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The Worst Episodes of Family Law

Every episode of Family Law ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Family Law!

Worst episode
S3E12 Blood and Water
2.720 votes
Best episode
S2E6 Telling Lies (2)
9.416 votes
Top season
Season 2
8.2avg
Binge time
2d 20h
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Family Law Season 3 Episode 12 - Blood and Water
    2.7/10(20 votes)

    S3:E12

    Rex represents a bipolar 8-year-old boy who was given up by his adoptive parents because of his violent outbursts; Lynn and Naoise assist a priest in his efforts to gain custody of a daughter he never knew existed until the girl's mother died.

    Director:Max Mayer
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Family Law Season 3 Episode 16 - Celano v. Foster
    4.7/10(14 votes)

    S3:E16

    Viveca objects so strongly to Joe's representing a teacher who is contesting the validity of a statewide teacher's proficiency exam that she resigns from the firm and agrees to argue the case for the opposing side; Lynn and Rex petition the court to appoint a guardian ad litem for their 12 year old genius client, whose parents refuse to allow him to leave home to attend M.I.T.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  3. Family Law Season 3 Episode 1 - Irreparable Harm
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    S3:E1

    Lynn represents a cancer patient who wants to be able to receive experimental medication banned by the FDA; Raphael again pleads with Danni to adopt him; two new associates join the firm; and Joe's overextending himself working on pro bono cases has a tragic consequence.

    Directors:Fred Gerber, Paul Haggis
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, David Shore, Lawrence Kaplow

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  4. Family Law Season 1 Episode 14 - Stealing Home
    6.5/10(21 votes)

    S1:E14

    Lynn represents a woman trying to keep her molester husband away from their daughter; Danni represents a celebrity hairstylist who mocked a client in front of a roomful of people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Family Law Season 1 Episode 21 - Second Chance
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    S1:E21

    Lynn takes the case of a cop who broke a restraining order to be with his kids, something she later regrets, Danni pleads the case of a former childhood icon who refuses to give up his cherished puppet which he claims was given to him, Randi gets into a minor car accident and panics when she's accused of DUI.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:David Shore

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  6. Family Law Season 2 Episode 4 - Going Home
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    S2:E4

    Rex fights to get his schizophrenic brother released from the county mental hospital; Danni and Randi take opposite sides in an ugly custody case involving an emotionally disturbed 5-year-old. However the case takes a suprising turn when it's learned that the child was switched at birth with another.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:David Shore

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  7. Family Law Season 1 Episode 7 - Games
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    S1:E7

    Danni and Rex take opposites sides of a case involving kids on a soccer team and their overzealous parents; Andres asks Randi's help in representing a friend who has money coming to him from a wealthy former client. But her testing of his skills makes Andres very uncomfortable; Lynn finds herself with a moral dilemma when she represents an Afghani couple trying to stay in the United States even though he is wanted for burglary in his homeland.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Family Law Season 2 Episode 14 - The Quality of Mercy
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    S2:E14

    Lynn defends a man charged with manslaughter when he helps his terminally ill wife committ suicide; Viveca sues a beachfront property landlord for discrimination when he refuses her residency because she's a lawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, David Shore, Marjorie David

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  9. Family Law Season 2 Episode 20 - Bringing up Babies
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    S2:E20

    Lynn and Randi help a woman who left her baby at the doorstep of Holt & Associates; The boy who Danni helped months ago asks her to be his foster mother.

    Director:Richard J. Lewis
    Writer:David Shore

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  10. Family Law Season 3 Episode 21 - Alienation of Affection
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    S3:E21

    Joe and Emily represent an a would-be bride who refuses to sign a prenuptial agreement because she believes her fiance was having an affair; Viveca helps a couple adopt a child from a surrogate mother who is reneging on the deal; Rex and Lynn go to Las Vegas to get an annulment; Randi tries to find a dying man's beloved ""Muffin"".

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  11. Family Law Season 3 Episode 18 - Once Removed
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    S3:E18

    William Price hires Lynn to keep his ex-wife Kathy, a former drug addict, from getting custody of their two boys. Lynn doesn't see any problem until William reveals that he lives with five women and has children with all of them. Kathy's lawyer tells the Department of Children and Family Services about William's ""family,"" and the department decides to put all eight children into foster care. Realizing their court strategy back-fired and the situation is only hurting the children, Kathy joins William to regain custody of the children. They agree to joint custody, William accepting Kathy's rights as a mother and Kathy accepting William's lifestyle. Randi and Emily help a family take on their HMO, which refuses to cover an expensive treatment that has helped their son's life-threatening illness. When the judge rules against them, the father gets fired so his family can qualify for state health insurance, which would cover the son's treatment. The state claims fraud and denies them insuran

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Pam Davis

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  12. Family Law Season 1 Episode 17 - Metamorphosis
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    S1:E17

    Lynn takes desperate measures to help a woman regain custody of her son; Rex battles his ex-wife over support payments; Randi tries to communicate with her estranged daughter.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Family Law Season 2 Episode 15 - Liar's Club (1)
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    S2:E15

    When a 19 year old student who worked for Joe over the summer is arrested for drug trafficking, the US Attorney offers him a deal: help nail a drug dealer and he can go free. Though Jamie is eager to take the deal and rat on one of Joe's former clients, Joe warns against it. Meanwhile Danni helps a 36 year old sue his rich parents for cutting off his allowance and against her better judgement finds herself falling for him,

    Director:Jeremy Kagan
    Writers:Thomas L. Moran, Ashley Gable

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  14. Family Law Season 1 Episode 3 - All God's Creatures
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S1:E3

    Lynn tries the case of a woman seeking custody of her children from their racist father; Danni hopes to rekindle the flames with her new client, who is also an old boyfriend; Rex represents a man injured by exploding beached whale blubber; Sweet memories abound when Lynn and Michael start dividing their property.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Anne Kenney

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  15. Family Law Season 1 Episode 19 - Playing God
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E19

    Lynn defends a woman, who runs a foundation for children born to crack-addicted mothers, when the woman pays an addict $200 to be sterilized so she wouldn't have any more crack addicted babies; Danni represents a mother who wants to send her son to Bhutan because she believes he is reincarnation of the High Lama; Michael attempts a reconciliation.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Tricia Brock

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  16. Family Law Season 3 Episode 3 - Obligations
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S3:E3

    Lynn and Viveca try to help a 14 year old girl who was arrested for spray painting hate messages on buildings; Emily represents parents who want to keep their cerebral palsy afflicted daughter out of public high school against her wish; Joe uses Naoise to help him do pro bono work.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Ashley Gable

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  17. Family Law Season 1 Episode 12 - Media Relations
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    S1:E12

    Rex and Lynn defend a 10 year-old boy accused of murdering a little girl for her bike; Randi represents a man who claims his wife put a hex on him; an unexpected event puts an end to Danni & Don's relationship.

    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Family Law Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fourth Trimester
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E8

    Over Lynn's objections, Danni represents an L.A. Laker being sued for child support; Rex represents a man who confesses to bombing the Federal Building 30 years ago; Randi goes all out to make a deadbeat client pay his bill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  19. Family Law Season 1 Episode 13 - Human Error
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E13

    Viveca passes the bar and joins Rex's practice. Her first client is a college football star who allegedly parked in a handicapped space, resulting in the injury of a paraplegic; Rex and Lynn represent a former convict who wants to reclaim custody of his daughter.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Thomas L. Moran

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  20. Family Law Season 2 Episode 17 - Soul Custody
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S2:E17

    Danni and Randi must deal with a complicated child custody case involving a deeply religious couple. The mother, an Orthodox Jew, and the father, a born again Christian, both want sole custody of their 5 year old daughter so she can live by one faith. The trouble is: how to convince a judge that one faith is better ?

    Directors:David Shore, Oz Scott
    Writer:Stephen Nathan

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  21. Family Law Season 2 Episode 23 - Clemency
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S2:E23

    The staff has a week to stop the execution of a 25 year old man who shot up his high school 7 years earlier.

    Director:Paul Haggis
    Writers:Paul Haggis, Thomas L. Moran

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  22. Family Law Season 1 Episode 6 - The Nanny
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    S1:E6

    Lynn represents a couple desperate to get custody of their granddaughter, even though it goes against their deceased daughter's wishes; Rex's mentally ill older brother breezes into his life after a two year absence; Danni represents an obnoxious actor suing a paper for ruining his career after they claimed he was dead; Randi and Andres's relationship heats up.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writer:Stephen Nathan

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  23. Family Law Season 1 Episode 22 - Love and Money
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    S1:E22

    First Danni and then Rex take on the case of a woman suing her husband for half of the $48 million estate that he wants to give to charity; Randi fights for the rights of a mentally challenged couple to keep custody of their daughter; Lynn has problems dealing with the tragedy of her previous case.

    Directors:David Shore, Elodie Keene
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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  24. Family Law Season 2 Episode 3 - Affairs of State
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    S2:E3

    Lynn tries valiantly to help a dying friend obtain a divorce from her politician husband, who is trying to stall the proceedings because her death will give him the sympathy vote in the upcoming election; Lynn makes Joe a partner over Rex and Randi's objections, while the partnership decision regarding Danni comes to a head.

    Director:Fred Gerber
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, Paul Haggis

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  25. Family Law Season 2 Episode 21 - Americans
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    S2:E21

    Lynn and Joe help a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped their children and now seeks refuge at the Indian reservation where Federal laws do not apply; Danni continues in her quest to adopt Rapheal.

    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writers:Stephen Nathan, David Shore

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Blood and Water" is the worst rated episode of Family Law. It scored 2.7/10 from 20 votes. Directed by Max Mayer and written by Unknown, it aired on January 7, 2002. This episode scored 2.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Celano v. Foster".

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