21st Avenue
Release
18 Oct 2008Country
Language
EnglishProduction
Overview
Raul Vasconcelos and Helena Brito founded a partnership over 20 years ago and has over a hundred lawyers in its service. Raul has an ego as big as the world and it was that self-assuredness that made him notorious in the courtroom. Besides being an astute lawyer, he’s a hopeless playboy who with age developed the tendency to say and do whatever he feels like. His trouble is that he’s constantly abusing that privilege. Helena is a confident woman, albeit more discreet and concerned about the firm's public perception, constantly considering how her actions might negatively affect the partnership and its bottom line. Her personality led her to take over managing the firm, taking care of all bureaucratic affairs. Other lawyers stand out in the firm, as is the case of Pedro Pimentel, who just made senior partner. He’s impeccably put together and has a smile that wins over most women, but behind this agreeable façade of his there’s a person with a lust for power and fame.
Plot
In each episode, an apparently-lost cause goes to court. However, the various stages of the case show us that not everything is as it seems and that no case is solved until the sentence is read.
Cast
Ratings
Season 1
Seasons
3 Seasons
Episódio #1
Sofia, represents "Carla," a man who has undergone a sex change operation, and who wants to change her birth certificate. Pedro is called with urgency to the Lisbon airport, where his cousin and his wife were prohibited from boarding by a court order. Afonso, gives legal support to a woman who wants to lodge an appeal that she had lost in the first instance, a lawsuit against her husband who had kidnapped her and that the judge had released on the grounds that she had missed on her marital duties.
Episodes of Season 1
26 episodes
