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The Best Episodes of The Practice Season 7

Every episode of The Practice Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Practice Season 7!

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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 7 Episode 1 - Privilege
    7.7/10(105 votes)

    #1 - Privilege

    S7:E1

    The strain of Lindsay's incarceration begins to affect her marriage and she lashes out at Bobby. Meanwhile, a zealous law-school grad who seeks to join the firm has a run-in with Ellenor; and Jimmy is embroiled in a 16-year-old child-kidnapping case that hinges on lawyer-client confidentiality.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  2. The Practice Season 7 Episode 2 - Convictions
    7.7/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Convictions

    S7:E2

    Lindsay's murder conviction tries Rebecca, who's handling the appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court; Jimmy's kidnapping case turns confrontational, in and out of court.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  3. The Practice Season 7 Episode 3 - Of Thee I Sing
    7.9/10(101 votes)

    #3 - Of Thee I Sing

    S7:E3

    A resolution reached in Lindsay's murder conviction has emotional repercussions; and First Amendment issues figure oddly in Jamie's first trial, the defense of an accused flasher.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  4. The Practice Season 7 Episode 4 - The Cradle Will Rock
    7.1/10(95 votes)

    #4 - The Cradle Will Rock

    S7:E4

    Religious freedom figures in a criminal case. On trial: a Christian Science couple charged with the murder of their ill child, whose parents' faith forbids medical treatment.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  5. The Practice Season 7 Episode 5 - Neighboring Species
    7.5/10(101 votes)

    #5 - Neighboring Species

    S7:E5

    Political, religious and moral issues surface in a trial involving medical research. Also, Lindsay, now on her own, defends a client whose singing gives a neighbor the blues.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  6. The Practice Season 7 Episode 6 - The Telltale Nation
    7.4/10(91 votes)

    #6 - The Telltale Nation

    S7:E6

    A sexual-abuse case involving victims of a former priest embroils Eugene; a nuisance suit filed by ex-lovers escalates into violence that rattles an already shaky Lindsay.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  7. The Practice Season 7 Episode 7 - Small Sacrifices
    7.5/10(99 votes)

    #7 - Small Sacrifices

    S7:E7

    An accused molester's defense rattles Bobby, who's also unnerved by the reproach of a venerable priest; a case involving animal sacrifices embroils Ellenor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Practice Season 7 Episode 8 - Bad to Worse
    7.2/10(89 votes)

    #8 - Bad to Worse

    S7:E8

    Ellenor and Eugene defend a fiery yet frightened client named Cassie Ray, a murder suspect with a shadowy past. Moreover, Cassie's alibi witness has significant skeletons in her own closet. In a separate case, Lindsay reluctantly defends an airline that refuses to carry passengers of Arab descent.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  9. The Practice Season 7 Episode 9 - The Good Fight
    7.6/10(95 votes)

    #9 - The Good Fight

    S7:E9

    A cop-killing case rattles Bobby, whose anemic defense of an unsavory client leads Helen to suspect that he's "tanking the trial"; a drug bust raises search-and-seizure issues.

    Director:Dwight H. Little
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Practice Season 7 Episode 10 - Silent Partners
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    #10 - Silent Partners

    S7:E10

    Bobby has been benched due to his erratic behavior, so Eugene must take his place as lead counsel in a controversial murder case. Meanwhile Lindsay defends a killer, against her own better judgement, and Jamie is placed in a compromising situation involving a judge

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Practice Season 7 Episode 11 - Down The Hatch (1)
    7.7/10(95 votes)

    #11 - Down The Hatch (1)

    S7:E11

    Ellenor fights to save Denise Freeman, a rehabilitated death-row prisoner who has devoted her prison time to helping younger inmates. In a last-ditch effort to stay her execution, Ellenor bases an appeal on the medication the court ordered Denise to take at trial, which prevented the jury from observing her schizophrenia. Eugene argues a civil suit that blames a beer company for the death of a college-age youth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  12. The Practice Season 7 Episode 12 - Final Judgment (2)
    8.0/10(113 votes)

    #12 - Final Judgment (2)

    S7:E12

    Ellenor continues her desperate attempt to stop the execution of a mentally ill woman Denise Freeman on death row. The firm is torn over a controversial settlement in their case against an alcohol company.

    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  13. The Practice Season 7 Episode 13 - Character Evidence
    7.3/10(87 votes)

    #13 - Character Evidence

    S7:E13

    Jimmy Berluti defends his high school crush, who is under investigation for a suspicious homicide, and Claire Wyatt interviews for a job at Lindsay's newly formed law firm.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  14. The Practice Season 7 Episode 14 - The Making of a Trial Attorney
    7.7/10(95 votes)

    #14 - The Making of a Trial Attorney

    S7:E14

    A wrongful-imprisonment suit occupies Bobby, whose client spent 15 years in jail for a killing he didn't commit; a case involving a youth's soccer injury tests Claire's mettle in court.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  15. The Practice Season 7 Episode 15 - Choirboys (1)
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    #15 - Choirboys (1)

    S7:E15

    Helen faces up against the firm in a case involving an accused killer whose protective mother provides alibis. A disturbed former client jarringly reenters Lindsay's life.

    Director:Duane Clark
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  16. The Practice Season 7 Episode 16 - Special Deliveries (2)
    7.3/10(99 votes)

    #16 - Special Deliveries (2)

    S7:E16

    Psychopaths plague Lindsay and Helen. The latter is sued by an acquitted killer for defaming his mother; the former is hounded by a deviant she once defended.

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  17. The Practice Season 7 Episode 17 - Burnout
    7.2/10(97 votes)

    #17 - Burnout

    S7:E17

    The firm defends Kyle Healy, a wheelchair-bound man whose wife is charged with murdering his brother, the heir to a multimillion-dollar estate. Jimmy and Ellenor's defense is damaged by compelling circumstantial evidence; testimony about the defendant's stability — and the prosecution's playing of a shattering trump card. In other storylines, Jamie champions the cause of a lawyer who claims firms won't hire her because she's a rape victim; and Bobby, whose marriage is in trouble, links up with an old flame.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  18. The Practice Season 7 Episode 18 - Capitol Crimes
    7.0/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Capitol Crimes

    S7:E18

    The death penalty comes under scrutiny in a controversial hearing centering on a troubled teen and admitted killer, whose case parallels Bobby's reinvolvement with a former lover.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  19. The Practice Season 7 Episode 19 - Les Is More
    6.9/10(101 votes)

    #19 - Les Is More

    S7:E19

    A crazed fame-seeker takes CBS CEO Les Moonves hostage in a ploy for TV time to be negotiated by Jimmy, also a hostage.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  20. The Practice Season 7 Episode 20 - Heroes and Villians
    7.2/10(82 votes)

    #20 - Heroes and Villians

    S7:E20

    A date-rape case links the accused to Jamie, a former victim; the return of crazed Stanley Deeks prompts terrified Lindsay to take drastic action that could jeopardize her career.

    Director:LisaGay Hamilton
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  21. The Practice Season 7 Episode 21 - Baby Love (1)
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    #21 - Baby Love (1)

    S7:E21

    The collapse of Bobby's marriage is a prelude to a professional crisis. Also, the firm defends a wife on trial for slaying her abusive husband and represents a 10-year-old in a liability suit.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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  22. The Practice Season 7 Episode 22 - Goodbye (2)
    7.5/10(97 votes)

    #22 - Goodbye (2)

    S7:E22

    Shocking twists in the trial of an accused wife-killer rattle Jimmy and Rebecca. Bobby's news to the firm devastates Eugene and has an impact on Lindsay.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:David E. Kelley

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Privilege" is the best rated episode of "The Practice" season 7. It scored 7.7/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by David E. Kelley, it aired on 9/29/2002. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Convictions".