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The Best Episodes of Family Law

Every episode of Family Law ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Family Law!

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Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Family Law Season 2 Episode 6 - Telling Lies (2)
    9.4/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Telling Lies (2)

    S2:E6

    Danni & Joe bring a class-action suit against the Dept. of Children's Services; Lynn and Rex compete for the same caregiver.

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan

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  2. Family Law Season 2 Episode 18 - Safe at Home
    9.4/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Safe at Home

    S2:E18

    Rex defends Lynn's friend who's charged with manslaughter after her younger son kills her oldest with her handgun. Complicating things is the boy's father who is suing for sole custody of the boy, placing an anti-gun Lynn in the position of defending her friend who continues to own a gun.

    Director:Paul Haggis
    Writers:Paul Haggis, Thomas L. Moran

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  3. Family Law Season 3 Episode 7 - All in the Family
    9.2/10(13 votes)

    #3 - All in the Family

    S3:E7

    Lynn reluctantly helps her neighbor with his child support settlement with his mistress while keeping it a secret from his wife; Joe and Viveca help a mother whose son was taken away after she spanked him in a department store.

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Family Law Season 3 Episode 17 - Big Brother
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Big Brother

    S3:E17

    Lynn and Rex opt for an unconventional solution in blocking a mass cult wedding during which their clients' daughter is to be married to a stranger; Joe fights a restraining order that prevents him from visiting a young boy whom he mentored while the boy's father was incarcerated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan

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  5. Family Law Season 2 Episode 8 - Family Values
    9.1/10(36 votes)

    #5 - Family Values

    S2:E8

    Joe and Lynn butt heads in the case of a hospital's decision to drop one man from the kidney recipient list and replace him with one of their doctors; Danni represents a couple trying to keep custody of their chimpanzee; Randi and Andres have trouble dealing with his return to the firm.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writers:Ashley Gable, Thomas L. Moran

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  6. Family Law Season 1 Episode 2 - Damages
    8.9/10(97 votes)

    #6 - Damages

    S1:E2

    Lynn helps Rex represent a couple seeking damages against the doctor who neglected to tell them that their child would be born with Down Syndrome; Danni turns marriage counselor to a couple divorcing; Randi reveals a dark chapter in her past; Lynn sets out to show Michael how hard it is to juggle a career and parenting.

    Director:Paul Haggis
    Writers:David Shore, Paul Haggis

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  7. Family Law Season 1 Episode 5 - The List
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    #7 - The List

    S1:E5

    Lynn helps an old friend deal with his troubled daughter, who's created a list of people she wants to kill; The woman Michael left Lynn for comes looking for a job; Danni and Don's relationship heats up; Danni learns that Randi is getting some ""attention"" from a surprising source.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Family Law Season 2 Episode 16 - Liar's Club (2)
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Liar's Club (2)

    S2:E16

    The firm is at risk when Joe is arrested for money laundering by an overzealous attorney; Danni's unemployed boyfriend, Alex, asks to move in with her.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan

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  9. Family Law Season 1 Episode 15 - A Mother's Son
    8.6/10(155 votes)

    #9 - A Mother's Son

    S1:E15

    Rex and Randi fight to show that the adopted parents of a mentally disturbed boy are not responsible for the boy's murderous act; Danni finds herself at odds with her father when she takes the case of a man fighting his ex-wife for $1 million in lottery winnings. The problem: the ex-wife is now dating Danni's father.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writers:Judith Feldman, Anne Kenney

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  10. Family Law Season 1 Episode 4 - Prisoners
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Prisoners

    S1:E4

    Randi represents a correctional officer charged with raping an inmate. However the case hits too close to home since she knew the officer when she was in prison; Lynn starts to represent a famous young actor in a divorce case; Danni's relationship with Don becomes more complicated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Family Law Season 2 Episode 22 - Recovery
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Recovery

    S2:E22

    Randi fights for custody of her granddaughter after her daughter is killed by her abusive husband; Rex helps a rock star get a permit to open a drug rehab center in Beverly Hills; Danni's petition to adopt is denied and she is devestated to learn that one of the partners wrote a negative letter to the Dept. of Children Services,

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan

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  12. Family Law Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    After losing her husband and clients all in one day, Attorney Lynn Holt sets out to rebuild her life. With some help from Danni Lipton, an ambitious almost junior partner, Lynn decides to rebuild her law practice by subleasing her offices to two other lawyers, Rex Weller and Randi King. Lynn's first new client is a former drug addict trying to win back custody of her children.

    Director:Paul Haggis
    Writers:Paul Haggis, Anne Kenney

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  13. Family Law Season 2 Episode 1 - The Choice
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Choice

    S2:E1

    Lynn is pitted against her old acquaintance, cutthroat lawyer Joe Celano, in a case involving a child's adopted parents and the Guatemalan woman he was taken from; Danni's reaction to Lynn's partnership offer unnerves Lynn.

    Director:Paul Haggis
    Writer:Paul Haggis

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  14. Family Law Season 3 Episode 4 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #14 - My Brother's Keeper

    S3:E4

    Joe helps a 16-year old boy get custody of his two younger brothers; Naoise defends a teenager who is charged with misdemeanor vandalism when he uses a slingshot to get rid of a drug dealer in his neighborhood; Randi asks Lynn to be Annie's guardian should anything happen to her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  15. Family Law Season 3 Episode 3 - Obligations
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Obligations

    S3:E3

    Lynn and Viveca try to help a 14 year old girl who was arrested for spray painting hate messages on buildings; Emily represents parents who want to keep their cerebral palsy afflicted daughter out of public high school against her wish; Joe uses Naoise to help him do pro bono work.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Ashley Gable

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  16. Family Law Season 1 Episode 6 - The Nanny
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #16 - The Nanny

    S1:E6

    Lynn represents a couple desperate to get custody of their granddaughter, even though it goes against their deceased daughter's wishes; Rex's mentally ill older brother breezes into his life after a two year absence; Danni represents an obnoxious actor suing a paper for ruining his career after they claimed he was dead; Randi and Andres's relationship heats up.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Stephen Nathan

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  17. Family Law Season 2 Episode 2 - One Mistake
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #17 - One Mistake

    S2:E2

    Lynn is faced with a moral and legal dilemma when her client in a child custody case confesses to molesting his daughter; Randi tries the potentially ground-breaking case of a man suing his bartender for serving him drinks that led to his having a one-night stand which destroyed his marriage; the attorneys decide to expand their practices by forming a partnership.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:David Shore, Paul Haggis

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  18. Family Law Season 1 Episode 12 - Media Relations
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #18 - Media Relations

    S1:E12

    Rex and Lynn defend a 10 year-old boy accused of murdering a little girl for her bike; Randi represents a man who claims his wife put a hex on him; an unexpected event puts an end to Danni & Don's relationship.

    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Family Law Season 1 Episode 3 - All God's Creatures
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #19 - All God's Creatures

    S1:E3

    Lynn tries the case of a woman seeking custody of her children from their racist father; Danni hopes to rekindle the flames with her new client, who is also an old boyfriend; Rex represents a man injured by exploding beached whale blubber; Sweet memories abound when Lynn and Michael start dividing their property.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Anne Kenney

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  20. Family Law Season 1 Episode 17 - Metamorphosis
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Metamorphosis

    S1:E17

    Lynn takes desperate measures to help a woman regain custody of her son; Rex battles his ex-wife over support payments; Randi tries to communicate with her estranged daughter.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Family Law Season 3 Episode 18 - Once Removed
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Once Removed

    S3:E18

    William Price hires Lynn to keep his ex-wife Kathy, a former drug addict, from getting custody of their two boys. Lynn doesn't see any problem until William reveals that he lives with five women and has children with all of them. Kathy's lawyer tells the Department of Children and Family Services about William's ""family,"" and the department decides to put all eight children into foster care. Realizing their court strategy back-fired and the situation is only hurting the children, Kathy joins William to regain custody of the children. They agree to joint custody, William accepting Kathy's rights as a mother and Kathy accepting William's lifestyle. Randi and Emily help a family take on their HMO, which refuses to cover an expensive treatment that has helped their son's life-threatening illness. When the judge rules against them, the father gets fired so his family can qualify for state health insurance, which would cover the son's treatment. The state claims fraud and denies them insuran

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Pam Davis

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  22. Family Law Season 1 Episode 21 - Second Chance
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Second Chance

    S1:E21

    Lynn takes the case of a cop who broke a restraining order to be with his kids, something she later regrets, Danni pleads the case of a former childhood icon who refuses to give up his cherished puppet which he claims was given to him, Randi gets into a minor car accident and panics when she's accused of DUI.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:David Shore

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  23. Family Law Season 2 Episode 14 - The Quality of Mercy
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #23 - The Quality of Mercy

    S2:E14

    Lynn defends a man charged with manslaughter when he helps his terminally ill wife committ suicide; Viveca sues a beachfront property landlord for discrimination when he refuses her residency because she's a lawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:David Shore, Marjorie David, Stephen Nathan

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  24. Family Law Season 1 Episode 14 - Stealing Home
    6.2/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Stealing Home

    S1:E14

    Lynn represents a woman trying to keep her molester husband away from their daughter; Danni represents a celebrity hairstylist who mocked a client in front of a roomful of people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Family Law Season 3 Episode 1 - Irreparable Harm
    6.0/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Irreparable Harm

    S3:E1

    Lynn represents a cancer patient who wants to be able to receive experimental medication banned by the FDA; Raphael again pleads with Danni to adopt him; two new associates join the firm; and Joe's overextending himself working on pro bono cases has a tragic consequence.

    Directors:Paul Haggis, Fred Gerber
    Writers:David Shore, Lawrence Kaplow, Stephen Nathan

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Best Episodes Summary

"Telling Lies (2)" is the best rated episode of "Family Law". It scored 9.4/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Jerry Levine and written by David Shore, Stephen Nathan, it aired on 11/6/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Safe at Home".