Chapter Eight, Year Two

1Chapter One, Year Two

45 minOct 10, 1996

Deputy District Attorney Jimmy Wyler joins Hoffman & Associates, and for his first case he defends Sharon Rooney, who was arrested for murdering the governor of California.

2Chapter Two, Year Two

45 minOct 17, 1996

Sharon testifies she was pregnant with Governor Van Allan's child, but he made her have an abortion, while Wyler learns the governor's wife was having an affair of her own.

3Chapter Three, Year Two

45 minOct 24, 1996

As Sharon continues to insist she is guilty, Wyler feels certain that she is not, and a surprising source offers to pay for Sharon Rooney's defense.

4Chapter Four, Year Two

45 minNov 7, 1996

Wyler talks to Sharon's husband concerning her confession, then later meets basketball superstar Rickey Latrell, who fears he'll be arrested for the murder of an NBA team owner.

5Chapter Five, Year Two

45 minNov 14, 1996

Wyler learns another of the governor's affairs ended badly for the woman involved, and Latrell is called in for questioning concerning the murder of team owner Sandy Fortas.

6Chapter Six, Year Two

45 minNov 21, 1996

While Wyler uncovers more connections between the various players involved in the Van Allan murder, Rickey Latrell is arrested and charged with murder.

7Chapter Seven, Year Two

45 minDec 5, 1996

Sharon has trouble dealing with the jury's verdict, and an underworld figure already in jail promises to tell Wyler what really happened the night the governor was killed.

8Chapter Eight, Year Two

45 minDec 12, 1996Now viewing

The truth about the governor's murder is finally revealed as Mosley and Docknovich argue over who is best suited to make Rickey Latrell's bail argument.

9Chapter Nine, Year Two

45 minJan 9, 1997

While Docknovich and Mosley clash over jury selection for the Latrell case, an agent eager to represent Latrell implies that his current agent has been stealing from clients.

10Chapter Ten, Year Two

45 minJan 16, 1997

Witnesses in the Latrell case portray Rickey as a desperate and possessive man, but later it is Rickey himself who offers up the most damning statement.

11Chapter Eleven, Year Two

45 minJan 23, 1997

The defense brings forth witnesses attesting to Fortas' disregard for others and then has Rickey testify about how Fortas was blackmailing Rickey's wife.

12Chapter Twelve, Year Two

45 minJan 23, 1997

Rickey goes into hiding after a witness testifies that Rickey said he was going to kill Fortas because he was tired of being threatened over gambling debts.

13Chapter Thirteen, Year Two

45 minMay 25, 1997

Wyler defends a serial killer who targeted ex-cons convicted of vicious crimes, and the firm receives bids from Hollywood producers vying for the movie rights.

14Chapter Fourteen, Year Two

45 minMay 25, 1997

Jury selection for the Banks' trial proves difficult as many of the jurors interviewed feel Banks is a hero for killing murderers who received light sentences for their horrific crimes.

15Chapter Fifteen, Year Two

45 minMay 26, 1997

Wyler's attempts to protect his client fail after Banks gets permission from the judge to testify on his own behalf and then angrily tells Wyler "You are now at the top of my list."

16Chapter Sixteen, Year Two

45 minMay 26, 1997

While Grasso calls forth witnesses who believed Banks' final victim was innocent, Wyler begins to worry whether his client will kill again if he is found innocent and released.

17Chapter Seventeen, Year Two

45 minMay 29, 1997

Banks is released, and as the firm tries to help him, one of their own is shot; Wyler defends a young man accused of killing his 83-year-old girlfriend.

18Chapter Eighteen, Year Two

45 minMay 29, 1997

Wyler learns murder is often a family affair after a man claims to know who really murdered Tommy Banks and then Mary Beth's killer confesses.