Episode Information

Episode Number 20 "Inmates"

First Aired April 27, 1998

Writer: David E. Kelley Director: Michael Schultz

Guest Stars: Dylan McDermott (as Bobby Donnell) Lisa Gay Hamilton (as Rebecca Washington) Steve Harris (as Eugene Young) Camryn Manheim (as Ellenor Frutt) Kelli Williams (as Lindsay Dole) Kelly Connell (as Dr. Peters) Isaiah Washington (as Michael Rivers) Alaina Reed Hall (as Judge Elizabeth Witt) Michael Brandon (as D.A. Adam Dawson) David Burke (as Harry) Tony Amendola (as Judge Walter Swan) Al Pugliese (as Joel Hurt) Daniel Dae Kim (as Testifying Police Officer) George Cedar (as Judge Jonathan Harker) Donna Murphy (as Marie Hanson) Paul Jenkins (as Detective Kale) Eric and Steven Cohen (as The Dancing Twins)

SYNOPSIS
A wealthy client is brutally murdered and the wife is implicated. Her only defense when caught red-handed is that she has no recollection of what had taken place. Billy, anxious to take on bigger cases, is the lone voice advocating for the firm taking the criminal case, but Fish and Cage ultimately decide it should be farmed out. Georgia, meanwhile, takes on a case about a heterosexual waiter suing for discrimination and wrongful dismissal when he's fired from his job for not being gay. Renee seduces a fellow attorney.

Part 2 of this story aired as episode #32 of The Practice. Because this story crossed networks, neither the Fox nor ABC network affiliates did much to promote this event.