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This Is Wonderland

TV·2004–2006·3 seasons, 39 episodes·CBC Television·Drama, Comedy·44m·Created by George F. Walker, Dani Romain, Bernard Zukerman

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Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.

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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2004AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 12, 2004Pilot. The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters a
  2. S01E02Episode 2January 19, 2004Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
  3. S01E03Episode 3January 26, 2004Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
  4. S01E04Episode 4February 2, 2004A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot i
  5. S01E05Episode 5February 8, 2004Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
  6. S01E06Episode 6February 9, 2004Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously ea
  7. S01E07Episode 7February 16, 2004A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
  8. S01E08Episode 8March 1, 2004A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
  9. S01E09Episode 9March 8, 2004Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
  10. S01E10Episode 10March 15, 2004James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
  11. S01E11Episode 11March 22, 2004A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
  12. S01E12Episode 12March 29, 2004Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
  13. S01E13Episode 13April 5, 2004Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes2005AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Episode 1January 25, 2005Alice gets in the middle of two disputing neighbors; Elliot and James represent a man who stole a woman's purse in a desperate attempt to me
  2. S02E02Episode 2February 1, 2005Alice defends a housekeeper who is working illegally and a man charged with harassing a girl who does not know that he exists.
  3. S02E03Episode 3February 8, 2005Alice represents a PhD student suffering from a psychotic episode and a guard charged with using excessive force; James defends a mother cha
  4. S02E04Episode 4February 15, 2005Alice represents a crack addict and her sister; James defends a man who gave his younger brother heroin.
  5. S02E05Episode 5February 22, 2005Elliot defends an exotic dancer charged with soliciting sex; Alice represents a woman accused of trying to push a passerby onto the subway t
  6. S02E06Episode 6March 1, 2005Alice defends a woman who stole money from her employer; Elliot tries helping a man who suffers from schizo-affective disorder.
  7. S02E07Episode 7March 8, 2005Elliot defends a woman charged with forcing her ex-girlfriend to work as a prostitute; Alice represents a man charged with assaulting his wi
  8. S02E08Episode 8March 22, 2005James represents a doctor; Alice defends a man charged with assaulting his girlfriend; Elliot represents an aspiring gangster rapper.
  9. S02E09Episode 9March 29, 2005Alice defends a teacher charged with assaulting one of her students; Elliot represents a single mom charged with defrauding the welfare syst
  10. S02E10Episode 10April 5, 2005Elliot needs a favor from Rosemary to successfully defend a client; Alice defends a schizophrenic woman accused of pushing a passerby on the
  11. S02E11Episode 11April 12, 2005Alice represents a woman charged with assaulting her grandmother; Elliot defends a woman who lifts men for the purpose of gauging their reac
  12. S02E12Episode 12April 19, 2005James represents a man who is feuding with his garbage men; Elliot is pulled into Gordon and Gloria Willis' quest to reclaim their son; Alic
  13. S02E13Episode 13April 26, 2005Elliot loses his composure; Alice gets in the middle of a dispute between family members about their divergent approaches to parenting; Mr.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0313Episodes2005–06AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Episode 1November 23, 2005A homeless man camps out in Rosedale park; a young couple steals their baby from the hospital; new lawyer join the firm.
  2. S03E02Episode 2November 30, 2005A reverend deals drugs; a mother uses her kids as decoys to shoplift; a woman sets fire to her own home.
  3. S03E03Episode 3December 7, 2005A man assaults two police officers while trying to protect his sisters; homeless man believes he has risen from the dead; a delusional man i
  4. S03E04Episode 4December 14, 2005A couple abduct their child from foster care; man assaults an usher at a basketball game; woman has a psychotic episode.
  5. S03E05Episode 5January 4, 2006A woman phones a bomb threat into Union Station; two men play the race card against each other; a man hates his daughter for being gay.
  6. S03E06Episode 6January 11, 2006A man assaults shoppers; a stripper tries to frame another stripper; a mother encourages her sons to become thieves.
  7. S03E07Episode 7January 18, 2006Brothers confess to the same crime; woman steals a baby she thought was her own; a bad job reference leads to a violent assault.
  8. S03E08Episode 8January 25, 2006Businessmen are caught in an all night massage parlour; drug dealers turn themselves in; a man threatens to go postal in bail court.
  9. S03E09Episode 9February 1, 2006A woman escapes from custody to see the sunset; a woman is charged with dreaming about killing her boss; man is saved from a life of garbage
  10. S03E10Episode 10February 8, 2006Dog walkers lose their tempers; a career criminal is fed up with the level of care in nursing homes; a man's wife won't let him eat what he
  11. S03E11Episode 11March 1, 2006A psychic wreaks havoc in the courthouse; a woman assaults a man.
  12. S03E12Episode 12March 8, 2006A woman over medicates her husband; man is addicted to lottery tickets; a lawyer helps a homeless man find housing.
  13. S03E13Episode 13March 15, 2006Jack makes a deal with a drug dealer; a criminal threatens to kill an eyewitness.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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