22 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.
Air date: 1991-09-17 · 60 min
Logan forces a confession at gunpoint from the man suspected of murdering Max Greevey and, in the process, endangers Stone's prosecution. Logan is also introduced to his new partner, Phil Cerreta (Paul Sorvino), while he speaks to a counselor, Dr. Elizabeth Olivet (Carolyn McCormick).
Open episode 1 ↗Air date: 1991-09-24 · 60 min
A double homicide of an older man and his younger lover casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the murdered man's son holding the key to the mystery.
Open episode 2 ↗Air date: 1991-10-01 · 60 min
A lethal drug overdose of a young actress leads the detectives to an aggressive stage mother and a pornographic movie producer.
Open episode 3 ↗Air date: 1991-10-08 · 60 min
A victim's stabbing death in front of a coffee shop leads to one vagrant testifying against another. But the conviction is threatened twice based on the lack of a search warrant for a suspect's home - first an SRO hotel room and second a lean-to in the park.
Open episode 4 ↗Air date: 1991-10-22 · 60 min
A couple, whose religious beliefs forbids medical treatment, is on trial for letting their daughter die of strep throat infection. Stone's prosecution hinges on whether either or both of the parents wanted to call for medical help. The investigation uncovers two other pertinent facts: 1. the night of the girl's death, the mother was drinking (also against the couple's religious beliefs), and 2. the couple had another child that died under similar circumstances.
Open episode 5 ↗Air date: 1991-10-29 · 60 min
The mugging of a pregnant legal secretary leads to a charge against her employer of assault, which is upgraded to murder when the baby dies. Time span confirmation of the baby's conception and the employer-secretary affair eliminates the employer as a suspect. Suspicion shifts to the secretary and her boyfriend (a disbarred lawyer) when a wiretap reveals that the couple intended, first, to have the employer held criminally responsible for the baby's murder and, second, to sue the employer for wrongful death. Initially, the primary issue appears to be the fetus age at which a murder charge can be leveled. The primary issue proves to be two-fold; 1. whether the suspects can be held accountable for knowing both the law and its meaning, and 2. even if the suspects cannot legally be convicted of the baby's murder, whether they can be convicted of a lesser crime, i.e. attempted murder.
Open episode 6 ↗Air date: 1991-11-05 · 60 min
The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a young boy who disappeared thirty-one years earlier during the 1960 presidential campaign. The discovery revives a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in a childhood friend and neighbor-and the suspect's daughter.
Open episode 7 ↗Air date: 1991-11-12 · 60 min
The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Halloween party, but when her own testimony can't be supported by the evidence, it becomes hard to prove rape.
Open episode 8 ↗Air date: 1991-11-19 · 60 min
When a gambler is killed, the hit-and-run investigation leads to the discovery of a schoolteacher carrying on an affair with one of her students. Cerreta and Logan suspect that she may have manipulated him into killing her husband.
Open episode 9 ↗Air date: 1991-11-26 · 60 min
The investigation into an illegal social club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
Open episode 10 ↗Air date: 1991-12-10 · 60 min
The discovery of a frozen corpse in a dumpster leads to rival Broadway producers.
Open episode 11 ↗Air date: 1992-01-07 · 60 min
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap opera actress who is the center of his life.
Open episode 12 ↗Air date: 1992-01-14 · 60 min
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
Open episode 13 ↗Air date: 1992-02-04 · 60 min
An apparent mugging ends in the death of a wealthy woman but the case comes to hang on a silver pin that may have been in the victim's possession.
Open episode 14 ↗Air date: 1992-02-11 · 60 min
Stone is determined to see that a teenage boy doesn't get away with murder twice when the young man is brought to trial for the shooting death of one of his friends.
Open episode 15 ↗Air date: 1992-02-18 · 60 min
The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
Open episode 16 ↗Air date: 1992-03-03 · 60 min
Cerreta and Logan investigate the accusation that a nun in charge of a shelter for teens molested a young addict.
Open episode 17 ↗Air date: 1992-03-31 · 60 min
The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
Open episode 18 ↗Air date: 1992-04-07 · 60 min
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals. First appearance of Leslie Hendrix as Assistant Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers.
Open episode 19 ↗Air date: 1992-04-14 · 60 min
When a Chinese-American honors student is killed, the investigation uncovers a racist mother whose son was competing with the victim for the same scholarship.
Open episode 20 ↗Air date: 1992-04-28 · 60 min
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
Open episode 21 ↗Air date: 1992-05-14 · 60 min
The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker, a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.
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