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
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 168
- Latest aired
- S08E22
- Total runtime
- 5d 3h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 March 1997 – April 1997 6 episodes
- Season 2 September 1997 – May 1998 28 episodes
- Season 3 September 1998 – May 1999 23 episodes
- Season 4 September 1999 – May 2000 22 episodes
- Season 5 October 2000 – May 2001 22 episodes
- Season 6 September 2001 – May 2002 23 episodes
- Season 7 September 2002 – May 2003 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 2003 – May 2004 22 episodes
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S07E01 Privilege
September 29 · 44min find the promo
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The strain of Lindsay's incarceration begins to affect her marriage and she lashes out at Bobby. Meanwhile, a zealous law-school grad who seeks to join the firm has a run-in with Ellenor; and Jimmy is embroiled in a 16-year-old child-kidnapping case that hinges on lawyer-client confidentiality.
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S07E02 Convictions
October 6 · 44min find the promo
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Lindsay's murder conviction tries Rebecca, who's handling the appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court; Jimmy's kidnapping case turns confrontational, in and out of court.
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S07E03 Of Thee I Sing
October 13 · 44min find the promo
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A resolution reached in Lindsay's murder conviction has emotional repercussions; and First Amendment issues figure oddly in Jamie's first trial, the defense of an accused flasher.
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S07E04 The Cradle Will Rock
October 20 · 44min find the promo
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Religious freedom figures in a criminal case. On trial: a Christian Science couple charged with the murder of their ill child, whose parents' faith forbids medical treatment.
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S07E05 Neighboring Species
November 3 · 44min find the promo
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Political, religious and moral issues surface in a trial involving medical research. Also, Lindsay, now on her own, defends a client whose singing gives a neighbor the blues.
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S07E06 The Telltale Nation
November 10 · 44min find the promo
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A sexual-abuse case involving victims of a former priest embroils Eugene; a nuisance suit filed by ex-lovers escalates into violence that rattles an already shaky Lindsay.
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S07E07 Small Sacrifices
November 17 · 44min find the promo
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An accused molester's defense rattles Bobby, who's also unnerved by the reproach of a venerable priest; a case involving animal sacrifices embroils Ellenor.
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S07E08 Bad to Worse
December 1 · 44min find the promo
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Ellenor and Eugene defend a fiery yet frightened client named Cassie Ray, a murder suspect with a shadowy past. Moreover, Cassie's alibi witness has significant skeletons in her own closet. In a separate case, Lindsay reluctantly defends an airline that refuses to carry passengers of Arab descent.
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S07E09 The Good Fight
December 8 · 44min find the promo
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A cop-killing case rattles Bobby, whose anemic defense of an unsavory client leads Helen to suspect that he's "tanking the trial"; a drug bust raises search-and-seizure issues.
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S07E10 Silent Partners
December 15 · 44min find the promo
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Bobby has been benched due to his erratic behavior, so Eugene must take his place as lead counsel in a controversial murder case. Meanwhile Lindsay defends a killer, against her own better judgement, and Jamie is placed in a compromising situation involving a judge
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S07E11 Down The Hatch (1)
January 27 · 44min find the promo
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Ellenor fights to save Denise Freeman, a rehabilitated death-row prisoner who has devoted her prison time to helping younger inmates. In a last-ditch effort to stay her execution, Ellenor bases an appeal on the medication the court ordered Denise to take at trial, which prevented the jury from observing her schizophrenia. Eugene argues a civil suit that blames a beer company for the death of a college-age youth.
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S07E12 Final Judgment (2)
February 3 · 44min find the promo
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Ellenor continues her desperate attempt to stop the execution of a mentally ill woman Denise Freeman on death row. The firm is torn over a controversial settlement in their case against an alcohol company.
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S07E13 Character Evidence
February 10 · 44min find the promo
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Jimmy Berluti defends his high school crush, who is under investigation for a suspicious homicide, and Claire Wyatt interviews for a job at Lindsay's newly formed law firm.
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S07E14 The Making of a Trial Attorney
March 3 · 44min find the promo
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A wrongful-imprisonment suit occupies Bobby, whose client spent 15 years in jail for a killing he didn't commit; a case involving a youth's soccer injury tests Claire's mettle in court.
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S07E15 Choirboys (1)
March 10 · 44min find the promo
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Helen faces up against the firm in a case involving an accused killer whose protective mother provides alibis. A disturbed former client jarringly reenters Lindsay's life.
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S07E16 Special Deliveries (2)
March 24 · 44min find the promo
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Psychopaths plague Lindsay and Helen. The latter is sued by an acquitted killer for defaming his mother; the former is hounded by a deviant she once defended.
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S07E17 Burnout
March 24 · 44min find the promo
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The firm defends Kyle Healy, a wheelchair-bound man whose wife is charged with murdering his brother, the heir to a multimillion-dollar estate. Jimmy and Ellenor's defense is damaged by compelling circumstantial evidence; testimony about the defendant's stability — and the prosecution's playing of a shattering trump card. In other storylines, Jamie champions the cause of a lawyer who claims firms won't hire her because she's a rape victim; and Bobby, whose marriage is in trouble, links up with an old flame.
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S07E18 Capitol Crimes
March 31 · 44min find the promo
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The death penalty comes under scrutiny in a controversial hearing centering on a troubled teen and admitted killer, whose case parallels Bobby's reinvolvement with a former lover.
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S07E19 Les Is More
April 7 · 44min find the promo
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A crazed fame-seeker takes CBS CEO Les Moonves hostage in a ploy for TV time to be negotiated by Jimmy, also a hostage.
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S07E20 Heroes and Villians
April 21 · 44min find the promo
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A date-rape case links the accused to Jamie, a former victim; the return of crazed Stanley Deeks prompts terrified Lindsay to take drastic action that could jeopardize her career.
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S07E21 Baby Love (1)
May 5 · 44min find the promo
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The collapse of Bobby's marriage is a prelude to a professional crisis. Also, the firm defends a wife on trial for slaying her abusive husband and represents a 10-year-old in a liability suit.
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S07E22 Goodbye (2)
May 5 · 44min find the promo
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Shocking twists in the trial of an accused wife-killer rattle Jimmy and Rebecca. Bobby's news to the firm devastates Eugene and has an impact on Lindsay.