Episode 1
Aired Sep 27, 2005
The Black Widow
Shore and Chase represent a splashy, exotic murder defendant (Heather Locklear) on trial for poisoning her much older husband; when Tara serves as Shirley's second chair, she discovers that the opposing counsel is her ex (Rupert Everett).
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 4, 2005
Schadenfreude
The murder trial of Kelly Nolan (Heather Locklear) gets under way amid a media circus; Malcolm Holmes (Rupert Everett) tries to persuade Tara to help him get a court order allowing his client to sing his uncle's trademark song.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 11, 2005
Finding Nimmo
In an effort to relieve his pain over Tia, Alan goes with Denny to do some fly-fishing and relaxing in British Columbia, where they learn that fish are being threatened by sea lice.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 18, 2005
A Whiff and a Prayer
Shirley Schmidt reluctantly enlists Denny Crane's help to defend a congressman being sued for failure to keep a campaign promise.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 25, 2005
Men to Boys
Denise Bauer frantically prepares for her defense against an auto manufacturer whose defective pick-up truck caused a fire that killed a terminally ill woman.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 1, 2005
Witches of Mass Destruction
Two groups of parents, one Christian and the other Wiccan, sue to cancel a school's Halloween pageant.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 8, 2005
Truly, Madly, Deeply
When Denny has to do pro bono work for a man who raped and killed a 13-year-old girl, he does everything he can to get off the case and winds up in jail for his efforts.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 15, 2005
The Ass Fat Jungle
When Alan's night terrors return, he asks his new, attractive secretary, Melissa, if she would sleep with him to keep him from hurting himself.
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Episode 9
Aired Dec 6, 2005
Gone
While Denise Bauer shops with her housekeeper and the woman's 4-year-old son, the boy is kidnapped by a known pedophile.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 13, 2005
Legal Deficits
Brad Chase pushes for an immediate trial after he is arrested for impersonating an FBI officer and assaulting a priest during the rescue of a a kidnapped child.
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Episode 11
Aired Jan 10, 2006
The Cancer Man Can
The law firm represents a CEO (Michael J. Fox) who used his status with a pharmaceutical company to ensure that he did not receive the placebo in a promising anti-cancer drug test.
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Episode 12
Aired Jan 17, 2006
Helping Hands
Daniel Post (Michael J. Fox) convinces his new love, Denise Bauer, that he should second-chair in her case against overbearing parents who harass their teenage daughter's teacher.
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 24, 2006
Too Much Information
Alan Shore bails out Catherine Piper (Betty White) after she goes on a spree of convenience-store holdups; Denise Bauer sues an HMO for inadequate Internet security that led to a brutal murder.
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 7, 2006
Breast in Show
The terminally ill Daniel Post (Michael J. Fox) hosts his own funeral, an event that Denise Bauer would rather not attend.
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Episode 15
Aired Feb 14, 2006
Smile
Alan Shore files a discrimination suit against a private school that refuses to admit a gifted 9-year-old girl with nerve damage that makes it impossible for her to smile.
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Episode 16
Aired Feb 21, 2006
Live Big
While trying to woo her back, Shirley Schmidt's ex-husband, Ivan Tiggs (Tom Selleck), wants her to be in his upcoming wedding to an annoyingly perky woman.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 28, 2006
... There's Fire!
Within three hours of getting married, Denny Crane is caught with another woman, and Bev Bridge demands an annulment and half her new husband's worth.
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Episode 18
Aired Mar 7, 2006
Shock and Oww!
Denny Crane finds just the right thing to cure his depression after his day-old marriage falls apart; a famous photographer's nude photos of Shirley Schmidt go up for auction.
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Episode 19
Aired Mar 14, 2006
Stick It
When Alan Shore's secretary is arrested for tax evasion, he takes on the case of the outspoken woman, who says her late, patriotic grandfather would be proud of her for challenging the government.
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Episode 20
Aired Mar 21, 2006
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
While Shirley Schmidt and former husband Ivan Tiggs (Tom Selleck) work together on a divorce case involving a couple arguing over their erotica collection, the recently remarried Ivan tries once again to woo Shirley back into his life.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 28, 2006
Word Salad Days
Denny suggests a day at the spa to cure Alan of his sudden tendency to speak unintelligible gibberish; Denise Bauer defends a polygamist whose wives believe their husband has done nothing wrong.
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Episode 22
Aired Apr 18, 2006
Ivan the Incorrigible
Believing that her ex-husband Ivan has left his new wife, Shirley begins an affair with him; Alan agrees to be co-counsel on a murder case with Jerry Espenson, who has been in therapy since threatening Shirley with a cake knife.
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Episode 23
Aired Apr 25, 2006
Race Ipsa
Denny shoots Dr. Sydney Fields after a verbal showdown during a therapy session, leaving Alan to defend him in court and the partners to ponder whether it is time to oust Denny from the firm.
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Episode 24
Aired May 2, 2006
Deep End of the Poole
Partner Edwin Poole (Larry Miller) returns to the firm after a stint in a mental institution; Denny Crane represents Alan Shore, who is arrested after advising a client accused of attempted murder to flee.
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Episode 25
Aired May 9, 2006
Squid Pro Quo
Ambitious attorney Marlene Stanger (Parker Posey) joins the firm, prompting Denise to wonder whether there is room for both of them; Denny goes head-to-head with his son over a woman who lost her baby at an inadequately supplied clinic in Nepal.
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Episode 26
Aired May 16, 2006
Spring Fever
Denny and Alan travel to Los Angeles on business and wind up taking the case of a Hollywood celebrity (Jeri Ryan) who shot a photographer; Denise tries some back-stabbing techniques when she fears Marlene may ruin her chances of making partner.
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Episode 27
Aired May 16, 2006
BL: Los Angeles
Denny and Alan travel to Los Angeles on business and wind up taking the case of a Hollywood celebrity (Jeri Ryan) who shot a photographer; Denise tries some back-stabbing techniques when she fears Marlene may ruin her chances of making partner.
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