Kate Brasher
The show follows a young single mother raising two high school-age boys in Los Angeles while juggling multiple minimum-wage jobs. Masterson's character is stiffed on a paycheck and subsequently referred to a local nonprofit advocacy center for help in making her employer pay up. Intrigued by the agency's cases, she winds up with a job as a case worker for them.
- 2001-2001
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama
The show follows a young single mother raising two high school-age boys in Los Angeles while juggling multiple minimum-wage jobs. Masterson's character is stiffed on a paycheck and subsequently referred to a local nonprofit advocacy center for help in making her employer pay up. Intrigued by the agency's cases, she winds up with a job as a case worker for them.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2001
Episode 1
Kate
Sat, Feb 24, 2001
Kate finds herself on the verge of getting evicted from her apartment and fired from one of her jobs. Daniel gets into trouble when he loses a $300 dollar sports wager trying to help his mother come up with the rent money.
Episode 2
Simon
Sat, Mar 3, 2001 60 mins
Kate is faced with having to help a artistically talented young boy who the school wants to put on a calming drug. Brother's keeper has a lady working off community service starting out as a nuisance, but finally saves the day.
Episode 3
Jeff
Sat, Mar 10, 2001
Joe and Hannah, a Brothers Keepers volunteer, are both shot by a 12-year-old boy. Following the attack, Joe must make the difficult decision to help keep the boy from being tried as an adult. Kate intervenes in a case of gay spousal abuse.
Episode 4
Jackson
Sat, Mar 24, 2001
Kate begins to help Jackson Turner, an exonerated death row inmate, get back on his feet. Joe runs for city council.
Episode 5
Tracy
Sat, Apr 7, 2001
Kate gets her first case, a mother who has turned her life around and wants her children back, but Kate doesn't think the woman is ready for the responsibility.
Episode 6
Georgia
Sat, Apr 14, 2001
Kate is assigned to go out and inform runaway teenagers about Brothers Keepers and a shelter for runaways called Grove House. Kate encounters Georgia, who plans to camp out illegally, but Kate talks her into going to Grove House.