i will always remember this episode because twenty years ago i was homeless and living in the marylander hotel in baltimore.i loved this episode because of the vanessa bell character, delia. i loved when she asks the powers that be...***what is the life of one black boy worth***that question has yet to be answered. i guess it mirrors real life, but on crime dramas black life always seems to be cheap.i liked this series, but by the second season it had missed a beat for me. still, it's hard not to love joe morton. he really is everyman. he is so believable and honest and sincere. i saw him in an episode of the x-files where he was regressing back in time during the night his wife was murdered and he was just so affecting and moving.joe morton really came up through the ranks. i remember him on a pbs series from the early 80's called watch your mouth.speaking of coming up through the ranks, it is something to see sarah jessica parker as a fresh-faced ingenue. i remember her in square pegs on cbs before she got the dye job and began to spruce up her plain jane looks. sarah jessica partner is the apotheosis of determination. she has convinced the world that she is a sex symbol. just goes to show you how far a little dolce vita will carry you.james wilder. always thought he was an arrogant sexy s.o.b. he later married kirstie alley. debrah farentino. i remember her from the cbs soap capitol. her career is kind of spotty. this was supposed to be her breakout role, but she was having problems in her private life with her husband james farentino who for decades was married to knots landing star michelle lee.this series could have used a recurring african american female, but i guess the producers made it clear that wasn't what they wanted when they had the vanessa bell character, delia murdered in cold blood. that broke my heart. i wept with joe morton when i saw that. i love delia's character because she dared to speak about the racism that runs rampant in the judicial system. sadly, twenty years later it's not much different. people are still shabbily trying to measure the what the life of one black boy is worth.

Wow!! 1990!! I remeber this show several years ago but 18!!!??? So SJP must have been like 23!!! I also always liked Joe Morton (Eureka, T2, B. From Another Planet), he is a very competant actor. And, please correct me if I'm wrong but did Matthew Wilder have a hit the mid 1980's "Break my Stride" ("Ai'nt nothin' gonna breaka my stride"-a horrible horrible song). Anywho, this was a quality legal show that competed w/ LA Law. Too bad it didn't last. Sarah was so cute here!!!