List of The Guardian episodes

This is a list of the 67 episodes for The Guardian, an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. The series revolved around Nick Fallin, a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focused on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father who was president of the corporate law firm where Nick was employed full-time.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	22		September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)
2	23		September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)	May 13, 2003 (2003-05-13)
3	22		September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)

Episodes

Season 1 (2001–02)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	1	"Pilot"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander & Elisa Bell	September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25)	101
2	2	"Reunion"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	102
3	3	"Paternity"	Joan Tewkesbury	Michael R. Perry	October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09)	103
4	4	"Lolita?"	Charles Haid	David Hollander	October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)	104
5	5	"The Men from the Boys"	Peter Levin	Peter Parnell	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)	105
6	6	"Indian Summer"	Lou Antonio	David Hollander	October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)	106
7	7	"Feeding Frenzy"	Peter Medak	Alfonso H. Moreno	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)	107
8	8	"Heart"	Jeremy Kagan	David Hollander	November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)	108
9	9	"The Funnies"	Lou Antonio	Peter Parnell & Michael R. Perry	November 27, 2001 (2001-11-27)	109
10	10	"Loyalties"	Arvin Brown	David Hollander	December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)	110
11	11	"Home"	Oz Scott	David Hollander & Alfonso H. Moreno	December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18)	111
12	12	"Causality"	Jeremy Kagan	David Hollander & Peter Parnell	January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)	112
13	13	"Privilege"	Graeme Clifford	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	January 22, 2002 (2002-01-22)	113
14	14	"Family"	Andy Wolk	Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno	February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05)	114
15	15	"In Loco Parentis"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander	February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)	115
16	16	"Solidarity"	Lou Antonio	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05)	116
17	17	"The Divide"	Alan Myerson	Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)	117
18	18	"Mothers of the Disappeared"	Steven Robman	David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	March 26, 2002 (2002-03-26)	118
19	19	"Lawyers, Guns & Money"	Jerry Levine	Rick Eid & Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09)	119
20	20	"Shelter"	Steve Gomer	Michael R. Perry & Rick Eid & David Hollander	May 7, 2002 (2002-05-07)	120
21	21	"The Chinese Wall"	Joan Tewkesbury	Peter Parnell & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)	121
22	22	"The Beginning"	Michael Pressman	David Hollander & Anne McGrail	May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)	122

Season 2 (2002–03)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
23	1	"Testimony"	Kevin Rodney Sullivan	David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24)	201
24	2	"Monster"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Anne McGrail	October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)	202
25	3	"The Dead"	Jerry Levine	Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander	October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)	203
26	4	"The Next Life"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Rick Eid	October 15, 2002 (2002-10-15)	204
27	5	"Assuming the Position"	Mel Damski	Nick Santora & David Hollander	October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22)	205
28	6	"The Living"	Lee David Zlotoff	Rick Eid & David Hollander & Michael R. Perry	October 29, 2002 (2002-10-29)	206
29	7	"The Innocent"	Juan J. Campanella	Anne McGrail	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)	207
30	8	"The Neighborhood"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	November 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)	208
31	9	"The Dark"	Mel Damski	David Hollander & Nick Santora	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)	209
32	10	"Sacrifice"	Michael Watkins	Rick Eid	December 10, 2002 (2002-12-10)	210
33	11	"No Good Deed"	Lou Antonio	David Hollander & Nick Santora	December 17, 2002 (2002-12-17)	211
34	12	"You Belong to Me"	Jessica Yu	Alfonso H. Moreno	January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)	212
35	13	"Ambition"	Duane Clark	Anne McGrail	January 21, 2003 (2003-01-21)	213
36	14	"Understand Your Man"	John Patterson	David Hollander & Rick Eid	February 4, 2003 (2003-02-04)	214
37	15	"Where You Are"	Vahan Moosekian	Michael R. Perry	February 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)	215
38	16	"The Weight"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)	216
39	17	"The Intersection"	Peter Medak	David Hollander & Nick Santora & Tom Smuts	February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)	217
40	18	"My Aim Is True"	Simon Baker	Gayley Buckner & Rick Eid & David Hollander	March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)	218
41	19	"Back in the Ring"	Jeremy Kagan	Anne McGrail	April 1, 2003 (2003-04-01)	219
42	20	"What It Means to You"	Jerry London	David Hollander & Rick Eid	April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22)	220
43	21	"Burton & Ernie"	Martha Mitchell	Michael R. Perry & David Hollander	April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29)	221
44	22	"Sensitive Jackals"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Nick Santora	May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06)	222
45	23	"All the Rage"	David Hollander	David Hollander & Rick Eid	May 13, 2003 (2003-05-13)	223

Season 3 (2003–04)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
46	1	"Carnival"	Félix Alcalá	David Hollander & Rick Eid	September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	301
47	2	"Big Coal"	Mel Damski	David Hollander & Nick Santora	September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	302
48	3	"The Line"	Joan Tewkesbury	Barry M. Schkolnick	October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)	303
49	4	"The Daughter-Father Dance"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)	304
50	5	"Shame"	John Heath	David Hollander & Rick Eid	October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21)	305
51	6	"Let's Spend the Night Together"	Michael Zinberg	Rick Eid	October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28)	306
52	7	"Hazel Park"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)	307
53	8	"Believe"	Peter Medak	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)	308
54	9	"Let God Sort 'Em Out"	Félix Alcalá	Nick Santora	November 25, 2003 (2003-11-25)	309
55	10	"Swimming"	James Bagdonas	David Hollander & Rick Eid	December 16, 2003 (2003-12-16)	310
56	11	"Legacy"	Nancy Malone	David Hollander & Rick Eid	January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06)	311
57	12	"Beautiful Blue Mystic"	Mel Damski	David Hollander	January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)	312
58	13	"Amends"	Bill L. Norton	David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson	January 27, 2004 (2004-01-27)	313
59	14	"All Is Mended"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10)	314
60	15	"Without Consent"	Vahan Moosekian	Rick Eid	February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)	315
61	16	"Sparkle"	Steve Gomer	David Hollander & Barry M. Schkolnick	February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)	316
62	17	"The Watchers"	Emilio Estevez	David Hollander & Nick Santora	March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)	317
63	18	"The Bachelor Party"	Alan Rosenberg	David Hollander & Rick Eid	March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	318
64	19	"Remember"	Bill L. Norton	David Hollander & Tom Smuts	April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)	319
65	20	"The Vote"	Mel Damski	Jennifer Johnson & Rick Eid	April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20)	320
66	21	"Blood In, Blood Out"	Joan Tewkesbury	David Hollander & Nick Santora	April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)	321
67	22	"Antarctica"	David Hollander	David Hollander & Rick Eid	May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)	322

Home video releases

Season	Episodes	DVD release dates
		Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Discs
1	22	October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)[1]	TBA	TBA	6
2	23	September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)[2]	TBA	TBA	6
3	22	February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)[3]	TBA	TBA	6