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s01e08 · 2017-03-30
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Newton's Law
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Newton's Law centers around Josephine Newton, a suburban solicitor with an over-developed sense of responsibility who attempts to return to her briefly glorious stint at the Bar.When Josephine's low-flying solicitor's practice is incinerated by a disgruntled client, she is persuaded by her old uni' friend and not-so-secret admirer, Lewis Hughes, to trade the benefits of her brilliant mind for a berth in the lofty glamour of Knox Chambers. With her office destroyed, her marriage collapsing and motherhood fast losing its charm, Josephine decides it's time she took her own aspirations off the back burner and resumed her barrister's robes.If only it were that easy to leave her old life behind!
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8 this season · 8 totals01e01 External Forces 2017-02-09 09:30
External Forces
When her suburban solicitor's office is incinerated by a disgruntled client, Josephine Newton resumes her briefly glorious career at the Bar.
s01e02 The Butterfly Effect 2017-02-16 09:30
The Butterfly Effect
Josephine takes the lead in a gender dysphoria case while, downstairs, Helena defends Lydia against a criminal damage charge.
s01e03 Control Theory 2017-02-23 09:30
Control Theory
Josephine & Lewis inherit a murder trial where all the evidence points to the client being guilty, while Johnny & Skye are reluctantly thrown together to help defend Skye's father from an assault charge.
s01e04 Uniform Motion 2017-03-02 09:30
Uniform Motion
Josephine worries she's crossed over to the dark side when representing a furniture conglomerate, but manages to assist the underdog in a downstairs case.
s01e05 Newton's Law of Cooling 2017-03-09 09:30
Newton's Law of Cooling
Josephine is surprised that Whitley wants her to represent him in a property dispute, and the downstairs team make their own discoveries in what is ostensibly a simple assault case
s01e06 The Uncertainty Principle 2017-03-16 09:30
The Uncertainty Principle
Josephine's high profile asylum seeker kidnapping case is further complicated when Callum intervenes, landing Josephine's witness, and himself, in hot water.
s01e07 Terminal Velocity 2017-03-23 09:30
Terminal Velocity
As Josephine unexpectedly re-unites with a former client, Lewis' defence of a privileged thief unearths a troubling link between the boy and her sister, Rose.
s01e08 Equal and Opposite Forces 2017-03-30 09:30
Equal and Opposite Forces
The upstairs and downstairs teams join forces in a class action, taking on a pharmaceutical company that tried to cover up the side effects resulting from their drug trials.