The Best Episodes of Family Law Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(21 votes)

   #1 - Pilot

   S1:E19/20/1999

   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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   Director:Paul Haggis

   Writers:Paul Haggis, Anne Kenney
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   8.9/10(97 votes)

   #2 - Damages

   S1:E29/27/1999

   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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   Director:Paul Haggis

   Writers:David Shore, Paul Haggis
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   7.7/10(15 votes)

   #3 - All God's Creatures

   S1:E310/4/1999

   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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   Director:Fred Gerber

   Writer:Anne Kenney
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   8.5/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Prisoners

   S1:E410/11/1999

   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

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   8.8/10(13 votes)

   #5 - The List

   S1:E510/18/1999

   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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   8.0/10(11 votes)

   #6 - The Nanny

   S1:E610/25/1999

   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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   Director:Fred Gerber

   Writer:Stephen Nathan
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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #7 - Games

   S1:E711/8/1999

   Danni and Rex take opposites sides of a case involving kids on a soccer team and their overzealous parents; Andres asks Randi's help in representing a friend who has money coming to him from a wealthy former client. But her testing of his skills makes Andres very uncomfortable; Lynn finds herself with a moral dilemma when she represents an Afghani couple trying to stay in the United States even though he is wanted for burglary in his homeland.

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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #8 - The Fourth Trimester

   S1:E811/15/1999

   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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   Writer:Thomas L. Moran
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   0.0/10(0 votes)

   #9 - Holt vs. Holt

   S1:E911/22/1999

   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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   Director:Fred Gerber

   Writer:Anne Kenney
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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Four Drops of Blood

    S1:E1011/29/1999

    Rex defends a woman accused of murdering her one child and abusing the other; Randi represents the ""spokesman"" for Mr. Chips potato chips when he's fired for being too old; Lynn goes ""trolling"" for clients.

    Director:Michael Schultz

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Michael Schultz

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Decisions

    S1:E1112/13/1999

    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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    Director:Adam Nimoy

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12. 

    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Media Relations

    S1:E121/10/2000

    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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    Director:Elodie Keene

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Human Error

    S1:E131/17/2000

    Viveca passes the bar and joins Rex's practice. Her first client is a college football star who allegedly parked in a handicapped space, resulting in the injury of a paraplegic; Rex and Lynn represent a former convict who wants to reclaim custody of his daughter.

    Director:Fred Gerber

    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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    Director:Fred Gerber

    Writer:Thomas L. Moran
14. 

    6.2/10(22 votes)

    #14 - Stealing Home

    S1:E141/24/2000

    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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    8.6/10(155 votes)

    #15 - A Mother's Son

    S1:E152/7/2000

    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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    Director:Richard J. Lewis

    Writers:Judith Feldman, Anne Kenney
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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Are You My Father?

    S1:E162/21/2000

    Lynn's case involving a woman suing a televangelist for child support takes a surprising turn; Danni represents a woman who wants custody of her daughter. The problem: the woman was formerly a man.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Metamorphosis

    S1:E172/28/2000

    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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    Director:Fred Gerber

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Necessity

    S1:E183/6/2000

    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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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Playing God

    S1:E193/20/2000

    Lynn defends a woman, who runs a foundation for children born to crack-addicted mothers, when the woman pays an addict $200 to be sterilized so she wouldn't have any more crack addicted babies; Danni represents a mother who wants to send her son to Bhutan because she believes he is reincarnation of the High Lama; Michael attempts a reconciliation.

    Director:Fred Gerber

    Writer:Tricia Brock

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    Director:Fred Gerber

    Writer:Tricia Brock
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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Witness

    S1:E204/17/2000

    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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    Writer:Jeff F. King
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    6.7/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Second Chance

    S1:E214/24/2000

    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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    Director:Fred Gerber

    Writer:David Shore
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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Love and Money

    S1:E225/1/2000

    First Danni and then Rex take on the case of a woman suing her husband for half of the $48 million estate that he wants to give to charity; Randi fights for the rights of a mentally challenged couple to keep custody of their daughter; Lynn has problems dealing with the tragedy of her previous case.

    Directors:David Shore, Elodie Keene

    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan

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    Directors:David Shore, Elodie Keene

    Writers:David Shore, Stephen Nathan
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    #23 - Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

    S1:E235/8/2000

    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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    Director:David Shore

    Writer:Unknown