Street Legal: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Street Legal Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
A Powerful Prison Story
Oct 7, 1988
Disconsolate and angry about the suspicious shooting death of his brother by a prison guide, fellow inmate Tony Azzarello seeks advice from Carrie Barr.
The Waiting Chair
Oct 14, 1988
Leon is asked to defend Ray Gilson, an American purse snatcher. Charged with first-degree murder in Florida, the black youth faces almost certain extradition and possibly the elect
Elliot vs. McTavish
Oct 21, 1988
Chuck finds himself at odds with his partners and his wife when he represents the head of an anti-abortion group who has caused Joan Elliot to miscarry during a demonstration outsi
State of Mind
Oct 28, 1988
Judge John Caldwell, who Carrie earlier accused of racism, hires her to defend him on a murder charge.
The Homecoming
Nov 4, 1988
Leon is horrified when a TV newscaster names a juvenile offender he is representing on air which is not permitted under Canadian law.
Mondo Condo
Nov 11, 1988
Chuck's friend, Walter, wants Chuck to help him acquire funding for condos; Olivia's client is a wheelchair-bound actor who was rejected for a commercial for a handicapped-aid agen
Murder by Video
Nov 18, 1988
A morbid young man, Dave involves his school friend Rob in the making of a video. But the project ends in tragedy when Dave is killed and Rob is charged with criminal negligence.
Whose Woods are These
Nov 25, 1988
Conspiracy, sabotage and betrayal lead to tragedy for Leon's client a radical environmentist intent on saving a forest from destruction by a greedy land developer.
Act of Silence
Dec 2, 1988
Carrie struggles with her personal and legal ethics while defending an unbalanced religious fanatic charged with murdering a prositute.
Equal Partners
Dec 9, 1988
When Leon represents an old friend with AIDS in a divorce case, he expects the worst, but not from his partners. While his wife is out of town,Chuck asks Olivia out for a dinner, b
Cat and Mouse
Dec 16, 1988
As a challenge to each other, Olivia and Carrie swap cases to see if they can handle the types of cases the other usually handles. The results aren't what either one expected.
Basketball Story
Jan 6, 1989
Carrie's client Wendel ""Sky"" Walker is a talented basketball star who may lose his college scholarship and a chance at the NBA as a result of a drug charge. Leon negotiates custo
Principles
Jan 13, 1989
Chuck and Olivia try to help a young Mennonite who's been swindled out of five million dollars, but face stiff opposition from the con man's lawyer and the Mennonite community itse
Brotherhoods
Jan 21, 1989
Carrie finally gets to meeet Nick's mother but suddenly she and Nick face the end of their relationship when Carrie proves that Mario Pestano, a father figure to Nick, is a corrupt
Beauties and Beasts
Jan 27, 1989
Chuck becomes emotionally involved when he represents Angeline Chante, a 15-year-old model suing her mother. Leon helps a woman enforce her sister's living will. Olivia tells Carri
In Search Of A Dream
Feb 3, 1989
Leon represents Ryan Lewis in an official-guardian case that calls into question the ancient Ojibway ritual of Dreamquest.
Slipping Through the Cracks
Feb 10, 1989
Carrie defends her young cousin Ricky Palmer twice before learning that he has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.
Conflict of Interest
Feb 17, 1989
Chuck's latest get-rich-quick scheme ends disasrrously when he is accused of conflict of interest and charged with fraud over a shady business deal. Olivia and Gloria expose a pupp
World-Class City
Feb 24, 1989
Tensions between Leon and Chuck esculate when they learn they are representing opposing sides in a land-development dispute.