This Is Wonderland
Law and Order...Without the Order.
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
Seasons
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2004-01-12
Pilot. The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2004-01-19
Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2004-01-26
Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2004-02-02
A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot is infatuated by a court interpreter.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2004-02-08
Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2004-02-09
Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2004-02-16
A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2004-03-01
A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2004-03-08
Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2004-03-15
James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 2004-03-22
A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 2004-03-29
Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 2004-04-05
Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2005-01-25
Alice gets in the middle of two disputing neighbors; Elliot and James represent a man who stole a woman's purse in a desperate attempt to meet her; Nancy represents a woman who assaulted her future father-in-law.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2005-02-01
Alice defends a housekeeper who is working illegally and a man charged with harassing a girl who does not know that he exists.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2005-02-08
Alice represents a PhD student suffering from a psychotic episode and a guard charged with using excessive force; James defends a mother charged with attacking her daughter's boyfriend.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2005-02-15
Alice represents a crack addict and her sister; James defends a man who gave his younger brother heroin.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2005-02-22
Elliot defends an exotic dancer charged with soliciting sex; Alice represents a woman accused of trying to push a passerby onto the subway tracks.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2005-03-01
Alice defends a woman who stole money from her employer; Elliot tries helping a man who suffers from schizo-affective disorder.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2005-03-08
Elliot defends a woman charged with forcing her ex-girlfriend to work as a prostitute; Alice represents a man charged with assaulting his wife's husband.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2005-03-22
James represents a doctor; Alice defends a man charged with assaulting his girlfriend; Elliot represents an aspiring gangster rapper.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2005-03-29
Alice defends a teacher charged with assaulting one of her students; Elliot represents a single mom charged with defrauding the welfare system; Mr. Jackson is charged with mischief.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2005-04-05
Elliot needs a favor from Rosemary to successfully defend a client; Alice defends a schizophrenic woman accused of pushing a passerby on the subway.
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 2005-04-12
Alice represents a woman charged with assaulting her grandmother; Elliot defends a woman who lifts men for the purpose of gauging their reaction to strong females; James acts for a client accused of trying to rob a homeless man.
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 2005-04-19
James represents a man who is feuding with his garbage men; Elliot is pulled into Gordon and Gloria Willis' quest to reclaim their son; Alice tries to help a dangerous, unstable drug addict.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 2005-04-26
Elliot loses his composure; Alice gets in the middle of a dispute between family members about their divergent approaches to parenting; Mr. Jackson throws himself on the mercy of Judge Malone.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2005-11-23
A homeless man camps out in Rosedale park; a young couple steals their baby from the hospital; new lawyer join the firm.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2005-11-30
A reverend deals drugs; a mother uses her kids as decoys to shoplift; a woman sets fire to her own home.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2005-12-07
A man assaults two police officers while trying to protect his sisters; homeless man believes he has risen from the dead; a delusional man is convinced he is allergic to peanuts.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2005-12-14
A couple abduct their child from foster care; man assaults an usher at a basketball game; woman has a psychotic episode.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2006-01-04
A woman phones a bomb threat into Union Station; two men play the race card against each other; a man hates his daughter for being gay.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2006-01-11
A man assaults shoppers; a stripper tries to frame another stripper; a mother encourages her sons to become thieves.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 2006-01-18
Brothers confess to the same crime; woman steals a baby she thought was her own; a bad job reference leads to a violent assault.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 2006-01-25
Businessmen are caught in an all night massage parlour; drug dealers turn themselves in; a man threatens to go postal in bail court.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 2006-02-01
A woman escapes from custody to see the sunset; a woman is charged with dreaming about killing her boss; man is saved from a life of garbage eating.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 2006-02-08
Dog walkers lose their tempers; a career criminal is fed up with the level of care in nursing homes; a man's wife won't let him eat what he wants; parent assaults a vice-principal; an alcoholic father wants to see his baby.
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 2006-03-01
A psychic wreaks havoc in the courthouse; a woman assaults a man.
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 2006-03-08
A woman over medicates her husband; man is addicted to lottery tickets; a lawyer helps a homeless man find housing.
13. Episode 13
Air Date: 2006-03-15
Jack makes a deal with a drug dealer; a criminal threatens to kill an eyewitness.
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Rating
9.0/10
Release Date
2004-01-12
Episodes
39 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
