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Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Guardian Season 1 Episode 21 - Chinese Wall
    7.2/10(122 votes)

    #1 - Chinese Wall

    S1:E21

    Burtton turns his law firm over to Sen. Nathan Calldwell, he gets ready to be a federal Judge.

    Director:Joan Tewkesbury
    Writers:Peter Parnell, David Hollander

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  2. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 9 - The Funnies
    7.4/10(172 votes)

    #2 - The Funnies

    S1:E9

    Alvin asks Nick to help Barbara after her teenage son is arrested for drug possession. After Barbara's son, Russell, is arrested for drug possession, the charge changes to manslaughter when the teen who was with Russell is found dead from an overdose of the badly manufactured drugs. Now, as Russell maintains his innocence, but refuses to give up his source, Nick must find out whom Russell is protecting before the boy's future is ruined. Meanwhile, Burton asks Nick to help get the copyright for the toy "Bunny - Buddy," which is holding up a multimillion-dollar buyout. However, the eccentric old man who invented it is creating problems for Nick, fearing that the integrity of his creation will now be compromised.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writers:Michael R. Perry, Peter Parnell

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  3. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 4 - The Next Life
    7.4/10(137 votes)

    #3 - The Next Life

    S2:E4

    After deciding to work together, Nick and Burton Fallin return to the old offices of Fallin & Associates to create a new firm, Fallin & Fallin. Finally working on equal ground, Nick and Burton's first big client turns out to be Allegheny County Hospital, which is under scrutiny as one of the nurses is arrested and confesses to killing patients in the oncology department during his shifts. The hospital faces several potential lawsuits from the family members of the patients who died. To assemble a strong team of attorneys, Nick and Burton bring in James Mooney to help with the case but soon discover that his grandmother died in that very hospital just a few months earlier. James immediately removes himself from the case but he eventually gives into his desire to fight for the underdogs and tries to find representation for the family members. Meanwhile, Nick is also thrown into a case as a favor to Laurie Solt, where he must defend a child's right to attend an adoption party. This is a concept that Alvin Masterson finds reprehensible, as he believes it treats the children as though they are cattle to be sold at market.

    Director:Joan Tewkesbury
    Writer:David Hollander

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  4. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 14 - Understand Your Man
    7.4/10(119 votes)

    #4 - Understand Your Man

    S2:E14

    Nick meets Sam at a gala in Burton's honor. Sam who is a transvestite tries to get custody of lover's son. Also Nick finds out Mary and Shannon have been living with his father.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:David Hollander

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  5. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 2 - Monster
    7.5/10(128 votes)

    #5 - Monster

    S2:E2

    A 13 year old is charged with the rape and murder of his mother and could be tried for first-degree murder. Nick must try and get the case to juvenile court.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:David Hollander

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  6. The Guardian Season 3 Episode 6 - Let's Spend the Night Together
    7.5/10(102 votes)

    #6 - Let's Spend the Night Together

    S3:E6

    Nick & Lulu move into his place and find out how hard it is keep their love life out of the office. Jake learns his mom and dad want to divorce. Jake is about to lose control of his life when he finds out the secret his father has hidden for years. Lulu's dad drives her crazy when he finds out that his daughter is seeing Nick, her dad asks Lulu to take over his painting business.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 3 - Paternity
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #7 - Paternity

    S1:E3

    Nick is given the case of a wheelchair-bound boy who is about to be placed in a group home while his mother does time for prostitution. The boy, Lawrence, wants to live with his stepfather, but the man has a criminal record. The state wants him to live at St. Riley's, but Lawrence doesn't want to live among the mentally disabled. Nick thinks the only chance for him is to track down the father, a former customer of the mother's, and sue for child support. But, when the father wants to have more of a relationship with the boy, everyone is caught off guard. Meanwhile, Burton and Nick help out an old friend when his daughter, Rebecca, tries to take over his business.

    Director:Joan Tewkesbury
    Writer:Michael R. Perry

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  8. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 4 - Lolita?
    7.6/10(181 votes)

    #8 - Lolita?

    S1:E4

    Nick is taken off of the Hunter Reed case and assigned a case about a fifteen-year-old girl, April Santos, who claims to have been raped by her stepfather, a cop. Nick arranges for her maternal aunt to have guardianship, but Nick soon finds out that all is not what it appears to be and he must go to CLS and admit that he may have placed April in an even more dangerous environment than her home. And at Fallin & Assoc., John Clayton seeks the firm to reorganize his assets at his steel plant. Burton refuses, claiming that there is no money to be made, but Simon discovers that his father has a personal reason for refusing the business � Clayton Steel is the same plant that he worked at as a teenager alongside his father.

    Director:Charles Haid
    Writer:David Hollander

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  9. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 5 - The Men from the Boys
    7.6/10(188 votes)

    #9 - The Men from the Boys

    S1:E5

    Nick encounters problems with his 16-year-old gay gay client, who had been arrested for solicitation, when trying to place the boy with a gay couple rather than in a shelter.

    Director:Peter Levin
    Writer:Peter Parnell

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  10. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 20 - Shelter
    7.6/10(129 votes)

    #10 - Shelter

    S1:E20

    Nick and LuLu find teenagers in her house, after they hear a girl screaming giving birth. They want to keep the baby and soon end up in foster care.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writers:Michael R. Perry, David Hollander

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  11. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 3 - The Dead
    7.6/10(125 votes)

    #11 - The Dead

    S2:E3

    Burton's past comes back to haunt him as he gets close to being a Federal Judge.

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writer:David Hollander

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  12. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 5 - Assuming the Position
    7.6/10(120 votes)

    #12 - Assuming the Position

    S2:E5

    Alvin head of Legal Service of Pittsburgh is arrested and LuLu takes over after seeing him on tv.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writers:Nick Santora, David Hollander

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  13. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 12 - You Belong to Me
    7.6/10(118 votes)

    #13 - You Belong to Me

    S2:E12

    Lulu's home is broken into forcing Nick to protect her. Nick takes Gavin Putinski a former child actor who claimes his parents want him to leave home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 19 - Back in the Ring
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #14 - Back in the Ring

    S2:E19

    Caroline Novak goes before a Grand Jury who will look into her bad business practices. A former boxer tries to get custody of his child after spending time in prison.

    Director:Jeremy Kagan
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.7/10(277 votes)

    #15 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Nick Fallin, a high-powered, high-priced attorney living the good life is brought down to earth when he has to pay the price for his indulgent lifestyle. Busted for drugs, he must now perform 1,500 hours of community service and so Nick juggles his white-collar world of litigation with the not-for-profit world of child advocacy working with Children's Legal Services. Under the supervision of Alvin Masterson, Nick is thrust into the life of Hunter Reed, a young boy who has witnessed the murder of his mother by his father's hand. Back at Fallin & Associates, owned by Nick's father, Burton Fallin, he is dealing with company presidents who are looking to bring their business to Pittsburgh and spoiled dot com kids who want to get rich quick.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:David Hollander

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  16. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 12 - Causality
    7.7/10(150 votes)

    #16 - Causality

    S1:E12

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    Director:Jeremy Kagan
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 19 - Lawyers, Guns and Money
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #17 - Lawyers, Guns and Money

    S1:E19

    Trouble gets very deep for Dale (Nick's Parole officer asks for help from Nick. Later LuLu's husband to be is arested. Nick can't tell LuLu. Burton wonders if his son will be on the federal bench.

    Director:Jerry Levine
    Writers:Michael R. Perry, David Hollander

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  18. The Guardian Season 2 Episode 6 - The Living
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #18 - The Living

    S2:E6

    As the legal guardian of two siblings he represented the year before, Nick must find the missing sister so she can be a bone-marrow donor to save her dying brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Michael R. Perry, David Hollander

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  19. The Guardian Season 3 Episode 1 - Carnival
    7.7/10(121 votes)

    #19 - Carnival

    S3:E1

    When the carnival comes to town, Nick represents a young boy traveling with it who claims that he was molested by the Carnival's owner.

    Director:Félix Alcalá
    Writer:David Hollander

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  20. The Guardian Season 3 Episode 15 - Without Consent
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    #20 - Without Consent

    S3:E15

    Jake lies to everyone about how he got hurt soon Burton & Maureen find out the secret. Nick tries to figure if Luke should live in Foster Care or live with his dad after seeing his mom sleep with a friend of his. Lulu drafts a trust fund for their baby; Nick wants them both to be trustees. Burton worries about Jake who was supposed to help on a case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Guardian Season 3 Episode 20 - The Vote
    7.7/10(89 votes)

    #21 - The Vote

    S3:E20

    Nick 's future at the firm is in question because of because of a lawyer Burton thinks quite highly of but he doesn't feel she is ready to be a partner in the firm just yet. Sandra however blames Nick for not being voted into the firm. Sandra files a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Nick and his firm causing Jake to hold an executive meeting to consider what action to take against Nick. Burton is worried about his son 's future at the firm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Guardian Season 3 Episode 22 - Antarctica
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    #22 - Antarctica

    S3:E22

    Nick takes a job at the law firm of Walter and McNeil. Lulu gives birth to a baby girl. She decides to work part-time at legal services of Pittsburgh to take care of the baby. Burton thinks his son made a mistake by taking the new job. Alvin tries to stop the execution of Taliek Allen because of new evidence that Alvin's client suffered brain damage when he was attacked. Alvin along with Nick must try and get a trial stating why he should live and not be executed. Lulu decides to have full custody of the baby and give the baby her last name not Nick's. Alvin is angry because of what Nick told his client regarding his chances for a clemency hearing. Nick learns that Burton has stepped down from his firm to be a grandfather to the baby. Nick also leaves his job at the firm of Walter and McNeil.

    Director:David Hollander
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 2 - Reunion
    7.8/10(207 votes)

    #23 - Reunion

    S1:E2

    Nick brings a lawsuit again the pharmaceutical company, Bendaprine, on behalf of Hunter Reed and his mother's estate for 10 million dollars. But, when Alvin Masterson gets wind of it he insists that Nick drop the case, being that it is a conflict of interest. Nick is quick to point out that Alvin took him off of Hunter's case and therefore he is acting within his rights as a lawyer for Fallin & Assoc. Meanwhile, James gets handed a case involving a 12-year-old boy who has been living with his older brother after their mother has been arrested for drugs. Marcus, Andre's older brother, is arrested for selling crack and James tries desperately to find a relative for the boy to act as guardian so the youth won't end up in juvenile detention like his brother. But, Andre doesn't want to be separated from Marcus and even when James succeeds in finding a relative, Andre makes it very clear he will stay with Marcus at all cost � even if he needs to get himself arrested to make it happen.

    Director:Michael Pressman
    Writer:David Hollander

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  24. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 6 - Indian Summer
    7.8/10(162 votes)

    #24 - Indian Summer

    S1:E6

    Nick is duped into representing a young woman who lied to him after they spent the night together. After Nick picks up a young woman named Dina at The Incline, they go back to his place for the night. The woman then reveals herself to be an orphaned, underaged girl whose younger sister is about to be placed in a new home where Dina is not wanted. She gives Nick an ultimatum that he must help her get placed in the same family as her sister or risk her going to the police about his underage encounter. He must uncover her true motives or risk the consequences of their ill-fated night together. Meanwhile, Alvin goes to extreme measures, including soliciting a donation from a wealthy socialite, in an effort to raise money after CLS loses its grant and the money runs out.

    Director:Lou Antonio
    Writer:David Hollander

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  25. The Guardian Season 1 Episode 7 - Feeding Frenzy
    7.8/10(164 votes)

    #25 - Feeding Frenzy

    S1:E7

    Now that CLS has expanded its circle of operation to include all people needing legal aid, not just minors, Nick is given a case surrounding a retarded man, Malcolm Dempsy, who wants to remain living on his own. Though his mother fears for his safety, his next door neighbor and friend is a drug dealer, she has no proof and therefore the court will not remove him from his apartment. When Eddie, the suspected drug dealer, is murdered, Malcolm is accused of the murder and Nick must work to find the real killer - a search that puts him back in the world of drugs. Far more crucial to Fallin & Assoc. is the fact that Jake has hit another lawyer with his car and faces felony charges if the man dies. Burton Fallin is concerned that Jake's reckless driving has put the firm in danger of being sued and Jake feels the lawyer Burton has hired to defend him is more concerned about what's good for Fallin & Assoc. than what's good for Jake Straka. So, he embarks on his own investigative work to try to clear his name.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Chinese Wall" is the worst rated episode of "The Guardian". It scored 7.2/10 based on 122 votes. Directed by Joan Tewkesbury and written by Peter Parnell, David Hollander, it aired on 5/14/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Funnies".