Justice

Episode 1

Pilot

Wed, Aug 30, 2006

Kevin O'Neil is arrested on live TV after his rich wife Caitlin O'Neil (34) was found, skull crushed, in their villa pool. From the moment D.A. Stormer hears Kevin engaged Ron Trot's top L.A. law firm, he revokes all promises to the prime suspect and starts to pull his own can of dirty tricks, especially playing to the press gallery, helped by a TV reporter who shares his aversion from the slick lawyers, who on their part make expert use of every means to win about always. Appearances are used, manipulated, spinned, from before the accusation and bail procedure to every stage of the trial, while carefully using all procedure rules and research of evidence, witnesses, even experts, about motive, means and opportunity, always trying to expose the other side's tricks, each team member being specialized: Ron in strategy and short press spins, Tom pleading with his honest face and coaching the client, etcetera...

Episode 2

Pretty Woman

Wed, Sep 6, 2006

When a womanizing Hollywood celebrity is found killed in his hotel room, the last girl seen with him right there, UCLA student Ann Diggs, doesn't turn herself in to the police but goes straight to Tom Nicholson, who believes in her claim it was pure self-defense against rape and wants her case taken; Ron accepts, even pro bono, when it becomes clear the media exposure will be priceless and generate other benefits. Although the team cleverly plays on every possible stage, from making sure the murder knife is found and handed to the police before her arrest to bail, image and jury selection, Ann herself proves the greatest liability, withholding potentially dangerous facts, even the team can't help doubting her innocence; worse, the mock jury just hates her 'guilty' guts...

Episode 3

Behind the Orange Curtain

Wed, Sep 13, 2006

Orange County bride Beth disappears shortly before the high profile-wedding to real estate tycoon Walter Hall's son Greg. Twelve days later, the ambitious D.A. Richard Lane declares her murdered and orders the arrest of barman Jake Garcia, in whose bar Laguna, which Ron Trott has a major share in, she was last seen, before being driven home by him as she was drunk; she even left a blood trace because she cut her foot in glass. The legal defense team faces an uphill battle in the OC which mistrusts everything from LA, but hopes Beth is alive, Ron even offers a $1,000,000 reward to find the runaway-bride, and has Jake's girl-friend Olivia coached to make him look human. Alas, Beth's body is found, strangled and badly bruised, after an anonymous tip by phone...

Episode 4

Addicts

Wed, Sep 20, 2006

TNT&G takes the case of a wild child, Molly Larusa, daughter of non-wealthy pizza baker Frank but a personal friend of Tom Nicholson, who is accused of pushing her rich ex-boyfriend Daniel Benson off the balcony to a deadly fall in a fancy rehab center. Tom soon finds that besides being a heroin addict she kept the truth even from him, is unable to remain objective and hence effective, and it keeps getting worse... .

Episode 5

Wrongful Death

Wed, Sep 27, 2006

When 14 year-old Mary Nicks's mother dies on a roller-coaster, Ron Trotter is eager to plead the civil case in person, less for his third of the hefty damages he demands for the orphan's education then because the theme park is defended by his hated rival Lloyd Barrett. However mother Jane Nicks was instable, according to Barrett even suicidal, and diagnosed terminal. Tom Nicholson finds it hard to get admissible evidence that the amusement park's maintenance or the ride's operator Jeremy Pierce are physically to blame. Luther Graves tries a non-litigious way to get at Paganon, the firm which owns the park and has an extremely slick CEO, Michael O'Dell. Mary causes various trouble.

Episode 6

Crucified

Mon, Oct 23, 2006

When schoolboy William Dodson is found dead, knocked on the head and then crucified, a schoolmate whom he bullied brutally, Colin Clark, is the prime suspect. His Catholic dad Jack, who would do anything for his brat, hires the firm. A search proves Colin's room was a Gothic shrine full of crucifixion images and crime fiction, so the kid is arrested and charged. Evidence seems so stack up, all the wrong kind, including a bloody hammer which dad took from Colin's room before the search but afterward makes Tom Nicholson test, who most disclose if it's the murder weapon. Tom only truly believes his client when the trial is on...

Episode 7

Death Spiral

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 60 mins

Filty rich technology firm owner Regina Stack's late son Jason is allegedly the guilty party when his private airplane crashes, fatal for him and his wife, blue collar daughter Claire Miller, whose parents enlist the firm to sue his estate just before the one year time limit expires. This time Dr. Matthew Shaw's technical reconstruction is a crucial matter of concern...

Episode 8

Shark Week

Mon, Nov 6, 2006 60 mins

Search engine mogul Will Bechtel's wife Amanda washes up dead, half eaten by sharks, after a yacht trip they made with Will's best friend and privileged employee Robert Jones. Initially Will arrogantly intends to explain everything to the police; Robert got Ron, who still has trouble to make Will understand how deep his trouble is, but he offers to defend Robert for free, then gets Will to hire his firm again too or lose because of a non-united front. The shark bites allow to prove Amanda died on the island, where three convicted killers lived. Ron plays dirty tricks against the reputed prosecutor, D.A. Reyes, who hopes to play the two men against each other. Tom Nicholson is convinced Will is the killer and therefore wants to save Robert, even at Will's expense, after finding out the Bechtel marriage was in trouble without a prenuptial, but not Ron, and there is more.

Episode 9

Shotgun

Fri, Dec 1, 2006

Salvadoran illegal immigrant Frankie Duarte, Tom's parking valet, is accused of shooting his wife Maria in the El Monte trailer park, with Frankie's own gun. Tom believes him the gun was to defend her against local gang scum Joe Collins, who raped her three months earlier. Ron grudgingly lets Tom take first share, pro deo. Collins has an alibi, so Tom must plead either Ed Gorman, who beat Frankie up during citizen arrest, did it, or it was an atypical Catholic suicide. The prosecutor is prepared to play dirty, but so can Tom.

Episode 10

Filicide

Fri, Dec 8, 2006

Karen Patterson, the wealthy widow of Ron Trott's friend in the early days of his firm, calls him to confess she just shot her 17 year-old only son Sam, claiming self-defense after years of violent abuse by him, very rare in murder cases. Ron immediately takes the case, but the evidence seems heavily stacked against her, indeed the boy was shot repeatedly, the fatal first bullet in the back, and Karen clearly had ample occasion to escape and to alert the police but did neither. Although the test panel reacts badly to Ron's aggressive live style and the team had some doubts about his objectivity, even Tom agrees that Ron takes first chair, focusing on Sam's drug addiction and dealing, but even there evidence against Karen and her present boyfriend is found...

Episode 11

Prior Convictions

Fri, Dec 15, 2006

Joshua Mortin, who years ago was convicted by then (still inexperienced) prosecutor Luther Graves, still claims innocence and has threatened Graves, whose restraining order against him ran out years ago as outdated, walks in at the firm, demanding Luther sees and defends him now Mortin, the only ex-con in his building, is accused of the murder on the landlord. Against Ron's instinct, Luther accepts, and thus finally becomes a pure defender rather then a mere investigator. The case seems to depend on the testimony of one witness, Alan Beck, and Luther's belief and strategy is that the police manipulated him, albeit legally. ADA Keller goes for the death penalty, and Mortin's first conviction was based on lousy crime scene investigation, as Tom and Alden find, but in this case proof or an alternative killer are hard to find...

Episode 12

Christmas Party

Fri, Dec 22, 2006 60 mins

Student Steven Gerard is dragged back to jail, where he's constantly harassed, because his lawyer didn't even turn up for his trial, accused of murdering cab client Vijay Patel, who fought over the fare. Tom hears this and volunteers to take the kid's case, as there is no shred of proof. Judge Ira Tasker grants a court date of December 22, stipulating a single day case, absolutely no continuance. At the trial, DDA Susan Hale presents an unannounced eye-witness: Nick Allen, no record. The team must examine the murder scene and Nick in hours. Meanwhile Ron handles a baby, apparently abandoned by the mother at TN&T's Christmas party. In fact the boy was brought in by new receptionist Eva, who believes her neighbor, the mother on drugs, abuses him.

Episode 13

False Confession

The team deals with the case of a teenage babysitter accused of murdering a six-year-old boy.