The Practice (1997)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

IMDb rating: 7.7 (11,630 votes)
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1997)

7.98 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.8	293
2	Part I	7.8	210
3	Trial and Error	7.9	201
4	Part IV	8.5	199
5	Part V	7.9	188
6	Part VI	8.0	186

Season 2 (1997)

7.79 avg 28 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 45 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Reasonable Doubts	7.6	189
2	Betrayal	8.2	197
3	The Blessing	7.9	178
4	Dog Bite	8.0	167
5	First Degree	7.7	159
6	Sex, Lies and Monkeys	7.6	163
7	Search and Seizure	7.6	165
8	The Means	6.9	159
9	Save the Mule	7.5	148
10	Spirit of America	7.7	172
11	Hide and Seek	7.6	149
12	Race with the Devil	7.4	142
13	The Civil Right	7.4	150
14	The Pursuit of Dignity	7.6	133
15	Line of Duty	7.9	138
16	Truth and Consequences	8.1	137
17	Burden of Proof	8.5	148
18	Ties That Bind	7.5	127
19	The Trial	8.1	133
20	Cloudy with a Chance of Membranes	8.4	140
21	In Deep	7.7	124
22	Another Day	7.9	126
23	Checkmate	8.2	134
24	Trees in the Forest	7.5	122
25	Food Chains	7.8	116
26	Axe Murderer	8.0	145
27	Duty Bound	8.1	125
28	Rhyme and Reason	7.6	266

Season 3 (1998)

7.88 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 8.6 48 min avg

Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Passing Go	7.7	135
2	Reasons to Believe	7.9	132
3	Body Count	8.2	133
4	The Defenders	8.0	127
5	The Battlefield	7.9	127
6	One of Those Days	8.2	123
7	Trench Work	8.5	127
8	Swearing In	7.5	118
9	State of Mind	7.6	112
10	Love & Honor	8.0	115
11	Split Decisions	7.5	124
12	A Day in the Life	7.0	127
13	Judge and Jury	7.4	111
14	Of Human Bondage	7.2	118
15	Lawyers, Reporters and Cockroaches	7.7	129
16	End Games	8.6	127
17	Target Practice	7.8	128
18	Crossfire	7.6	116
19	Closet Justice	8.6	147
20	Home Invasions	8.0	124
21	Infected	8.1	127
22	Do Unto Others	7.7	117
23	Happily Ever After	8.6	130

Season 4 (1999)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 8.1 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Free Dental	7.5	137
2	Boston Confidential	8.0	109
3	Loser's Keepers	8.2	121
4	Legacy	7.5	110
5	Oz	7.7	107
6	Marooned	7.5	107
7	Victimless Crimes	7.7	106
8	Committed	7.8	110
9	Bay of Pigs	7.6	106
10	Day in Court	7.9	124
11	Blowing Smoke	7.6	101
12	New Evidence	8.3	125
13	Hammerhead Sharks	8.7	128
14	Checkmates	8.2	111
15	Race Ipsa Loquitor	7.2	102
16	Settling	7.4	110
17	Black Widows	7.8	102
18	Death Penalties	7.8	111
19	Till Death Do Us Part	7.9	113
20	Liberty Bells	8.8	126
21	Honorable Man	7.6	101
22	Life Sentence	8.1	141

Season 8 (2003)

7.69 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 42 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	We the People	7.5	171
2	The Chosen	7.6	147
3	Cause of Action	7.6	134
4	Blessed Are They	7.2	130
5	The Heat of Passion	7.4	117
6	The Lonely People	7.6	115
7	Rape Shield	7.5	121
8	Concealing Evidence	8.1	115
9	Victims' Rights	7.7	162
10	Equal Justice	7.7	114
11	Police State	8.5	162
12	Avenging Angels	7.7	116
13	Going Home	8.0	138
14	Pre-Trial Blues	8.0	129
15	Mr. Shore Goes to Town	8.2	152
16	In Good Conscience	7.7	126
17	War of the Roses	7.8	134
18	The Case Against Alan Shore	8.3	139
19	The Firm	7.0	128
20	Comings and Goings	7.3	260
21	New Hoods on the Block	7.3	265
22	Adjourned (a.k.a. Cheers)	7.5	133