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The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in a small downtown Toronto law firm. However they do not necessarily always see eye to eye on things.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Street Legal Season 4 Episode 12 - The Bracelet
    9.6/10(18 votes)

    #1 - The Bracelet

    S4:E12

    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:Unknown

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  2. Street Legal Season 5 Episode 15 - Election Day
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Election Day

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 5 - Matter of Honour
    5.2/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Matter of Honour

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 1 - Birds of a Feather
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Birds of a Feather

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 2 - Even Lawyers Sing the Blues
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Even Lawyers Sing the Blues

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 3 - A Little Knowledge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - A Little Knowledge

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 4 - Sting Like a Butterfly
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Sting Like a Butterfly

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown

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  8. Street Legal Season 1 Episode 6 - Tango Bellarosa
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Tango Bellarosa

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown

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  9. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 1 - Baby Talk
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Baby Talk

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown

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  10. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 2 - Star Struck
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Star Struck

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown

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  11. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 3 - Desperate Alibi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Desperate Alibi

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 4 - Assault
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Assault

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 5 - Mr. Nice Guy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Mr. Nice Guy

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 6 - Just One Kiss
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Just One Kiss

    S2:E6

    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:Unknown

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  15. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 7 - Judgement Call
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Judgement Call

    S2:E7

    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:Unknown

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  16. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 8 - Fever of the Blood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Fever of the Blood

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 9 - Lost and Lonely Hearts
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Lost and Lonely Hearts

    S2:E9

    Chuck's client, Monica Zubrekas, is suing the Lost and Lonely Hearts Club for setting her up on a less than desirable blind date, seeking damages against the business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 10 - Take My Jokes, Please
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Take My Jokes, Please

    S2:E10

    In a divorce case, Leon represents a stand- up comedian who is countersuing his wife for loss of humour.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 11 - Gold Rush
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Gold Rush

    S2:E11

    Chuck manoeuvres his way into becoming president of a gold mining company, but after recklessly mortgaging his home to raise funds, he learns a prospector is making a claim on the company's most promising strike.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 12 - Romeo and Carol
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Romeo and Carol

    S2:E12

    Leon takes the case of Jimmy and Carol, a young mentally-handicapped couple who want to live together despite her mother's preventing them from even seeing each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm MacRury

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  21. Street Legal Season 2 Episode 13 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - I'll Be Home for Christmas

    S2:E13

    Leon defends an elderly client accused of destroying a beautiful Christmas display. Jean Marc tells Carrie he's going to Montreal for Christmas to be with his family. Lisa and Chuck's son, Adam, is born.

    Director:Randy Bradshaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Street Legal Season 3 Episode 1 - A Powerful Prison Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - A Powerful Prison Story

    S3:E1

    Disconsolate and angry about the suspicious shooting death of his brother by a prison guide, fellow inmate Tony Azzarello seeks advice from Carrie Barr.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Street Legal Season 3 Episode 2 - The Waiting Chair
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Waiting Chair

    S3:E2

    Leon is asked to defend Ray Gilson, an American purse snatcher. Charged with first-degree murder in Florida, the black youth faces almost certain extradition and possibly the electric chair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Street Legal Season 3 Episode 3 - Elliot vs. McTavish
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Elliot vs. McTavish

    S3:E3

    Chuck finds himself at odds with his partners and his wife when he represents the head of an anti-abortion group who has caused Joan Elliot to miscarry during a demonstration outside an abortion clinic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Malcolm MacRury

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  25. Street Legal Season 3 Episode 4 - State of Mind
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - State of Mind

    S3:E4

    Judge John Caldwell, who Carrie earlier accused of racism, hires her to defend him on a murder charge.

    Director:Stefan Scaini
    Writer:Malcolm MacRury

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Bracelet" is the best rated episode of "Street Legal". It scored 9.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/1990. This episode scored 2.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Election Day".