L.A. Law

When Arnie and Roxanne found in the office is the junior partner Norman Chaney lying dead in his desk.

Daniel Morales joins the firm on an episode punctuated by the 1992 L.A. riots. Meanwhile, Becker's case involves a theme park's Homer Simpson character

A murder case comes back to haunt McKenzie; Markowitz returns home to new terrors; Brackman sinks into legal troubles; Becker returns from a global journey; Mullaney considers jumping ship.

Zoey looks for a change; mudslinging follows Rollins; Becker looks inward; and Brackman sees life's underbelly from behind bars.

A case of sour grapes pits sibling winemakers; Roxanne yearns for something to give life purpose; Markowitz goes on an impromptu excursion with Benny.

Becker cozies up to a studio mogul whose daughter's divorce he's handling; McKenzie takes a pro bono case involving a hearing-impaired friend accused of reverse discrimination; Roxanne thinks she's found Mr. Right; Brackman begins his memoirs.

Kelsey fights for a man's right to choose in an injunction against his ex-wife to stop her from using their frozen embryos; Gwen believes someone is stalking her; a gun-toting Markowitz shares a secret with Benny.

The lawyers welcome associate Melina Paros ; Markowitz goes off the deep end while helping Benny; Becker accepts an intricate assignment from Flicker; and Brackman teams with an unlikely partner.

Paros hopes to prove child abuse in a case for the attorney general's office; Becker heads out of town---at knife point; Roxanne and Mullaney share a special gift at Christmas.

A couple whose daughter was murdered try to block the prison release of her killer; Flicker skates on thin ice with Becker; Brackman tries to revitalize his sex life.

The trial of a sexual-bondage dominatrix has ramifications for the firm and World Wide Studios; Rollins defends the right to free artistic expression of a sculptor whose work incited civil unrest.

Markowitz stands up to his attackers; Gwen is jarred by nightmares about Morales's late wife; a topless-club owner faces charges of violating a city decency clause; and a shrewd new admirer goes after Becker.

A man fights to have his girlfriend kept on life support so his unborn child can reach full term; Morales is left holding a smoking gun; Mullaney's hard-drinking father pays an unexpected visit; Markowitz's case is settled.

A widow charges a news photographer with encouraging her late husband's suicide; Mullaney maintains a vigil by his father's hospital bed; and authorities are summoned to locate baby Lucy.

McKenzie pursues a witness who could re-open Osgood's case; a murder-for-hire case involves Paros with a family friend; star-crossed lovers cross literary swords in the courtroom.

Becker takes on a boxer's wife as a client; Kelsey's client boasts of Clinton Administration connections; and Morales defends a man on trial for murdering his daughter's rapist.

A client with tax problems refuses to deal with the IRS unless she gets some respect; and a gay defendant charged with art theft claims he was entrapped by a friendly undercover cop.

Siblings get more than they bargained for in a stamp collection owned by their late father; a postal worker holds his employer responsible for the death of his wife, who was shot by a disgruntled sorter.

An Hispanic construction worker claims he was snowed by a couple who hired him; a divorcing husband rains on his wife's parade; a TV weatherman sues after being replaced by a telegenic comedian.

Descendants of a slave seek the return of their ancestor's paintings, now valuable folk art in the collection of the slave owner's great-great grandson; the results of a restaurant brawl are argued in court; and Benny encourages a mentally handicapped friend to report her rape.

A teacher cleared of molestation charges demands reinstatement by the school that fired him; a baseball fan files assault charges against a player who's tired of his heckling.

A teenage prostitute claims her boyfriend forced her to rob a man; Becker represents a country music star whose wife's career is better than his; and Gwen's teacher makes another sexual advance.

Roxanne delivers Buddy Hackett and much-needed help to Dave Meyer, who breezes back into her life with another sales pitch; Rosalie takes the stand against her rapist; Gwen prepares for the sexual-harassment case against her professor

Candidates for new associates are interviewed; and on the docket is a lawyer's sex-discrimination suit and a murder case.

A vet charges a doctor with negligence in treating his illness; a man holds a TV shopping network responsible for enticing his shopaholic wife to spend.

Eli puts Jonah on the stand; Becker longs for a Bentley; and Morales's artistic eye puts him in charge of office renovation.

McKenzie urges Eli to join the firm and his restricted men's club; a couple move to sue their travel agent for a nightmare trip; a Chinese financier faces murder charges for the death of an illegal immigrant.

Markowitz tries to arrange a surrender for a '60s radical who aided a Black Panther prison escape; pot-smoking parents sue after their daughter informs on them.

Politics complicate Rollins and Markowitz's defense of Barry and get in the way of Kelsey and Jane's defense of a right-winger charged with spying on an employee; and Becker calls in a security consultant.

Rollins and Markowitz try to turn the jury against the Government in the Ellison trial; Becker has a highway mishap; Eli fears he'll never adapt to L.A.'s fast lane.

A prostitute brings rape charges against a record executive who claims to have exotic sexual needs; an insecure student sues his voice therapist for fraud; while studying for the bar exam, Eli contends with the passions of two women.

Mamie Van Doren is a guest at the firm's Christmas party; the son of an aging comic believes his father is being exploited by a mistress; Roxanne asks Mullaney to surrender parental rights.

Mullaney's involvement with Judge Walker raises misconduct charges; Morales tries to get a reduced sentence for a confessed criminal; and a woman charges her boyfriend with sexual fraud.

A ballerina sues a dance company for breach of contract; an aging juggler accuses his protégé of stealing his act; and Benny dances around a commitment to Rosalie.

Two mountaineers face charges after resorting to cannibalism; a mathematician adds up the consequences of divorce; and Denise lands in the middle of a father-son feud.

A biological father of a 2-year-old sues for custody of his daughter; a prudish librarian claims that a caddish co-worker taunted her with vulgarities; and Rollins gives the firm an ultimatum.

Rosalie reveals that she said "I do" before; Jane's father meddles in her case involving a biology teacher fired for teaching creationism.

Rambunctious senior citizens test a testosterone patch and disrupt life at their retirement home; an inmate wants his maximum-security facility closed down; partners choose a new associate.

An ad exec is sued for sexual harassment by a copywriter with whom she had an affair; a client suing her contractor for earthquake damage finds answers in the Bible.

Patrick throws his weight around and crosses Becker while assisting on a civil case; and Rollins' case involves him with a model and her overprotective father.

A libel suit involves a journalist who accused a nuclear physicist of conducting radiation experiments on unwitting subjects; and a woman sues her Deadhead husband for divorce.

Patrick pulls another fast one; a rumor about Belinda troubles Becker; the owner of a show dog with a litter of mongrels sues her mutt of a neighbor.

Becker tries to hush up his client's connection to a well-placed madam; an incorrigible teen sues to be released from rehab; Eli goes through a broker to buy a car.

Becker blames Belinda's personal malice for his becoming a murder suspect; Mullaney anticipates trouble with a judge who used to date Carolyn; and McKenzie gets troubling news.

It's case closed for the Emmy-winning series with a retirement announcement from McKenzie, news that couldn't come at a worse time for Becker.