Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 2014
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Nina is a dedicated, career driven corporate attorney who has a very public nervous breakdown after getting passed up for an expected promotion and now finds herself working as a public defender. Her personal and professional worlds are turned upside down when she joins the ranks of the legal world’s underdogs and very quickly realizes that the law isn't quite as fair as she once thought.
The story
Nina is a dedicated, career driven corporate attorney who has a very public nervous breakdown after getting passed up for an expected promotion and now finds herself working as a public defender. Her personal and professional worlds are turned upside down when she joins the ranks of the legal world’s underdogs and very quickly realizes that the law isn't quite as fair as she once thought.
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Season 1
Season 1
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Cast
Eliza CoupeNina
Jay HarringtonPhil
Carter MacIntyreTrent
Oscar NuñezCarlos
Jolene PurdyMicah
Maria BamfordCheryl
Peter SpruytBoring Larry
Fred MelamedJudge Don Nelson
Cedric YarbroughMorris
Jack McGeeBurt
Gary Anthony WilliamsGeoffrey
Catherine ReitmanDebbie
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Michael S. ChambersFletcher
Lynne Marie StewartAnnie
Molly ShannonJudge Conner
Jim RashHatbrim Tony
Nat FaxonHarold
Mehcad BrooksGeorge Grumbeigh Jr.
Deon ColeDiamond
Erinn HayesFrancine
Albert TsaiWalter
Chris ParnellMitch
Bart McCarthyProfessor Sacks
Yvette Nicole BrownDonna
Laird MacintoshAlexander
Chris FoglemanWorkman #1
Jim CashmanKeith
Michelle NohBlythe
Minerva GarcíaYnes Gutierrez
Casey SmithJohn
David Fernandez Jr.Tatted-Up Cholo
Helen DuffyMrs. DeSilva (Wino)
Erick ChavarriaHector
Adam MendozaCounty Jail Inmate
Elena VarelaPublic Defender
Bre BlairMaria
Chasty BallesterosWhispers
Matt MillerBlue Blood
Jason ZahodnikRich the Waiter
Lynn WactorBaby Jones
Eileen GrubbaFeather
Al CoronelGuard
Jocelyn AyannaInmate
Michael FairmanJudge Ickles
Jeremy RowleyMr. Daniels
Jo FarkasMrs. Marble
Cristina BalmoresNurse Marcella
Mars CrainO'Shea 'Tinsy' Curtis
Lisa SchurgaSylvia the Clerk
Monica ParksPublic Defender
David HaleyOfficer Sam
David L. KingJudge Stiles
Sandra McCoyLucy
Sy RichardsonMoon Rock
Casper SmartLevon Velasquez
Paul BlackSpaulding
Victor Samuel LopezEli
Ross MackenzieGuy
David StorrsMessed-Up Guy
Johnny WilsonDave
Annie SertichEdie
Andrew FriedmanFarley
Christopher NeimanJimmy Birdbath
Hugh DavidsonGabriel
David DouglasBarista
Joyce GreenleafJudge Mathis
Jim LauHan
Gary KrausNoah Stoller
Deborah TheakerRuth
Harvey J. AlperinJudge Davidson
Prince HammondMan #1
Jelani QuinnMan #2
David A. GarciaBehavior Class Student
Michael CanettyJudge Marshman
Damian CecereAssistant DA
Gus BuktenicaBalasso
Liz JenkinsActivist
Taja V. SimpsonReporter
William CharltonProsecutor
Robert FleetJudge #1
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