The Home Court

Season

1995

6.5

Sydney J. Solomon is a Chicago family court judge who can intimidate the toughest prosecuting attorney and the most hardened repeat offender. Maybe she does push too hard when it comes to trying to straighten out people's lives, but the one group capable of "benching" her honor is her own children. Sydney's biggest challenges often arise when she must lay down the law--or exercise a little leniency--at home with her kids: Mike, a reluctant college student intent on taking a non-academic route to "finding himself"; sardonic 16-year-old Neal; computer-obsessed 13-year-old Marshall, who communicates with his dad on the Internet; and hyperactive 11-year-old Ellis.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilot

Judge Sydney J. Solomon is a divorced mother of four. In this opening episode, her eldest son announces that he is quitting college.

S1 • E2

The Cheesehead Stands Alone

Sydney might have made a bad call when she sentences a divorced football player to a weekend in jail for not visiting his son.

S1 • E3

Sleeping Dogs Lie

In Cyberspace Everyone Can Hear You Scream

S1 • E4

In Cyberspace Everyone Can Hear You Scream

Sydney confiscates Marshall's computer equipment after he posts a video of her giving birth to Ellis.

S1 • E5

My Kind of Clown

A clown show reminds Greer of an unfunny childhood memory at a show where Sydney won a new bike.

S1 • E6

Time Flies

Sydney yearns for a romantic relationship but fears that her opportunities are slipping away.

S1 • E7

The Sydney That Works

Sydney must try using her connections when Neal wants to attend an elite private school but is on a waiting list.

S1 • E8

Dog Day Afternoon

New presiding judge (Dan Hedaya) reassigns Sydney from family court to more arduous duties.

S1 • E9

The Importance of Being Ernie

Dan Hedaya plays a judge who attempts to lure Ernie away from Sydney.

S1 • E10

Laborer of Love

Sydney is suspicious of the motives of a rich and attractive divorcee who hires Mike as her gofer.

S1 • E11

Touched by an Anger

Sydney is ordered to an anger-management workshop after roughing up a purse-snatcher, and she discovers that the source of her displaced hostility is her ex-husband.