A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
Bachelor Mayor Sam Booth is challenged by a pro-development candidate in an election that's murder, especially for a woman who shows up claiming Sam fathered her five children.
Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score for the last film, which won an Oscar.
Matlock reluctantly sniffs around when his dying friend's wish is for Matlock to find out which one of their hunting buddies committed a 35-year-old murder.
Matlock decks the halls of justice, defending the Scrooge-like owner of a toy store accused of killing his business partner after firing the Santa he hired.
Claire Darrow, a lawyer, fights for what's right, regardless of whether it makes her a dime. Joanna, Claire's estranged mother and a lawyer as well, would rather make a profit. They clash on nearly everything.
Claire finds herself defending a woman already convicted of murder, while Miles questions his role as prosecuting attorney and helps her on the case. Stars Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Tom Cavanagh, Wendie Malick.
Jessica narrates her newest novel about a bumbling private eye and his girlfriend inadvertently solving a murder by trying to cash in on a dead relative's will.
The son of a factory worker, who struggles to make ends meet, is charged with murdering their lecherous landlord, who had made life difficult for them.
