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The Best Episodes of Street Legal

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

Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.
Genre:Drama

Best Episodes Summary

"The Bracelet" is the best rated episode of "Street Legal". It scored 9.1/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Faking It".

  • The Bracelet
    9.1/1017 votes
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    #1 - The Bracelet

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1990

    Carrie asks for beeper surveillance for her client Leah Davis after fighting to liberal custody, but when Leah skips town, Carrie becomes the legal guardian of her daughter, Kim. Chuck represents Jennifer's friend, a student who claims that she wrote a book with her late professor and wants acknowledgement. Leon agrees to represent Alana in her divorce trial.

    Director: Sturla Gunnarsson

    Writer: N/A

  • Faking It
    9.0/106 votes
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    #2 - Faking It

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1993

    Olivia announces she's giving up the movie business to go back to practising law. Leon hears the Law Society's decision. Olivia's movie opens; Chuck interferes in hers and Tom's wedding plans and at the end Olivia picks another man to marry.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Persons Living or Dead
    7.6/106 votes
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    #3 - Persons Living or Dead

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1994

    Leon becomes passionately involved in the Hellbrum mining case when he is convinced that management neglect caused the death of 14 miners. Laura defends Rob's cousin, an officer accused of assaulting a prostitute. Chuck worries about the firm. Olivia helps a jounalist get his stolen property back from the police.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Divine Image
    7.4/107 votes
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    #4 - Divine Image

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1990

    Leon surprises everyone when he announces he intends to run for mayor, a decision Alana is less than enthusiastic about.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Election Day
    7.3/109 votes
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    #5 - Election Day

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1991

    Chuck learns Peter Garland hired a private investigator to look into the affairs of Johnny Marsh, and that Olivia was using the information to blackmail Marsh.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder by Video
    7.2/108 votes
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    #6 - Murder by Video

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1988

    A morbid young man, Dave involves his school friend Rob in the making of a video. But the project ends in tragedy when Dave is killed and Rob is charged with criminal negligence.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: N/A

  • The Truth
    7.0/109 votes
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    #7 - The Truth

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1991

    Carrie accepts Dillon's marriage propsosal. Marriage is not a happy affair for Alana and Leon, however.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder
    6.8/109 votes
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    #8 - Murder

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1991

    Chuck becomes more and more obsessed with Olivia and her attention to producer Peter Garland, and hires Nick del Gado to track their activities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Harley
    6.8/108 votes
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    #9 - The Harley

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1991

    Chuck is cleared of all charges and released from prison, but the controversy surrounding him has scared away all of his clients. The student is angered to learn the double-murder screenplay cannot be produced. Dillon tells Veronica that he's got marriage on his mind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Keeping Secrets
    6.6/107 votes
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    #10 - Keeping Secrets

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1991

    Olivia's mother, long-thought dead, suddenly appears on the scene to contest her late husband's will. Carrie and Kim go to Bermuda for a vacation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cookies Crumble
    6.4/109 votes
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    #11 - The Cookies Crumble

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1991

    Producer Peter Garland is found dead in his townhouse, and Chuck is arrested for his murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Matter of Honour
    5.5/107 votes
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    #12 - Matter of Honour

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1987

    Chuck represents an emotionally disturbed 12-year-old boy who has been charged with the murder of his new stepfather and who several years before witnessed the suspicious accidental death of his father.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Birds of a Feather
    NaN/100 votes
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    #13 - Birds of a Feather

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1987

    After Ted Barr quits the firm, Chuck, Leon, and Carrie have to try to hold the law practice together as Carrie and Ted head towards divorce.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Even Lawyers Sing the Blues
    NaN/100 votes
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    #14 - Even Lawyers Sing the Blues

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1987

    When Leon runs into an old flame from his days as a radical student, the two picks things up where they left off, and Leon is surprised to learn who the father of her daughter is. Carrie and Chuck fight to keep the firm in existance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Little Knowledge
    NaN/100 votes
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    #15 - A Little Knowledge

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1987

    Carrie represents a prominient businessman against a charge of murdering his wife, but slowly learns the truth behind his motives for hiring her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sting Like a Butterfly
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    #16 - Sting Like a Butterfly

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1987

    Desperate to add some excitement to his life, Chuck decides to abandon his practice and back the comeback of an aging boxer, but his lack of experience creates problems for both of them.

    Director: Sturla Gunnarsson

    Writer: N/A

  • Tango Bellarosa
    NaN/100 votes
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    #17 - Tango Bellarosa

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1987

    A young singer asks for Carrie's help in applying for landed immigrant status. Mercedes is shocked when she realises the immigration official is the same man who interrogated and tortured her in Brazil, and was responsible for the deaths of her husband and sister.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby Talk
    NaN/100 votes
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    #18 - Baby Talk

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1987

    A streetwise young woman originally agreed to act as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Toronto couple, but when she changes her mind, Carrie represents her to give her a chance to keep her baby.

    Director: Randy Bradshaw

    Writer: N/A

  • Star Struck
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    #19 - Star Struck

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1987

    Leon's client not only opposes the Star Wars research program, but when she learns her husband is trying to sell her medical research program to an American company, fights to get it back. Chuck and Lisa are thrilled when they find out that she's pregnant.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A

  • Desperate Alibi
    NaN/100 votes
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    #20 - Desperate Alibi

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1987

    Chuck agrees to defend his friend's teenaged son who is charged in a brutal gang beating of a gay man, but the youth refuses to giev the names of the others who were involved in the attack.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Assault
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    #21 - Assault

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1987

    Carrie has trouble getting her life together after the husband who is charged with beating a client of hers attacks her at the office and she has to testify against him in court. Leon makes friends with a young Jamaican boy named Rollie and ends up learning a lot from him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mr. Nice Guy
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    #22 - Mr. Nice Guy

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1987

    Carrie represents a man upset with the witness protection program. [1987]

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Just One Kiss
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    #23 - Just One Kiss

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1987

    Chuck is taken to trial over an incident in a young woman's hotel room...she claims that they slept together, he claims she kissed him and he turned her down. Carrie finally comes clean about her relationship with Jean-Marc to her co-workers.

    Director: Paul Shapiro

    Writer: N/A

  • Judgement Call
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Judgement Call

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1987

    Carrie is distraught when a problem client commits suicide, and her confident demeanor crumbles in the face of mounting work pressure.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: N/A

  • Fever of the Blood
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    #25 - Fever of the Blood

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1987

    Leon represents a doctor who has been charged with negligence in the death of a young girl during a routine operation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A