S08E09: Rhyme and Punishment
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.
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Season 1
Pilot
S1E1 / 15 Sep 1986
Those Lips, That Eye
S1E2 / 03 Oct 1986
The House of the Rising Flan
S1E3 / 10 Oct 1986
The Princess and the Wiener King
S1E4 / 17 Oct 1986
Simian Chanted Evening
S1E5 / 24 Oct 1986
Slum Enchanted Evening
S1E6 / 31 Oct 1986
Raiders of the Lost Bark
S1E7 / 07 Nov 1986
Gibbon Take
S1E8 / 14 Nov 1986
The Venus Butterfly
S1E9 / 21 Nov 1986
Fry Me to the Moon
S1E10 / 04 Dec 1986
El Sid
S1E11 / 11 Dec 1986
Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer
S1E12 / 18 Dec 1986
Prince Kuzak in a Can
S1E13 / 08 Jan 1987
The Douglas Fur Ball
S1E14 / 15 Jan 1987
December Bribe
S1E15 / 22 Jan 1987
Beef Jerky
S1E16 / 05 Feb 1987
Becker on the Rox
S1E17 / 12 Feb 1987
Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover
S1E18 / 19 Feb 1987
The Grace of Wrath
S1E19 / 26 Feb 1987
Sparky Brackman, R.I.P.
S1E20 / 26 Mar 1987
Oy Vey! Wilderness!
S1E21 / 02 Apr 1987
Pigmalion
S1E22 / 09 Apr 1987
Season 2
The Lung Goodbye
S2E1 / 15 Oct 1987
The Wizard of Odds
S2E2 / 22 Oct 1987
Cannon of Ethics
S2E3 / 29 Oct 1987
Brackman Vasektimized
S2E4 / 05 Nov 1987
The Brothers Grimm
S2E5 / 12 Nov 1987
Auld L'Anxiety
S2E6 / 19 Nov 1987
Rohner vs. Gradinger
S2E7 / 03 Dec 1987
Goldilocks and the Three Barristers
S2E8 / 10 Dec 1987
Divorce with Extreme Prejudice
S2E9 / 17 Dec 1987
Full Marital Jacket
S2E10 / 07 Jan 1988
Gorilla My Dreams
S2E11 / 14 Jan 1988
Hand Roll Express
S2E12 / 21 Jan 1988
Beauty and Obese
S2E13 / 11 Feb 1988
Petticoat Injunction
S2E14 / 18 Feb 1988
The Bald Ones
S2E15 / 25 Feb 1988
Fetus Completus
S2E16 / 03 Mar 1988
Belle of the Bald
S2E17 / 14 Apr 1988
Open Heart Perjury
S2E18 / 21 Apr 1988
Leapin' Lizards!
S2E19 / 28 Apr 1988
Chariots of Meyer
S2E20 / 05 May 1988
Season 3
Hey, Lick Me Over
S3E1 / 03 Nov 1988
The Son Also Rises
S3E2 / 10 Nov 1988
Romancing the Drone
S3E3 / 17 Nov 1988
Sperminator
S3E4 / 01 Dec 1988
Princess and the Pee
S3E5 / 08 Dec 1988
Dummy Dearest
S3E6 / 15 Dec 1988
To Live and Diet in L.A.
S3E7 / 05 Jan 1989
I'm in the Nude for Love
S3E8 / 12 Jan 1989
Victor/Victorious
S3E9 / 19 Jan 1989
The Plane Mutiny
S3E10 / 09 Feb 1989
Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not?
S3E11 / 16 Feb 1989
The Accidental Jurist
S3E12 / 23 Feb 1989
Barstow Bound
S3E13 / 23 Mar 1989
Leave It to Geezer
S3E14 / 30 Mar 1989
The Unbearable Lightness of Boring
S3E15 / 06 Apr 1989
His Suit Is Hirsute
S3E16 / 27 Apr 1989
America the Beautiful
S3E17 / 04 May 1989
Urine Trouble Now
S3E18 / 11 May 1989
Consumed Innocent
S3E19 / 18 May 1989
Season 4
The Unsterile Cuckoo
S4E1 / 02 Nov 1989
Captain Hurt
S4E2 / 09 Nov 1989
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
S4E3 / 16 Nov 1989
The Mouse That Soared
S4E4 / 23 Nov 1989
One Rat, One Ranger
S4E5 / 30 Nov 1989
Lie Down and Deliver
S4E6 / 07 Dec 1989
Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town
S4E7 / 14 Dec 1989
The Good Human Bar
S4E8 / 04 Jan 1990
Noah's Bark
S4E9 / 11 Jan 1990
The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great
S4E10 / 18 Jan 1990
True Brit
S4E11 / 25 Jan 1990
On Your Honor
S4E12 / 08 Feb 1990
Whatever Happened to Hannah?
S4E13 / 15 Feb 1990
Ex-Wives and Videotapes
S4E14 / 22 Feb 1990
Blood, Sweat and Fears
S4E15 / 15 Mar 1990
Bounds for Glory
S4E16 / 22 Mar 1990
Justice Swerved
S4E17 / 29 Mar 1990
Watts a Matter?
S4E18 / 05 Apr 1990
Bang... Zoom... Zap
S4E19 / 26 Apr 1990
Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sued
S4E20 / 03 May 1990
Outward Bound
S4E21 / 10 May 1990
The Last Gasp
S4E22 / 17 May 1990
Season 5
The Bitch Is Back
S5E1 / 18 Oct 1990
Happy Trails
S5E2 / 25 Oct 1990
Lie Harder
S5E3 / 01 Nov 1990
Armand's Hammer
S5E4 / 08 Nov 1990
Smoke Gets in Your Thighs
S5E5 / 15 Nov 1990
Vowel Play
S5E6 / 29 Nov 1990
New Kidney on the Block
S5E7 / 06 Dec 1990
God Rest Ye Little Gentleman
S5E8 / 13 Dec 1990
Splatoon
S5E9 / 03 Jan 1991
Pump it Up
S5E10 / 10 Jan 1991
Rest in Pieces
S5E11 / 31 Jan 1991
He's a Crowd
S5E12 / 07 Feb 1991
Dances with Sharks
S5E13 / 14 Feb 1991
The Gods Must Be Lawyers
S5E14 / 21 Feb 1991
The Beverly Hills Hangers
S5E15 / 14 Mar 1991
Good to the Last Drop
S5E16 / 21 Mar 1991
Mutinies on the Banzai
S5E17 / 28 Mar 1991
As God Is My Co-Defendant
S5E18 / 04 Apr 1991
Speak, Lawyers, For Me
S5E19 / 25 Apr 1991
There Goes the Judge
S5E20 / 02 May 1991
On the Toad Again
S5E21 / 09 May 1991
Since I Fell For You
S5E22 / 16 May 1991
Season 6
Something Old, Something Nude
S6E1 / 10 Oct 1991
TV or Not TV
S6E2 / 17 Oct 1991
Do the Spike Thing
S6E3 / 31 Oct 1991
Spleen It to Me, Lucy
S6E4 / 07 Nov 1991
Monkey on My Back Lot
S6E5 / 14 Nov 1991
Badfellas
S6E6 / 21 Nov 1991
Lose the Boss
S6E7 / 12 Dec 1991
The Nut Before Christmas
S6E8 / 19 Dec 1991
Guess Who's Coming To Murder?
S6E9 / 09 Jan 1992
Back to the Suture
S6E10 / 16 Jan 1992
All About Sleaze
S6E11 / 30 Jan 1992
I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz
S6E12 / 13 Feb 1992
Steal It Again, Sam
S6E13 / 20 Feb 1992
Diet, Diet, My Darling
S6E14 / 27 Feb 1992
Great Balls Afire
S6E15 / 19 Mar 1992
From Here to Paternity
S6E16 / 26 Mar 1992
P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead
S6E17 / 16 Apr 1992
Love in Bloom
S6E18 / 23 Apr 1992
Silence of the Lambskins
S6E19 / 30 Apr 1992
Beauty and the Breast
S6E20 / 07 May 1992
Double Breasted Suit
S6E21 / 14 May 1992
Say Goodnight, Gracie
S6E22 / 21 May 1992
Season 7
L.A. Lawless
S7E1 / 22 Oct 1992
Second Time Around
S7E2 / 29 Oct 1992
Zo Long
S7E3 / 05 Nov 1992
Wine Knot
S7E4 / 12 Nov 1992
My Friend Flicker
S7E5 / 19 Nov 1992
Love on the Rox
S7E6 / 03 Dec 1992
Helter Shelter
S7E7 / 10 Dec 1992
Christmas Stalking
S7E8 / 17 Dec 1992
Odor in the Court
S7E9 / 07 Jan 1993
Spanky and the Art Gang
S7E10 / 14 Jan 1993
Bare Witness
S7E11 / 04 Feb 1993
Parent Trap
S7E12 / 11 Feb 1993
Hello and Goodbye
S7E13 / 18 Feb 1993
Where There's a Will
S7E14 / 25 Feb 1993
F.O.B.
S7E15 / 01 Apr 1993
Cold Shower
S7E16 / 08 Apr 1993
That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp
S7E17 / 15 Apr 1993
Come Rain or Come Schein
S7E18 / 22 Apr 1993
Vindaloo in the Villows
S7E19 / 29 Apr 1993
Testing, Testing, 1...2...3...4
S7E20 / 06 May 1993
Bourbon Cowboy
S7E21 / 13 May 1993
Hackett or Pack It
S7E22 / 27 May 1993
Season 8
Book of Renovation, Chapter 1
S8E1 / 07 Oct 1993
Leap of Faith
S8E2 / 14 Oct 1993
How Much Is That Bentley in the Window?
S8E3 / 21 Oct 1993
Foreign Co-Respondent
S8E4 / 28 Oct 1993
The Green, Green Grass of Home
S8E5 / 04 Nov 1993
Safe Sex
S8E6 / 11 Nov 1993
Pacific Rimshot
S8E7 / 18 Nov 1993
Eli's Gumming
S8E8 / 09 Dec 1993
Rhyme and Punishment
S8E9 / 16 Dec 1993
He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother
S8E10 / 03 Feb 1994
McKenzie, Brackman, Barnum & Bailey
S8E11 / 10 Feb 1994
Cold Cuts
S8E12 / 17 Feb 1994
Age of Insolence
S8E13 / 24 Feb 1994
God is My Co-Counsel
S8E14 / 10 Mar 1994
Three on a Patch
S8E15 / 17 Mar 1994
Whose San Andreas Fault Is it, Anyway?
S8E16 / 24 Mar 1994
Silence is Golden
S8E17 / 14 Apr 1994
Dead Issue
S8E18 / 21 Apr 1994
Tunnel of Love
S8E19 / 28 Apr 1994
How Am I Driving?
S8E20 / 05 May 1994
Whistle Stop
S8E21 / 12 May 1994
Finish Line
S8E22 / 19 May 1994
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Jill Eikenberry
Ann Kelsey
Alan Rachins
Douglas Brackman
Michael Tucker
Stuart Markowitz
Blair Underwood
Jonathan Rollins
Larry Drake
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