The Law & Harry McGraw

Season 1

The Law & Harry McGraw is an American mystery crime drama television series created by Peter S. Fischer and a spin-off of Murder, She Wrote. The series stars Jerry Orbach as a Harry McGraw, a loudmouthed, uncouth, old school private detective who continually finds himself solving mysteries on behalf of the prim and proper attorney Ellie Maginnis who has an office across the hall.

Where to Watch Season 1

16 Episodes

Dead Men Don't Make Phone Calls
E1
Episode 1Dead Men Don't Make Phone CallsHarry McGraw, the seedy, abrasive, loud, and messy private detective based in Boston, has just opened shop across the hall from criminal attorney Ellie Maginnis, who hires McGraw to look into a publishing partner's death.
Murder By a Landslide
E2
Episode 2Murder By a LandslideE.J.'s roommate, who was employed as a campaign worker, is murdered. Harry suspects a cover-up involving the rich candidate, who supposedly slept with the roommate.
Mr. Chapman, I Presume
E3
Episode 3Mr. Chapman, I PresumeBased on a tip from Walter Chapman, Special Agent Eckstein launches a raid to recover stolen plutonium that is about to be shipped out of the country.
The Fallen Arrow
E4
Episode 4The Fallen ArrowA man who married his wife for her money is accused of killing her. So Maginnis defends him and asks Harry to help which he is reluctant to do because he doesn't like the man. But eventually they discover a few anomalies, like for instance that the woman's step son was not fond of her either. And that the murder weapon that they think was used to kill her might not be the actual murder weapon.
Rappaport is Back in Town
E5
Episode 5Rappaport is Back in Town
She's Not Wild About Harry
E6
Episode 6She's Not Wild About HarryHarry becomes a babysitter for a bookie's precocious granddaughter, while the man is off getting involved with counterfeiting, bogus franchising, and murder.
Angela's Secret
E7
Episode 7Angela's SecretHarry gets hired by the wife of a mob boss to find her missing brother but he soon gets tied up in rough business, including the death of the mobster's enforcer.
Solve It Again, Harry
E8
Episode 8Solve It Again, HarryHarry gets himself shot and it causes great changes in his life. He's now neat, polite, and organised. Unfortunately, the wound also has erased his memory completely of the case that he's working on.
State of the Art
E9
Episode 9State of the ArtAn old ex-con friend of Harry's was in the wrong place at the wrong time and is now accused of stealing art, and Harry has to compete with a hot shot insurance investigator for the case, and to find the real thief.
Yankee Boodle Dandy
E10
Episode 10Yankee Boodle DandyStrange things are happening in Harry's world. Ellie's client is a rich kid who is in jail for assaulting his girlfriend, and he doesn't want to be set free. Apparently, there's a connection to the body that is sometimes in Harry's trunk and sometimes not.
Old Heroes Die Hard
E11
Episode 11Old Heroes Die HardHarry's ice hockey friend asks for help when his gambling dad is accused of murdering a loan shark.
Gilhooley's is History
E12
Episode 12Gilhooley's is HistoryHarry is down in the dumps because a hard nosed developer is about to raze the detective's favourite watering hole Gilhooley's.
Beware the Ides of May
E13
Episode 13Beware the Ides of MayWhat should be a joyous event, a birthday, is turning out to be a not so happy day for Ellie, who has become the target for someone who wants her dead.
Waiting Game
E14
Episode 14Waiting GameIt looks like Harry will miss his poker game to help Ellie sway a split jury at the retrial of a case that her late husband lost.
Harry Does the Hustle
E15
Episode 15Harry Does the HustleHarry gets help out-hustling a pool shark from a broke student while equally broke Ellie puts the little money that she has into what sounds like a scam.
Maginnis for the People
E16
Episode 16Maginnis for the PeopleEllie is enlisted by the prosecution in a murder trial while Harry goes to work for the defense attorney who has trouble believing their defendant didn't commit the crime.