McKenzie gets Brackman's arrest for solicitation vacated when he's able to prove that his colleague really was ordering off the menu at a sushi bar, and not negotiating a tryst with an attractive but inexperienced undercover police officer; Melman's loyalty to Markham lands her behind bars for refusing to testify against him until a jail house visitor wises her up by breaking her heart; Van Owen accepts the offer of a lucrative partnership in an old friend's law firm; Sifuentes's bad luck streak with the women in his life extends into the courtroom when his client dooms his dreams of winning a landmark First Amendment case; Markowitz's mixed feelings about his new watch are resolved by a mugger who relieves Markowitz of his ill-gotten gain, and Kelsey of her engagement ring.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Stadiem | Writer | ||
| Robert Apisa | Guest Star | Cop #2 (Featuring) | |
| Mark Schneider | Guest Star | Eli Goldman | |
| Michael James | Guest Star | Weirdo (Featuring) | |
| Rosalind Allen | Guest Star | Officer Sandra Davis | |
| Jim Jansen | Guest Star | Geoffrey Bowers | |
| Jerry Ayres | Guest Star | Stanley Niles (Featuring) | |
| Craig Richard Nelson | Guest Star | U.S. Attorney Donald Kelly (uncredited) | |
| Fran Bennett | Guest Star | Judge Hilary Johnson | |
| Sam Behrens | Guest Star | Charles Craft | |
| Andrew Schneider | Guest Star | Andrew Emanuel | |
| Frank Schuller | Guest Star | Judge Cyril Hodges (Co-Starring) | |
| Hildy Brooks | Guest Star | Sarah Kerwin | |
| Yosh Moriwaki | Guest Star | Sushi Chef #2 (Featuring) | |
| Stephen Day | Guest Star | Cop #1 (Featuring) | |
| Peter Kevoian | Guest Star | D.A. Jim Aoli | |
| Marcus K. Mukai | Guest Star | Sushi Chef #1 (Featuring) | |
| Todd Jeffries | Guest Star | City Attorney Larry Martin (Co-Starring) | |
| Charles Frank | Guest Star | Jimmy Markham | |
| Andrew Magarian | Guest Star | Passenger (Featuring) | |
| Cristine Rose | Guest Star | Gay Halloran (Co-Starring) | |
| Conchata Ferrell | Guest Star | Lorna Landsberg | |
| Charley Lang | Guest Star | Robert Alden (Co-Starring) | |
| Steven Bochco | Executive Producer | ||
| Kim Friedman | Director | ||
| Terry Louise Fisher | Creator | ||
| Steven Bochco | Creator | ||
| Harry Hamlin | Actor | Michael Kuzak | |
| Michael Tucker | Actor | Stuart Markowitz | |
| Jill Eikenberry | Actor | Ann Kelsey | |
| Susan Ruttan | Actor | Roxanne Melman | |
| Alan Rachins | Actor | Douglas Brackman, Jr. | |
| Corbin Bernsen | Actor | Arnie Becker | |
| Blair Underwood | Actor | Jonathan Rollins | |
| Michele Greene | Actor | Abby Perkins | |
| Richard Dysart | Actor | Leland McKenzie | |
| Susan Dey | Actor | Grace Van Owen | |
| Jimmy Smits | Actor | Victor Sifuentes | |
| Bruce Kirby | Actor | D.A. Bruce Rogoff |