01. Episode 1
Pilot.
The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.
02. Episode 2
Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
03. Episode 3
Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
04. Episode 4
A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot is infatuated by a court interpreter.
05. Episode 5
Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
06. Episode 6
Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.
07. Episode 7
A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
08. Episode 8
A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
09. Episode 9
Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
10. Episode 10
James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
11. Episode 11
A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
12. Episode 12
Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
13. Episode 13
Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.