This Is Wonderland (2004)
This Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series was a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F. Walker, his writing partner Dani Romain, and Osgoode Hall Law School graduate and longtime Canadian TV producer Bernard Zukerman. The first season aired in 2004, the second season began on January 25, 2005 and the third season began on November 23, 2005. On February 13, 2006, the CBC declined to order a fourth season, effectively cancelling the show. The final episode aired on March 15, 2006. Repeats of the first and second season currently air on Canadian digital specialty channel, bold, as well as on VisionTV.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2004-01-12Pilot. The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2004-01-19Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2004-01-26Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2004-02-02A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot is infatuated by a court interpreter.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2004-02-08Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2004-02-09Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2004-02-16A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2004-03-01A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2004-03-08Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2004-03-15James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2004-03-22A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2004-03-29Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2004-04-05Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.