Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
Season 1 episodes
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After losing her husband and clients all in one day, Attorney Lynn Holt sets out to rebuild her life. With some help from Danni Lipton, an ambitious almost junior partner, Lynn decides to rebuild her law practice by subleasing her offices to two other lawyers, Rex Weller and Randi King. Lynn's first new client is a former drug addict trying to win back custody of her children.
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Directed by Paul HaggisWritten by Paul Haggis, Anne KenneyGuest stars John Carroll Lynch, Lesley Ewen, John Bennett Perry, Dean Mckenzie, Tasha Simms, Scott Swanson, Joel Palmer, Kevin Marshall Brady
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.
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Directed by Paul HaggisWritten by David Shore, Paul HaggisGuest stars Brian Howe, John Bennett Perry, Mark Moses, Leigh-Allyn Baker, James Avery, Gregg Henry, Lily Knight, Dan Navarro
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Anne KenneyGuest stars Samantha Smith, Jason Beghe, Ross Malinger, Gregg Henry, Damien Leake, Tina Lifford, Jim Metzler, Michael Rothhaar
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.
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Guest stars Peter James Smith, Jason Beghe, Ron Canada, Rob Adams, Robert Curtis Brown, J.D. Daniels, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Monnae Michaell
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.
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Guest stars Samantha Smith, Ron Perlman, Jason Beghe, Rob Adams, Lauren Hodges, Chad Todhunter, Rhonda Stubbins White
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Stephen NathanGuest stars David Clennon, John Fleck, James Greene, Alex Rocco, Alan King, Marion Ross, Rob Adams, David Ackert
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.
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Guest stars Khleo Thomas, Richard Masur, Erick Avari, Karon Kearney, Karen Ludwig, Tyler Cole Malinger, Dan Martin, Robert Rigamonti
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.
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Written by Thomas L. MoranGuest stars Howard Hesseman, Donna Hanover, Eugene Roche, David Spielberg, Kurt Fuller, Dwayne Adway, Anthony Meindl, Mona Wyatt
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Anne KenneyGuest stars James Eckhouse, Ellen Bry, Gary Basaraba, Julie Cobb, Susan Dey, Richard Roat, Jeanne Sakata, Victor Raider-Wexler
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.
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Directed by Michael SchultzGuest stars Amy Hargreaves, William Schallert, Michael Rothhaar, Michael D'Amore, Robert Fieldsteel, Joshua Finkel, Shirley Jordan, John Strand
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.
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Directed by Adam NimoyGuest stars Carl Reiner, Harry Groener, Roxanne Hart, Brian Palermo, Alan Rosenberg, Randy Brooks, Dakin Matthews, J.B. Gaynor
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.
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Directed by Elodie KeeneGuest stars David Dorfman, Mitchell Whitfield, Jason Beghe, Judith Scott, Conrad Janis, Sara Botsford, Diane Franklin, Georg Stanford Brown
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Thomas L. MoranGuest stars David Dorfman, Gary Cole, Tyler Christopher, Brian Palermo
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.
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Guest stars David Dorfman, Susan Ruttan, Christine Dunford, Phillip Rhys, K Callan, Steven Gilborn, Mark Blum, R. D. Call
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.
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Directed by Richard J. LewisWritten by Judith Feldman, Anne KenneyGuest stars David Dorfman, Carl Reiner, Peter Michael Goetz, Harriet Sansom Harris, David Dukes, Pat Crowley, Richard Gant, Ivar Brogger
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.
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Guest stars David Dorfman, Wendy Phillips, Claudia Christian, Brian Catalano, Anne-Marie Johnson, Sharline Liu, Mike Weinberg
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberGuest stars David Dorfman, David Ruprecht, Bo Derek, Travis Fine, John Furey, Andi Chapman, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jeff Yagher
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.
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Guest stars David Dorfman, Anne Haney, Devon Alan, Richard Masur, April Grace, Phill Lewis, Randee Heller, Susan Walters
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.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by Tricia BrockGuest stars David Dorfman, Loretta Devine, Donna Hanover, James Sie, Bruce Abbott, Gregg Henry, Michael Rothhaar, Darlene Mann
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.
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Written by Jeff F. KingGuest stars David Dorfman, Steven Culp, Douglas Spain, Christopher Stapleton
Lynn takes the case of a cop who broke a restraining order to be with his kids, something she later regrets, Danni pleads the case of a former childhood icon who refuses to give up his cherished puppet which he claims was given to him, Randi gets into a minor car accident and panics when she's accused of DUI.
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Directed by Fred GerberWritten by David ShoreGuest stars David Dorfman, Julie Adams, Red Buttons, Patrick Macnee, Stephanie Zimbalist, Burke Moses, Tom Mason, Aaron Lustig
First Danni and then Rex take on the case of a woman suing her husband for half of the $48 million estate that he wants to give to charity; Randi fights for the rights of a mentally challenged couple to keep custody of their daughter; Lynn has problems dealing with the tragedy of her previous case.
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Directed by David Shore, Elodie KeeneWritten by David Shore, Stephen NathanGuest stars David Dorfman, Ann Dowd, Jay Leggett, Joan McMurtrey, John Aylward, Ken Jenkins, Michael Mantell, Susan Chuang
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.
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Directed by David ShoreGuest stars David Dorfman, Orson Bean, Richard Masur, John Ritter, Phill Lewis, Carlos Gómez, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Hillary Danner
David Shore, Stephen Nathan, Thomas L. Moran, Paul Haggis, Ashley Gable, Anne Kenney, Lawrence Kaplow, Marjorie David, Jeff F. King, Tricia Brock, Judith Feldman, Pam Davis
