TV series

Defense

Name: Defense
Released: 2003
Cast: Lars Brygmann, Anette Støvelbæk, Troels Lyby, Carsten Bjørnlund, Jesper Lohmann

2003–2004· 3 seasons· 45 min episodes★ 10.0Ended

On TV 2 — From Nordisk Film Denmark

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Synopsis

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

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E1 A Happy FamilyNext upSep 21, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Defense Attorney Mikael Frank is called to Western Prison, where 17-year-old Tobias is sitting, charged with attempted killing of his father-in-law. The young man strongly denies guilt and explains that a random drug addict fired the hunting rifle - five times. The father-in-law is totally invalid and Mikael Frank gets his case for defending Tobias. The colleagues at the law firm Frank & Christensen doubt that star lawyer Mikael Frank can get the young man acquitted, but then Patrik Larsen appears. He has just been tested and wants to have a job with his former defender. Patrik speaks of an unauthorized investigation into the drug environment in an attempt to find the right perpetrator and at the same time win the lawyers' trust. Meanwhile, in the Eastern District Court, Mikael Frank ranks the tragic story of Tobias' family.
Guest stars: Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Troels II Munk (Dommer Ulf Steenbeck), Vibeke Ankjær (Karin Bihl), Ole Rasmus Møller (Jørgen Biel), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), Sebastian Jessen (Tobias Biel), Alexandre Willaume (Martin Christensen), Claus Gerving (Tonny Lindahl)
E2 The man in the south harborSep 24, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Things get stirred up at Frank and Christensen as one employee initiates a conflicting relationship with a client and an Olympic lightweight rower is charged with murder of an East German man found in his car needs legal assistance.
Guest stars: Ali Kazim (Walid Paarup), Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Søren Spanning (Christian Bjerre), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat)
E3 Angry MenOct 1, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Defending the accused of his former colleague's murder against his own mistress, CC finds himself in a very personal and complicated case.
Guest stars: Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Peter Steen (Erik Frank), Preben Harris (Herluf Bechgaard), Charlotte Juul (Anne Birgitte Gudme), Alexandre Willaume (Martin Christensen)
E4 Outside of the LawOct 8, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Rebecca enters a fight over office space with newly employed controversial lawyer Leo whilst defending a police officer accused of a lesbian plot.
Guest stars: Michael Carøe (Bjarne Duelund), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat), Anna Leth Boesen (Lisa Mikkelsen), Susan A. Olsen (Kirsten Laursen), Kristian Ibler (Lasse Weiss)
E5 The Good SonOct 15, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Mikael Frank struggles to acquit a weak-minded Lollandian as the health of both the accused's and his own father complicate the case further.
Guest stars: John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat), Peter Steen (Erik Frank), Thure Lindhardt (René Iversen), Henning Sprogøe (Leif Schrøder), Asger Reher (Manfred Bering)
E6 The One You LoveOct 22, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Malene gets personally involved in the case of a mother accused of attempting to murder her daughter. Leo likewise in the case of child molestation accusation against a children's author.
Guest stars: Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat), Maria Rich (Jeanette Poulsen), Benjamin Boe Rasmussen (Nicolaj Lidegaard), Robert Reinhold (EB-journalisten), Malou Alsing (Ditte Poulsen)
E7 Fight for Everything you Hold DearOct 29, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
Mikael Frank is having a difficult time defending an accused private of The Royal Life Guards due to his own past at said regiment. Elsewhere Rebecca and Leo bond on a road trip, gathering evidence to save her uncle.
Guest stars: Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Peter Steen (Erik Frank), Signe Egholm Olsen (Susanne Ørbæk), Simon Rosenbaum (Vilhelm Levin), Jon Lange (Simon Ørbæk)
E8 LoverboyNov 5, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
In order to prove to her colleagues that she is tough enough for the job, Malene decides to have a conductor accused of rape acquitted.
Guest stars: Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat), Anthony Jacob (Mand med klasse), Peter Vincent (Gorm Nordahl Eriksen), Vanja Santos (Josephine Arusha), Helle Jensen (Journalist Tine Brix)
E9 BrotherhoodNov 12, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
CC struggles with a kindergarten strike, his love affair and defending a professor of pathology while Rebecca and Leo defend two outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with murder.
Guest stars: Michael Carøe (Bjarne Duelund), Frederik Bill Wiberg (Otto, CC's søn), Troels II Munk (Dommer Ulf Steenbeck), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Stanislav Sevcik (Futte), Lars Lunøe (Professor Bauder)
E10 A good MuslimNov 19, 2003 · 45 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Kaya Brüel (Sara Leegaard), Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), Peter Hesse Overgaard (Troels Søndergaard), Farshad Kholghi (Osman Osman), Maria Stokholm (Lærke Moesgaard), Dar Salim (Ahmed Khanafani), Salam Khalil Yassin (Malik)
E11 False WitsnessesNov 26, 2003 · 45 min
Synopsis
With CC on a cruise, the firm relies on Michael and Leo to handle the cases. Michael gets romantically involved with his client in a case in which his own assistant is a witness and Leo thinks his client might have abused him as a child.
Guest stars: Kaya Brüel (Sara Leegaard), Birthe Neumann (Landsretsdommer Fritze Krogh), Paprika Steen (Pernille Karmark), John Hahn-Petersen (Dommer Jørgen Balslev), Paul Hüttel (Dommer Philip Lefevre), Ellen Nyman (Eva Holme, advokat), Malene Schwartz (Maria Zielinski), Niels Vigild (Pater Meissner)