Season 3 • Episode 21
LatestJoe and Emily represent an a would-be bride who refuses to sign a prenuptial agreement because she believes her fiance was having an affair; Viveca helps a couple adopt a child from a surrogate mother who is reneging on the deal; Rex and Lynn go to Las Vegas to get an annulment; Randi tries to find a dying man's beloved ""Muffin"".
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
Acting
Kathleen Quinlan anchors every scene with weary warmth.
Writing
Paul Haggis pre-Crash, when his dialogue still had soul.
Creators
Paul Haggis, Anne Kenney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dixie Carter's Randi King was originally written as male; her casting flipped the character's dynamic entirely.
The show quietly pioneered depicting a little person lawyer as fully dimensional—rare for 1999 television.
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