Seasons & episodes
S3 · E10Tell Me I'm Not Racist 2010-03-29 · 50 min
A professional disaster looms for Patty when her clients ask that she be thrown off the Tobin case. Tom makes a risky move that may cost Ellen her job at the D.A.'s office.
S3 · E11All That Crap About Your Family 2010-04-05 · 50 min
Patty's star witness is arrested, forcing her to strike an unusual deal with the D.A.'s office. Frobisher reveals a little too much about his past.
S3 · E12You Were His Little Monkey 2010-04-12 · 50 min
Patty and Ellen set out to tear the Tobin family apart. When Tom Shayes' job and marriage unravel, he strikes up a deadly alliance.
S3 · E13The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat 2010-04-19 · 60 min
Ellen and Tom take matters into their own hands in an attempt to win the Tobin case; Patty Hewes is haunted by the price of her success.
S4 · E1There's Only One Way to Try a Case 2011-07-13 · 50 min
Ellen investigates Howard Erickson's company despite warnings from her boss and from Patty; Patty takes on a big pharmaceutical firm; Erickson goes after defense contracts for his company.
S4 · E2I've Done Way Too Much for This Girl 2011-07-20 · 50 min
Ellen takes the High Star case to the senior partners; Chris feels certain he is being targeted; Erickson and Boorman try to make the lawsuit go away.
S4 · E3I'd Prefer My Old Office 2011-07-27 · 50 min
Ellen learns that Chris used to hunt down terror suspects; Patty rejects Erickson's settlement suggestion for the High Star case.
S4 · E4Next One's on Me, Blondie 2011-08-03 · 50 min
Ellen meets the son of Chris' Afghan contact; Erickson decides to torture Chris for information about the possibility of an intelligence breach; Patty discovers that High Star extracts terror suspects for the CIA.
S4 · E5We'll Just Have to Find Another Way to Cut the Balls Off of This Thing 2011-08-10 · 50 min
Ellen and Patty move Nasim to a safer place as they gather evidence against High Star; Boorman frames Nasim for an attempted bombing to prevent his deposition; Erickson struggles to maintain his CIA contact.
S4 · E6Add That Little Hopper to Your Stew 2011-08-17 · 50 min
Now that Nasim is labeled as a terrorist, he loses his credibility as a witness. Erickson buys land to build a private army. Ellen enlists journalist Dean Gulickson to track down Chris in Afghanistan. Michael comes to see Patty and demands to meet Catherine.
S4 · E7I'm Worried About My Dog 2011-08-24 · 50 min
Patty uses her drug-company case to gain information on High Star; and a journalist tries to embed with High Star mercenaries in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Michael Hewes seeks out his daughter, Catherine.
S4 · E8The War Will Go on Forever 2011-08-31 · 50 min
While reporter Dean Gullickson (Griffin Dunne) heads to Afghanistan, Erickson orders his staff there to deal with Sanchez once and for all. He also confronts Boorman. Meanwhile, the judge in the High Star case allows Ellen to depose Erickson. "Just remember that we're in the middle of a game," Patty tells her. "We don't have to win it now. We just want to keep playing."
S4 · E9There's a Whole Slew of Ladies with Bad Things to Say About the Taliban 2011-09-07 · 50 min
Boorman tries to align himself with Patty. Meanwhile, Chris' life remains in jeopardy and the case becomes personal for Erickson.
S4 · E10Failure Is Lonely 2011-09-14 · 50 min
Ellen is furious with Patty for violating their agreement about the High Star case. And tempers come to a head between Erickson and Boorman—with Chris' life hanging in the balance.
S5 · E1You Want to End This Once and for All? 2012-07-11 · 50 min
A whistle-blower case puts Patty and Ellen against each other.
S5 · E2Have You Met the Eel Yet? 2012-07-18 · 50 min
A hacker claims to have pertinent information about the leak at Princefield; Patty's former colleague offers her services to Ellen.
S5 · E3Failure Is Failure 2012-07-25 · 50 min
Ellen detects inconsistencies in McClaren's story. Later, Ellen's mother requests her help.
S5 · E4I Love You, Mommy 2012-08-01 · 50 min
Patty and Ellen seek the source of the Princefield leak, while Patty takes on Ellen through the press.
S5 · E5There's Something Wrong with Me 2012-08-08 · 50 min
Someone from McClaren's past turns up and sheds light on his personal life; Patty has a confrontation with an adversary.
S5 · E6I Need to Win 2012-08-15 · 50 min
The attack Ellen suffered years ago comes back to haunt her.
S5 · E7The Storm's Moving In 2012-08-22 · 50 min
A blizzard strands Patty and Ellen; McClaren uncovers a major player in the trading scandal.
S5 · E8I'm Afraid of What I'll Find 2012-08-29 · 50 min
Ellen begins to uncover the truth about her attacker. Chris Sanchez approaches McClaren with information.
S5 · E9I Like Your Chair 2012-09-05 · 50 min
McClaren's latest leak thrusts Ellen into the spotlight. Tensions between McClaren and Rutger Simon come to a head.
S5 · E10But You Don't Do That Anymore 2012-09-12 · 50 min
Series Finale: While looking to use Michael Hewes' custody hearing to bring down Patty (Glenn Close), Ellen (Rose Byrne) is double-crossed by a key witness in the McClaren trial.