Season 3 • Episode 13
LatestJack makes a deal with a drug dealer; a criminal threatens to kill an eyewitness.
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
Writing
Walker & Romain's dialogue cuts like a broken plea deal.
Acting
Cara Pifko's exhausted idealism is devastatingly real.
Production
Shot in actual Toronto courts—authenticity stings.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few Canadian shows to openly critique its own legal aid system, airing on CBC while lawyers protested funding cuts in real life.
Creator George F. Walker wrote 30 of 39 episodes while running his Toronto theatre company—hence the stage-like monologue density.
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