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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(16 votes)

    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:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  2. Family Law Season 2 Episode 18 - Safe at Home
    9.3/10(17 votes)

    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 2 Episode 12 - Film at Eleven
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    S2:E12

    Lynn sues a local television station when it airs exploitative footage of her shirt being ripped off by an angry mob; When she tells her the wrong court date, Patricia is forced to impersonate Viveca to prevent a client from losing a case that involves a wedding dress that wouldn't fit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lawrence Kaplow

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  4. Family Law Season 1 Episode 5 - The List
    8.9/10(15 votes)

    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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  5. Family Law Season 2 Episode 8 - Family Values
    8.9/10(30 votes)

    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:Thomas L. Moran, Ashley Gable

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  6. Family Law Season 2 Episode 16 - Liar's Club (2)
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    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:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  7. Family Law Season 3 Episode 7 - All in the Family
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    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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  8. Family Law Season 1 Episode 2 - Damages
    8.8/10(31 votes)

    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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  9. Family Law Season 1 Episode 11 - Decisions
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E11

    Lynn acts as mediator in her friends' decision of how their dying son should spend his last days; Danni defends her father after he's arrested for a hit and run; Rex tries to make a commercial showcasing his skills, but it doesn't go as he planned.

    Director:Adam Nimoy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Family Law Season 3 Episode 17 - Big Brother
    8.7/10(14 votes)

    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:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  11. Family Law Season 1 Episode 4 - Prisoners
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    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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  12. Family Law Season 1 Episode 15 - A Mother's Son
    8.6/10(30 votes)

    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:Anne Kenney, Judith Feldman

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  13. Family Law Season 2 Episode 22 - Recovery
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    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:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  14. Family Law Season 3 Episode 20 - Ties That Bind
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    S3:E20

    Randi defends her cousin Marcie after she's arrested for abusing her Alzheimers-afflicted mother; when Joe goes to drastic measures to help a teenager get custody of his daughter, Emily comes up with the better solution; Cassie is suspended after she publishes an article in the school paper criticizing day care programs.

    Director:Max Mayer
    Writer:Ashley Gable

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  15. Family Law Season 1 Episode 18 - Necessity
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    S1:E18

    Rex defends an elderly woman on charges of drug dealing when she sells medication to the elderly at discount prices; Danni and Randi fight for the freedom of a Children's Services employee who kidnapped a child from his abusive parents; Lynn and Michael try to put aside their differences to take the kids camping.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Family Law Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    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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  17. Family Law Season 1 Episode 23 - Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    S1:E23

    Lynn represents a priest who is on trial for an attempted murder he claims was an attempted exorcism, Andres reveals a shocking secret when he's threatened with deportation.

    Director:David Shore
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Family Law Season 1 Episode 9 - Holt vs. Holt
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    S1:E9

    Lynn and Michael square off in court in a battle between a cancer-stricken employee of a lingerie company and the owners that fired her shortly after her mastectomy; Rex represents the inept son of a professional thief.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Anne Kenney

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  19. Family Law Season 1 Episode 20 - The Witness
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S1:E20

    Rex and Randi represent a pair of brothers: one a murder suspect, the other a witness; Danni tries to help a cleaning lady keep the $500,000 mistake in her bank account; Lynn realizes she's not living environmentally correct and tries to make some changes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jeff F. King

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  20. Family Law Season 2 Episode 1 - The Choice
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    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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  21. Family Law Season 2 Episode 5 - Telling Lies (1)
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S2:E5

    Danni is appointed case advocate for a 9-year old boy. But when she learns he is being brutally abused by his foster father, her pleas to Children's Services for an investigation go unheard; Lynn represents grandparents seeking custody of their delinquent teenaged grandson when his parents send him overseas to a prison-like boarding school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Family Law Season 2 Episode 2 - One Mistake
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    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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  23. Family Law Season 3 Episode 4 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    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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  24. Family Law Season 1 Episode 6 - The Nanny
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    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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  25. Family Law Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fourth Trimester
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E8

    Over Lynn's objections, Danni represents an L.A. Laker being sued for child support; Rex represents a man who confesses to bombing the Federal Building 30 years ago; Randi goes all out to make a deadbeat client pay his bill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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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 16 votes. Directed by Jerry Levine and written by Stephen Nathan, David Shore, it aired on 11/6/2000. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Safe at Home".