Murder One (TV series) - Wikipedia. Murder One is an American legal drama television series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.
Like many of Bochco's previous series, Murder One was produced in association with 2. Century Fox Television. Sometime after the conclusion of Murder One Bochco ended his longtime relationship with Fox and moved his production company over to Paramount, making Murder One his last production with Fox for over a decade. In 1. 99. 7, TV Guide ranked the first episode, . Backed by a cadre of young associates, Hoffman was a gruff, masterful criminal lawyer who zealously represented his clients in high- profile cases. Patricia Clarkson played his wife, Annie.
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Somewhat unusually for a television drama of its time, the first season of the series revolved around a single high- profile criminal case. Stanley Tucci played Richard Cross, a charming but morally ambiguous philanthropist and the first man arrested for the murder of Jessica Costello.
Created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson. With Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden, J.C. MacKenzie, Barbara Bosson. Theodore Hoffman is a prominent.
Bobbie Phillips played Julie Costello, the murder victim's sister and the girlfriend of Richard Cross. For the duration of season one, Hoffman defended Neil Avedon (Jason Gedrick), a young Hollywood star accused of the murder of fifteen- year- old Jessica Costello. During the first part of the season, Hoffman's associates also handled smaller cases which were usually wrapped up within one episode. While there were many plot twists and misdirections, fundamentally the entire season consisted of one defense case for Hoffman & Associates. In the second season, Benzali was replaced by Anthony La. Paglia as Jimmy Wyler, a former assistant district attorney who took over Hoffman's firm. The second season also featured this type of seriality, to a limited extent: three unrelated trials, over 1.
The serial nature of the drama may have been problematic, leaving viewers who either missed episodes or did not see the series from its premiere at a loss. As a result, from about half way through the first season, an increasingly detailed . Following somewhat disappointing ratings, ABC and Bochco revamped the show significantly for the 1. Gone were Benzali and his character as well as many of the show's former regulars including Clarkson, Gedrick, Tucci and Dylan Baker (who played police detective Arthur Polson). The second season of the show was far less successful than the first. The original concept of the series surrounding a James Bond- like defense attorney could not be salvaged with a replacement lead . Other cast members brought in for the second season included D.
Woodside and Jack Kehler. ABC did broadcast all the episodes filmed, and the plot was prematurely wrapped up in the final episode. ABC ordered the final six episodes air as a three- night mini- series in the spring of 1. But, as the hopes for series renewal diminished, the three- night mini- series was rescheduled for the less- viewed Memorial Day weekend. The series was dropped at the end of the '9. The first season of Murder One has aired several times on cable networks such as A& E and Court TV in the United States. Neil ignores his advice, and Ted instructs his office to no longer take Neil's calls.
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A media explosion occurs with the murder of 1. Jessica Costello, who is found raped, tied up, and strangled in her apartment.
Jessica was promiscuous with many powerful men in Hollywood, making them suspects and the case a media frenzy. One of these men, multi- millionaire Richard Cross, whose mistress Julie Costello is Jessica's older sister, is arrested after the police have a security video of Richard in the building at the time of the murder. Ted is hired and quickly has the charges against Richard dismissed for lack of evidence. The next suspect is Neil Avedon who begs Ted to defend him.
The state has a vast amount of evidence against him: Neil's fingerprints were found all over the crime scene; his DNA was found inside Jessica; he was known for indulging in sadomachistic sex and strangling his lovers; and he allegedly confessed to his psychiatrist Graham Lester that he killed Jessica. Neil admits to making love to Jessica around the time of the murder but denies killing her or confessing to it. Knowing that this will be the next trial of the century Ted takes the case and puts the young attorney Chris Docknovich as second chair.
From the beginning Ted finds Richard is interfering with the case. He sends Neil to the psychiatrist Graham Lester to supply drugs. Ted and Chris get Neil into a drug rehabilitation center so he can remain sober for the first time in a long time. Ted's private detective Davey Blalock has a stunning revelation. A criminal friend is brokering a videotape said to prove Neil's innocence.
Davey calls and confirms its authenticity and Ted authorizes the purchase at an enormous price. However, the next day Davey and his friend are found murdered in a motel room with an empty VCR. Ted suspects the video implicated Richard who then hired a professional assassin to retrieve the tape. The focal point of the trial becomes Neil's alleged confession to Dr. Ted pokes holes in Lester's story.
A nurse did not note the confession phone in her logbook which she lost because she spilled coffee on it. Ted finds that the nurse's brother has AIDS and is undergoing expensive experimental treatment paid for by Richard. Lester takes the stand he refuses to testify citing doctor- patient privilege. When the judge tells him this does not apply he still refuses and is jailed.
This victory for the defense turns out to be a ruse because a week later Dr. Lester agrees to testify. His earlier protection of Neil makes his testimony all the more damning.
For the defense Ted must discredit Dr. Their star witness is Julie Costello, who has turned against her boyfriend Richard. She believes that Richard killed Jessica and will testify about how Dr.
Lester would drug and rape her and other patients. When Julie is called to the stand the very next day Ted is stunned that Julie has completely reversed her story. When Ted asks her if she's had any contact with Richard she asks the judge, . Ted next introduces Jessica's diary into evidence which graphically chronicled her sexual liaisons with hundreds of Hollywood's leading men. Ted suggests many other possible suspects.
One of these is film producer Gary Blondo. Reluctant to testify about sex with 1. Jessica, Gary's lawyers insist that he cannot testify because he is gravely ill in the hospital. When Ted shows photos of Gary drinking champagne and partying in the hospital the outraged judge orders Gary to testify immediately. Still playing sick, Gary's lawyers bring him into court in a wheelchair.
When Ted confronts him about sex with Jessica, Gary denies it. As Gary is wheeled out of the courtroom, Ted says to Chris, . But on cross- examination he admits he was too high that night to even know if he did or didn't kill Jessica. The jury convicts Neil of Jessica's murder. The prosecutor Miriam Grasso insists that Neil's bail be revoked and that he not be shown any celebrity treatment and be put into the prison's general population. Although Ted vows to appeal, the judge gives a lengthy speech on her disgust with Neil for his brutal crime and how in the face of . Neil is taken away in chains crying.
The next day Neil's fears are realized as his becomes the celebrity target in a hardened prison. Knowing Neil can't survive in prison any longer, Ted makes one last desperate plea to Richard and Julie to come clean with what really happened that night. Ted discovers that Richard is dying of AIDS and would videotape Jessica having sex. Richard agrees to testify and authenticate the sought after videotape showing Richard's drug lord friend Roberto Portalegre murdering Jessica. It is also revealed that Portalegre sent the assassin to kill Dave Blalock when the video tape exposing Richard's alibi surfaced.
He also had Holly Gerges, who was an obsessed fan of Neil's, killed whilst in police custody and was behind the kidnapping of Ted's daughter, Elizabeth. Neil is vindicated and Portalegre is subsequently arrested for the murder of Jessica Costello. Portalegre offers to pay Ted 2. Ted declines his offer and later leaves his law practice in the hopes of reconciling with his wife. Portalegre is convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. Lester is convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice and sentenced to ten years in prison.
Richard dies nine days after taking the witness stand. The Angry Lone Nut (Season 2). He confronts District Attorney Roger Garfield who is running for governor of California. Garfield tells Jimmy that when he's governor they won't have to work together anymore. At the office Jimmy learns that the killer was caught fleeing the scene.
Sharon Rooney, one of Van Allan's many mistresses was a woman scorned who used her roommate's pistol to kill the two. With overwhelming evidence the police and district attorney have no doubt she's guilty. Jimmy visits Sharon in her holding cell. She is exactly the emotional wreck the police described. Angry about his denied promotion, Jimmy offers to switch sides and defend Sharon pro bono. She accepts, and confesses to Jimmy that she is indeed guilty as charged.
Jimmy next visits Hoffman and Associates. Without Hoffman, the associates are barely able to keep the firm up and running. Jimmy asks for their help on the case assuring them that after he wins the trial of the century the business will boom. Wyler and Associates is born.
Jimmy assigns Justine Appleton as second chair because she is a woman approximately the same age as Sharon. The prosecuting assistant district attorney Miriam Grasso lays out the strongest case possible. Sharon left her husband to become Van Allan's mistress. When Sharon became pregnant Van Allan forced her to have an abortion. After the abortion Sharon became mentally unstable and Van Allan ended the affair.