

The Client
The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also of the same name.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
17-09-199591mDue to money problems, Reggie accepts a job with a prestigious law firm. However, she soon realizes that the firm only wanted her to help defend a congressman, Jim Addison, on a se...
- Ep 2
2.A Perfect World
17-09-199560mWhile 11-year-old Rafe Collins waits for his father, Eddie Ray, outside a public bathroom, a man gives him a suitcase to hold. The man goes into the bathroom, followed by another m...
- Ep 3
3.Them That Has ...
26-09-199560mReggie succeeds in overturning a court ruling that forced her to relinquish parental control of her children. Now she must gain visitation rights. Meanwhile, she defends a desponde...
- Ep 4
4.The Peach Orchard
10-10-199560mReggie defends an unwed pregnant African-American teenager, Zora Ward, who wants to keep her baby. However, Zora's mother, Alice Ward, is trying to get her declared incompetent so...
- Ep 5
5.Drive, He Said
17-10-199560mMomma Love enlists Reggie's help when Momma's friend Verna accepts a marriage proposal from a wealthy retiree whose daughter wants to destroy the marriage for her own financial gai...
- Ep 6
6.The Burning of Atlanta
24-10-199560mLenny, Reggie's friend from AA, double-crosses mobster Waldo Gaines by not killing (as he was ordered) a county clerk who threatened to expose a jury-tampering scheme which resulte...
- Ep 7
7.Dear Harris
31-10-199560mIn a production of ""Romeo and Juliet"" at a predominately white school, Jamal James Garrett, a black kid, plays Romeo. This aggravates racial tensions because a white girl, Leigh-...
- Ep 8
8.The Prodigal Father
07-11-199560mReggie defends a 30-year-old mentally challenged man, Harris Bingham. Harris is accused of murder when his girlfriend, Cissy, is found strangled in bed. Reggie fights to have him t...
- Ep 9
9.Child's Play
14-11-199560mReggie attempts to help a young boy, Ryan Nichols, find his father, Dewey, who was in the witness protection program, so that Dewey can donate bone marrow for the boy's severely ai...
- Ep 10
10.Happily Ever After
21-11-199560mReggie helps mobster Waldo Gaines' young son, Eric, after the boy accidentally witnesses his father murder two people whose bodies are later found on Gaines' dump site. Gaines' wif...
- Ep 11
11.The Way Things Never Were
19-12-199560mReggie defends John Euland in an acrimonious divorce case against his wife, Annalee. But it soon becomes a murder investigation due to the suspicious death of Annalee's father. Reg...
- Ep 12
12.Sympathy for the Devil
09-01-199660mDuring their investigation of a child abuse case, Clint surprises Reggie when he makes an off-the-cuff remark to her about his own childhood scars from his father. The case itself...
- Ep 13
13.Motherless Child
11-01-199660mReggie and Foltrigg again work together to put mobster Waldo Gaines in jail when they bring him to trial for the murder of two businessmen. A conviction is unlikely unless Gaines'...
- Ep 14
14.Private Lives
16-01-199660mAfter speaking negatively about gangs, Reggie's friend, Delores Mayfield, is shot and killed by a gang member. Her son, Justin, who saw his mother get killed, thinks he was the int...
- Ep 15
15.Winning
30-01-199660mReggie helps a woman she meets at a battered women's shelter who is soon after accused of and confesses to killing her husband, a respected law professor. Foltrigg, an old buddy o...
- Ep 16
16.The Morning After
06-02-199660mReggie's long-time friend, Karen, visits with her mother and her daughter, Amy, a gymnast in training for the Olympics. The visit turns into an investigation after Reggie observes...
- Ep 17
17.Damn Yankees
19-03-199660mWhen Reggie's sponsor, Gretchen, shows up at an AA meeting after roughly two years, the two are excited to see each other and agree to get together. Reggie suggests they meet afte...
- Ep 18
18.The High Ground
26-03-199660mTwo elderly sisters seek Reggie's representation on behalf of their nephew, a delusional man who believes he is living the Civil War and must defend the South's women from Yankee m...
- Ep 19
19.Past Imperfect
02-04-199660mReggie works as a public defender for extra money and questions her ethics when she defends a police officer, Joe, who she believes is guilty. Joe claims that he thought the person...
- Ep 20
20.The Good Samaritan
09-04-199660mWhen Reggie is stalked by a crazy person, she and Foltrigg repeatedly fail to stop him. As the stalker becomes more and more aggressive and threatening, Foltrigg asks Reggie to use...
- Ep 21
21.Money Talks
16-04-199660mWhen a church volunteer saves a woman from being raped, he doesn't want any publicity. After his picture is published in the newspaper, the volunteer is arrested for an accidental...
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