Philly
A new lawyer tries to maintain her distance from her sometimes guilty clients, but building a good rep threatens to overcome her passion.
- 2001-2002
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
A new lawyer tries to maintain her distance from her sometimes guilty clients, but building a good rep threatens to overcome her passion.
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
Pilot
Tue, Sep 25, 2001 43 mins
Kathleen's partner has a nervous breakdown and she is forced to handle all of her cases, one which includes a suspected thief who turns out to be a murderer.
Episode 2
Porn Again
Tue, Oct 2, 2001 45 mins
Kathleen clears Anthony of murder charges but also clears Jerome of theft charges.
Episode 3
Light My Fire
Tue, Oct 9, 2001 44 mins
Kathleen and Danny deal with Patrick's fighting at school while Kathleen uses her father's arrest for another bar fight to help prove her point to Patrick.
Episode 4
Tempus Fugitive
Tue, Oct 16, 2001 45 mins
Kathleen temporarily harbors an innocent fugitive, which drives Danny to seek retaliation through his power as the district attorney.
Episode 5
Philly Folly
Tue, Oct 23, 2001 44 mins
Kathleen has less than a day to get a motion approved to have a falsely accused client released to attend his mother's funeral.
Episode 6
Blown Away
Tue, Nov 13, 2001 45 mins
A client threatens Kathleen's son to keep her from revealing his plans to kill the one person who could put him away for assault; drug charges against a mobster's daughter hint at a dirty deal within Dan's office; and Will is faced with putting a defendant on the stand knowing that she may lie about her husband's fatal postcoital mishap.
Episode 7
Prisoner of Love
Tue, Nov 20, 2001 45 mins
Kathleen defends a lonely prison guard who is charged with having sex with an inmate.
Episode 8
Truth or Consequence
Tue, Nov 27, 2001 45 mins
Kathleen witnesses a robbery and the assailant turns out to be a client she's defending in another case.
Episode 9
Loving Sons
Tue, Dec 4, 2001 44 mins
Kathleen continues to fight to keep a kid out of an adult rehabilitation facility for the accidental murder of another kid.
Episode 10
Fork You Very Much
Tue, Dec 11, 2001 44 mins
Kathleen is forced to defend a rapist whose main evidence can easily be thrown out of court.
Episode 11
Live and Leg Die
Tue, Dec 18, 2001 44 mins
Kathleen defends a drug addict falsely accused of killing a cop.
Episode 12
The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds
Tue, Jan 8, 2002 60 mins
Will tries to stop a man from serving jail time for a bogus possession charge just to spite his unfaithful rabbi father; Kathleen scores an unusual first date, thanks to her dim diamond-thief client, while another case has her backing up a man intent on serving as his own lawyer.
Episode 13
Ripley, Believe It or Not
Tue, Jan 15, 2002 44 mins
A teen on trial for the murder of her mom's abusive lover has Kathleen rethinking the case---and who did the killing; Will's repeat offender makes an insane attempt to avoid jail time by attacking his own lawyer during sentencing; and Judge Ripley decides to lay down the law with one of City Hall's most available attorneys.
Episode 14
Meat Me in Philly
Tue, Feb 5, 2002 45 mins
A dying man's confession gives Kathleen what she needs to get a convicted rapist a new trial; Will and Erin clash in court over a wife charged with assaulting her husband with a frozen steak; and a Maguire & Froman client takes a dramatic leap of faith to avoid a certain prison sentence.
Episode 15
Lies of Minelli
Tue, Feb 26, 2002 42 mins
Kathleen races to get her wrongfully convicted client a new trial after finding that evidence may have been swept under the rug. Meanwhile, the owner of escort service recruits Maguire & Froman to clear her name in a prostitution case that could ruin her career - and her clients; and Will defends a high-school teacher accused of sexually molesting a student, who may have a darker secret to protect.
Episode 16
Here Comes the Judge
Tue, Mar 5, 2002 45 mins
Dan plays dirty after learning that Kathleen will be defending a madam in Ripley's courtroom; Will and Lisa hash out the ins and outs of their affair while trapped in a City Hall elevator; a law student derails his future with an unlawful protest tactic against a professor.
Episode 17
There's No Business Like No Business
Tue, Mar 12, 2002 45 mins
Dan's office plays hardball with Maguire & Froman after Kathleen testifies against a well-connected D.A. who's looking to try a shady case just for the easy win. But it's Will's innocent date-rape client who may pay the price for Kathleen's crusade once Terry is ordered to make sure the kid is sent away.
Episode 18
Brotherly Love
Tue, Mar 19, 2002 45 mins
Ripley comes under fire after Chris Maguire is busted for falsely claiming to have bribed the judge involved with his sister, while Dan sees the whole investigation as a plot to keep him from running for office. Meanwhile, Will puts his life on the line to get firsthand proof that his client has reliable testimony about a wanted killer.
Episode 19
San Diego Padre
Tue, Apr 16, 2002 45 mins
Kathleen battles Terry over parental rights while defending a man's efforts to keep his recovering-addict wife away from their son. Meanwhile, Will takes some extreme steps of his own to protect a client from the mobster he's accused of robbing.
Episode 20
Tall Tales
Tue, Apr 23, 2002 45 mins
Kathleen and Erin clash in court over a woman charged with killing her rapist; Will defends a little person who attacked a fellow tabloid talk-show guest; the campaign for district attorney gets ugly as Cabretti goes after the dirt on Dan's abusive past.
Episode 21
Thanks for the Mammaries
Tue, Apr 23, 2002 44 mins
A stripper accused of stealing from her club leads Will to the establishment's owner - and the truth about Dan's DA rival; Terry has a hard time with a mercy-killing case that hits too close to home.
Episode 22
Mojo Rising
Tue, May 28, 2002 44 mins
An obsessed former juror makes life very scary for Judge Ripley; Kathleen refuses to give up on a client on trial for shooting his attacker; and Will pulls a fast one to get his voodoo-spewing client cleared of a fraud charge.