E01 · Episode 1
1/12/2004
Pilot.
The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.
E02 · Episode 2
1/19/2004
Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
E03 · Episode 3
1/26/2004
Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
E04 · Episode 4
2/2/2004
A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot is infatuated by a court interpreter.
E05 · Episode 5
2/8/2004
Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
E06 · Episode 6
2/9/2004
Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.
E07 · Episode 7
2/16/2004
A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
E08 · Episode 8
3/1/2004
A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
E09 · Episode 9
3/8/2004
Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
E10 · Episode 10
3/15/2004
James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
E11 · Episode 11
3/22/2004
A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
E12 · Episode 12
3/29/2004
Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
E13 · Episode 13
4/5/2004
Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.