List of The Defenders episodes

The Defenders is a 2010 American legal comedy-drama that was ordered to series by CBS for the 2010–11 television season.^[1][2] The series, set in Las Vegas, Nevada, involves a pair of defense attorneys who go all out to help their clients, while keeping their personal lives in order. The show was based on real life Vegas lawyers Michael Cristalli and Marc Saggese.^[3]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	18[4]	September 22, 2010	March 11, 2011	August 30, 2011	N/A	N/A

Episode list

Season 1 (2010–2011)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (million)
1	"Pilot"	Davis Guggenheim	Kevin Kennedy & Niels Mueller	September 22, 2010	12.09[5]
Las Vegas attorneys Nick Morelli and Pete Kaczmarek defend a murder client.
2	"Las Vegas v. Reid"	Jeff Melman	Peter Noah	September 29, 2010	10.41[6]
Nick defends a mother who killed a jogger while driving.
3	"Nevada v. Carter"	Jeff Melman	Peter Noah	October 6, 2010	9.28[7]
Nick defends a dancer at a strip club.
4	"Nevada v. Cerrato"	Charlie Haid	Brett Conrad	October 13, 2010	9.90[8]
Nick takes on an arson case. Pete defends a drunk gambler who lost millions.
5	"Nevada v. Senator Harper"	Jeff Thomas	Jacqueline Hoyt & Bruce Rasmussen	October 20, 2010	10.03[9]
Pete and Nick defend a state senator who is accused of murdering his mistress.
6	"Nevada v. Rodgers"	Jamie Babbit	Kevin Kennedy & Niels Muellers	October 27, 2010	9.80[10]
Nick defends a getaway driver's charge of attempted murder. Pete pleas for a man who stole Elvis collectables.
7	"Las Vegas v. Johnson"	Tim Busfield	Carolina Paiz	November 3, 2010	9.94[11]
Pete and Nick defend a celebrity murder case.
8	"Nevada v. Killa Diz"	Rod Holcomb	Brett Conrad	November 10, 2010	8.40[12]
Nick defends a rapper. Pete bargains with the FBI for an internet hacker.
9	"Whitten v. Fenlee"	Christine Moore	Peter Noah & Bruce Rasmussen	November 17, 2010	9.43[13]
A man dies on a construction site and his wife sues the company with Nick as her lawyer. Another man, represented by Pete, tries to get himself out of trouble after exposing a magician's secret.
10	"Nevada v. Dennis"	Matt Earl Beesley	Jacqueline Hoyt	December 8, 2010	10.54[14]
A man gets in trouble for dealing with guns with filed-off serial numbers. Nick tries to stop a bear from being put to sleep.
11	"Nevada v. Reily"	Richard J. Lewis	Kevin Kennedy	December 15, 2010	10.29[15]
A man who used to play football gets in trouble for assault. Meanwhile, Pete is not happy that his father decides to come visit.
12	"Nevada v. Wayne"	Greg Beeman	Bruce Rasmussen	January 12, 2011	6.81[16]
Nick defends a young man he knows who is accused of sexual assault, while Pete gets jury duty.
13	"Nevada v. Donnie The Numbers Guy"	John Showalter	Brett Conrad	February 4, 2011	8.71[17]
A man returns to prove he is innocent of murdering his wife seventeen years after he skipped his trial.
14	"Nevada v. Doug the Mule"	Charlie Haid	Carolina Paiz	February 11, 2011	7.91[18]
Nick and Pete defend a young man who has been duped by a woman to smuggle a car full of cocaine across the Mexican border.
15	"Nevada v. Hunter"	Brad Silberling	Niels Mueller	February 18, 2011	8.47[19]
Facing 30 counts of possession of a controlled substance, an overconfident judge turns to Nick, who has no choice but to try to get him acquitted of the charges.
16	"Noland v. Galloway Pharmaceuticals"	Christine Moore	Matt Payne	February 25, 2011	8.68[20]
The firm represents a teenager who took the wrong dosage of a medication.
17	"Nevada v. Greene"	Charlie Haid	Kevin Kennedy	March 4, 2011	8.59[21]
The firm represents a partier who is accused of murdering a woman while under the influence of alcohol.
18	"Morelli v. Kaczmarek"	Paul McCrane	Niels Mueller	March 11, 2011	8.38[22]
The firm temporarily dissolves its partnership when they have to defend a husband and wife accused of murder.

References

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External links

• Official website
• The Defenders at the Internet Movie Database