Episode guide
The Practice: Season 7
22 episodes · premiered Sep 29, 2002
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- Episode 1: Privilege Sep 29, 2002 · 44m 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…
- Episode 2: Convictions Oct 6, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 3: Of Thee I Sing Oct 13, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 4: The Cradle Will Rock Oct 20, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 5: Neighboring Species Nov 3, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 6: The Telltale Nation Nov 10, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 7: Small Sacrifices Nov 17, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 8: Bad to Worse Dec 1, 2002 · 44m 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…
- Episode 9: The Good Fight Dec 8, 2002 · 44m 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.
- Episode 10: Silent Partners Dec 15, 2002 · 44m 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…
- Episode 11: Down The Hatch (1) Jan 27, 2003 · 44m 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…
- Episode 12: Final Judgment (2) Feb 3, 2003 · 44m 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…
- Episode 13: Character Evidence Feb 10, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 14: The Making of a Trial Attorney Mar 3, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 15: Choirboys (1) Mar 10, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 16: Special Deliveries (2) Mar 24, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 17: Burnout Mar 24, 2003 · 44m 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…
- Episode 18: Capitol Crimes Mar 31, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 19: Les Is More Apr 7, 2003 · 44m A crazed fame-seeker takes CBS CEO Les Moonves hostage in a ploy for TV time to be negotiated by Jimmy, also a hostage.
- Episode 20: Heroes and Villians Apr 21, 2003 · 44m 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.
- Episode 21: Baby Love (1) May 5, 2003 · 44m 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…
- Episode 22: Goodbye (2) May 5, 2003 · 44m 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.