Franklin & Bash

As the end of their first year with the firm approaches, Infeld announces that he is putting Franklin and Bash up for partnerships – if two-thirds of the current partners agree. To establish their value to the firm, Infeld sends them to pitch potential client Larry Reynolds, the chief counsel at Pacific Shores Beverage Co. Things get off to a good start when Reynolds invites the guys to a...

On the heels of an unexpected visit by Peter’s mother, Colleen, Franklin and Bash are called to the county jail to help Steven Piper, a college campus parking officer whose alter ego is the crime fighting superhero Raven Viper. Though charged with manslaughter, Viper insists that purse-snatcher Paul Winstead accidentally fell to his death as Viper tried to subdue him. However, when prosecutor...

Peter and Jared run into the B-list version of themselves (Seth Green and Eric Mabius) while defending one of Infeld’s ex-wives (Cybill Shephard), who has been accused of kidnapping a client’s dog. Meanwhile, Karp is left to work with Pindar on a robbery case, but Pindar’s quirks threaten to derail the partnership.

Jared is ordered to serve as a small claims court judge for an outstanding contempt of court citation. When he makes a regrettable ruling that disturbs the local rock-'n'-roll community, he once again finds himself going head to head against his father (Beau Bridges) in the courtroom. Infeld defends his spiritual advisor and life coach (Thomas F. Wilson), who was recently exposed as a fraud.

When he’s accused of obstruction of justice as a result of his romance with D.A. Margaret Pollock, Judge Derek Kohler enlists Franklin and Bash for legal help. While acknowledging their affair, Judge Kohler insists that he stopped presiding over any of Margaret’s cases a year before they started dating. But as the D.A.’s office rallies around Margaret, prosecutor Janie Ross suggests that Peter...

With summer associate Bonnie Appel shadowing them, Franklin and Bash must choose a jury for the trial of Sal Gotelli, a chop shop owner who’s been accused of beating up three mob thugs. While Sal claims he was attacked for his decision to stop trafficking in stolen car parts, the district attorney says that his assault on the trio was premeditated. But once Franklin and Bash use up most of...

When a barroom brawl with a pair of male sailors threatens to keep them out of the Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal School, Petty Officers Monica Ward and Nicole Toomin turn to Franklin and Bash. Because their “victims” have already been transferred for EOD training, Peter and Jared suspect that Monica and Nicole are being prosecuted to keep them out of the all-male school. But after...

Following the death of her husband Henry, Martha Strauss is working with executors Franklin and Bash to sort through the estate, including donating his body to Bodyview, a company that preserves the corpse so that its internal workings can be displayed. While she hopes his body will be used to shed light on the heart disease that killed him, Martha is surprised to learn that Henry wanted to be...

When senior partner Richard Tafflinger arrives from the New York office with his assistant Emily Adams, it’s clear that they are out to get rid of Franklin and Bash. According to Emily, a criminal client who disappeared before her court date has resurfaced to accuse them of paying her to take off. While Peter and Jared admit to giving Tammi Stetten the money to get a tattoo removed before her...

On the heels of Peter’s suspension for failing to pay his bar association dues, his friend Tommy Dale decides to drop out of the governor’s race to keep a marital infidelity from going public. When campaign manager Eli Palmer tries to force him to stay in the race by threatening to sue for breach of contract, Tommy tells Franklin and Bash that the “other woman” is Eli’s wife, and that it was...