This Is Wonderland
This Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series was a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F. Walker, his writing partner Dani Romain, and Osgoode Hall Law School graduate and longtime Canadian TV producer Bernard Zukerman. The first season aired in 2004, the second season began on January 25, 2005 and the third season began on November 23, 2005. On February 13, 2006, the CBC declined to order a fourth season, effectively cancelling the show. The final episode aired on March 15, 2006. Repeats of the first and second season currently air on Canadian digital specialty channel, bold, as well as on VisionTV.
A homeless man camps out in Rosedale park; a young couple steals their baby from the hospital; new lawyer join the firm.
A reverend deals drugs; a mother uses her kids as decoys to shoplift; a woman sets fire to her own home.
A man assaults two police officers while trying to protect his sisters; homeless man believes he has risen from the dead; a delusional man is convinced he is allergic to peanuts.
A couple abduct their child from foster care; man assaults an usher at a basketball game; woman has a psychotic episode.
A 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.
A man assaults shoppers; a stripper tries to frame another stripper; a mother encourages her sons to become thieves.
Brothers confess to the same crime; woman steals a baby she thought was her own; a bad job reference leads to a violent assault.
Businessmen are caught in an all night massage parlour; drug dealers turn themselves in; a man threatens to go postal in bail court.
A 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 eating.
Dog 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 wants; parent assaults a vice-principal; an alcoholic father wants to see his baby.
A psychic wreaks havoc in the courthouse; a woman assaults a man.
A woman over medicates her husband; man is addicted to lottery tickets; a lawyer helps a homeless man find housing.
Jack makes a deal with a drug dealer; a criminal threatens to kill an eyewitness.
Alice 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 meet her; Nancy represents a woman who assaulted her future father-in-law.
Alice defends a housekeeper who is working illegally and a man charged with harassing a girl who does not know that he exists.
Alice represents a PhD student suffering from a psychotic episode and a guard charged with using excessive force; James defends a mother charged with attacking her daughter's boyfriend.
Alice represents a crack addict and her sister; James defends a man who gave his younger brother heroin.
Elliot defends an exotic dancer charged with soliciting sex; Alice represents a woman accused of trying to push a passerby onto the subway tracks.
Alice defends a woman who stole money from her employer; Elliot tries helping a man who suffers from schizo-affective disorder.
Elliot defends a woman charged with forcing her ex-girlfriend to work as a prostitute; Alice represents a man charged with assaulting his wife's husband.
James represents a doctor; Alice defends a man charged with assaulting his girlfriend; Elliot represents an aspiring gangster rapper.
Alice defends a teacher charged with assaulting one of her students; Elliot represents a single mom charged with defrauding the welfare system; Mr. Jackson is charged with mischief.
Elliot needs a favor from Rosemary to successfully defend a client; Alice defends a schizophrenic woman accused of pushing a passerby on the subway.
Alice represents a woman charged with assaulting her grandmother; Elliot defends a woman who lifts men for the purpose of gauging their reaction to strong females; James acts for a client accused of trying to rob a homeless man.
James represents a man who is feuding with his garbage men; Elliot is pulled into Gordon and Gloria Willis' quest to reclaim their son; Alice tries to help a dangerous, unstable drug addict.
Elliot loses his composure; Alice gets in the middle of a dispute between family members about their divergent approaches to parenting; Mr. Jackson throws himself on the mercy of Judge Malone.
Pilot. The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.
Alice tries to convince the Crown to have compassion for a former drug addict.
Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.
A judge tries to save a mentally challenged man who has been charged with assault; Alice defends a man charged with sexual assault; Elliot is infatuated by a court interpreter.
Alice tries to convince a couple that one of them must go to prison so that the other can stay home and raise their children.
Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.
A diagnosed schizophrenic women is charged with abducting a baby.
A man is charged with assaulting the fathers of boys who bullied his daughter; a homeless intellectual defends himself.
Alice's client is charged with abusing and neglecting his father, who has Alzheimer's disease; Elliot defends a high-profile artist.
James helps a drug dealer prove he has been framed; Alice defends a street kid charged with aggressive panhandling.
A woman is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend; an 18-year-old is pressured to cover for a drug dealer.
Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.
Alice defends a man in for an altercation with the superintendent of his rooming house.
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2004-01-12 |
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