The Guardian

The Guardian· Season 1 · Episode 21

The Chinese Wall

S01E21·May 14, 2002·1h·CBS

Burton surprises the firm with a new senior partner: a former senator, and his unscrupulous aide. Nick is advised he needs to drop one of his big clients, where there could be a conflict of interest with the senator, which is where the episode pulls its name from: "Chinese Wall." Lu is pulled into her grandmother's life when she falls in her nursing home and breaks a leg under questionable circumstances.

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Joan TewkesburyDirector
Alfonso H. MorenoAlfonso H. MorenoWriter
David HollanderDavid HollanderWriter
Peter ParnellPeter ParnellWriter

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