Judging Amy
Judging Amy

Judging Amy

1999 6 Seasons 138 Episodes ⭐ 7.5 Drama

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Pilot

Amy Madison Gray struggles to adjust to the new circumstances in her life as she separates from her husband and becomes

EP 2

Short Calendar

Short calendar day drops 54 cases on Amy's docket, and the long day stretches into night when she's forced to make a lif

EP 3

Trial By Jury

Sitting in for a friend who's undergoing chemotherapy, Amy presides over her first jury trial and clashes with a former

EP 4

Victim Soul

Amy must determine if a comatose boy who is believed to have healing powers is being abused by his grandmother; Maxine c

EP 5

Last Tango in Hartford

A death threat, coupled with Maxine's disapproval, puts a crimp in Amy's blossoming relationship with Tracy; Vincent beg

EP 6

Witch Hunt

A woman fights for custody of her son after the boy's father claims that her practice of the Wiccan religion makes her a

EP 7

An Impartial Bias

Maxine fights to keep a deaf boy in the care of his teenage brother after they are orphaned; Bruce disagrees with Amy's

EP 8

Near Death Experience

Amy presides over the sentencing hearing of an emotionally immature teenager convicted of the murder of a ten year old g

EP 9

The Persistence of Tectonics

Amy juggles preparing Thanksgiving dinner, being on call, and coping with a surprise announcement from Michael; Gillian

EP 10

Crowded House

Amy hears the case of an extremely abused, mentally ill teenager who has stabbed a teacher; Vincent's agent finds him a

EP 11

Presumed Innocent

Amy takes it personally when Stuart appeals her decision to overturn the jury's verdict; Maxine arrives at a creative so

EP 12

Spoil the Child

Amy threatens to remove a young boy from the custody of a father who asserts his right to beat his son regularly with a

EP 13

Zero to Sixty

Michael's insistence upon joint custody of Lauren after Amy requests an increase in child support payments dooms the div

EP 14

Shaken, Not Stirred

Amy must decide if a young boy accused of shaking his infant sister to death is guilty of murder; Maxine fights to keep

EP 15

Culture Clash

Amy is assigned to a Judicial Conduct Commission panel which will decide the fate of a judge accused of demanding sexual

EP 16

The Wee Hours

Amy gears up for the custody battle over Lauren; Vincent takes a job at the local newspaper to help him overcome a sever

EP 17

Drawing the Line

Amy must decide if a brain-injured woman is fit to be a mother; Maxine discovers that a teenaged client is being abused

EP 18

Human Touch

Amy presides over a custody case between a young girl's stepfather and her biological father, whose severe case of Obses

EP 19

The Out-of-Towners

Heeding the request of counsel to deliver one of her ""rants"" at a sentencing hearing, Amy lectures a young drug dealer

EP 20

The God Thing

Amy decides the fate of two teenagers arrested for possession of a date rape drug; Greta returns to work with a newfound

EP 21

Gray vs. Gray

Maxine gets a new supervisor at D.C.F.; Donna becomes stressed when Oscar's attorneys petition to have his conviction re

EP 22

Not With a Whimper

After going on the date from hell with a Yale professor, Amy has one last fling with Michael the day their divorce becom

EP 23

Blast From the Past

Vincent is injured in an explosion when he attempts to dissuade an old friend threatening to blow up the court house aft

EP 1

Zero Tolerance

As the Gray family tries to cope with the aftermath of the explosion, Maxine cuts back on her workload to help Vincent t

EP 2

You're Not the Boss of Me

Maxine goes overboard in mothering Vincent after he's released from the hospital and moves back into her house to recupe

EP 3

Instincts

Vincent returns to work; Gillian nervously agrees to allow Donna to babysit for Ned so that she and Peter can have a rom

EP 4

Convictions

Amy contends with a high profile attorney who attempts to bully her during a paternity case; Maxine struggles over mendi

EP 5

Unnecessary Roughness

Amy seeks to have Lauren qualified as a ""gifted"" student; Maxine agrees to take a anger management class after going t

EP 6

The Burden of Perspective

Amy is as shocked as Lauren is pleased to learn of Michael and Leisha's impending wedding; sensing that Maxine has reser

EP 7

Dog Days

Amy must decide whether to remove an eleven year old girl from the custody of her Wanderer parents; Vincent writes an ar

EP 8

Waterworld

When Donna's birthing center burns down the night before she goes into labor, the Grays offer the use of their house for

EP 9

The Undertow

Amy gets to know Rob, Lauren's very attractive sensei, better when he brings Lauren home from class after Amy has forgot

EP 10

Adoption Day

Evie walks back into Ned's life just as Peter and Gillian are set to adopt him; Maxine deals with a young girl who wants

EP 11

The Claw is Our Master

Amy finds herself in the middle of a love triangle when she considers giving Tom Gillette a second chance while she cont

EP 12

8 1/2 Narrow

Amy finds herself fending off Nick's advances and agonizes over whether she should tell Lolly; Maxine assists a detectiv

EP 13

The Beginning, the End, and the Murky Middle

As Peter and Gillian prepare for Ned's christening, Evie returns to claim her son; Amy and Tom decide to make their rela

EP 14

One For the Road

Peter and Gillian lose custody of Ned to Evie; Peter tries to drown his grief in alcohol and is arrested for drunk drivi

EP 15

The Treachery of Compromise

Representing the governor, Stuart Collins offers Amy a chance to apply for an appellate court appointment if she'll rule

EP 16

Everybody Falls Down

Amy must decide whether to terminate the parental rights of a couple convicted of child abuse; Maxine's disrespect rubs

EP 17

Romeo and Juliet Must Die--Well, Maybe Just Juliet

Amy hears a manslaughter case involving a 15-year-old boy who's into goth and accused of luring a girl into a mutual sui

EP 18

The Unforgiven

Maxine contemplates ending her relationship with Jared after meeting his son again, while Amy oversees a case involving

EP 19

Between the Wanting and the Getting

Jonathan Ashworth joins the Sanctuary House team and manages to ruffle everyone's feathers; Amy tries unsuccessfully to

EP 20

Grounded

Felled by the flu, Amy collapses in court, but not before presiding over a custody hearing for a cow; long-buried feelin

EP 21

Redheaded Stepchild

The Sanctuary House staff works together to determine the identity of the adult who molested a twelve year old boy who c

EP 22

Hold on Tight

Maxine reunites a couple with their kidnapped baby; Vincent is upset when Carole usurps his prerogative to tell his fami

EP 1

The Last Word

After pleas from Maxine and Peter, Amy takes the first step in mending fences with Vincent; back in town with a new job

EP 2

Off the Grid

Vincent and Amy are frantic when Maxine disappears; Carole ignores a lump on her breast; Amy suspects a lawyer of exploi

EP 3

Darkness For Light

Amy must decide the appropriate punishments for a high school gang leader who tortured an undercover police officer, and

EP 4

The Right Thing To Do

Amy must rule on the fate of conjoined twins; Jared proposes to Maxine before taking a job in China; Carole tries to pus

EP 5

Look Closer

Amy hears the case of two teenagers accused of causing the suicide of a classmate by deliberately posting lies about her

EP 6

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Family

Amy must decide whether to modify a custody agreement and allow a woman to take her daughter to Paris for two years agai

EP 7

Imbroglio

Amy asks Bruce to set her up with his friend, but it doesn't go quite the way she planned; Amy hears cases involving a w

EP 8

Rights of Passage

Donna stumbles as she subs for Bruce as Amy's C.S.O. while he attempts to convince the probation officer of a teenager t

EP 9

Surprised by Gravity

Amy feels responsible when three teenagers she sentenced to community service are killed by a drunken driver during thei

EP 10

Beating the Bounds

Lauren asks if ""cheating"" was the reason her parents divorced; Bruce warns Amy that she's being set up after Judge Kee

EP 11

Crime and Puzzlement

At the request of Vincent's editor, Amy picks up where her brother left off in his investigation of Judge Keeler; Kyle g

EP 12

Who Shot Dick?

After her brother Richard arrives in town looking for his son, Maxine initially refuses to put him in touch with Kyle, b

EP 13

The Cook of the Money Pot

Amy hears the case of a disturbed teenager who successfully impersonated a police officer at a high school for several m

EP 14

The Extinction of the Dinosaurs

Barry invites Amy to a business dinner, where her outspokenness almost gets the better of her and the budding relationsh

EP 15

Can They Do That With Vegetables?

Maxine reluctantly allows Eric to stay at her house when she's unable to find him the right placement; Amy makes a secon

EP 16

Woman in Cacti With a Curled Up Rat

Amy presides over a sad custody dispute in which neither parent wants a troubled teenager; Bruce sets down some ground r

EP 17

Not Stumbling, But Dancing

Amy's suspicion that a little ""pretty girl voodoo"" is behind the case of a teenager who beat up the abusive ex-boyfrie

EP 18

The Justice League of America

When a teenager whom neither parent wanted and Amy placed in a locked facility escapes and comes into D.C.F. with bruise

EP 19

Men Aren't Monsters

The Gray house is completely ransacked by vandals who appear to have targeted the house after receiving an adverse judgm

EP 20

The Bottle Show

Maxine is saddened when Jared fails to call her upon his return from China, so Sean arranges a casino night fund raiser

EP 21

Tidal Wave

Maxine works more tirelessly than ever on the Pamela Taylor investigation as she assists an attorney in finding other ab

EP 22

Boston Terriers From France

Amy turns into a henpecking daughter upon Maxine's return from the hospital, forcing her mother to suffer through a heal

EP 23

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Amy, Maxine and Lauren have trouble adjusting to their new living arrangements; Vincent returns for a visit to smooth ov

EP 24

Come Back Soon

Although Amy tries to make the best of it, she and Lauren are still miserable in their small apartment; unable to avoid

EP 1

Lost in the System

Amy and Michael agree to work out Lauren's custody with a mediator; Maxine and Kimberly clash over a child lost in the s

EP 2

Thursday's Child

Amy's discovers that the man the police have in custody may not be her stalker after all; Maxine refuses to give up on a

EP 3

Every Stranger's Face I See

As Amy decides the fate of a ten year old boy who was kidnapped by his adoptive parents when they lost custody to his bi

EP 4

The Frozen Zone

Amy presides over the custody hearing of a boy whose mother died in the collapse of the World Trade Center; an old frien

EP 5

Cause For Alarm

Amy must decide whether a teenager is responsible for the death of an infant she was babysitting; Maxine investigates an

EP 6

Roses and Truth

Amy must decide if a student raped his teacher or was seduced by her; Kyle is unhappy about his nonmedical duties at St.

EP 7

Damage Control

Amy hears the case of a young boy charged with obstruction of justice for not revealing the name of the man who took por

EP 8

A Pretty Good Day

Amy's ruling in the case of a teenager who called in a bomb scare to avoid a test is complicated by the arrival of an I.

EP 9

Boys to Men

Maxine and Jared move up their wedding date, to the consternation of their children; Peter's plans for a classy bachelor

EP 10

People of the Lie

Amy must decide if a little girl in the middle of a bitter custody dispute is being molested by her father; doing resear

EP 11

Lost and Found

Maxine incurs the wrath of the mothers in Lauren's carpool; Amy fears her parenting skills will be called into question

EP 12

Ye Olde Freedom Inn

After Amy accidently sets on fire the homework that Lauren has spent hours painstakingly hand-calligraphing, she agrees

EP 13

The Best Interests of the Child

Amy and Michael face off in court, and the resolution of their custody battle reveals yet another unsavory aspect of Mic

EP 14

Wild Card

Maxine and Sean battle a sleazy attorney with a penchant for blackmail when they attempt to remove a child from her negl

EP 15

Maxine, Interrupted

Maxine's reunion with Sally Godwin, her college classmate and former co-worker in the social work trenches, comes under

EP 16

Sixteen Going on Seventeen

Stuart Collins returns from Sri Lanka reincarnated as a criminal defense attorney eager to take on Eric's case and renew

EP 17

Judging Eric

Amy, Bruce, Lauren, Sean and Maxine rally around Eric as he goes on trial before an eccentric but wise judge; Maxine tak

EP 18

Looking For Quarters

Maxine unwittingly provides Amy with the information she needs to decide whether promoters are responsible for the death

EP 19

Just Say Oops

Maxine tempers her frustrations over her daughter-in-law's outlandish plans for the Gray-Duff nuptuals after Peter tells

EP 20

Requiem

Stu convinces a reluctant Amy to go on an overnight camping trip which ends up bringing them closer together; after plan

EP 21

Picture of Perfect

Maxine's first day back on the job finds her removing a boy from the custody of his mother, who was one of Maxine's clie

EP 22

CSO: Hartford

On ""Take Your Daughter to Work Day"", Lauren learns how lucky she is when she spends the afternoon with Maxine, and Reb

EP 23

Marry, Marry Quite Contrary

Amy must decide if it's in a teenager's best interest to get married; Bruce investigates when he suspects that a teenage

EP 24

Shock and Awe

A stressed out public defender goes ballistic in Amy's courtroom; Maxine tries to figure out why a woman who lost her so

EP 1

Motion Sickness

When Amy is transferred to criminal court, Bruce stays behind in juvenile court, and she inherits Spencer, an insolent c

EP 2

Going Down

After she's released from the hospital with a clean bill of health, Gillian reveals that she had a near-death experience

EP 3

Ex Parte of Five

Maxine criticizes Amy's ruling that an emotionally-fragile girl is competent to serve as a witness in her mother's murde

EP 4

Tricks of the Trade

Amy presides over the case of a prominent athletic star accused of rape. Maxine, feeling the pressure to find a new pla

EP 5

The Wrong Man

Still grieving over the loss of Jared, Maxine finds it difficult to listen to Amy and Stu plan their wedding; Bruce is

EP 6

Into the Fire

In court for the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial, Amy must decide whether to stop the proceedings when one of

EP 7

Kilt Trip

Forced to substitute for an ailing colleague just two days before her wedding, Amy presides over a felony murder case in

EP 8

The Long Goodbye

Back in Hartford after a few days in Maui to collect herself, Amy is faced with returning a room full of wedding present

EP 9

Rumspringa

Maxine confronts the D.C.F. commissioner over his budget cuts when she discovers that young girls in the foster care sys

EP 10

Sex and the Single Mother

Amy presides over the custody case of a young boy whose mother thinks he is being harmed by the Neanderthal on-air postu

EP 11

Christenings

The rift between Peter and Gillian widens at Walt's christening; Maxine overcomes her resistance and resumes therapy; wh

EP 12

Dancing in the Dark

Maxine takes a chance in placing a young boy about to be released from juvenile detention back with his formerly neglige

EP 13

Sins of the Father

Ignacio says it with flowers as he continues his gentle pursuit of Maxine; Heather begins to act erratically around Kyle

EP 14

Roadhouse Blues

Despite their protests, Maxine and Amy fail to convince anyone that that dinners out with Ignacio and David don't consti

EP 15

Werewolves of Hartford

Donna gets a little too invested in the future of Amy's relationship, or lack thereof, with David; a teenager charged wi

EP 16

Baggage Claim

Peter is still unhappy about Maxine's dating Ignacio; on the anniversary of his wife's death, David asks Amy to accompan

EP 17

The Song That Never Ends

Kyle disregards Maxine's advice at his own peril when he bends the rules for a new mother who wants to hold her newborn

EP 18

Disposable

Tensions run high as the family prepares for Ned's birthday party; a shoplifting trial in Amy's court exposes a prostitu

EP 19

The Quick and the Dead

EP 20

Slade's Chophouse

Amy fusses over Lauren's overnight school field trip to Philadelphia with Victor; Bruce is in for a shock when an old fr

EP 21

Predictive Neglect

Amy is dismayed when the courthouse cleaning lady tries to fix her up with her son amid gossip about David's departure;

EP 22

My Little Runaway

Despite David's protests, Amy puts an end to their romantic relationship when he finally returns to Hartford; Maxine rea

EP 23

Sex, Lies and Expedia.com

Unwilling to let a poor client go to extremes to get prompt medical attention for her daughter, Maxine finds a way to ge

EP 1

Accountability

With all three of her children living once again under the same roof with her, Maxine finally decides to let them be the

EP 2

Lullaby

Vincent's struggles with his latest novel leads him into blowing off his agent, who responds by dropping Vincent and dem

EP 3

Legacy

After Vincent asks his brother to lend him the money he needs to pay back the advance on his novel, Peter meets with his

EP 4

Consent

Amy has difficulty dealing with Lauren's need for privacy; blinded by Anthony Bird's loss, Maxine lies to Sean and makes

EP 5

Order and Chaos

Maxine teeters on the brink of collapse as she refuses to move out of Colton Gerard's hotel room, rages against Sean for

EP 6

Catching It Early

Back at work from her suspension, Maxine is becoming unhinged as she desperately searches for Anthony Byrd; Amy spends a

EP 7

Early Winter

Frantic with worry, the Gray siblings quarrel like two year olds, and Sean is wracked with guilt, as Maxine lies in an I

EP 8

Conditional Surrender

Maxine resists Gillian's home grown cardiac rehabilitation program; Lauren tells Amy that she wants to live with Michael

EP 9

Silent Era

High-school student Graciela Reyes is brought to Amy's courtroom for violating her parole, but it is soon uncovered that

EP 10

The Long Run

Amy learns that she is pregnant with David's baby after taking a home pregnancy test, resulting in David returning from

EP 11

10,000 Steps

When Amy tells Lauren about being pregnant, her reaction is not exactly what Amy would have liked; While working at the

EP 12

You Don't Know Me

Unaware that he is hiding his true feelings and pretending to be happy for her, Amy is annoyed by Bruce's casual respons

EP 13

Dream a Little Dream

Amy oversees an emotional case involving a 13-year-old boy with a history of violent behavior who shot and killed his gr

EP 14

Happy Borthday

Amy finds it rather difficult to follow her mom's advice and embrace her 40th birthday as a milestone. Donna is in Amy'

EP 15

Hard To Get

Several weeks have passed since Amy's miscarriage, but things are not quite back to normal for her. She refuses to disc

EP 16

The Paper War

EP 17

The New Normal

EP 18

Sorry I Missed You

EP 19

Revolutions Per Minute

Lauren announces to the family that she has decided to become a vegetarian. Amy has a confrontation with Lauren's spike

EP 20

Too Little, Too Late

Maxine and Patricia discuss their feelings about dating. Patricia falls for Ignacio when they bump into him at a restau

EP 21

Getting Out

Amy dreams that Bruce makes breakfast for her and Maxine and then dances with her in the kitchen. Amy finds out about s

EP 22

My Name is Amy Gray...

Amy says her final goodbyes to Graciela. Maxine realizes that she made a mistake in pushing Ignacio away and tries to r

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