Defense
Defense

Defense (2003)

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3 Seasons
September 21, 2003
DA
Crime

Synopsis

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Creator

Kim Magnusson, Ole Meldgaard, Michael Asmussen

Network

TV 2

Episodes

A Happy Family
E1

A Happy Family

Sep 21, 2003
45 min

Defense Attorney Mikael Frank is called to Western Prison, where 17-year-old Tobias is sitting, charged with attempted killing of his father-in-law. The young man strongly denies guilt and explains that a random drug addict fired the hunting rifle - five times. The father-in-law is totally invalid and Mikael Frank gets his case for defending Tobias. The colleagues at the law firm Frank & Christensen doubt that star lawyer Mikael Frank can get the young man acquitted, but then Patrik Larsen appears. He has just been tested and wants to have a job with his former defender. Patrik speaks of an unauthorized investigation into the drug environment in an attempt to find the right perpetrator and at the same time win the lawyers' trust. Meanwhile, in the Eastern District Court, Mikael Frank ranks the tragic story of Tobias' family.

The man in the south harbor
E2

The man in the south harbor

Sep 24, 2003
45 min

Things get stirred up at Frank and Christensen as one employee initiates a conflicting relationship with a client and an Olympic lightweight rower is charged with murder of an East German man found in his car needs legal assistance.

Angry Men
E3

Angry Men

Oct 1, 2003
45 min

Defending the accused of his former colleague's murder against his own mistress, CC finds himself in a very personal and complicated case.

Outside of the Law
E4

Outside of the Law

Oct 8, 2003
45 min

Rebecca enters a fight over office space with newly employed controversial lawyer Leo whilst defending a police officer accused of a lesbian plot.

The Good Son
E5

The Good Son

Oct 15, 2003
45 min

Mikael Frank struggles to acquit a weak-minded Lollandian as the health of both the accused's and his own father complicate the case further.

The One You Love
E6

The One You Love

Oct 22, 2003
45 min

Malene gets personally involved in the case of a mother accused of attempting to murder her daughter. Leo likewise in the case of child molestation accusation against a children's author.

Fight for Everything you Hold Dear
E7

Fight for Everything you Hold Dear

Oct 29, 2003
45 min

Mikael Frank is having a difficult time defending an accused private of The Royal Life Guards due to his own past at said regiment. Elsewhere Rebecca and Leo bond on a road trip, gathering evidence to save her uncle.

Loverboy
E8

Loverboy

Nov 5, 2003
45 min

In order to prove to her colleagues that she is tough enough for the job, Malene decides to have a conductor accused of rape acquitted.

Brotherhood
E9

Brotherhood

Nov 12, 2003
45 min

CC struggles with a kindergarten strike, his love affair and defending a professor of pathology while Rebecca and Leo defend two outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with murder.

A good Muslim
E10

A good Muslim

Nov 19, 2003
45 min

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False Witsnesses
E11

False Witsnesses

Nov 26, 2003
45 min

With CC on a cruise, the firm relies on Michael and Leo to handle the cases. Michael gets romantically involved with his client in a case in which his own assistant is a witness and Leo thinks his client might have abused him as a child.

Cast

Details

Original Title

Forsvar

Status

Ended

Seasons

3

Episodes

29

Production

Nordisk Film Denmark