Family Law Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Family Law: Season 3 (2001 - 2002)

• Season 3 Episode 21: Alienation of Affection

  A surrogate mother begins to have second thoughts while a dying man's will reveals the complications he had in life will resonate in death. Elsewhere, the topic of truth is brought up when Lynn and Rex's annulment is confirmed and a bride-to-be has some last minute reservations

• Season 3 Episode 20: Ties That Bind

  Joe is in court arguing for the rights of a teenage father to raise his daughter, while Randi defends her cousin against allegations that she abused her mother after the latter was struck with Alzheimer's disease

• Season 3 Episode 19: Admissions

  Rex takes on the case of a friend who has been accused of raping a subordinate colleague, which creates a rift between himself and Lynn. Meanwhile, Randi sets about trying to prove that an exclusive college's admission policy is based upon discrimination

• Season 3 Episode 18: Once Removed

  Lynn faces a crisis of conscience when she represents a bigamist, while Randy and Emily strive to ensure that the state pays for the expensive treatment of a critically ill boy. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 17: Big Brother

  Lynn and Rex take extreme measures to help a couple whose daughter plans to marry a complete stranger in a mass cult wedding. Meanwhile, Joe attempts to get a restraining order lifted, which prevents him from seeing a boy he once mentored. Starring Kathleen Quinlan, Christopher McDonald and Tony Danza

• Season 3 Episode 16: Celano v Foster

  Viveca clashes with Joe when he agrees to help a teacher contest the validity of an education proficiency exam. Meanwhile, Lynn and Rex help a child prodigy whose parents refuse to let him enter higher education. Drama, starring Salli Richardson and Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 3 Episode 15: Children of a Lesser Dad

  Lynn and Emily tackle the case of a divorcee who has fathered a baby while unable to support his other children. Meanwhile, Joe and Viveca help an old friend, who has been arrested for drink driving in his wheelchair. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Meredith Eaton

• Season 3 Episode 14: Arlene's Choice

  The firm take on a controversial case involving an expectant mother who wants her child delivered prematurely so that its stem cells can be used to save the life of her older son. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 13: To Protect and to Serve

  Naoise is caught in a hail of gunfire while visiting a client, prompting the firm to sue the local police department, and Viveca helps an elderly woman gain custody of her grand-daughter. Kathleen Quinlan, Orla Brady and Salli Richardson star

• Season 3 Episode 12: Blood and Water

  Lynn represents a priest trying to claim custody of his daughter, whose existence he only discovered after the girl's mother died. Meanwhile, Rex takes the case of a disturbed eight-year-old. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 11: Angel's Flight

  A man discovers he is not the biological father of his two children and refuses to continue paying child support to his ex-wife, while another divorced couple argue over who should take care of their son on Christmas Day. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 10: Sex, Lies and the Internet

  Emily takes on a case of adultery brought by a woman who claims her husband is conducting a relationship over the Internet. Meanwhile, Randi starts dating a judge who turns out to have a secret past. Guest starring Meredith Eaton and Dennis Weaver

• Season 3 Episode 9: No Options

  The family firm takes on two cases of neglect, as a mentally unstable mother seeks help after her children die while waiting for her in a locked car, and Joe tackles the case of a woman who left her kids to fend for themselves at home. Guest starring Meredith Eaton, Susie Spear and Reed Diamond

• Season 3 Episode 8: Security

  The firm defend an Arab-American, who is accused of spying after he takes home a disk containing sensitive government information. Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner star, with guest Judd Hirsch

• Season 3 Episode 7: All in the Family

  Lynn tries to help her neighbour with his paternity case, placing her in a difficult situation with his wife. Meanwhile, Joe and Viveca have a difference of opinion over a mother who was seen hitting her child in a store. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 6: Sacrifices

  Lynn fights for a family with 14 children when the social services decide they can't care for them adequately. Meanwhile Joe and Viveca try to help a mother who was caught smacking her child. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 5: Against All Odds

  Emily hires a detective to trail her client's husband, to Randi's disapproval, and Joe is badly burned when a teenager's attempt to make drugs goes awry. Starring Kathleen Quinlan, Julie Warner and Tony Danza

• Season 3 Episode 4: My Brother's Keeper

  Naoise takes on the case of a boy who tried to combat the crime in his neighbourhood using violence, and Viveca helps a teenager claim custody of his younger brothers. Starring Kathleen Quinlan with Orla Brady and Salli Richardson

• Season 3 Episode 3: Obligations

  Lynn tries to help a teenager arrested for spraying racist graffiti on a wall, while Emily meets a youth with cerebral palsy who feels constricted by her over-protective parents. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 2: Moving On

  Randi and Emily take on a case for an ex-convict and former drug addict who wants her children returned to her care. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 3 Episode 1: Irreparable Harm

  Lynn argues in favour of an unapproved treatment which may be beneficial in treating a girl's cancer. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

Family Law: Season 2 (2000 - 2001)

• Season 2 Episode 24: Planting Seeds

  Lynn tries to help a homeless teenage girl, and Danni represents a man fighting his ex-wife for custody of the embryos they had frozen while they were married. Starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 23: Clemency

  Lynn appeals for clemency on behalf of an unrepentant killer just days before he is due to be executed for a schoolyard shooting : a case that leaves the firm deeply divided. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Tony Danza

• Season 2 Episode 22: Recovery

  Randi's estranged daughter is killed by her abusive husband, and Danni's adoption plans suffer a setback. Meanwhile, Rex represents a well-known rock star waging a legal battle against Beverly Hills residents opposed to his plans for a drug rehabilitation clinic. Kathleen Quinlan stars

• Season 2 Episode 21: Americans

  Lynn and Joe face the unenviable task of pleading in a Native American tribal court for the return of two children kidnapped by their father. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 20: Bringing up Babies

  Randi defends a mother who stands accused of abandoning her child. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 19: The Gay Divorcee

  Lynn and Joe help a gay man demanding custody of his adopted children after his partner leaves and announces he will be taking them with him, while Randi represents a woman searching for her father : planning to sue him for 50 years of neglect. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 18: Safe at Home

  The legal eagles represent a mother facing a manslaughter charge after one of her sons confesses to using her gun to kill his brother. American drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 17: Soul Custody

  A born-again Christian clashes with his devout Orthodox Jewish ex-wife in a bitter legal battle for custody of their five-year-old daughter : and Danni gets caught in the crossfire. Drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Liar's Club : Part Two

  Part two of two. The future of the company hangs in the balance as the team defend Joe against the very serious charge of laundering federal money. American drama about a law firm run by a newly divorced mother, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Tony Danza

• Season 2 Episode 15: The Liar's Club : Part One

  First of a two-part story in which Joe takes the case of an indignant college student who claims he's been set up on a drugs charge by his cousin. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 14: The Quality of Mercy

  Viveca falls foul of a landlord who hates lawyers and Lynn represents a terminally ill woman whose wish to end her life is eventually granted by her husband

• Season 2 Episode 13: Separation

  The parents of conjoined twins hire Randi in an effort to prevent surgeons from separating them, but it seems the couple are not unanimous in important aspects of the case. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 12: Film at Eleven

  Patricia is forced to stand in for a client's lawyer, while Lynn takes action against a TV station for screening video footage of an angry mob ripping off her blouse outside the courtroom. Kathleen Quinlan and Tony Danza star

• Season 2 Episode 11: Intentions

  An alcoholic mother is charged with murdering her newborn baby, and Lynn represents a prostitute hoping to sue a client. American drama starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 10: Generations

  Randi runs into trouble trying to help an abused wife, finding things less straightforward than they first appeared, and Lynn's daughter covers up a friend's drinking problem. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 9: Echoes

  Andres is arrested for attacking a man his mother has identified as a former Chilean military officer who tortured and killed her husband back in the 1970s : and as the lawyers investigate, an even darker secret emerges from her past. Starring Kathleen Quinlan and Tony Danza

• Season 2 Episode 8: Family Values

  Lynn and Joe fall out over their defence of a hospital that refused to give the go-ahead for a recovering alcoholic to undergo a liver transplant. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 7: For Love

  Rex's mentally ill brother kills a restaurateur he believes is evil, while Randi and Lynn try to get Andres Diaz back into the country and enlist his estranged wife to help them. Kathleen Quinlan stars, with guest David Carradine

• Season 2 Episode 6: Telling Lies - Part Two

  Part two of two. Danni and Joe pursue a class action lawsuit which could have disastrous consequences for the firm. American legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 2 Episode 5: Telling Lies - Part One

  Part one of two. Lynn takes on the case of a distraught couple fighting for the right to see their grandson, who has been sent to boarding school. Kathleen Quinlan stars

• Season 2 Episode 4: Going Home

  Danni and Randi find themselves on opposite sides in a child custody case which throws up a few surprises. Rex fights to have his brother released from a psychiatric hospital. American legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 3: Affairs of State

  Joe becomes a partner in the firm, and Lynn tries to help a terminally ill friend obtain a divorce from her politician husband, who is trying to stall the proceedings because he thinks her death will ensure him the sympathy vote in a forthcoming election

• Season 2 Episode 2: One Mistake

  Lynn makes a disturbing discovery about a client and Randi looks for 15 minutes of fame while suing a bartender accused of creating a marital rift. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Choice

  Lynn prevents a woman kidnapping her biological son from his adoptive parents, then fights to help the couple keep the youngster in a bitter custody battle : but there's more to the case than meets the eye. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

Family Law: Season 1 (1999 - 2000)

• Season 1 Episode 23: Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

  A Roman Catholic priest is accused of beating a woman into a coma during an exorcism; Andres faces deportation.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Love and Money

  Randi helps a mentally impaired couple to retain custody of their child; Rex has unexpected guilt pangs; Lynn resumes a purely physical relationship with Michael.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Second Chance

  Lynn defends a cop who has broken a restraining order forbidding him to see his children. Meanwhile, Randi gets into a minor traffic accident and Danni represents a man claiming ownership of the puppet that made him a TV star in the 1950s. Patrick Macnee and Red Buttons guest

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Witness

  A cleaning lady at the law firm has an unexpected, but very lucrative, windfall thanks to a clerical error at the bank, while Randi represents a client being pressurised to implicate his elder brother in a murder. American drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 1 Episode 19: Playing God

  Lynn represents a community activist who is being sued for paying drug-addicted mothers to be sterilised, while Danni fights for the right of a divorced woman to send her six-year-old son to a monastery, in Tibet. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 1 Episode 18: Necessity

  Danni and Randi defend a social worker accused of kidnapping a boy from his abusive parents, and Rex's elderly client is caught smuggling pharmaceuticals across the border. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 1 Episode 17: Metamorphosis

  Lynn tries to reunite a mother with her fostered son, but her efforts are hampered by a stubborn judge and the mysterious disappearance of her records : prompting the battling attorney to take matters into her own hands and risk a jail sentence in the process. Meanwhile, Rex clashes with his estranged wife's new partner, who's forced her to claim excessive child support. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 1 Episode 16: Are You My Father?

  A woman sues a TV evangelist for child support and a man who underwent a sex change fights for custody of his daughter. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Julie Warner

• Season 1 Episode 15: A Mother's Son

  Rex and Randi defend the adopted parents of a mentally disturbed boy who are being held responsible for the youngster's murderous act, while Danni's father interferes when she takes on the case of a man fighting his ex-wife for $1million in lottery winnings

• Season 1 Episode 14: Stealing Home

  Lynn comes to the aid of a mother accused of kidnapping her own daughter from a sexually abusive father. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 1 Episode 13: Human Error

  A man attempts to regain custody of his daughter after serving time for murdering his wife; Viveca finds employment with Rex after passing the bar exam.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Media Relations

  Lynn and Rex join forces to defend a 10-year-old boy accused of murder; Danni and Don come to a crossroads in their relationship; Randi's client believes his estranged wife cast a spell on him.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Decisions

  Lynn must decide whether an AIDS-stricken boy will be administered life-prolonging drugs; Danni defends her father when he causes a car accident; Rex unknowingly becomes the subject of a filmmaker's documentary.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Four Drops of Blood

  Rex defends a mother accused of shaking her baby to death; Randi fights to save a dog's job; Lynn lowers her standards by searching for clients.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Holt vs. Holt

  Lynn's opposing counsel in a wrongful termination case turns out to be her ex-husband; Lynn and Michael argue over who will get the children for Thanksgiving.

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Fourth Trimester

  Danni takes on a basketball star's controversial paternity suit and Rex realises a radical anti-war fugitive isn't all he claims to be. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Christopher McDonald

• Season 1 Episode 7: Games

  Lynn represents an immigrant wanted for a robbery in Afghanistan; children don't want their parents to attend soccer games; Andres is hurt by Lisa's dismissive treatment.

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Nanny

  A couple attempt to get their late daughter's will overturned as they fight for custody of their grand-daughter, and an ageing actor rumoured to have died sets out to put the record straight. Legal drama, starring Kathleen Quinlan

• Season 1 Episode 5: The List

  Lynn's client wants to have his troubled daughter committed to a mental institution; Danni breaks up with Don and swears off all men.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Prisoners

  The wife of a prison guard accused of raping a female inmate persuades Randi to take his case. Meanwhile, Lynn handles a teenage film star's divorce : but finds the actor and his bride are only concerned about who gets custody of a video game

• Season 1 Episode 3: All God's Creatures

  Lynn represents a woman whose ex-husband is teaching their children racism; Rex represents an animal-rights activist; Danni gets a visit from her ex-boyfriend.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Damages

  Lynn represents parents suing an obstetrician for not warning them about their son's Down's syndrome, and Danni questions a couple's motives for getting divorced, while Randi reveals she once served a jail term for killing her abusive husband. Kathleen Quinlan stars

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  American drama about a law firm run by newly divorced mother Lynn Holt, an attorney determined to prove she can succeed without her philandering husband. Today she helps a recovering drug addict who's in danger of losing her children and a distraught client fighting for custody of a beloved dog's remains. Starring Kathleen Quinlan, Gregg Henry, Julie Warner and Dixie Carter