Sparks: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Pilot
Aug 26, 1996 · 30 min
What happens when a bright and beautiful female attorney joins an inner-city Los Angeles law firm run by a ready-to-retire patriarch and his two bickering sons? Sparks! Two polar-o
Palimony
Sep 2, 1996 · 30 min
The Sparks try to defend a client who is being sued for palimony by his former live-in mate of 12 years. Their case begins to fall apart when Maxey has one of his ""bright ideas""
How Papa Got His Groove Back
Sep 9, 1996 · 30 min
After learning that another one of his old classmates from school has passed away, Alonzo goes into a deep slump. The gang decides that he needs a woman in his life to make him fe
Sid, Lies and Videotape
Sep 23, 1996 · 30 min
Maxey faces jail unless he can find his prison-bound client.
Penal Envy
Sep 30, 1996 · 30 min
Wilma gets a doozy of a malpractice case after griping about her workload.
No Sweat
Oct 14, 1996 · 30 min
The firm represents a sweet but sweaty man accused of robbery.
Pillow Talk
Nov 4, 1996 · 30 min
When a beautiful paralegal walks into the office looking for a job, Maxey is immediately smitten. He asks her out, and they begin a very close personal relationship. But before l
One on One
Nov 5, 1996 · 30 min
Maxey is challenged to a quick game of basketball by the judge who dislikes Maxey as a lawyer, and who Maxey wants to get on his good side. During the heated game, the judge keels
Good for the Gander
Nov 11, 1996 · 30 min
Maxey gets his comeuppance after he tries to play up to a judge who's gay during a case involving a burglary suspect, and Alonzo takes on the case of a rapper with a contract dispu
Porky's Revenge
Nov 18, 1996 · 30 min
Alonzo's enthusiasm for his Federal Court case is quashed when he learns that his courtroom opponent is a law-school professor who once humiliated him.
Maxey Gets the Bird
Nov 25, 1996 · 30 min
Maxey is caught in a sting operation trying to solicit clients in front of a hospital emergency room, and must appear before a review board. But the surprise is on him when he fin
It's the Gospel
Jan 13, 1997 · 30 min
Maxey thinks he's hit the big time when a large corporation hires him as counsel on an inner-city development project. But he soon realizes that he's been duped into evicting a com
I Spy
Jan 20, 1997 · 30 min
Maxey recruits Darice and private eye Floyd Pitts to entrap the cheating husband of his client, but the plan backfires when the man reveals his true feelings about his wife---on au
Won't You Be My Neighbor
Feb 3, 1997 · 30 min
Greg gets rid of his roommate and moves into his own apartment. Alonzo praises him for going out on his own, ends up selling his house and moves in across the hall. Alonzo becomes
Love Conquers All
Feb 10, 1997 · 30 min
Maxey represents an old friend of Alonzo's who has written a very successful advice book about old-fashioned, honest love, Love Conquers All. Wilma comes to work still dressed in t
Self Defense
Feb 17, 1997 · 30 min
Maxey is sent to jail for refusing to produce privileged documents in court. One of his cellmates is a former client seeking revenge from the lawyer who lost his case - Maxey!! He
Hoop Schemes
Feb 24, 1997 · 30 min
Actress and singer Nell Carter guest stars as the mother of a high school basketball whiz who may be headed straight for the NBA. Maxey uses his masculine wiles on the mother in ho
The Great Indoors
Apr 28, 1997 · 30 min
The Sparks are accused of being slumlords after Maxey accepts the deed to an apartment complex---sight unseen---as payment from a client. Meanwhile, Wilma's left in charge of the o
Love in a Cop
May 5, 1997 · 30 min
Wilma tries to help La Marr win back his ex, and Maxey takes a case against a fertility-clinic doctor who's impregnating patients with his own sperm.
Too Hot Not to Cool Down
May 12, 1997 · 30 min
Maxey's intimate relationship with the beautiful opposing counsel affects his legal objectivity, as well as his behavior in the courtroom handling the divorce of an old pal; Floyd
A Day in the Life II
May 19, 1997 · 30 min
Just as Maxey and his girlfriend Deidre are about to leave town for a getaway, Alonzo gives him a dog of a case involving a family friend who has 36 chihuahuas and a court order te