# List of The Guardian episodes

This is a list of the 67 episodes for The Guardian, an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. The series revolved around Nick Fallin, a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focused on Nick's community service and recovery from drug addiction, as well as his strained relationship with his father who was president of the corporate law firm where Nick was employed full-time.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25) | May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21) |
| 2 | 23 | 23 | September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24) | May 13, 2003 (2003-05-13) |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2001–02)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander & Elisa Bell | September 25, 2001 (2001-09-25) | 101 |
| 2 | 2 | "Reunion" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander | October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02) | 102 |
| 3 | 3 | "Paternity" | Joan Tewkesbury | Michael R. Perry | October 9, 2001 (2001-10-09) | 103 |
| 4 | 4 | "Lolita?" | Charles Haid | David Hollander | October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16) | 104 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Men from the Boys" | Peter Levin | Peter Parnell | October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23) | 105 |
| 6 | 6 | "Indian Summer" | Lou Antonio | David Hollander | October 30, 2001 (2001-10-30) | 106 |
| 7 | 7 | "Feeding Frenzy" | Peter Medak | Alfonso H. Moreno | November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06) | 107 |
| 8 | 8 | "Heart" | Jeremy Kagan | David Hollander | November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20) | 108 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Funnies" | Lou Antonio | Peter Parnell & Michael R. Perry | November 27, 2001 (2001-11-27) | 109 |
| 10 | 10 | "Loyalties" | Arvin Brown | David Hollander | December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11) | 110 |
| 11 | 11 | "Home" | Oz Scott | David Hollander & Alfonso H. Moreno | December 18, 2001 (2001-12-18) | 111 |
| 12 | 12 | "Causality" | Jeremy Kagan | David Hollander & Peter Parnell | January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08) | 112 |
| 13 | 13 | "Privilege" | Graeme Clifford | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | January 22, 2002 (2002-01-22) | 113 |
| 14 | 14 | "Family" | Andy Wolk | Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno | February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05) | 114 |
| 15 | 15 | "In Loco Parentis" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander | February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26) | 115 |
| 16 | 16 | "Solidarity" | Lou Antonio | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | March 5, 2002 (2002-03-05) | 116 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Divide" | Alan Myerson | Rick Eid & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12) | 117 |
| 18 | 18 | "Mothers of the Disappeared" | Steven Robman | David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | March 26, 2002 (2002-03-26) | 118 |
| 19 | 19 | "Lawyers, Guns & Money" | Jerry Levine | Rick Eid & Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | April 9, 2002 (2002-04-09) | 119 |
| 20 | 20 | "Shelter" | Steve Gomer | Michael R. Perry & Rick Eid & David Hollander | May 7, 2002 (2002-05-07) | 120 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Chinese Wall" | Joan Tewkesbury | Peter Parnell & Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14) | 121 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Beginning" | Michael Pressman | David Hollander & Anne McGrail | May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21) | 122 |

### Season 2 (2002–03)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 23 | 1 | "Testimony" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | September 24, 2002 (2002-09-24) | 201 |
| 24 | 2 | "Monster" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Anne McGrail | October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01) | 202 |
| 25 | 3 | "The Dead" | Jerry Levine | Alfonso H. Moreno & David Hollander | October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08) | 203 |
| 26 | 4 | "The Next Life" | Joan Tewkesbury | David Hollander & Rick Eid | October 15, 2002 (2002-10-15) | 204 |
| 27 | 5 | "Assuming the Position" | Mel Damski | Nick Santora & David Hollander | October 22, 2002 (2002-10-22) | 205 |
| 28 | 6 | "The Living" | Lee David Zlotoff | Rick Eid & David Hollander & Michael R. Perry | October 29, 2002 (2002-10-29) | 206 |
| 29 | 7 | "The Innocent" | Juan J. Campanella | Anne McGrail | November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12) | 207 |
| 30 | 8 | "The Neighborhood" | Jerry London | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | November 19, 2002 (2002-11-19) | 208 |
| 31 | 9 | "The Dark" | Mel Damski | David Hollander & Nick Santora | November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26) | 209 |
| 32 | 10 | "Sacrifice" | Michael Watkins | Rick Eid | December 10, 2002 (2002-12-10) | 210 |
| 33 | 11 | "No Good Deed" | Lou Antonio | David Hollander & Nick Santora | December 17, 2002 (2002-12-17) | 211 |
| 34 | 12 | "You Belong to Me" | Jessica Yu | Alfonso H. Moreno | January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07) | 212 |
| 35 | 13 | "Ambition" | Duane Clark | Anne McGrail | January 21, 2003 (2003-01-21) | 213 |
| 36 | 14 | "Understand Your Man" | John Patterson | David Hollander & Rick Eid | February 4, 2003 (2003-02-04) | 214 |
| 37 | 15 | "Where You Are" | Vahan Moosekian | Michael R. Perry | February 11, 2003 (2003-02-11) | 215 |
| 38 | 16 | "The Weight" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18) | 216 |
| 39 | 17 | "The Intersection" | Peter Medak | David Hollander & Nick Santora & Tom Smuts | February 25, 2003 (2003-02-25) | 217 |
| 40 | 18 | "My Aim Is True" | Simon Baker | Gayley Buckner & Rick Eid & David Hollander | March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18) | 218 |
| 41 | 19 | "Back in the Ring" | Jeremy Kagan | Anne McGrail | April 1, 2003 (2003-04-01) | 219 |
| 42 | 20 | "What It Means to You" | Jerry London | David Hollander & Rick Eid | April 22, 2003 (2003-04-22) | 220 |
| 43 | 21 | "Burton & Ernie" | Martha Mitchell | Michael R. Perry & David Hollander | April 29, 2003 (2003-04-29) | 221 |
| 44 | 22 | "Sensitive Jackals" | Joan Tewkesbury | David Hollander & Nick Santora | May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06) | 222 |
| 45 | 23 | "All the Rage" | David Hollander | David Hollander & Rick Eid | May 13, 2003 (2003-05-13) | 223 |

### Season 3 (2003–04)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 46 | 1 | "Carnival" | Félix Alcalá | David Hollander & Rick Eid | September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) | 301 |
| 47 | 2 | "Big Coal" | Mel Damski | David Hollander & Nick Santora | September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) | 302 |
| 48 | 3 | "The Line" | Joan Tewkesbury | Barry M. Schkolnick | October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07) | 303 |
| 49 | 4 | "The Daughter-Father Dance" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson | October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14) | 304 |
| 50 | 5 | "Shame" | John Heath | David Hollander & Rick Eid | October 21, 2003 (2003-10-21) | 305 |
| 51 | 6 | "Let's Spend the Night Together" | Michael Zinberg | Rick Eid | October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28) | 306 |
| 52 | 7 | "Hazel Park" | Emilio Estevez | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04) | 307 |
| 53 | 8 | "Believe" | Peter Medak | David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson | November 11, 2003 (2003-11-11) | 308 |
| 54 | 9 | "Let God Sort 'Em Out" | Félix Alcalá | Nick Santora | November 25, 2003 (2003-11-25) | 309 |
| 55 | 10 | "Swimming" | James Bagdonas | David Hollander & Rick Eid | December 16, 2003 (2003-12-16) | 310 |
| 56 | 11 | "Legacy" | Nancy Malone | David Hollander & Rick Eid | January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06) | 311 |
| 57 | 12 | "Beautiful Blue Mystic" | Mel Damski | David Hollander | January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13) | 312 |
| 58 | 13 | "Amends" | Bill L. Norton | David Hollander & Jennifer Johnson | January 27, 2004 (2004-01-27) | 313 |
| 59 | 14 | "All Is Mended" | Emilio Estevez | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | February 10, 2004 (2004-02-10) | 314 |
| 60 | 15 | "Without Consent" | Vahan Moosekian | Rick Eid | February 17, 2004 (2004-02-17) | 315 |
| 61 | 16 | "Sparkle" | Steve Gomer | David Hollander & Barry M. Schkolnick | February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24) | 316 |
| 62 | 17 | "The Watchers" | Emilio Estevez | David Hollander & Nick Santora | March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02) | 317 |
| 63 | 18 | "The Bachelor Party" | Alan Rosenberg | David Hollander & Rick Eid | March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | 318 |
| 64 | 19 | "Remember" | Bill L. Norton | David Hollander & Tom Smuts | April 6, 2004 (2004-04-06) | 319 |
| 65 | 20 | "The Vote" | Mel Damski | Jennifer Johnson & Rick Eid | April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) | 320 |
| 66 | 21 | "Blood In, Blood Out" | Joan Tewkesbury | David Hollander & Nick Santora | April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27) | 321 |
| 67 | 22 | "Antarctica" | David Hollander | David Hollander & Rick Eid | May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04) | 322 |

## Home video releases

| Season | Episodes | DVD release dates | DVD release dates | DVD release dates | DVD release dates |
| Season | Episodes | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Discs |
| 1 | 22 | October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27) | TBA | TBA | 6 |
| 2 | 23 | September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07) | TBA | TBA | 6 |
| 3 | 22 | February 8, 2011 (2011-02-08) | TBA | TBA | 6 |