The Guardian (season 1)
The 1st season of The Guardian premiered on CBS on September 25, 2001, and concluded on May 21, 2002.
| The Guardian (season 1) | |
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 Season 1 U.S. DVD Cover | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 25, 2001 – May 21, 2002 |
| Season chronology | |
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Simon Baker as Nicholas "Nick" Fallin
- Dabney Coleman as Burton Fallin
- Alan Rosenberg as Alvin Masterson
- Wendy Moniz as Louisa "Lulu" Archer
- Raphael Sbarge as Jake Straka
- Charles Malik Whitfield as James Mooney
- Amanda Michalka as Shannon Gressler
- Erica Leerhsen as Amanda Bowles
- Kathleen Chalfant as Laurie Solt
Episodes
See also: List of The Guardian episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander & Elisa Bell | September 25, 2001 | 101 |
| Corporate Attorney, Nick Fallen has just been assigned to work community service hours in Children's Legal Services. His first child advocacy case involves deciding the proper custody of young Hunter Reed, who has just witnessed his father kill his mother. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Reunion" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander | October 2, 2001 | 102 |
| Nick must help young Hunter Reed choose whether or not to lie to secure his father's freedom. Meanwhile, he decides to take legal action on an incident that is personal to him. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Paternity" | Joan Tewkesbury | Michael R. Perry | October 9, 2001 | 103 |
| Nick works to help a prostitute and her 11-year-old handicapped son attempt to collect child support from his biological father, and he must represent the person of a woman and find the person's client, who fathered the boy. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Lolita?" | Charles Haid | David Hollander | October 16, 2001 | 104 |
| Nick is asked to represent a 15-year-old girl who accuses her cop father of raping her. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Men from the Boys" | Peter Levin | Peter Parnell | October 23, 2001 | 105 |
| Fallen and Associates take on a sexual harassment case while Nick works to get a homeless gay teen off the streets of the city of Pittsburgh. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Indian Summer" | Lou Antonio | David Hollander | October 30, 2001 | 106 |
| Nick is duped in a sexual encounter with a mature looking seventeen-year-old girl, who he ends up having to represent in an adoption case. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Feeding Frenzy" | Peter Medak | Alfonso H. Moreno | November 6, 2001 | 107 |
| Burton Fallen is forced to defend his company when associate Jake Straka, hits and kills a fellow lawyer, while driving his car delivering some files for the law firm. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Heart" | Jeremy Kagan | David Hollander | November 20, 2001 | 108 |
| Nick becomes emotionally attached to a terminally ill 12-year-old girl, who cannot get the heart transplant she needs to live, until she is legally adopted. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Funnies" | Lou Antonio | Peter Parnell & Michael R. Perry | November 27, 2001 | 109 |
| Alvin asks Nick to represent Barbara's son, when the teenager is arrested and busted for drug possession. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Loyalties" | Arvin Brown | David Hollander | December 11, 2001 | 110 |
| One of Burton's partners leaves the firm and immediately commences trying to lure away the best and brightest a Fallen & Associates, including Nick. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Home" | Oz Scott | David Hollander & Alfonso H. Moreno | December 18, 2001 | 111 |
| Alvin goes up against Burton Fallen int court, when he agrees to defend his ex wife (Polly Draper) in a wrongful termination case. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Causality" | Jeremy Kagan | David Hollander & Peter Parnell | January 8, 2002 | 112 |
| Nick begins work at Kirk & McGee and his first responsibility is to oversee a deal which involves a father essentially giving his son his $40 million company. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Privilege" | Graeme Clifford | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | January 22, 2002 | 113 |
| Burton and Nick represent a family's interest when their daughter is killed in a scuba diving accident. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Family" | Andy Wolk | Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno | February 5, 2002 | 114 |
| Nick's aunt and cousin come back into Nick and Burton's lives in order to have Burton broker a deal to sell the aunt's company. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "In Loco Parentis" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander | February 26, 2002 | 115 |
| Nick represents a drug addicted mother as she attempts to regain custody of her children. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Solidarity" | Lou Antonio | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | March 5, 2002 | 116 |
| Burton and Nick have been having a difficult time trying to resolve a labor dispute at a local factory, as the union leaders refuse to recommend the new, and seemingly fair, contract. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "The Divide" | Alan Myerson | Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | March 12, 2002 | 117 |
| Nick attempts to help two young brothers stay together in foster care when a prospective adoptive parent only wants to take one of the boys. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Mothers of the Disappeared" | Steven Robman | David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | March 26, 2002 | 118 |
| Nick begins the legal process of declaring a woman's missing daughter dead, to enable the mother to have access to the daughter's trust fund. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Lawyers, Guns & Money" | Jerry Levine | Rick Eid & Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | April 9, 2002 | 119 |
| In exchange for covering up of some technical violations of his probation, Nick agrees to help his probation officer purchase a strip club with his girlfriend. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Shelter" | Steve Gomer | Michael R. Perry & Rick Eid & David Hollander | May 7, 2002 | 120 |
| Nick and Lulu discover that two homeless teenagers have been living in Lulu's newly purchased home when they hear the screams of the young girl giving birth. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Chinese Wall" | Joan Tewkesbury | Peter Parnell & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | May 14, 2002 | 121 |
| Nick represents the biggest developer in the city who wants to buy a controversial piece of land for development. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Beginning" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander & Anne McGrail | May 21, 2002 | 122 |
| Burton shocks the firm, and his son Nick when after being appointed a Federal judge, he announces that former Senator Caldwell will assume leadership of the firm. | ||||||
References
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