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The Best Episodes of The Practice Season 4

Every episode of The Practice Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Practice Season 4!

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A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Practice Season 4 Episode 1 - Free Dental
    7.5/10(136 votes)

    #1 - Free Dental

    S4:E1

    Bobby and Jimmy defend a dentist accused of murdering a frequent patient... but eventually discover he's hiding a sordid secret. Ellenor dines with George Vogelman.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  2. The Practice Season 4 Episode 2 - Boston Confidential
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    #2 - Boston Confidential

    S4:E2

    Bobby gets a murderer off on a technicality when the arresting officer illegally searches the car and finds a corpse. Jimmy goes against Henry Olson's wishes and confronts Olson's son to try to convince him to confess to the murder. Lindsay decides to move in with Bobby, leaving her possessions...including her answering machine, at Helen's.

    Director:Alex Graves
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  3. The Practice Season 4 Episode 3 - Loser's Keepers
    8.3/10(120 votes)

    #3 - Loser's Keepers

    S4:E3

    Tensions flare when the 'male nun' starts infiltrating the office. Ellenor buys a gun for protection. Rebecca suspects that a wealthy man has bought a client's guilty plea.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writers:David E. Kelley, Christopher Mack

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  4. The Practice Season 4 Episode 4 - Legacy (1)
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    #4 - Legacy (1)

    S4:E4

    Bobby's old mentor, Raymond Oz, calls on Bobby to represent him when his wife tries to have him declared incompetent. Bobby has reservations after observing Oz in a clearly disturbed state of mind. Eugene co-counsels for an incompetent lawyer who's never won a jury trial. Ellenor sinks into depression in the aftermath of the Vogelman affair.

    Director:Dennie Gordon
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  5. The Practice Season 4 Episode 5 - Oz (2)
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    #5 - Oz (2)

    S4:E5

    Bobby acts as Raymond Oz's co-counsel while Oz persists in forging ahead with a self-defense strategy.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  6. The Practice Season 4 Episode 6 - Marooned
    7.5/10(106 votes)

    #6 - Marooned

    S4:E6

    Rebecca defends a girl accused of killing her mother. The girl claims she suffers from flashbacks involving child molestation. Lindsay and Bobby argue over wedding dresses.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  7. The Practice Season 4 Episode 7 - Victimless Crimes
    7.7/10(105 votes)

    #7 - Victimless Crimes

    S4:E7

    Jimmy defends a remorseless rape victim who murdered her attacker. Lucy is bitten by her dentist while under anesthesia.

    Director:James Frawley
    Writers:Samantha Corbin-Miller, David E. Kelley

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  8. The Practice Season 4 Episode 8 - Committed
    7.8/10(109 votes)

    #8 - Committed

    S4:E8

    Lindsay represents a serial murderer confined in an asylum when his case is up for review. Eugene's son is a prime suspect when his mother's lover is beaten to death in her bed.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  9. The Practice Season 4 Episode 9 - Bay of Pigs
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #9 - Bay of Pigs

    S4:E9

    Ellenor takes on Richard Bay in a case wherein a little old lady is accused of attempting to run over her husband in her car. Bay and Ellenor clash both in and out of court. Jimmy evaluates his relationship with Judge Kittleson when he represents an old girlfriend in a suit regarding the sale of reproductive eggs.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  10. The Practice Season 4 Episode 10 - Day in Court
    7.9/10(121 votes)

    #10 - Day in Court

    S4:E10

    Tempers flare over a particularly tough case. Bobby defends old cling/drug dealer Eddie against the murder of an addict. Eddie claims it is self-defense. D.A. Helen brings the coroner to testify that it wasn't. The coroner's testimony is damaged by prior odd behavior. Eddie attacks Helen to try to force the judge into a mistrial. Bobby & Swackheim nearly come to blows. Each of the participants, Bobby, Helen & Swackheim, express their outrage with the legal system.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  11. The Practice Season 4 Episode 11 - Blowing Smoke
    7.6/10(99 votes)

    #11 - Blowing Smoke

    S4:E11

    Lindsay sues a cigar company for breaking up a friend's marriage. She alleges that the husband's addiction was the deciding factor in the divorce. Rebecca & Ellenor defend a police officer who killed a teenage boy in a grocery store. The officer claims he saw a gun. The cashier says otherwise.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writers:Samantha Corbin-Miller, David E. Kelley

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  12. The Practice Season 4 Episode 12 - New Evidence (1)
    8.1/10(122 votes)

    #12 - New Evidence (1)

    S4:E12

    Lindsay takes the firm to Los Angeles to defend an acquaintance who's on trial for murdering his on-line girlfriend. As evidence mounts against their client, Bobby and the rest deal with a controlling judge, an antagonistic detective and the victim's sister, a nun with issues.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  13. The Practice Season 4 Episode 13 - Hammerhead Sharks (2)
    8.7/10(124 votes)

    #13 - Hammerhead Sharks (2)

    S4:E13

    Dennis Mills maintains his innocence. The firm continues the trial, striving against all odds to exonerate Mills.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  14. The Practice Season 4 Episode 14 - Checkmates
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #14 - Checkmates

    S4:E14

    Ellenor defends a 'slow' teenager accused of killing a younger boy. A witness comes forward claiming to have information exonerating her client, but Ellenor suspects he's lying. Helen calls in a police officer when his son is under suspicion in a homicide. Representing the accused, Bobby argues the officer was acting as an agent of the court, not a father.

    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  15. The Practice Season 4 Episode 15 - Race Ipsa Loquitor
    7.2/10(99 votes)

    #15 - Race Ipsa Loquitor

    S4:E15

    Jimmy is tempted to compromise his integrity to get convicted murder (and insect admirer) Henry Olson released. Eugene and Rebecca represent a woman who's suing a plastic surgeon when her husband dies during a liposuction procedure. They soon realize they're as much on trial as the surgeon when the opposing attorney makes several references to their race.

    Director:Alex Graves
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  16. The Practice Season 4 Episode 16 - Settling
    7.3/10(107 votes)

    #16 - Settling

    S4:E16

    Bobby is kidnapped by an irate former client who claims Bobby's incompetence in a manslaughter trial forced him to spend 12 years in prison.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Practice Season 4 Episode 17 - Black Widows
    7.8/10(99 votes)

    #17 - Black Widows

    S4:E17

    Bobby defends the so-called 'Black Widow'; a woman who's accused of murdering her recently deceased husband and whose two previous spouses also died mysteriously. Helen lies to a 15-year-old girl who killed her unborn child, coercing her into giving a statement.

    Director:Mel Damski
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  18. The Practice Season 4 Episode 18 - Death Penalties
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #18 - Death Penalties

    S4:E18

    Bobby and Helen clash in an assisted suicide case. Bobby remembers his experiences of 'pulling the plug' on his mother and acts as though he were on trial. Meanwhile, Ellenor flies to Pennsylvania to try to exonerate a 31-year-old death row inmate who claims to be innocent of a double homicide.

    Director:Keith Samples
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  19. The Practice Season 4 Episode 19 - Till Death Do Us Part (1)
    7.9/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Till Death Do Us Part (1)

    S4:E19

    Ellenor pursues the Donovan case, hoping to forestall his execution. Meanwhile, Rebecca's case representing a woman with Alzheimer's trying to keep her marriage from being annulled becomes complicated when questions arise about the death of her client's first husband.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writers:Adam Armus, David E. Kelley

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  20. The Practice Season 4 Episode 20 - Liberty Bells (2)
    8.8/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Liberty Bells (2)

    S4:E20

    Ellenor continues the Donovan case, following up on the various leads to exonerate her client.

    Director:Michael Schultz
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  21. The Practice Season 4 Episode 21 - The Honorable Man
    7.6/10(97 votes)

    #21 - The Honorable Man

    S4:E21

    Eugene is disgusted by his client, a homeless man accused of murdering a woman and raping her corpse. Jimmy represents an old friend who's being sued for notifying employees that one of their co-workers has AIDS.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  22. The Practice Season 4 Episode 22 - Life Sentence
    8.1/10(139 votes)

    #22 - Life Sentence

    S4:E22

    Ellenor defends a deaf woman who shot and killed the man who allegedly murdered her young daughter. The client's crime is captured on video in front of dozens of witnesses, leaving no doubt as to who committed the act. The only to way to exonerate the client is to manipulate the jury's heartstrings. Meanwhile Lindsay learns that Bobby hates weddings and decides to spring a surprise elopement.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Free Dental" is the best rated episode of "The Practice" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 136 votes. Directed by Arvin Brown and written by David E. Kelley, it aired on 9/26/1999. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Boston Confidential".