Karen Valentine of ‘‘Room 222" guest stars as Donna, an innocent victim who winds up accused of first-degree murder. A parolee, hoping to guarantee a good report from the psychiatrist, decides the best way to do it is to romance the doctor's daughter, Donna. She’s in the car when the parolee stops to ‘“‘buy" some liquor. He tries to hold up the store, but his plan backfires and he gets killed. Donna is held as an accessory.
A teenage girl misses the attention her swimming coach (Meredith Baxter) gave her and accuses the coach of molestation.
A study in the concept of mercy killing: a father is accused of killing his mentally disabled baby.
Teacher Janet Ferguson is found murdered and one of her students, Will Laken, is identified as the last person seen entering her home on the night of the slaying . The case takes another twist when Will reveals Owen and Brandon that he and the slain teacher had been lovers.
Owen defends a losing cause legally, but possibly a victory morally, when he defends a doctor friend in his stand against a private hospital for not admitting a dying boy.
A hardhearted doctor wants to sterilize her unwilling patient, a slightly retarded black teenager whose mother has given legal consent for the operation.
Will is an investigative reporter who goes to jail rather than reveal his source. The story: something to do with the drug death of a rock star. Susan Strasberg plays the singer who may be the source and there is a hint of romance between her and Ted, Owen's assistant. Some good points about freedom of the press here.