Episode 1: Pilot
2000-10-0260 min
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist recruits college students to assist in uncovering headline stories.
Season guide
Deadline Season 1 — Episodes and Where to Watch
13 episodes · first aired 2000-10-02
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Episode guide
Episode 2: Lovers and Madmen
2000-10-0960 min
Benton investigates a renowned classical pianist who becomes romantically involved with Benton's estranged wife.
Episode 3: Perception
2000-10-1660 min
Benton uncovers a link between the "accidental" shooting of an off-duty officer and a series of police beatings.
Episode 4: Daniel in the Lion's Den
2000-10-2360 min
Benton learns that a candidate for city council is a convicted fugitive living under an assumed name.
Episode 5: Howl
2000-10-3060 min
Benton becomes a suspect in the murder of a gangster's girlfriend after she spent the night at his place.
Episode 6: The Old Ball Game
2001-03-1760 min
A wealthy woman goes missing, and the investigation uncovers more than anyone expected.
Episode 7: Don't I Know You?
2001-03-1760 min
When Wallace probes the mob, Nikki's family connections and her past come back to haunt her and she is forced to choose between her father and her career. Abe Vigoda guest stars.
Episode 8: The Undesirables
2001-03-2460 min
Wallace uncovers a politician's plot to sterilize female drug addicts
Episode 9: Somebody's Fool
2001-03-2460 min
Benton investigates when a man is killed after creating a disturbance on a plane.
Episode 10: The First Commandment
2001-03-3160 min
Benton is led astray while investigating the murder of a prominent rabbi's wife, causing him to delve into the holy man's background.
Episode 11: Just Lie Back
2001-03-3160 min
Benton investigates the possibility that misogynistic comments by a radio disc jockey may have provoked a series of sexual assaults.
Episode 12: Shock
2001-04-0760 min
Beth investigates a drug rehabilitation center that preys off its clientele by selling narcotics and condoning prostitution.
Episode 13: Red Herring
2001-04-0760 min
Benton ends up afraid for his life and on his publisher's bad side when he dares to write a damning column on a stock scam run by the Russian mafia.
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