Episode: 23
Production #: 223
First Air Date: September 24, 2002
Writer: David Hollander and Michael R. Perry
Director: Kevin Sullivan
Guest Stars:
Farrah Fawcett as Mary Gressler
John Rubenstein as Nathan Caldwell
Amanda Michalka as Shannon Gressler
Jamie Anne Brown as Mandy Gressler
Stephan Duvall as Detective Darger
Randall Arney as ?
Rick Fitts as Judge
Todd Waring as ?
Strawn Bovee .... Testimony
Jim Cantafio .... Police Officer
Dorothea Harahan .... Gretchen
Ben Siegler .... Thomas Paul
Claudette Sutherland as ?
Todd Waring as ?
Synopsis:
(From TV Guide)
In the season premiere, Nick continues to be plagued by problems after fugitive Mandy Gressler shows up at his apartment looking for help and ends up collapsing from a drug overdose. Once again Nick is fighting to keep himself out of jail and it is his father Burton Fallin who tries to rescue him. Knowing that the only way to save Nick is to prove he did not give Mandy the drugs, Burton tries to track down Mandy’s daughter Shannon. In that pursuit, Burton meets Mandy’s mother Mary (guest star Farrah Fawcett) as well, and she is extremely uncooperative in allowing her granddaughter Shannon to become involved with Nick’s trial. Meanwhile, Jake Straka turns down a partnership at the former Fallin & Associates and decides to align himself with Nick instead. In addition, James Mooney approaches Jake about becoming a part of the new venture with Nick.
The second-season opener offers a familiar scenario: Nick (Simon Baker) facing prison time and his father searching for a way to save him.
As the series' first year ended, addict Mandy Gressler brought drugs into Nick's home and fell into a coma after a struggle with him. Nick now faces charges of drug possession and assault, which could be worse if Mandy dies. With his son temporarily behind bars, Burton (Dabney Coleman) looks for a defense and finds it when he befriends Mandy's daughter, Shannon (Amanda Michalka), who says her mother was “partying” before she arrived at Nick's. The only obstacle is the girl's grandmother (Farrah Fawcett), who doesn't want Shannon to testify at the trial.
(From Sony)
Nick continues to be plagued by problems after fugitive Mandy Gressler shows up at his apartment looking for help and ends up collapsing from a drug overdose. Once again Nick is fighting to keep himself out of jail and it is his father Burton Fallin who tries to rescue him. Knowing that the only way to save Nick is to prove he did not give Mandy the drugs, Burton tries to track down Mandy’s daughter Shannon. In that pursuit, Burton meets Mandy’s mother Mary (guest star Farrah Fawcett) as well, and she is extremely uncooperative in allowing her granddaughter Shannon to become involved with Nick’s trial. Meanwhile, Jake Straka turns down a partnership at the former Fallin & Associates and decides to align himself with Nick instead. In addition, James Mooney approaches Jake about becoming a part of the new venture with Nick.