The Guardian (season 2)
The 2nd season of The Guardian premiered on CBS on September 24, 2002, and concluded on May 13, 2003.
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Season 2 U.S. DVD Cover | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 24, 2002 – May 13, 2003 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Testimony" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | September 24, 2002 | 201 |
| A 911 operator takes a frantic phone call from Nick: Mandy is on the floor, and not breathing. | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | "Monster" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Anne McGrail | October 1, 2002 | 202 |
| After his adoptive father disowns him, Nick becomes the guardian to a true monster: Ronnie Wagner, a thirteen-year-old boy who killed then raped his adoptive mother. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 | "The Dead" | Jerry Levine | Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | October 8, 2002 | 203 |
| Controversy brews around Burton and the future of his judgeship after Caldwell commits suicide at work before the FBI can question him. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | "The Next Life" | Joan Tewkesbury | David Hollander & Rick Eid | October 15, 2002 | 204 |
| Nick and Burton form the new Fallin & Fallin, and represent the hospital in which a male nurse who worked the oncology ward confessed to killing 19 terminal patients while on duty. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | "Assuming the Position" | Mel Damski | Nick Santora & David Hollander | October 22, 2002 | 205 |
| Nick becomes the medical guardian of Bryant, a young boy whose mother is in jail and an aunt who no longer can handle him. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | "The Living" | Lee David Zlotoff | Rick Eid & David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | October 29, 2002 | 206 |
| Nick represents Dale, a young boy undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, whose only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | "The Innocent" | Juan J. Campanella | Anne McGrail | November 12, 2002 | 207 |
| Nick represents Andrea Coffey, a girl placed with her godparents after her mother died, whose brother was killed by a dog outside a junk yard during a court sanctioned visitation with their junkie father Lou. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | "The Neighborhood" | Jerry London | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | November 19, 2002 | 208 |
| Nick helps Hugh Williams, a 33-year-old retarded man with anger issues (whom Nick grew up), save his somewhat ill dog from being put to sleep at the city pound after the dog bites a police officer. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | "The Dark" | Mel Damski | David Hollander & Nick Santora | November 26, 2002 | 209 |
| Nick represents James' nephew Levi after he gets jumped in the school kitchen and refuses to uphold the student honor code by revealing which gang members are liable. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | "Sacrifice" | Michael Watkins | Rick Eid | December 10, 2002 | 210 |
| Nick represents Pittsburgh County, the hospital Brian works for, after a patient dies under Brian's care during a routine gall bladder operation. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | "No Good Deed" | Lou Antonio | David Hollander & Nick Santora | December 17, 2002 | 211 |
| After Nick gets a judge to allow 18-year-old Jesse Caputo to stay in the system until his 21st birthday so he can afford to go to college, he gets Jesse a job at Fallin. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 | "You Belong to Me" | Jessica Yu | Alfonso H. Moreno | January 7, 2003 | 212 |
| Nick's the guardian of a young boy in the midst of a custody battle between a supposedly abusive father and a mother whose own innocence begins to look suspect. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | "Ambition" | Duane Clark | Anne McGrail | January 21, 2003 | 213 |
| Nick takes the lead with Fallin's newest client, Caroline Osborne, who is moving her corporate jet leasing company from Philly to Pittsburgh. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | "Understand Your Man" | John Patterson | David Hollander & Rick Eid | February 4, 2003 | 214 |
| At an LSP benefit honoring his father, Nick meets a waitress (Sam) who is really a transvestite. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | "Where You Are" | Vahan Moosekian | Michael R. Perry | February 11, 2003 | 215 |
| Fallin & Fallin represent Rob Kagen, Nick's college roommate, in securing a patent and funding for a new device implanted in a watch that tracks your whereabouts through satellite. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | "The Weight" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | February 18, 2003 | 216 |
| Lulu asks Nick to take over her case and be the Guardian ad Litem for a baby with Krabbe's disease, a terminal and incurable disease. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 | "The Intersection" | Peter Medak | David Hollander & Nick Santora & Tom Smuts | February 25, 2003 | 217 |
| Lulu recovery from her car accident is complicated when there is swelling in her brain; Brian and Caroline disagree over Lulu's treatment. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 | "My Aim Is True" | Simon Baker | Gayley Buckner & Rick Eid & David Hollander | March 18, 2003 | 218 |
| Claire, a young, wide eyed lawyer joins Fallin & Fallin part time and assists Burton on a city case in which a rookie shoots and paralyzes a man who clearly didn't pose any physical threat during a drug bust. | ||||||
| 41 | 19 | "Back in the Ring" | Jeremy Kagan | Anne McGrail | April 1, 2003 | 219 |
| Fallin & Fallin agree to represent Tim "The Mechanic" Dohanic, a professional boxer, after he is released from prison. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 | "What It Means to You" | Jerry London | David Hollander & Rick Eid | April 22, 2003 | 220 |
| While Nick and Lulu battle it out on opposite sides of a legal case involving a church and eminent domain, they have impromptu sex in public places. | ||||||
| 43 | 21 | "Burton & Ernie" | Martha Mitchell | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | April 29, 2003 | 221 |
| After Nick and Lulu are caught by Alvin having sex in the LSP conference room, Lulu tries to gain back some of her credibility by hosting a dinner party with Nick to convince her co workers that they are a legitimate couple. | ||||||
| 44 | 22 | "Sensitive Jackals" | Joan Tewkesbury | David Hollander & Nick Santora | May 6, 2003 | 222 |
| In an attempt to combat declining business, Nick leads the charge in hiring Clay Simms, a criminal defense attorney, much to the chagrin of Jake, his former classmate. | ||||||
| 45 | 23 | "All the Rage" | David Hollander | David Hollander & Rick Eid | May 13, 2003 | 223 |
| After Nick and Lulu have a disagreement over her interviewing for a job in Berkeley, he errupts in the courtroom and is sentenced to anger management sessions. | ||||||
References
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