Judging Amy - Season 3 - Eps 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-boyfriend of a girl on whom he had a crush is confirmed when prosecutor Jonathan Ashworth does a little digging and helps Amy serve up justice to all parties; when a confused and frightened teenager barricades himself with his siblings in their house and begins shooting at the police, Maxine risks her life to persuade him to put down his rifle and come with her to visit his hospitalized mother; a pregnant woman flees the jurisdiction to avoid losing custody of her baby to D.C.F. after Amy determines that she has done nothing to change the conditions under which she lost custody of her son two years earlier; Lauren's assignment for her life skills class, to prepare dinner for the family by herself, results in a creative dish inspired by a well-known trio not usually associated with the culinary arts.
About Judging Amy

Title: Judging Amy
First Air Date: 1999-09-19
Last Air Date: 2005-05-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 77 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 138
Network: CBS
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
Cast

Amy Brenneman
Amy Gray

Richard T. Jones
Bruce Van Exel

Dan Futterman
Vincent Gray

Jessica Tuck
Gillian Gray

Marcus Giamatti
Peter Gray

Karle Warren
Lauren Cassidy

Jillian Armenante
Donna Kozlowski

Timothy Omundson
Sean Potter

Tyne Daly
Maxine Gray