American Girl (9 Nov. 2011)

While Harry is on vacation, her trip takes a frustrating turn when the small town of Langford, Ohio impounds her Mercedes Benz for violating their "Buy American" law. Harry, with Oliver at ... See full summary »

Director:

Ron Underwood

Writers:

David E. Kelley (creator), David E. Kelley,

Stars:

Kathy Bates, Nathan Corddry, Karen Olivo

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kathy Bates	...	Harriet Korn
Nathan Corddry	...	Adam Branch (as Nate Corddry)
Karen Olivo	...	Cassie Reynolds
Mark Valley	...	Oliver Richard
Christopher McDonald	...	Tommy Jefferson
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Judge Patricia Seabrook
Justina Machado	...	Counsel
Jordan Wall	...	Connor Bertram
Sterling K. Brown	...	Mr. Thomas
Ryan Michelle Bathe	...	Mrs. Thomas
Richard McGonagle	...	Judge
Irene Keng	...	Chunhua Lao
Alexandre Chen	...	Mr. Chen
Emily Liu	...	Mrs. Chen
Rob Nagle	...	Dr. Emmit Jones

Storyline

While Harry is on vacation, her trip takes a frustrating turn when the small town of Langford, Ohio impounds her Mercedes Benz for violating their "Buy American" law. Harry, with Oliver at her side, challenges the town's law and is pit against a young, homespun attorney and the engine behind the law, Langford's mayor, Franklin Chickory. Meanwhile, Adam represents the Chens, a Chinese family whose daughter was stolen because of China's one-child policy and adopted by American parents. With Cassie's help, Adam hopes to win custody for the Chens.

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Plot Keywords:

singing in a car

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

David E. Kelley Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

User Reviews

China adoption

As a mother of 2 beautiful daughter's from China I was shocked at the insensitivity of this episode. Do you do research? Do you understand that it is not a one child policy for "all" Chinese? (minorities are excluded)Or that is not even enforced in many areas? I do not agree with the policy or their government but do know that what they don't do is steal children for profit! Not to mention that the more affluent that can support more children are the least targeted to enforce the policy! MANY families have more than one child. The foster family that took care of our older daughter had two adult sons. There are already so many "uncertains" for these children and you insinuate that they could have been stolen??? Really? That is a pathetic story line. Do you understand that the orphanage pays to even register the child with CCAA to be eligible to find a family. The orphanage only takes a small donation from the parents. The other fees that went to the govt were minimal (much less than any US adoption) our biggest fees were our travel, US agency fee and all the fees to be approved by OUR govt! It is disturbing how a TV writer can put a plot put there as if it is factual! Do your homework! It effects peoples lives!