Judging Amy - Season 6 - Eps 5: Order and Chaos

Name: Eps 5: Order and Chaos
Released: 2004-11-23
Rating: 3.8

2004-11-23 • 60 min • ⭐ 7.5/10

Maxine teeters on the brink of collapse as she refuses to move out of Colton Gerard's hotel room, rages against Sean for his failure to run the department properly, and is suspended after being arrested for slapping a foster child who has abused and neglected her elderly and ailing foster mother; Vincent gets an eye-opening look at his life through the eyes of a teenager in foster care who was abused by his mother; Peter's praise of Gillian's mothering skills draws them closer together when they meet with their son's teacher, and they are shocked to discover that Ned is biting other children because his genius-level I.Q. leaves him bored with school; Donna is angry when an over-controlling Amy steamrollers right over her and the State's Attorney in a misguided attempt to help Donna win her first case as an attorney and ensure that her mentally ill teenaged client receives the help he desperately needs from the system; distressed about her mother's arrest and refusal to return home, Amy

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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.