My Name is on the Door

Episode 5
First aired: 10.31.2006
Director: Mike Listo
Plot Summary:
Lori and Sally take on a criminal case defending a man, Jason Binder, who is accused of killing another man at a bar with a martial arts-type punch to the throat, and whose only character witness is his mother — who doesn't make the best impression herself because of her glass eye…which tends to fall out when she gets excited. Meanwhile, Shore and Tara, the sexual tension between them growing, take the case of a hypochondriac, Bill Morgan, who is suing his doctor for malpractice; and the partners are concerned when Crane takes over one of Edwin Poole's cases, especially considering Crane is not at all prepared to try the case — which is taking place the following day — and is flat-out denied a continuance by a spiteful judge. Read more.

Episode 4
First aired: 10.24.2004
Director: David E. Kelly
Plot Summary:
When Edwin Poole escapes from the mental hospital and wanders into a criminal courtroom, he shocks the firm by taking on the pro-bono case of a man accused of murdering a police officer. Brad Chase persuades Lori Colson to use her skills from her days as a D.A. and serve as first chair in the defense. Meanwhile, Shore is encouraged by a senior partner to use extreme measures to defend a company CEO charged with shoplifting and to keep the case from going public. Read more.

Episode 3
First aired: 10.17.2004
Director: Daniel Attias
Plot Summary:
Denny Crane's long-lost son, Donny Crane (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) — himself an attorney — represents environmental interests against the development of a shopping mall by one of Crane, Poole & Schmidt's major clients. Meanwhile Shore, with Lori serving as second chair, tries a sexual harassment case, with his ex-lover, Christine — whom he recently helped get released from a mental institution and who, he now fears, is stalking him — serving as opposing counsel. And Sally tries her first case, defending a man who was caught stealing red-handed. Read more.

Episode 2
First aired: 10.10.2004
Director: Charles Haid
Plot Summary:
Alan helps his ex-lover who tried to kill him get out of a psychiatric hospital. Brad and Denny take a case where a wife is suing the hospital for causing her emotional distress when her husband died during an angioplasty. Denny learns this new case will help the other partners decide if he is a liability to the firm. Lori tries to steer Sally away from Alan. Read more.

Episode 1
First aired: 10.03.2004
Director: Bill D'Elia
Summary:
When esteemed partner Edwin Poole makes a shocking entrance at the morning meeting, Brad Chase, up from the Washington, DC office, is forced to stay in Boston longer than planned, finding himself instantly at odds with Alan Shore, both professionally and personally. Meanwhile, on a dare, Shore takes the case of an African American girl who is denied the lead role in the national tour of Annie, and Denny Crane gets caught having an affair with the wife of the firm's biggest client. Read more.