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The Mississippi

Season 2 1983 - 1984

  • 1983-09-27T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 1h
  • 17h (17 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season episodes and 17 episodes in the second season. The series was written by Aubrey Solomon and starred Ralph Waite, Linda Miller and Stan Shaw. Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who after retiring his law practice, sought a more simple life on the mighty Mississippi river as a simple stern-wheel river boat captain. But at every port he would stop at he'd find someone who needed a good attorney and he would end up defending them. His "crew" consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafe Tate, both of whom was more interested in helping people, fighting crime and becoming attorneys than running the tug. Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.

17 episodes

Season Premiere

1983-09-27T04:00:00Z

2x01 There is a Tiger in the Town

Season Premiere

2x01 There is a Tiger in the Town

  • 1983-09-27T04:00:00Z1h

Ben comes to the aid of an elderly newspaper editor who, traumatized by his wife's death, took on the identity of Mark Twain, and is now accused of murdering the man suspected of killing his wife.

1983-10-04T04:00:00Z

2x02 Cradle to Grave

2x02 Cradle to Grave

  • 1983-10-04T04:00:00Z1h

Ben seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.

1983-10-11T04:00:00Z

2x03 The Trial of Ben Walker

2x03 The Trial of Ben Walker

  • 1983-10-11T04:00:00Z1h

Ben gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.

1983-10-18T04:00:00Z

2x04 The Last Voice You Hear

2x04 The Last Voice You Hear

  • 1983-10-18T04:00:00Z1h

Ben is caught in a legal and emotional crossfire of embattled former spouses over who knows what is best for their nine-year-old child.

1983-10-25T04:00:00Z

2x05 The Shooting

2x05 The Shooting

  • 1983-10-25T04:00:00Z1h

Former resident Margaret Hammond writes a best-seller, ""River Town"", about the place where she grew up, and lawyer Ben has to dig deep for a defense that will saver her from a libel charge by the town's most affluent family.

1983-11-01T05:00:00Z

2x06 Peace with Honor

2x06 Peace with Honor

  • 1983-11-01T05:00:00Z1h

Ben returns to his roots as a prosecutor to imprison a man he unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute for murder 25 years ago and who has now committed a similar crime.

1983-11-08T05:00:00Z

2x07 Joey

2x07 Joey

  • 1983-11-08T05:00:00Z1h

Ben takes on the medical profession in defense of a midwife who defies the law to practice the craft of child delivery with a skill rivaled by few obstetricians.

1983-11-15T05:00:00Z

2x08 Crisis of Identity

2x08 Crisis of Identity

  • 1983-11-15T05:00:00Z1h

Ben defends a private nurse who is charged with murder when the wealthy man for whom she was caring dies of a drug overdose.

1983-11-22T05:00:00Z

2x09 Town Without Pity

2x09 Town Without Pity

  • 1983-11-22T05:00:00Z1h

A beautiful woman hires Ben to defend her young, retarded gardener Jerry against murder charges.

1983-11-29T05:00:00Z

2x10 G.I. Blues

2x10 G.I. Blues

  • 1983-11-29T05:00:00Z1h

The mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.

1983-12-13T05:00:00Z

2x11 Between Fathers and Sons

2x11 Between Fathers and Sons

  • 1983-12-13T05:00:00Z1h

A peaceful activist emerges from hiding to seek Ben's help in exonerating her of a 15-year-old murder charge.

1983-12-27T05:00:00Z

2x12 The Big Leagues

2x12 The Big Leagues

  • 1983-12-27T05:00:00Z1h

Ben becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.

1984-01-10T05:00:00Z

2x13 Going Back to Hannibal

2x13 Going Back to Hannibal

  • 1984-01-10T05:00:00Z1h

Ben defends the embittered survivor of a German concentration camp who is suspected of murdering a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small Mississippi river town.

1984-01-17T05:00:00Z

2x14 Wheels of Justice

2x14 Wheels of Justice

  • 1984-01-17T05:00:00Z1h

Ben defends a hot-headed ex-convict suspected of murdering both a foreman who recently fired him and a man who claimed to have seen him fleeing from the crime.

1984-01-24T05:00:00Z

2x15 Informed Consent

2x15 Informed Consent

  • 1984-01-24T05:00:00Z1h

Ben is asked by the army to defend a sergeant accused of slugging a fellow officer who he claims was trying to rape his daughter.

1984-02-07T05:00:00Z

2x16 Abigail

2x16 Abigail

  • 1984-02-07T05:00:00Z1h

An elderly farmer hires Ben to defend a young navy veteran who is accused of killing his father after an explosive argument.

Season Finale

1984-03-06T05:00:00Z

2x17 Home Again

Season Finale

2x17 Home Again

  • 1984-03-06T05:00:00Z1h

Ben finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.

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