Complete series cast summary: | |||
Mariel Hemingway | ... | Sydney Guilford 36 episodes, 1991-1993 | |
Peter Onorati | ... | Charlie Howell 36 episodes, 1991-1993 | |
Debi Mazar | ... | Denise Iannello 36 episodes, 1991-1993 | |
Alan Rosenberg | ... | Eli Levinson 36 episodes, 1991-1993 | |
David Marciano | ... | Jeffrey Lassick 36 episodes, 1991-1993 | |
Eli Levinson (Alan Rosenberg) and Sydney Guilford (Mariel Hemingway) are top divorce attorneys in New York City. The dynamic changes when Charlie Howell (Peter Onorati) is hired and Eli takes a lower profile. Sydney and Charlie develop a flirtatious arrangement while concentrating on their client's problems. Written by rharlan58
This drama about a law firm specializing in divorce cases represented a return to normality after producer Stephen Bochco's bizarre "Cop Rock." Peter Onorati (who got perhaps the only positive notices from the earlier show), Mariel Hemingway, and Alan Rosenberg played the lawyers who comprised the firm, with Rosenberg's character having a tenuous grip on mental health. Debi Mazar was the firm's secretary, with David Marciano as her boyfriend, a delivery boy. The plots probably suffered by the limitations of divorce cases, but creatively the show was similar to L.A. Law or The Practice. Unfortunately, the series didn't attract enough viewers to last longer than about a season and a half. After "Civil Wars" ended, Rosenberg's and Mazar's characters moved over to L.A. Law's cast for that show's final season.