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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Defense Season 1 Episode 1 - A Happy Family
    6.2/10(6 votes)

    #1 - A Happy Family

    S1:E1

    Defense Attorney Mikael Frank is called to Western Prison, where 17-year-old Tobias is sitting, charged with attempted killing of his father-in-law. The young man strongly denies guilt and explains that a random drug addict fired the hunting rifle - five times. The father-in-law is totally invalid and Mikael Frank gets his case for defending Tobias. The colleagues at the law firm Frank & Christensen doubt that star lawyer Mikael Frank can get the young man acquitted, but then Patrik Larsen appears. He has just been tested and wants to have a job with his former defender. Patrik speaks of an unauthorized investigation into the drug environment in an attempt to find the right perpetrator and at the same time win the lawyers' trust. Meanwhile, in the Eastern District Court, Mikael Frank ranks the tragic story of Tobias' family.

    Director:Niels Arden Oplev
    Writer:Lars K. Andersen

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  2. Defense Season 1 Episode 2 - The man in the south harbor
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    #2 - The man in the south harbor

    S1:E2

    Things get stirred up at Frank and Christensen as one employee initiates a conflicting relationship with a client and an Olympic lightweight rower is charged with murder of an East German man found in his car needs legal assistance.

    Director:Niels Arden Oplev
    Writer:Lars K. Andersen

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  3. Defense Season 1 Episode 3 - Angry Men
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    #3 - Angry Men

    S1:E3

    Defending the accused of his former colleague's murder against his own mistress, CC finds himself in a very personal and complicated case.

    Director:Niels Arden Oplev
    Writer:Lars K. Andersen

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  4. Defense Season 1 Episode 4 - Outside of the Law
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    #4 - Outside of the Law

    S1:E4

    Rebecca enters a fight over office space with newly employed controversial lawyer Leo whilst defending a police officer accused of a lesbian plot.

    Director:Niels Arden Oplev
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Ole Meldgaard, Lars Kjeldgård

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  5. Defense Season 1 Episode 5 - The Good Son
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    #5 - The Good Son

    S1:E5

    Mikael Frank struggles to acquit a weak-minded Lollandian as the health of both the accused's and his own father complicate the case further.

    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Lars Kjeldgård

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  6. Defense Season 1 Episode 6 - The One You Love
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    #6 - The One You Love

    S1:E6

    Malene gets personally involved in the case of a mother accused of attempting to murder her daughter. Leo likewise in the case of child molestation accusation against a children's author.

    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Lars K. Andersen

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  7. Defense Season 1 Episode 7 - Fight for Everything you Hold Dear
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    #7 - Fight for Everything you Hold Dear

    S1:E7

    Mikael Frank is having a difficult time defending an accused private of The Royal Life Guards due to his own past at said regiment. Elsewhere Rebecca and Leo bond on a road trip, gathering evidence to save her uncle.

    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Ole Meldgaard

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  8. Defense Season 1 Episode 8 - Loverboy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Loverboy

    S1:E8

    In order to prove to her colleagues that she is tough enough for the job, Malene decides to have a conductor accused of rape acquitted.

    Director:Henrik Ruben Genz
    Writers:Lars Kjeldgård, Kari Vidø

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  9. Defense Season 1 Episode 9 - Brotherhood
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    #9 - Brotherhood

    S1:E9

    CC struggles with a kindergarten strike, his love affair and defending a professor of pathology while Rebecca and Leo defend two outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with murder.

    Director:Henrik Ruben Genz
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Lars Kjeldgård, Kari Vidø

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  10. Defense Season 1 Episode 10 - A good Muslim
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    #10 - A good Muslim

    S1:E10

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    Director:Henrik Ruben Genz
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Lars Kjeldgård

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  11. Defense Season 1 Episode 11 - False Witsnesses
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    #11 - False Witsnesses

    S1:E11

    With CC on a cruise, the firm relies on Michael and Leo to handle the cases. Michael gets romantically involved with his client in a case in which his own assistant is a witness and Leo thinks his client might have abused him as a child.

    Director:Claus Bjerre
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Ole Meldgaard, Lars Kjeldgård

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  12. Defense Season 2 Episode 1 - Blodets bånd
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    #12 - Blodets bånd

    S2:E1

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    Director:Jannik Johansen
    Writer:Lars Kjeldgård

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  13. Defense Season 2 Episode 2 - Værelse 522
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    #13 - Værelse 522

    S2:E2

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    Director:Jannik Johansen
    Writer:Lars Kjeldgård

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  14. Defense Season 2 Episode 3 - En vidunderlig mand
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    #14 - En vidunderlig mand

    S2:E3

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writers:Ole Meldgaard, Lars Kjeldgård, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  15. Defense Season 2 Episode 4 - Forførerne
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Forførerne

    S2:E4

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writers:Ole Meldgaard, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  16. Defense Season 2 Episode 5 - Fremtid med havudsigt 1. del
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    #16 - Fremtid med havudsigt 1. del

    S2:E5

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writers:Kari Vidø, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  17. Defense Season 2 Episode 6 - Fremtid med havudsigt 2. del
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    #17 - Fremtid med havudsigt 2. del

    S2:E6

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    Director:Morten Køhlert
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Lars Kjeldgård, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  18. Defense Season 2 Episode 7 - Skytsenglen 1. del
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Skytsenglen 1. del

    S2:E7

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    Director:Morten Køhlert
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Lars Kjeldgård, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  19. Defense Season 2 Episode 8 - Skytsenglen 2. del
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Skytsenglen 2. del

    S2:E8

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    Director:Morten Køhlert
    Writers:Lars K. Andersen, Lars Kjeldgård, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  20. Defense Season 3 Episode 1 - Jagten på visheden
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Jagten på visheden

    S3:E1

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    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Michael Asmussen

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  21. Defense Season 3 Episode 2 - En uforglemmelig dag
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    #21 - En uforglemmelig dag

    S3:E2

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    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  22. Defense Season 3 Episode 3 - Ild i gamle huse
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    #22 - Ild i gamle huse

    S3:E3

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    Director:Morten Arnfred
    Writer:Ib Kastrup

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  23. Defense Season 3 Episode 4 - Bankende hjerte
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Bankende hjerte

    S3:E4

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writer:Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson

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  24. Defense Season 3 Episode 5 - Som brødre vi dele
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    #24 - Som brødre vi dele

    S3:E5

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writer:Michael Asmussen

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  25. Defense Season 3 Episode 6 - Hemmeligheder
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Hemmeligheder

    S3:E6

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    Director:Niels Gråbøl
    Writers:Michael Asmussen, Ib Kastrup, Jørgen Kastrup

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Happy Family" is the best rated episode of "Defense". It scored 6.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Lars K. Andersen, it aired on 9/21/2003. This episode scored 6.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The man in the south harbor".