The Practice
Drama • Series

The Practice

"Between Justice And Morality Can We Choose?"

7.7/10 1997 8 Seasons 168 Episodes Ended

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.”

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Season 7 Episodes

E1
Privilege
44 min 2002

The strain of Lindsay's incarceration begins to affect her marriage and she lashes out at Bobby. Meanwhile, a zealous la…

E2
Convictions
44 min 2002

Lindsay's murder conviction tries Rebecca, who's handling the appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court; Jimmy's kidnapping c…

E3
Of Thee I Sing
44 min 2002

A resolution reached in Lindsay's murder conviction has emotional repercussions; and First Amendment issues figure oddly…

E4
The Cradle Will Rock
44 min 2002

Religious freedom figures in a criminal case. On trial: a Christian Science couple charged with the murder of their ill …

E5
Neighboring Species
44 min 2002

Political, religious and moral issues surface in a trial involving medical research. Also, Lindsay, now on her own, defe…

E6
The Telltale Nation
44 min 2002

A sexual-abuse case involving victims of a former priest embroils Eugene; a nuisance suit filed by ex-lovers escalates i…

E7
Small Sacrifices
44 min 2002

An accused molester's defense rattles Bobby, who's also unnerved by the reproach of a venerable priest; a case involving…

E8
Bad to Worse
44 min 2002

Ellenor and Eugene defend a fiery yet frightened client named Cassie Ray, a murder suspect with a shadowy past. Moreover…

E9
The Good Fight
44 min 2002

A cop-killing case rattles Bobby, whose anemic defense of an unsavory client leads Helen to suspect that he's "tanking t…

E10
Silent Partners
44 min 2002

Bobby has been benched due to his erratic behavior, so Eugene must take his place as lead counsel in a controversial mur…

E11
Down The Hatch (1)
44 min 2003

Ellenor fights to save Denise Freeman, a rehabilitated death-row prisoner who has devoted her prison time to helping you…

E12
Final Judgment (2)
44 min 2003

Ellenor continues her desperate attempt to stop the execution of a mentally ill woman Denise Freeman on death row. The f…

E13
Character Evidence
44 min 2003

Jimmy Berluti defends his high school crush, who is under investigation for a suspicious homicide, and Claire Wyatt inte…

E14
The Making of a Trial Attorney
44 min 2003

A wrongful-imprisonment suit occupies Bobby, whose client spent 15 years in jail for a killing he didn't commit; a case …

E15
Choirboys (1)
44 min 2003

Helen faces up against the firm in a case involving an accused killer whose protective mother provides alibis. A disturb…

E16
Special Deliveries (2)
44 min 2003

Psychopaths plague Lindsay and Helen. The latter is sued by an acquitted killer for defaming his mother; the former is h…

E17
Burnout
44 min 2003

The firm defends Kyle Healy, a wheelchair-bound man whose wife is charged with murdering his brother, the heir to a mult…

E18
Capitol Crimes
44 min 2003

The death penalty comes under scrutiny in a controversial hearing centering on a troubled teen and admitted killer, whos…

E19
Les Is More
44 min 2003

A crazed fame-seeker takes CBS CEO Les Moonves hostage in a ploy for TV time to be negotiated by Jimmy, also a hostage.

E20
Heroes and Villians
44 min 2003

A date-rape case links the accused to Jamie, a former victim; the return of crazed Stanley Deeks prompts terrified Linds…

E21
Baby Love (1)
44 min 2003

The collapse of Bobby's marriage is a prelude to a professional crisis. Also, the firm defends a wife on trial for slayi…

E22
Goodbye (2)
44 min 2003

Shocking twists in the trial of an accused wife-killer rattle Jimmy and Rebecca. Bobby's news to the firm devastates Eug…

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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