The Guardian (season 2)

The 2nd season of The Guardian premiered on CBS on September 24, 2002, and concluded on May 13, 2003.

The Guardian (season 2)
Season 2 U.S. DVD Cover
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 24, 2002 – May 13, 2003

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Simon Baker as Nicholas "Nick" Fallin
• Dabney Coleman as Burton Fallin
• Alan Rosenberg as Alvin Masterson
• Wendy Moniz as Louisa "Lulu" Archer
• Raphael Sbarge as Jake Straka
• Charles Malik Whitfield as James Mooney
• Amanda Michalka as Shannon Gressler
• Erica Leerhsen as Amanda Bowles
• Kathleen Chalfant as Laurie Solt

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
23	1	"Testimony"	Kevin Rodney Sullivan	David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	September 24, 2002	201
A 911 operator takes a frantic phone call from Nick: Mandy is on the floor, and not breathing.
24	2	"Monster"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Anne McGrail	October 1, 2002	202
After his adoptive father disowns him, Nick becomes the guardian to a true monster: Ronnie Wagner, a thirteen-year-old boy who killed then raped his adoptive mother.
25	3	"The Dead"	Jerry Levine	Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	October 8, 2002	203
Controversy brews around Burton and the future of his judgeship after Caldwell commits suicide at work before the FBI can question him.
26	4	"The Next Life"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Rick Eid	October 15, 2002	204
Nick and Burton form the new Fallin & Fallin, and represent the hospital in which a male nurse who worked the oncology ward confessed to killing 19 terminal patients while on duty.
27	5	"Assuming the Position"	Mel Damski	Nick Santora & David Hollander	October 22, 2002	205
Nick becomes the medical guardian of Bryant, a young boy whose mother is in jail and an aunt who no longer can handle him.
28	6	"The Living"	Lee David Zlotoff	Rick Eid & David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	October 29, 2002	206
Nick represents Dale, a young boy undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, whose only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant.
29	7	"The Innocent"	Juan J. Campanella	Anne McGrail	November 12, 2002	207
Nick represents Andrea Coffey, a girl placed with her godparents after her mother died, whose brother was killed by a dog outside a junk yard during a court sanctioned visitation with their junkie father Lou.
30	8	"The Neighborhood"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	November 19, 2002	208
Nick helps Hugh Williams, a 33-year-old retarded man with anger issues (whom Nick grew up), save his somewhat ill dog from being put to sleep at the city pound after the dog bites a police officer.
31	9	"The Dark"	Mel Damski	David Hollander & Nick Santora	November 26, 2002	209
Nick represents James' nephew Levi after he gets jumped in the school kitchen and refuses to uphold the student honor code by revealing which gang members are liable.
32	10	"Sacrifice"	Michael Watkins	Rick Eid	December 10, 2002	210
Nick represents Pittsburgh County, the hospital Brian works for, after a patient dies under Brian's care during a routine gall bladder operation.
33	11	"No Good Deed"	Lou Antonio	David Hollander & Nick Santora	December 17, 2002	211
After Nick gets a judge to allow 18-year-old Jesse Caputo to stay in the system until his 21st birthday so he can afford to go to college, he gets Jesse a job at Fallin.
34	12	"You Belong to Me"	Jessica Yu	Alfonso H. Moreno	January 7, 2003	212
Nick's the guardian of a young boy in the midst of a custody battle between a supposedly abusive father and a mother whose own innocence begins to look suspect.
35	13	"Ambition"	Duane Clark	Anne McGrail	January 21, 2003	213
Nick takes the lead with Fallin's newest client, Caroline Osborne, who is moving her corporate jet leasing company from Philly to Pittsburgh.
36	14	"Understand Your Man"	John Patterson	David Hollander & Rick Eid	February 4, 2003	214
At an LSP benefit honoring his father, Nick meets a waitress (Sam) who is really a transvestite.
37	15	"Where You Are"	Vahan Moosekian	Michael R. Perry	February 11, 2003	215
Fallin & Fallin represent Rob Kagen, Nick's college roommate, in securing a patent and funding for a new device implanted in a watch that tracks your whereabouts through satellite.
38	16	"The Weight"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	February 18, 2003	216
Lulu asks Nick to take over her case and be the Guardian ad Litem for a baby with Krabbe's disease, a terminal and incurable disease.
39	17	"The Intersection"	Peter Medak	David Hollander & Nick Santora & Tom Smuts	February 25, 2003	217
Lulu recovery from her car accident is complicated when there is swelling in her brain; Brian and Caroline disagree over Lulu's treatment.
40	18	"My Aim Is True"	Simon Baker	Gayley Buckner & Rick Eid & David Hollander	March 18, 2003	218
Claire, a young, wide eyed lawyer joins Fallin & Fallin part time and assists Burton on a city case in which a rookie shoots and paralyzes a man who clearly didn't pose any physical threat during a drug bust.
41	19	"Back in the Ring"	Jeremy Kagan	Anne McGrail	April 1, 2003	219
Fallin & Fallin agree to represent Tim "The Mechanic" Dohanic, a professional boxer, after he is released from prison.
42	20	"What It Means to You"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Rick Eid	April 22, 2003	220
While Nick and Lulu battle it out on opposite sides of a legal case involving a church and eminent domain, they have impromptu sex in public places.
43	21	"Burton & Ernie"	Martha Mitchell	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	April 29, 2003	221
After Nick and Lulu are caught by Alvin having sex in the LSP conference room, Lulu tries to gain back some of her credibility by hosting a dinner party with Nick to convince her co workers that they are a legitimate couple.
44	22	"Sensitive Jackals"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Nick Santora	May 6, 2003	222
In an attempt to combat declining business, Nick leads the charge in hiring Clay Simms, a criminal defense attorney, much to the chagrin of Jake, his former classmate.
45	23	"All the Rage"	David Hollander	David Hollander & Rick Eid	May 13, 2003	223
After Nick and Lulu have a disagreement over her interviewing for a job in Berkeley, he errupts in the courtroom and is sentenced to anger management sessions.

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