The Practice: Season 5
Season 5 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 The Practice Season 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
Summary Judgments
Oct 8, 2000 · 44 min
Bobby doesn't want a client to testify to avoid introducing an incriminating videotape. Helen and Richard Bay may have coached a witness in the same trial. Ellenor and Lindsay repr
Germ Warfare
Oct 15, 2000 · 44 min
Bobby struggles to overturn the guilty verdict in the Scott Wallace case. Bobby's refusal to allow Wallace to testify may be grounds for a new trial. Ellenor and Lindsay continue t
Officers of the Court
Oct 22, 2000 · 44 min
Ellenor continues the Jamison case, challenging Judge Aldrich's decision to cut her client's award. Jimmy is upset when he learns that former client Jennifer Cole is pregnant and h
Appeal and Denial
Oct 29, 2000 · 44 min
Bobby takes the Scott Wallace case to appeals, hopefully proving that prosecution witness Kyle Barrett perjured himself. Helen faces Rebecca in the courtroom in an emotional case w
We Hold These Truths...
Nov 5, 2000 · 44 min
Eugene defends a man accused of murder in a trial where the outcome hinges on the honesty of a police officer who's been living a lie. Jimmy confronts a judge whose propensity for
Brothers' Keepers
Nov 19, 2000 · 44 min
Bobby defends a man on trial for allowing his wife to be murdered in an 'honor killing'; an ancient cultural ritual used to punish adulterous behavior. Eugene reluctantly aids inco
Mr. Hinks Goes to Town
Nov 26, 2000 · 44 min
Lindsay defends a psychiatric patient who claims to be a serial killer. His psychiatrist claims he's only a disturbed individual looking for a little notoriety.
The Deal
Dec 10, 2000 · 44 min
Scott Wallace, William Hinks, and a high profile kidnapping case converge to make this one of the most explosive episode of The Practice thus far. First, Bobby is forced to choose
Friends and Ex-Lovers
Dec 17, 2000 · 44 min
Despite a restraining order, William Hinks continues to harass Lindsay, as more questions arise as to whether or not he's the real serial killer. Meanwhile, Bobby blames himself fo
An Early Frost
Jan 7, 2001 · 44 min
After Scott Wallace kills his friend, Jimmy becomes a witness for the prosecution. Bobby, meanwhile, is still defending Wallace. Lindsay is convinced that serial killer William
Payback
Jan 14, 2001 · 44 min
Bobby is arrested for conspiring to murder serial killer William Hinks. The entire firm, with Eugene at the helm, must now rally to defend him. Meanwhile, Rebecca discovers foul p
The Thin Line
Feb 4, 2001 · 44 min
Tensions at the firm are at an all-time high when Bobby is tried for the murder of William Hinks. Bobby is acquitted, though there is little to celebrate when a mysterious cassette
The Day After (I)
Feb 11, 2001 · 44 min
Unconscious and in critical need of blood, Rebecca's fate is left to a higher power when her mother refuses to allow a transfusion because of the family's religious beliefs. Bobby
Awakenings
Feb 18, 2001 · 44 min
Ellenor's chosen "sperm donor," Michael Hale, has second thoughts about the agreement over the rearing of her soon-to-be-born child. Meanwhile, Rebecca emerges from the I.C.U. and
Gideon's Crossover
Mar 11, 2001 · 44 min
Helen prosecutes an accused rapist, while doing her best to keep the 11-year-old victim off the witness stand. Meanwhile, Ellenor has complications with her pregnancy and is treate
What Child is This?
Mar 18, 2001 · 44 min
Bobby and Jimmy employ the firm's notorious "Plan B" strategy in a last-ditch effort to save a client accused of raping and murdering his teen-aged stepdaughter. Bobby makes a case
The Confession
Apr 1, 2001 · 44 min
Helen Gamble uses trickery to coerce a confession from an alleged carjacker represented by Jimmy Berluti. While Gamble feels that her means were legal and necessary to get a danger
Home of the Brave
Apr 22, 2001 · 44 min
Lindsay presses Richard Bay to explain a questionable arrest of her client, who is an illegal alien. She ultimately discovers that the police planted drugs on her client, in order
The Case of Harland Bassett
Apr 29, 2001 · 44 min
Eugene and Jimmy agree to help the mistake-prone Harland Bassett in the case of a young girl who developed liver damage from an antibiotic. With the odds stacked against them, the
Poor Richard's Almanac
May 6, 2001 · 44 min
Richard Bay prosecutes a murderer being defended by Bobby. The killer warns Richard that if that jury returns with a guilty verdict, Richard should fear for his life.
Public Servants
May 13, 2001 · 44 min
Helen is enraged by Richard Bay's execution and determined to punish Jackie Cahill and all other responsible parties. She makes a deal with Cahill, offering him immunity on Bay's m