List of The Guardian episodes

This is a list of the 67 episodes for The Guardian, an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. The series revolved around Nick Fallin, a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focused on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father who was president of the corporate law firm where Nick was employed full-time.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	22		September 25, 2001	May 21, 2002
	2	23		September 24, 2002	May 13, 2003
	3	22		September 23, 2003	May 4, 2004

Episodes

Season 1 (2001–02)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Pilot"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander	September 25, 2001	100
Corporate Attorney, Nick Fallen has just been assigned to work community service hours in Children's Legal Services. His first child advocacy case involves deciding the proper custody of young Hunter Reed, who has just witnessed his father kill his mother.
2	2	"Reunion"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander	October 2, 2001	102
Nick must help young Hunter Reed choose whether or not to lie to secure his father's freedom. Meanwhile, he decides to take legal action on an incident that is personal to him.
3	3	"Paternity"	Joan Tewkesbury	Michael R. Perry	October 9, 2001	104
Nick works to help a prostitute and her 11-year-old handicapped son attempt to collect child support from his biological father, and he must represent the person of a woman and find the person's client, who fathered the boy.
4	4	"Lolita?"	Charles Haid	David Hollander	October 16, 2001	101
Nick is asked to represent a 15-year-old girl who accuses her cop father of raping her.
5	5	"The Men from the Boys"	Peter Levin	Peter Parnell	October 23, 2001	103
Fallen and Associates take on a sexual harassment case while Nick works to get a homeless gay teen off the streets of the city of Pittsburgh.
6	6	"Indian Summer"	Lou Antonio	David Hollander	October 30, 2001	105
Nick is duped in a sexual encounter with a mature looking seventeen-year-old girl, who he ends up having to represent in an adoption case.
7	7	"Feeding Frenzy"	Peter Medak	Alfonso H. Moreno	November 6, 2001	106
Burton Fallen is forced to defend his company when associate Jake Straka, hits and kills a fellow lawyer, while driving his car delivering some files for the law firm.
8	8	"Heart"	Jeremy Kagan	David Hollander	November 20, 2001	107
Nick becomes emotionally attached to a terminally ill 12-year-old girl, who cannot get the heart transplant she needs to live, until she is legally adopted.
9	9	"The Funnies"	Lou Antonio	Teleplay by: Michael R. Perry Story by: Michael R. Perry & Peter Parnell	November 27, 2001	108
Alvin asks Nick to represent Barbara's son, when the teenager is arrested and busted for drug possession.
10	10	"Loyalties"	Arvin Brown	David Hollander	December 11, 2001	109
One of Burton's partners leaves the firm and immediately commences trying to lure away the best and brightest at Fallen & Associates, including Nick.
11	11	"Home"	Oz Scott	David Hollander & Alfonso H. Moreno	December 18, 2001	110
Alvin goes up against Burton Fallen in court, when he agrees to defend his ex wife (Polly Draper) in a wrongful termination case.
12	12	"Causality"	Jeremy Kagan	David Hollander & Peter Parnell	January 8, 2002	111
Nick begins work at Kirk & McGee and his first responsibility is to oversee a deal which involves a father essentially giving his son his $40 million company.
13	13	"Privilege"	Graeme Clifford	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	January 22, 2002	112
Burton and Nick represent a family's interest when their daughter is killed in a scuba diving accident.
14	14	"Family"	Andy Wolk	Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno	February 5, 2002	113
Nick's aunt and cousin come back into Nick and Burton's lives in order to have Burton broker a deal to sell the aunt's company.
15	15	"In Loco Parentis"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander	February 26, 2002	114
Nick represents a drug addicted mother as she attempts to regain custody of her children.
16	16	"Solidarity"	Lou Antonio	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	March 5, 2002	115
Burton and Nick have been having a difficult time trying to resolve a labor dispute at a local factory, as the union leaders refuse to recommend the new, and seemingly fair, contract.
17	17	"The Divide"	Alan Myerson	Teleplay by: David Hollander & Alfonso H. Moreno Story by: Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	March 12, 2002	116
Nick attempts to help two young brothers stay together in foster care when a prospective adoptive parent only wants to take one of the boys.
18	18	"Mothers of the Disappeared"	Steven Robman	David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	March 26, 2002	117
Nick begins the legal process of declaring a woman's missing daughter dead, to enable the mother to have access to the daughter's trust fund.
19	19	"Lawyers, Guns & Money"	Jerry Levine	Teleplay by: David Hollander & Michael R. Perry Story by: David Hollander & Rick Eid & Michael R. Perry	April 9, 2002	118
In exchange for covering up of some technical violations of his probation, Nick agrees to help his probation officer purchase a strip club with his girlfriend.
20	20	"Shelter"	Steve Gomer	Michael R. Perry & Rick Eid & David Hollander	May 7, 2002	119
Nick and Lulu discover that two homeless teenagers have been living in Lulu's newly purchased home when they hear the screams of the young girl giving birth.
21	21	"The Chinese Wall"	Joan Tewkesbury	Peter Parnell & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	May 14, 2002	120
Nick represents the biggest developer in the city who wants to buy a controversial piece of land for development.
22	22	"The Beginning"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander & Anne McGrail	May 21, 2002	121
Burton shocks the firm, and his son Nick when after being appointed a Federal judge, he announces that former Senator Caldwell will assume leadership of the firm.

Season 2 (2002–03)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
23	1	"Testimony"	Kevin Rodney Sullivan	David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	September 24, 2002	201
A 911 operator takes a frantic phone call from Nick: Mandy is on the floor, and not breathing.
24	2	"Monster"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Anne McGrail	October 1, 2002	202
After his adoptive father disowns him, Nick becomes the guardian to a true monster: Ronnie Wagner, a thirteen-year-old boy who killed then raped his adoptive mother.
25	3	"The Dead"	Jerry Levine	Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	October 8, 2002	203
Controversy brews around Burton and the future of his judgeship after Caldwell commits suicide at work before the FBI can question him.
26	4	"The Next Life"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Rick Eid	October 15, 2002	204
Nick and Burton form the new Fallin & Fallin, and represent the hospital in which a male nurse who worked the oncology ward confessed to killing 19 terminal patients while on duty.
27	5	"Assuming the Position"	Mel Damski	Nick Santora & David Hollander	October 22, 2002	205
Nick becomes the medical guardian of Bryant, a young boy whose mother is in jail and an aunt who no longer can handle him.
28	6	"The Living"	Lee David Zlotoff	Rick Eid & David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	October 29, 2002	206
Nick represents Dale, a young boy undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, whose only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant.
29	7	"The Innocent"	Juan J. Campanella	Anne McGrail	November 12, 2002	207
Nick represents Andrea Coffey, a girl placed with her godparents after her mother died, whose brother was killed by a dog outside a junk yard during a court sanctioned visitation with their junkie father Lou.
30	8	"The Neighborhood"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	November 19, 2002	208
Nick helps Hugh Williams, a 33-year-old intellectually disabled man with anger issues (with whom Nick grew up), save his somewhat ill dog from being put to sleep at the city pound after the dog bites a police officer.
31	9	"The Dark"	Mel Damski	David Hollander & Nick Santora	November 26, 2002	209
Nick represents James' nephew Levi after he gets jumped in the school kitchen and refuses to uphold the student honor code by revealing which gang members are liable.
32	10	"Sacrifice"	Michael Watkins	Rick Eid	December 10, 2002	210
Nick represents Pittsburgh County, the hospital Brian works for, after a patient dies under Brian's care during a routine gall bladder operation.
33	11	"No Good Deed"	Lou Antonio	David Hollander & Nick Santora	December 17, 2002	211
After Nick gets a judge to allow 18-year-old Jesse Caputo to stay in the system until his 21st birthday so he can afford to go to college, he gets Jesse a job at Fallin.
34	12	"You Belong to Me"	Jessica Yu	Alfonso H. Moreno	January 7, 2003	212
Nick's the guardian of a young boy in the midst of a custody battle between a supposedly abusive father and a mother whose own innocence begins to look suspect.
35	13	"Ambition"	Duane Clark	Anne McGrail	January 21, 2003	213
Nick takes the lead with Fallin's newest client, Caroline Osborne, who is moving her corporate jet leasing company from Philly to Pittsburgh.
36	14	"Understand Your Man"	John Patterson	David Hollander & Rick Eid	February 4, 2003	214
At an LSP benefit honoring his father, Nick meets a waitress (Sam) who is really a transvestite.
37	15	"Where You Are"	Vahan Moosekian	Michael R. Perry	February 11, 2003	215
Fallin & Fallin represent Rob Kagen, Nick's college roommate, in securing a patent and funding for a new device implanted in a watch that tracks your whereabouts through satellite.
38	16	"The Weight"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	February 18, 2003	216
Lulu asks Nick to take over her case and be the Guardian ad Litem for a baby with Krabbe's disease, a terminal and incurable disease.
39	17	"The Intersection"	Peter Medak	David Hollander & Nick Santora & Tom Smuts	February 25, 2003	217
Lulu recovery from her car accident is complicated when there is swelling in her brain; Brian and Caroline disagree over Lulu's treatment.
40	18	"My Aim Is True"	Simon Baker	Gayley Buckner & Rick Eid & David Hollander	March 18, 2003	218
Claire, a young, wide eyed lawyer joins Fallin & Fallin part time and assists Burton on a city case in which a rookie shoots and paralyzes a man who clearly didn't pose any physical threat during a drug bust.
41	19	"Back in the Ring"	Jeremy Kagan	Anne McGrail	April 1, 2003	219
Fallin & Fallin agree to represent Tim "The Mechanic" Dohanic, a professional boxer, after he is released from prison.
42	20	"What It Means to You"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Rick Eid	April 22, 2003	220
While Nick and Lulu battle it out on opposite sides of a legal case involving a church and eminent domain, they have impromptu sex in public places.
43	21	"Burton & Ernie"	Martha Mitchell	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	April 29, 2003	221
After Nick and Lulu are caught by Alvin having sex in the LSP conference room, Lulu tries to gain back some of her credibility by hosting a dinner party with Nick to convince her co workers that they are a legitimate couple.
44	22	"Sensitive Jackals"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Nick Santora	May 6, 2003	222
In an attempt to combat declining business, Nick leads the charge in hiring Clay Simms, a criminal defense attorney, much to the chagrin of Jake, his former classmate.
45	23	"All the Rage"	David Hollander	David Hollander & Rick Eid	May 13, 2003	223
After Nick and Lulu have a disagreement over her interviewing for a job in Berkeley, he erupts in the courtroom and is sentenced to anger management sessions.

Season 3 (2003–04)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
46	1	"Carnival"	Félix Alcalá	David Hollander & Rick Eid	September 23, 2003	301
Nick fights to keep a small boy whose mother performs in a traveling carnival in DCF custody when he claims he was molested by the carnival owner.
47	2	"Big Coal"	Mel Damski	David Hollander & Nick Santora	September 30, 2003	302
Pressured to bring his own new business to the firm, Nick and Sadie Harper, Fallin & Fallin's new defense attorney associate, must get a town of 23 people to sign release settlements in order for Nick to land a huge coal manufacturer as a client.
48	3	"The Line"	Joan Tewkesbury	Barry M. Schkolnick	October 7, 2003	303
Nick gets caught between father/son clients when the sale of their family department store becomes complicated with a class action lawsuit from several African American customers claiming discrimination.
49	4	"The Daughter-Father Dance"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	October 14, 2003	304
A married couple wants Burton to sue a fertility clinic when their child is born black.
50	5	"Shame"	John Heath	David Hollander & Rick Eid	October 21, 2003	305
When Fallin & Fallin's credit line is called in, Nick tries to get a longtime Fallin client who owes millions to pay in full.
51	6	"Let's Spend the Night Together"	Michael Zinberg	Rick Eid	October 28, 2003	306
When Lulu's father decides to stay at her place, she and Nick agree they still have feelings for each other and agree to move in together. Jake learns a secret his father has hidden for years when his father announces he and Jake's mother will divorce. Lulu's father tries to impede her relationship with Nick while asking her to invest in his new painting business.
52	7	"Hazel Park"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	November 4, 2003	307
As part of his community service, Nick is reassigned to help clean up an inner city park, where he meets a former LSP client he does not remember. He helps the boy by calling a community college despite the boy stealing his wallet. Burton's new client is a mother putting her son up for adoption because she can't afford to care for him, while he also moves to adopt Shannon despite her natural father trying to obstruct it.
53	8	"Believe"	Peter Medak	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	November 11, 2003	308
LSP and Victoria Little form AIDS Relief Alliance. Nick becomes medical guardian to two children one of whom may have the disease. Lulu tells Nick she's pregnant but is unnerved by his marriage proposal, which seems too casual. Nick's client wouldn't give blood test and turns out HIV positive. Alvin and Victoria may have feelings for each other.
54	9	"Let God Sort 'Em Out"	Félix Alcalá	Nick Santora	November 25, 2003	309
When Fallin & Fallin evict squatters from land being used for future developments, the ripple effect at LSP is tremendous.
55	10	"Swimming"	James Bagdonas	David Hollander & Rick Eid	December 16, 2003	310
Nick and Suzanne Pell attempt to help Josh, a client at LSP, after he is locked in a closet for disciplinary measures at a teen boot camp.
56	11	"Legacy"	Nancy Malone	David Hollander & Rick Eid	January 6, 2004	311
Nick must find a kid a home after his father, who was recently let go from Kane Industries, went crazy and shot his boss and several other coworkers in a conference room during a meeting. Meanwhile, Burton wants Nick as the firm's managing partner. Burton also fears Eric Kane isn't ready to return to work without dealing with the shooting's trauma.
57	12	"Beautiful Blue Mystic"	Mel Damski	David Hollander	January 13, 2004	312
Lulu dumps Nick over his affair with Suzanne, and he takes a drug called Beautiful Blue Mystic---unaware it injured the firm and LSP. He goes to rehab for help and learns his would-be counselor Anne needs help placing her son after she learns she's dying. Lulu also confronts Suzanne.
58	13	"Amends"	Bill L. Norton	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	January 27, 2004	313
Nick learns it's hard to regain the trust of those he's hurt, including Lulu and Suzanne, while Alvin thinks he's rushing through his recovery steps. Burton thinks Nick isn't ready for a heavy caseload. Lulu tries placing Connor Adams---whose father was killed in a bus accident the man's racist remarks to the driver may have provoked---in foster care. She also now understands Nick's affair with Suzanne.
59	14	"All Is Mended"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	February 10, 2004	314
Nick learns from Lulu that his unborn baby has Down Syndrome and he helps a Down's patient named Mark---whose case he took to learn more about Down's---set up a trust fund. Kate Shaw asks Jake to take an AIDS test after helping him to join a country club.
60	15	"Without Consent"	Vahan Moosekian	Rick Eid	February 17, 2004	315
Jake lies about his injury but Burton and Maureen learn the truth. Nick has to decide whether a boy named Luke should live in foster care or with his father after seeing his mother deeply affectionate with his best friend. Lulu wants a trust fund for her unborn child that Nick agrees to help set up. Jake refuses to testify against his attacker---but delivers an ultimatum to his former partner.
61	16	"Sparkle"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Barry M. Schkolnick	February 24, 2004	316
Nick tries to find an unwanted foster child, Philip, a home when his adoption is halted over the couple's newborn's injury. Shannon posed for photographer Malcolm Reeves, angering Burton who learns Roy signed the papers allowing it. Philip's adoptive mother turns out to suffer post-partum depression. Shannon runs away with Malcolm.
62	17	"The Watchers"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Nick Santora	March 2, 2004	317
Burton struggles with vertigo while Nick takes his place and tracks Shannon down through a prostitute, Dina, and her daughter Violet. Malcolm turns out to be arrested on pornography charges including possible child porn. Alvin reveals he's proposed to Victoria.
63	18	"The Bachelor Party"	Alan Rosenberg	David Hollander & Rick Eid	March 9, 2004	318
Alvin tells Nick he's been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) and asks Nick to go to Los Angeles with him for a bachelor party-like weekend. Both men are unaware at first that Lulu overheard Alvin reveal the diagnosis. The trip causes Nick to miss a key meeting at Fallin & Fallin, but gives him an insight into Alvin's courage. Alvin hopes to see the son he hasn't seen since the boy was age seven. After rejecting the visit, the boy's mother agrees to let Alvin see him thanks to Nick's intercession.
64	19	"Remember"	Bill L. Norton	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	April 6, 2004	319
Alvin tells Nick his ALS may affect his relationship with Victoria later; later, Alvin reveals Victoria changed her mind about the marriage. Meanwhile, during an investigation into a series of killings in which the victims were accused child molesters, Alvin balks at turning LSP client files over to a court. Nick defends a sexually abused teenage boy who wants to protect his father from being implicated in the crime, even though it appears that his father was the abuser.
65	20	"The Vote"	Mel Damski	Jennifer Johnson & Rick Eid	April 20, 2004	320
Burton thinks only too well of Sandra, a somewhat new lawyer at the firm whom he's seeing socially, which may cloud Nick's future though Burton thinks she's not ready to be a partner. Sandra files a sexual discrimination suit against the firm after her partnership bid is rejected in a close vote. Jake decides to move the partners against Nick. Nick and Jake battle wills when they try to get an elderly and sick client declared incompetent when his wife and partner disagree with the terms of a corporate sale. Burton and Sandra agree not to see each other socially anymore, for the time being.
66	21	"Blood In, Blood Out"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Nick Santora	April 27, 2004	321
Nick takes on two cases involving two boys, including one accused of raping a girl pregnant with his baby. Alvin defends Talik Allen---the former LSP client who shot James to death after James admitted attacking him over killing James's nephew---and faces the death penalty. Alvin gives Nick a special fountain pen to celebrate Nick's pending probation end. One of Nick's clients steals the pen and stabs the other with it. Led by Jake, who thinks Nick threatened him, the firm's partners take a vote and kick Nick out of the partnership, despite Burton's attempts to keep his son's name on the door.
67	22	"Antarctica"	David Hollander	David Hollander & Rick Eid	May 4, 2004	322
Nick's probation ends as he's fired from Fallin & Fallin and hired on at corporate law firm Walter & McNeil. Lulu delivers her baby girl prematurely. With Nick's help after telling Nick of Talik's troubled life, Alvin tries to stop Talik's execution over new evidence of brain damage. Lulu and Nick discuss naming the baby and agree she should have full custody after Nick learns she wants to work at LSP part time to care for the baby. Alvin resigns from LSP over his illness. Burton leaves Fallin & Fallin thinking Nick's heart isn't in corporate law. Nick leaves Walter & McNeil, reluctantly tells Talik the final appeal failed, and realises Lulu can't feel as she once did for him. Alvin leaves LSP for the final time. Nick accepts Alvin's old job running LSP.

Home releases

Season	Episodes	DVD release dates
		Region 1
1	22	October 27, 2009[1]
2	23	September 7, 2010[2]
3	22	February 8, 2011[3]

References

1. Lambert, David (July 28, 2009). "The Guardian - Simon Baker's Handsome Mug Adorns The 1st Season Cover Art!". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
2. Lambert, David (June 21, 2010). "The Guardian - 'The 2nd Season' DVDs are Announced for Simon Baker's Old Series!". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
3. Lambert, David (December 6, 2010). "The Guardian - Simon Baker's 3rd and Final Season Announced: Date, Cost, Specs, and Art Package!". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved December 6, 2010.

External links

• The Guardian – list of episodes at IMDb
• List of The Guardian episodes at TV.com
• The Guardian at epguides.com