Fairly Legal

Kate Reed's beloved father is dead. She still has a lot of unresolved issues with him, that and grief, makes it hard for her to come to terms with his death. And his widow, and her ohne ex husband and...., yes she struggles. But back to work she goes and chaos insues. No longer a Lawyer, as her ex husband, her brother, her farther and her farthers widow, Kate is now a Mediator, so chaos is her business. And her act, and if you look without seeing, it would be your perception of her. But she's focused, in this episode on 5-10 things at a time; 1'st priority: Staying alive under an armed robbery on her way to work and RESOLVE the situation peacefully. 2'end priority: Keeping an innocent youngster from a 10 years prison sentence. 3'rd priority: Get a father to stand down as CEO of the company he himself has build, and give over the post to his son. 4'th priority : Staying out of jail, pleasing a judge who for some reason can hassle and boss around privat citizens. (Only in the US, thank the god's). 5'th priority : To lick the judge's butt, mediate a botched marriage perpossal. 6'th priority: ...... well you get the picture.

Kate Reed, on her way to the reading of her fathers will, gets offered to mediate between an innocent man, released after 22 years in prison, and the state. And we are off. Kate ducking the reading of the will, and trying to keep the innocent man from giving up on life and freedom.

In spite of the Title, this is the first episode, Kate Reed does not get handcuffed to a Bench. Yep disappointing as hell. But she does have to please the judge again. Only this time he does not act like an absolute A hole. He asks for help. A high school football coach, he respects, needs help with a mediation. The mediation a result of parents complaining over and reporting the coach.

A cooking show, a barbecue sauce deal, an abusive blackmailing father and a abused daughter, all and more is what Kate Reed is joggling in this episode. Side shows; Ex hubby has a complicated trespassing case that started out looking simple, and Lauren tries to keep a client from dumping the firm (Reed and Reed).

Kate mediates the settlement between an insurance company and a man who was hit by a truck, only to find the real conflict is between the man and his wife, who claims the husband she knew never came back from the accident.

The exasperated young inventor of a revolutionary new device, Marcus, threatens to jump to his death when John, his employer and the rights holder to Marcus' invention, asks Kate to mediate his firing. Kate must get Marcus off the ledge, recover the device, which he's stolen, and find a fair resolution for both the disenchanted employee and his former boss.

A big client of Reed & Reed's asks Kate to mediate a simple financial matter -- which quickly morphs into a case of identity theft before escalating to an immigration issue where Kate must defend a brave soldier against a rigid Homeland Security prosecutor.

Paul Shelton, lead singer of the 1990s one-hit-wonder band, Ultravinyl, seeks Kate's help to cash in on a lucrative offer for use of their song in a commercial. What seems like a slam dunk stalls when Paul's former bandmates refuse to negotiate, and Paul reveals the real reason he needs Kate's help.

Kate's best friend Julie comes to Reed & Reed for a standard prenuptial agreement. But her father -- a Tae Kwan Do master -- has deep suspicions of his future son-in-law. Kate investigates, determined to prove him wrong -- but what she uncovers shocks everyone.

One day in the life of Kate: prevent an international incident at the Croatian Embassy and mediate between two litigious brothers before her nemesis, Judge Nicastro, throws her in jail -- all while bracing herself for the possibility of some major personal changes.