For those of you who remember the extremely short run of this show on NBC and followed the show every week (like I did) you might be surprised to learn that all eight episodes of Outlaw are available on DVD. This was something I wasn't ever expecting to happen and didn't know had happened until I stumbled across the listing on amazon.com a few minutes ago.
You won't be able to find Outlaw at any brick and mortar stores, however. The only place you can get it on DVD is via amazon.com's Manufacture on Demand service. You place your order and all 8 episodes will be burned to DVD-R for you. The price of the series is $19.99 and amazon.com currently lists it as being "in stock" so it is available now.
This was an extremely quiet and unexpected release. While I would prefer the show to have been released through a more formal method I'll take what I can get.
Outlaw (2010)
Amazon.com Manufacture on Demand DVD-R Release
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sunday, November 14, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.8, "In Re: Tony Mejia"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Eight, In Re: Tony Mejia
Original Air Date: November 12, 2010 (Canada), November 13, 2010 (US)
Cyrus is unhappy with a candidate for the Supreme Court seat he vacated. The team must go to Mexico to ask for the extradition of a man who murdered a young woman in Los Angeles. The extradition is denied but the man is found guilty and ordered to prison in Mexico. However, when he is released unexpectedly, the father of the young woman shoots and kills his daughters killer and must stand trial in Mexico for his crime. Mereta is in some legal trouble of her own and it is up to Al to get her out of it.
Cyrus feels the candidate for his replacement, Sean Ryan, isn't the right candidate. Cyrus was a prosecutor in Cook County when Ryan was a judge and everyone knew Ryan was on the take. Cyrus can't give his friend Sherry Lemko proof that Ryan's decisions were for sale but he gives her the name of Fred Shervin who does. She will check it out in exchange for a favor. Mexico is refusing to extradite a man who murdered a kindergarten teacher, Lisa Mejia, in Los Angeles. He needs to go to Mexico and convince them to send the man back to the United States.
Cyrus asks Eddie to get him all motions filed by the U.S. Government to extradite the murderer back to California as well as the Mexican response. Mereta gets a call from someone named "Tim" at work and there is apparently a problem she doesn't want to talk about. Lucinda and Eddie place bets if "Tim" is really her brother as she claims or her lover.
Al and Cyrus speak with Lisa's father, Tony Mejia, and he tells them about the new boyfriend in her life, Julio Trujilo. She had wanted to break up but he didn't. Her father tells them the LAPD found DNA evidence that he was responsible for her death but he was gone when they went to arrest him. He is in custody in Mexico but, without pressure from the U.S. government, he will be let go. He begs them to bring him back.
Season One, Episode Eight, In Re: Tony Mejia
Original Air Date: November 12, 2010 (Canada), November 13, 2010 (US)
Cyrus is unhappy with a candidate for the Supreme Court seat he vacated. The team must go to Mexico to ask for the extradition of a man who murdered a young woman in Los Angeles. The extradition is denied but the man is found guilty and ordered to prison in Mexico. However, when he is released unexpectedly, the father of the young woman shoots and kills his daughters killer and must stand trial in Mexico for his crime. Mereta is in some legal trouble of her own and it is up to Al to get her out of it.
Cyrus feels the candidate for his replacement, Sean Ryan, isn't the right candidate. Cyrus was a prosecutor in Cook County when Ryan was a judge and everyone knew Ryan was on the take. Cyrus can't give his friend Sherry Lemko proof that Ryan's decisions were for sale but he gives her the name of Fred Shervin who does. She will check it out in exchange for a favor. Mexico is refusing to extradite a man who murdered a kindergarten teacher, Lisa Mejia, in Los Angeles. He needs to go to Mexico and convince them to send the man back to the United States.
Cyrus asks Eddie to get him all motions filed by the U.S. Government to extradite the murderer back to California as well as the Mexican response. Mereta gets a call from someone named "Tim" at work and there is apparently a problem she doesn't want to talk about. Lucinda and Eddie place bets if "Tim" is really her brother as she claims or her lover.
Al and Cyrus speak with Lisa's father, Tony Mejia, and he tells them about the new boyfriend in her life, Julio Trujilo. She had wanted to break up but he didn't. Her father tells them the LAPD found DNA evidence that he was responsible for her death but he was gone when they went to arrest him. He is in custody in Mexico but, without pressure from the U.S. government, he will be let go. He begs them to bring him back.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.7, "In RE: Kelvin Jones"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Seven, In RE: Kelvin Jones
Original Air Date: November 5, 2010 (Canada), November 6, 2010 (U.S.)
A young, black honor student is killed by a gunman at the Cyrus Garza School in Alabama. The school is located in a district where predominately black schools do not receive the funding that white schools do. Cyrus, wanting the school that bears his name, to protect each and every student attending it, files a wrongful death suit against the district and the school. When that fails to achieve what he wants, Cyrus amends the action to include a class-action suit against the county. Meanwhile, the police ask Cyrus and his team what they might know about the death of Ben Kershaw while Eddie questions Lucinda about any involvement she might have had in Kershaw's death. Lucinda becomes a suspect when the death is changed from suicide to homicide.
An armed man enters the Alabama campus of Cyrus Garza School and fires upon three young men standing in front of a drink machine. Two of them young men run but the third, an honor student, Kelvin Jones, is killed. Eddie gets into work after having tried to call Lucinda all night. He wants to know if she killed Kershaw. Al and Cyrus interrupt their conversation as they enter the kitchen talking about the shooting at the school.
A police detective calls at the house showing a photograph of Ben Kershaw. Mereta can't make a positive identification of Kershaw as the man who attacked her in the car. When the detective leaves, Cyrus asks everyone to give him a minute. Everyone, that is, except Lucinda. Cyrus questions her about Kershaw but Lucinda wants to "plead the fifth". He lets her off the hook only because he needs to leave for Alabama but assures her they will talk about it once he gets home.
Season One, Episode Seven, In RE: Kelvin Jones
Original Air Date: November 5, 2010 (Canada), November 6, 2010 (U.S.)
A young, black honor student is killed by a gunman at the Cyrus Garza School in Alabama. The school is located in a district where predominately black schools do not receive the funding that white schools do. Cyrus, wanting the school that bears his name, to protect each and every student attending it, files a wrongful death suit against the district and the school. When that fails to achieve what he wants, Cyrus amends the action to include a class-action suit against the county. Meanwhile, the police ask Cyrus and his team what they might know about the death of Ben Kershaw while Eddie questions Lucinda about any involvement she might have had in Kershaw's death. Lucinda becomes a suspect when the death is changed from suicide to homicide.
An armed man enters the Alabama campus of Cyrus Garza School and fires upon three young men standing in front of a drink machine. Two of them young men run but the third, an honor student, Kelvin Jones, is killed. Eddie gets into work after having tried to call Lucinda all night. He wants to know if she killed Kershaw. Al and Cyrus interrupt their conversation as they enter the kitchen talking about the shooting at the school.
A police detective calls at the house showing a photograph of Ben Kershaw. Mereta can't make a positive identification of Kershaw as the man who attacked her in the car. When the detective leaves, Cyrus asks everyone to give him a minute. Everyone, that is, except Lucinda. Cyrus questions her about Kershaw but Lucinda wants to "plead the fifth". He lets her off the hook only because he needs to leave for Alabama but assures her they will talk about it once he gets home.
Monday, October 25, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.6, "In RE: Tyler Banks"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Six, In RE: Tyler Banks
Original Air Date: October 22, 2010 (Canada) & October 23, 2010 (United States)
Garza and his team head to Miami to champion the cause of a fourteen year-old boy who will die in two weeks if he doesn't get a liver transplant. Because he is in foster care, the hospital is removing the boy from the top of the transplant list. Things get even more complicated when someone steps up to adopt Tyler but the adoption is denied because the candidate is gay. Someone from Lucinda's past returns raising even more questions about her.
Garza and Claire arrive at an event as a massive protest is happening. He is approached by Theresa Cain from Children's Light and informed the protest is against hospitals for removing sick children off organ transplant lists simply because they are in foster care. Garza gives Theresa the ride up fifteen floors in the elevator to make her case to him. Theresa shows Garza and Claire a video of a young man, Tyler Banks, who is number one on Greater Miami's waiting list for a new liver. Tyler will not receive it because he is also in foster care. Fourteen year-old Tyler will die in two weeks time without the liver.
Eddie gives his girlfriend Bethany (Bitsie Tulloch) a tour of Garza's house where he works and she is none too impressed. She is certain he can't be happy there and wants to help him. Her firm is throwing a party that weekend for the head of the litigation team who is retiring.
Season One, Episode Six, In RE: Tyler Banks
Original Air Date: October 22, 2010 (Canada) & October 23, 2010 (United States)
Garza and his team head to Miami to champion the cause of a fourteen year-old boy who will die in two weeks if he doesn't get a liver transplant. Because he is in foster care, the hospital is removing the boy from the top of the transplant list. Things get even more complicated when someone steps up to adopt Tyler but the adoption is denied because the candidate is gay. Someone from Lucinda's past returns raising even more questions about her.
Garza and Claire arrive at an event as a massive protest is happening. He is approached by Theresa Cain from Children's Light and informed the protest is against hospitals for removing sick children off organ transplant lists simply because they are in foster care. Garza gives Theresa the ride up fifteen floors in the elevator to make her case to him. Theresa shows Garza and Claire a video of a young man, Tyler Banks, who is number one on Greater Miami's waiting list for a new liver. Tyler will not receive it because he is also in foster care. Fourteen year-old Tyler will die in two weeks time without the liver.
Eddie gives his girlfriend Bethany (Bitsie Tulloch) a tour of Garza's house where he works and she is none too impressed. She is certain he can't be happy there and wants to help him. Her firm is throwing a party that weekend for the head of the litigation team who is retiring.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.5, "In RE: Tracy Vidalin"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Five, In RE: Tracy Vidalin
Original Air Date: October 16, 2010
In the aftermath of a robbery, a policeman is murdered and the daughter of Senator Vidalin is being held as an accomplice to the murder. Vidalin wants Cyrus and his team to help his daughter prove her innocence. Is the young girl Cyrus Garza has always known to be sweet and innocent just that or could she really be involved in the murder? Eddie and Mereta start uncovering details from Lucinda's past.
While Al, Mereta and Eddie are watching Cyrus throw the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game on television, a call comes in for Garza. Senator Vidalin's daughter is in trouble and needs his help. Once he's home from the game, Cyrus and Al go to see Tracy Vidalin (Ashley Rickards) in jail. Cyrus has known Vidalin for nearly 30 years and, for most of it, considered him a good friend. Whatever bad points the Senator has, Cyrus thinks his daughter, Tracy, is a good girl.
Tracy tells them about her boyfriend, Lonnie Daws (Michael Stahler), and that he had a gun the night of the incident. She recounts the evening for them saying the couple was parked figuring out where to get dinner when Lonnie said he had a surprise for her. He gets out of the car and waits in the car for 10-20 minutes before hearing an alarm go off in an apartment building. Lonnie runs out yelling for her to drive and he now has a gun. She panicked and crashed the car after which Lonnie ran from the car and killed a policeman.
Season One, Episode Five, In RE: Tracy Vidalin
Original Air Date: October 16, 2010
In the aftermath of a robbery, a policeman is murdered and the daughter of Senator Vidalin is being held as an accomplice to the murder. Vidalin wants Cyrus and his team to help his daughter prove her innocence. Is the young girl Cyrus Garza has always known to be sweet and innocent just that or could she really be involved in the murder? Eddie and Mereta start uncovering details from Lucinda's past.
While Al, Mereta and Eddie are watching Cyrus throw the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game on television, a call comes in for Garza. Senator Vidalin's daughter is in trouble and needs his help. Once he's home from the game, Cyrus and Al go to see Tracy Vidalin (Ashley Rickards) in jail. Cyrus has known Vidalin for nearly 30 years and, for most of it, considered him a good friend. Whatever bad points the Senator has, Cyrus thinks his daughter, Tracy, is a good girl.
Tracy tells them about her boyfriend, Lonnie Daws (Michael Stahler), and that he had a gun the night of the incident. She recounts the evening for them saying the couple was parked figuring out where to get dinner when Lonnie said he had a surprise for her. He gets out of the car and waits in the car for 10-20 minutes before hearing an alarm go off in an apartment building. Lonnie runs out yelling for her to drive and he now has a gun. She panicked and crashed the car after which Lonnie ran from the car and killed a policeman.
Friday, October 15, 2010
US Television: More News on the Fate of NBC's Outlaw
Last week, NBC announced they had suspended production of any further episodes for the new Jimmy Smits legal drama Outlaw. Currently, eight episodes have been filmed. NBC said they were going to air all of the remaining episodes in the regular Friday night time slot they had allotted to the show.
Now, NBC has stated they are going to move Outlaw to Saturday nights to air the remaining four episodes and air an expanded Dateline in the Friday night time slot vacated by Outlaw.
I guess the cancellation process for Outlaw is going to be a long, drawn out painful one for fans of the show. At least we're getting to see the remaining four episodes before finally saying 'goodbye' to the show for good.
Source: http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/10/nbc-pulls-outlaw-from-fridays.html
Now, NBC has stated they are going to move Outlaw to Saturday nights to air the remaining four episodes and air an expanded Dateline in the Friday night time slot vacated by Outlaw.
I guess the cancellation process for Outlaw is going to be a long, drawn out painful one for fans of the show. At least we're getting to see the remaining four episodes before finally saying 'goodbye' to the show for good.
Source: http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/10/nbc-pulls-outlaw-from-fridays.html
Monday, October 11, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.4, "In RE: Curtis Farwell"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Four, In RE: Curtis Farwell
Original Air Date: October 8, 2010
Cyrus and his team take the case of Curtis Farwell, a man who was seriously injured when the car he was driving malfunctioned. The accident was one of eight similar accidents involving the same make and model of car. Four of the accidents were fatal. Claire wants Cyrus to help her raise money for Senator Vidalin's favorite charity to prevent him from voting against the interests of her biggest clients. The mysterious man Cyrus noticed watching him in the first episode returns.
Cyrus appears on an episode of Larry King Live (yes, Larry King made a cameo) opposed by Patty Friedman, a reporter from a political web site. The subject of the show is why Garza quit the Supreme Court. Cyrus treats the appearance as a chance to not only make it known he isn't a turncoat (except for turning his back on a justice system that doesn't always do justice) but to inject a bit of his sense of humor into the interview.
Just as Cyrus is getting ready to enjoy a pleasant night with Miss Friedman, Claire calls. Senator Vidalin is threatening to vote against the interests of her biggest clients unless she dumps Cyrus from her firm. Her solution: raise a boatload of money for Vidalin's favorite charity. By time Cyrus is finished talking to Claire, Patty has fallen asleep putting a damper on the festivities. He turns on the television and watches a news story about a series of accidents involving the Jupiter coupe.
Season One, Episode Four, In RE: Curtis Farwell
Original Air Date: October 8, 2010
Cyrus and his team take the case of Curtis Farwell, a man who was seriously injured when the car he was driving malfunctioned. The accident was one of eight similar accidents involving the same make and model of car. Four of the accidents were fatal. Claire wants Cyrus to help her raise money for Senator Vidalin's favorite charity to prevent him from voting against the interests of her biggest clients. The mysterious man Cyrus noticed watching him in the first episode returns.
Cyrus appears on an episode of Larry King Live (yes, Larry King made a cameo) opposed by Patty Friedman, a reporter from a political web site. The subject of the show is why Garza quit the Supreme Court. Cyrus treats the appearance as a chance to not only make it known he isn't a turncoat (except for turning his back on a justice system that doesn't always do justice) but to inject a bit of his sense of humor into the interview.
Just as Cyrus is getting ready to enjoy a pleasant night with Miss Friedman, Claire calls. Senator Vidalin is threatening to vote against the interests of her biggest clients unless she dumps Cyrus from her firm. Her solution: raise a boatload of money for Vidalin's favorite charity. By time Cyrus is finished talking to Claire, Patty has fallen asleep putting a damper on the festivities. He turns on the television and watches a news story about a series of accidents involving the Jupiter coupe.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.3, "In RE: Jessica Davis"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
Season One, Episode Three, In RE: Jessica Davis
Original Air Date: October 1, 2010
Garza's bookie, Doc, surprises him with a nighttime visit. Cyrus and his team take the case of a Baltimore mother who left her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Meanwhile, Eddie and Lucinda work the case of one of Al's former clients, Desdemona.
Doc and an extremely large and intimidating man, Tiny, awaken Cyrus in the middle of the night. Doc wants his money and gives Cyrus twenty-four hours. The next morning, Cyrus asks his boss for an advance of $200,000. She ends up agreeing to give him the money after letting him know that her boyfriend asked her to marry him and she obviously said 'yes'.
Mereta presents Cyrus with a newspaper about the case of a woman in Baltimore who forgot her child in her car resulting in the child's death. Cyrus, Al and Eddie all notice a story about a sports player, Ray Lewis, injured in his bathtub over the baby story shocking Mereta and Lucinda. The case is interesting to Cyrus and the team because of similar cases in other cities and states that do not get prosecuted. Some parents are prosecuted for the deaths, others not. Cyrus' team is drafting a motion to dismiss the Davis case.
In Baltimore, Cyrus and Al speak with the district attorney prosecuting the case. They want the case dismissed on equal protection. The D.A. insists the case will not be thrown out on a "technicality". When Cyrus asks him if he really wants to go after a mom who is stricken with grief, the D.A. sort of laughs it off asking if they have even met their client, which they haven't.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.2, "In RE: Officer Daniel Hale"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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.
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.
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