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Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 13 Maybe, Baby

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Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 10 Making Up Is Hard To Do

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Bobbi defends a young woman accused of trying to smuggle a brick of cocaine, but her client's appearance proves to be an issue.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 7 Fine And Dandy

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Moments after being acquitted on a weapons charge, one of Jerry's clients is re-arrested for parole violation for having the weapon in the first place.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 11 Bobbi Ba-Bing

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Jerry defends a young man who stabbed a fellow inmate. But the client should never have been in jail in the first place.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 9 Trout Fishing

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Jerry tries to get a continuance in order to give a woman the chance to help her son complete his college applications.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 8 Trust Me

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Bobbi defends a confidential informant who demands a separate trial from his co-defendent, who could have him killed if word gets out about his cooperation.

Raising the Bar: Season 1, Episode 0 Raising the Bar Season 1

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The series follows the cases and lives of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 0 Raising the Bar Season 2

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Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 12 Beating A Dead Horse

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Jerry takes over one of Bobbi's cases, a pregnant woman who is addicted to heroin, and Michelle is determined to do everything she can to keep her in jail.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 15 Happy Ending

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Jerry defends a massage therapist accused by one of his female clients of touching her inappropriately. But a snag with the jury foreman changes the entire game.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 14 O! Say Can You Pee?

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Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 7 Fine and Dandy

Moments after being acquitted on a weapons charge, one of Jerry's clients is re-arrested for parole violation for having the weapon in the first place. Richard picks a fight with Judge Kessler, claiming that her decision to jail his client for 30 days over a $75 fine is essentially punishment for being poor. But that isn't about to spoil the eager anticipation she feels about going on a first date arranged by her matchmaker. Meanwhile, Bobbi has difficulty adjusting to life after her ex-husband's suicide, and Jerry's attempts to help are met with resistance.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 9 Trout Fishing

In order to give a woman the chance to help her son complete his college applications before she has to go into prison, Jerry tries to get a continuance based on having to work a trial in Judge Kessler's courtroom. But Farnsworth won't grant the continuance, and that creates a battle of wills between him and Kessler, with Jerry and his clients caught in the crossfire. Balco, meanwhile, uses Michelle to seek a continuance on a trial in which Richard's client is accused of mudering his own wife. Ventimiglia is not in a giving mood, especially since this is the 20th time Balco's office has sought a delay. So with 48 hours to go to trial, Balco turns the entire case over to Michelle.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 6 I'll Be Down to Get You a Taxi, Honey

Jerry takes on a pro bono case in which he defends a man arrested for running over his crooked lawyer with a car. But it looks like he's going to have to rely on jury sympathy instead of facts to get an acquittal. In a rush to get through cases, Richard pleads out a man caught red-handed breaking into a medical laboratory, but he fails to find out the full story. And Bobbi's final divorce papers are ready to sign.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 8 Trust Me

Bobbi defends a confidential informant who demands a separate trial from his co-defendent, who could have him killed if word gets out about his cooperation with the police. But taking her cue from Balco, Michelle works behind the scenes with Marcus to screw Bobbi's client by giving the co-defendent a plea agreement. Jerry, however, figures out he can fix Bobbi's case, but he neglects to ask her about it first. Meanwhile, when one of Richard's clients is hit with a damages claim for more money than the client could hope to pay, Richard finds his inner hero by figuring out a way to help her without spending a dime of his own money, but he does use his family name as bargaining power.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 13 O! Say Can You Pee?

Richard defends a law student who was arrested at a sporting event for allegedly pouring his beer on a police officer who demanded he respect the national anthem. Judge Farnsworth comes up with a unique way to settle the case. Meanwhile, Marcus is prosecuting a father who tries to rob a store to get food for his kids, but Jerry hopes to do an end run with a video tape that tells a slightly different story. And Judge Kessler may have finally found the perfect man just as Bobbi and Jerry make a big personal decision.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 13 Maybe, Baby

Jerry gets into an ethical dilemma when his client makes a deal to testify against a rapist, but the testimony might be completely false. Through a tragic circumstance, Roz winds up with a baby on her hands. And Bobbie issues Jerry an ultimatum: Either he cleans his apartment, or she stops spending time with him.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 15 Happy Ending

Jerry defends a massage therapist accused by one of his female clients of touching her inappropriately. But a snag with the jury foreman changes the entire game. Judge Kessler's new boyfriend asks her to help prevent his son from going to jail. The father of the baby Roz has been taking care of shows up and threatens to challenge her custody if she doesn't pay him off. And Jerry and Bobbi start looking to get an apartment together.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 12 Beating a Dead Horse

Jerry takes over one of Bobbi's cases, a pregnant woman who is addicted to heroin, and Michelle is determined to do everything she can to keep her in jail so she doesn't continue shooting up with baby in her womb. Roz defends a carriage driver against charges of assaulting an officer and abusing a horse. But there is much more to the story than first appears.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 10 Making Up Is Hard to Do

Bobbi defends a young woman accused of trying to smuggle a brick of cocaine, but her client's appearance proves to be an issue. Michelle, who is prosecuting the case, has to rely on testimony by her cop boyfriend, but there's something a little too coincidental about his involvement. Meanwhile, Jerry works on Marcus to secure a better deal for his client, but Marcus refuses, saying Jerry should have accepted the offer a year ago, when it was first made. Marcus also uses the case as a opportunity to show Balco what he's made of.

Raising the Bar: Season 2, Episode 11 Bobbi Ba-Bing

Jerry defends a young man who stabbed a fellow inmate. But the client should never have been in jail in the first place. Richard works with a new PD, Ashley, defending a homeless man arrested for panhandling. But the overly enthusiastic, immensely smart Ashley finds constitutional grounds for dismissing the case, then hopes to follow that up with a class action lawsuit against the city.

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