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Season 1, Episode 1: PilotOriginal Air Date—19 September 1999
Ten years after her marriage to New Yorker Michael Madison, corporate lawyer Amy Gray is separated, living back in Connecticut at her mother Gillian Gray's with pre-teen daughter Lauren, who misses daddy. Amy starts sitting in as a novice judge in the Hartford County Superior Court family law division. She soon feels out of her depth, professionally, and accepts advice from her mother, officially retired after 28 years as social worker but 'counseling' full time, while resenting being mothered. Also living at home is Amy's sensitive brother, unemployed literature graduate Vincent Gray. |
Original Air Date—21 September 1999
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Original Air Date—28 September 1999
Ma finally admits the car she inherited from dad has had its time, but allows Peter to talk her out of settling for one that she and Vincent agreed on. Amy dumps her daughter's sleepover guests on ma, who shamelessly passes the kids on to Vincent. He takes this as proof that she never took his writing ambition seriously. Filling in for a sick judge, Amy presides over her first-ever, civilian jury trial, about minor Josh Spellman, who shot his girlfriend, Janette Harper, with his parents' gun, for which they may have to pay damages if held negligent. |
Original Air Date—5 October 1999
In the hardware-store Vincent meets a woman, painter Chris Osborne, who offers him a date and to pay him for publicity copy-writing. Vincent isn't even put off when he meets her teenage daughter, Lori. The presiding judge dumps a dangerous case on Amy: Thomas Bell, a 10 year comatose boy, supposed to work wonders and suffering stigmata in his grandmother's care, who, according to the physician suffers under abusive attention. However the case is decided by an unexpected maneuver beyond Amy's control. |
Original Air Date—12 October 1999
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Season 1, Episode 6: Witch HuntOriginal Air Date—19 October 1999
Vincent's former professor and fan, Barnett, puts him in touch with literary agent Hilary Baker, someone Vincent considers pure evil since their youth, and indeed she changes the rules during the game. Amy judges the case of a father who demands custody of the 8 year old son he left, many years back, in the mother's custody. He claims she's a wicked witch, actually of the Wiccan variety; but she is scorned by an official Wicca interests organization. Lauren refuses to participate in Halloween after listening to scary stories told by a schoolboy, yet Amy defends (in the PTA) the ghost, witch and similar traditions against 'politically correct' censorship. |
Original Air Date—2 November 1999
Vincent accepts an English writing teaching position for the income, but doubts if it fits his vocation as an author. He wonders what made his dad - whom he lost very young- work in the insurance field, as brother Peter now does enthusiastically, despite their father's acceptance for medical school. Maxine fights a deaf supervisor's claim to end the guardianship of big brother Paul Dexter, who alas never learned sign language, over young Kevin, who refuses to learn any more after systematic peer abuse at school, neglected by DCS till then. Amy hears a claim by an old black grandmother for custody over her 2 year-old grandson Eryk, who is in foster care with the devoted white Chase couple, which adopted his older sister. |
Original Air Date—9 November 1999
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Original Air Date—23 November 1999
Maxine refuses to cook for Thanksgiving the 40th year in a row and is most skeptic when Amy announces she'll cook instead to give Lauren a good first one in Hatford, when her dad Michael Cassidy is visiting; they agree to formalize their divorce. Vincent tries to avoid his ex-agent and scorned seducer Hilary Baker at the publisher's party, only to find she viciously set up gay fellow author Justin Hopkins, an instant friend, as his 'mate'. Amy has to stand in for a judge on 'family emergency' and is ruthless on model students Nathan Larsen and Jonathan Wanderley from good homes, who tortured the neighbors' cats to death for having the police break up their loud nightly frat party. A couple's adoption can't be finalized because the previously unknown biological father turns up and objects. |
Original Air Date—30 November 1999
Vincent finally has a perspective: publisher Algonquin wants to publish his short stories, if he can add a 'killer story' to bind the collection, in only four days. He retracts his first attempt, being to personal, containing his brother Peter's marital infertility-drama causing the wife Gillian to take 'a break' living with Maxine, who bullies young colleague Phil(ip), who can't help the workload either. Amy is pissed-off another medical excuse allows a judge to dump on her a teacher-stabbing by an abused foster child with 19 personalities, ably prosecuted by attorney Weims. |
Original Air Date—14 December 1999
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Original Air Date—11 January 2000
Amy orders an attorney to leave criminal court case to attend her triple juvenile case. Despite his initial indignation, the judge supports an offer made to her to transfer to the criminal justice, which would be for at least a year, but dose she want cases 'when it's already too late'? Dr. Brent Reynolds is charged for taking the belt to his self-admittedly willful son Seth's backside a few times a week. Vincent counsels Donna Kozlowski about disappointing conjugal visits. |
Original Air Date—18 January 2000
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Original Air Date—8 February 2000
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Original Air Date—15 February 2000
The Gray family is excited now Vincent's first book is suddenly in the stores, but he worries about any bad criticism he might get, especially in the New York Times, as the negative comments would break his career rather then launch it. Amy tries a case where a German-descended father's anti-German wife, who calls him a Nazi, drove him to flee with their children to Germany, and a claim by an accused woman to have been asked to satisfy a judge 'orally' in chambers. Meanwhile Maxine has to put up Peter's rather arrogant prospective adoption child's pregnant mother. |
Original Air Date—22 February 2000
Vincent has writer's block, even Donna's poem seems more inspired, so he postulates for another reporter cadetship. Amy looses control emotionally during a custody trial, while unable to discipline Lauren, and even dreams of kissing her clerk. Maxine finds out the root is missing a man and diagnoses a sleepwalking youngest boy in a family of five as victim of torturous tickling. |
Original Air Date—29 February 2000
Vincent is now a Hartford Examiner reporter, but objects to a sensationalist assignment to cover a case about a house-father killed while committing a crime cross-dressed; Maxine knew him and scolds all modern journalism. Amy can't handle Lauren making friends with her ex's new partner, who allows the girl to pierce her ears. Amy accepted a class in Yale law school but doesn't keep her promises in class and rants about family law being the noblest, most demanding branch and court job. Maxine finds re-offending problem boy Joe Broussard is abused by reputable child psychologist Dr. Amanda Kubiak. |
Original Air Date—21 March 2000
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Original Air Date—18 April 2000
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Original Air Date—2 May 2000
At the trial, Liz twists the truth to get 'just' revenge and blames honest lover Vincent for 'not supporting' her - they break up. Amy is ruthless on two otherwise upright students from fine homes who claim the rape-drug Rohypnol they gave a girl was an ill-considered 'experiment'. Maxine has a millionaire courter, Jared Duff, who made a fortune inventing a search engine, and doubts whether to stay on in charge of child welfare. |
Original Air Date—9 May 2000
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Original Air Date—16 May 2000
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Original Air Date—23 May 2000
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Original Air Date—10 October 2000
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Original Air Date—24 October 2000
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Season 2, Episode 3: InstinctsOriginal Air Date—31 October 2000
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Original Air Date—14 November 2000
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Original Air Date—21 November 2000
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Original Air Date—28 November 2000
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Season 2, Episode 7: Dog DaysOriginal Air Date—5 December 2000
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Season 2, Episode 8: WaterworldOriginal Air Date—19 December 2000
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Original Air Date—9 January 2001
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Original Air Date—16 January 2001
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Original Air Date—30 January 2001
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Original Air Date—6 February 2001
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Original Air Date—13 February 2001
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Original Air Date—20 February 2001
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Original Air Date—27 February 2001
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Original Air Date—20 March 2001
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Original Air Date—10 April 2001
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Original Air Date—24 April 2001
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Original Air Date—1 May 2001
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Season 2, Episode 20: GroundedOriginal Air Date—8 May 2001
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Original Air Date—15 May 2001
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Original Air Date—22 May 2001
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Original Air Date—25 September 2001
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Original Air Date—2 October 2001
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Original Air Date—9 October 2001
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Original Air Date—16 October 2001
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Original Air Date—23 October 2001
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Original Air Date—30 October 2001
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Season 3, Episode 7: ImbroglioOriginal Air Date—6 November 2001
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Original Air Date—20 November 2001
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Original Air Date—27 November 2001
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Original Air Date—11 December 2001
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Original Air Date—18 December 2001
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Original Air Date—8 January 2002
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Original Air Date—15 January 2002
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Original Air Date—22 January 2002
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Original Air Date—5 February 2002
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Original Air Date—26 February 2002
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Original Air Date—5 March 2002
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Original Air Date—26 March 2002
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Original Air Date—2 April 2002
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Original Air Date—9 April 2002
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Season 3, Episode 21: Tidal WaveOriginal Air Date—23 April 2002
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Original Air Date—7 May 2002
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Original Air Date—14 May 2002
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Original Air Date—21 May 2002
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Original Air Date—1 October 2002
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Original Air Date—8 October 2002
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Original Air Date—15 October 2002
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Original Air Date—22 October 2002
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Original Air Date—29 October 2002
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Original Air Date—5 November 2002
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Original Air Date—12 November 2002
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Original Air Date—19 November 2002
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Original Air Date—26 November 2002
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Original Air Date—10 December 2002
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Original Air Date—17 December 2002
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Original Air Date—7 January 2003
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Original Air Date—21 January 2003
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Season 4, Episode 14: Wild CardOriginal Air Date—4 February 2003
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Original Air Date—11 February 2003
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Original Air Date—18 February 2003
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Original Air Date—25 February 2003
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Original Air Date—18 March 2003
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Original Air Date—1 April 2003
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Season 4, Episode 20: RequiemOriginal Air Date—15 April 2003
Stu has convinced Amy to go on a camping trip with him, while Maxine is making plans to bring wedding forward to this weekend at her house. Maxine is devastated when Charles appears at work to tell her Jared has had a heart attack and died. Maxine does not want anyone to comfort her and lashes out at everyone around her. Charles is having trouble getting Jared body returned from China and Peter and Charles fight over how to deal with this. A slightly more composed Maxine takes everyone to the dinner in which she and Jared first met for a highly emotive memorial service. |
Original Air Date—22 April 2003
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Original Air Date—29 April 2003
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Original Air Date—6 May 2003
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Original Air Date—13 May 2003
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Original Air Date—23 September 2003
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Season 5, Episode 2: Going DownOriginal Air Date—30 September 2003
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Original Air Date—7 October 2003
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Original Air Date—14 October 2003
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Original Air Date—21 October 2003
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Original Air Date—28 October 2003
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Season 5, Episode 7: Kilt TripOriginal Air Date—4 November 2003
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Original Air Date—11 November 2003
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Season 5, Episode 9: RumspringaOriginal Air Date—25 November 2003
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Original Air Date—16 December 2003
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Original Air Date—6 January 2004
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Original Air Date—13 January 2004
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Original Air Date—3 February 2004
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Original Air Date—10 February 2004
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Original Air Date—17 February 2004
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Original Air Date—24 February 2004
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Original Air Date—2 March 2004
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Season 5, Episode 18: DisposableOriginal Air Date—16 March 2004
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Original Air Date—6 April 2004
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Original Air Date—27 April 2004
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Original Air Date—4 May 2004
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Original Air Date—11 May 2004
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Original Air Date—18 May 2004
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Original Air Date—28 September 2004
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Season 6, Episode 2: LullabyOriginal Air Date—12 October 2004
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Season 6, Episode 3: LegacyOriginal Air Date—19 October 2004
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Season 6, Episode 4: ConsentOriginal Air Date—26 October 2004
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Original Air Date—23 November 2004
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Original Air Date—30 November 2004
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Original Air Date—7 December 2004
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Original Air Date—14 December 2004
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Season 6, Episode 9: Silent EraOriginal Air Date—11 January 2005
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Original Air Date—18 January 2005
In Amy's juvenile court schoolboy Charley Dane is on trial for shooting his teacher, who was actually his only true friend and got fired for seeing Charlie after school hours, as a well-meaning substitute for his superficial parents who only wanted a perfect kid to show off... Ma Maxine returns to work, and immediately discovers the baby teenager Zachary Pettit cares for so well is not his kid brother but his own son, abandoned at birth by the teenager mother... Vincent gets emotional and physical bruises when he cares personally for a bright colored drug addict on the street... |
Original Air Date—25 January 2005
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Original Air Date—1 February 2005
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Original Air Date—15 February 2005
David and Amy search for their dream house while Amy must decide the fate of a child who murdered his grandfather and Maxine uncovers a child smuggling ring. Vincent must deal with the murder of a 13-year-old girl that happened in front of his eyes. |
Original Air Date—22 February 2005
Amy finds it rather difficult to follow her mom's advice and embrace her 40th birthday as a milestone. Meanwhile, Donna is in Amy's court representing a 13-year-old girl (Alexa Nikolas) who accidentally kills her friend named Marsha and another man in a car while they are out on a joyride but shows no remorse for her death; Maxine tries to determine whether two brothers are better off without the presence of their father, an ex-con, in their lives; and Amy receives bad news on her 40th birthday, she has a miscarriage. David Eigenberg guest stars as Jerry Lambert, a stranger who gives Amy the perspective she needs during a difficult time. |
Original Air Date—8 March 2005
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Original Air Date—15 March 2005
While attending a bench and bar dinner, Amy gets into a heated argument with the State Attorney and accuses his office of being politically motivated in regard to the juvenile justice system. As a result, Amy's inundated with requests to move cases out of her court, which causes a litigation nightmare that puts Donna's 17-year-old client at risk of being considered AWOL from the Coast Guard. Meanwhile, Maxine and Sean come up with a creative solution to the housing problem of a recently sober mother who is seeking to regain custody of her children. |
Original Air Date—22 March 2005
In Amy's courtroom, she adjudicates a case involving two Arab-American Muslim boys, one of whom embraces his religion and culture and the other who is ashamed of his background, after they get into an altercation at their high school. Meanwhile, Crystal goes behind Vincent's back to have him transferred to a different job, which puts a damper on their relationship. Amy is hurt because Lauren doesn't want her to chaperone a school dance. Elsewhere, Maxine tries to teach a sexually promiscuous teenager the dangers of having unprotected sex and spring is in the air - and romance seems to be blossoming between Maxine and a newly divorced Ignacio. |
Original Air Date—5 April 2005
Amy oversees a case involving a 5-year-old girl who is at the center of a custody battle between the girl's 21-year-old half sister and their parents. She is also trying to get a not-guilty verdict in the Graciela Reyes trial and she then has to deal with Lauren's latest act of rebellion - she's dyed her hair pink! Meanwhile, Maxine tries to broker a deal between a foster and a biological mother of a young boy so that both can keep the child in their lives. Elsewhere, Vincent struggles to work up enthusiasm for his prison writing workshops. |
Original Air Date—12 April 2005
Lauren's rebellious attitude continues to test the patience of Amy, who's perturbed when her daughter suddenly becomes a vegetarian. Amy's also annoyed that a certain political strategist won't take no for an answer about her pursuing a senate seat and she tries to find some redeeming qualities in a teenage boy in order to keep him from being tried as an adult after he assaults his mother. Meanwhile, Maxine tries to help a lonely single mom with the difficult responsibility of raising an autistic child and Peter and Gillian work on trust issues in their marriage. |
Original Air Date—19 April 2005
Maxine is afraid of becoming more than just friends with Ignacio so she introduces her friend Patricia to Ignacio and encourages her to invite him as her escort to a benefit. At the same time as she sets out to prove an arrogant college professor is guilty of spousal abuse. A 15-year-old boy with a criminal record asks Amy to believe that he has turned his life around and that he's innocent of the serious crime he's charged with - attacking an undercover officer who accused him of dealing drugs. Meanwhile, Lauren's participation in a "Meat is Murder" rally gets her suspended from school. |
Original Air Date—26 April 2005
Bruce calls Amy's objectivity into question while sentencing a 10-year-old repeat offender. Maxine tries to help a family with multiple special needs children fend off a bank bent on foreclosing on their house as Vincent faces a life and death situation. Good news about Graciela Reyes is tempered by an unfortunate event. |
Original Air Date—3 May 2005
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