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Drop Dead Diva Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Jul 12, 200946 mins
When beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum. A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri, Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane's plus-size frame in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.
Episode 2
The 'F' Word
Sun, Jul 19, 200942 mins
Deb discovers what life is like for Jane in her body as she takes on a case defending a cocktail waitress who is fired after she gains 50 lbs. Grayson and Kim represent a man in a divorce but the only thing he wants back from his wife is his kidney.
Episode 3
Do Over
Sun, Jul 26, 200941 mins
Grayson Kent makes a brilliant entry as Kim's co-counsel, in the case of double personality patient Simon Dewey/Jake Garner whose wife sues his therapist Dr. Lois Farrar for eliminating the person she didn't fall in love with by claiming she 'killed' the other. Jane faces a retrial after a member the real one's Original jury is disqualified in a case against transport firm bosses who force drivers to speed illegally long, ultimately driving one to suicide, but the key witness has been sold out by the owners.
Episode 4
The Chinese Wall
Sun, Aug 2, 200944 mins
Dog show champion Wallace Haft sues the company which cloned his golden retriever David Beckham, physically perfect, but a sweet pet instead of a show winner. Jane still finds a valid complaint. Grayson Kent represents Deb's father Joe, ignoring that's Jane's, in a divorce case. Jane insists on a Chinese wall so she can represent her mother, but soon finds nothing was at the Dobkins home as she always assumed. Fred follows inspiration from romantic movies to court clueless Stacy.
Episode 5
Lost and Found
Sun, Aug 9, 200941 mins
Rookie Grayson was looking forward to be Jane's second chair in the defense of dating site boss Barry Schuester, who is accused of aiding in ruining clients' marriages, but Kim takes first chair. Jane must counsel pro bono Michael Fernandez, who is offered a meager $15,000 state settlement after ten years of wrongful imprisonment as D.A. Callahan chose for electoral purposes to look no further for the real criminal, who meanwhile confessed and died. The board rules however to award nothing, so now they must sue the prosecutor's office. Fred finally gets noticed by Stacy while organizing a surprise birthday party.
Episode 6
Second Chances
Sun, Aug 16, 200942 mins
Hollywood has-been Larry Baxter hires the firm for series of minor, unprofitable lawsuits, which Parker dumps on Grayson, who feels hounded until he realizes they're both mourning. Jane accepts to defend Phillip Neely's wife Marianne, who was just found out to be an alias for a murder accomplice who abused bail ten years ago. Fred tries magazine 'wisdom' about playing hard to get, just now Stacy starts to take an interest in him but won't admit to it yet either.
Episode 7
The Magic Bullet
Sun, Aug 23, 200941 mins
Fred leaves a note that he's recalled to heaven, so Deb's colleagues' memories of him are wiped and he'll watch her from above. Quickly sacked legal assistant Adam Bay sues ex-boss Kim for sexual harassment and unlawful dismissal. Grayson accepts to defend her, although Parker would prefer any settlement, and in the process gets seduced just before Jane can confess her old identity. Deb takes the case of unhealthy diet-victim Hannah Porter's mother, suing patent-holder Jillian Ford, not even remembering Jane's own diet capers.
Episode 8
Crazy
Sun, Aug 30, 200942 mins
Grayson refuses to help Kim sue a bridesmaid for infidelity with the groom hours before the ceremony, yet she perseveres by the angle that the $10,000 wedding dress was 'made useless', but the groom still holds a crucial vote. Deb shyly accepts hot Brian Young's invitation to attend Jane's class reunion, only to find he's as gay as charming. Deb's client Brandon Tharpe asked for her, bot the boss, hoping she would understand his carpe diem attitude, which even his son claims to constitute a madness compromising their major lawn mowers manufacturing firm, which he wants to turn green.
Episode 9
The Dress
Sun, Sep 13, 200941 mins
Grayson gets to watch porn as Parker's old friend Kevin Hanson wants to sue a 'dirty' producer although his daughter Jenny agreed to feature by writing on the day she reached legal age of consent. Jane wants to sue a national fashion stores chain when she realizes that the dress she craved isn't sold above size 10, and almost no other. Parker opposes suing, but she twists his arm and gets unsympathetic rival Kim to defend her case.
Episode 10
Make Me a Match
Sun, Sep 20, 200942 mins
Grayson is duly skeptical when commandeered to handle the case of Kim's psychic who sues her sister for messing up their father's paranormal business by starting her own parlor, yet can't resist a séance about his allegedly remaining love. Fred is back, having abandoned an angelic heaven admissions career being unable to forget about Stacey, but she forgot about him and his mail-room job has already been taken. Jane discovers that 'she' has a monthly scrabble program with rude judge Madeline Summers, who is bugged that the $25,000 dating agency 'she' advised never yielded a second date and insists they must sue, only to find Madeline's excessive demands, basically for a copy of her late husband, messed up all 27 first dates.
Episode 11
What If?
Sun, Sep 27, 200943 mins
Grayson and Kim are puzzled that boss Parker, whom a client demands to plead his case personally against a disgruntled ex-employee who discredits his firm's chocolate snack, demands both of them to 'assist', in fact leaves the pleading them, so Grayson resorts to a daring pep-talk. Jane meets 'her' (not Deb's) self-invited mother Elaine Bingum and most learn to know her as it goes. Fred finds himself temporarily homeless as well as neglected by Stacey and takes Elaine's advice to try dating around, while Tony Nicastro dates Jane, who also pleads the case of the victims of a hospital baby swap in surprising chapters.
Episode 12
Dead Model Walking
Sun, Oct 4, 200943 mins
Grayson takes the pro bono case of widow Millie Carlson, who resists expropriation of late Oscar's home for a housing project. Lover Kim co-chairs, lacking the required charitable hours, and pressures Grayson about making love in his home until the relationship breaks. Deb can't resists butting in when Parker and Kim defend Stacey's favorite model, Christy Talbot, on shoplifting and salesclerk abuse charges. Shortly after, she's asked to defend her on suspicion of murdering her missing husband during a canoe trip.
Episode 13
Grayson's Anatomy
Sun, Oct 11, 200942 mins
Grayson must plead the case of lingerie model Lina Martinez, who was fired after making public she was operated for breast cancer. The girls wanted the case but are commandeered by Parker for mediocre pro baseball player Eric Hayes, who sues his surgeon Dr. Dumont for ruining his pitcher arm. Stacy however imposes her fashion expertise on Grayson, who now dreams about Jane, which slips out. Tony finally asks her out on a weekend, to Napa Valley. Just when she decides to accept rather then go for Grayson, a third admirer turns up.
