Eric Peterson
Leon Robinovitch
Street Legal (1987)
Season 8
The professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in a small downtown Toronto law firm. However they do not necessarily always see eye to eye on things.
Released Jan. 7, 1987
Episode 60 min
17+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.canada, tmdb.toronto-canada, tmdb.lawyer, tmdb.law-firm, imdb.courtroom
Production Companies: CBC
Network: CBC Television
S8E1 - Strictly Business
Chuck and Olivia are returning from their honeymoon to a crazily busy office. Leon was desperately trying to find Eva but wasn't succeeding. Laura expresses her frustration by confronting Olivia about her contribution to the firm. And Olivia takes their competition to a next level by proposing that whoever doesn't make $60,000 in three month has to leave the firm. Leon is in luck because Eva makes her way to Toronto and gives him hope to be reinstated to the bar.
Oct. 8, 1993, midnight
S8E2 - Hasta La Vista
Eva Paredes' testimony exonerates Leon, and his disbarment is revoked.
Oct. 15, 1993, midnight
S8E3 - Truth Or Dare
Olivia and Laura are hot in competition, each scrambling to beat the other's earnings.
Oct. 22, 1993, midnight
S8E4 - But Not Forgotten
Laura takes the case of a fifteen year old boy accused of murdering his abusive mother, as Alana presides. Rob's relationship with his client prove to be more difficult than he expected. Leon is approached by the Human Rights Commission to be adjudicator. Jack Driscoll questions Chuck about his professional ethics. Leon and Alana consider adopting an older child. Valerie Sanducci starts working in the office.
Oct. 29, 1993, midnight
S8E5 - Black and White in Color
Leon fights for Iona Davis, a nurse who claims she was passed up for promotion because of racism on the part of her supervisor.
Nov. 5, 1993, midnight
S8E6 - Fit Punishment
Laura takes the parole case of child molester Adam Ruskin. Malony, meanwhile, is working overtime to prevent Ruskin's release.
Nov. 12, 1993, midnight
S8E7 - What's Love Got to Do With It?
Malony's continued interference in the Adam Ruskin case leads to violence, and Laura is put in serious danger.
Nov. 19, 1993, midnight
S8E8 - Truth, Lies and Consequences
Chuck defends a stockbroker accused of being a pimp; Ben moves in with Leon and Alana; Malony visits Laura in the hospital. Rob's client, Pauline, is accused of stealing her former boss' clients; Olivia appears on a morning show and is offered a permanent spot.
Nov. 26, 1993, midnight
S8E9 - Do the Right Thing
Olivia loses her talk show job in a scuffle with the network when she represents a television journalist who refuses to name his source.
Dec. 3, 1993, midnight
S8E10 - Feared by the Bad, Loved by the Good
A cross-border cigarette smuggler accused of murder claims he's been set up by police. Chuck goes to his defense... for the right price.
Dec. 10, 1993, midnight
S8E11 - The Cost of Love
Leon takes the case of a woman terrorized by her husband; Rob handles a heated real-estate dispute. Laura comes back to work. Paul apologizes to Alana. Theo comes to Rob looking for business advice. The RCMP is asking questions about Jack Driscoll. Chuck gives Olivia an emerald he brought from Brazil for her wedding ring and tells her he's opened a $50,000 account in the Caymans with money Jack Driscoll gave him.
Dec. 17, 1993, midnight
S8E12 - Fair Is Foul
In a final act of desperation, abused wife Joan Millman kills her husband. Leon asks Chuck to defend her; Alana and Leon need professional help for Ben.
Jan. 7, 1994, midnight
S8E13 - The Firm
Olivia represents a woman journalist denied a news anchor position; Leon defends survivors of a mine disaster; Chuck's plans for the firm are rejected
Jan. 14, 1994, midnight
S8E14 - Persons Living or Dead
Leon becomes passionately involved in the Hellbrum mining case when he is convinced that management neglect caused the death of 14 miners. Laura defends Rob's cousin, an officer accused of assaulting a prostitute. Chuck worries about the firm. Olivia helps a jounalist get his stolen property back from the police.
Jan. 21, 1994, midnight
S8E15 - Crossroads
Olivia fights a lawyer who denied a woman partnership in his firm; Leon gains ground in the miners' case. BRT & Assosiates vote in favor of taking the Hellbrum case and Chuck resigns.
Jan. 28, 1994, midnight
S8E16 - The Morning After
Leon and Rob concentrate on the miners' case; Alana makes an unusual ruling in a child custody case.
Feb. 4, 1994, midnight
S8E17 - No Holds Barred
Chuck's and Leon's tempers flare in open court as the battle over the Hellbrum case heats up to the final verdict. Leon loses his star witness; Olivia meets an old enemy on an AIDS task force she may join; Alana makes a controversial speech.
Feb. 11, 1994, midnight
S8E18 - The Long and Winding Road
When Olivia discovers Arthur Locke has joined the AIDS Task Force only to further his political career, she vows to force him off the committee. Leon's win in the miners' case brings both stability and questions; Paul Desmond faces a sexual harassment charge. Chuck tries to get back with Olivia, but winds up heading for Vancouver.
Feb. 18, 1994, midnight
CBC Television
60 min/ep
60 min
Jan. 7, 1987
April 8, 2019, midnight
Ended
NR / 17+
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