Wannabe
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
Episodes
1
Second Opinion 47
A woman’s death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
2
Coma 47
A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it’s discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.
3
Blue Bamboo 47
The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the “”battered-woman syndrome”” as a defense.
4
Family Values 47
After it’s determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.
5
White Rabbit 47
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.
6
Competence 47
When Lt. Van Buren is the victim of an attempted holdup by two teens, she fires her gun and kills one of them, and the detectives are faced with the fact that she shot an unarmed child in the back.
7
Precious 47
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
8
Virtue 47
McCoy uses a charge of “”larceny by extortion”” against a councilman, whose former colleague claims he demanded sex in exchange for a law-firm partnership.
9
Scoundrels 47
Among the suspects in a lawyer’s murder are a swindler, who conned a woman out of her family fortune, and the woman’s once-wealthy son.
10
House Counsel 47
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect’s attorney.
11
Guardian 47
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
12
Progeny 47
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
13
Rage 48
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of “”black rage”” in court.
14
Performance 47
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
15
Seed 47
A routine investigation into a woman’s death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
16
Wannabe 47
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
17
Act of God 47
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
18
Privileged 47
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims’ house and who had admitted to his AA group that he’s had nightmares about killings.
19
Cruel and Unusual 48
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
20
Bad Faith 47
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
