The essential episodes of Drop Dead Diva
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Drop Dead Diva — each pick states its reason.
- 01
When beautiful-but-vapid model wannabe Deb has a fatal car accident, she suddenly finds herself in front of Heaven's gatekeeper, Fred, who declares her a self-centered "zero." Outraged, she attempts to persuade Fred to return her to her shallow existence but is accidentally relegated to the body of the recently deceased Jane Bingum. A brilliant, thoughtful and plus-size attorney with a loyal assistant, Teri, Jane has always lived in the shadow of her more comely colleagues whereas Deb has always relied on her external beauty. Now, by a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane's plus-size frame in the ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.
- 02
As Stacey helps Grayson represent a lingerie model who was fired after having surgery for breast cancer, Jane is assigned to represent a young baseball star.
- 03
At the close of last season, Deb was ready to let go of her past and embrace life as Jane. But the unexpected arrival of Jane's "secret" husband Ethan at her doorstep left her with more questions than ever. To make matters worse, Jane may be disbarred after breaching client-attorney confidentiality when, against the firm's advisement, she reported her client for fraud. Faced with a new love triangle and the uncertainty of her career Jane must, once again, chart out a new future for herself.
- 04
When Jane's mother is unexpectedly arrested, Jane must represent her in court before Judge Summers and reconnect with the father she has never known, to help her mom. Meanwhile, things between Parker and Kim heat up and Grayson gets heavily invested in a case involving a Ponzi scheme. Teri attempts to help Fred with driving and dating.
- 05
Jane helps Grayson defend one of the singers of a famous pop duo and they decide to team up with the lawyer defending the duo's other accused star, an attractive woman named Vanessa. But when Grayson and Vanessa hit it off both in and out of the courtroom, Jane will have to keep her mind on the trial despite feeling like the third wheel. Parker and Kim agree to help a bed and breakfast owner when the inn receives an excessively negative review that they suspect may not be impartial.
- 06
When Deb's mom Bobbi requests Jane's help in a legal matter, Jane discovers Bobbi had secrets of her own while she takes on a case involving a lab technician who is accused of stealing lab secrets. Meanwhile, Kim and Grayson work on a custody case involving a dueling couples pet chimp.
- 07
Jane meets the 'queen of mean' when she represents designer Ellie Tannen who is trying to stop the publication of a tell-all-book by her former assistant. Jane also decides to get back in the dating game and invites Hank the bailiff to a dinner party. Kim and Grayson represent a transgender woman who is feuding with her in-laws over her partner's property.
- 08
Jane and Grayson take on a case involving a grieving man, coping with the loss of his wife by dressing as a clown. Parker and Kim represent a producer who is being sued by one of the participants on a reality dating show which leads Kim to question her own dating situation with Parker. Fred finally decides to tell Stacy how he feels about her.
- 09
Jane represents a young girl who is being cyber bullied by a popular girl in school. Parker's old partner in the firm, Claire Harrison, returns to enlist his help in her divorce but Kim takes the reins on the case, only to discover Claire wants much more than a settlement. Grayson moves to the next level when he meets Vanessa's parents.
- 10
With Claire Harrison easing her way back into the firm, she partners with Kim on a case but proves she will stop at nothing to win, including pitting Kim's insecurities about Parker against her. Meanwhile, Stacy books a Fancy Feast commercial and Fred has to hide his jealously when she has to "kiss" her pretend husband. Jane and Grayson take on a case involving a woman who wants to be cryogenically frozen which leads them both to think about the passing of Deb and leads to a series of events that could change Jane and Grayson's lives forever.
- 11
While fulfilling her duties as best man for Grayson and Vanessa's wedding, Jane is held at gunpoint while picking up the wedding rings. But when the gunman needs a public defender in court, Jane is unexpectedly asked to step in and takes special interest in the case when despite her advice, he pleads guilty. Meanwhile, Parker asks Grayson to help out one of his childhood friends who needs help with his pet camel.
- 12
After teaming up to sue a big drug company, Jane worries that her partner, a high-profile trial lawyer is mentally unsound. And when someone claims the patent on the pake, Stacy has to find con artist Nikki LePree to back her up in court.
- 13
Bobbi Dobkins' arrest for hiring a male prostitute exposes some unorthodox steps she's taken to improve her sex life. Grayson fights to keep a client's divorce case from being moved to Wyoming.
- 14
As she struggles to find out how much Grayson knows about her and Deb, Jane uncovers a dark secret that could land a client in prison. Old tensions are renewed when Owen's estranged brother asks him to sue a strip club.
- 15
Much to Janes surprise, Teri returns and that she shares a past with Ian. Paul sends pro bono clients from the firm to Jane, and Stacy stresses over the fact that her best friend might not come to her wedding.
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