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COLLECTION · Series · 1990

Shannon's Deal

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

Source: TMDB
* 7.7 (3)Drama
Creators
John Sayles
Studios
NBC · Stan Rogow Productions
Runtime
48–60 min/ep
Release
16/04/1990
Score
7.7 / 10 (3)

Awards and nominations

  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
6 episodes · 1990
Episode 1. Words to Music
1990-04-16

A country singer claims a music-publishing syndicate stole her song.

Episode 2. Inside Straight
1990-04-23

Shannon anticipates working for a paying client, a contractor whose employee is charged with manslaughter.

Episode 3. Art
1990-04-30

An art-loving burglar asks for a light sentence but ends up the target of a mob hit; Shannon has a blind date with a blabby lush.

Episode 4. Custody
1990-05-07

Shannon gets involved in a small town child-custody dispute in which grandparents have taken a 6-year-old from the aunt attempting an adoption.

Episode 5. Hitting Home
1990-05-14

Shannon's estranged father seeks justice for a disgruntled dockworker friend arrested in a shootout after learning he was cheated out of his union pension.

Episode 6. Sanctuary
1990-05-21

No synopsis

Season 2
Season 2
8 episodes · 1991
Episode 1. The Bad Beat
1991-03-23

Shannon is tempted by his old gambling demons when he volunteers to investigated a girlfriend's gambling ex-husband.

Episode 2. Greed
1991-04-09

Cash-poor Jack joins a corporate law firm, neglecting two old men being evicted from his building.

Episode 3. Strangers in the Night (1) [a.k.a. Wrongful Death]
1991-04-16

Shannon files a wrongful-death suit after a shootout in which two cops kill a store owner and nearly Lucy as well.

Episode 4. Strangers in the Night (2)
1991-04-16

No synopsis

Episode 5. First Amendment
1991-04-23

A loud, Arab-baiting TV personality is charged with inciting a young man to kill a Syrian store owner.

Episode 6. The Inside Man
1991-04-30

Representing a farm worker burned by illegal chemicals, Shannon discovers his corporate law past is a root cause of the accident.

Episode 7. Matrimony
1991-05-14

Shannon dates a prosecutor, and help a pal's cheating wife, who had a hit-and-run accident after a tryst.

Episode 8. Trouble
1991-05-21

Neala's rich, troubled pal is unwillingly committed to a mental hospital by her dad, Shannon's old enemy.

Cast by season
Jamey Sheridan
Jamey Sheridan
Jack Shannon
Martin Ferrero
Martin Ferrero
Lou Gondolf
Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Peña
Lucy Acosta
Richard Edson
Richard Edson
Wilmer Slade
Jenny Lewis
Jenny Lewis
Neala Shannon
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer
D.A. Todd Spurrier
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Keywords
philadelphia, pennsylvanialawyer
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