One of a trio of crime-based pilots from the late 1990s, Street Legal was the only one that went on to become a TV series. This feature-length pilot provides a stylish big city template for the series to follow. Auckland criminal lawyer and no-nonsense Casanova David Silesi (Jay Laga'aia, fresh from Australian show Water Rats) enlists the help of an extremely forward journalist (Mercy Peak's Sara Wiseman). His hope is to win an out-of-court settlement over a hit and run case. Meanwhile Silesi's lawyer girlfriend (Katherine Kennard) smells something fishy — with good reason. Street Legal would ultimately run for four seasons.