The Defenders
Show summary: This CBS TV drama follows two Las Vegas defense attorneys who support their clients above all else. Nick Morelli (James Belushi) is a hard working attorney, and Pete Kaczmarek (Jerry O'Connell) loves not only the law but beautiful women and fast cars work together to protect their clients in Sin City.
Joining them is young attorney Lisa Tyler (Jurnee Smollett) who wants to break free of her Vegas show girl past, and Zoey Waters (Tanya Fischer) as their capable and skilled assistant.
Episodes
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Season 1 Episode 18
Both Nick and Pete dissolve their partnership in order to represent a married couple accused of killing a yoga instructor. -
Season 1 Episode 17
A hotel owner's son asks Nick and Pete for help when he wakes up to find a dead body in the hot tub and no memory of the night before. -
Season 1 Episode 16
After people overdose on epinephrine, Nick and Pete sue a pharmaceutical company for faulty packaging; Lisa contemplates a job offer and has a secret affair. -
Season 1 Episode 15
Nick begrudgingly agrees to defend an overconfident judge facing 30 counts of drug possession. -
Season 1 Episode 14
When a college student is caught with 30 bricks of cocaine, Pete and Nick try to prove that he was conned. -
Season 1 Episode 13
A former friend of Nick's tries to use new technological tools to clear his name of murder. -
Season 1 Episode 12
Nick defends a young man charged with sexual assault; Pete is shocked when he has jury duty. -
Season 1 Episode 11
Nick and Pete help a troubled former football player charged with battery; Pete's father (James Brolin) comes to town. -
Season 1 Episode 10
Nick and Pete try to help a young man caught carrying guns with filed-off serial numbers; the ADA's sister asks Nick to help save a bear from being euthanized. -
Season 1 Episode 9
Nick and Pete try to prove wrongful death in the case of a man who died from a fall on a construction site; Pete tries to help a blogger avoid jail. -
Season 1 Episode 8
Nick must establish a local rapper's innocence after a club shooting leaves two people dead. -
Season 1 Episode 7
Nick reluctantly defends an entertainer's girlfriend when she is charged with murder; Lisa's newest client reveals potentially dangerous information. -
Season 1 Episode 6
Nick defends a man charged with attempted murder; a man is caught with stolen Elvis memorabilia. -
Season 1 Episode 5
In the middle of a divorce case, a client is charged with the kidnapping and burglary; Pete defends a cabana girl accused of assault and battery. -
Season 1 Episode 4
When he considers taking a simple arson case, Nick realizes the client could be convicted of first-degree murder; Pete helps a lottery winner who lost his fortune take on a casino. -
Season 1 Episode 3
Nick defends a stripper accused of solicitation; Pete must take on an unwanted case after losing a hand of poker. -
Season 1 Episode 2
Nick works the system to free a single mother accused of running down a jogger; Pete helps a man who is down on his luck. -
Season 1 Episode 1
Pete and Nick are forced to bend the rules while defending a young man charged with murder.

