The Antagonists is an American legal drama television series that aired on CBS from March 26 until May 30, 1991.
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| Genre | Legal drama |
| Created by | Daniel Pyne |
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| Composer | Michael Convertino |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Universal Television |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 26 (1991-03-26) – May 30, 1991 (1991-05-30) |
Two Los Angeles lawyers clash inside and outside of the courtroom.[1] Hal Erickson, in his book, Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008, commented: "The hour-long CBS drama series The Antagonists was a potpourri of timeworn legal-show cliches ..."[2]
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Rob Cohen | Harold Rosenthal | March 26, 1991 (1991-03-26) | |
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Belinda Bauer plays a woman arrested for drunken driving who Jack defends when police discover evidence to implicate her in a murder. 90-minute pilot episode.
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| 2 | "Silent Beef" | Unknown | Daniel Pyne | March 28, 1991 (1991-03-28) | |
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Jack Scarlett's client is a former drug dealer who murdered a man in a crowded restaurant who say it was self-defense, however Kate Ward believes otherwise and prosecutes.
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| 3 | "Full Disclosure" | Unknown | Unknown | April 4, 1991 (1991-04-04) | |
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| 4 | "Con Safos" | Unknown | Unknown | April 11, 1991 (1991-04-11) | |
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Jack Scarlett is appointed legal advisor to a man defending himself when charged for his sister's murder. Bruce Beatty and Caroline Kava guest star.
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| 5 | "Variations on a Theme" | Charles Haid | Carolyn Shelby and Christopher Ames | April 18, 1991 (1991-04-18) | |
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Kate pursues a smooth con artist (Rene Auberjonois) who may have committed a murder.
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| 6 | "Lawyers, Guns and Money" | Deborah Reinisch | Daniel Pyne | April 25, 1991 (1991-04-25) | |
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Scarlett's former mentor is arrested on drug charges.
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| 7 | "Unnatural Acts" | Unknown | Jeff Cazanov | May 2, 1991 (1991-05-02) | |
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The lover of a Latin American activist is killed in a car bombing and Kate Ward suspects it is politically motivated; however evidence leads in another direction. Endre Hules and Rosanna DeSoto guest star.
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| 8 | "State of Mind" | Unknown | Unknown | May 23, 1991 (1991-05-23) | |
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Maryann Plunkett plays a distraught woman who shoots and kills her husband and his mistress and Jack makes an emotional case for manslaughter while Kate argues for murder.
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| 9 | "Brother to Brother" | Chip Chalmers | Unknown | May 30, 1991 (1991-05-30) | |
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Jack Scarlett urges Kate Ward to assist him in unraveling a family plot in which one brother confesses to a murder for which his sibling is serving time. Philip Baker Hall guest stars.
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