Season 3 • Episode 22
LatestNick takes a job at the law firm of Walter and McNeil. Lulu gives birth to a baby girl. She decides to work part-time at legal services of Pittsburgh to take care of the baby. Burton thinks his son made a mistake by taking the new job. Alvin tries to stop the execution of Taliek Allen because of new evidence that Alvin's client suffered brain damage when he was attacked. Alvin along with Nick must try and get a trial stating why he should live and not be executed. Lulu decides to have full custody of the baby and give the baby her last name not Nick's. Alvin is angry because of what Nick told his client regarding his chances for a clemency hearing. Nick learns that Burton has stepped down from his firm to be a grandfather to the baby. Nick also leaves his job at the firm of Walter and McNeil.
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.
Acting
Simon Baker pre-Mentalist, all jittery charm and barely contained chaos.
Writing
Case-of-the-week structure that actually builds character, not just plot.
Creator
David Hollander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Guardian premiered months after 9/11 and became CBS's accidental comfort food for viewers craving moral complexity in chaotic times.
Real Pittsburgh locations ground the show, but the law firm interiors were shot in Los Angeles—Simon Baker reportedly hated the cross-country commute.
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