Just Cause (TV series)

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Just Cause
Created by Gail Morgan Hickman
Jacqueline Zambrano
Written by Gail Morgan Hickman
Jacqueline Zambrano
Starring Elizabeth Lackey
Shaun Benson
Richard Thomas
Khaira Ledeyo
Mark Hildreth
Jason Schombing
Roger R. Cross
Opening themeTwo Trains
by Sue Foley
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes22 + Pilot
Production
Executive producers Gail Morgan Hickman
Jacqueline Zambrano
Production locations San Francisco, California
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies Paxson Entertainment
W Network
Mind's Eye Entertainment
Release
Original network W Network (Canada)
PAX TV (USA)
Original releaseSeptember 15, 2002 (2002-09-15) [1]

Just Cause is a Canadian legal drama television series produced by Mind's Eye Entertainment. Filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia but the series is set in San Francisco, California.

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Plot

Five years ago, Alexandra DeMonaco (Elizabeth Lackey) went to prison for a crime she didn't commit. Unaware that her no-good husband was running a medical insurance scam, she became a scapegoat for a publicity-hungry District Attorney, while her husband disappeared with five million dollars and their daughter.

Instead of wasting time on self-pity while incarcerated, Alex goes to law school on the internet and gets her law degree. Now out on parole, she has two goals: to find her daughter and to become a lawyer. But a convicted felon can't practice law. So Alex goes to Hamilton Whitney III (Richard Thomas), a successful, well-respected San Francisco attorney, who also happens to be a friend of the governor. Alex wants Whitney to help her petition the governor for a pardon. To pay her way, she goes to work in Whitney's law firm as an office assistant. Her sassy, brash personality bumps hard against Whitney's stuffy, reserved Waspyness, and their relationship is not always smooth.

Their view of the law is different as well. Whitney is more interested in how much his well-heeled clients are willing to pay, while Alex is determined to use the law to help people like herself who have been abandoned by the system. Gradually Alex's idealism wins Whitney over. Now they work together to champion underdog cases and achieve justice for the less powerful.

Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Pilot"Bill CorcoranJacqueline Zambrano & Gail Morgan HickmanSeptember 15, 2002 (2002-09-15)
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3"Human Trials"Rob KingRaymond HartungSeptember 22, 2002 (2002-09-22)
4"Above the Law"Holly DaleDavid AbramowitzSeptember 29, 2002 (2002-09-29)
5"Lama Hunt"Rob KingLaurence FrankOctober 6, 2002 (2002-10-06)
6"Tanya with an O"John L'EcuyerThorn McShaneOctober 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)
7"Code of Silence"Ken JubenvillGreenville CaseNovember 3, 2002 (2002-11-03)
8"Bet Your Life"UnknownUnknownNovember 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)
9"Making News"UnknownUnknownNovember 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
10"The Last to Know"UnknownUnknownNovember 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
11"Fading Star"UnknownUnknownNovember 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
12"Wives of Christmas Past"UnknownUnknownDecember 9, 2002 (2002-12-09)
13"Death's Details"UnknownUnknownJanuary 12, 2003 (2003-01-12)
14"Dream House"UnknownUnknownFebruary 2, 2003 (2003-02-02)
15"Buried Past"UnknownUnknownFebruary 9, 2003 (2003-02-09)
16"Dying to Be Thin"UnknownUnknownFebruary 16, 2003 (2003-02-16)
17"Lies, Speculations and Deception"UnknownUnknownFebruary 23, 2003 (2003-02-23)
18"Hide and Seek"UnknownUnknownMarch 30, 2003 (2003-03-30)
19"Reasonable Doubts"UnknownUnknownApril 27, 2003 (2003-04-27)
20"Blackboard Jungle"UnknownUnknownMay 4, 2003 (2003-05-04)
21"Trial by Memory"UnknownUnknownMay 11, 2003 (2003-05-11)
22"The Closing"UnknownUnknownMay 18, 2003 (2003-05-18)

Awards and nominations

Helen Shaver won a Gemini Award for Best Director in a Dramatic Series for her work on the episode "Death's Details", and Richard Schwadel won the Leo award for Best Picture Editing on the episode "Above the Law".

Additionally, it was nominated for another Gemini and Leo, and a Directors Guild of Canada award.

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