Once There Was a Court... is the second episode of the fifth season of The Good Fight. It aired on July 1, 2021.
Summary[]
Reddick, Lockhart, and Associates welcomes a group of new hires. Diane and Marissa deal with an arbitration case in front of the quirky "Judge" Wackner, a Chicago copy shop owner who has created his own low-cost arbitration service in his warehouse, purporting to be a court. The firm's client, convicted murderer Oscar Rivi, takes a shine to new associate Carmen Moyo, whose willingness to skirt ethical boundaries concerns Liz.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
- Audra McDonald as Liz Lawrence
- Michael Boatman as Julius Cain
- Nyambi Nyambi as Jay Dipersia
- Zach Grenier as David Lee
- Charmaine Bingwa as Carmen Moyo
- Mandy Patinkin as Hal Wackner
Recurring Cast[]
- Gary Cole as Kurt McVeigh
- Brenda Braxton as Madeline Gilford
- Tyrone Mitchell Henderson as Barry Poe
- Hugh Dancy as Caleb Garlin
Guest Cast[]
- Wallace Shawn as Charles Lester
- Ben Vereen as Frederick Douglass
- Geoffrey Owens as Daniel
- Tony Plana as Oscar Rivi
- Emily Dorsch as Nell Fulton
- Heather Burns as Toni Hedger
- Danny Burstein as William Schultz
- Christa Scott-Reed as Isabel Pressley
- Zoe Mann as Phoebe
- Mark Deklin as Judge Wick Stilton
- Blake Morris as Bailiff Dean Rush
- Ann Sanders as Jenny Klay
- Luis Vega as Daniel Vanegas
- David Rosenberg as Mitchell
- Michael Thomas Holmes as Horace Carruthers
- Stephanie Weeks as Tia Johnson
- Jerry Kernion as Court Sheriff Gage
- Brent Bateman as Criminal Sheriff
- Davis Duffield as Lawyer Malcolm
- Jeremy Cohen as Lawyer Teddy
- Scott Robertson as Spectator Sam
- Dan Rosales as Interpreter
- Bartley Booz as Copy Shop Employee