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The Practice
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
Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.0Free Dental
1999-09-26 · 44mBobby 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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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.0Boston Confidential
1999-10-03 · 44mBobby 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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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0Loser's Keepers
1999-10-10 · 44mTensions 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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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.0Legacy (1)
1999-10-17 · 44mBobby'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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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.0Oz (2)
1999-10-24 · 44mBobby acts as Raymond Oz's co-counsel while Oz persists in forging ahead with a self-defense strategy.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.0Marooned
1999-11-07 · 44mRebecca 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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E07
Episode 7
★ 8.0Victimless Crimes
1999-11-14 · 44mJimmy defends a remorseless rape victim who murdered her attacker. Lucy is bitten by her dentist while under anesthesia.
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★ 8.0Committed
1999-11-21 · 44mLindsay 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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E09
Episode 9
Bay of Pigs
1999-11-28 · 44mEllenor 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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E10
Episode 10
Day in Court
1999-12-12 · 44mTempers 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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E11
Episode 11
Blowing Smoke
2000-01-09 · 44mLindsay 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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E12
Episode 12
New Evidence (1)
2000-01-30 · 44mLindsay 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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E13
Episode 13
Hammerhead Sharks (2)
2000-02-06 · 44mDennis Mills maintains his innocence. The firm continues the trial, striving against all odds to exonerate Mills.
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E14
Episode 14
Checkmates
2000-02-13 · 44mEllenor 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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E15
Episode 15
Race Ipsa Loquitor
2000-02-20 · 44mJimmy 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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E16
Episode 16
Settling
2000-03-12 · 44mBobby 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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E17
Episode 17
★ 2.0Black Widows
2000-04-02 · 44mBobby 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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E18
Episode 18
Death Penalties
2000-04-09 · 44mBobby 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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E19
Episode 19
Till Death Do Us Part (1)
2000-04-30 · 44mEllenor 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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E20
Episode 20
★ 9.0Liberty Bells (2)
2000-05-07 · 44mEllenor continues the Donovan case, following up on the various leads to exonerate her client.
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E21
Episode 21
The Honorable Man
2000-05-14 · 44mEugene 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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E22
Episode 22
Life Sentence
2000-05-21 · 44mEllenor 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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Steve Harris
Eugene Young
Camryn Manheim
Ellenor Frutt
Michael Badalucco
Jimmy Berluti
Jessica Capshaw
Jamie Stringer
James Spader
Alan Shore
Rhona Mitra
Tara Wilson