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(CNN) -- "L.A. Law" had buzz right from the moment it premiered in 1986. 

Co-created by Steven Bochco, hot off his success with "Hill Street Blues," the series was set at the high-priced Los Angeles law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak. 

The cast was glossy and diverse, including Jimmy Smits, Blair Underwood, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, Susan Dey, Richard Dysart, Alan Rachins and Corbin Bernsen. 

Most of all, it pushed the boundaries of the legal show the way "Hill Street" did with cop shows. 

"L.A. Law's" principals argued cases involving rape, capital punishment, big business, child molestation, AIDS and medical malpractice at a time when such subjects were seldom mentioned on prime-time television, and certainly not in such detail. This was no "Perry Mason," or even "The Defenders." 

Bochco being Bochco, the hard stuff was paired with moments of silly humor and steamy sex (or silly sex and steamy humor), making for a high-wire balance of drama and comedy. 

One first-season episode got people talking about a fictional sex act called the "Venus Butterfly"; later, the show actually killed off a character by dropping her down an elevator shaft. 

The big hair and big-shouldered suits of the '80s may be gone, but the show remains influential. David E. Kelley, a real-life lawyer who later created "Picket Fences," "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal," got his television start as a writer on "L.A. Law." 

The show's first season is finally out on DVD, with the second expected to follow in a few months. CNN spoke to Smits, now a star of "Sons of Anarchy" who played idealistic Hispanic attorney Victor Sifuentes, and Alan Rachins, who played bottom-line-oriented partner Douglas Brackman Jr. and later starred on "Dharma and Greg," about the show and its impact. 

1. what are some of the topics of cases argued on L.A. Law?
2. what was the show a balance of?
3. is it available on DVD?
4. when did it premiere?
5. who is one of the creators?
6. what other show did he create?
7. who were a couple of the cast members?
8. what was the name of the law firm on the show?
9. did the show push boundaries?
10. how did one of the characters on the show die?
11. when is the second season available on DVD?
12. who did Jimmy Smits play on the show?
13. and what show is he on now?
14. who played Douglas Brackman Jr.?
15. where did he end up?

Numbered answers:
1. rape, capital punishment, big business
2. drama and comedy
3. the first season is
4. 1986
5. Steven Bochco
6. "Hill Street Blues"
7. Jimmy Smits, Blair Underwood, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker
8. McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak
9. yes
10. she fell down an elevator shaft
11. in a few months
12. Victor Sifuentes
13. "Sons of Anarchy"
14. Alan Rachins
15. "Dharma and Greg"