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The Practice·Season 1·1997·6 episodes

Season 1

The Practice

Between Justice And Morality Can We Choose?

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Season 1

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The Practice (1997), Season 1 is the legal drama you can watch online on iFILM — six episodes that open Bobby Donnell's threadbare Boston law firm for business.

Donnell started out wanting to defend the innocent. The bills said otherwise. Across these episodes he plea-bargains an armed-robbery client down, Eugene takes a hopeless case on a bet, and Lindsay walks into her first jury trial scared stiff — squaring off against a tobacco giant and the law professor who once graded her. Running underneath it all is the season's hardest case: Dr. Braun, a father, kills the man set free after murdering his daughter, and the firm has to mount a defense where the statute and the conscience pull opposite ways.

Created by David E. Kelley for ABC, this debut run sets the tone the show kept for years — sympathy for lawyers walking a moral tightrope. It rewards anyone who likes courtroom stories without tidy endings. Stream The Practice Season 1 online on iFILM.

Season 1

6 episodes

  • Part I (Pilot)
    S1·E1

    Part I (Pilot)

    March 4, 1997 · 44 min

    Bobby defends Rachel Reynolds, a young woman facing drug charges. She is not a drug dealer, but was trying to cover for her brother. Lindsay represents Emerson Ray, who is suing a tobacco company in a wrongful death suit. Lindsay's favourite law professor, Anderson Pearson, represents the defence. Eugene represents "Free Willy", a man who exposes himself in public.

  • Part II
    S1·E2

    Part II

    March 11, 1997 · 44 min

    Bobby represents a man facing armed robbery charges. His strategy is to plead out to lesser charges. Eugene's client fears for her and her 11 year old son's safety, at the hands of her ex-husband. Eugene makes several attempts to get a restraining order. The situation has deadly consequences. Bobby tries to secure a loan and pays a visit to Jimmy Berluti, his friend and banker.

  • Trial and Error
    S1·E3

    Trial and Error

    March 18, 1997 · 44 min

    Bobby plans to represent Gerald Braun in a wrongful death suit against Ronald Martin. Eugene's "Free Willy" returns, after being arrested in a peculiar position with a hooker. Defence Lawyers in the Emerson Ray case make a motion to have the case dismissed. Bobby fears that the judge is biased. Jimmy, Bobby's friend the banker, is fired for approving a construction loan under false pretences and Bobby decides to hire him.

  • Part IV
    S1·E4

    Part IV

    March 25, 1997 · 44 min

    An extremely nervous Lindsey goes up against the tobacco industry and her old Law School Professor in her very first jury trial. Outraged by the release of his daughter's killer, Dr. Braun takes matters into his own hands.

  • Part V
    S1·E5

    Part V

    April 1, 1997 · 44 min

    Preparing for Dr. Braun's murder trial, Jimmy comes up with a controversial defence after the client refuses to argue temporary insanity. Meanwhile, Eugene bets both Lindsey and an ADA that he can win a hopeless case, and Ellenor finally comes face to face with the Podiatrist she met through the personal ads.

  • Part VI
    S1·E6

    Part VI

    April 8, 1997 · 44 min

    Dr. Braun's emotional and outrageous murder trial finally begins, with Bobby going up against a known ADA who is also a famous Rabbi. Eugene represents a boy accused of statutory rape, after he impregnates a 13 year old girl.

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