Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 22
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

The Practice Season 5 (2000-2001)

The Practice Summary Judgments 5x01 Summary Judgments
Bobby defends prominent investment banker and close friend Scott Wallace (Bruce Davison) who is accused of murdering his wife after a heated argument; while Ellenor and Lindsay represent ...
Oct. 08, 2000
The Practice Germ Warfare 5x02 Germ Warfare
Bobby looks everywhere for new evidence that might help overturn the guilty verdict against his close friend, Scott Wallace, while Ellenor and Lindsay try to convince a jury that the ...
Oct. 15, 2000
The Practice Officers of the Court 5x03 Officers of the Court
Feeling she was blackmailed in the Jamison v. the EPA case, Ellenor takes a major risk - both for herself and the entire firm - by filing a formal complaint against the judge. Meanwhile, ...
Oct. 22, 2000
The Practice Appeal and Denial 5x04 Appeal and Denial
A plaintiff surprises everyone by recanting a seemingly solid accusation. Back at the office, Lucy prompts the revelation of a much different kind of surprise.
Oct. 29, 2000
The Practice We Hold These Truths... 5x05 We Hold These Truths...
Bobby works overtime to prepare for Scott Wallace's trial. Eugene is assigned to a seemingly guilty defendant, while Jimmy gets in trouble for speaking his mind to a judge with a ridiculous ...
Nov. 05, 2000
The Practice Show and Tell 5x06 Show and Tell
Scott Wallace goes to court a second time, seeking to overturn his conviction for murdering his wife. This episode is shot in the style of a television documentary, featuring candid ...
Nov. 12, 2000
The Practice Brothers' Keepers 5x07 Brothers' Keepers
Bobby defends a Pakistani man, living in the U.S., who's accused of commissioning his brother to murder his adulterous wife. Meanwhile, Ellenor shocks the firm when she announces that ...
Nov. 19, 2000
The Practice Mr. Hinks Goes to Town 5x08 Mr. Hinks Goes to Town
Lindsay defends a serial killer who claims that he is guilty. A psychologist, however, believes that the man is delusional, and only confessed to get attention.
Nov. 26, 2000
The Practice The Deal 5x09 The Deal
A client of Bobby's admits that he has information about the high-profile kidnapping of a wealthy little girl. Meanwhile, both William Hinks and Scott Wallace return seeking resolu ...
Dec. 10, 2000
The Practice Friends and Ex-Lovers 5x10 Friends and Ex-Lovers
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 for ...
Dec. 17, 2000
The Practice An Early Frost 5x11 An Early Frost
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 Hinks ...
Jan. 07, 2001
The Practice Payback 5x12 Payback
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 play ...
Jan. 14, 2001
The Practice The Thin Line 5x13 The Thin Line
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 ...
Feb. 04, 2001
The Practice The Day After 5x14 The Day After
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 is ...
Feb. 11, 2001
The Practice Awakenings 5x15 Awakenings
Ellenor's chosen "sperm donor," Michael Hale (Ted McGinley), has second thoughts about the agreement over the rearing of her soon-to-be-born child. Meanwhile, Rebecca emerges from the ...
Feb. 18, 2001
The Practice Gideon's Crossover 5x16 Gideon's Crossover
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 treated ...
Mar. 11, 2001
The Practice What Child is This? 5x17 What Child is This?
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 ...
Mar. 18, 2001
The Practice The Confession 5x18 The Confession
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 dangerous ...
Apr. 01, 2001
The Practice Home of the Brave 5x19 Home of the Brave
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 to ...
Apr. 22, 2001
The Practice The Case of Harland Bassett 5x20 The Case of Harland Bassett
Eugene and Jimmy agree to help the mistake-prone Harland Bassett (Ernie Sabella) in the case of a young girl who developed liver damage from an antibiotic. With the odds stacked against ...
Apr. 29, 2001
The Practice Poor Richard's Almanac 5x21 Poor Richard's Almanac
Bobby and Ellenor defend Doug Cahill, a ruthless drug dealer, who is being prosecuted for murder by Helen Gamble and Richard Bay. Bobby and Ellenor suspect that their client is guilty, ...
May. 06, 2001
The Practice Public Servants 5x22 Public Servants
On the season finale, Helen seeks vengeance for Richard Bay's murder, and Bobby questions his role in the death. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Rebecca are defending an apparently innocent murder ...
May. 13, 2001
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Season 5 Characters

Bobby Donnell played by Dylan McDermott
Jimmy Berluti played by Michael Badalucco
Rebecca Washington played by LisaGay Hamilton
Eugene Young played by Steve Harris
A.D.A. Richard Bay played by Jason Kravits
Ellenor Frutt played by Camryn Manheim
Lucy Hatcher played by Marla Sokoloff
Lindsay Dole played by Kelli Williams
Helen Gamble played by Lara Flynn Boyle
Detective Michael McGuire played by Ray Abruzzo
Scott Wallace played by Bruce Davison
Judge Zoey Hiller played by Linda Hunt
William Hinks played by Michael Emerson
Jury Foreperson played by Cathrine Grace
Judge Roberta Kittleson played by Holland Taylor
A.D.A. Susan Alexander played by Kate Burton
Kyle Barrett played by Lane Davies
D.A. Kate Brunner played by Anna Deavere Smith
Dr. Dennis Murphy played by Peter Michael Goetz
Amanda McGowan played by Alexandra Kyle
Reporter #1 played by Don Richardson (II)
Guard played by Joseph Leavengood
Reporter #2 played by Marjorie Harris

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Season 5 Videos

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Season 5 Trivia

  • Episode 22 - This episode is Jason Kravits's final appearance.
  • Episode 06 - Goof (plot holes): As a motive for Scott Wallace murdering his wife, Richard Bay introduces the fact that Wallace and his wife took life insurance only a month before her death. If he murdered his wife he doesn't get the insurance money because one cannot benefit from one's crimes. Making it look like a su

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