Harry's Law
Season 1
Season 1 of the fantastic legal series Harry's Law starring Kathy Bates.
Show Guide
Emmy® Award-winning writer/producer David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, The Practice, Ally McBeal) weaves his rich storytelling into a brand new legal series - starring Academy Award® winner Kathy Bates - about embracing the unexpected and everything life throws at you.
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Meet the Characters
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Harriet "Harry" Korn
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Adam Branch
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Jenna Backstrom
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Malcolm Davies
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Episodes
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Episode 1
Pilot
In the series premiere episode, once-successful patent attorney Harriet Korn is fired and decides to begin anew with her own practice. With the help of her happy go lucky secretary, Jenna, she sets up shop in an abandoned shoe store in a rough section of Cincinnati. Her first case is to defend Malcolm Davies, a troubled young man, facing his third drug offense. Meanwhile, up and coming attorney Adam Branch joins the firm, and defends Damian Winslow, a "private security officer" after he shoots a man who is attempting to rob a laundromat.
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Episode 2
Heat of Passion
Harry defends an impoverished 87-year-old woman who commits armed robbery to buy food. Meanwhile, in an attempt to impress a beautiful woman (guest star IRENE KENG), Adam takes on an unlikely case in which he must argue in favour of a local laundromat owner's strict "one child only" policy for his employees, but is shaken when opposing counsel is none other than flamboyant media hog Tommy Jefferson (guest star CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD).
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Episode 3
The Innocent Man
After getting a tip from a bookie/priest, Harry helps defend Jeffrey Rollins (guest star STEVE HARRIS), an inmate serving life for a murder he did not commit. Meanwhile, legal woes continue to worsen for Lao's Laundromat after Adam risks disbarment by going behind Tommy's back to offer the fired employee her job back. Elsewhere, Malcolm and Tommy form an unlikely partnership when they team up to help an overweight woman sue multiple fast food giants.
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Episode 4
Wheels Of Justice
Harry grows increasingly concerned about Malcolm's association with the over-the-top Tommy and their lawsuit. Meanwhile, Tommy struggles to be less ridiculous as he, his associate Lisa Swartz (guest star DANA SORMAN), and Malcolm argue in court against large fast-food corporations. In a shocking turn of events, Chunhua is attacked behind the laundromat. When her assailant is set free after cutting a deal, Damien risks serious jail time by taking justice into his own hands, while Adam finds comfort in his ex-girlfriend, Rachel Miller (special guest star JORDANA SPIRO).
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Episode 5
A Day in the Life
When Harry discovers her client is guilty, she proclaims his guilt in front of the jury when she is not allowed to quit the case. Judge Marylin Coulis (guest star AMY AQUINO) has no choice but to find Harry in contempt and recommend her for permanent disbarment. Meanwhile, Malcolm goes undercover with Cincinnati's finest in exchange for an expunged criminal record; but when he realizes the sting will implicate his former best friend, Tank (guest star NEIL BROWN, JR.), Malcolm has second thoughts.
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Episode 6
Bangers in the House
When a dispute between rival gangs threatens to turn violent, Harry and Malcolm become unlikely mediators, but soon find themselves butting heads when a gang member decides he wants out to start a better life. Harry goes out on a limb to help Lewis Epps get out of his gang alive. Elsewhere, Rachel and Adam team up to defend Allan Meade (guest star TOM WILSON) against a wrongful termination suit brought by an employee, Gerald Essex (guest star MAX GAIL), who claims he was let go for being too old. Across the aisle, Essex is represented by Tommy and Lisa (guest star DANA SORMAN).
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Episode 7
American Dreamers
Tommy convinces Harry to help him represent four Albinos seeking asylum in the U.S. because of the dangers they face from albino hunters in their native Tanzania. Elsewhere, Jenna's car is stolen, but the thief, Jamaal Raines (guest star MICHAEL J. PAGAN), returns it in hopes that the firm will represent him on an unrelated theft charge. Jamaal's sister, Denise (guest star CANDICE PATTON), implores Malcolm to help; and there is an obvious chemistry between them. Back in the office, Jenna and Harry's relationship gets rocky when Harry makes a hurtful comment.
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Episode 8
In the Ghetto
CAMRYN MANHEIM (Ghost Whisperer) guest stars. After a former gang member Lewis Epps falls prey to gang violence, Harry's legal team unites to save two peoples' lives. Adam is traumatized when he witnesses a gang related drive-by shooting, but is amazed when a teenaged, vigilante street doctor (guest star TREVOR JACKSON) tends to the victim before paramedics arrive. Adam represents the young doctor when his legal woes quickly escalate after A.D.A Kim Mendelsohn (guest star CAMRYN MANHEIM) realizes he was involved in the murder of a police officer. Meanwhile, Harry fights the hospital board to get a liver transplant after the driveby shooting victim's condition worsens. Elsewhere, Jenna and Malcolm grow unexpectedly close.
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Episode 9
The Fragile Beast
When war veteran Chester Stewart (guest star BRADY SMITH) locks his wife Sofia (guest star ONAHOUA RODRIGUEZ) in their basement to keep her from cheating, her lover Miguel Martinez (guest star GUILLERMO DIAZ - Mercy), approaches Harry to help, but asks that she not involve the police due to their immigrant status. Meanwhile, Adam takes on his first divorce case where he represents Lynette Zales (guest star ANN CUSACK -- Private Practice) after a ménage a trois she orchestrated for her husband to spice up their marriage develops into something more. Elsewhere, Jenna and Malcolm confront each other about their kiss.
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Episode 10
Send in the Clowns
Harry helps Marty Slumach (guest star RICHARD KIND -- Spin City), an old boyfriend who had his ticket pulled for witness-tampering, try an armed robbery case, but she has trouble mounting a defence for the accused, Ronald Perry, because she doubts his innocence. Meanwhile, Adam represents Amanda Knox (guest star JAI RODRIGUEZ - Queer Eye), a drag queen unceremoniously fired from her gig performing at a local bar when the owner's wife found out Amanda was having an affair with her husband, Carl Thomas (guest star EYAL PODELL).
Characters
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Harriet "Harry" Korn
Kathy Bates has been honored numerous times for her work on stage, screen and television. She won an Academy Award® and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes in Rob Reiner’s 1990 hit Misery, based on Stephen King’s novel. In 1999, she received Oscar®, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and won a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award and a Critics Choice Award for her performance in Mike Nichols’ Primary Colors.
Bates more recently earned her third Oscar® nomination for her role in Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt, for which she also garnered Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations and won a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film work has also been recognized with Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for Jon Avnet’s Fried Green Tomatoes, and she also shared in a SAG Award nomination with the ensemble cast of James Cameron’s all-time, top-grossing blockbuster Titanic.
Bates has also been honored for her work behind the camera as a director. She helmed the A&E telefilm Dash and Lilly, starring Sam Shepard and Judy Davis, which earned nine Emmy® nominations, including one for Bates as Best Director. She also directed five episodes of the acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under, earning a Directors Guild of America Award for the episode entitled Twilight.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Bates received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1970 from Southern Methodist University, which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2002.
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Adam Branch
Nate Corddry began his career on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and was then cast as a series regular on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, created and produced by Aaron Sorkin. Corddry went on to work in such features as The Invention of Lying with Ricky Gervais and The Ugly Truth with Katie Heigl and Gerard Butler.
Most recently, Corddry’s credits include the series lead in Larry Charles’ Our Show for NBC, HBO’s miniseries The Pacific produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, a starring role opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the HBO pilot The Wonderful Malady’s, a 10-episode arc on the Spielberg-produced Showtime drama The United States of Tara, and a guest cameo on the Emmy® Award-winning NBC series 30 Rock.
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Jenna Backstrom
Brittany Snow is recognized as one of the brightest and most engaging acting talents to emerge in recent years. She recently wrapped production alongside Abigail Breslin in Janie Jones for director David M. Rosenthal and the Tony Kaye film Black Water Transit.
Snow appeared as the lead role in the Independent Spirit Award-nominated feature The Vicious Kind which premiered to rave reviews at Sundance 2009. Prior to that, she starred in the box-office hit and psychological thriller Prom Night and the independent film Finding Amanda, opposite Matthew Broderick. Snow’s other notable film credits include Hairspray and John Tucker Must Die, which was her first leading film role. She made her big-screen debut in the box-office hit The Pacifier for Disney opposite Vin Diesel. Snow also had a recurring role as Matt’s neo-Nazi girlfriend on Nip/Tuck.
A native of Tampa, Florida, Snow began her acting career appearing in and lending her voice to numerous national commercials. She also starred in theater performances including the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Malcolm Davies
Aml Ameen began his career at the age of seven when he attended the Barbara Speake Stage School in West London where he showed a passion and talent for dancing, singing and acting. He landed his first TV role in the British children’s series, 123 Hullabuloo. At age 11, Ameen starred in his first stage role, playing young Sammy Davis Jr. in the West End production of Jolson. He went on to a leading role in the West End musical, Oliver and continued with many stage performances including touring with his own choreographed tap dance and performing with Michael Jackson at the 1996 Brit Awards with Jarvis Cocker.
Upon graduation, Ameen landed the coveted role of Trife in the cult classic British indie film, Kidulthood. His highly acclaimed performance and the film’s rave reviews earned Ameen a nomination for Best Newcomer at the 2006 Screen Nation Awards, as well as a spot in The London Times’ list of best new actors of the year. Ameen also won the 2007 Screen Nation Award for Best Actor on the BAFTA Award-winning hit series, The Bill.
Along with his acting career, Ameen has set up his own production company with his first feature screenplay already optioned by Revolver. He plans to continue down both the acting and directing paths, while spending as much time in Los Angeles as possible.
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