Product Details

• Actors: Raphael Sbarge, Simon Baker, Alan Rosenberg, Dabney Coleman
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: September 7, 2010
• Run Time: 1029 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003TFAJ22
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,409 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best season, I think!, June 23, 2010

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AmericaninTurin (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Guardian: The Second Season (DVD)

Season 1 was all about Nick trying to reach out for his dad, and achieving nothing. Except, maybe, at the very end (last minute or so) when Burton finally goes to Nick's place and tries and explains why the firm is now called the way it's called (don't want to spoil the fun to anyone who still has to watch it) and Nick making a very emotional phone call to his father's answering machine.
Season 2 is all about Nick and Burton making attempts to get closer.It starts right from the very first scene of episode 1, and it reaches some highs in a few episodes (The Dark, just to mention one).
If you liked this show when it was aired, this DVD set is definitely a must-have.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A under-rated series, September 13, 2010

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Katrina A. Kaszpurenko "kkasz" (Durango, CO 81301) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guardian: The Second Season (DVD)

So if you didn't watch this show when it originally aired and are a lover of drama, emotional depth and a love that can never be--THIS IS THE DRAMA FOR YOU. The show is framed around Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) a seemingly emotionally disconnected corporate lawyer who struggles with alcohol & drug addiction (this is mainly covered in Season 1) who was caught and sentenced to 1500 hours community service at a Free legal clinic in Pittsburgh. Nick balances his successful professional career while trying to tackle these hours and emotionally charged cases. Wendy Monitz is Lulu, Nick's out-of-reach love interest, Dabney Cole is Nick's father and law firm partner.

Simon Baker does an amazing job, continuing from Season 1. Season 1 ends climatically and Season 2 gets off to a great start. Each episode is emotionally gripping and challenges your perceptions about stereotypes: homeless, helpless, mentally disabled, privileged and everything in between. And each installment presents two cases, one at Nick's corporate law firm and a case at the free clinic, sometimes these cases overlap (illegal in many situations) and the characters, as well as the viewers are challenged with the moral right and wrong.

Season 1 started slow and picked up the last third, Season 2 grips you from the beginning. As someone who watched the series when while it aired, Season 2 leaves you hanging and Season 3 (final season) started off strong and as hard hitting as the previous season, but fell apart towards the end.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simply brilliant, October 23, 2010

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Lesley M. Saunders "twinkle" (portland, dorset United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guardian: The Second Season (DVD)

Brilliant series, stunningly shot, fascinating stories-without the boring scientific stuff so many shows have, this is real human skill and judgement, but mostly it is about the relationship between a father and his son-really a universal human issue.