A lawyer is working off a drug conviction with 1,500 hours of court-mandated community service, while trying to mend his relationship with his dad. Watch trailers & learn more.

September 25, 2001 - Simon Baker basically does play the same role in the Mentalist, (savior) but smiles and wins more hence the show not being canceled. In the Guardian, the hero does not always win, the ending is not always happy and the characters are always flawed. This might be too much for network TV.

November 8, 2025 - Rusty Schwimmer, as Barbara Ludinski, is the secretary for Legal Aid where Nick is doing his community service. Jake has an ongoing, but somewhat ambiguous relationship with her that teeters on the edge of becoming romantic. He likes and respects her, but he remains tentative (seasons 1–2).

September 25, 2001 - Viewers will find it very easy to embrace the star of The Guardian, Simon Baker, and the character he plays, Nick Fallin. Audiences are suckers for stories of personal redemption and prodigal sons seeing the light.

The Guardian (TV Series 2001–2004) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Nick is a hotshot attorney working for his father Burton's prestigious Philadelphia law firm.

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September 25, 2001 - Burton Fallin asks in vain for Nick's help in the case of former CEO Harry Josephs with terminal cancer, whose business partners, the Hopeson brothers, ruthlessly invoke a contract clause allowing them to sell back his shares at a measly historical price. Nick gives priority to the case of incurably sick Lesley Walker, who needs a legal guardian to be eligible for a donor heart.

Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do fifteen hundred hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions, and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian, a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

September 25, 2001 - Watch The Guardian — Season 1, Episode 1 with a subscription on Paramount+, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV.

September 25, 2001 - Watch The Guardian with a subscription on Paramount+, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV.

See Full Cast & Crew · Episode 1 · Tue, Sep 23, 200344 mins · When the carnival comes to town, Nick represents a young boy traveling with it who claims that he was molested by the Carnival's owner.

February 24, 2020 - In the tradition of fellow CBS legal dramas Judging Amy and Family Law, The Guardian converts newspaper headlines into prime-time drama. Deadbeat dads. Negligent moms. Incest. Rape. Abandonment. Abuse. The twist here is that Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) is a fast-track corporate attorney doing community service for using illegal drugs. He’s sentenced to 1,500 hours of child advocacy.

Burton Fallin asks in vain for Nick's help in the case of former CEO Harry Josephs with terminal cancer, whose business partners, the Hopeson brothers, ruthlessly invoke a contract clause allowing them to sell back his shares at a measly historical price. Nick gives priority to the case of incurably sick Lesley Walker, who needs a legal guardian to be eligible for a donor heart.

February 4, 2025 - This is a list of the 67 episodes for The Guardian, an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. The series revolved around Nick Fallin, a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a ...

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A lawyer must perform community service or risk being disbarred for using drugs.