Episode
The Practice: Honor Code
Overview
Bobby, Eugene and Jimmy work with an insurance company to settle the claim of a 10-year-old accident victim. But when the case presents a dilemma of moral and ethical proportions, the tension that's been brewing between Jimmy and Eugene finally boils over.
Details
- Series
- The Practice
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2001-11-18
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Honor Code is Episode 7 in Season 6 of The Practice. It aired on 2001-11-18. The runtime is 44 min.
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