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.

Birds of a Feather

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.

Even Lawyers Sing the Blues

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

A Little Knowledge

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.

Sting Like a Butterfly

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.

Matter of Honour

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.

Tango Bellarosa

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.

Baby Talk

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.

Star Struck

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.

Desperate Alibi

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.

Assault

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

Mr. Nice Guy

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.

Just One Kiss

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

Judgement Call

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

Fever of the Blood

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.

Lost and Lonely Hearts

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

Take My Jokes, Please

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.

Gold Rush

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.

Romeo and Carol

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.

I'll Be Home for Christmas

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

A Powerful Prison Story

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.

The Waiting Chair

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.

Elliot vs. McTavish

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

State of Mind

Leon is horrified when a TV newscaster names a juvenile offender he is representing on air which is not permitted under Canadian law.

The Homecoming

Chuck's friend, Walter, wants Chuck to help him acquire funding for condos; Olivia's client is a wheelchair-bound actor who was rejected for a commercial for a handicapped-aid agency; Carrie agrees to go out with Nick.

Mondo Condo

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.

Murder by Video

Conspiracy, sabotage and betrayal lead to tragedy for Leon's client a radical environmentist intent on saving a forest from destruction by a greedy land developer.

Whose Woods are These

Carrie struggles with her personal and legal ethics while defending an unbalanced religious fanatic charged with murdering a prositute.

Act of Silence

When Leon represents an old friend with AIDS in a divorce case, he expects the worst, but not from his partners. While his wife is out of town,Chuck asks Olivia out for a dinner, but at the end she gets an unexpected brush off. When Lisa returns, her and Chuck settle on trial separation.

Equal Partners

As a challenge to each other, Olivia and Carrie swap cases to see if they can handle the types of cases the other usually handles. The results aren't what either one expected.

Cat and Mouse

Carrie's client Wendel ""Sky"" Walker is a talented basketball star who may lose his college scholarship and a chance at the NBA as a result of a drug charge. Leon negotiates custody of a violin in a divorce settlement. Sparks fly between Chuck and Olivia as they represent a computer programer.

Basketball Story

Chuck and Olivia try to help a young Mennonite who's been swindled out of five million dollars, but face stiff opposition from the con man's lawyer and the Mennonite community itself. Leon's defiance over the treatment of the homeless lands him in jail.

Principles

Carrie finally gets to meeet Nick's mother but suddenly she and Nick face the end of their relationship when Carrie proves that Mario Pestano, a father figure to Nick, is a corrupt cop.

Brotherhoods

Chuck becomes emotionally involved when he represents Angeline Chante, a 15-year-old model suing her mother. Leon helps a woman enforce her sister's living will. Olivia tells Carrie that she and Chuck are lovers.

Beauties and Beasts

Leon represents Ryan Lewis in an official-guardian case that calls into question the ancient Ojibway ritual of Dreamquest.

In Search Of A Dream

Carrie defends her young cousin Ricky Palmer twice before learning that he has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.

Slipping Through the Cracks

Chuck's latest get-rich-quick scheme ends disasrrously when he is accused of conflict of interest and charged with fraud over a shady business deal. Olivia and Gloria expose a puppymill.

Conflict of Interest

Tensions between Leon and Chuck esculate when they learn they are representing opposing sides in a land-development dispute.

World-Class City

Chuck's reckless business deals and his steamy affair with Olivia compel his estranged wife to apply for sole custody of their 2-year-old son.

Soul Custody

When Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian teeter on the verge of bankruptcy, two solutions present themselves.

Partners and Other Strangers

Carrie defends Sarah Melchuck, a young policewoman charged in the shooting death of a black man.

Without Prejudice

Against all odds, Leon fights a malpractice suit against a major manufacturer of contact lenses, on behalf of blinded professional photographer.

See No Evil

Carrie defends university professor Diane Abbot, a stoical single mother charged with criminal negligence in the accidental death of her infant son.

The Cradle Will Rock

Chuck and Olivia's collaboration on the case causes a lot of professional and personal tensions.

Complex Offer

Olivia runs into trouble when she agrees to represent a former boyfriend Steven Hines, who is trying to sell a documentary that could expose a powerful businessman's many criminal activities. Chuck's jealousy over Steven's visit drives him to have a short affair with a local socialite.

Film Noir

Tension and danger mount as Leon and Nick join forces to uncover proof that a champion Olympic rower committed a murder six years ago, and thereby clear the name of Leon's former client who was sent to jail for the crime.

The Confession

Carrie agonizes over the fate of her client, a teenage gang member, accused of a fatal stabbing.

Home

Leon champaigns the rights of factory workers who face layoffs due to the Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement.

Blue Collar

Chuck is implicated in an insider-trading scheme with the wealthy father of Jennifer, his new 23-year-old admirer.

Security Exchange

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.

The Bracelet

Leon hasn't seen his father for ten years, but the man shows up just before Leon and Alana's wedding, and manages to get himself arrested.

Chuck asks Olivia to represent a South African immigrant.

Leon's Story

Just a few days before the wedding Leon takes on the immigration case of a Guatamalan waiter, but it turns into a criminal case when he is accused of robbing the restaurant he works in.

Wedding

A newspaper opens itself up to libel charges when they accuse a wealthy Italian businessman of being involved in organized crime. Carrie takes a case where her client has been accused of arson. Olivia has to help her client keep something hidden.

The Godfather Of Mimico

Nick's partner is murdered, and Nick himself ends up in the hospital, which worries Carrie. Not only that, but Carrie gets tangled up in an ethical dilemma, and considers leaving criminal law. Things between Chuck and Olivia heat up when she admits to him how she feels.

Suite Sixteen

Olivia and Chuck work together to make Olivia managing partner to give them financial control of the firm, but Carrie ends up getting the position. Carrie's friend Wendy looks for help in hiding her daughter from her abusive ex-husband. Leon's client lodges a suit against a cosmetic company.

Holy Thursday

Olivia's brothers show up in her life again, wanting to buy out Olivia's share of the family cottage, and end up getting themselves arrested for dealing animal parts. While Leon helps Nick's mother deal with a rental dispute, Alana decides to go after an open judge's seat.

Spare Parts

Carrie has been falling in love with Dillon, but when she learns that he's prosecuting her client and friend, Wendy, for first degree murder, this puts a serious strain on their relationship. Leon makes a case against a dirty immigration lawyer.

Double Agenda

In an attempt to impress a Hollywood producer she's representing, Olivia pits two unions against each other. Leon has to report a good friend to the law society, and Alana accepts the judge's seat.

Shadow Boxing

Chuck discoves his son Adam is desoeratly ill and ex-wife Lisa flies him back to Toronto for treatment.

Standard of Care

During a press conference called to announce his candidacy for mayor politician Kevin Coatsworth is served papers for sexual harassment.

Softsell

Carrie enters a new dimension in criminal defense as she takes on the case of a young woman who contends she led police to the body of her murdered husband via a psychic vision.

The Psychic

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

Divine Image

A priest friend of Leon's is arrested for concealing a terrorist, but Leon, fearing for his new political career, is reluctant to become invovled.

Sanctuary

Wanda, the firm's recceptionist, finds herself in a dilemma when her father arranges that she marry Sujeet, a distant cousin from India.

Lies

Carrie's excitement at reaching the final stages of Kim's adoption is short- lives when Kim's natural grandparents show up to contest Carrie's application for custody.

Tyger, Tyger

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

Murder

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

The Cookies Crumble

Chuck's case does not look hopeful and, in desperation, Chuck approaches Nick to do some investigating of his own.

The Prosecution

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.

Election Day

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

The Truth

Chuck's case is officially closed, but Carrie, Leon, and Olivia discover that Brent Elliot,the administrator of Stanley Wall's estate, is hiding something. Leon refuses to give Alana a divorce because he's not ready to give up yet. Olivia runs into danger when her client claims that his screenplay about a double murder is fact and not fiction.

The Legacy Of Stanley Wall

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.

The Harley

Leon battles a large chemical company that manufactures a substance he claims is killing his client, and Leon's impressive handling of the suit lands the firm a merger offer from high-powered international lawyer R.J. Williams.

Presumed Toxic

Carrie and Alana struggle to keep their personal feelings in check at the trial of a sexual offender who preys on elderly women.

Reasonable Doubt

Tensions continue to rise between Dillon and Veronica when Dillon is assigned to prosecute a respected black community leader.

Shades of Difference

Carrie passes a case to Chuck, but he is ill-prepared, and his carelessness earns a first-time offender a stiff sentence. Dillon and Carry put off their wedding plans after a difficult case. Olivia represents aging trumpet player.

Questions of Dignity

Olivia's father dies, leaving a sizeable estate to Olivia. Carrie defends Veronica on assault charge.

Sing for Me, Olivia

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.

Keeping Secrets

Chuck defends Tran Quiy, a young man accused of a brutal, gang- related execution.

The Good Lawyer

Olivia's inner turmoil affects a screenwriter's battle with a star. Leon gets confidential information. Chuck defends a patriotic protestor who was shooting at the cars at the border.

Hollywood North

A cosmetic surgeon Leon meets at a casual golf game wants Leon to represent him in a divorce case, which he accepts at R.J.'s insistence. Chuck finally gets his revenge on Malony, and Olivia uses confidential information to win her case.

Eye of the Beholder

Phil Paley is arrested for polygamy, and hires Chuck and Leon to contest the law in a full- scale constitutional battle. Alana decides she wants a sports car and Olivia gets wealthy but very annoying client.

Too Many Cooks

Leon finds a case right up his alley representing a military man who refused to obey orders for reason of conscience, and Leon himself refuses R.J.'s orders not to take the case.

Just as R.J. is revealing his feelings for Olivia, Carrie has an attack of conscience, and decides she wants out of the merger.

On Women and Independence

It's just like old times as Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian prepare to set up shop again now that R.J. Williams is out of the picture.

Children's Hour

Olivia's dreams comes true when R.J. offers her a partnership in his Los Angeles office, but she is torn when he sues BR&T for breach of contract. Carrie and Dillon finally get married.

Breach of Trust

The battle between R.J. Williams and Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian rages on. Chuck needs to request a second autopsy in a case. Carrie is killed by a hit and run driver.

November

Leon and Chuck are trying to deal with their grief. Laura offers her help to both but they initially refuse. After Leon breaks down in court while battling R.J. Williams, he hands the case to Laura, and she officially joins the firm. With some help from Rob, Leon gets new evidence that help him defeat R.J. Chuck is trying to fight for his client, and despite death treat, wins his murder case with a surprise twist.

After the Fall

Olivia finds out that she's pregnant and the baby can be only Chuck's. Consequently she refuses R.J.'s marriage proposal and doesn't move to California. She asks to be taken back to BRT and tells Chuck about the baby. Laura joins as a new partner, as well as Rob. And at the end Olivia is welcomed 'home'.

Phoenix

Olivia awaits the birth of her child and tries to sort out the future of her relationship with Chuck. A lawyer is charged with murdering a judge. Rob suspects R.J. of slandering him to ruin his practice.

BRT & Associates: A New Beginning

Olivia gives birth to a baby girl. Chuck and Laura discover their attraction is mutual.

Affairs of the Heart

Rob accepts an assignment from Christian Pevril, one of the richest, most powerful men in the country, and who expects Rob to be as ruthless as necessary to get him what he wants.

Breakups And Mergers

Olivia reveals her new career as a movie producer and argues with Chuck over the impact her plans will have on Emily.

Persistence Of Vision

The future of Leon and Alana's marriage is in doubt as they argue over having children.

It's a Wise Child

Chuck steals a high- profile case from Laura, but finds himself caught between his conscience and his duty as a lawyer.

Rules of the Game

Olivia shops for two million dollars when a major investor pulls out of her movie.

Never Say Die

As Leon attempts to gain asylum for a feisty Mexican terrorist/ refugee, his biggest challenge is to keep her from indicting herself in the process.

Lefter Than Thou

Laura helps a family, wrongly accused of sexual abuse, to keep their child.

Believe the Children

Rob discovers some disturbing facts from his family's past when he tries to help his schizophrenic brother.

Thicker Than Water

Chuck presents Olivia with a bill in for losses due to her interference in the Bedal case.

Best Interest of the Child

Chuck's winning streak gets him hired by a top corporate lawyer whose son has been charged with a racially- motivated killing of a black police officer.

Pride And Prejudice

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.

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Season 1

Birds of a Feather

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1987

Even Lawyers Sing the Blues

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1987

A Little Knowledge

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1987

Sting Like a Butterfly

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1987

Matter of Honour

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1987

Tango Bellarosa

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/1987