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The Practice

7.6/10 113 votes
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.”

Created by:
David E. Kelley
Cast:
Steve Harris, Camryn Manheim, Michael Badalucco, Jessica Capshaw
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
ABC

Episode guide

Seasons

9 available

Season 4

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 8.0

Free Dental

1999-09-26 · 44m

Bobby and Jimmy defend a dentist accused of murdering a frequent patient... but eventually discover he's hiding a sordid secret. Ellenor dines with George Vogelman.

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Episode 2

★ 8.0

Boston Confidential

1999-10-03 · 44m

Bobby gets a murderer off on a technicality when the arresting officer illegally searches the car and finds a corpse. Jimmy goes against Henry Olson's wishes and confronts Olson's son to try to convince him to confess to the murder. Lindsay decides to move in with Bobby, leaving her possessions...including her answering machine, at Helen's.

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Episode 3

★ 8.0

Loser's Keepers

1999-10-10 · 44m

Tensions flare when the 'male nun' starts infiltrating the office. Ellenor buys a gun for protection. Rebecca suspects that a wealthy man has bought a client's guilty plea.

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Episode 4

★ 8.0

Legacy (1)

1999-10-17 · 44m

Bobby's old mentor, Raymond Oz, calls on Bobby to represent him when his wife tries to have him declared incompetent. Bobby has reservations after observing Oz in a clearly disturbed state of mind. Eugene co-counsels for an incompetent lawyer who's never won a jury trial. Ellenor sinks into depression in the aftermath of the Vogelman affair.

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Episode 5

★ 8.0

Oz (2)

1999-10-24 · 44m

Bobby acts as Raymond Oz's co-counsel while Oz persists in forging ahead with a self-defense strategy.

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Episode 6

★ 7.0

Marooned

1999-11-07 · 44m

Rebecca defends a girl accused of killing her mother. The girl claims she suffers from flashbacks involving child molestation. Lindsay and Bobby argue over wedding dresses.

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Episode 7

★ 8.0

Victimless Crimes

1999-11-14 · 44m

Jimmy defends a remorseless rape victim who murdered her attacker. Lucy is bitten by her dentist while under anesthesia.

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Episode 8

★ 8.0

Committed

1999-11-21 · 44m

Lindsay represents a serial murderer confined in an asylum when his case is up for review. Eugene's son is a prime suspect when his mother's lover is beaten to death in her bed.

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Episode 9

Bay of Pigs

1999-11-28 · 44m

Ellenor takes on Richard Bay in a case wherein a little old lady is accused of attempting to run over her husband in her car. Bay and Ellenor clash both in and out of court. Jimmy evaluates his relationship with Judge Kittleson when he represents an old girlfriend in a suit regarding the sale of reproductive eggs.

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Episode 10

Day in Court

1999-12-12 · 44m

Tempers flare over a particularly tough case. Bobby defends old cling/drug dealer Eddie against the murder of an addict. Eddie claims it is self-defense. D.A. Helen brings the coroner to testify that it wasn't. The coroner's testimony is damaged by prior odd behavior. Eddie attacks Helen to try to force the judge into a mistrial. Bobby & Swackheim nearly come to blows. Each of the participants, Bobby, Helen & Swackheim, express their outrage with the legal system.

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Episode 11

Blowing Smoke

2000-01-09 · 44m

Lindsay sues a cigar company for breaking up a friend's marriage. She alleges that the husband's addiction was the deciding factor in the divorce. Rebecca & Ellenor defend a police officer who killed a teenage boy in a grocery store. The officer claims he saw a gun. The cashier says otherwise.

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Episode 12

New Evidence (1)

2000-01-30 · 44m

Lindsay takes the firm to Los Angeles to defend an acquaintance who's on trial for murdering his on-line girlfriend. As evidence mounts against their client, Bobby and the rest deal with a controlling judge, an antagonistic detective and the victim's sister, a nun with issues.

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Episode 13

Hammerhead Sharks (2)

2000-02-06 · 44m

Dennis Mills maintains his innocence. The firm continues the trial, striving against all odds to exonerate Mills.

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Episode 14

Checkmates

2000-02-13 · 44m

Ellenor defends a 'slow' teenager accused of killing a younger boy. A witness comes forward claiming to have information exonerating her client, but Ellenor suspects he's lying. Helen calls in a police officer when his son is under suspicion in a homicide. Representing the accused, Bobby argues the officer was acting as an agent of the court, not a father.

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Episode 15

Race Ipsa Loquitor

2000-02-20 · 44m

Jimmy is tempted to compromise his integrity to get convicted murder (and insect admirer) Henry Olson released. Eugene and Rebecca represent a woman who's suing a plastic surgeon when her husband dies during a liposuction procedure. They soon realize they're as much on trial as the surgeon when the opposing attorney makes several references to their race.

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Episode 16

Settling

2000-03-12 · 44m

Bobby is kidnapped by an irate former client who claims Bobby's incompetence in a manslaughter trial forced him to spend 12 years in prison.

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Episode 17

★ 2.0

Black Widows

2000-04-02 · 44m

Bobby defends the so-called 'Black Widow'; a woman who's accused of murdering her recently deceased husband and whose two previous spouses also died mysteriously. Helen lies to a 15-year-old girl who killed her unborn child, coercing her into giving a statement.

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Episode 18

Death Penalties

2000-04-09 · 44m

Bobby and Helen clash in an assisted suicide case. Bobby remembers his experiences of 'pulling the plug' on his mother and acts as though he were on trial. Meanwhile, Ellenor flies to Pennsylvania to try to exonerate a 31-year-old death row inmate who claims to be innocent of a double homicide.

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Episode 19

Till Death Do Us Part (1)

2000-04-30 · 44m

Ellenor pursues the Donovan case, hoping to forestall his execution. Meanwhile, Rebecca's case representing a woman with Alzheimer's trying to keep her marriage from being annulled becomes complicated when questions arise about the death of her client's first husband.

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Episode 20

★ 9.0

Liberty Bells (2)

2000-05-07 · 44m

Ellenor continues the Donovan case, following up on the various leads to exonerate her client.

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Episode 21

The Honorable Man

2000-05-14 · 44m

Eugene is disgusted by his client, a homeless man accused of murdering a woman and raping her corpse. Jimmy represents an old friend who's being sued for notifying employees that one of their co-workers has AIDS.

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Episode 22

Life Sentence

2000-05-21 · 44m

Ellenor defends a deaf woman who shot and killed the man who allegedly murdered her young daughter. The client's crime is captured on video in front of dozens of witnesses, leaving no doubt as to who committed the act. The only to way to exonerate the client is to manipulate the jury's heartstrings. Meanwhile Lindsay learns that Bobby hates weddings and decides to spring a surprise elopement.

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Cast

Steve Harris

Steve Harris

Eugene Young

Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim

Ellenor Frutt

Michael Badalucco

Michael Badalucco

Jimmy Berluti

Jessica Capshaw

Jessica Capshaw

Jamie Stringer

James Spader

James Spader

Alan Shore

Rhona Mitra

Rhona Mitra

Tara Wilson

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