Stan Shaw
The Mississippi (1983)
Season 2
The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season episodes and 17 episodes in the second season. The series was written by Aubrey Solomon and starred Ralph Waite, Linda Miller and Stan Shaw. Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who after retiring his law practice, sought a more simple life on the mighty Mississippi river as a simple stern-wheel river boat captain. But at every port he would stop at he'd find someone who needed a good attorney and he would end up defending them. His "crew" consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafe Tate, both of whom was more interested in helping people, fighting crime and becoming attorneys than running the tug. Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Released March 25, 1983
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.mississippi-river, tmdb.boat, tmdb.lawyer, tmdb.riverboat, imdb.tug-boat, tmdb.criminal-lawyer, imdb.boat + 3 more, imdb.law, imdb.river, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - There is a Tiger in the Town
Ben comes to the aid of an elderly newspaper editor who, traumatized by his wife's death, took on the identity of Mark Twain, and is now accused of murdering the man suspected of killing his wife.
Sept. 27, 1983, midnight
S2E2 - Cradle to Grave
Ben seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.
Oct. 4, 1983, midnight
S2E3 - The Trial of Ben Walker
Ben gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.
Oct. 11, 1983, midnight
S2E4 - The Last Voice You Hear
Ben is caught in a legal and emotional crossfire of embattled former spouses over who knows what is best for their nine-year-old child.
Oct. 18, 1983, midnight
S2E5 - The Shooting
Former resident Margaret Hammond writes a best-seller, ""River Town"", about the place where she grew up, and lawyer Ben has to dig deep for a defense that will saver her from a libel charge by the town's most affluent family.
Oct. 25, 1983, midnight
S2E6 - Peace with Honor
Ben returns to his roots as a prosecutor to imprison a man he unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute for murder 25 years ago and who has now committed a similar crime.
Nov. 1, 1983, midnight
S2E7 - Joey
Ben takes on the medical profession in defense of a midwife who defies the law to practice the craft of child delivery with a skill rivaled by few obstetricians.
Nov. 8, 1983, midnight
S2E8 - Crisis of Identity
Ben defends a private nurse who is charged with murder when the wealthy man for whom she was caring dies of a drug overdose.
Nov. 15, 1983, midnight
S2E9 - Town Without Pity
A beautiful woman hires Ben to defend her young, retarded gardener Jerry against murder charges.
Nov. 22, 1983, midnight
S2E10 - G.I. Blues
The mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.
Nov. 29, 1983, midnight
S2E11 - Between Fathers and Sons
A peaceful activist emerges from hiding to seek Ben's help in exonerating her of a 15-year-old murder charge.
Dec. 13, 1983, midnight
S2E12 - The Big Leagues
Ben becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.
Dec. 27, 1983, midnight
S2E13 - Going Back to Hannibal
Ben defends the embittered survivor of a German concentration camp who is suspected of murdering a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small Mississippi river town.
Jan. 10, 1984, midnight
S2E14 - Wheels of Justice
Ben defends a hot-headed ex-convict suspected of murdering both a foreman who recently fired him and a man who claimed to have seen him fleeing from the crime.
Jan. 17, 1984, midnight
S2E15 - Informed Consent
Ben is asked by the army to defend a sergeant accused of slugging a fellow officer who he claims was trying to rape his daughter.
Jan. 24, 1984, midnight
S2E16 - Abigail
An elderly farmer hires Ben to defend a young navy veteran who is accused of killing his father after an explosive argument.
Feb. 7, 1984, midnight
S2E17 - Home Again
Ben finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.
March 6, 1984, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: March 25, 1983
Last Air Date: March 6, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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