The BEST episodes written by David E. Kelley

Honor Code
star
9.29
65 votes

#1 - Honor Code

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 7

Bobby, Eugene and Jimmy work with an insurance company to settle the claim of a 10-year-old accident victim. But when the case presents a dilemma of moral and ethical proportions, the tension that's been brewing between Jimmy and Eugene finally boils over.

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The Accidental Jurist
star
9.29
5 votes

#2 - The Accidental Jurist

L.A. Law - Season 3 - Episode 12

Kuzak decides that a private trial with a closeted judge is the best way to win to retain his gay client's multi-million dollar endorsement contract with a cereal manufacturer, but when the verdict goes against him, his client is unwilling to seek another trial based on an ex parte statement revealing the judge's bias because it will force the judge out of the closet; Perkins confronts Ringstrom after Kelsey tells her he's married, and ends the relationship after she fakes a reason to visit his house and meet his wife; Meyer and Melman separate after they arrive at directly opposite solutions to their marital problems, but reconcile after Melman is forced to acknowledge some hard truths during a therapy session; the lack of a good nanny brings Kelsey and Markowitz troubles, and their daughter to the office.

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The Verdict
star
9.25
59 votes

#3 - The Verdict

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 23

Lindsay stands trial for shooting Lawrence O'Malley, who became obsessed with her after her firm defended him in his murder trial.

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He's a Crowd
star
9.25
2 votes

#4 - He's a Crowd

L.A. Law - Season 5 - Episode 12

Rosalind promises to help McKenzie save an account; a case of multiple personalities confounds Kuzak; Abby collaborates with C.J. to build her practice; Roxanne is subpoenaed in the case of Becker vs. Becker.

Capitol Crimes
star
9.22
54 votes

#5 - Capitol Crimes

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 18

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.

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End Games
star
9.13
67 votes

#6 - End Games

The Practice - Season 3 - Episode 16

The office is thrown into turmoil when Ellenor's client Leonard Sowers rushes through the door with policemen giving chase and throws a bag of heroin onto her desk. Ellenor is arrested for possession of the heroin. A proximity search of her desk turns up a bloodied knife which turns out to be the weapon used to murder Susan Robins. The firm is dealt a surprise when Dickie Flood charges Ellenor with first degree murder. Lindsay & Ellenor bury the hatchet when Lindsay takes over her defense. The police, hoping to make another case for the murder, arrest George Vogelman for concealing a murder weapon and perjury. Meanwhile, Bobby defends Judge Kittleson when she's sued by a former clerk claiming sexual harassment. Jimmy is mesmerized by Judge Kittleson's frank sexual discussion.

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Liberty Bells (2)
star
9.12
101 votes

#7 - Liberty Bells (2)

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 20

Ellenor continues the Donovan case, following up on the various leads to exonerate her client.

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An Early Frost
star
9.11
70 votes

#8 - An Early Frost

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 11

After Scott Wallace kills his friend, Jimmy becomes a witness for the prosecution. Bobby, meanwhile, is still defending Wallace. Lindsay is convinced that serial killer William Hinks has claimed another victim, and fears for her own life. To protect her, Bobby takes matters into his own hands

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Life Sentence
star
9.11
71 votes

#9 - Life Sentence

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 22

Ellenor defends a deaf woman who shot and killed the man who allegedly murdered her young daughter. The client's crime is captured on video in front of dozens of witnesses, leaving no doubt as to who committed the act. The only to way to exonerate the client is to manipulate the jury's heartstrings. Meanwhile Lindsay learns that Bobby hates weddings and decides to spring a surprise elopement.

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The Thin Line
star
9.10
68 votes

#10 - The Thin Line

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 13

Tensions at the firm are at an all-time high when Bobby is tried for the murder of William Hinks. Bobby is acquitted, though there is little to celebrate when a mysterious cassette recorder is sent to the office. Lucy and Rebecca hear Hinks' voice on the recorder, just before it triggers an explosion.

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Evil-Doers
star
9.08
58 votes

#11 - Evil-Doers

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 21

An accused rapist and his identical twin muddy a trial; the Hannibal Lecter copycat continues to terrify Lindsay during a commitment hearing.

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Police State
star
9.06
65 votes

#12 - Police State

The Practice - Season 8 - Episode 11

When the police torture a man they believe shot one of their own, Eugene, barely able to contain his emotion, takes the lead in seeking justice.

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Payback
star
9.04
71 votes

#13 - Payback

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 12

Bobby is arrested for conspiring to murder serial killer William Hinks. The entire firm, with Eugene at the helm, must now rally to defend him. Meanwhile, Rebecca discovers foul play in the wrongful death suit of a friend's husband.

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Bad to Worse
star
9.00
57 votes

#14 - Bad to Worse

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 8

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.

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Leave of Absence
star
9.00
7 votes

#15 - Leave of Absence

Chicago Hope - Season 2 - Episode 8

Geiger's bravado is put to the test when hospital counsel Alan Birch is shot by street thugs. Meanwhile, Grad agonizes over not being able to help Alan and Watters regrets his recent harsh words with the lawyer.

Turpitude
star
9.00
9 votes

#16 - Turpitude

Picket Fences - Season 2 - Episode 1

Mayor Pugen is caught between a Brock and a hard place when the Sheriff arrests him for murdering a disarmed carjacker, leaving him to rely on Wambaugh for his defense. Frightened at the level of violence creeping up on the Rome people, Jill buys a gun to protect her family.

Eyewitness
star
9.00
63 votes

#17 - Eyewitness

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 11

A Reverend shares a secret with Jimmy and Lindsay that could drastically affect the ruling on their client, accused of murder, but only if he's willing to testify; and Ellenor's A.D.A. friend makes her an offer she must refuse, despite the consequences.

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Loser's Keepers
star
8.99
103 votes

#18 - Loser's Keepers

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 3

Tensions flare when the 'male nun' starts infiltrating the office. Ellenor buys a gun for protection. Rebecca suspects that a wealthy man has bought a client's guilty plea.

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The Day After (1)
star
8.98
64 votes

#19 - The Day After (1)

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 14

Unconscious and in critical need of blood, Rebecca's fate is left to a higher power when her mother refuses to allow a transfusion because of the family's religious beliefs. Bobby is awestruck when Lindsay gives birth to their son a month early. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Part 2 aired as a crossover event on Boston Public - S01E13 - Chapter Thirteen (2).

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Goodbye (2)
star
8.98
56 votes

#20 - Goodbye (2)

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 22

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.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Membranes (2)
star
8.98
98 votes

#21 - Cloudy with a Chance of Membranes (2)

The Practice - Season 2 - Episode 20

The saga of Dr. Jeffery Winslow continues. Bobby uses every trick in the book to keep Dr. Winslow out of jail.

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Awakenings
star
8.97
66 votes

#22 - Awakenings

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 15

Ellenor's chosen ""sperm donor,"" Michael Hale (Ted McGinley), has second thoughts about the agreement over the rearing of her soon-to-be-born child. Meanwhile, Rebecca emerges from the I.C.U. and gets lost in the hospital. Additionally, Helen prepares to prosecute the rape of an eleven-year-old girl.

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Pre-Trial Blues (2)
star
8.90
61 votes

#23 - Pre-Trial Blues (2)

The Practice - Season 8 - Episode 14

An ongoing, sensational murder case besets Shore with pre-trial anxieties centering on jury selection; a hostile judge; a priest's confession; and suspicions of malpractice that involve a manipulative witness for the prosecution.

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Part IV
star
8.89
121 votes

#24 - Part IV

The Practice - Season 1 - Episode 4

A nervous Lindsay prepares for her first appearance before a jury in a wrongful death case against a tobacco company. Elsewhere, Bobby is stunned by the unexpected results of the Ronald Martin murder trial, involving a grieving father, the man's rabbi and the defendant.

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Gideon's Crossover (1)
star
8.88
65 votes

#25 - Gideon's Crossover (1)

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 16

Helen prosecutes an accused rapist, while doing her best to keep the 11-year-old victim off the witness stand. Meanwhile, Ellenor has complications with her pregnancy and is treated by Dr. Ben Gideon, (Gideon's Crossing). This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Part 2 aired as a crossover event on Gideon's Crossing - S01E17 - Flashpoint (2).

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Mr. Hinks Goes to Town
star
8.87
65 votes

#26 - Mr. Hinks Goes to Town

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 8

Lindsay defends a psychiatric patient who claims to be a serial killer. His psychiatrist claims he's only a disturbed individual looking for a little notoriety.

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Summary Judgments
star
8.86
77 votes

#27 - Summary Judgments

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 1

Bobby doesn't want a client to testify to avoid introducing an incriminating videotape. Helen and Richard Bay may have coached a witness in the same trial. Ellenor and Lindsay represent a parent whose three children have all contracted learning disabilities.

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Till Death Do Us Part (1)
star
8.81
95 votes

#28 - Till Death Do Us Part (1)

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 19

Ellenor pursues the Donovan case, hoping to forestall his execution. Meanwhile, Rebecca's case representing a woman with Alzheimer's trying to keep her marriage from being annulled becomes complicated when questions arise about the death of her client's first husband.

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Concealing Evidence
star
8.80
67 votes

#29 - Concealing Evidence

The Practice - Season 8 - Episode 8

Alan Shore uses questionable, if not illegal, tactics in representing his clients — Ted Grayson, a mentally unstable man accused of murder, and Karen Evanson, a woman who claims her husband's suicide was induced by a prescription drug.

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The Bitch Is Back
star
8.80
3 votes

#30 - The Bitch Is Back

L.A. Law - Season 5 - Episode 1

The shadow of Rosalind Shays again darkens the door of the firm when she sues them for discrimination, while another lawsuit escalates racial tensions.

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Day in Court
star
8.79
99 votes

#31 - Day in Court

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 10

Tempers flare over a particularly tough case. Bobby defends old cling/drug dealer Eddie against the murder of an addict. Eddie claims it is self-defense. D.A. Helen brings the coroner to testify that it wasn't. The coroner's testimony is damaged by prior odd behavior. Eddie attacks Helen to try to force the judge into a mistrial. Bobby & Swackheim nearly come to blows. Each of the participants, Bobby, Helen & Swackheim, express their outrage with the legal system.

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Infected
star
8.77
95 votes

#32 - Infected

The Practice - Season 3 - Episode 21

Helen brings felony murder charges against Gary Armbrust for lying to save his father. Rebecca takes a pro bono case defending an accused killer. She receives information from the prosecution calling the arresting officer's testimony into question. However Judge Swackheimer, who already ordered the outspoken defendant chained and gagged, feels that the information is irrelevant and deems it inadmissible. Bobby works to discover the cause behind a rash of deaths in a cosmetic surgery hospital.

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What Child is This?
star
8.75
64 votes

#33 - What Child is This?

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 17

Bobby and Jimmy employ the firm's notorious ""Plan B"" strategy in a last-ditch effort to save a client accused of raping and murdering his teen-aged stepdaughter. Bobby makes a case that the client's wife is actually the murderer, and the accused client is declared not guilty. Meanwhile, Ellenor goes into labor with only a panicky Helen Gamble there to assist her.

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The Lullaby League
star
8.75
12 votes

#34 - The Lullaby League

Picket Fences - Season 1 - Episode 22

Zach plays horn for an ailing blues legend but Jill is frustrated when the woman takes ill and fails to appreciate medicine's ability to keep her alive. Max delivers a criminal's baby and begins procedures to adopt it.

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Witness for the Prosecution
star
8.75
4 votes

#35 - Witness for the Prosecution

Picket Fences - Season 4 - Episode 9

Rome is in a flutter when Mayor Bey announces that the Pope himself is coming to visit the town. It's a day of celebration as His Holiness arrives, but the walk down main street ends in chaos when someone in the crowd opens fire, killing a man. The resulting investigation reveals the death was suicide, according to the dead man's gay lover... until the Pope announces he saw the whole thing and that it was, in fact, murder. The court case that follows threatens to end Judge Bone and Wambaugh's tempestuous friendship for good.

One of Those Days
star
8.74
98 votes

#36 - One of Those Days

The Practice - Season 3 - Episode 6

Tensions flare at the firm when Ellenor takes a questionable tactic in the Vogelman trial. With the odds stacked against them, Ellenor and Eugene adopt a 'Plan B' strategy, which essentially involves accusing the victim's family and friends of the murder.

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Committed
star
8.72
102 votes

#37 - Committed

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 8

Lindsay represents a serial murderer confined in an asylum when his case is up for review. Eugene's son is a prime suspect when his mother's lover is beaten to death in her bed.

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Prince Kuzak in a Can
star
8.71
35 votes

#38 - Prince Kuzak in a Can

L.A. Law - Season 1 - Episode 13

Overburdened with Hershberg's caseload, and haunted with guilt over his death, Kuzak snaps at his colleagues, pays a heavy price for the way he handles a manslaughter case, and ruins Van Owen's plans for the weekend; Sifuentes's whiz kid client develops a crush on Melman as he fixes the firm's malfunctioning telephone system; Kelsey wins a major account for the firm and faces a jealous Markowitz, who correctly guesses that the client has more than a professional interest in his new attorney; after initially spurning Sifuentes's offer to help with Hershberg's caseload, Kuzak finally enlists his aid, allowing Sifuentes to talk the judge and prosecutor into a sweetheart deal for the client.

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Dangerous Liaisons
star
8.71
89 votes

#39 - Dangerous Liaisons

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 9

Bobby fears that his protective feelings for a vulnerable female client may threaten his objectivity in her case. Lucy goes above and beyond the call of duty to help an elderly rape victim get the only thing she wants from her attacker — an apology.

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Black Widows
star
8.70
97 votes

#40 - Black Widows

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 17

Bobby defends the so-called 'Black Widow'; a woman who's accused of murdering her recently deceased husband and whose two previous spouses also died mysteriously. Helen lies to a 15-year-old girl who killed her unborn child, coercing her into giving a statement.

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Happily Ever After
star
8.70
102 votes

#41 - Happily Ever After

The Practice - Season 3 - Episode 23

Lindsay is stabbed by an unknown assailant wearing a nun's outfit during a late night at the office. Lindsay manages to utter the word 'nun' to Bobby before she passes out. Based on the information, Helen drags nuns into the courthouse for interrogation, reasoning that a nun upset over Michael (the nun killer) Kingston's acquittal may have committed the crime. Jimmy finds a photo of Lindsay with her image defaced in Judge Kittleson's office, bring a fleet of police to her home. Other suspects include Kingston himself and Joey Heric.

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Victimless Crimes
star
8.68
100 votes

#42 - Victimless Crimes

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 7

Jimmy defends a remorseless rape victim who murdered her attacker. Lucy is bitten by her dentist while under anesthesia.

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The Telltale Nation
star
8.67
59 votes

#43 - The Telltale Nation

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 6

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.

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Bound for Glory
star
8.67
2 votes

#44 - Bound for Glory

L.A. Law - Season 4 - Episode 16

To the dismay of Becker and Brackman, Rosalind becomes Abby's strong supporter when a major client leaves the firm after he is unsuccessful in pressuring Abby not to pursue a dismissal of charges against his drug-addicted son, but to convince his son instead to accept a plea bargain that will send him to jail; Rollins's client is sued by the owner of an oversized frog when she disqualifies the amphibian from the jumping contest she's promoting; Kelsey represents the parents of a slain teenager when they sue the parents of the young skinhead who murdered their son; Benny inadvertently sets off a bidding war hampered by attorneys and paralegals when he decides to sell his baseball card collection; as her overbearing manner begins to set the other attorneys on edge, Rosalind mounts a subtle campaign for absolute control of the firm by undermining McKenzie's influence with clients.

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The Confession
star
8.63
66 votes

#45 - The Confession

The Practice - Season 5 - Episode 18

Helen Gamble uses trickery to coerce a confession from an alleged carjacker represented by Jimmy Berluti. While Gamble feels that her means were legal and necessary to get a dangerous man off the streets, Berluti and Eugene disagree and ask a federal judge to rule the confession inadmissible, a decision that would set the carjacker free.

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The Return of Joey Heric
star
8.61
61 votes

#46 - The Return of Joey Heric

The Practice - Season 6 - Episode 19

John Larroquette reprises his Emmy-winning role as the enigmatic and disturbed Joey Heric, who was acquitted---twice---of murdering two of his gay lovers, killings he actually committed.

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Character Evidence
star
8.61
58 votes

#47 - Character Evidence

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 13

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.

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Privilege
star
8.60
64 votes

#48 - Privilege

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 1

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.

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Baby Love (1)
star
8.57
55 votes

#49 - Baby Love (1)

The Practice - Season 7 - Episode 21

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.

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Hammerhead Sharks (2)
star
8.57
98 votes

#50 - Hammerhead Sharks (2)

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 13

Dennis Mills maintains his innocence. The firm continues the trial, striving against all odds to exonerate Mills.

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