Pompous Judge Max Hunter (Dan Aykroyd) is a pain in Nick's ass. Picking up where things left off from last week's episode, he called Nick when he was arrested. With a stripper and drug charges involved, things could not get any worst for him.
The judge may have hired Nick as his attorney, but he would not let him run the case as he sees fit. He is confident that the case will be won on the facts alone. What Judge Hunter doesn't know is that, the stripper Lucy Cardell was used to get him into trouble. As it turns out, the D.A. had the stripper coerced to set Hunter up in exchange for immunity. Nick had hoped context would win their case, but Hunter decided to accept the D.A's plea offer and steps down as judge. His leaving does not guarantee he won't show up again.
Meanwhile, Lisa accepted a new case representing a woman with a dairy allergy, that remained unresolved by the end of the hour.
It was real a treat to watch Nick gain grudging respect for Judge Hunter. He had to have compassion for him in order to convince the jury to as well. I can't help think that this is probably building up to something big.
During the course of this episode, I discovered that A.D.A Nicholson was portrayed by Rob Belushi, Jim Belushi's son. He does seem to be a chip off the old block.
Random Quotes:
Sex-ercise.
Now he needs a compliment.
Win on the law, not on emotion.
Shtraw into gold.
