Gabriel's Fire
Gabriel's Fire
TV ShowEnded

Gabriel's Fire

6.8 / 10
1990
1 season
22 episodes
Drama

Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Gabriel's Fire

    12-09-199060m

    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, bu...

  • Ep 2

    2.To Catch a Con (1)

    20-09-199060m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.To Catch a Con (2)

    27-09-199060m

    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)

  • Ep 4

    4.Louis' Date

    04-10-199060m

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.The Descent

    18-10-199060m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Money Walks

    25-10-199060m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.The Neighborhood

    01-11-199060m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.I'm Nobody

    08-11-199060m

    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.

  • Ep 9

    9.The Wind Rancher

    15-11-199060m

    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.

  • Ep 10

    10.Windows

    29-11-199060m

    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.

  • Ep 11

    11.Judgements

    06-12-199060m

    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 reve...

  • Ep 12

    12.'Tis the Season

    20-12-199060m

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.The Great Waldo

    10-01-199160m

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

  • Ep 14

    14.First Date

    24-01-199160m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.Truth and Consequences

    31-01-199160m

    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.

  • Ep 16

    16.Finger on the Trigger

    14-02-199160m

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

  • Ep 17

    17.Postcards from the Faultline

    21-02-199160m

    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.

  • Ep 18

    18.A Prayer for the Goldsteins

    07-03-199160m

    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.

  • Ep 19

    19.One Flew Over the Bird's Nest

    17-04-199160m

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

  • Ep 20

    20.Kelly Green

    24-04-199160m

    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.

  • Ep 21

    21.Birds Gotta Fly

    01-05-199160m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Belly of the Beast

    06-06-199160m

    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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