L.A. Law; The Movie
(2002) is a television movie which reunited most of the original cast of the
1986-1994 television drama L.A. Law. Prominent cast members who did not
return include Blair Underwood (Jonathan Rollins), Jimmy Smits (Victor
Sifuentes), Amanda Donohoe (C.J. Lamb) and John Spencer (Tommy Mullaney).
The
movie's initial working title was L.A. Law: Return To Justice. The
movie first aired on May 12, 2002 on NBC.
Summery
In
the eight years since the series ended, founding senior partner Leland McKenzie
has retired and left Douglas Brackman Jr. as the senior managing partner. New
employees to the firm are Brackman's over-achieving son, Jason, who's at odds
with his father, and ambitious, conniving associate Chloe Carpenter, who's at
odds with others. Former partner Michael Kuzak, now retired and a successful
restaurant owner, is called back to help stop the impending execution of a
former client. The opposing counsel is Kuzak's old flame Grace Van Owen, who
had since been elected District Attorney. Meanwhile, divorce lawyer Arnie
Becker deals with a really tough divorce: his own. Arnie's estranged young wife
has hired former McKenzie Brackman lawyer Abby Perkins. Office manager Roxanne
Melman deals with her ex-husband, Dave Meyer, who claims that he's dying and
wants to spend some quality time with her. Also, married partners Ann Kelsey and
Stuart Markowitz find themselves the victims of a scam artist.
Cast:
Jill
Eikenberry - Ann Kelsey
Michael
Tucker - Stuart Markowitz
Corbin
Bernsen - Arnie Becker
Susan
Dey - D.A. Grace Van Owen
Harry
Hamlin - Michael Kuzak
Alan
Rachins - Douglas P. Brackman Jr.
Susan
Ruttan - Roxanne Melman
Josie
Davis - Chloe Carpenter
Larry
Drake - Benny Stulwicz
Richard
Dysart - Leland McKenzie
Michele
Greene - Abigail 'Abby' Perkins
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