The BEST episodes of L.A. Law season 5

Every episode of L.A. Law season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of L.A. Law season 5!

On this critically acclaimed drama about a top Los Angeles law firm, some of the best battles take place outside of the courtroom. In the bedroom, in the courtroom, or at McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak's staff meetings, the firm's ambitious, competitive attorneys confront conflict between their own desires, their obligations as attorneys, and their principles as human beings.

Last Updated: 11/14/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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9.00
2 votes

#1 - As God Is My Co-Defendant

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/1991

Recent events lead to chaos at the firm; religion goes on trial in the case of a couple who relied on their faith to save their dying son; C.J. instructs East Bloc lawyers on trial law.

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9.00
3 votes

#2 - Pump it Up

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1991

McKenzie's social life is scrutinized; Sifuentes has misgivings about defending a client; Becker gives a golddigger a creative divorce; Kuzak clashes with Van Owen.

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8.80
5 votes

#3 - The Gods Must Be Lawyers

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/21/1991

Sifuentes is forced to play God on behalf of his brother; a headline-hunter charged with murdering her husband hunts for an attorney; Zoey takes on a rape case she's unsure she can win.

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8.57
7 votes

#4 - He's a Crowd

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/1991

Rosalind promises to help McKenzie save an account; a case of multiple personalities confounds Kuzak; Abby collaborates with C.J. to build her practice; Roxanne is subpoenaed in the case of Becker vs. Becker.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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8.50
4 votes

#5 - God Rest Ye Little Gentleman

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/13/1990

A disfigured doctor charges a clinic with discrimination; Benny anticipates the holidays with his new roommate; Van Owen defends a former colleague.

Directors: Tom Moore
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8.29
7 votes

#6 - The Bitch Is Back

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/18/1990

The shadow of Rosalind Shays again darkens the door of the firm when she sues them for discrimination, while another lawsuit escalates racial tensions.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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8.14
7 votes

#7 - Good to the Last Drop

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/21/1991

Zoey scoffs at the legal system when a child-killer goes free; a delinquent taxpayer protests Government spending; Rosalind steps in to help McKenzie with yet another case.

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8.00
6 votes

#8 - The Beverly Hills Hangers

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/14/1991

Lawyers stand ready to assist Mullaney and Kuzak, who are defending Rikki Davis on murder charges; McKenzie gets a surprise proposal as he faces his birthday.

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7.25
4 votes

#9 - Since I Fell For You

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1991

An AIDS-stricken attorney fights an insurance company's refusal to pay for an experimental treatment; Kelsey's admission concerning a murder case could jeopardize her standing with the bar; and a new partner is named.

Directors: Win Phelps
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7.20
5 votes

#10 - Happy Trails

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/1990

Rollins feels exploited when he's asked to assist on the Chisholm case; a surprise witness testifies in Rosalind's suit; Brackman considers breaking off with sex surrogate Marilyn after one of her clients dies; Murray gets everyone's attention.

Directors: Win Phelps
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7.17
6 votes

#11 - Rest in Pieces

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/31/1991

A soldier faces a military court for disobeying orders; C.J. represents a home buyer who claims her house is haunted; ""personality differences"" affect Becker and Roxanne.

Directors: Win Phelps
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7.00
6 votes

#12 - Smoke Gets in Your Thighs

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1990

A gay-rights case proves to be emotionally trying for the parents and lover of a terminally ill man; Van Owen is taken aback by Sollers' proposition; the firm goes to court behind Benny's back over his involvement with a cult.

Directors: Richard Compton
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6.80
5 votes

#13 - Lie Harder

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1990

An unexpected witness emerges in the Chisholm case; the parents of an emotionally disturbed adopted son seek relief through the courts; Melman refuses to do personal errands for Hammond.

Directors: David Carson
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6.75
4 votes

#14 - New Kidney on the Block

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/1990

Van Owen is given another option when a hospital rejects her client for a kidney transplant; a flag-burner is beaten up by an outraged citizen; Murray and Benny double date.

Directors: Steve Robman
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6.75
4 votes

#15 - Mutinies on the Banzai

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/1991

Roxanne and Ann quietly (but gleefully)toast the death of Rosalind whome they both despised. McKenzie feels guilty about Rosalinds death but realises that she may have had it coming. Arnie also celebrates the death of Rosalind for a totally different reason, he gets a bigger office.

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6.71
7 votes

#16 - Speak, Lawyers, For Me

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1991

Staffers fear Dave Meyer will derail the firm; Brackman plays litigator in the case of a transsexual fired from a job as a model; and Mullaney weighs a coach's negligence in the death of an athlete.

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6.67
6 votes

#17 - Splatoon

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/3/1991

The wife of a brain-damaged boxer sues his promoter; Abby speaks out on TV on gun control; Sifuentes and Van Owen mull their relationship.

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6.60
5 votes

#18 - There Goes the Judge

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1991

An eccentric judge loses his grip on reality; Rollins gets caught up in his own agenda while defending a black motorist charged with evading the police; Becker grapples with his demons.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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6.50
6 votes

#19 - Dances with Sharks

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/14/1991

A jog in a white neighborhood lands Rollins in jail as a rape suspect; C.J.'s client goes before a Navajo tribal court to get her son back from his father; Brackman moves to sue a tabloid.

Directors: David Carson
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6.20
5 votes

#20 - Armand's Hammer

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/1990

Holloway takes the stand; a savvy lawyer, C.J. Lamb, gets wise to the firm's strategy in a lawsuit; a college professor claims he was publicly humiliated on a TV home-video show.

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6.00
6 votes

#21 - On the Toad Again

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1991

Kelsey and Sollers get caught up in winning a murder case involving an unstable client; a retiree finds euphoric companionship in his pet toads; a team owner objects to a singer's rendition of the national anthem.

Directors: Michael Katleman
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6.00
4 votes

#22 - Vowel Play

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1990

Douglas appears on Wheel of Fortune (daytime version) & when he's champion, he tries to ask Vanna out on a date. He wins one round with the puzzle, ""Bald Is Beautiful""!

Directors: Ed Sherin