The Antagonists | |
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Genre | Legal drama |
Created by | Daniel Pyne |
Starring | |
Composer | Michael Convertino |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | March 26 May 30, 1991 | –
The Antagonists is an American legal drama television series that aired on CBS from March 26 until May 30, 1991.
Premise
[edit]Two Los Angeles lawyers clash inside and outside of the courtroom.[1] Hal Erickson, in his book, Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008, commented: "The hour-long CBS drama series The Antagonists was a potpourri of timeworn legal-show cliches ..."[2]
Cast
[edit]- David Andrews as Jack Scarlett
- Lauren Holly as Kate Ward
- Lisa Jane Persky as Joanie Rutledge
- Brent Jennings as ADA Marvin Thompson
- Matt Roth as Clark Munsinger
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "Pilot" | Rob Cohen | Harold Rosenthal | March 26, 1991 | |
Belinda Bauer plays a woman arrested for drunken driving who Jack defends when police discover evidence to implicate her in a murder. 90-minute pilot episode. | |||||
2 | "Silent Beef" | Unknown | Daniel Pyne | March 28, 1991 | |
Jack Scarlett's client is a former drug dealer who murdered a man in a crowded restaurant who say it was self-defense, however Kate Ward believes otherwise and prosecutes. | |||||
3 | "Full Disclosure" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 1991 | |
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4 | "Con Safos" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 1991 | |
Jack Scarlett is appointed legal advisor to a man defending himself when charged for his sister's murder. Bruce Beatty and Caroline Kava guest star. | |||||
5 | "Variations on a Theme" | Charles Haid | Carolyn Shelby and Christopher Ames | April 18, 1991 | |
Kate pursues a smooth con artist (Rene Auberjonois) who may have committed a murder. | |||||
6 | "Lawyers, Guns and Money" | Deborah Reinisch | Daniel Pyne | April 25, 1991 | |
Scarlett's former mentor is arrested on drug charges. | |||||
7 | "Unnatural Acts" | Unknown | Jeff Cazanov | May 2, 1991 | |
The lover of a Latin American activist is killed in a car bombing and Kate Ward suspects it is politically motivated; however evidence leads in another direction. Endre Hules and Rosanna DeSoto guest star. | |||||
8 | "State of Mind" | Unknown | Unknown | May 23, 1991 | |
Maryann Plunkett plays a distraught woman who shoots and kills her husband and his mistress and Jack makes an emotional case for manslaughter while Kate argues for murder. | |||||
9 | "Brother to Brother" | Chip Chalmers | Unknown | May 30, 1991 | |
Jack Scarlett urges Kate Ward to assist him in unraveling a family plot in which one brother confesses to a murder for which his sibling is serving time. Philip Baker Hall guest stars. |
References
[edit]- ^ TV Guide. "The Antagonists Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008. McFarland. p. 37. ISBN 9780786454525. Retrieved 28 September 2016.