Bodies of Evidence | |
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Genre | Police drama |
Created by | David Jacobs James L. Conway |
Starring | Lee Horsley George Clooney Kate McNeil Al Fann Leslie Jordan |
Theme music composer | Christopher Klatman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer | David Jacobs |
Production companies | Roundelay Productions James L. Conway Productions Lorimar Television |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | June 18, 1992 – May 28, 1993 |
Bodies of Evidence is an American television police drama series that aired on CBS between June 1992 and May 1993. [1] The show starred Lee Horsley, and George Clooney in his last leading television role before ER . In its first season, the series was a relatively well-rated summer series, and was brought back for an eight-episode second season in spring 1993. [2]
A team of homicide detectives, led by the veteran head of the department Lt. Ben Carroll (Lee Horsley), work cases in an unnamed big city. Carroll's team is made up of Det. Ryan Walker (George Clooney), a talented detective with a propensity to get too emotionally invested in his cases; Det. Nora Houghton, a rookie detective unsure of her skills; and Houghton's partner, Det. Will Stratton, a jaded veteran detective close to retirement. They are assisted in their cases by the department's forensics specialist, Lemar Samuels (Leslie Jordan). The series also attempts to highlight how the homicide detectives' work life impacts their personal lives. [1]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
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1 | 1 | "Afternoon Delights" | James L. Conway | June 18, 1992 | 447501 |
2 | 2 | "Nightmoves" | Bruce Seth Green | June 25, 1992 | 447502 |
3 | 3 | "The Cold Light of Day" | Randall Zisk | July 2, 1992 | 447503 |
4 | 4 | "Echoes in the Dark" | Bruce Seth Green | July 9, 1992 | 447504 |
5 | 5 | "Street Justice" | Harry Harris | July 23, 1992 | 446705 [4] |
6 | 6 | "Time Served" | Robert Becker | July 30, 1992 | 447506 |
7 | 7 | "Nearest and Dearest" | Harry Harris | August 13, 1992 | 447507 |
8 | 8 | "The Edge" | James L. Conway | August 27, 1992 | 447508 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Prod. code [3] |
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9 | 1 | "Whispers of the Dead" | Craig Denault | March 30, 1993 | 447511 |
Note: Special Tuesday night preview airing. | |||||
10 | 2 | "Blindside" | Burt Brinckerhoff | April 2, 1993 | 447512 |
11 | 3 | "Trial by Fire" | Robert Becker | April 9, 1993 | 447513 |
12 | 4 | "Eleven Grains of Sand" | Lee Sheldon | April 16, 1993 | 447514 |
13 | 5 | "Shadows" | Burt Brinckerhoff | April 23, 1993 | 447515 |
14 | 6 | "The Formula" | Jeff Kibbee | April 30, 1993 | 447516 |
15 | 7 | "Endangered Species" | Alan J. Levi | May 7, 1993 | 447517 |
16 | 8 | "Flesh and Blood" | Neal Ahern | May 28, 1993 | 447518 |
The critical reception to Bodies of Evidence was mixed to mostly negative. Tony Scott of Variety described the series' pilot as having "sharp production values, little humorous relief, and generally pro performances", though with "several off-putting touches". [5] But Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker gave the show a "D" grade, calling it " Law & Order Lite — a show that comes on all hard-boiled and complicated but reworks plots that seem left over from Mannix ." [6] David Hiltbrand of People magazine gave Bodies of Evidence a "C" grade, stating, "In the regular season, I probably wouldn't give this predictable, overwritten show a second look. This being the summer session, we grade on a curve." [7] And Los Angeles Times' Chris Willman panned the show as "tired and sub-formulaic". [8]
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