Series
The Practice
“Between Justice And Morality Can We Choose?”
Drama
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 6 epS2 · 28 epS3 · 23 epS4 · 22 epS5 · 22 epS6 · 23 epS7 · 22 epS8 · 22 ep
Bobby Donnell is a young, passionate lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat. He opened his practice full of idealist dreams of defending the innocent, but quickly realizes that defending the blatantly guilty tends to be more profitable.
1Part I (Pilot)4 Mar 1997 · 44m · ★ 9.0Bobby defends Rachel Reynolds, a young woman facing drug charges. She is not a drug dealer, but was trying to cover for her brother. Lindsay represents Emerson Ray, who is suing a tobacco company in a wrongful death suit. Lindsay's favourite law professor, Anderson Pearson, represents the defence. Eugene represents "Free Willy", a man who exposes himself in public.
2Part II11 Mar 1997 · 44m · ★ 8.0Bobby represents a man facing armed robbery charges. His strategy is to plead out to lesser charges. Eugene's client fears for her and her 11 year old son's safety, at the hands of her ex-husband. Eugene makes several attempts to get a restraining order. The situation has deadly consequences. Bobby tries to secure a loan and pays a visit to Jimmy Berluti, his friend and banker.
3Trial and Error18 Mar 1997 · 44m · ★ 8.0Bobby plans to represent Gerald Braun in a wrongful death suit against Ronald Martin. Eugene's "Free Willy" returns, after being arrested in a peculiar position with a hooker. Defence Lawyers in the Emerson Ray case make a motion to have the case dismissed. Bobby fears that the judge is biased. Jimmy, Bobby's friend the banker, is fired for approving a construction loan under false pretences and Bobby decides to hire him.
4Part IV25 Mar 1997 · 44m · ★ 8.0An extremely nervous Lindsey goes up against the tobacco industry and her old Law School Professor in her very first jury trial. Outraged by the release of his daughter's killer, Dr. Braun takes matters into his own hands.
5Part V1 Apr 1997 · 44m · ★ 8.0Preparing for Dr. Braun's murder trial, Jimmy comes up with a controversial defence after the client refuses to argue temporary insanity. Meanwhile, Eugene bets both Lindsey and an ADA that he can win a hopeless case, and Ellenor finally comes face to face with the Podiatrist she met through the personal ads.
6Part VI8 Apr 1997 · 44m · ★ 8.0Dr. Braun's emotional and outrageous murder trial finally begins, with Bobby going up against a known ADA who is also a famous Rabbi. Eugene represents a boy accused of statutory rape, after he impregnates a 13 year old girl.
Details
- Created by
- David E. Kelley
- First aired
- 4 Mar 1997
- Last aired
- 16 May 2004
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 168
- Votes
- 114 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
Steve HarrisEugene Young
Camryn ManheimEllenor Frutt
Michael BadaluccoJimmy Berluti
Jessica CapshawJamie Stringer
James SpaderAlan Shore
Rhona MitraTara Wilson
