Franklin & Bash

Lawyers and lifelong friends Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are recruited by a large firm's major partner after winning a high-profile case.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cast:Mark-Paul Gosselaar , Breckin Meyer , Reed Diamond , Malcolm McDowell , Kumail Nanjiani , Dana Davis , Garcelle Beauvais , Alexandre Crepet , Stephanie Carpentieri , Rhea Seehorn , Toni Trucks , Anthony Ordonez , Heather Locklear , Claire Coffee , Cristina Valenciaga , Nicky Whelan , Alexandra Holden , Beau Billingslea

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Wed, Jun 1, 2011

Peter Bash and Jared Franklin are young, fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants lawyers and partners in the law firm Franklin & Bash. Their nontraditional approach to the legal profession keeps things interesting in the office and the courtroom. The duo's use of questionable legal tactics draws the attention of Stanton Infeld, partner of the prominent law firm of Infeld Daniels. He makes an offer for them to work for him with a promise of certain creative liberty. With work and play frequently intermingling, days and nights are anything but traditional when spending time with Franklin & Bash.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ She Came Upstairs to Kill Me

Wed, Jun 8, 2011

Franklin and Bash defend a woman charged with murdering her husband with sex. Sensing that either the judge or the jury is in on the take, the guys use unorthodox tactics to get justice for their client.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Jennifer of Troy

Wed, Jun 15, 2011

A plain jane woman who believes she was wrongly let go from her job at a men's magazine for being too good-looking comes to Infeld Daniels looking for legal representation. Meanwhile, the man-cave's overwhelming technology causes the server to crash, leaving everyone disconnected from their respective gadgets.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Bro-Bono

Wed, Jun 22, 2011

Peter represents Jared's old frenemy in a legal dilemma. With things never what they seem to be, the guys begin to see their client a different way. Jared is also asked to run lead on a divorce case when it becomes clear Karp and Hanna's history prevents them from working together.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ You Can't Take It with You

Wed, Jun 29, 2011

A family is torn as one side sues the other over a priceless 1988 home-run baseball in a case that pits Jared against his own father. Meanwhile, Peter works with Hanna on defending a reality television father who is affectionately known as the "Douchey Dad." And Karp comes to Pindar for help on a top-secret project involving a compromising video.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Big Fish

Wed, Jul 6, 2011

After agreeing to help a reviled and terminally ill financier Carter Lang (guest star Jason Alexander) repay the investors he defrauded, Franklin & Bash (Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar) face an ethical thicket when he changes his mind after his diagnosis is found to be a mistake. Meanwhile, Karp and Hanna use Pindar to persuade an eccentric multimillionaire businesswoman (guest star Sarayu Rao) to hire their law firm.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Franklin vs. Bash

Wed, Jul 13, 2011

Peter and Jared represent two pole-dancing instructors who are charged with stealing from their clients. But the case soon creates tensions in their friendship. Meanwhile, Karp and Hanna defend a teenage boy who wants to kayak the Amazon solo against his father's wishes.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Bangover

Wed, Jul 20, 2011

When Infeld's niece Lily is arrested for drug possession during a visit to their house, Peter and Jared work to gain her freedom while keeping the news from her uncle. Meanwhile, a surprise visit from an ex-con boyfriend puts Carmen in danger of being jailed for a parole violation.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Bachelor Party

Wed, Jul 27, 2011

Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is asked to defend ex-girlfriend Janie Ross's (Claire Coffee) fiancé Nathan Connor (guest star James Van Der Beek) in a prostitution case. And as representing a teacher accused of having sex with a student (guest star Alexandra Breckenridge) pits Jared (Breckin Meyer) against his old high school headmaster, the discovery of a long-missing body in Alaska spells trouble for Infeld (Malcolm McDowell).

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Go Tell It on the Mountain

Wed, Aug 3, 2011

While being manipulated by a scheming law partner (guest star Tricia Helfer), Franklin & Bash (Breckin Meter and Mark-Paul Gosselaar) must prove Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) is innocent of murdering his best friend during a mountain climbing expedition fifteen years ago. Hanna (Garcelle Beauvais) lends a hand when a younger challenger and a pair of greedy promoters threaten an aging professional wrestler's career.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Strange Brew

Tue, Jun 5, 2012

Stanton proposes that Franklin and Bash become partners in the firm. This requires them to play the corporate game, and Jared and Peter are having a tough time suing the owner of a small brewery over copyright infringement on behalf of their big league client. Meanwhile, they defend an old friend of theirs who was arrested by cop whom he thought was just a woman dressed up in a costume. The case isn't going well for Peter because he's more interested in how attractive the cop is.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Viper

Tue, Jun 12, 2012

Peter and Jared are approached by a man who believes he's a super-hero intent on ridding the city of crime. He's in jail, charged with homicide, and he needs their help. They are loving the case until Peter's mother shows up, and then Janie returns as the DA, and then Janie announces they're upping the charge to first-degree murder.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Jango and Rossi

Tue, Jun 19, 2012

Franklin and Bash are hesitant about representing a man who held up a pizza place with a cheese gun, but when they suggest to Damien to switch cases and he jumps at the chance, they know something worse is just around the corner. They are now representing Stanton's second and fourth ex-wife who, in her words, rescued a dog, but in legal terms stole a dog.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ For Those About to Rock

Tue, Jun 26, 2012

Jared is temporarily serving as judge at a small claims court, but one fair ruling has declared him as murderer of rock and roll. Jared and Peter then defend the young owner of a famous music club but go up against Franklin senior in court. Pindar's therapist has been revealed as a fraud but Stanton Infeld is defending him and forces Pindar to face some of his many fears.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ L'affaire Du Coeur

Tue, Jul 3, 2012

A high-profile judge (Don McManus) asks Peter and Jared to defend him after he is arrested for having an affair with a lawyer while presiding over her cases. Sexual tension builds between Peter and Janie (Claire Coffee). And Karp defends a college friend (Tuc Watkins) who needs to prove that he is gay in order to keep a championship softball trophy.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Voir Dire

Tue, Jul 10, 2012

Peter and Jared are working on a case in which a former chop-shop worker (Gino Anthony Pesi) is accused of a pre-meditated attack. As they start selecting jurors for the case, the duo begin to receive a lot of unsolicited advice. Infeld-Daniels' summer associate program partners a young law student (Danielle Panabaker) with lawyers at the firm.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Summer Girls

Tue, Jul 17, 2012

Peter and Jared ask Hanna to help them handle the court martial of two Navy sailors (Kayla Ewell and Gabrielle Dennis) accused of assaulting fellow personnel, but Hanna has ulterior motives for coming to their aid. To make matters worse, the sailors' commanding officer (Joanna Cassidy) has little confidence in their defense team. Elsewhere, Pindar arbitrates a dispute between the co-owners of a virtual business. And Karp finds himself walking a human-resources tightrope over a previous encounter with one of the firm's summer associates (Tiffany Dupont).

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Last Dance

Tue, Jul 24, 2012

Peter and Jared help a widow (Anne Ramsay) retain the body of her esteemed late husband from being awkwardly immortalized as a dancer in a human body exhibit. When a stalker begins harassing Stanton Infeld, Karp thinks it may be an old client just released from prison and out for revenge. Hanna runs into an old college friend (Boris Kodjoe) and sparks an old romance.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Waiting on a Friend

Tue, Jul 31, 2012

Peter and Jared must clear their name when a former client (Carla Gallo) is arrested for skipping trial, only to accuse her two lawyers of paying her to disappear. While under investigation, the scene flashes back to how the dynamic legal duo of Franklin and Bash (along with Pindar and Carmen) came to be.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ 650 to SLC

Tue, Aug 14, 2012

When Jared's father, Leonard Franklin (Beau Bridges) attempts to buy the firm from Stanton Infeld, Peter and Jared fight to save it. Peter also comes to the rescue of an old high school friend (Chris Klein) who is running for governor and wants to drop out of the race due to a scandal.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Coffee and Cream

Wed, Jun 19, 2013

After legal heavyweight Rachel King (Heather Locklear) humiliates Franklin & Bash on national television, Stanton hires her to help run the firm. Peter and Jared represent a famous magician (guest star Adam Goldberg) after a bracelet vanishes and never reappears. Damien intentionally re-releases an embarrassing viral video with hopes to expedite his judicial appointment. Pindar finds a termite in his bed and has the house tented, but staying on the outside proves too difficult and results in the Man Cave's destruction.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Dead and Alive

Wed, Jun 19, 2013

The gang moves into Infeld's beach house and Peter is quick to pursue their beautiful neighbor, Charlie (guest star Nikki Whelan). Jared and Peter must prove a veteran is alive after a clerical error wrongfully pronounced him deceased and he is poised to lose his house. Karp is increasingly concerned about Infeld's erratic behavior, which comes to a head when he befriends a Ukrainian drive-through worker and plans to marry her for a visa extension so she can pursue the American dream.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Good Lovin'

Wed, Jun 26, 2013

As bad as it is that Peter has discovered his mother is working as a sexual surrogate, it's even worse when he has to defend her in court after she is arrested for prostitution.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Captain Johnny

Wed, Jul 3, 2013

The guys make a bet with Rachel as to which of their cases will benefit the firm the most. Hers is about a psychic wrongfully terminated from her job; theirs involves piracy and a one man fishing boat.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ By the Numbers

Wed, Jul 10, 2013

An insurance actuary is so good at predicting his client's deaths he is accused of causing them. A woman is at odds with her neighbors over the honey bee operation in her backyard.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Freck

Wed, Jul 17, 2013

Robbie supposedly murdered his friend Freck, but since Freck is a notorious prankster, the guys can't help but wonder that he may not be dead, especially since there's no body. They also help a group of ex-cons in a dispute with a vendor.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Control

Wed, Jul 24, 2013

While Peter and Jared help a baseball player deal with an unruly heckler, Rachel helps her brother in a lawsuit over defective bull semen. Damien finds himself in big trouble and needs legal help himself.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Out of the Blue

Wed, Jul 31, 2013

If a meteorite worth many times its weight in gold lands in someone's apartment, who owns it? The tenant, the landlord, or the government? Meanwhile, Damien is tried for the death of Judge Dinsdale and Stanton isn't defending him very well.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Shoot to Thrill

Wed, Aug 7, 2013

The guys help a bounty hunter friend who's been accused of beating up one of his collars. Damien has suddenly become a changed man and Stanton intimates that changes to the firm's personnel are in the offing.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Gone in a Flash

Wed, Aug 14, 2013

The guys' dispute with their famous neighbor becomes entwined with a renewed investigation into their previous home's destruction. Meanwhile, Damien and Rachel vie for the same judgeship and Stanton's feud with Rob Lowe comes to a head.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The Curse of Hor-Aha

Wed, Aug 13, 2014

As Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) try to recover an archeologist's valuable - and cursed - Egyptian artifact, new partner Ellen Swatello (Rhea Seehorn) fights a day care center that's seeking to shut down her client's marijuana dispensary.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Kershaw v. Lincecum

Wed, Aug 20, 2014

A divorce case reveals a plastic surgeon's strange obsession with his past. Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) rely on an unusual argument to get Infeld's (Malcolm McDowell) law license reinstated.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Love Is the Drug

Wed, Aug 27, 2014

As Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) represent a car service driver accused of stealing his celebrity passengers handbags, an old grudge threatens Infeld's (Malcolm MacDowell) return to work.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Good Cop/Bad Cop

Wed, Sep 3, 2014

Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) take on a wealthy Malibu resident whose legal maneuvers are targeting a longtime neighbor's beachfront property. Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) and Karp (Reed Diamond) go to war over a lucrative client.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Deep Throat

Wed, Sep 10, 2014

Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) looks to win over an old flame by representing her son, a high school journalist whose reporting has jeopardized his college scholarship. Jared's (Breckin Meyer) efforts to play it cool undermines his workplace romance with Swatello (Rhea Seehorn).

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Dance the Night Away

Wed, Sep 17, 2014

Peter's mother brings the boys the case of an injured stripper. Damien Karp rejoins the firm. Jared exchanges legal services for the title of Duke instead of receiving monetary payment.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Honor Thy Mother

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

Romantic complications swirl around Peter's mother (Jane Seymour) and Jared. Meanwhile, the guys try to save their favorite diner after it's shut down; and Pindar returns with big news. Carmen Electra guest stars.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Falcon's Nest

Wed, Oct 1, 2014

As Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) fight a friend's eviction from his late grandmother's retirement community, Anita (Toni Trucks) and Karp (Reed Diamond) square off over strategy in a lawsuit against an airline whose flight cancellation cost a scientist a million-dollar prize.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Spirits in the Material World

Wed, Oct 15, 2014

Meanwhile Franklin & Bash run against their friend Bonnie Apell who is now the opposing law counsel against them.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Red or Black

Wed, Oct 22, 2014

As they head to Las Vegas to save Infeld (Malcolm McDowell) from dying, Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) face a casino's accusations of cheating. Karp (Reed Diamond) and Anita (Toni Trucks) face a hurdle in their romance when they represent opposing clients in a lawsuit.