About this season
Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit. The saga of Shannon, who leaves a prestigious law firm after years of becoming unhappy with the legal system and being forced to take his clients to court, and whom subsequently opens his own low-rent practice
Episodes (8)
1. The Bad Beat
Aired 23 March 1991
Shannon is tempted by his old gambling demons when he volunteers to investigated a girlfriend's gambling ex-husband.
2. Greed
Aired 9 April 1991
Cash-poor Jack joins a corporate law firm, neglecting two old men being evicted from his building.
3. Strangers in the Night (1) [a.k.a. Wrongful Death]
Aired 16 April 1991
Shannon files a wrongful-death suit after a shootout in which two cops kill a store owner and nearly Lucy as well.
4. Strangers in the Night (2)
Aired 16 April 1991
5. First Amendment
Aired 23 April 1991
A loud, Arab-baiting TV personality is charged with inciting a young man to kill a Syrian store owner.
6. The Inside Man
Aired 30 April 1991
Representing a farm worker burned by illegal chemicals, Shannon discovers his corporate law past is a root cause of the accident.
7. Matrimony
Aired 14 May 1991
Shannon dates a prosecutor, and help a pal's cheating wife, who had a hit-and-run accident after a tryst.
8. Trouble
Aired 21 May 1991
Neala's rich, troubled pal is unwillingly committed to a mental hospital by her dad, Shannon's old enemy.