Franklin & Bash
Two offbeat, young-gun street lawyers join a top-notch law firm in this buddy-legal drama. Jared Franklin and Peter Bash's brash, bad-boy antics shake up the buttoned-down firm, which is headed by eccentric boss Stanton Infeld. His shifty nephew — a corporate-climbing lawyer at the firm — is none too pleased with Franklin and Bash's unconventional methods and sets out to take the pair down.
- Metascore58
- 2011-2014
- 4 seasons
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Comedy, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Two offbeat, young-gun street lawyers join a top-notch law firm in this buddy-legal drama. Jared Franklin and Peter Bash's brash, bad-boy antics shake up the buttoned-down firm, which is headed by eccentric boss Stanton Infeld. His shifty nephew — a corporate-climbing lawyer at the firm — is none too pleased with Franklin and Bash's unconventional methods and sets out to take the pair down.
Season 4 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
The Curse of Hor-Aha
Wed, Aug 13, 2014 42 mins
As Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) try to recover an archeologist's valuable - and cursed - Egyptian artifact, new partner Ellen Swatello (Rhea Seehorn) fights a day care center that's seeking to shut down her client's marijuana dispensary.
Episode 2
Kershaw v. Lincecum
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 42 mins
In order to get an extension on their office rent, Jared and Peter must secure tickets to a major baseball game. In order to do so, though, they have to jump through a series of bribery hoops, including a private dinner with top chef Sebastian for Karp, who has the tickets they need. Meanwhile, the duo also takes on the case of foxy Chelsea Beckman -Peter can't stop flirting with her- seeking a divorce from Dr. Nick Beckman, a plastic surgeon who just happens to be Franklin and Bash's office sublet tenant, and expects informal legal help, so they must spare both parties or reconcile them, as neither hates the other, while the judge refuses to admit a crucial photograph, lacking authentication. Meanwhile they seek to get Infeld's law license reinstated by claiming he's a sex addict who just needs therapy and deputize their intern to forestry court, which only works by blatant bluffing.
Episode 3
Love Is the Drug
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 43 mins
As Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) represent a car service driver accused of stealing his celebrity passengers handbags, an old grudge threatens Infeld's (Malcolm MacDowell) return to work.
Episode 4
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Wed, Sep 3, 2014 43 mins
Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) take on a wealthy Malibu resident whose legal maneuvers are targeting a longtime neighbor's beachfront property. Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) and Karp (Reed Diamond) go to war over a lucrative client.
Episode 5
Deep Throat
Wed, Sep 10, 2014 42 mins
Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) looks to win over an old flame by representing her son, a high school journalist whose reporting has jeopardized his college scholarship. Jared's (Breckin Meyer) efforts to play it cool undermines his workplace romance with Swatello (Rhea Seehorn).
Episode 6
Dance the Night Away
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 43 mins
Jared eagerly accepts 'his' legal services being paid by a penniless aristocrat transferring his title as Scottish Duke and demands 'commoner' Peter to pay homage and act as his MC, but soon finds himself in a land dispute with duke Albert Daughtery's rival family over grazing sheep. Stanton encourages Jared and Peter to represent an injured strip club pole dancer, who is fired by club owner Cliff, who mobilizes his colleagues. In order to revive win the initially dismissed case, the duo boldly attempts to unionize Los Angeles's strippers by getting them admitted into an established showbiz union. To Stanton's proud delight, Karp sets his terms to rejoin the firm following some mediation between Stanton, Jared, Peter and Peter's mother Colleen. A wild royal party leads to an unexpected moment between Colleen and Jared, while Peter 'rises to' get a private pole dance lesson.
Episode 7
Honor Thy Mother
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 43 mins
Jared is terrified Peter may find out he has sex with buddy's mother Colleen Bash, but he soon guesses and warmly approves. They find Pindar an unwilling (non-)client w<hen they rightly guess his Internet-met bride must be a gold-digger, his predecessor has a loyalty conflict about proving so. The boys also save their favorite diner from being closed down on staged infestation, but an inside culprit proves a nasty complication.
Episode 8
Falcon's Nest
Wed, Oct 1, 2014 42 mins
As Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) fight a friend's eviction from his late grandmother's retirement community, Anita (Toni Trucks) and Karp (Reed Diamond) square off over strategy in a lawsuit against an airline whose flight cancellation cost a scientist a million-dollar prize.
Episode 9
Spirits in the Material World
Wed, Oct 15, 2014 42 mins
The case of a couple who were tricked into buying a haunted hotel forces Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) to face his fear of ghosts. Anita (Toni Trucks) squares off against an old law school rival in a retrial of their disputed moot court case.
Episode 10
Red or Black
Wed, Oct 22, 2014 42 mins
As they head to Las Vegas to save Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) from dying, Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) face a casino's accusations of cheating. Karp (Reed Diamond) and Anita (Toni Trucks) face a hurdle in their romance when they represent opposing clients in a lawsuit.