The Guardian (2001)

Crime · Drama

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (6,591 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2001)

7.83 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.7	273
2	Reunion	7.8	205
3	Paternity	7.6	177
4	Lolita?	7.6	176
5	The Men from the Boys	7.6	184
6	Indian Summer	7.8	158
7	Feeding Frenzy	7.9	160
8	Heart	8.8	243
9	The Funnies	7.5	170
10	Loyalties	7.9	161
11	Home	7.9	153
12	Causality	7.7	149
13	Privilege	7.8	148
14	Family	8.0	146
15	In Loco Parentis	8.1	149
16	Solidarity	7.8	135
17	The Divide	7.8	141
18	Mothers of the Disappeared	8.2	143
19	Lawyers, Guns and Money	7.8	132
20	Shelter	7.6	128
21	The Chinese Wall	7.2	122
22	The Beginning	8.1	135

Season 2 (2002)

7.89 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.9 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Testimony	7.9	144
2	Monster	7.5	126
3	The Dead	7.6	123
4	The Next Life	7.4	136
5	Assuming the Position	7.9	119
6	The Living	7.7	134
7	The Innocent	7.8	126
8	The Neighborhood	8.1	115
9	The Dark	8.1	118
10	Sacrifice	8.0	112
11	No Good Deed	7.9	114
12	You Belong to Me	7.6	116
13	Ambition	8.1	110
14	Understand Your Man	7.5	116
15	Where You Are	8.1	96
16	The Weight	8.3	105
17	The Intersection	8.3	113
18	My Aim Is True	7.9	122
19	Back in the Ring	7.7	102
20	What It Means to You	7.9	120
21	Burton & Ernie	8.3	105
22	Sensitive Jackals	8.0	96
23	All the Rage	7.9	132

Season 3 (2003)

7.97 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 43 min avg

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Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Carnival	7.7	121
2	Big Coal	8.3	108
3	The Line	7.9	100
4	The Father-Daughter Dance	7.9	119
5	Shame	7.9	103
6	Let's Spend the Night Together	7.6	100
7	Hazel Park	7.8	108
8	Believe	8.0	98
9	Let God Sort 'Em Out	7.9	86
10	Swimming	8.1	99
11	Legacy	8.0	91
12	Beautiful Blue Mystic	8.4	130
13	Amends	8.2	102
14	All Is Mended	8.3	97
15	Without Consent	7.8	125
16	Sparkle	8.0	102
17	The Watchers	8.0	113
18	The Bachelor Party	8.0	101
19	Remember	8.2	109
20	The Vote	7.7	88
21	Blood In, Blood Out	7.9	109
22	Antarctica	7.8	136

The Guardian (2001)

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