As of July 2026, The Practice Season 5 aired in 2000 with 22 episodes — streaming now on Disney Plus. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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The Practice Season 5

2000 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 8/10

The Practice Season 5 is currently streaming on and , and it rewards the patience it asks of you. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 110 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Watch it for Dylan McDermott — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Practice Season 5 is worth clearing space for. The Practice Season 5 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 5 of The Practice includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 2000 to May 2001. This season stars Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris and Camryn Manheim. Dylan McDermott and Steve Harris lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2000. The Practice Season 5 resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with The Practice Season 5. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Dylan McDermott is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

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🎬 The Practice Season 5 — Episode Guide

Summary Judgments

Bobby doesn't want a client to testify to avoid introducing an incriminating videotape. Helen and Richard Bay may have coached a witness in the same trial. Ellenor and Lindsay represent a parent whose three children have all contracted learning disabilities.

Bobby struggles to overturn the guilty verdict in the Scott Wallace case. Bobby's refusal to allow Wallace to testify may be grounds for a new trial. Ellenor and Lindsay continue their attack against the EPA, but a hostile judge may thwart their efforts. Helen faces a crisis when doing the right thi...

Officers of the Court

Ellenor continues the Jamison case, challenging Judge Aldrich's decision to cut her client's award. Jimmy is upset when he learns that former client Jennifer Cole is pregnant and has been arrested for possession of cocaine. He conspires with the D.A. to install Jennifer in a rehab program. Bobby con...

Appeal and Denial

Bobby takes the Scott Wallace case to appeals, hopefully proving that prosecution witness Kyle Barrett perjured himself. Helen faces Rebecca in the courtroom in an emotional case when an abused spouse claims that she was mistaken in identifying her husband as her attacker. Bobby and Lindsay announce...

We Hold These Truths...

Eugene defends a man accused of murder in a trial where the outcome hinges on the honesty of a police officer who's been living a lie. Jimmy confronts a judge whose propensity for giving moral lectures to defendants has made him a laughingstock. Bobby continues preparations for the Scott Wallace ret...

The long-awaited Scott Wallace retrial.

Brothers' Keepers

Bobby defends a man on trial for allowing his wife to be murdered in an 'honor killing'; an ancient cultural ritual used to punish adulterous behavior. Eugene reluctantly aids incompetent attorney Harland Bassett yet again. Ellenor announces that she's pregnant, encountering some adversity.

Mr. Hinks Goes to Town

Lindsay defends a psychiatric patient who claims to be a serial killer. His psychiatrist claims he's only a disturbed individual looking for a little notoriety.

Scott Wallace, William Hinks, and a high profile kidnapping case converge to make this one of the most explosive episode of The Practice thus far. First, Bobby is forced to choose between his responsibilities to his client and the life of a 7-year-old girl when his client knows the kidnapped girl's ...

Friends and Ex-Lovers

Despite a restraining order, William Hinks continues to harass Lindsay, as more questions arise as to whether or not he's the real serial killer. Meanwhile, Bobby blames himself for Scott Wallace's latest offense.

After Scott Wallace kills his friend, Jimmy becomes a witness for the prosecution. Bobby, meanwhile, is still defending Wallace. Lindsay is convinced that serial killer William Hinks has claimed another victim, and fears for her own life. To protect her, Bobby takes matters into his own hands

Bobby is arrested for conspiring to murder serial killer William Hinks. The entire firm, with Eugene at the helm, must now rally to defend him. Meanwhile, Rebecca discovers foul play in the wrongful death suit of a friend's husband.

Tensions at the firm are at an all-time high when Bobby is tried for the murder of William Hinks. Bobby is acquitted, though there is little to celebrate when a mysterious cassette recorder is sent to the office. Lucy and Rebecca hear Hinks' voice on the recorder, just before it triggers an explosio...

The Day After (I)

Unconscious and in critical need of blood, Rebecca's fate is left to a higher power when her mother refuses to allow a transfusion because of the family's religious beliefs. Bobby is awestruck when Lindsay gives birth to their son a month early. The crossover continues on Boston Public S01E13 Chapt...

Ellenor's chosen "sperm donor," Michael Hale, has second thoughts about the agreement over the rearing of her soon-to-be-born child. Meanwhile, Rebecca emerges from the I.C.U. and gets lost in the hospital. Additionally, Helen prepares to prosecute the rape of an eleven-year-old girl.

Gideon's Crossover

Helen prosecutes an accused rapist, while doing her best to keep the 11-year-old victim off the witness stand. Meanwhile, Ellenor has complications with her pregnancy and is treated by Dr. Ben Gideon (Gideon's Crossing).

What Child is This?

Bobby and Jimmy employ the firm's notorious "Plan B" strategy in a last-ditch effort to save a client accused of raping and murdering his teen-aged stepdaughter. Bobby makes a case that the client's wife is actually the murderer, and the accused client is declared not guilty. Meanwhile, Ellenor goe...

Helen Gamble uses trickery to coerce a confession from an alleged carjacker represented by Jimmy Berluti. While Gamble feels that her means were legal and necessary to get a dangerous man off the streets, Berluti and Eugene disagree and ask a federal judge to rule the confession inadmissible, a deci...

Home of the Brave

Lindsay presses Richard Bay to explain a questionable arrest of her client, who is an illegal alien. She ultimately discovers that the police planted drugs on her client, in order to force him to testify in a murder trial. The client refuses to testify, as the murderer is his own brother, and allows...

The Case of Harland Bassett

Eugene and Jimmy agree to help the mistake-prone Harland Bassett in the case of a young girl who developed liver damage from an antibiotic. With the odds stacked against them, the trio take on a politically-tied, deep-pocketed drug manufacturer.

🎭 Cast of The Practice Season 5

Dylan McDermott

Dylan McDermott

Steve Harris

Camryn Manheim

Michael Badalucco

Michael Badalucco

LisaGay Hamilton

LisaGay Hamilton

Rebecca Washington

Kelli Williams

Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle

Marla Sokoloff

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