Overview

Total Episodes: 22

Season 5 Episode 1

Episode 1

Summary Judgments

Runtime: 44m
2000-10-09

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.

Season 5 Episode 2

Episode 2

Germ Warfare

Runtime: 44m
2000-10-16

Bobby struggles to overturn the guilty verdict in the Scott Wallace case. Bobby's refusal to allow Wallace to testify may be grounds for a new trial. Ellenor and Lindsay continue their attack against the EPA, but a hostile judge may thwart their efforts. Helen faces a crisis when doing the right thi...
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Season 5 Episode 3

Episode 3

Officers of the Court

Runtime: 44m
2000-10-23

Ellenor continues the Jamison case, challenging Judge Aldrich's decision to cut her client's award. Jimmy is upset when he learns that former client Jennifer Cole is pregnant and has been arrested for possession of cocaine. He conspires with the D.A. to install Jennifer in a rehab program. Bobby con...
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Season 5 Episode 4

Episode 4

Appeal and Denial

Runtime: 44m
2000-10-30

Bobby takes the Scott Wallace case to appeals, hopefully proving that prosecution witness Kyle Barrett perjured himself. Helen faces Rebecca in the courtroom in an emotional case when an abused spouse claims that she was mistaken in identifying her husband as her attacker. Bobby and Lindsay announce...
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Season 5 Episode 5

Episode 5

We Hold These Truths...

Runtime: 44m
2000-11-06

Eugene defends a man accused of murder in a trial where the outcome hinges on the honesty of a police officer who's been living a lie. Jimmy confronts a judge whose propensity for giving moral lectures to defendants has made him a laughingstock. Bobby continues preparations for the Scott Wallace ret...
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Season 5 Episode 6

Episode 6

Show and Tell

Runtime: 44m
2000-11-13

The long-awaited Scott Wallace retrial.

Season 5 Episode 7

Episode 7

Brothers' Keepers

Runtime: 44m
2000-11-20

Bobby defends a man on trial for allowing his wife to be murdered in an 'honor killing'; an ancient cultural ritual used to punish adulterous behavior. Eugene reluctantly aids incompetent attorney Harland Bassett yet again. Ellenor announces that she's pregnant, encountering some adversity.

Season 5 Episode 8

Episode 8

Mr. Hinks Goes to Town

Runtime: 44m
2000-11-27

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.

Season 5 Episode 9

Episode 9

The Deal

Runtime: 44m
2000-12-11

Scott Wallace, William Hinks, and a high profile kidnapping case converge to make this one of the most explosive episode of The Practice thus far. First, Bobby is forced to choose between his responsibilities to his client and the life of a 7-year-old girl when his client knows the kidnapped girl's ...
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Season 5 Episode 10

Episode 10

Friends and Ex-Lovers

Runtime: 44m
2000-12-18

Despite a restraining order, William Hinks continues to harass Lindsay, as more questions arise as to whether or not he's the real serial killer. Meanwhile, Bobby blames himself for Scott Wallace's latest offense.

Season 5 Episode 11

Episode 11

An Early Frost

Runtime: 44m
2001-01-08

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

Season 5 Episode 12

Episode 12

Payback

Runtime: 44m
2001-01-15

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.

Season 5 Episode 13

Episode 13

The Thin Line

Runtime: 44m
2001-02-05

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 explosio...
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Season 5 Episode 14

Episode 14

The Day After (I)

Runtime: 44m
2001-02-12

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. The crossover continues on Boston Public S01E13 Chapt...
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Season 5 Episode 15

Episode 15

Awakenings

Runtime: 44m
2001-02-19

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.

Season 5 Episode 16

Episode 16

Gideon's Crossover

Runtime: 44m
2001-03-12

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).

Season 5 Episode 17

Episode 17

What Child is This?

Runtime: 44m
2001-03-19

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 goe...
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Season 5 Episode 18

Episode 18

The Confession

Runtime: 44m
2001-04-02

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 deci...
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Season 5 Episode 19

Episode 19

Home of the Brave

Runtime: 44m
2001-04-23

Lindsay presses Richard Bay to explain a questionable arrest of her client, who is an illegal alien. She ultimately discovers that the police planted drugs on her client, in order to force him to testify in a murder trial. The client refuses to testify, as the murderer is his own brother, and allows...
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Season 5 Episode 20

Episode 20

The Case of Harland Bassett

Runtime: 44m
2001-04-30

Eugene and Jimmy agree to help the mistake-prone Harland Bassett (Ernie Sabella) in the case of a young girl who developed liver damage from an antibiotic. With the odds stacked against them, the trio take on a politically-tied, deep-pocketed drug manufacturer.

Season 5 Episode 21

Episode 21

Poor Richard's Almanac

Runtime: 44m
2001-05-07

Richard Bay prosecutes a murderer being defended by Bobby. The killer warns Richard that if that jury returns with a guilty verdict, Richard should fear for his life.

Season 5 Episode 22

Episode 22

Public Servants

Runtime: 44m
2001-05-14

Helen is enraged by Richard Bay's execution and determined to punish Jackie Cahill and all other responsible parties. She makes a deal with Cahill, offering him immunity on Bay's murder plus the added bonus that she won't announce that he's a snitch and release him into the general prison population...
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