Heeding the request of counsel to deliver one of her ""rants"" at a sentencing hearing, Amy lectures a young drug dealer whose mother has made tremendous sacrifices to provide him with a better life; much to Peter's dismay, Maxine accepts a date from an attractive man she meets at the diner; Amy gets ""backwater detail"" subbing for another judge, and travels with Bruce to a small town to hear a case centered on the misdiagnosis and overmedication of its teenage boys; as her abductor's case comes to trial, Lisa and Vincent argue when her fears for the possibility of acquittal, and thus her safety, increase; pending the outcome of an investigation, Susie is back at work after a one week paid suspension and, over Maxine's objections, sets in motion a chain of events which eventually leads to the death of a young mother; Amy and Bruce have divergent reactions when confronted with intolerance during their trip; Maxine unsuccessfully tries to resign, and ends up being blackmailed into acceptin
4/18/2000
Timothy Omundson,
Richard T. Jones,
Columbus Short,
Amy Brenneman,
Marcus Giamatti,
Tyne Daly,
Jillian Armenante,
Dan Futterman,
Jessica Tuck,
Karle Warren,
Kevin Rahm
Al Sapienza, Allan Rich, Brian Poth, Carol Hickey, Ginger Justin, Jack Conley, Jeff Meleski, Josie Gammell, Juan Diego, Michele Shay, Michelle Bonilla, Pat Crawford Brown, Richard Portnow, Roz Witt, Stephen Ramsey, Zach Grenier