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Close to Home: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 2005 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (8): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (14): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Sep 20, 2005 · 43 min

Since having a baby with her husband Jack (Christian Kane) Annabeth has been having a more difficult time returning back to work as her cases are hitting more close to home and in

S1·E2 Core

Miranda

Oct 11, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth must choose between making a case against a kidnapping suspect or saving his victim's life. Annabeth takes a huge gamble when she denies kidnapping suspect, Derrick Adler

S1·E3 Core

Suburban Prostitution

Oct 18, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth finds it difficult to convince the women working for the ring leader to testify against her because they are afraid that their husbands will leave them and take away their

S1·E4 Core

Divine Directions

Oct 25, 2005 · 43 min

After a competency hearing finds that the woman is fit to stand trial, Annabeth tries to find a motive for the murder and discovers several skeletons in the church-going couple's c

S1·E5 Mytharc

Romeo and Juliet Murders

Nov 1, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth and Maureen prosecute a case involving siblings whose parents are found murdered after they discover a secret which the teenagers had been keeping from them. Meanwhile, Ma

S1·E6 Core

Parents on Trial

Nov 11, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth must combat the defense’s strategy of putting the victim’s parents on trial by claiming their lifestyle and the father’s relationship with the defendant is to blame

S1·E7 Core

Double Life Wife

Nov 18, 2005 · 43 min

During the investigation of the crime, Annabeth discovers a picture of the defendant and the victim's husband, leading her to believe that the murder of his wife may not have been

S1·E8 Core

Under Threat

Nov 25, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth prosecutes a case involving a gangster who resorts to violence to prevent a key witness from testifying against him. When the defendant realizes that Annabeth might be abl

S1·E9 Mytharc

Meth Murders

Dec 9, 2005 · 43 min

A man high on meth that has killed two people has apparently killed the wrong two, Annabeth discovers after beginning prosecution. During the murder investigation the defendant re

S1·E10 Core

Baseball Murder

Dec 16, 2005 · 43 min

Annabeth is assigned to try a case involving the death of a all star baseball player by an opposing player (Cole Evan Weiss). Sammy's parents seem more worried about his athletic c

S1·E11 Core

The Good Doctor

Jan 6, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth prosecutes a case involving a respected doctor who accuses a teenage delinquent of murdering his wife. Annabeth learns there's more to the story when the suspect arrested

S1·E12 Mytharc

Privilege

Jan 13, 2006 · 43 min

A successful African-American man is abducted from his home and presumed dead. A suspect is quickly arrested and refuses to cooperate, but he reveals the location of the body to h

S1·E13 Core

The Rapist Next Door

Jan 27, 2006 · 43 min

A recently paroled sex offender who moves into Annabeth's neighborhood becomes the prime suspect in the rape of a young woman. Although the victim identifies the paroled rapist as

S1·E14 Core

Dead or Alive

Feb 3, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth tries to convince the mother of a man who confesses to the murders of three people to testify against her son after a judge rules the blood found in the defendant's home i

S1·E15 Core

Reasonable Doubts

Mar 3, 2006 · 43 min

When Annabeth has to prosecute a man for killing his mother-in-law, his defense attorney creates a case against his own wife by claiming she committed the murder in order to establ

S1·E16 Mytharc

Escape

Mar 10, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth tries to build a case against a convicted criminal whom she put in jail years earlier after he is arrested for robbing a jewelry store. After he is arrested for robbery,

S1·E17 Core

Land of Opportunity

Mar 31, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth and her office investigate a string of real-estate fraud cases involving a crooked real estate developer. Annabeth and her D.A team try to help homeoowners who are being s

S1·E18 Mytharc

Still a Small Town

Apr 7, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth attempts to link several of her former classmates to the murder of their high school friend who dies after a game of touch football.

S1·E19 Core

Sex, Toys and Videotape

Apr 28, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth gets involved on a murder trial where her victim was strangled the night before her wedding. During the trial Annabeth discovers that her victim was hiding a terrible secr

S1·E20 Core

The Shot

May 5, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth brings down a high school basketball player on murder charges on the death of another teammate in court. The suspect confesses that it was an accident. During the teenager

S1·E21 Mytharc

David and Goliath

May 12, 2006 · 43 min

When a professional baseball player goes on trial for the murder of his mistress, Annabeth has to go up against a high-powered celebrity defense lawyer.

S1·E22 Mytharc

Hot Grrrl

May 19, 2006 · 43 min

Annabeth prosecutes two teenagers for the murder of a man they claim was an online sexual predator. However, the more she investigates the more the teenagers' story falls apart. An

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