The Next Life

After deciding to work together, Nick and Burton Fallin return to the old offices of Fallin & Associates to create a new firm, Fallin & Fallin. Finally working on equal ground, Nick and Burton's first big client turns out to be Allegheny County Hospital, which is under scrutiny as one of the nurses is arrested and confesses to killing patients in the oncology department during his shifts. The hospital faces several potential lawsuits from the family members of the patients who died. To assemble a strong team of attorneys, Nick and Burton bring in James Mooney to help with the case but soon discover that his grandmother died in that very hospital just a few months earlier. James immediately removes himself from the case but he eventually gives into his desire to fight for the underdogs and tries to find representation for the family members. Meanwhile, Nick is also thrown into a case as a favor to Laurie Solt, where he must defend a child's right to attend an adoption party. This is a concept that Alvin Masterson finds reprehensible, as he believes it treats the children as though they are cattle to be sold at market.

Writing:
  • David Hollander

Stars:
Release Date: 2001-09-25
Seasons: 1 2 3
TMDb: 6.9/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

Other episodes for this season

Testimony
Episode 1 - Testimony
Monster
Episode 2 - Monster
The Dead
Episode 3 - The Dead
The Next Life
Episode 4 - The Next Life
Assuming the Position
Episode 5 - Assuming the Position
The Living
Episode 6 - The Living
The Innocent
Episode 7 - The Innocent
The Neighborhood
Episode 8 - The Neighborhood
The Dark
Episode 9 - The Dark
Sacrifice
Episode 10 - Sacrifice
No Good Deed
Episode 11 - No Good Deed
You Belong to Me
Episode 12 - You Belong to Me
Ambition
Episode 13 - Ambition
Understand Your Man
Episode 14 - Understand Your Man
Where You Are
Episode 15 - Where You Are
The Weight
Episode 16 - The Weight
The Intersection
Episode 17 - The Intersection
My Aim Is True
Episode 18 - My Aim Is True
Back in the Ring
Episode 19 - Back in the Ring
What It Means to You
Episode 20 - What It Means to You
Burton & Ernie
Episode 21 - Burton & Ernie
Sensitive Jackals
Episode 22 - Sensitive Jackals
All the Rage
Episode 23 - All the Rage