Street Legal

September 27, 1987

A streetwise young woman originally agreed to act as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Toronto couple, but when she changes her mind, Carrie represents her to give her a chance to keep her baby.

October 4, 1987

Leon's client not only opposes the Star Wars research program, but when she learns her husband is trying to sell her medical research program to an American company, fights to get it back. Chuck and Lisa are thrilled when they find out that she's pregnant.

October 11, 1987

Chuck agrees to defend his friend's teenaged son who is charged in a brutal gang beating of a gay man, but the youth refuses to giev the names of the others who were involved in the attack.

October 18, 1987

Carrie has trouble getting her life together after the husband who is charged with beating a client of hers attacks her at the office and she has to testify against him in court. Leon makes friends with a young Jamaican boy named Rollie and ends up learning a lot from him.

October 25, 1987

Carrie represents a man upset with the witness protection program. [1987]

November 1, 1987

Chuck is taken to trial over an incident in a young woman's hotel room...she claims that they slept together, he claims she kissed him and he turned her down. Carrie finally comes clean about her relationship with Jean-Marc to her co-workers.

November 8, 1987

Carrie is distraught when a problem client commits suicide, and her confident demeanor crumbles in the face of mounting work pressure.

October 21, 1987

Leon represents a doctor who has been charged with negligence in the death of a young girl during a routine operation.

November 22, 1987

Chuck's client, Monica Zubrekas, is suing the Lost and Lonely Hearts Club for setting her up on a less than desirable blind date, seeking damages against the business.

November 29, 1987

In a divorce case, Leon represents a stand- up comedian who is countersuing his wife for loss of humour.

December 6, 1987

Chuck manoeuvres his way into becoming president of a gold mining company, but after recklessly mortgaging his home to raise funds, he learns a prospector is making a claim on the company's most promising strike.

December 13, 1987

Leon takes the case of Jimmy and Carol, a young mentally-handicapped couple who want to live together despite her mother's preventing them from even seeing each other.

December 16, 1987

Leon defends an elderly client accused of destroying a beautiful Christmas display. Jean Marc tells Carrie he's going to Montreal for Christmas to be with his family. Lisa and Chuck's son, Adam, is born.