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75 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode
Sun, Jan 7, 2024 45 mins
Lynn helps an old friend deal with his troubled daughter, who's created a list of people she wants to kill; The woman Michael left Lynn for comes looking for a job; Danni and Don's relationship heats up; Danni learns that Randi is getting some ""attention"" from a surprising source.
Episode
Mon, Jan 8, 2024 45 mins
Lynn represents a couple desperate to get custody of their granddaughter, even though it goes against their deceased daughter's wishes; Rex's mentally ill older brother breezes into his life after a two year absence; Danni represents an obnoxious actor suing a paper for ruining his career after they claimed he was dead; Randi and Andres's relationship heats up.
Episode
Sun, Jan 14, 2024 45 mins
Rex and Lynn defend a 10 year-old boy accused of murdering a little girl for her bike; Randi represents a man who claims his wife put a hex on him; an unexpected event puts an end to Danni & Don's relationship.
Episode
Mon, Jan 15, 2024 45 mins
Viveca passes the bar and joins Rex's practice. Her first client is a college football star who allegedly parked in a handicapped space, resulting in the injury of a paraplegic; Rex and Lynn represent a former convict who wants to reclaim custody of his daughter.
Episode
Sun, Jan 21, 2024 45 mins
Lynn defends a woman, who runs a foundation for children born to crack-addicted mothers, when the woman pays an addict $200 to be sterilized so she wouldn't have any more crack addicted babies; Danni represents a mother who wants to send her son to Bhutan because she believes he is reincarnation of the High Lama; Michael attempts a reconciliation.
Episode
Mon, Jan 22, 2024 45 mins
Rex and Randi represent a pair of brothers: one a murder suspect, the other a witness; Danni tries to help a cleaning lady keep the $500,000 mistake in her bank account; Lynn realizes she's not living environmentally correct and tries to make some changes.
Episode
Sun, Feb 25, 2024 45 mins
Lynn reluctantly helps her neighbor with his child support settlement with his mistress while keeping it a secret from his wife; Joe and Viveca help a mother whose son was taken away after she spanked him in a department store.
Episode
Mon, Feb 26, 2024 45 mins
The firm takes on the case of an Arab-American, who works for the Department of Transportation, charged with espionage after he takes home a disk containing classified information.
Episode
Sat, Mar 2, 2024 45 mins
The firm sues the local police department when Naoise is fatally injured after being caught in gangster gunfire while visiting a client; Viveca helps a 85-year old woman gain custody of her 10-year old grandson.
Episode
Sun, Mar 3, 2024 45 mins
Under the glare of documentarians doing a film on stem cell research, the firm works together against the clock in representing a woman fighting for the right to have her unborn child delivered prematurely so that the infant's stem cells can be used to save the life of her older son who's dying from aplastic anemia; Viveca decides to keep her baby.
Episode 1
Mon, Sep 24, 2001 60 mins
The firm moves to Venice Beach and hires two new associates (Orla Brady, Meredith Eaton). Also, Lynn fights for a cancer patient's right to take unapproved medication; Joe realizes he's overworked and hands off a custody case to another lawyer, which leads to tragedy; and Danni searches for Raphael after he runs away from his foster home. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan. Joe: Tony Danza. Danni: Julie Warner.
Episode 2
Mon, Oct 1, 2001 60 mins
Randi represents a woman fighting to regain custody of her two children who were taken from her while she was in prison; Danni finds Raphael and tries once more to adopt him; Joe angers everyone with the amount of pro bono cases he's taken on. Randi: Dixie Carter. Danni: Julie Warner. Viveca: Salli Richardson.
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 8, 2001 60 mins
Lynn defends a 14-year-old girl accused of spray painting hate messages on a building; Emily represents parents who want to keep their teen daughter with cerebral palsy out of high school and keep her in a special-education facility against the girl's wishes; Joe tries to help an abused woman from being deported because he believes her violent husband will kill her if she returns to her homeland. Emily: Meredith Eaton. Viveca: Sallli Richardson. Joe: Tony Danza.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 15, 2001 60 mins
Naoise defends a 15-year-old boy accused of taking violent measures to defend his neighborhood from drug dealers and prostitutes; Joe tries to help a 16-year-old orphan gain custody of his two younger siblings. Naoise: Orla Brady. Joe: Tony Danza. Viveca: Salli Richardson.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 22, 2001 60 mins
Joe is badly burned when he rescues a 15-year-old from a house fire that the teen accidentally started when he tried to make his own drugs from a book he purchased. Rex then attempts to sue the book's publisher. Joe: Tony Danza. Rex: Christopher McDonald. Randi: Dixie Carter.
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 29, 2001 60 mins
Lynn intervenes when 13 children from one family are removed from their home after a case worker declares that the parents can't take care of them all; Randi reluctantly helps a man who wants his ex-wife to continue making large child support payments despite the fact that she plans to quit her job to have another baby. Randi: Dixie Carter. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 5, 2001 60 mins
A friend reveals to Lynn that he cheated on his wife and now he wants Lynn to represent him in a paternity suit; a mother is charged with child abuse after she spanks her son in a dressing room. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan. Joe: Tony Danza. Viveca: Salli Richardson.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 12, 2001 60 mins
An Arab-American who works for the Department of Transportation's hazardous-materials division is arrested for espionage after he takes home a computer disk that contains classified information. But Joe argues that he's being targeted simply because he's an Arab. Joe: Tony Danza. Viveca: Salli Richardson. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 19, 2001 60 mins
Randi defends a woman whose children died from heat exposure while locked in a car; Joe helps a mom whose kids were taken away because she left them home alone while she worked; Lynn and Rex consider having an affair. Randi: Dixie Carter. Joe: Tony Danza.
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 10, 2001 60 mins
Emily aids a woman who wants a divorce on the grounds that her husband committed adultery by carrying on a relationship with a woman over the Internet; Lynn defends a 40-year-old friend who is arrested for having sex with a 15-year-old boy; Randi starts dating a judge and then discovers he has a secret past that could end his career. Emily: Meredith Eaton. Randi: Dixie Carter. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 11
Mon, Dec 17, 2001 60 mins
A man sues his ex-wife for fraud when he learns the two boys he raised are not his biological sons; divorcing parents argue over who will get their son on Christmas day; a tall, skinny man sues a department store after the owner refuses to hire him as an elf. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan. Emily: Meredith Eaton.
Episode 12
Mon, Jan 7, 2002 60 mins
Rex represents a bipolar 8-year-old boy who was given up by his adoptive parents because of his violent outbursts; Lynn and Naoise assist a priest in his efforts to gain custody of a son he never knew existed until the boy's mother died. Naoise: Orla Brady. Rex: Christopher McDonald. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 13
Mon, Jan 14, 2002 60 mins
Naoise (Orla Brady) is seriously wounded when she gets caught in a shoot-out between rival gangs and Lynn sues the police department for failing to respond quickly; Viveca helps an 85-year-old grandmother try to gain custody of her grandson. Viveca: Salli Richardson. Lynn: Kathleen Quinlan.
Episode 14
Mon, Feb 4, 2002 60 mins
A woman (Annie Larussa) who is only 23 weeks pregnant wants doctors to induce labor so stem cells from her baby can be used to save her 8-year-old son, who's dying from aplastic anemia. But the doctors are hesitant because the infant will likely die. Mike: Bobby Preston. Brad: John Mese. Judge Prentiss: Michael Rothhaar. Benson: Veronica Cartwright. Scanlon: William Forward. Pierce: James McDonnell.
Episode 15
Mon, Feb 25, 2002 60 mins
Lynn represents a deadbeat dad who is thrown into jail after a judge learns that his wife is pregnant (because fathering another child is a violation of his parole); Viveca decides whether she's going to have Joe's baby. Ryan: Jason Peck. Patty: Nicki Aycox. Judge Daniels: Dion Anderson. Newman: Jonathan Nichols. Peres: Steve Railsback. Sefton: Brian Palerma. Viveca: Salli Richardson. Joe: Tony Danza.
Episode 16
Mon, Mar 4, 2002 60 mins
Vivica quits the firm in order to oppose Joe in court over a case involving standardized tests for teachers; Rex and Lynn represent a 12-year-old genius who wants the right to leave home to accept a scholarship at M.I.T. Jake: Jesse James. Olivia: Esther Scott. James: John Pyper-Ferguson. Karin: Alix Koromzay. Markes: Jody Wood. Judge Scott: Marcia Rodd. Blumberg: Aaron Lustig.
Episode 17
Mon, Mar 18, 2002 60 mins
The parents of a girl involved in a cult ask Lynn to help them stop a mass wedding in which their daughter is to be married to a stranger; Joe fights a restraining order that prevents him from seeing an 8-year-old boy he mentored while the kid's dad was in prison. Bob: James Colby. Kim: Rhonda Aldrich. Carly: Kimberly McCullough. Rev. Williams: Matthew Glave. Darren: Michael Cudlitz. Jack: Gemini Barnett. Carruthers: Jere Burns.
Episode 18
Mon, Mar 25, 2002 60 mins
Lynn reluctantly represents a polygamist with five wives who is fighting a former spouse for custody of their two children; Randi helps a couple battle an HMO that refuses to pay for an expensive treatment that their dying son needs. Price: Scott Alan Smith. Cooper: Matthew Koby. Lauren: Laura Leigh Hughes. George: Harry O'Reilly. Wendy: Abigail Revasch. Debra: Alison Simpson. Ashley: Cindy Lou Adkins. Gretchen: Rae Ritke. Jody: Kristina Lear. Michele: Margaret Emery.
Episode 19
Mon, Apr 8, 2002 60 mins
An 18-year-old black honors student sues a topflight college for discrimination when he's refused admission, even though he is academically qualified; one of Rex's friends is accused of raping a co-worker, but he claims the sex was consensual; and Emily dates a man she met on the Internet. Singleton: Ned Vaughn. Jamie: Eric Dearborn. Frank: John Cothran Jr. Gretchen: Jacqueline Heinze. Tolan: Jeremy Kramer. Carlisle: Sam Anderson. Rex: Christopher McDonald. Emily: Meredith Eaton. Joe: Tony Danza.
Episode 20
Mon, Apr 15, 2002 60 mins
Randi defends her cousin (Delta Burke), who is accused of abusing her elderly mother; Joe aids a 16-year-old father's fight for custody of his infant daughter; Cassie is suspended from school for writing an article condemning the school for creating a day-care facility for the kids of unwed teens. Robbie: Blake Heron. Angela: Maxine Stuart. Montag: Michael Mulheren. Julie: Katie Fountain. Mark: David Gautreaux. Cassie: Michelle Horn.
Episode 21
Mon, May 27, 2002 60 mins
In the series finale, a young woman who promised to give her newborn to an adopting couple reneges on the agreement after giving birth; a bride refuses to sign a prenuptial agreement just minutes before her wedding; Lynn and Rex fly to Nevada in an attempt to have their marriage annulled; Randi searches for a dying client's lost love. Frank: Ernest Borgnine. Kelly: Kali Rocha. Nancy: Ann Cusack. Brad: Cooper Thornton. Bride: Elizabeth Anne Allen. Groom: Nick Cornish.
Episode 22
Thu, Jan 4, 2024 45 mins
Lynn helps Rex represent a couple seeking damages against the doctor who neglected to tell them that their child would be born with Down Syndrome; Danni turns marriage counselor to a couple divorcing; Randi reveals a dark chapter in her past; Lynn sets out to show Michael how hard it is to juggle a career and parenting.
Episode 23
Fri, Jan 5, 2024 45 mins
Lynn tries the case of a woman seeking custody of her children from their racist father; Danni hopes to rekindle the flames with her new client, who is also an old boyfriend; Rex represents a man injured by exploding beached whale blubber; Sweet memories abound when Lynn and Michael start dividing their property.
Episode 24
Sat, Jan 6, 2024 45 mins
Randi represents a correctional officer charged with raping an inmate. However the case hits too close to home since she knew the officer when she was in prison; Lynn starts to represent a famous young actor in a divorce case; Danni's relationship with Don becomes more complicated.
Episode 27
Tue, Jan 9, 2024 45 mins
Danni and Rex take opposites sides of a case involving kids on a soccer team and their overzealous parents; Andres asks Randi's help in representing a friend who has money coming to him from a wealthy former client. But her testing of his skills makes Andres very uncomfortable; Lynn finds herself with a moral dilemma when she represents an Afghani couple trying to stay in the United States even though he is wanted for burglary in his homeland.
Episode 28
Wed, Jan 10, 2024 45 mins
Over Lynn's objections, Danni represents an L.A. Laker being sued for child support; Rex represents a man who confesses to bombing the Federal Building 30 years ago; Randi goes all out to make a deadbeat client pay his bill.
Episode 29
Thu, Jan 11, 2024 45 mins
Lynn and Michael square off in court in a battle between a cancer-stricken employee of a lingerie company and the owners that fired her shortly after her mastectomy; Rex represents the inept son of a professional thief.
Episode 30
Fri, Jan 12, 2024 45 mins
Rex defends a woman accused of murdering her one child and abusing the other; Randi represents the ""spokesman"" for Mr. Chips potato chips when he's fired for being too old; Lynn goes ""trolling"" for clients.
Episode 31
Sat, Jan 13, 2024 45 mins
Lynn acts as mediator in her friends' decision of how their dying son should spend his last days; Danni defends her father after he's arrested for a hit and run; Rex tries to make a commercial showcasing his skills, but it doesn't go as he planned.
Episode 34
Tue, Jan 16, 2024 45 mins
Lynn represents a woman trying to keep her molester husband away from their daughter; Danni represents a celebrity hairstylist who mocked a client in front of a roomful of people.
Episode 35
Wed, Jan 17, 2024 45 mins
Rex and Randi fight to show that the adopted parents of a mentally disturbed boy are not responsible for the boy's murderous act; Danni finds herself at odds with her father when she takes the case of a man fighting his ex-wife for $1 million in lottery winnings. The problem: the ex-wife is now dating Danni's father.
Episode 36
Thu, Jan 18, 2024 45 mins
Lynn's case involving a woman suing a televangelist for child support takes a surprising turn; Danni represents a woman who wants custody of her daughter. The problem: the woman was formerly a man.
Episode 37
Fri, Jan 19, 2024 45 mins
Lynn takes desperate measures to help a woman regain custody of her son; Rex battles his ex-wife over support payments; Randi tries to communicate with her estranged daughter.
Episode 38
Sat, Jan 20, 2024 45 mins
Rex defends an elderly woman on charges of drug dealing when she sells medication to the elderly at discount prices; Danni and Randi fight for the freedom of a Children's Services employee who kidnapped a child from his abusive parents; Lynn and Michael try to put aside their differences to take the kids camping.
Episode 41
Tue, Jan 23, 2024 45 mins
Episode 42
Wed, Jan 24, 2024 45 mins
Episode 43
Thu, Jan 25, 2024 45 mins
Lynn represents a priest who is on trial for an attempted murder he claims was an attempted exorcism, Andres reveals a shocking secret when he's threatened with deportation.
Episode 44
Fri, Jan 26, 2024 45 mins
Lynn is pitted against her old acquaintance, cutthroat lawyer Joe Celano, in a case involving a child's adopted parents and the Guatemalan woman he was taken from; Danni's reaction to Lynn's partnership offer unnerves Lynn.
Episode 45
Sat, Jan 27, 2024 45 mins
Lynn is faced with a moral and legal dilemma when her client in a child custody case confesses to molesting his daughter; Randi tries the potentially ground-breaking case of a man suing his bartender for serving him drinks that led to his having a one-night stand which destroyed his marriage; the attorneys decide to expand their practices by forming a partnership.
Episode 46
Sun, Jan 28, 2024 45 mins
Episode 47
Mon, Jan 29, 2024 45 mins
Rex fights to get his schizophrenic brother released from the county mental hospital; Danni and Randi take opposite sides in an ugly custody case involving an emotionally disturbed 5-year-old. However the case takes a suprising turn when it's learned that the child was switched at birth with another.
Episode 48
Thu, Feb 1, 2024 45 mins
Rex defends his schizophrenic brother against a murder charge when he pushes someone into the path of an incoming car. But the job is made more difficult when his brother insists that he did nothing wrong and won't let him plead insanity; Lynn and Randi go to the INS in order to get Andres readmitted to the U.S. and end up learning a shocking secret.
Episode 49
Fri, Feb 2, 2024 45 mins
Joe and Lynn butt heads in the case of a hospital's decision to drop one man from the kidney recipient list and replace him with one of their doctors; Danni represents a couple trying to keep custody of their chimpanzee; Randi and Andres have trouble dealing with his return to the firm.
Episode 50
Sat, Feb 3, 2024 45 mins
When Andres attacks a man his mother claims is the Chilean army colonel who killed her husband and tortured her 27 years ago, the firm sets out to prove that the man is a notorious war criminal.
Episode 51
Sun, Feb 4, 2024 45 mins
When Randi helps a battered woman get a restraining order against her husband, the Dept. of Children's Services decides that the woman is an unfit mother because she chose to stay with her abusive husband; Lynn is torn between acting as Cassie's mother or her friend; Danni gets another shot at becoming partner.
Episode 53
Tue, Feb 6, 2024 45 mins
Lynn sues a local television station when it airs exploitative footage of her shirt being ripped off by an angry mob; When she tells her the wrong court date, Patricia is forced to impersonate Viveca to prevent a client from losing a case that involves a wedding dress that wouldn't fit.
Episode 54
Wed, Feb 7, 2024 45 mins
Randi and Joe fight to keep a set of newborn Siamese twins from being surgically separated; Lynn is upset when Michael's new girlfriend tries to bond with her kids.
Episode 55
Thu, Feb 8, 2024 45 mins
Lynn defends a man charged with manslaughter when he helps his terminally ill wife committ suicide; Viveca sues a beachfront property landlord for discrimination when he refuses her residency because she's a lawyer.
Episode 58
Wed, Feb 14, 2024 45 mins
Lynn and Randi help a woman who left her baby at the doorstep of Holt & Associates; The boy who Danni helped months ago asks her to be his foster mother.
Episode 59
Thu, Feb 15, 2024 45 mins
Lynn and Joe help a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped their children and now seeks refuge at the Indian reservation where Federal laws do not apply; Danni continues in her quest to adopt Rapheal.
Episode 60
Fri, Feb 16, 2024 45 mins
Randi fights for custody of her granddaughter after her daughter is killed by her abusive husband; Rex helps a rock star get a permit to open a drug rehab center in Beverly Hills; Danni's petition to adopt is denied and she is devestated to learn that one of the partners wrote a negative letter to the Dept. of Children Services,
Episode 63
Mon, Feb 19, 2024 45 mins
Lynn represents a cancer patient who wants to be able to receive experimental medication banned by the FDA; Raphael again pleads with Danni to adopt him; two new associates join the firm; and Joe's overextending himself working on pro bono cases has a tragic consequence.
Episode 64
Tue, Feb 20, 2024 45 mins
Randy and Emily represent a former drug addict who is trying to reclaim custody of the children she signed away; Danni continues in her quest to adopt Rapheal; Despite everyone's objections, Joe continues his pro bono work.
Episode 65
Wed, Feb 21, 2024 45 mins
Lynn and Viveca try to help a 14 year old girl who was arrested for spray painting hate messages on buildings; Emily represents parents who want to keep their cerebral palsy afflicted daughter out of public high school against her wish; Joe uses Naoise to help him do pro bono work.
Episode 66
Thu, Feb 22, 2024 45 mins
Joe helps a 16-year old boy get custody of his two younger brothers; Naoise defends a teenager who is charged with misdemeanor vandalism when he uses a slingshot to get rid of a drug dealer in his neighborhood; Randi asks Lynn to be Annie's guardian should anything happen to her.
Episode 67
Fri, Feb 23, 2024 45 mins
When Joe is badly burned in a fire started by a teen who was trying to make drugs, Rex goes after the publisher of the book the boy was using; Emily hires a private investigator to test the fidelity of her client's husband---something Randi finds reprehensible. However, to her suprise, Randi finds herself attracted to the man.
Episode 70
Tue, Feb 27, 2024 45 mins
Randi helps a mentally unstable woman charged with murder after her children die after waiting in a locked car; Joe represents a woman whose kids were taken away because she left them alone at home while she worked; Rex and Lynn's relationship takes a suprising turn.
Episode 71
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 45 mins
Emily aids a woman who wants a divorce on the grounds that her husband committed adultery by carrying on a relationship with a woman over the Internet; Lynn defends a 40-year-old friend who is arrested for having sex with a 15-year-old boy; Randi starts dating a judge and then discovers he has a secret past that could end his career
Episode 72
Thu, Feb 29, 2024 45 mins
Episode 73
Fri, Mar 1, 2024 45 mins
Rex represents a bipolar 8-year-old boy who was given up by his adoptive parents because of his violent outbursts; Lynn and Naoise assist a priest in his efforts to gain custody of a daughter he never knew existed until the girl's mother died.
Episode 76
Tue, Mar 5, 2024 45 mins
Viveca objects so strongly to Joe's representing a teacher who is contesting the validity of a statewide teacher's proficiency exam that she resigns from the firm and agrees to argue the case for the opposing side; Lynn and Rex petition the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for their 12 year old genius client, whose parents refuse to allow him to leave home to attend M.I.T.
Episode 77
Wed, Mar 6, 2024 45 mins
Lynn and Rex opt for an unconventional solution in blocking a mass cult wedding during which their clients' daughter is to be married to a stranger; Joe fights a restraining order that prevents him from visiting a young boy whom he mentored while the boy's father was incarcerated.
Episode 78
Thu, Mar 7, 2024 45 mins
William Price hires Lynn to keep his ex-wife Kathy, a former drug addict, from getting custody of their two boys. Lynn doesn't see any problem until William reveals that he lives with five women and has children with all of them.Kathy's lawyer tells the Department of Children and Family Services about William's ""family,"" and the department decides to put all eight children into foster care.
Episode 79
Fri, Mar 8, 2024 45 mins
Randi and Viveca represent a highly qualified high school senior who was passed over for college admittance in favor of a less qualified classmate under the college's legacy program. In court, Randi exposes how racially discriminatory the legacy policy is, leading to a victory for their client.Lynn is disturbed by Rex's strategy in defending his friend accused of rape, which causes her to question the wisdom of their relationship.
Episode 80
Sat, Mar 9, 2024 45 mins
Randi defends her cousin Marcie after she's arrested for abusing her Alzheimers-afflicted mother; when Joe goes to drastic measures to help a teenager get custody of his daughter, Emily comes up with the better solution; Cassie is suspended after she publishes an article in the school paper criticizing day care programs.