The Guardian Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Guardian: Season 3 (2003 - 2004)

• Season 3 Episode 22: Antarctica

  Nick takes a job at another law firm, though Burton has reservations. New evidence comes to light in the Taliek Allen case, suggesting he suffered brain damage when he was attacked. Meanwhile, Lulu gives birth to a girl and has a difficult decision to make. Last in series of the legal drama, starring Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman and Wendy Moniz

• Season 3 Episode 21: Blood In, Blood Out

  Nick comes to the end of his community service, and finds himself facing a vote on his future at Fallin and Fallin. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Vote

  Nick is put in a difficult position when his father gets involved in an intimate relationship with a rival in the forthcoming vote for partnership of the firm

• Season 3 Episode 19: Remember

  Nick defends a sexually abused teenager whose father becomes a suspect; the police force Alvin to turn over files from his past child clients in hopes of solving murders involving pedophiles.

• Season 3 Episode 18: The Bachelor Party

  Nick is stunned by the news that Alvin is terminally ill, and the pair attempt to lighten the mood and live life to the full as they head off for a bachelor weekend in Los Angeles

• Season 3 Episode 17: The Watchers

  An investigation into Shannon's disappearance leads Nick and Burton into the criminal world of child pornography. Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman star

• Season 3 Episode 16: Sparkle

  Shannon helps her biological father steal jewelry from Burton's house, then runs away; Nick works on a case involving an unwanted foster child.

• Season 3 Episode 15: Without Consent

  Nick has to decide who should get custody of a boy who caught his mother having sex with one of his classmates. Lulu sets up a trust fund for her baby, and Jake is assaulted. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 3 Episode 14: All is Mended

  Lulu learns that her unborn baby has Down's syndrome forcing her and Nick to make a crucial decision about whether to continue with the pregnancy. Meanwhile, Kate asks Jake to take an HIV test

• Season 3 Episode 13: Amends

  Nick represents a black bus driver whose crash may have been caused by his reaction to a racist passenger; Alvin accuses Nick of rushing through his recovery program.

• Season 3 Episode 12: Beautiful Blue Mystic

  Nick returns to his old drug-taking ways, but a bad trip forces him to confront uncomfortable childhood memories. Meanwhile, Anne needs help finding a place for her son. Drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 3 Episode 11: Legacy

  Nick comes to the aid of a man whose father murdered his boss, while Burton helps the victim's son take over as company CEO. Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman star

• Season 3 Episode 10: Swimming

  Nick must oversee an important case while his father undergoes heart surgery; Nick and a social worker help a victim of extreme disciplinary measures at a teen boot camp.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Let God Sort 'Em Out

  Nick represents a teenager who wants to stay with his dying grandfather, even though they have been evicted from their home.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Believe

  Nick becomes a medical guardian to two orphans, Alvin helps the head of an Aids charity and Lulu discovers she is pregnant. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 3 Episode 7: Hazel Park

  A former client accused of theft turns to Nick for help to get his life back on track, while Burton takes the case of a mother who wants to put her baby up for adoption, despite the father's objections

• Season 3 Episode 6: Let's Spend the Night Together

  Nick and Lulu struggle to keep their love life under wraps. Jake learns his parents want a divorce, and his father tells him a personal secret

• Season 3 Episode 5: Shame

  Lulu's estranged father comes looking for money, while Nick is desperate to collect outstanding debts from rogue clients. With Simon Baker and Wendy Moniz

  Next on: Monday 21st December 11:00am EST - Sleuth
• Season 3 Episode 4: The Father-Daughter Dance

  The new director of legal services at Pittsburgh starts her job, and Nick helps a couple sue a fertility clinic where the doctors appear to have implanted the wrong embryo into the mother's womb. Meanwhile, Samantha learns a shocking secret about her father. Simon Baker and Daphne Ashbrook star

  Next on: Monday 21st December 10:00am EST - Sleuth
• Season 3 Episode 3: The Line

  Lulu prepares to leave the company, against Alvin's wishes, while Nick takes on a case involving solicitation. Legal drama starring Wendy Moniz, Alan Rosenberg and Simon Baker

  Next on: Monday 14th December 11:00am EST - Sleuth
• Season 3 Episode 2: Big Coal

  Nick takes on the case of a young woman with cancer who is having trouble getting her insurance company to pay her medical bills. Guest starring Gina Torres and Nick Searcy

  Next on: Monday 14th December 10:00am EST - Sleuth
• Season 3 Episode 1: Carnival

  Burton tries to straighten things out with Shannon, while Nick fears the man his father beat up may talk to the police - and put his job in jeopardy. Simon Baker stars, with Dabney Coleman and Amanda Michalka

The Guardian: Season 2 (2002 - 2003)

• Season 2 Episode 23: All the Rage

  Lulu threatens to leave when she is offered a job in California, causing Nick to lose his temper in court and incur an order to undergo therapy. Meanwhile, Burton attends a hearing to find out whether he can continue fostering Shannon

• Season 2 Episode 22: Sensitive Jackals

  Nick and Burton have a serious disagreement over the hiring of a new partner, while a new client leads James to conclude his vigilante attack - intended as revenge for the murder of Levi, his nephew - may have resulted in the wrong person being beaten up

• Season 2 Episode 21: Burton and Ernie

  Burton takes it upon himself to press charges after he makes the disturbing discovery that his teenage nephew attempted to rape Shannon. Legal drama, starring Dabney Coleman

• Season 2 Episode 20: What It Means to You

  While the court rules over the city's efforts to condemn a church property, Nick and Lulu carry on their secret affair, meeting in the most unusual places. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 2 Episode 19: Back in the Ring

  Lulu and Jake pursue a lawsuit on behalf of a teenage girl accused of performing a sex act in public, while Nick and Burton help an ex-con regain custody of his son and resume his career in the boxing ring. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 18: My Aim is True

  Burton defends a police officer involved in an unprovoked gun attack, while Nick's probation comes under investigation as he faces a moral dilemma. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 17: The Intersection

  Lulu fights for her life after a car accident, while Nick is left to take care of the boy whose mother was driving the vehicle that struck her. Drama, starring Simon Baker and Wendy Moniz

• Season 2 Episode 16: The Weight

  Lulu finds herself growing closer to Nick as she tries to help the mother of a baby with a terminal illness. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker and Wendy Moniz

• Season 2 Episode 15: Where You Are

  Nick persuades Lulu to help him test a hi-tech device designed to help parents stay informed of their children's whereabouts. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 14: Understand Your Man

  Jake falls for a charming drug addict and Nick helps a transvestite who is trying to gain custody of his lover's son. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker and Raphael Sbarge

• Season 2 Episode 13: Ambition

  Lulu's mother turns to Nick when she relocates her business to Pittsburgh and wants her daughter to join her. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 12: You Belong to Me

  While the prospect of being stalked terrifies Lulu, Nick tries to protect a former child actor from an abusive parent. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 11: No Good Deed

  A teenage client bravely risks his life to save Nick from death, but his heroic act leaves him seriously injured. Meanwhile, Burton helps Mary Gressler and Shannon. Legal drama, guest starring Farrah Fawcett

• Season 2 Episode 10: Sacrifice

  Nick represents a teenage mother whose father is accused of murdering his terminally ill wife, and a death on the operating table exposes Lulu's husband

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Dark

  Alvin starts drinking again and Nick tries to complete an important merger for his father. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Neighborhood

  Lulu's college room-mate and her husband are suspected of murdering their daughter as a result of their kinky sexual practices

• Season 2 Episode 7: The Innocent

  Nick encourages a drug-addicted father to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit so he can provide for his children and their foster parents. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Living

  Nick races to find a missing girl who could save the life of her sick brother and instigates a merger for a long-time client. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 2 Episode 5: Assuming the Position

  A prostitution sting jeopardises Alvin's position at the clinic and Nick suspects a drug-addicted mother of poisoning her son. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Next Life

  Nick tries to help a difficult 11-year-old boy get adopted and James leaves Fallin and Fallin after a nurse confesses to murdering his grandmother. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 2 Episode 3: The Dead

  Burton's past catches up with him when the county tries to buy a cemetery, putting his chances of becoming federal judge in jeopardy

• Season 2 Episode 2: Monster

  Nick learns of an oversight that could help a teenage killer in his efforts to avoid being tried as an adult

• Season 2 Episode 1: Testimony

  After a fugitive client dies of a drug overdose at Nick's house, the only thing keeping the lawyer from prison is the testimony of the dead woman's 11-year-old daughter. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman

The Guardian: Season 1 (2001 - 2002)

• Season 1 Episode 22: The Beginning

  Burton's appointment to the federal bench leaves Nick re-evaluating his future and considering a new career. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 21: Chinese Wall

  Nick is stunned to learn Burton plans to bring a powerful former state senator and his aide into the firm. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 20: Shelter

  Nick runs the risk of ruining an important deal with which he has been entrusted, and reluctantly joins Lulu to represent the interests of a homeless couple who wish to keep their newborn child. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker and Wendy Moniz

• Season 1 Episode 19: Lawyers, Guns and Money

  A parole officer threatens to reveal details of Nick's bad behaviour unless he agrees to help him. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 1 Episode 18: Mothers of the Disappeared

  A woman asks Nick to have her missing daughter declared dead - but the girl suddenly turns up alive. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Divide

  Nick and Lulu take opposing views of a case involving the adoption of two brothers, while Jake tries to help his parents keep their house. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 16: Solidarity

  James represents his nephew, who stands accused of shooting his mother's abusive boyfriend, while Nick puts personal plans on hold when some unexpected arrivals turn up. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 1 Episode 15: In Loco Parentis

  Nick and Lulu find themselves involved in a hostage situation when a mother with a history of drug problems refuses to allow her child to be taken into care. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 1 Episode 14: Family

  Nick is surprised when his Aunt Liz visits - but is unprepared for her striking resemblance to his mother. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin

• Season 1 Episode 13: Privilege

  Nick faces a quandary when a long-term client is suspected of sexually abusing his young daughter, and is forced to decide whether to confront him and risk not only the contract, but also their friendship. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 12: Causality

  A new client forces Alvin to face ghosts from the past and Nick struggles to cope with his new life as events take a downward turn, making him regret his decision to move to a different law firm. Drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 11: Home

  Nick takes a job with a new law firm and finds himself fighting against his father in the Hunter Reed case. Meanwhile, Alvin agrees to defend his ex-wife in a wrongful termination suit. Simon Baker stars

• Season 1 Episode 10: Loyalties

  Nick represents an Arab American who is being sued for defending his restaurant against a vandal's attack and Burton faces a flurry of possible defections from the firm, including that of his own son. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 9: Funnies

  Nick agrees to defend Barbara's teenage son, who is due in court for possessing a home-made drug - but when the boy's friend dies of an overdose, the charge is upgraded to murder. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as hotshot attorney Nick Fallin, with Dabney Coleman and Erica Leerhsen

• Season 1 Episode 8: Heart

  Nick offers to adopt a 12-year-old heart transplant candidate in a bid to ensure she receives a life-saving operation. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 7: Feeding Frenzy

  Nick tries to help a 25-year-old man with learning difficulties who has been wrongly accused of murder - but his search for the real killer plunges him back into the drugs subculture. Meanwhile, Jake accidentally hits another lawyer with his car and finds himself facing a possible jail sentence on felony charges - but Burton Fallin is more concerned that his reckless driving has put the firm in danger of being sued

• Season 1 Episode 6: Indian Summer

  A teenage runaway who lied about her age to sleep with Nick later blackmails him into helping secure a place in the same foster family as her younger sister. Meanwhile, Alvin is forced to take extreme action when the legal services clinic loses its funding. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker and Alan Rosenberg

• Season 1 Episode 5: Men From The Boys

  Legal drama, starring Simon Baker as Nick Fallin, a high-powered attorney who is brought down to earth with a bump when he is busted for drugs, and must undergo 1,500 hours of community service. Joining forces with social worker Laurie Salt, he decides to represent underprivileged children in court : a task that reignites his conscience. With Dabney Coleman and Erica Leerhsen

• Season 1 Episode 4: Lolita?

  After being arrested for possession of narcotics, Nick is assigned to do community work and takes on the case of a 15-year-old girl who claims she was raped by her stepfather. She is placed with her maternal aunt, but on further investigation, Nick discovers they have made a dangerous mistake. Meanwhile, Burton refuses John Clayton's wishes to reorganise his assets at the steel plant. Legal drama, starring Simon Baker

• Season 1 Episode 3: Paternity

  When the mother of a disabled boy receives two years in prison for prostitution, her son is told he cannot stay with his stepfather due to the man's previous assault charge, and instead faces the prospect of being placed in a state-run facility. Nick sets out to keep the family together by tracking down the boy's biological father and demanding financial support, but the move backfires. Meanwhile, the Fallins are drawn into a proxy battle that could destroy a family they have long represented. Guest starring Leslie David Baker

• Season 1 Episode 2: Reunion

  Nick brings a $10million lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company on behalf of Hunter Reed and his mother's estate, but is soon told to drop it in the interests of the firm. James gets handed a case involving a 12-year-old boy who has been living with his brother since their mother was arrested for selling drugs

• Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot

  Pilot episode of the drama. High-powered thirtysomething lawyer Nick Fallin is arrested on drug charges and sentenced to community service. Finding himself in the low-profit world of Children's Legal Services, he tries to atone for past indiscretions by helping others. Starring Simon Baker and Dabney Coleman