The Home Court
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Pilot
Air Date:30/09/1995
Sydney's oldest son quits college.
Crew
Episode: 2
The Cheesehead Stands Alone
Air Date:07/10/1995
Sydney sentences a divorced football star to a weekend in jail for not visiting his son, but it soon appears she may have made a bad call.
Guest Stars
Name: Michael Fletcher
Character:
Department: Acting
Name: Pamela Brull
Character: Candee
Department: Acting
Name: Larry Cedar
Character: Attorney
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Kagan
Character: Coach
Department: Acting
Name: Eric Allan Kramer
Character: Nick Kaofis
Department: Acting
Name: Jana Robbins
Character: Bethany Van Pelt
Department: Acting
Episode: 3
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Air Date:21/10/1995
Sydney peeks at an FBI file to find out why she was passed over for a spot on a White House committee—and finds out something startling about Neal.
Crew
Episode: 4
In Cyberspace Everyone Can Hear You Scream
Air Date:25/10/1995
Sydney confiscates Marshall's computer after she discovers he released onto the Internet a video of her giving birth to Ellis.
Crew
Episode: 5
My Kind of Clown
Air Date:04/11/1995
A Bozo the Clown show brings back a not-so-happy childhood memory for Greer involving a shiny new bike that Sydney proudly won on the show as a kid.
Episode: 6
Time Flies
Air Date:02/12/1995
With the minutes of her life ""ticking away."" Sydney grows desperate for a romantic relationship.
Guest Stars
Name: Alastair Duncan
Character: Paul
Department: Acting
Name: Roger Eschbacher
Character: Attorney
Department: Acting
Name: Will Jeffries
Character: Man #1
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Kaufman
Character: Man #3
Department: Acting
Name: Kevin Maloney
Character: Man #4
Department: Acting
Name: Charles Noland
Character: Man #6
Department: Acting
Name: Rick Scarry
Character: Man #5
Department: Acting
Name: Michael Bailey Smith
Character: Man #2
Department: Acting
Episode: 7
The Sydney That Works
Air Date:09/12/1995
Neal is itching to get into an elite private school, but when she's put on the waiting list, Sydney has to start scratching a lot of backs to get her in.
Episode: 8
Dog Day Afternoon
Air Date:06/01/1996
The hapless new presiding judge, Walter Ragsdale, decides to make Sydney's life miserable after she insults him, and he reassigns her from family court to more onerous duties.
Guest Stars
Name: Keith Diamond
Character: Ernie
Department: Acting
Name: Chad Cox
Character: Lucas Sidowski
Department: Acting
Name: Jeff Doucette
Character: Mr. Sidowski
Department: Acting
Name: Dan Hedaya
Character: Judge Walter Ragsdale
Department: Acting
Name: Marc Segal
Character: Shy Man
Department: Acting
Name: Robin Shelby
Character: Sharon Gage
Department: Acting
Name: Deborah Theaker
Character: Doctor
Department: Acting
Episode: 9
The Importance of Being Ernie
Air Date:13/01/1996
Judge Ragsdale wants to steal Ernie away from Sydney; and, given the way Sydney treats him, Ernie's tempted to make the move.
Guest Stars
Name: Keith Diamond
Character: Ernie
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Hagerty
Character: Leo Blount
Department: Acting
Name: Dan Hedaya
Character: Judge Walter Ragsdale
Department: Acting
Name: Jeanine Jackson
Character: Reema
Department: Acting
Name: Ron Karabatsos
Character: Uncle Frank
Department: Acting
Name: Joel McKinnon Miller
Character: Cousin Roy
Department: Acting
Episode: 10
Laborer of Love
Air Date:20/01/1996
A wealthy and attractive divorcee gives Mia a gig as her gofer, but Sydney fears he's just going to be a gigolo.
Guest Stars
Name: Mary Kay Adams
Character: Dana
Department: Acting
Name: Louan Gideon
Character: Lisa
Department: Acting
Name: Tim Haldeman
Character: Scotty O'Day
Department: Acting
Name: Zack Phifer
Character: Mr. Blair
Department: Acting
Name: Studs Terkel
Character: Self
Department: Acting
Name: Karen Malina White
Character: Leslie
Department: Acting
Episode: 11
Touched by an Anger
Air Date:03/02/1996
Sydney roughs up a mugger during an attempted purse snatching, and the court orders her to attend an anger-management workshop, where she finds the sources of her displaced hostility: her ex-husband Jeffrey.
Guest Stars
Name: Patrick Kerr
Character: Elephant Ed
Department: Acting
Name: Susanne Blakeslee
Character: Tricia
Department: Acting
Name: Robert Curtis Brown
Character: Telegram Singer
Department: Acting
Name: Carlos Jacott
Character: Pete
Department: Acting
Name: Andrew Hill Newman
Character: Paul
Department: Acting
Name: Allan Steele
Character: Psychopath
Department: Acting
Name: Carol Ann Susi
Character: Connie
Department: Acting
Name: Stephen Tobolowsky
Character: Jeffrey Solomon
Department: Acting
Episode: 12
An Exercise in Fertility
Air Date:10/02/1996
Episode: 13
The Great Chicago Fireman
Air Date:02/03/1996
Sydney may have found the perfect man when she begins dating a hunky fireman who rescued her from a locked bathroom, but his penchant for gourmet cooking, meticulous housekeeping -- and weeping over sensitive ""chick flicks"" -- leaves Sydney feeling a bit smothered.
Episode: 14
Between a Shamrock and a Hard Place
Air Date:16/03/1996
St. Patrick's Day gets a wee bit out of hand for Sydney, who's held hostage in her courtroom by 9-year-old Patrick who wants her to stop Chicago's annual parade because he is ashamed of his diminutive father's participation as a leprechaun. Elsewhere, a giddy Greer tries to entice Neal to join her on a suitably goofy float.
Guest Stars
Name: John Apicella
Character: Bartender
Department: Acting
Name: Roger Eschbacher
Character: Attorney
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Hagerty
Character: Leo Blount
Department: Acting
Name: Bradley Pierce
Character: Patrick Shaughnessy
Department: Acting
Name: Heather Rattray
Character: Woman #1
Department: Acting
Name: Danny Woodburn
Character: Ryan Shaughnessy
Department: Acting
Episode: 15
True Lies
Air Date:23/03/1996
Sydney gets Mike a job working with Leo, the courthouse maintenance man who has a thing for Sydney.
Episode: 16
Bad Boys
Air Date:30/03/1996
When Neal wants to date a young car thief she meets, Sydney is reminded of her own youthful fling with a bad boy who stole her heart.
Episode: 17
Mike Solomon: Unplugged
Air Date:06/04/1996
Mike takes Sydney's advice and bails out on his floundering rock band -- just before they finally hit the big time.
Episode: 18
Dad
Air Date:13/04/1996
Sydney's widowed dad Karl arrives in Chicago with a fiancé, and he can't wait to consummate their marriage; but his bride-to-be can wait -- forever.
Episode: 19
Love, Death & Soda
Air Date:20/04/1996
Marshall is stricken with guilt after he makes out with a girl during a relative's funeral.
Guest Stars
Name: Anna Berger
Character: Aunt Sophie
Department: Acting
Name: Stephen Kay
Character: Dr. Lachman
Department: Directing
Name: Annie Korzen
Character: Esther
Department: Acting
Name: Ralph Manza
Character: Thin Man
Department: Acting
Name: Leelee Sobieski
Character: Leslie
Department: Acting
Name: Lou Thornton
Character: Delilah Love
Department: Acting
Episode: 20
Syd and Sensibility
Air Date:22/06/1996
