Law and Order...Without the Order.
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
CreatorsGeorge F. Walker, Dani Romain, Bernard Zukerman
Episode 1
Jan 12, 2004
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.
Episode 2
Jan 19, 2004
Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
Episode 3
Jan 26, 2004
Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
Episode 4
Feb 2, 2004
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.
Episode 5
Feb 8, 2004
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.
Episode 6
Feb 9, 2004
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.
Episode 7
Feb 16, 2004
A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
Episode 8
Mar 1, 2004
A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
Episode 9
Mar 8, 2004
Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
Episode 10
Mar 15, 2004
James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
Episode 11
Mar 22, 2004
A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
Episode 12
Mar 29, 2004
Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
Episode 13
Apr 5, 2004
Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.
Peter McGinn
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I will edit this probably after I watch this show again, as it has been many years since I have seen it, but for now I will put down my remembered thoughts. When this show was running in Canada, I arranged for us here in the U.S. to receive Canadian satellite tv for a British show we couldn’t get any other way. As a bonus we were able to watch a few excellent Canadian productions, such as The Rick Mercer Report, Corner Gas, and This is Wonderland. The movie description says this show has comedic elements, which is does, but I recall it is more than that. It is a quirky show about a serious career, the law. You will meet oddball judges and clients, and harried, underpaid lawyers trying to get through the legal system for those who can’t afford to buy justice. In my mind this show is a sort of precursor to shows like The Good Wife or Better Call Saul. Not that they were directly influenced by it necessarily, but just that it pointed in that direction. It is a non sitcom version of night court, perhaps We really enjoyed it, so much so that after we saw it on satellite, I recorded all the shows I could, and I still have those on dvd. I look forward to watching them again, and perhaps will check back here with an update.
