The Best Episodes Written By Peter Moffat

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Episode 4

   S1:E47/3/2008

   The prosecution attempts to make Ben look bad when he is questioned on the stand. Stone and Frances continue to look for evidence that could clear Ben's name.

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   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Episode 3

   S1:E37/2/2008

   Ben's new defense barrister comes up with a plan that could see Ben being able to walk free. Ben will be forced to lie once again about events which happened on the night of the murder.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Episode 1

   S2:E110/5/2009

   Juliet Miller's life is turned upside down after an incident plunges her into the criminal justice system and leaves her family fighting for life, love and survival.

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4. 

   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Episode 2

   S2:E210/6/2009

   Struggling with life in prison and the enormity of her actions, Juliet is desperate to see her daughter and is destroyed by Ella's ultimate rejection of her.

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5. 

   7.6/10(21 votes)

   #5 - Part Ten

   S1:E102/14/2021

   Adam reels from new information about his mother’s death. Eugene tries to get justice for his family. Carlo’s trial comes to an end, but Michael and Adam’s secrets are dangerously unraveling.

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6. 

   7.2/10(31 votes)

   #6 - Part One

   S1:E112/6/2020

   When his teenage son Adam is involved in a tragic accident, New Orleans Judge Michael Desiato is faced with an impossible decision that will impact his family forever, test the bonds with his oldest friend Charlie and put a strain on Adam’s secret relationship with girlfriend Frannie. Dangerous crime lord Jimmy Baxter and his wife Gina Baxter’s birthday gift puts their son Rocco on a collision course with tragedy.

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7. 

   7.1/10(23 votes)

   #7 - Part Two

   S1:E212/13/2020

   On the anniversary of his wife’s death, New Orleans Judge Michael Desiato and his son Adam create an alibi for the day of the accident. A favor for Michael pulls his close friends and colleagues Charlie and Lee into the web of deception. Kofi gets approached about a job.

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8. 

   5.5/10(4 votes)

   #8 - Episode 5

   S1:E57/4/2008

   Stone continues to try and get Ben acquitted as the day of reckoning beckons. Frances continues to try and uncover the truth about what really happened on the night of the murder.

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9. 

   5.0/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Episode 1

   S1:E16/30/2008

   Ben is accused of murder after a drunken and drugged night out. Ben's barrister will stop at nothing the prove that he is innocent.

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10. 

    4.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Episode 2

    S1:E27/1/2008

    Ben's legal team decide to try and come up with a deal with the prosecution but it will mean Ben has lie whilst be questioned. Ben makes an enemy whilst be held on remand.

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11. 

    2.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Pilot

    S1:E14/10/2022

    Track star Moses Johnson is swept up into a world of chaos, violence, and corrupt policing during a presumed drug sting gone wrong. Public defender Franklin Roberts considers retirement and his impact on the community.

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12. 

    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Three Sheets to the Wind

    S1:E63/29/2011

    Costello takes on the biggest case of her life, defending Mark Draper, a repeat offender on a murder charge at the Old Bailey. However, when the case starts to fall apart, she must remain focused on the trial as both personal and private pressures escalate. Meanwhile, it's decision time for the pupils, and the fate of chambers hangs in the balance.

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    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - In the Family Way

    S2:E35/29/2012

    Reader is in Oxford, prosecuting three students accused of sexually assaulting a waitress. Up against an intimidating defence counsel, he begins to waver, but a chance encounter with an old friend helps him discover a passion for prosecuting he didn't know he still had. When the case is in danger of collapsing, Reader is faced with one of the biggest decisions of his career. Meanwhile, Costello defends Ricky Armitage, who trashed his local mini-mart and attacked the shopkeep. His level of violence and lack of remorse is astounding, yet Costello tries to divert the self-destructive path that the young man was fated to walk.

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