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The Worst Episodes of Family Law

Every episode of Family Law ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Family Law!

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...
Genres:DramaComedyCrime
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Four Drops of Blood" is the worst rated episode of "Family Law". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Michael Schultz and written by N/A, it aired on 11/29/1999. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Intentions".

  • Four Drops of Blood
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    #1 - Four Drops of Blood

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1999

    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: N/A

  • Intentions
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    #2 - Intentions

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2001

    Danni defends a woman charged with murder when she miscarries her baby after a drinking binge. Though disgusted by her client's behavior, Danni feels she has to defend a pregnant woman's right to choose what to do with her body; Lynn represents a hooker seeking palimony from a longtime ex-boyfriend/client.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis, David Shore

    Writer: N/A

  • Separation
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    #3 - Separation

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2001

    Randi and Joe fight to keep a set of newborn Siamese twins from being surgically separated; Lynn is upset when Michael's new girlfriend tries to bond with her kids.

    Director: Fred Gerber, David Shore

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, David Shore

  • The Gay Divorcee
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    #4 - The Gay Divorcee

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2001

    Joe and Lynn fight to help a gay man retain custody of his two adopted children after his partner of 12 years gets engaged to a woman and sues for sole custody; Randi tries to help a 55 year old woman get back child support for the father who abandoned her at a young age.

    Director: Jerry Levine

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, David Shore

  • Moving On
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    #5 - Moving On

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001

    Randy and Emily represent a former drug addict who is trying to reclaim custody of the children she signed away; Danni continues in her quest to adopt Rapheal; Despite everyone's objections, Joe continues his pro bono work.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: Lawrence Kaplow

  • Against All Odds
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    #6 - Against All Odds

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2001

    When Joe is badly burned in a fire started by a teen who was trying to make drugs, Rex goes after the publisher of the book the boy was using; Emily hires a private investigator to test the fidelity of her client's husband---something Randi finds reprehensible. However, to her suprise, Randi finds herself attracted to the man.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: N/A

  • Sacrifices
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    #7 - Sacrifices

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2001

    Lynn fights to help a couple retain custody of their 14 children when DCF decides they can not adequately care for them; Randi represents a man seeking to maintain the amount of child support he receives from his ex-wife.

    Director: Oz Scott

    Writer: N/A

  • Security
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    #8 - Security

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2001

    The firm takes on the case of an Arab-American, who works for the Department of Transportation, charged with espionage after he takes home a disk containing classified information.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: N/A

  • No Options
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    #9 - No Options

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2001

    Randi helps a mentally unstable woman charged with murder after her children die after waiting in a locked car; Joe represents a woman whose kids were taken away because she left them alone at home while she worked; Rex and Lynn's relationship takes a suprising turn.

    Director: Jerry Levine

    Writer: N/A

  • Sex, Lies, and the Internet
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    #10 - Sex, Lies, and the Internet

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2001

    Emily aids a woman who wants a divorce on the grounds that her husband committed adultery by carrying on a relationship with a woman over the Internet; Lynn defends a 40-year-old friend who is arrested for having sex with a 15-year-old boy; Randi starts dating a judge and then discovers he has a secret past that could end his career

    Director: Oz Scott

    Writer: Thomas L. Moran

  • Angel's Flight
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    #11 - Angel's Flight

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2001

    : A man sues his ex-wife for fraud when he learns the two boys he raised are not his biological sons; divorcing parents argue over who will get their son on Christmas day; a tall, skinny man sues a department store after the owner refuses to hire him as an elf.

    Director: Max Mayer

    Writer: Paul Haggis

  • To Protect and To Serve
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    #12 - To Protect and To Serve

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2002

    The firm sues the local police department when Naoise is fatally injured after being caught in gangster gunfire while visiting a client; Viveca helps a 85-year old woman gain custody of her 10-year old grandson.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: Ashley Gable

  • Arlene's Choice
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    #13 - Arlene's Choice

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2002

    Under the glare of documentarians doing a film on stem cell research, the firm works together against the clock in representing a woman fighting for the right to have her unborn child delivered prematurely so that the infant's stem cells can be used to save the life of her older son who's dying from aplastic anemia; Viveca decides to keep her baby.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Lawrence Kaplow

  • Children of a Lesser Dad
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    #14 - Children of a Lesser Dad

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2002

    Lynn and Emily fight to keep their client out of jail on the parole violation of fathering another child while being in arrears for child support of his other children. Joe and Viveca represent an old friend of Joe's who was arrested for drunk driving -- in his wheelchair. Lynn struggles with Michael over his not being there enough for their children. Rex offers to spend some quality time with Rupie so that Lynn can take Cassie to the ballet for her birthday. Rex and Rupie really hit it off, which draws Lynn and Rex even closer. Viveca decides to keep the baby. Although Joe agrees to support her in every way, he begins to have difficulty with the prospect of impending fatherhood.

    Director: Oz Scott

    Writer: N/A

  • Admissions
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    #15 - Admissions

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2002

    Randi and Viveca represent a highly qualified high school senior who was passed over for college admittance in favor of a less qualified classmate under the college's legacy program. In court, Randi exposes how racially discriminatory the legacy policy is, leading to a victory for their client. Lynn is disturbed by Rex's strategy in defending his friend accused of rape, which causes her to question the wisdom of their relationship. After Joe goads her into meeting a man that she's been chatting with online for several months, Emily overcomes her initial reluctance to date someone who's not her type.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: N/A

  • Ties That Bind
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    #16 - Ties That Bind

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2002

    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

  • Blood and Water
    3.0/1016 votes
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    #17 - Blood and Water

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2002

    Rex represents a bipolar 8-year-old boy who was given up by his adoptive parents because of his violent outbursts; Lynn and Naoise assist a priest in his efforts to gain custody of a daughter he never knew existed until the girl's mother died.

    Director: Max Mayer

    Writer: N/A

  • Celano v. Foster
    4.9/1012 votes
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    #18 - Celano v. Foster

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2002

    Viveca objects so strongly to Joe's representing a teacher who is contesting the validity of a statewide teacher's proficiency exam that she resigns from the firm and agrees to argue the case for the opposing side; Lynn and Rex petition the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for their 12 year old genius client, whose parents refuse to allow him to leave home to attend M.I.T.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: Thomas L. Moran

  • Irreparable Harm
    5.8/1014 votes
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    #19 - Irreparable Harm

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001

    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.

    Director: Fred Gerber, Paul Haggis

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, Lawrence Kaplow, David Shore

  • Stealing Home
    6.1/1021 votes
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    #20 - Stealing Home

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/2000

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Games
    6.3/109 votes
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    #21 - Games

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1999

    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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    Writer: N/A

  • Affairs of State
    6.3/1011 votes
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    #22 - Affairs of State

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000

    Lynn tries valiantly to help a dying friend obtain a divorce from her politician husband, who is trying to stall the proceedings because her death will give him the sympathy vote in the upcoming election; Lynn makes Joe a partner over Rex and Randi's objections, while the partnership decision regarding Danni comes to a head.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, Paul Haggis

  • Bringing up Babies
    6.3/109 votes
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    #23 - Bringing up Babies

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2001

    Lynn and Randi help a woman who left her baby at the doorstep of Holt & Associates; The boy who Danni helped months ago asks her to be his foster mother.

    Director: Richard J. Lewis

    Writer: David Shore

  • Going Home
    6.5/1012 votes
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    #24 - Going Home

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000

    Rex fights to get his schizophrenic brother released from the county mental hospital; Danni and Randi take opposite sides in an ugly custody case involving an emotionally disturbed 5-year-old. However the case takes a suprising turn when it's learned that the child was switched at birth with another.

    Director: Fred Gerber

    Writer: David Shore

  • The Quality of Mercy
    6.5/1013 votes
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    #25 - The Quality of Mercy

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2001

    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: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, David Shore, Marjorie David