Becker begins the day dealing with some irate clients and finds himself at the wrong end of a gun; Melman discovers a dead partner; Kuzak finds a creative way to see that justice is done when he defends an unsavory client accused of rape and assault on a terminally ill woman; Brackman challenges Kelsey about taking on an insurance case; the firm takes on a new associate; a Chaney eulogy takes a shocking turn; Becker opens the eyes of a woman who mistakenly thinks she has a good divorce settlement; Perkins's marital problems become public knowledge; Kuzak encounters a judge who takes traffic violations seriously; Kelsey propositions Markowitz.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Louise Fisher | Writer | ||
| Steven Bochco | Writer | ||
| Terry Louise Fisher | Producer | Supervising Producer | |
| Gregory Hoblit | Producer | ||
| Tom O'Brien | Guest Star | Justin Pregerson | |
| Barry Dennen | Guest Star | Clerk #2 | |
| Dan Chambers | Guest Star | Dick Hobart | |
| Cec Verrell | Guest Star | Angela Sipriano | |
| Jack Wells | Guest Star | Martin Garver | |
| Loren Janes | Guest Star | Norman Chaney | |
| Tony DiBenedetto | Guest Star | Detective Duquette | |
| Shannon Wilcox | Guest Star | Lynda Graham | |
| John McCook | Guest Star | Barry Graham | |
| Juanin Clay | Guest Star | Judge Alice Ratakowsky | |
| Mimi Cagnetta | Guest Star | Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Ellen Blake | Guest Star | Elizabeth Brand | |
| Anna Maria Poon | Guest Star | D.A. Marilyn Dart | |
| Martha Longley | Guest Star | April | |
| Robert Darnell | Guest Star | Coroner | |
| Tony Soper | Guest Star | Bruce Pollack | |
| Patrick Cronin | Guest Star | Lester Mestman | |
| Robert Covarrubias | Guest Star | Carlos Hermosillo | |
| H. Richard Greene | Guest Star | Mitchell Glazer | |
| Jean-Paul Vignon | Guest Star | Waiter | |
| Alfre Woodard | Guest Star | Adrienne Moore | |
| Felton Perry | Guest Star | Detective Lester Tuttle | |
| Gary Werntz | Guest Star | Sam | |
| Cynthia Harris | Guest Star | Iris Hubbard | |
| Boyd Gaines | Guest Star | Jim Perkins | |
| Josh Cruze | Guest Star | Emanuel Garcia | |
| Megan Gallagher | Guest Star | Leslie Aaron | |
| Jerry Hardin | Guest Star | D.A. Malcolm Gold | |
| Robert Knepper | Guest Star | George "Georgia" Buckner | |
| Mario Van Peebles | Guest Star | Andrew Taylor | |
| Joe Pantoliano | Guest Star | Ralph Cavanaugh | |
| Phyllis Applegate | Guest Star | Clerk #1 | |
| Annie Abbott | Guest Star | Nita | |
| Sarah Abrell | Guest Star | Lisa Weston | |
| Don Swayze | Guest Star | William Dollar | |
| Patricia Huston | Guest Star | Hilda Brunschwager | |
| Clarence Felder | Guest Star | Sgt. McKlosky | |
| James Sikking | Guest Star | Party Guest (uncredited) | |
| Mark La Mura | Guest Star | Nick Klein | |
| Steven Bochco | Executive Producer | ||
| Gregory Hoblit | Director | ||
| Reynaldo Villalobos | Crew | Director of Photography | |
| Joe Ann Fogle | Crew | Editor | |
| Ray Daniels | Crew | Editor | |
| Mike Post | Crew | Music | |
| Terry Louise Fisher | Creator | ||
| Steven Bochco | Creator | ||
| Susan Ruttan | Actor | Roxanne Melman | |
| Bernie Hern | Actor | Judge Sidney Schroeder | |
| Michele Greene | Actor | Abby Perkins | |
| Jill Eikenberry | Actor | Ann Kelsey | |
| Corbin Bernsen | Actor | Arnie Becker | |
| Michael Tucker | Actor | Stuart Markowitz | |
| Alan Rachins | Actor | Douglas Brackman, Jr. | |
| Richard Dysart | Actor | Leland McKenzie | |
| Jimmy Smits | Actor | Victor Sifuentes | |
| John Hancock | Actor | Judge Richard Armand | |
| Harry Hamlin | Actor | Michael Kuzak |