Just Legal Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Pilot

First aired: Sep/19/2005
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
Director: Andrew Davis
Guest star: Peyton List (Paradise), Raphael Sbarge (Lenny Ross), Kim Morgan Greene (Mrs. Smith), Faran Tahir (Coroner), Cheryl Francis Harrington (Police Officer), Renee Talbert (Susan Colvin), Michael Cavanaugh (Man), Russell Wong (District Attorney), Julie Warner (Deborah Ross), Reiley McClendon (Tom Ross), John Mese (Detective James Walsh), Amy Aquino (Judge Sarah Abrahams), Bradley Stryker (Kem Hunt), Boo Arnold (Golfer One), Josh Daugherty (Young Cop), Alex Daniels (Foreman)

When David "Skip" Ross (Jay Baruchel, "Million Dollar Baby"), a 19-year-old brilliant legal prodigy, can't land a job at any of the prestigious Los Angeles law firms because he's too young, he ends up working for Grant Cooper (Don Johnson, "Nash Bridges," "Miami Vice"), a washed-up court-appointed attorney based in Venice, California. Although Cooper is a functioning alcoholic with a cynical view of the world, Skip never loses his dreams of becoming a great trial lawyer. As they work their way through the legal system, defending the accused and crusading for the unjustly wronged, Cooper teaches Skip to be a lawyer and a man, while Skip renews Cooper's faith in the law and himself. Andrew Davis directed the episode written by Jonathan Shapiro.

2 :01x02 - The Runner

First aired: Sep/26/2005
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
Director: Dwight Little
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat), Jocko Sims (Zeke Rawlin)

Cooper (Don Johnson) and Skip (Jay Baruchel) defend a young African-American man (guest star Jocko Sims) who has been wrongly accused of robbery and murder because of his race and the fact that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Skip uses a tactic he learned in law school to show that a witness cannot distinguish the defendant's photo from those of other black men, the prosecution presents a witness that catches them off guard. Meanwhile, Cooper gives manslaughter convict Dulcinea "Dee" Real (Jaime Lee Kirchner, "Rent") a job as his receptionist to fulfill her parole agreement and Skip runs into his law school crush, Kate Manat (Susan Ward, "Sunset Beach"), who is now working for the powerful law firm that wouldn't hire him. Dwight Little directed the episode written by Jonathan Shapiro

3 :01x03 - The Limit

First aired: Oct/03/2005
Writer: Rob Bragin
Director: John Badham
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat), Abra Chouinard (Lawyer)

When Cooper (Don Johnson) and Skip (Jay Baruchel) take on a client who has been paralyzed by her plastic surgeon, Cooper hopes to settle the malpractice suit out of court believing that they'll get a large settlement. When they learn that the opposing counsel has secured costly expert witnesses, pages of discovery documents and has damaging testimony on their client, Skip enlists the help from his friend Kate, (Susan Ward), who works for the defense's firm.

4 :01x04 - The Body in the Trunk

First aired: Aug/13/2006
Writer: Jason Tracey, Craig O'Neill
Director: Tim Matheson
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat), Reiley McClendon (Tom Ross), Alex Quijano (Valet), Jose Pablo Cantillo (Lamar Hill), Jason Azikiwe (Impound Lot Officer), Jack Laufer (Mr. Davis), P. J. Byrne (Wayne), Madison Mason (Judge M. Keller), James Patrick Stuart (A.D.A. Dick Dietz), Gil McKinney (Sean Walker), Kristi Clainos (Female Driver), Anthony Holiday (Bailiff), Simon Brooks (Sheriff's Deputy)

The lawyers defend a man (Gil McKinney) who was found with a body in the trunk of his car and fails a polygraph test. Skip's landlord threatens to evict him when his apartment gets flooded.

5 :01x05 - The Heater

First aired: Aug/20/2006
Writer: Nick Thiel
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat), Nicole Lapin (News Reporter), Jamie Lee Kirchner (Dulcinea 'Dee' Real), Dax Griffin (Joe Chase)

The team gets a “heater,” (high-profile case) that generates a lot of publicity. Their client is the husband (Dax Griffin) of a woman whose body washed ashore near their office. Meanwhile, Skip continues apartment hunting but keeps getting rejected when his potential landlords find out that he's a lawyer.

6 :01x06 - The Rainmaker

First aired: Aug/27/2006
Writer: Rama Stagner
Director: Dwight Little
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat), Andrea Gabriel (Susan Palavi), Craig Ricci Shaynak (Joe Byrne), Eric Winter (Jared Kale), Gregory Michael (Greg), Tyler Kain (Megan Davis)

Skip and Cooper represent a rape victim; meanwhile, hoping to impress her senior partners, Kate signs her firm up to represent the assailant, who comes from a wealthy family.

7 :01x07 - The Code

First aired: Sep/03/2006
Writer: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat)

A body is found in the storage shed of a mentally challenged street vendor accused of murder. Skip works to defend their client while Cooper soon doubts his client's innocence and also his alleged lack of mental capacity. Skip is wooed by Kate to join her law firm.

8 :01x08 - The Bar

First aired: Sep/10/2006
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
Director: Kevin Dowling
Guest star: Susan Ward (Kate Manat)

Cooper defends a busboy who is accused of murdering a waitress at his favorite bar, but his zeal soon lands him in jail on obstruction charges. His nemesis Leeza Lynch prosecutes both cases. Kate's defense of Coop leads to a surprising decision.