Gabriel's Fire (1990)
Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.
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Episode 1 - Gabriel's Fire
Release Date: 1990-09-12Gabriel Bird, unjustly imprisoned for 20 years, wins his freedom through the efforts of a beautiful female lawyer. Now she wants to hire him as an investigator for her law firm, but an embittered Bird refuses.
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Episode 2 - To Catch a Con (1)
Release Date: 1990-09-20Bird is ensnared in a trap set by O'Neil that uses Bird's long-lost daughter as bait. (Part 1 of 2)
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Episode 3 - To Catch a Con (2)
Release Date: 1990-09-27Bird finds out about his ""daughter"" and, with her help, sets a trap for the men who tried to frame him. (Part 2 of 2)
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Episode 4 - Louis' Date
Release Date: 1990-10-04A beautiful con artist becomes part of Bird's scheme to help Heller nab a man who cheated elderly people out of a million dollars.
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Episode 5 - The Descent
Release Date: 1990-10-18Despite Bird's suspicions, Heller becomes involved with her new client, a charming gambler who's suspected of murder.
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Episode 6 - Money Walks
Release Date: 1990-10-25Victoria Heller defends a teenager accused of killing another boy for his trendy tennis shoes; Bird tries to locate his parents' graves.
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Episode 7 - The Neighborhood
Release Date: 1990-11-01Bird takes on a neighborhood gang leader involved in criminal activities when he seeks to clear Jamil of a murder charge.
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Episode 8 - I'm Nobody
Release Date: 1990-11-08Bird must prove the identity of a former singer, now a derelict who's accused of murder and refuses to speak up in his own defense.
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Episode 9 - The Wind Rancher
Release Date: 1990-11-15Bird, Josephine, and others are held hostage in Josephine's restaurant by a panicked would-be robber whose dream is to escape to a ranch in North Dakota.
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Episode 10 - Windows
Release Date: 1990-11-29On a stakeout, Bird and Jamil see a mobster murdered; Heller has a night of misadventure when she heads for a costume party dressed as a hooker.
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Episode 11 - Judgements
Release Date: 1990-12-06When Victoria defends her father, Judge Norton Heller, against bribery charges, she asks Gabriel and Louis to help prove his innocence—not realizing their investigation will reveal some painful secrets about her family's past.
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Episode 12 - 'Tis the Season
Release Date: 1990-12-20An appearance on Oprah Winfrey's television show leads Gabriel to a bittersweet reunion with Ellie, his ex-wife whom he has not seen in twenty years.
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Episode 13 - The Great Waldo
Release Date: 1991-01-10Gabriel is a constant source of support for Josephine as she attempts to adopt a cocaine-addicted infant abandoned at her restaurant.
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Episode 14 - First Date
Release Date: 1991-01-24Gabriel asks Josephine out for a dinner date, but then starts to have second thoughts about his invitation.
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Episode 15 - Truth and Consequences
Release Date: 1991-01-31Victoria Heller faces a tough trial lawyer in court, when she agrees to defend a famous football player accused of homosexuality by a sleazy tabloid magazine.
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Episode 16 - Finger on the Trigger
Release Date: 1991-02-14A nervous client of Victoria Heller's misinterprets Gabriel Bird's actions and shoots him in the chest.
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Episode 17 - Postcards from the Faultline
Release Date: 1991-02-21Gabriel Bird and Louis Klein entertain customers at Josephine's Cafe with a tall tale in film noir style about a case they solved in Los Angeles.
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Episode 18 - A Prayer for the Goldsteins
Release Date: 1991-03-07Max Goldstein, a Jewish friend of Gabriel Bird's, steals a painting from an art gallery which was originally stolen from him by the Nazis.
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Episode 19 - One Flew Over the Bird's Nest
Release Date: 1991-04-17Bird feigns mental illness in order to be checked into a psychiatric hospital and expose the dreadful conditions that exist there.
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Episode 20 - Kelly Green
Release Date: 1991-04-24Convinced of her client's guilt, Victoria Heller decides whether or not to conceal a piece of evidence that would allow him to go free.
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Episode 21 - Birds Gotta Fly
Release Date: 1991-05-01Gabriel Bird meets with his daughter, Celine, after a twenty-year separation.
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Episode 22 - Belly of the Beast
Release Date: 1991-06-06Bird returns to prison to question a serial killer who may be able to identify a murder-rapist stalking a college campus.