Season 5

Episode Guide

Previously on...

S5 E1
Season five premiere. A flashback to 2020 reveals how the team at Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart experienced the year's major events.

Once there was a court...

S5 E2
Diane and Marissa find themselves arguing at the Circuit 9 3/4 Court, led by the quirky "Judge" Hal Wackner (Mandy Patinkin). Meanwhile, Carmen Moyo (Charmaine Bingwa) proves herself to be an effective, yet underestimated, new associate.

And the court had a clerk...

S5 E3
Diane is aghast when Kurt reveals he recognized the face of a man featured in a U.S. Capitol insurrection "Most Wanted" poster.

And the clerk had a firm...

S5 E4
When a comedy streaming network executive, Del Cooper (Wayne Brady), asks Liz to conduct a sensitivity read on one of his comedians, the entire firm ends up fighting over how comedy and 'cancel culture' collide. Meanwhile, FBI agent Madeline Starkey (Jane Lynch) goes after Kurt for his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

And the firm had two partners...

S5 E5
Liz and Carmen represent Oscar Rivi, who is suing Harbor Hospital over the wrongful death of his daughter.

And the two partners had a fight...

S5 E6
When Reddick/Lockhart associates start posting anonymous hate messages about Julius and Diane on a new interoffice app, Diane's name partner position at the firm is once again questioned.

And the fight had a detente...

S5 E7
At Circuit 9 3/4 court, Marissa is assigned to "prosecute" two contrasting "cancel culture" cases, which both leave her questioning the intentions of Wackner, David Cord and Del Cooper.

And the detente had an end...

S5 E8
Julius fights to defend himself in Wackner's court in a surreal and harrowing effort to reclaim his car...and his dignity-all because of an alleged parking violation.

And the end was violent...

S5 E9
Liz and Diane struggle to get David Lee and the Dubai overlords to accept the new name partner, Allegra Jurado.

And the violence spread.

S5 E10
In the season five finale, it's too many courts and too little time for the folks at Reddick/Lockhart.