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: 7.4 (6,545 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2001)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.7	270
2	Reunion	7.8	203
3	Paternity	7.6	176
4	Lolita?	7.6	175
5	The Men from the Boys	7.6	183
6	Indian Summer	7.8	156
7	Feeding Frenzy	7.9	159
8	Heart	8.8	238
9	The Funnies	7.5	169
10	Loyalties	7.9	159
11	Home	7.9	151
12	Causality	7.7	146
13	Privilege	7.8	146
14	Family	8.0	143
15	In Loco Parentis	8.1	147
16	Solidarity	7.8	133
17	The Divide	7.8	139
18	Mothers of the Disappeared	8.2	141
19	Lawyers, Guns and Money	7.8	130
20	Shelter	7.6	126
21	The Chinese Wall	7.5	120
22	The Beginning	8.2	133

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	142
2	Monster	7.5	124
3	The Dead	7.6	122
4	The Next Life	7.4	135
5	Assuming the Position	7.9	118
6	The Living	7.7	133
7	The Innocent	7.7	124
8	The Neighborhood	8.1	113
9	The Dark	8.2	116
10	Sacrifice	8.0	111
11	No Good Deed	7.9	113
12	You Belong to Me	7.6	115
13	Ambition	8.1	109
14	Understand Your Man	7.5	115
15	Where You Are	8.1	95
16	The Weight	8.3	104
17	The Intersection	8.3	112
18	My Aim Is True	7.9	121
19	Back in the Ring	7.7	101
20	What It Means to You	7.9	119
21	Burton & Ernie	8.3	104
22	Sensitive Jackals	8.0	95
23	All the Rage	7.9	131

Season 3 (2003)

7.98 avg 22 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Carnival	7.7	119
2	Big Coal	8.3	107
3	The Line	7.9	99
4	The Father-Daughter Dance	8.1	118
5	Shame	7.9	102
6	Let's Spend the Night Together	7.6	99
7	Hazel Park	7.8	107
8	Believe	8.0	97
9	Let God Sort 'Em Out	7.9	85
10	Swimming	8.1	98
11	Legacy	8.0	90
12	Beautiful Blue Mystic	8.4	129
13	Amends	8.2	101
14	All Is Mended	8.3	96
15	Without Consent	7.8	124
16	Sparkle	8.0	101
17	The Watchers	8.0	112
18	The Bachelor Party	8.0	100
19	Remember	8.2	108
20	The Vote	7.7	87
21	Blood In, Blood Out	7.9	108
22	Antarctica	7.7	135

The Guardian (2001)

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