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Diggstown

Diggstown follows Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution. The team of lawyers that Marcie works with are a curious band of do-gooders, cynics and scrappers - messy souls struggling to keep personal disappointment and demons out of their practice. They work directly in the community to find justice for their diverse clients, exploring issues of racism, poverty and gender bias.

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Episodes Season 1

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    Diggstown follows Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.

  • 1. Willy MacIsaac

    Marcie faces off against a former colleague in her defence of Willy, a working poor dad accused of drunk driving. Pam hits Colleen’s bureaucratic red tape when she volunteers to represent a disinherited friend. Marcie struggles to overcome her anger at the pastor who she believes helped drive her aunt to suicide.

  • 2. Renee Joy

    An activist lawyer jeopardizes the future of Marcie’s musically gifted teen client in the name of “the greater good.” Doug’s defence of a lawyer accused of defrauding his community of millions, dredges up his past at the Eskasoni reserve. Marcie and Carson struggle to keep their jobs from coming between them.

  • 3. Taisir Ahmed

    Marcie races to find her client after he’s snatched off the street by law enforcement. Pam scrambles to track down a new home for her pregnant client after her arguments against an eviction leads to the building being condemned. Marcie's work-place dating advice to Leah falls on deaf ears.

  • 4. Delroy Nelson

    Marcie goes to extremes to protect her client after a “trial by media“ kills his plea deal. Reggie’s divorce case pushes him to re-evaluate his own marriage. Doug becomes a pawn in Colleen and Gregor’s political games. Marcie catches Carson in a lie.

  • 5. Nikki LeBlanc

    Marcie’s defence of a teenage madam takes an unexpected turn. Doug represents Pam’s mentally ill sister Sam in a discrimination hearing at the university. Colleen’s interest in Marcie’s sister Emily accidentally outs her.

  • 6. Kim Bond

    Marcie fights to help a young mother diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome regain custody of her infant son. Doug is caught between Colleen and Gregor when he reps Colleen’s former “manny” on legal aid’s dime.

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