Season 1

Episodes • 1990

James Earl Jones
Laila Robins
Madge Sinclair
Dylan Walsh
Meagan Good
Michelle Collins
Gabriel's Fire

1. Gabriel's Fire

60 min

Gabriel Bird, unjustly imprisoned for 20 years, wins his freedom through the efforts of a beautiful female lawyer. Now she wants to hire him as an investigator for her law firm, but an embittered Bird refuses.

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To Catch a Con (1)

2. To Catch a Con (1)

60 min

Bird is ensnared in a trap set by O'Neil that uses Bird's long-lost daughter as bait. (Part 1 of 2)

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To Catch a Con (2)

3. To Catch a Con (2)

60 min

Bird finds out about his ""daughter"" and, with her help, sets a trap for the men who tried to frame him. (Part 2 of 2)

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Louis' Date

4. Louis' Date

60 min

A beautiful con artist becomes part of Bird's scheme to help Heller nab a man who cheated elderly people out of a million dollars.

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The Descent

5. The Descent

60 min

Despite Bird's suspicions, Heller becomes involved with her new client, a charming gambler who's suspected of murder.

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Money Walks

6. Money Walks

60 min

Victoria Heller defends a teenager accused of killing another boy for his trendy tennis shoes; Bird tries to locate his parents' graves.

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The Neighborhood

7. The Neighborhood

60 min

Bird takes on a neighborhood gang leader involved in criminal activities when he seeks to clear Jamil of a murder charge.

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I'm Nobody

8. I'm Nobody

60 min

Bird must prove the identity of a former singer, now a derelict who's accused of murder and refuses to speak up in his own defense.

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The Wind Rancher

9. The Wind Rancher

60 min

Bird, Josephine, and others are held hostage in Josephine's restaurant by a panicked would-be robber whose dream is to escape to a ranch in North Dakota.

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Windows

10. Windows

60 min

On a stakeout, Bird and Jamil see a mobster murdered; Heller has a night of misadventure when she heads for a costume party dressed as a hooker.

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Judgements

11. Judgements

60 min

When Victoria defends her father, Judge Norton Heller, against bribery charges, she asks Gabriel and Louis to help prove his innocence—not realizing their investigation will reveal some painful secrets about her family's past.

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'Tis the Season

12. 'Tis the Season

60 min

An appearance on Oprah Winfrey's television show leads Gabriel to a bittersweet reunion with Ellie, his ex-wife whom he has not seen in twenty years.

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The Great Waldo

13. The Great Waldo

60 min

Gabriel is a constant source of support for Josephine as she attempts to adopt a cocaine-addicted infant abandoned at her restaurant.

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First Date

14. First Date

60 min

Gabriel asks Josephine out for a dinner date, but then starts to have second thoughts about his invitation.

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Truth and Consequences

15. Truth and Consequences

60 min

Victoria Heller faces a tough trial lawyer in court, when she agrees to defend a famous football player accused of homosexuality by a sleazy tabloid magazine.

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Finger on the Trigger

16. Finger on the Trigger

60 min

A nervous client of Victoria Heller's misinterprets Gabriel Bird's actions and shoots him in the chest.

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Postcards from the Faultline

17. Postcards from the Faultline

60 min

Gabriel Bird and Louis Klein entertain customers at Josephine's Cafe with a tall tale in film noir style about a case they solved in Los Angeles.

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A Prayer for the Goldsteins

18. A Prayer for the Goldsteins

60 min

Max Goldstein, a Jewish friend of Gabriel Bird's, steals a painting from an art gallery which was originally stolen from him by the Nazis.

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One Flew Over the Bird's Nest

19. One Flew Over the Bird's Nest

60 min

Bird feigns mental illness in order to be checked into a psychiatric hospital and expose the dreadful conditions that exist there.

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Kelly Green

20. Kelly Green

60 min

Convinced of her client's guilt, Victoria Heller decides whether or not to conceal a piece of evidence that would allow him to go free.

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Birds Gotta Fly

21. Birds Gotta Fly

60 min

Gabriel Bird meets with his daughter, Celine, after a twenty-year separation.

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Belly of the Beast

22. Belly of the Beast

60 min

Bird returns to prison to question a serial killer who may be able to identify a murder-rapist stalking a college campus.

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