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L.A. Law

★ 7.1 7K votes 1986–1994 8 seasons · 171 episodes Ended NBC
LegalCourtrooms, lawyers and the machinery of the law.This show: 10/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Corbin BernsenJill EikenberryAlan RachinsMichael TuckerRichard DysartSusan Ruttan
Written by
Steven BochcoTerry Louise Fisher
Starring
Corbin BernsenJill EikenberryAlan RachinsMichael TuckerRichard DysartSusan Ruttan
Written by
Steven BochcoTerry Louise Fisher
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0125250375500

L.A. Law Episode Ratings Heatmap

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About

"The show that made lawyers glamorous television"

L.A. Law follows the lawyers of a glossy Los Angeles firm as they juggle courtroom cases with tangled office romances and rivalries. Each episode mixes a case of the week with soapy personal drama among the partners and associates. The tone is slick and talky, closer to a prestige soap than a procedural, with sharp dialogue and a big ensemble carrying the show. It moves briskly, favors character conflict over legal nuance, and captures a very glossy, very 1980s vision of ambition, money, and morality inside a law firm.

Watch it for

the ensemble cast turning courtroom cases into sharp, soapy character drama.

Maybe skip if

you want realistic legal procedure rather than office romance and melodrama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11986
7.72K2218h 28m
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Season 21987
7.41K2016h 1m
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Season 31988
7.49451915h 10m
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Season 41989
7.81K2217h 36m
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Season 51990
7.71K2217h 35m
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Season 61991
7.19372217h 17m
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Season 71992
6.78662217h 14m
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Season 81993
6.98632217h 14m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Corbin Bernsen Arnie Becker
Jill Eikenberry Ann Kelsey
Alan Rachins Douglas Brackman, Jr.
Michael Tucker Stuart Markowitz
Richard Dysart Leland McKenzie
Susan Ruttan Roxanne Melman
Blair Underwood Jonathan Rollins
Larry Drake Benny Stulwicz
Susan Dey D.D.A. Grace Van Owen, Grace Van Owen, Judge Grace Van Owen
Jimmy Smits Victor Sifuentes

Crew

Steven Bochco
Terry Louise Fisher

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