"The Practice"
Free Dental (1999)

Director:

Arvin Brown

Writers:

David E. Kelley (creator)
David E. Kelley (written by)

TV Series:

"The Practice" (1997)

Original Air Date:

27 September 1999 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Boston Massachusetts | Courtroom | Ethics | Law | Social Commentary

Cast

Dylan McDermott	...	Bobby Donnell
Steve Harris	...	Eugene Young
Camryn Manheim	...	Ellenor Frutt
Kelli Williams	...	Lindsay Dole
Lisa Gay Hamilton	...	Rebecca Washington
Michael Badalucco	...	Jimmy Berluti
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Helen Gamble
Marla Sokoloff	...	Lucy Hatcher
Jason Kravits	...	A.D.A. Richard Bay
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stan Cahill	...	Attorney for Co-op
Charles Cioffi	...	Judge Walter Kimball
Bonita Friedericy	...	Sandra Poole
Marco Gould	...	Steven Olson
Katie Hagan	...	Laura Olson
Emily Kuroda	...	Miss Hines - Dental Hygienist
Garrison Leigh	...	Robert Jenkins
Kathleen Lloyd	...	Allison Olson
Michael Monks	...	George Vogelman
Dean Norris	...	Detective
Bob Rumnock	...	Foreman
Tucker Smallwood	...	Psychologist
Holland Taylor	...	Judge Roberta Kittleson
Henry Winkler	...	Dr. Henry Olson

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Jason Kravits joins the cast with this episode.

Goofs:

Plot holes: The detective testifies that on Dr. Olson's latex gloves, traces of oils of Dr. Olson's skin flakes were found on the inside, and on the outside both skin secretions from the victim, and grape jelly. It is later revealed that Dr. Olson relieved himself in his office and on return he found the victim in his dentist chair with the jelly in her throat. Now, he either put on gloves before trying to resuscitate her (which is odd), or he relieved himself still wearing the gloves that he used when he cleaned the victim's teeth - in which case, surely, there would at least be some traces of his skin on the outside of (one of) the gloves.