Iconic Canadian character-driven legal drama Street Legal returns with both familiar faces and new characters. Bringing Street Legal into the 21st century, we pick up with Olivia Novak (Cynthia Dale), now a named partner at a major Bay Street law firm. She prepares a massive class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer of a widely-prescribed and ultra-addictive opioid that her firm is depending on to keep solvent during a time of upheaval — but Olivia’s blind-sided when the case is stolen out from under her. RDL Legal, an unknown boutique law firm has been working on the same case and files with the courts first, leaving Olivia’s partners to question why she didn’t see this coming.
Lilly Rue (Cara Ricketts), Adam Darling (Steve Lund), and Mina Lee (Yvonne Chapman) are the named partners and only lawyers of RDL Legal — three tenacious young lawyers whose mutual respect and admiration for one another challenges Olivia and her usual methods. Adam is a charmer and the lawyer with personal stakes in the opioid case. It was his father, an Anglican priest, who brought him the idea of a lawsuit after Adam’s mother became heavily addicted to the opioids she was prescribed. Mina’s specialty is organization, preferring to do the work behind the scenes, using her sharp mind for research and strategy. Finding her skills went unrecognized on Bay Street, she brought together Adam, her close friend since law school, and the virtuoso, Lilly Rue, to form their own firm. Lilly is a star litigator and the type to pick causes, looking to effect change through the cases she takes on. To Olivia’s amusement, her own investigator, Derek Leiber (Patrick Labbé), can’t help being drawn in by Lilly’s allure and unconventional lifestyle.
Episode descriptions below:
Episode 101 “Glass Floor” Airs Monday, June 7 at 12:00AM ET / 9:00PM PT
Olivia Novak is prepared to launch a class-action lawsuit against a major drug manufacturer, but an ambitious startup files first, stealing the case from under her.
Episode 102 “Moving Day” Airs Tuesday, June 8 at 1:00AM ET / Monday, June 7 at 10:00PM PT
The parents of Lilly’s friend have gone missing and she’s determined to find them, meanwhile, Mina is haunted by the death of a client, and Olivia battles with Hal over the case.
Episode 103 “Neighbors” Airs Tuesday, June 15 at 12:30AM ET / Monday, June 14 at 9:30PM PT
Mina takes on a troublesome client who keeps making things worse for himself. Adam responds to a desperate call from his mother. Olivia has a surprise visitor.
Episode 104 “Homecoming” Airs Tuesday, June 15 at 1:30AM ET / Monday, June 14 at 10:30PM PT
Olivia and Mina travel to Montreal and meet up with a familiar face, while Lilly and Adam stay behind to search for a new expert witness. Olivia finds herself in a personal crisis.
Episode 105 “Cracks” Airs Tuesday, June 22 at 12:30AM ET / Monday, June 21 at 9:30PM PT
A judge dies, Leon arrives, and the class-action case goes to trial.
Episode 106 “Leap” Airs Tuesday, June 22 at 1:30AM ET / Monday, June 21 at 10:30PM PT
The defense makes their case, while RDL and Olivia clash over trial strategy.
