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The Practice

  • TV-14
  • 1997–2004
  • 8 seasons
  • Drama
  • 7.6

Between Justice And Morality Can We Choose?

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.”

Episodes

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.

6 episodes
  1. 1Part I (Pilot)

    44 minMar 4, 1997

    Bobby 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.

  2. 2Part II

    44 minMar 11, 1997

    Bobby 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.

  3. 3Trial and Error

    44 minMar 18, 1997

    Bobby 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.

  4. 4Part IV

    44 minMar 25, 1997

    An 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.

  5. 5Part V

    44 minApr 1, 1997

    Preparing 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.

  6. 6Part VI

    44 minApr 8, 1997

    Dr. 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.

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Series cast

Steve HarrisEugene Young168 episodes
Camryn ManheimEllenor Frutt168 episodes
Michael BadaluccoJimmy Berluti168 episodes
Dylan McDermottBobby Donnell148 episodes
LisaGay HamiltonRebecca Washington146 episodes
Kelli WilliamsLindsay Dole146 episodes
Lara Flynn BoyleHelen Gamble132 episodes
Marla SokoloffLucy Hatcher115 episodes
Ray AbruzzoDetective Michael McGuire45 episodes
Jessica CapshawJamie Stringer44 episodes
Holland TaylorJudge Roberta Kittleson29 episodes
Jason KravitsA.D.A. Richard Bay25 episodes
Bill SmitrovichA.D.A. Kenneth Walsh23 episodes
Linda HuntJudge Zoey Hiller23 episodes
James SpaderAlan Shore22 episodes
Rhona MitraTara Wilson22 episodes
Richard McGonagleJudge Patrick Wilcox16 episodes
James Pickens Jr.Detective Mike McKrew15 episodes

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