Franklin & Bash

Seasons

2011

7.6

TV-14

Lawyers and lifelong friends Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are recruited by a large firm's major partner after winning a high-profile case.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

Since graduating from law school, ultimate frat buddies Peter Bash, an gorgeous stud who enjoys showing off his muscles and skin -on occasion publicly naked- and small but even wittier Jared Franklin, son of a star lawyer, founded a small law firm to indulge their libertarian approach to law and society, assisted by phobias-crushed office researcher Pindar Singh and a bold girl private investigator, preferring unusual cases. Stanton Infeld, the obscenely rich managing senior partner of prestigious law firm of Infeld Daniels, shocks his nephew and conservative lieutenant Damien Karp by recruiting the knavish pair as junior partners whose out of the box tactics impress him. They don't just enjoy the perks of fancy offices -ordering the wall between them removed- but aim at high-profile cases, as second, third of even first chair, and get results.

S1 • E2

She Came Upstairs to Kill Me

Franklin and Bash defend a woman charged with murdering her husband with sex. Sensing that either the judge or the jury is in on the take, the guys use unorthodox tactics to get justice for their client.

S1 • E3

Jennifer of Troy

A plain jane woman who believes she was wrongly let go from her job at a men's magazine for being too good-looking comes to Infeld Daniels looking for legal representation. Meanwhile, the man-cave's overwhelming technology causes the server to crash, leaving everyone disconnected from their respective gadgets.

S1 • E4

Bro-Bono

Peter is happy to take on as client former frat buddy Danny 'Double D' Dubois, whom Jared can't forgive having showered with his then girlfriend years ago, now falsely accused of causing a car crash while rushing in a golf cart to a brothel, allegedly drunk again from beer his grandmother -with whom he lives, having been sacked- stocks only for him. Stanton Infeld mistrusts Karp, given his romantic break-up with Hanna, so gives Jared the lead the fat divorce case client Rick Paxton starts against her tycoon husband Rick, who happens to have the same mistress, and a macho-embarrassing secret which allows Jared to arrange a surprise outcome.

S1 • E5

You Can't Take It with You

A family is torn as one side sues the other over a priceless 1988 home-run baseball in a case that pits Jared against his own father. Meanwhile, Peter works with Hanna on defending a reality television father who is affectionately known as the "Douchey Dad." And Karp comes to Pindar for help on a top-secret project involving a compromising video.

S1 • E6

Big Fish

After agreeing to help a reviled and terminally ill financier Carter Lang (guest star Jason Alexander) repay the investors he defrauded, Franklin & Bash (Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar) face an ethical thicket when he changes his mind after his diagnosis is found to be a mistake. Meanwhile, Karp and Hanna use Pindar to persuade an eccentric multimillionaire businesswoman (guest star Sarayu Rao) to hire their law firm.

S1 • E7

Franklin vs. Bash

Peter and Jared decide that for them to win the case of pole-dancing instructors Simone Winters and Amber North, charged with stealing from their wealthy clients, they have to go against each other in court. This soon stirs unprecedented real rivalry, testing their friendship, also in private and romance, apparently without impressing the prosecutor, but the not-amused judge walks into their trap. Karp and -flirted- Hanna defend 13-year-old genius boy Alex Carlisle, whose father is taking him to court over his wish to kayak the Amazon without major survival experience, but actually depends on the ever-helpful knave.

S1 • E8

The Bangover

When Infeld's niece Lily is arrested for drug possession during a visit to their house, Peter and Jared work to gain her freedom while keeping the news from her uncle. Meanwhile, a surprise visit from an ex-con boyfriend puts Carmen in danger of being jailed for a parole violation.

S1 • E9

Bachelor Party

Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is asked to defend ex-girlfriend Janie Ross's (Claire Coffee) fiancé Nathan Connor (guest star James Van Der Beek) in a prostitution case. And as representing a teacher accused of having sex with a student (guest star Alexandra Breckenridge) pits Jared (Breckin Meyer) against his old high school headmaster, the discovery of a long-missing body in Alaska spells trouble for Infeld (Malcolm McDowell).

S1 • E10

Go Tell It on the Mountain

While being manipulated by a scheming law partner (guest star Tricia Helfer), Franklin & Bash (Breckin Meter and Mark-Paul Gosselaar) must prove Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) is innocent of murdering his best friend during a mountain climbing expedition fifteen years ago. Hanna (Garcelle Beauvais) lends a hand when a younger challenger and a pair of greedy promoters threaten an aging professional wrestler's career.