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Summary David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning legal drama, The Practice, had eight amazing seasons, with promising, provocative, issue-related stories, coupled with the writer's trademark humor. Set in Boston, The Practice centers on a firm of passionate attorneys to whom every case is important and every client worth a fight to the end. Legal...

Directed By: Bill D'Elia

Written By: David E. Kelley, Frank Renzulli

  • TV-PG
  • ABC
  • May 2, 2004
  • 41 m
  • TV-PG
  • ABC
  • May 2, 2004
  • 41 m
The Practice
S8 • Episode 21
New Hoods on the Block
Air Date: May 2, 2004
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Summary David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning legal drama, The Practice, had eight amazing seasons, with promising, provocative, issue-related stories, coupled with the writer's trademark humor. Set in Boston, The Practice centers on a firm of passionate attorneys to whom every case is important and every client worth a fight to the end. Legal...

Created By: David E. Kelley

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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 2003 • 42 m
We the People
Ellenor defends a man accused of killing his pregnant wife. Eugene and Jimmy defend a female vigilante who killed a drug dealer. Tara hates the firm's new partner Alan. Alan defends a homeless man who planted an unwanted kiss on a woman.
Episode 2 • Oct 5, 2003 • 41 m
The Chosen
Alan takes the case of a lawyer (Sharon Stone) fired for claiming that she can talk to God. Ellenor's client Stanfield (Chris O'Donnell) takes the stand but doesn't come off well. His daughter exposes a shocking secret.
Episode 3 • Oct 12, 2003 • 42 m
Cause of Action
Alan invites Shelia (Sharon Stone) to join the practice. She takes the case of a cuckolded husband. Brad Stanfield shocks Ellen with the truth. She conveys it to Alan, who takes it to the D.A., thereby risking disbarment.
Episode 4 • Oct 19, 2003 • 42 m
Blessed Are They
Alan gets appointed to defend a serial toilet cleaner. Sheila, becoming more unstable, jumps at defending a taxidermist stuffing his mom's head. Brad gets another lawyer,
Episode 5 • Oct 26, 2003 • 41 m
The Heat of Passion
Eugene is forced to defend a white supremacist. Jamie represents a woman who was refused by an airline because of her size. Meanwhile, Alan and Tara try to piece together a defense for Roland Huff.
Episode 6 • Nov 2, 2003 • 43 m
The Lonely People
Eugene and Jimmy continue their defense of white supremacist Jonathan Macklin, when the case takes a surprising turn. Alan and Tara try to help Roland Huff, who is fast unraveling. Jamie questions her relationship with Eugene.
Episode 7 • Nov 9, 2003 • 42 m
Rape Shield
Jimmy defends a man accused of aggravated rape, who faces 25 years in prison. Alan and Jamie get in trouble when Ellenor and Eugene discover the truth about Melissa Kenner's settlement with the airline.
Episode 8 • Nov 23, 2003 • 41 m
Concealing Evidence
Alan Shore hacks into opposing counsel's computer to win a settlement for a client suing a drug manufacturer for causing her husband's suicide; Shore hides a murder weapon to protect a mentally unbalanced client accused of murder.
Episode 9 • Nov 30, 2003 • 42 m
Victims' Rights
Alan Shore defends a twelve-year-old girl who is trying to escape an arranged marriage in her home country. Meanwhile, Eugene tries to help a man who is seeking justice for the brutal murder of his wife.
Episode 10 • Dec 7, 2003 • 40 m
Equal Justice
Alan Shore uses unorthodox tactics when he's appointed by the court to defend a young man accused of murder. Meanwhile, Tara must try her first case when she's thrown into covering Shore's previously scheduled client.
Episode 11 • Jan 11, 2004 • 40 m
Police State
Episode 12 • Jan 18, 2004 • 40 m
Avenging Angels
Episode 13 • Jan 25, 2004 • 40 m
Going Home
Episode 14 • Feb 22, 2004 • 43 m
Pre-Trial Blues
An ongoing, sensational murder case besets Shore with pre-trial anxieties centering on jury selection; a hostile judge; a priest's confession; and suspicions of malpractice that involve a manipulative witness for the prosecution.
Episode 15 • Mar 7, 2004 • 43 m
Mr. Shore Goes to Town
Shore plays hardball to defend his client, exposing a priest friend's secret, as well as the affair he had with the accused's mother.
Episode 16 • Mar 14, 2004 • 42 m
In Good Conscience
Eugene and Jimmy conspire to get rid of Shore without telling Ellenor. Jamie sues a hospital for negligence in the death of a pregnant woman.
Episode 17 • Mar 21, 2004 • 42 m
War of the Roses
Shore sabotages the firm's computers, and he hires Crane, Poole and Schmidt to sue them for wrongful termination. Alan meets Denny Crane (William Shatner) for the first time. Ellenor defends a woman who slapped a cop.
Episode 18 • Mar 28, 2004 • 43 m
The Case Against Alan Shore
The firm fights Shore and Denny Crane in court. Ellenor tries to re-hire Tara to get her back on the side of the firm.
Episode 19 • Apr 18, 2004 • 42 m
The Firm
Friction at the firm gets to Jimmy, who's torn between loyalties and principles. Meanwhile, tension besets Shore as he crosses swords with his brilliant but erratic new boss, whose behavior raises questions of competence.
Episode 20 • Apr 25, 2004 • 40 m
Comings and Goings
Episode 21 • May 2, 2004 • 41 m
New Hoods on the Block
Berluti's new practice is threatened by a lawyer who considers the neighborhood "his" turf; Hannah and Ellenor face off in a products liability case; Shore admits his feelings for Tara; and Eugene is appointed a judge.
Episode 22 • May 16, 2004 • 42 m
Adjourned (a.k.a. Cheers)
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