Family Law season 3 , starringJewel Staite and Victor Garber in a dysfunctional Vancouver family law firm that helps other dysfunctional families, premieres tonight on Global TV in Canada — a year after its U.S. run on the CW.
Abby (Jewel Staite) is back, and she’s bringing her sharp wit, legal skills, and slightly chaotic personal life with her. From courtroom victories to family drama, Abby proves that life is a little less by the book when you’re a Svensson.
Set in Vancouver, Family Law follows lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail ‘Abby’ Bianchi (Jewel Staite) struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father’(Victor Garber)’s firm, Svensson and Associates, and practice in family law for the first time while forging new relationships with the half-brother (Zach Smadu) and half-sister (Genelle Williams) whom she’s never met. The result is a dysfunctional family law firm operating to help other families with their own dysfunctions.
Season 3 Synopsis:
Clear of her probation and divorce, Abby (Jewel Staite) is riding high at Svensson & Svensson, but the hard work of reckoning with her past is just beginning,. She moves on to AA’s Step Four — writing her moral inventory — and begins her nesting arrangement with Frank (Luke Camilleri).On her off weeks, she still lives with her mother Joanne (Lauren Holly), whose rekindled relationship with Harry (Victor Garber) is churning up all of Abby’s childhood trauma.
Meanwhile, Harry revels in Abby and Daniel’s (Zach Smadu) cutthroat competition for top earner at the firm until his reckless past comes back to haunt him. Daniel’s romance with Martina (Miranda Edwards) is cut short when her boyfriend Quinn (Thomas Cadrot) returns – and takes on a new layer of complexity when Quinn befriends Daniel. And Lucy (Genelle Williams), trying to find her feet after Maggie’s (Ali Liebert) betrayal, throws herself into a new relationship — one that she intends to make work no matter what.
Jewel Staite won Best Lead Performance in a series at the 2024 UBCP/ACTRA Awards for her tour de force role as Abby.
Family Law Season 3:
Episodes: 10.
Vancouver filming dates: May 24 2022 – August 31 2022.
Creator: Susin Nielsen.
Cast:: Jewel Staite, Victor Garber, Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams, Lauren Holly.
Others: Benjamin Ayres, Luke Camilleri, Miranda Edwards, Thomas Carrot, Ali Liebert.
Producers: Lark.
Filming in Vancouver:
Mother and daughter.
Vancouver Locations:
In Yaletown.
At Jericho Beach:
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Production on Family Law season 4 wrapped last June in Vancouver and will air in 2025/2026.