The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
S01E17: Environmental Robinhood
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.
Episodes
S01E02 The Rapist
S01E03 So Long, Patrick
Rosie 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...
S01E04 Late Night Caller
S01E05 Shalom
S01E06 An Act of Love
Rosie (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....
S01E07 When I'm 44
S01E08 Rosie Gets the Blues
S01E09 The Gang's All Here
S01E10 Mr. Right
S01E11 The Man from E.L.F.
S01E12 The Man from Elf 3
S01E13 Mother Love
S01E14 Time Will Tell
S01E15 Reunion
S01E16 Conflict of Interest
S01E17 Environmental Robinhood
S01E18 Special Circumstances
Cast
Lisa Banes
Doreen Morrison
Sharon Gless
Rosie O'Neill
Lisa Rieffel
Kim Ginty
Ron Rifkin
Ben Meyer
Dorian Harewood
Hank Mitchell
Ed Asner
Walter Kovacs
Georgann Johnson
Charlotte O'Neill
Dayna Winston
Valerie Whittaker
