1.  "The Candidate" - is not available

A sensational homicide case rocks Boston in the series' two-hour, sixth-season opener. The defendant is a charismatic state senator (Dylan Baker), who's charged with killing the man purported to be his wife's lover. Pretrial drama centers on the accounts of two key witnesses: the politician's intransigent spouse and his reticent teenage daughter. Later, courtroom skirmishes are interwoven with the sometimes contentious strategizing of prosecutor Helen Gamble and her associate, Alan Lowe.

2 . "Killing Time" - is not available

Two compelling actors guest star in an insightful episode with a prison backdrop. Charles S. Dutton plays convicted murderer Leonard Marshall, who's up for parole and still maintains to Eugene that he's innocent. Another plot centers on death-row inmate Walter Dawson (Steve Railsback, who played Charles Manson in the 1976 teleplay Helter Skelter). Dawson is a repentant cutthroat who accepts his fate. But that's not acceptable to Rebecca, who takes up his appeal ? and takes on his disdainful lawyer (Ron Silver). Also, there's a telling follow-up to the complex homicide case of now-jailed politico Keith Ellison (Dylan Baker).

3. "Liar's Poker" - is not available

Jimmy's heavy gambling losses oblige him to represent his agitated bookie (Jeffrey Tambor) in a thorny civil suit. Meanwhile an attempted-murder case raises questions of legal ethics.

4. "Vanished" - is not available

An unsolved kidnapping case embroils Bobby with the alleged abductor (Tom Bower), a convicted child molester; gambling fever leads Jimmy to take a big risk. Part 1 of two.

5. "Vanished, Part Two" - is not available

Conclusion. Startling revelations complicate a kidnapping case, which hinges on the testimony of a mysterious recluse (Patricia Wettig) with a secret past.

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