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Joe Cacaci
Beth Sullivan
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Overview
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill is an American television drama series, which aired on CBS from 1990 to 1992. The show stars Sharon Gless as Fiona Rose "Rosie" O'Neill, a lawyer working in the public defender's office for the City of Los Angeles. The show marked the return of Gless to series television after her Emmy-winning run on Cagney & Lacey. "Rosie" was produced by Cagney & Lacey producer Barney Rosenzweig, whom Gless married in 1991. Despite the show's brilliant writing and production, it did not sustain a sizable audience, and was canceled by CBS in 1992. Each episode opens with Rosie talking with her therapist, whose face was never seen on camera. Rosie had been at the receiving end of an unwanted divorce, after her attorney husband had an affair. The advertisement for the series which appeared in TV Guide the night the series debuted told the story as follows: "I'm 43 and divorced. He got our law practice, the Mercedes, and the dog. It's only fair that I should be angry. I really liked that dog." The show's cast also included Dorian Harewood, Ron Rifkin, Georgann Johnson, Lisa Rieffel, and Robert Wagner. Season 2 saw two new cast additions: Ed Asner joined the cast as the cantankerous Kovac, a retired cop hired by Rosie's law firm as one of their investigators. David Rasche was cast in a recurring dramatic role as Patrick Ginty, Rosie's ex-husband who was often referred to but never seen in the first season. Adding Asner to the regular cast squeezed out Dorian Harewood, who was billed as "Special Guest Star" in all season 2 episodes.
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Seasons
Season 1 (1990)
No overview available.
18 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Starting Over
1990-09-17Episode 2: The Rapist
1990-09-24Episode 3: So Long, Patrick
1990-10-01Rosie fights with a fragile Kim while representing a woman (Sheila Johns) who shot and killed her drug-addicted daughter. Judge Cervantes: Carmen Zapata. Maxine Clark: Kim Braden. Tristan: Wayne Pere. George: Al Pugliese. Rosie: Sharon Gless. Kim: Lisa Rieffel.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Late Night Caller
1990-10-15Episode 5: Shalom
1990-10-22Episode 6: An Act of Love
1990-10-29Rosie (Sharon Gless) comes face-to-face with her own mortality when her handling of an AIDS euthanasia case gets her thinking about her own susceptibility to the disease. David Gordon: Andrew Parks. Bridget Kane: Helen Hunt. AIDS Counselor: Christine Healy.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: When I'm 44
1990-11-05Episode 8: Rosie Gets the Blues
1990-11-19Episode 9: The Gang's All Here
1990-11-26Episode 10: Mr. Right
1990-12-03Episode 11: The Man from E.L.F.
1990-12-17Episode 12: The Man from Elf 3
1990-12-17Episode 13: Mother Love
1990-12-31Episode 14: Time Will Tell
1991-01-14Episode 15: Reunion
1991-01-28Episode 16: Conflict of Interest
1991-06-09Episode 17: Environmental Robinhood
1991-06-16Episode 18: Special Circumstances
1991-06-23Season 2 (1991)
No overview available.
16 episodes
