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Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 4 - Edge of Evil
    8.1/10(70 votes)

    S1:E4

    The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Mel Goldberg

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  2. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 4 - Shadow of Fear
    8.0/10(35 votes)

    S2:E4

    A woman tells Petrocelli she has shot her first husband and is shocked when her second husband is arrested for the crime.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 2 - Music to Die By
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    S1:E2

    A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

    Directors:Irving J. Moore, Paul Stanley
    Writers:Daniel B. Ullman, Oliver Crawford

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  4. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 8 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
    7.9/10(51 votes)

    S1:E8

    Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 18 - The Outsiders
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    S1:E18

    Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 10 - A Very Lonely Lady
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    S1:E10

    Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 17 - A Lonely Victim
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E17

    A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 6 - To See No Evil
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S2:E6

    Petrocelli defends a blind woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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  9. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 18 - Six Strings of Guilt
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    S2:E18

    Petrocelli must prove a woman innocent of murder when a man who tried to blackmail her is found dead.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 21 - Shadow of a Doubt
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    S2:E21

    Retained to defend a man from a murder charge, Petrocelli faces the possible loss of his license after he is accused of bribing a witness.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 1 - The Golden Cage
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    S1:E1

    A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

    Directors:James Sheldon, Joseph Pevney
    Writer:William Kelley

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  12. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 12 - A Covenant with Evil
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    S1:E12

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

    Director:Herb Wallerstein
    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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  13. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 21 - Death in Small Doses
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    S1:E21

    Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 13 - The Falling Star
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    S2:E13

    Petrocelli defends a once-famous western actor accused of killing a motion-picture producer.

    Director:Russ Mayberry
    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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  15. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 17 - Any Number Can Die
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    S2:E17

    Everyone connected with a computer theft of government secrets is mysteriously meeting death and Petrocelli may be next.

    Director:Leonard Katzman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 22 - Jubilee Jones
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    S2:E22

    An aging former vaudeville star is arrested for killing a night club manager in a dispute over payment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 11 - Counterplay
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    S1:E11

    Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:William Kelley

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  18. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 22 - A Night of Terror
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    S1:E22

    Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun in her hand.

    Director:Bernard McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 5 - Chain of Command
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    S2:E5

    Petrocelli's client is a mechanic whose wrench, found bearing his fingerprints, was used to murder the airline executive who fired him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 5 - A Life for a Life
    7.3/10(46 votes)

    S1:E5

    Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.

    Directors:Herb Wallerstein, Allen Reisner
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  21. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 7 - Double Negative
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    S1:E7

    Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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  22. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 3 - Five Yards of Trouble
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    S2:E3

    Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for murder.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Petrocelli Season 2 Episode 9 - Terror By the Book
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    S2:E9

    Petrocelli defends a woman accused of murdering her longtime friend, a best-selling author about to publish damaging information about her past.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 6 - Death in High Places
    7.2/10(50 votes)

    S1:E6

    Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

    Directors:Irving J. Moore, Richard Donner
    Writer:Leonard Katzman

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  25. Petrocelli Season 1 Episode 14 - A Fallen Idol
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    S1:E14

    Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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Best Episodes Summary

"Edge of Evil" is the best rated episode of "Petrocelli". It scored 8.1/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Irving J. Moore and written by Mel Goldberg, it aired on 10/2/1974. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shadow of Fear".