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*The Mississippi*
The Mississippi
Created by	Darryl Ponicsan
Starring	Ralph Waite; Linda Miller; Stan Shaw
Composer	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Ralph Waite Productions; Hajeno Productions; Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 25, 1983 –; March 6, 1984

The Mississippi is an American legal drama television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1983 to 1984 on CBS. The series consisted of 24 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.^[1]

Plot

Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who, after retiring his law practice, sought a simpler life on the Mississippi River as the captain of a stern wheel river boat. Conflicting with his desire for an easy retirement from legal practice, he'd find at every port someone who needed a good attorney, and he would end up defending him or her. His “crew” consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafayette 'Lafe' Tate, both of whom were more interested in helping people, fighting crime, and becoming attorneys than in running the tug.

Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Cast

Ralph Waite as Ben Walker
Linda Miller as Stella McMullen
Stan Shaw as Lafayette "Lafe" Tate

Episodes

Season 1: 1982–83

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
0	0	"The Mississippi"	Richard C. Sarafian	Darryl Ponicsan	June 14, 1982 (1982-06-14)
Series pilot.
1	1	"Murder at Mt. Parnassus"	Lee H. Katzin	Jerry Ziegman	March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25)
2	2	"Edge of the River"	Lee H. Katzin	Shel Willens	April 1, 1983 (1983-04-01)
3	3	"Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"	Russ Mayberry	Terry Louise Fisher	April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08)
4	4	"We Remember, We Revere"	Leo Penn	Story by : John Wilder & Paul Savage Teleplay by : Paul Savage	April 15, 1983 (1983-04-15)
5	5	"Mardi Gras"	Ralph Waite	Jeffrey Lane	April 29, 1983 (1983-04-29)
6	6	"Old Hatreds Die Hard"	Leo Penn	Story by : John Wilder & Paul Savage Teleplay by : Paul Savage	May 6, 1983 (1983-05-06)

Season 2: 1983–84

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"There Is a Tiger in the Town"	Jeffrey Hayden	Robert Crais	September 27, 1983 (1983-09-27)
8	2	"Cradle to Grave"	Leo Penn	Patricia Green	October 4, 1983 (1983-10-04)
9	3	"The Trial of Ben Walker"	David Shaw	David Shaw	October 11, 1983 (1983-10-11)
10	4	"The Last Voice You Hear"	Alex March	David Karp	October 18, 1983 (1983-10-18)
11	5	"The Shooting"	Georg Stanford Brown	Sidney Ellis	October 25, 1983 (1983-10-25)
12	6	"Peace with Honor"	Robert Sallin	Patricia Green	November 1, 1983 (1983-11-01)
13	7	"Joey"	Alex March	Irv Pearlberg	November 8, 1983 (1983-11-08)
14	8	"Crisis of Identity"	Harry Harris	David Shaw	November 15, 1983 (1983-11-15)
15	9	"A Town Without Pity"	Oz Scott	Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon	November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22)
16	10	"G.I. Blues"	Leo Penn	Story by : Preston Marshall Ransone & Art Eisenson Teleplay by : James M. Miller	November 13, 1983 (1983-11-13)
17	11	"Between Fathers and Sons"	John Patterson	Chris Manheim	December 13, 1983 (1983-12-13)
18	12	"The Big Leagues"	Leo Penn	Irv Pearlberg	December 27, 1983 (1983-12-27)
19	13	"Going Back to Hannibal"	Allen Reisner	Alan Brennert	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10)
20	14	"Wheels of Justice"	William Wiard	David Shaw, Ed Waters	January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17)
21	15	"Informed Consent"	Oz Scott	Rogers Turrentine	January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24)
22	16	"Abigail"	Alex March	Irv Pearlberg	February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07)
23	17	"Home Again"	Allen Reisner	Alan Brennert	March 6, 1984 (1984-03-06)