Overview

Total Episodes: 23

Season 5 Episode 1

Episode 1

Motion Sickness

Runtime: 60m
2003-09-23

When Amy is transferred to criminal court, Bruce stays behind in juvenile court, and she inherits Spencer, an insolent clerk; Lauren has an extremely unhappy first day at junior high, but things brighten up on day two when, much to her mother's dismay, she finds a boyfriend who is a year older; aft...
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Season 5 Episode 2

Episode 2

Going Down

Runtime: 60m
2003-09-30

After she's released from the hospital with a clean bill of health, Gillian reveals that she had a near-death experience during Walt's delivery, but can't seem to find anyone who believes her; when Amy claims that she has no time to organize the wedding, Stu volunteers to make all the arrangements; ...
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Season 5 Episode 3

Episode 3

Ex Parte of Five

Runtime: 60m
2003-10-07

Maxine criticizes Amy's ruling that an emotionally-fragile girl is competent to serve as a witness in her mother's murder trial. Kyle, who doesn't know how he himself made it safely home after a night of heavy drinking, has to give medical treatment to a drunken driver who killed one of his hospita...
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Season 5 Episode 4

Episode 4

Tricks of the Trade

Runtime: 60m
2003-10-14

Amy presides over the case of a prominent athletic star accused of rape. Maxine, feeling the pressure to find a new place to live, considers selling the diner. Kyle tries to locate a kidney for a young patient who needs a transplant. Stu and Amy still can't come to terms on where to go for their ...
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Season 5 Episode 5

Episode 5

The Wrong Man

Runtime: 60m
2003-10-21

Still grieving over the loss of Jared, Maxine finds it difficult to listen to Amy and Stu plan their wedding; Bruce is less than thrilled working for Judge Bell; Gillian is sad and irritable that she's having difficulty bonding to Walt, and can't seem to talk to Peter about what's troubling her; Ky...
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Season 5 Episode 6

Episode 6

Into the Fire

Runtime: 60m
2003-10-28

In court for the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial, Amy must decide whether to stop the proceedings when one of the lawyers makes inappropriate remarks in the course of his closing argument. In a private dinner with Lauren, Stu reveals a hitherto hidden fear of children. Kyle feels awkwar...
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Season 5 Episode 7

Episode 7

Kilt Trip

Runtime: 60m
2003-11-04

Forced to substitute for an ailing colleague just two days before her wedding, Amy presides over a felony murder case involving a 14 year old boy and makes a controversial decision to overturn the jury's verdict; Stu's groomsmen are less than thrilled when they realize that they'll be wearing kilts ...
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Season 5 Episode 8

Episode 8

The Long Goodbye

Runtime: 60m
2003-11-11

Back in Hartford after a few days in Maui to collect herself, Amy is faced with returning a room full of wedding presents, dealing with friends and family who can't resist commenting on her train wreck of a life, and trying to reach an ex-fiance who refuses to speak with her; a reluctant Kyle, saddl...
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Season 5 Episode 9

Episode 9

Rumspringa

Runtime: 60m
2003-11-25

Maxine confronts the D.C.F. commissioner over his budget cuts when she discovers that young girls in the foster care system are being moved from group homes into a locked psychiatric facility to save money that is evidently being redirected towards decoratating the commissioner's office; when Todd i...
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Season 5 Episode 10

Episode 10

Sex and the Single Mother

Runtime: 60m
2003-12-16

Amy presides over the custody case of a young boy whose mother thinks he is being harmed by the Neanderthal on-air posturings of his shock-jock father; Maxine discovers that becoming a therapist in lieu of becoming a patient doesn't work out for anyone involved; Kyle mends his fences with Heather an...
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Season 5 Episode 11

Episode 11

Christenings

Runtime: 60m
2004-01-06

The rift between Peter and Gillian widens at Walt's christening; Maxine overcomes her resistance and resumes therapy; when a tree that's been neglected crashes through Amy's kitchen window, she mistakenly calls in a landscape designer who reveals a keen insight into the state of both Maxine's garden...
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Season 5 Episode 12

Episode 12

Dancing in the Dark

Runtime: 60m
2004-01-13

Maxine takes a chance in placing a young boy about to be released from juvenile detention back with his formerly negligent mother; Amy substitutes for another judge in criminal court and soon realizes that she has a prior relationship with each of the attorneys in the arson case she's been assigned;...
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Season 5 Episode 13

Episode 13

Sins of the Father

Runtime: 60m
2004-02-03

Ignacio says it with flowers as he continues his gentle pursuit of Maxine; Heather begins to act erratically around Kyle, who's shocked when he discovers the reason; Lauren and Peter each find a new perspective on life during a trip to the mall, and when Amy expresses displeasure at the look of thin...
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Season 5 Episode 14

Episode 14

Roadhouse Blues

Runtime: 60m
2004-02-10

Despite their protests, Maxine and Amy fail to convince anyone that that dinners out with Ignacio and David don't constitute dating; Amy is asked to decide if a man in the Witness Protection Program can regain custody of his eleven year old son after the boy's mother dies; Lauren and Victor are unha...
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Season 5 Episode 15

Episode 15

Werewolves of Hartford

Runtime: 60m
2004-02-17

Donna gets a little too invested in the future of Amy's relationship, or lack thereof, with David; a teenager charged with larceny and criminal mischief for destroying a bike belonging to her brother's girlfriend unleashes a terrible family secret during a hearing in Amy's courtroom; Rebecca lets th...
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Season 5 Episode 16

Episode 16

Baggage Claim

Runtime: 60m
2004-02-24

Peter is still unhappy about Maxine's dating Ignacio; on the anniversary of his wife's death, David asks Amy to accompany him to a support group meeting; Maxine teaches a young artist under DCF's care the true meaning of family and reaching out for love and support; Amy and David attend the bench ba...
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Season 5 Episode 17

Episode 17

The Song That Never Ends

Runtime: 60m
2004-03-02

Kyle disregards Maxine's advice at his own peril when he bends the rules for a new mother who wants to hold her newborn baby just once before she's returned to prison; when the tension and awkwardness between Amy and David as they keep bumping into each other in the court house becomes more than sh...
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Season 5 Episode 18

Episode 18

Disposable

Runtime: 60m
2004-03-16

Tensions run high as the family prepares for Ned's birthday party; a shoplifting trial in Amy's court exposes a prostitution ring in a group home for teenage girls; Maxine enlists the assistance of a former client to help a dedicated foster mother as she struggles with illness; Bruce gets testy wh...
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Season 5 Episode 19

Episode 19

The Quick and the Dead

Runtime: 60m
2004-04-06

Season 5 Episode 20

Episode 20

Slade's Chophouse

Runtime: 60m
2004-04-27

Amy fusses over Lauren's overnight school field trip to Philadelphia with Victor; Bruce is in for a shock when an old friend comes for a visit; Amy confronts David after Lolly Wetzel repeats Greenwich rumors that connect him with his wife's murder, and he finally tells her the horrifying details of ...
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Season 5 Episode 21

Episode 21

Predictive Neglect

Runtime: 60m
2004-05-04

Amy is dismayed when the courthouse cleaning lady tries to fix her up with her son amid gossip about David's departure; Lauren pesters Amy to send her to rock star camp; political posturing makes life at D.C.F. more miserable than usual until Maxine comes up with an inspired solution to the problem ...
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Season 5 Episode 22

Episode 22

My Little Runaway

Runtime: 60m
2004-05-11

Despite David's protests, Amy puts an end to their romantic relationship when he finally returns to Hartford; Maxine realizes that a teenaged client who was abused as a young child has become mentally ill when the girl makes a series of false rape accusations; Kyle has a career epiphany after he mee...
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Season 5 Episode 23

Episode 23

Sex, Lies and Expedia.com

Runtime: 60m
2004-05-18

Unwilling to let a poor client go to extremes to get prompt medical attention for her daughter, Maxine finds a way to get D.C.F. to cover the surgery the girl needs; David declares his love for Amy; Maxine gets shocking news about Ignacio and breaks off their relationship; Amy tragically miscalculat...
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