US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.1, Pilot

Outlaw
Season One, Episode One, Pilot
Original Air Date:  September 15, 2010

Gregory Beales, a man on death row has one last hope of saving his life for a murder he claims he didn't commit.  His attorney makes a case for a stay of execution to the Supreme Court and Justice Cyrus Garza grants the stay despite warnings not to.  At the same time he grants the stay, Garza resigns from the Supreme Court shocking everyone, including his staff.  Garza gathers his team to work the Beales case so that the justice he believes Beale was originally denied will finally prevail.

Supreme Court Justice Cyrus Garza (Jimmy Smits) is the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court who has a penchant for gambling and the ladies.  Garza's father, Francisco Garza, was also a judge but the complete opposite of his son.  Cyrus is in trouble with his bookie to the tune of a half million dollars and we all know that isn't a good thing.

Garza's staff is made up of young, bright and driven individuals.  Lucinda Pearl (Carly Pope) is the private investigator working for him.  She's pretty cool.  She's young, intelligent, outspoken and has a wild streak.  Eddie Franks (Jesse Bradford) is Garza's clerk.  He's Yale-educated and straight-laced and seems to be Lucinda Pearl's favorite person to tease.  Mereta Stockman (Ellen Woglom) is sort of the female equivalent of Franks and the exact opposite of Pearl.  Rounding out Garza's staff is Al Druzinsky (David Ramsey), Beales attorney.