	co-executive producer / producer (36 episodes, 1986-1988)
Patricia Green	....	supervising producer / executive producer (36 episodes, 1990-1992)
Terry Louise Fisher	....	supervising producer (35 episodes, 1986-1988)
Alan Brennert	....	supervising producer / producer (30 episodes, 1991-1992)
Don Behrns	....	coordinating producer (27 episodes, 1991-1992)
Carol Flint	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 1991-1992)
Pamela J. Wisne	....	co-producer (22 episodes, 1992-1993)
Anne Kenney	....	co-producer (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mark Tinker	....	co-executive producer (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Michele Gallery	....	producer (19 episodes, 1988-1989)
Judith Parker	....	co-producer (15 episodes, 1988-1989)
Jonathan Pontell	....	supervising associate producer (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
John Masius	....	co-executive producer (14 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Tinker	....	co-executive producer (14 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Hill	....	producer (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ellen S. Pressman	....	producer (11 episodes, 1986)

Series Original Music by
Mike Post		(170 episodes, 1986-1994)

Series Cinematography by
David Plenn		(48 episodes, 1988-1991)
Robert Seaman		(26 episodes, 1986-1988)
Kent L. Wakeford		(14 episodes, 1987-1988)
Timothy E. Wade		(6 episodes, 1991-1993)
Richard M. Rawlings Jr.		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Film Editing by
Elodie Keene		(16 episodes, 1986-1989)
Paul Dixon		(14 episodes, 1988-1990)
Wayne Wahrman		(13 episodes, 1986-1988)
Mervin B. Dayan		(13 episodes, 1988-1990)
Quinnie Martin Jr.		(10 episodes, 1987-1989)
Jonathan Pontell		(8 episodes, 1989-1991)
Bonnie Koehler		(7 episodes, 1986-1987)
Peter Amundson		(4 episodes, 1990)
Chuck Weiss		(4 episodes, 1991-1994)
Susan Heick		(2 episodes, 1989)
Alec Smight		(2 episodes, 1991-1994)
Michael John Bateman		(unknown episodes, 1989)
Randy Roberts		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Robert Harbin		(78 episodes, 1986-1990)
Beth Hymson		(23 episodes, 1989-1994)
Ronnie Yeskel		(9 episodes, 1990-1993)

Series Production Design by
Jeffrey L. Goldstein		(59 episodes, 1986-1989)
Michael L. Mayer		(33 episodes, 1989-1994)

Series Set Decoration by
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer		(44 episodes, 1988-1990)
John Told		(13 episodes, 1986-1987)
Ira Bates		(8 episodes, 1987)
Cheryal Kearney		(5 episodes, 1986)
Richard D. Kent		(2 episodes, 1986)
Bill Harp		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Brad R. Loman		(1 episode, 1994)
Pat Welch		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Candida Conery	....	hair stylist (59 episodes, 1986-1989)
Kim Santantonio	....	hair stylist (59 episodes, 1986-1989)
Darrell McIntyre	....	makeup artist (53 episodes, 1987-1990)
Leigh Mitchell	....	makeup artist (49 episodes, 1986-1990)
Kathryn Fenton	....	makeup department head / makeup artist (44 episodes, 1992-1994)
Susan A. Cabral	....	makeup artist (25 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jane Aull	....	makeup artist (19 episodes, 1986-1987)
Don Lynch	....	hair stylist (14 episodes, 1989-1990)
Jill Rockow	....	key makeup artist / makeup artist (13 episodes, 1994)
Susan Schuler-Page	....	hair stylist (11 episodes, 1989-1990)
Allen Payne	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1987)
Webster Philips	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1986)
Rick Provenzano	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1986)
Lucia Mace	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Claudia Thompson	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Phillip M. Goldfarb	....	unit production manager (52 episodes, 1986-1989)
Skip Lusk	....	post-production supervisor (48 episodes, 1986-1989)
Alice West	....	unit production manager (30 episodes, 1989-1991)
Mark Evans	....	executive production manager (12 episodes, 1986)
Don Behrns	....	unit production manager (2 episodes, 1991)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary M. Strangis	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (36 episodes, 1986-1988)
Michael DeMeritt	....	second second assistant director (36 episodes, 1993-1994)
Robert J. Doherty	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (35 episodes, 1986-1990)
Maggie Parker	....	second assistant director (25 episodes, 1989-1990)
Alice West	....	first assistant director (23 episodes, 1986-1989)
Vince Matsudaira	....	second second assistant director / second assistant director (12 episodes, 1986-1987)
Keri L. McIntyre	....	second second assistant director / dga trainee (12 episodes, 1987-1988)
Allen DiGioia	....	first assistant director (12 episodes, 1989-1991)
Mark Hansson	....	dga trainee / second second assistant director (11 episodes, 1989-1990)
Janet Van Etten	....	second second assistant director / dga trainee (11 episodes, 1989)
Richard E. Gershman	....	second assistant director / dga trainee (11 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ricardo Méndez Matta	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Carol D. Bonnefil	....	second second assistant director (9 episodes, 1986)
Edward Crocitto	....	second second assistant director (6 episodes, 1988)
Robert Yannetti	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1990-1991)
Hilary Leach	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1988)
Sharon Mann	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1989)
Thompson O'Sullivan	....	second second assistant director (3 episodes, 1988)
Todd Grodnick	....	second second assistant director (3 episodes, 1989)
Sam Epstein	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1986)
W. Alexander Ellis	....	second second assistant director (2 episodes, 1987)
Barbara Bruno	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1988)
Louis G. Friedman	....	second second assistant director (2 episodes, 1988)
Katy Garretson	....	dga trainee (2 episodes, 1989)
Mark S. Glick	....	second second assistant director (2 episodes, 1989)
Charles H. Siegel	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1989)
Carey Dietrich	....	second second assistant director (1 episode, 1987)
Mitchell Factor	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 1987)
Evan Gilner	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)
Danny Irom	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Douglas M. Keenan	....	property master (105 episodes, 1987-1992)
Dave Shauger	....	construction coordinator / construction supervisor (72 episodes, 1986-1994)
Craig Binkley	....	property master (66 episodes, 1991-1994)
Mark Poll	....	set designer (60 episodes, 1986-1989)
Patrick Salamunovich	....	lead person (47 episodes, 1987-1990)
Robert M. Anderson	....	property master (19 episodes, 1986-1987)
Brenda Meyers-Ballard	....	lead person (18 episodes, 1986-1987)
Jason Weil	....	set designer (15 episodes, 1989-1990)
Herb Panzer	....	lead person (7 episodes, 1987)
Kirk S. Heinlen	....	property master (2 episodes, 1986)
Ivan C. Martin	....	construction supervisor (2 episodes, 1986)
Gary Oseransky	....	lead person (2 episodes, 1987)
Manny Seyssel	....	construction foreman / construction supervisor (2 episodes, 1989)

Series Sound Department
David Schneiderman	....	production sound mixer (75 episodes, 1986-1990)
Bill Dannevik	....	supervising sound editor / sound editor (75 episodes, 1989-1992)
David John West	....	sound effects editor (61 episodes, 1987-1990)
Sam Horta	....	sound editor (56 episodes, 1986-1990)
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	sound editor (47 episodes, 1986-1989)
Terrance Emerson	....	boom operator (44 episodes, 1991-1993)
Kenneth R. Burton	....	sound re-recording mixer (22 episodes, 1992-1993)
Gary Krivacek	....	sound editor (19 episodes, 1986-1987)
Bill Henderson	....	sound re-recording engineer (3 episodes, 1986-1990)
Rick Hinson	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 1993-1994)
Eileen Horta	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1986)
Petra Bach	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1988)
Norval D. Crutcher III	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes, 1989-1992)
Skip Adams	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Robert Appere	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer / foley mixer (unknown episodes)
Marty Church	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Mark R. Crookston	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Paul J. Diller	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Michael Gollom	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
William Griggs	....	supervising adr editor (unknown episodes)
Dan Hyland	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
James M. McCann	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Christopher B. Reeves	....	adr editor / dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Gary D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
John B. Schuyler	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Kevin Spears	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Les Wolf	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Brian Q. Kelley	....	effects editorial (1 episode, 1988)
Ted Allen	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Terry Jackson	....	stunt double: Corbin Bersen (8 episodes, 1990-1993)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer / stunt player (3 episodes, 1989-1992)
Mary Albee	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Buck McDancer	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jeffrey Ray Strong	....	best boy / gaffer (149 episodes, 1986-1994)
Julius Metoyer	....	chief lighting technician / gaffer (75 episodes, 1986-1990)
Bob West	....	key grip (74 episodes, 1986-1990)
Jeffrey Norvet	....	first assistant camera (44 episodes, 1989-1991)
Randall Robinson	....	camera operator (42 episodes, 1986-1988)
Jeff Greene	....	first assistant camera (41 episodes, 1986-1988)
William Mayer	....	dolly grip (41 episodes, 1986-1988)
Lee Nakahara	....	camera operator (41 episodes, 1986-1988)
Joseph Staton	....	second assistant camera (41 episodes, 1986-1988)
Chris Hood	....	second assistant camera / assistant camera (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Richard N. Hannah	....	camera operator (19 episodes, 1988-1989)
Jim Marquette	....	assistant camera (19 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ronald E. High	....	camera operator (15 episodes, 1989-1990)
David Plenn	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 1987-1988)
John C. Moulds	....	first assistant camera (13 episodes, 1986-1987)
Peter Hapke	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1988)
Douglas Bolder	....	key grip (2 episodes, 1986)
Hugo Cortina	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 1986)
John Burnett	....	second assistant camera: second unit (unknown episodes)
Tommy Klines	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Norman G. Langley	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Richard J. Lee Jr.	....	rigging set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Lee Phillips	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Geraldine Leder	....	casting assistant (31 episodes, 1987-1989)
Peggy Kennedy	....	casting assistant / casting associate (28 episodes, 1989-1994)
Paul Garnica	....	background casting (22 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shelly Levine	....	costume supervisor: men (105 episodes, 1986-1991)
Loree Parral	....	costumer: women / costume supervisor: women / ... (71 episodes, 1986-1990)
Laurel Frushour	....	set costumer (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Michelle Kurpaska	....	costumer (15 episodes, 1989-1990)
Kathleen Brodbeck	....	costumer: women (2 episodes, 1986)
Elinor Bardach	....	costume supervisor: women (unknown episodes)
Hugo Boss	....	some men's wardrobe furnished by (unknown episodes)
Molly Harris Campbell	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Eric Harrison	....	costume supervisor: men (unknown episodes)
Robert Q. Mathews	....	costume supervisor: men (unknown episodes)
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Deborah Squires	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Monica Wyatt	....	post-production coordinator / post-production assistant (43 episodes, 1987-1989)
Michael M. Robin	....	post-production coordinator (18 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael L. Sale	....	assistant editor (18 episodes, 1990-1992)
Christina Musrey	....	post-production assistant (14 episodes, 1989-1990)
Chuck Gordon	....	post-production assistant (13 episodes, 1989)
Brian Q. Kelley	....	electronic editorial (5 episodes, 1987-1989)
Steve Robin	....	post-production coordinator (4 episodes, 1986)
Michael D. Most	....	colorist (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Mark Green	....	music editor (71 episodes, 1986-1990)
John R. Harris	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1986)

Series Transportation Department
Wayne Morris	....	transportation coordinator (47 episodes, 1987-1990)
James Nordberg	....	driver (42 episodes, 1986-1988)
Gina August	....	driver (22 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Other crew
Orin Kennedy	....	location manager (151 episodes, 1987-1994)
Charles B. Rosenberg	....	technical legal advisor (60 episodes, 1986-1994)
Marilyn Fiebelkorn	....	assistant to executive producer / assistant to producer / ... (60 episodes, 1986-1989)
Marinelle Guy	....	assistant to co-executive producer / assistant to co-executive producers / ... (58 episodes, 1987-1994)
Michael Zaldivar	....	assistant to producer (45 episodes, 1988-1990)
Margaret Varian	....	script supervisor (44 episodes, 1987-1994)
Briton W. Erwin	....	production assistant (40 episodes, 1991-1993)
Kristin Bosson	....	production secretary / production coordinator (38 episodes, 1988-1990)
Jacob Epstein	....	executive story editor (37 episodes, 1986-1988)
Nancy E. Wilkerson	....	production coordinator (35 episodes, 1987-1989)
Roseann M. Bonora-Keris	....	assistant to supervising producer / assistant to executive producer (34 episodes, 1988-1990)
David E. Kelley	....	story editor / executive story editor (30 episodes, 1986-1988)
William M. Finkelstein	....	executive story editor / story editor (28 episodes, 1987-1988)
Judy Hollingsworth	....	production coordinator (21 episodes, 1986-1987)
Cindy Kunze	....	assistant to producer (14 episodes, 1989-1990)
Joyce King	....	script supervisor (11 episodes, 1988-1990)
Marshall Goldberg	....	executive script consultant (9 episodes, 1986)
H. Bud Otto	....	script supervisor (9 episodes, 1987)
Doris Chisholm	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1986)
Mimi Leder	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1986)
Pat Bentley	....	assistant location manager (5 episodes, 1989)
Steven Bochco	....	executive consultant (3 episodes, 1989-1994)
Kristin Draudt	....	choreographer (3 episodes, 1989-1990)
David Dizenfeld	....	technical advisor (2 episodes, 1986)
Paul Haggis	....	creative consultant (1 episode, 1993-1994)
Tina Albanese	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Kirk G. Carter	....	researcher (unknown episodes)
Judith Feldman	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes)
Sarah H. Fitzsimmons	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
John Michael Flynn	....	assistant: Patricia Green (unknown episodes)
Heidi Geisler	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
John E. Hensel	....	reprise editor (unknown episodes)
Anne Kenney	....	executive story consultant / story editor (unknown episodes)
M. Rutledge McCall	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Brenda Meyers-Ballard	....	production consultant (unknown episodes)
Ann Mundy	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Courtney Pakiz	....	photo double (unknown episodes)
Cynnie Troup	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Sarah Woodside Gallagher	....	executive story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (1987-1995) (2004-) (UK) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1986-1994) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Bancroft-Whitney Co.  other props furnished by
• Baumler  men's wardrobe
• California Continuing Education of the Bar  law books furnished by
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Encore Video  telecine and electronic assembly
• ITT QUME  computer peripheral equipment furnished by
• Inter Video  24 frame video playback
• International Business Machines (IBM)  computers
• Wang Laboratories  other props furnished by
• West Publishing Company  law books furnished by

Runtime:

46 min (170 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (early episodes) | Stereo (later episodes)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

In the opening title sequence, the car's "L.A. Law" license plate expiration sticker always showed the ending year for a given season (for year one it showed "87" for the 1986-1987 season).

Quotes:

Ann Kelsey: You thought you could buy me off with a few trinkets?
Stuart Markowitz: Yes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Cop Rock: Potts Don't Fail Me Now (#1.8)" (1990)

Steve Eckholdt and so many others!!

This show was so good when it premiered, several seasons later, it diminished in quality... Much of the cast contributed significantly to the success of this series, Tom Verica and Steve Eckholdt were very enlightening and auspicious factors to making "L.A. Law" popular in the latter years of the show's existence!! By then, those two were about the only stellar characters in this series!! Dialog in programs today is far more intellectual and acrimonious than it was in the past!! "L.A. Law" was the harbinger of things to come in terms of relevant and legally germane script writing which was pertinent to the authenticity of a law office in the 1980's!! The original made for T.V. movie signified a revelation in television law shows!! Candor about legal settlements, and situations involving ethics with relation to salaries and status quo behavior, became a staple to the modus operandi of L.A. Law!! The poignant jeremiads which articulated the indictments of our prevailing legal system in America, became one of "L.A. Law's" trademarks!! "L.A. Law" lasted eight seasons, only three were really excellent!! Almost everyone who knows about "L.A. Law" would agree with me, it is just that it is very difficult to comprehend why "L.A. Law" went downhill so quickly? NBC's perception of the Thursday Night slot of 10/9 central was that it was sewn up in their favor regardless of what they put in this slot!! Rationale of this nature is always a grave mistake!! There were a few highlights to the show in it's last couple of years, guys like Steve Eckholdt added to the show tremendously!! Even with his talent, he was not enough to re-establish the reputation "L.A. Law" had at one time for being one of the best shows on television!!