List of The Defenders (1961) episodes

{{Series overview

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| link1 = List of The Defenders (1961) episodes#Season 1 (1961–62)

| episodes1 = 32

| start1 = {{Start date|1961|09|16}}

| end1 = {{End date|1962|05|26}}

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| link2 = List of The Defenders (1961) episodes#Season 2 (1962–63)

| episodes2 = 34

| start2 = {{Start date|1962|09|15}}

| end2 = {{End date|1963|05|25}}

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| link3 = List of The Defenders (1961) episodes#Season 3 (1963–64)

| episodes3 = 36

| start3 = {{Start date|1963|09|28}}

| end3 = {{End date|1964|06|27}}

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| link4 = List of The Defenders (1961) episodes#Season 4 (1964–65)

| episodes4 = 30

| start4 = {{Start date|1964|09|24}}

| end4 = {{End date|1965|05|13}}

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Quality of Mercy

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|09|16}}

|ShortSummary=A doctor (Philip Abbott) jeopardizes his life and career in order to show mercy toward a newborn with Down Syndrome. Also features Jack Klugman as the district attorney and Gene Hackman as the boy's father.

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Killer Instinct

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=John Vlahos

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|09|23}}

|ShortSummary=A mild-mannered man (William Shatner) is assailed by doubt and guilt after he kills a savage street bully in self-defense. Joanne Linville stars as Shatner's wife.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Death Across the Counter

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|09|30}}

|ShortSummary=A drug addict (Clu Gulager) believes that he has committed murder during an attempted holdup at a grocery store.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=The Riot

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Max Ehrlich

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|07}}

|ShortSummary=A negotiator is needed between rioting convicts and prison authorities. Stars Fritz Weaver, Frank Sutton and Joseph Sweeney.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Young Lovers

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=John Vlahos

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|14}}

|ShortSummary=Two secretly married teenagers (Burt Brinckerhoff, Lynn Loring) are forced into a shocking emotional experience owing to the families' differing religions.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Boy Between

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=Robert Thom

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|21}}

|ShortSummary=A sensitive young boy (Richard Thomas) is the pawn in a bitter custody battle between estranged parents (Arthur Hill and Norma Crane)

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

|DirectedBy=John Brahm

|WrittenBy=Alvin Boretz

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|10|28}}

|ShortSummary=A nightclub entertainer (Frank Gorshin) kills his fiancee after she threatens to leave him, and a psychiatrist (Sam Wanamaker) is brought in to help him.

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Accident

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|04}}

|ShortSummary=A child is badly injured in a hit-and-run accident that was caused by a spoiled, wealthy woman (Evans Evans), and then dies when the parents' religious beliefs prevent surgery that could save his life.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Trial of Jenny Scott

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|11}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence and Kenneth defend a woman (Mary Fickett) who has been accused of killing her husband.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Man With the Concrete Thumb

|DirectedBy=Ralph Nelson

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|18}}

|ShortSummary=Kenneth's girlfriend (Joan Hackett) is accused of assaulting a man with a brick during a protest, a situation that eventually leads to a stubborn and arrogant public works commissioner (Loring Smith) being accused of bribery.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Treadmill

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=Peter Stone

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|11|25}}

|ShortSummary=A convicted murderer (Edward Binns) who has spent the last 25 years in a mental institution is the subject of a bid for a new trial.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Perjury

|DirectedBy=Boris Sagal

|WrittenBy=Adrian Spies

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|02}}

|ShortSummary=Kenneth must defend Lawrence after the latter is accused of trying to force a witness (Robert Loggia) to lie during a murder trial. Also features Robert Duvall.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Attack

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=John W. Bloch

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|09}}

|ShortSummary=A policeman (Richard Kiley) is charged with murder after he kills a teenage boy that the man's five-year-old daughter has accused of assaulting her. Also features Nancy Marchand and Martin Sheen.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=The Prowler

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=David Shaw

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|16}}

|ShortSummary=A wealthy man (Kent Smith) confesses to murdering the abusive ex-husband of his young wife (Elizabeth Ashley) as a result of the man's continuing blackmail.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Gideon's Follies

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|23}}

|ShortSummary=A much-married millionaire is found stabbed to death, and his many ex-wives (Julie Newmar, Tsai Chin, Eva Gabor, Gloria DeHaven, Shirl Conway and Zohra Lampert) are suspected.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=The Best Defense

|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1961|12|30}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence and Kenneth reluctantly defend a gangster (Martin Balsam) of murder charges, but his acquittal leads to some startling revelations after the trial ends.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=The Bedside Murder

|DirectedBy=Fielder Cook

|WrittenBy=Max Ehrlich

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|01|06}}

|ShortSummary=When an elderly woman dies under mysterious circumstances, her doctor (Sam Jaffe) is accused of poisoning her with a fatal overdose of morphine. That results in an old friend (Alexander Scourby) of Lawrence's asking him to take the case, but during the course of the trial, a shocking discovery is made. Also features Murray Hamilton and Barry Morse.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Search

|DirectedBy=John Brahm

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|01|20}}

|ShortSummary=After a man (James Congdon) confesses to a murder that another (Harry Millard) had been tried, convicted, and executed for six years earlier, Lawrence and the district attorney (Jack Klugman) revisit their case.

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Storm at Birch Glen

|DirectedBy=John Brahm

|WrittenBy=Jerome Ross

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|01|27}}

|ShortSummary=A supervisor at a boy's reformatory (James Broderick) is tried for causing the death of one of the youths, and must also face the wrath of both the townspeople and reformatory authorities.

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|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Point Shaver

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Mann Rubin

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|02|03}}

|ShortSummary=A college basketball player (Paul Prokop) is accused of point shaving by conspiring with a gambler to fix a game.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Locked Room

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|02|10}}

|ShortSummary=A woman (Inga Swenson) is murdered and the only witnesses (Viveca Lindfors, as the defendant, and Zachary Scott, her husband) are not talking. Three jurors (William Daniels, Dody Goodman, and Marian Winters) speculate on what could have happened.

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=The Empty Chute

|DirectedBy=Jack Smight

|WrittenBy=Max Ehrlich

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|02|17}}

|ShortSummary=A lonely and isolated army sergeant (Michael Strong) is charged with murder, and asks Lawrence to defend him at the court-martial.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=The Crusader

|DirectedBy=Daniel Petrie

|WrittenBy=Jerome Ross

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|02|17}}

|ShortSummary=During a routine visit to a prison, Kenneth is intrigued by the claims of a prisoner's (Warren Stevens) innocence after being rejected for parole, resulting in his attempt to reopen the case.

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|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=The Hickory Indian

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|03|03}}

|ShortSummary=An elderly man (George Voskovec) steals $6,000 from his son's dress firm in order to pay protection money to racketeers. During his trial for grand larceny, he refuses to name names in order to protect his family. To Lawrence's discomfort, his esteemed college professor (Larry Gates) is prosecuting.

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|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=The Iron Man

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Albert Sanders

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|03|10}}

|ShortSummary=A brilliant college student with extremist political views (Ben Piazza) goes on trial after his rally is disrupted by a fellow student, who is nearly beaten to death for protesting his views.

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=26

|Title=The Tarnished Cross

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|03|17}}

|ShortSummary=A group of teenagers in a boys' clubhouse take it upon themselves to hold a mock trial and try one of their own (Martin Sheen) for murder. Also features Biff McGuire, Ken Kercheval, Barry Primus and Luke Halpin.

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|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=27

|Title=The Last Six Months

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Max Ehrlich

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|03|31}}

|ShortSummary=After learning he only has six months to live, a businessman (Arthur Hill) commits murder in order to secure an inheritance for his family.

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|EpisodeNumber=28

|EpisodeNumber2=28

|Title=The Naked Heiress

|DirectedBy=Jack Smight

|WrittenBy=Alvin Boretz

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|04|07}}

|ShortSummary=A stripper (Salome Jens) becomes an integral part of the machinations involved in a contested will.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=29

|EpisodeNumber2=29

|Title=Reunion With Death

|DirectedBy=Franklin J. Schaffner

|WrittenBy=David Shaw

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|04|21}}

|ShortSummary=Five Air Force veterans seek vengeance against one of their former crew members (Lee Philips) for alleged treason during the Korean War, with Lawrence serving as defense counsel. Also features Robert Webber, Michael Conrad and Gene Wilder in a cameo.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=30

|EpisodeNumber2=30

|Title=The Benefactor

|DirectedBy=Daniel Petrie

|WrittenBy=Peter Stone

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|04|28}}

|ShortSummary=An abortionist (Robert F. Simon) goes on trial and is defended by the Prestons. The episode explores the medical, social, and criminal aspects of abortion.

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|EpisodeNumber=31

|EpisodeNumber2=31

|Title=Along Came a Spider

|DirectedBy=Elliot Silverstein

|WrittenBy=Peter Stone

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|05|05}}

|ShortSummary=An elderly ex-vaudevillian (Paul Hartman) is accused by his nine-year-old granddaughter (Leslye Hunter) of murdering her father. Also features James Earl Jones.

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|EpisodeNumber=32

|EpisodeNumber2=32

|Title=The Broken Barrelhead

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|05|26}}

|ShortSummary=After a teenage boy (Richard Jordan) is arrested for vehicular homicide, his wealthy and overbearing father (Harold J. Stone) attempts to ruthlessly buy his own kind of justice. Also features Vincent Gardenia.

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|EpisodeNumber=33

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Voices of Death

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|09|15}}

|ShortSummary=A young wife and mother (Ruth Roman) is charged with first-degree murder after she shoots her drunken, abusive husband.

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|EpisodeNumber=34

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Blood Country

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|09|22}}

|ShortSummary=A lynch mob threatens Lawrence and Kenneth's client, who is accused of first-degree murder.

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|EpisodeNumber=35

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Indelible Silence

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=Charles Garment

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|09|29}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons are called on to defend a teenager (Dennis Hopper) with American Nazi sympathies when he is charged with first-degree murder.

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|EpisodeNumber=36

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|06}}

|ShortSummary=An elderly, guilt-ridden man (Ed Begley) broods over a crime of which he has been acquitted.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=37

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=The Unwanted

|DirectedBy=Alex March

|WrittenBy=Robert Thom

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|13}}

|ShortSummary=A judge must decide whether the natural mother (Diana Hyland) of a six-year-old girl should be given custody, or the couple who have raised her.

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|EpisodeNumber=38

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Madman (Part I)

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose and Robert Thom

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|20}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons defend a murderer (Don Gordon) whose insanity is obvious to everyone, except those who must apply the law to his condition.

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|EpisodeNumber=39

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Madman (Part II)

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Robert Thom

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|10|27}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence and Kenneth must find a way to prove that their client (Don Gordon) is mentally ill and should not be executed.

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|EpisodeNumber=40

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=The Bigamist

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|03}}

|ShortSummary=A vengeful, and mentally ill, wife tries to take her ex-husband away from his current spouse by having him arrested for bigamy.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=41

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Avenger

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=James Lee

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|17}}

|ShortSummary=A man kills a German scientist who was responsible for the deaths of the man's wife and daughter in the Nazi concentration camp gas chambers and is defended by the Prestons.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=42

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Invisible Badge

|DirectedBy=John Newland

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|11|24}}

|ShortSummary=A dedicated assistant district attorney who is accused of taking bribe (William Shatner) is defended by the Prestons.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=43

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Hidden Jungle

|DirectedBy=Denis Sanders

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|01}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence wins an acquittal for his client on a first-degree murder charge but is then plagued by doubt as to whether his actions were morally right.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=44

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=The Savage Infant

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|08}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence and Kenneth become temporary guardians of a juvenile delinquent whose family history suggests he will end up in prison.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=45

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=The Apostle

|DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|15}}

|ShortSummary=A man (Albert Salmi) who bases his life on peace and brotherhood goes on trial after he attacks an abusive drunk who has provoked him.

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|EpisodeNumber=46

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Grandma TNT

|DirectedBy=Elliot Silverstein

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|22}}

|ShortSummary=A light episode in which a gentle elderly woman (Lillian Gish) is arrested for bank robbery in order to provide for her two sisters, and then escapes from jail.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=47

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Don't Take the Stand

|DirectedBy=Ted Post

|WrittenBy=David Davidson

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1962|12|29}}

|ShortSummary=A man is accused of murdering his friend after a gun goes off during a struggle between the two. The row had been sparked when items from the home of the accused's wealthy girlfriend had been found in the victim's possession.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=48

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Kill or Be Killed

|DirectedBy=Sydney Pollack

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|01|05}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence defends a man (Gerald O'Loughlin) who commits a crime en route to Sing Sing Prison just as his innocence of the earlier crime is being established.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=49

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Man Against Himself

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Raphael Hayes

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|01|12}}

|ShortSummary=A young man (Ivan Dixon) tries to defend himself in court after being charged with manslaughter but treats legal advice from the Prestons with contempt.

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|EpisodeNumber=50

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine

|DirectedBy=Shepard Traube (1907–1983){{cite web |last1=Fraser |first1=C. Gerald |title=SHEPARD TRAUBE, 76, IS DEAD; STAGE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/obituaries/shepard-traube-76-is-dead-stage-producer-and-director.html |website=The New York Times |date=25 July 1983}}

|WrittenBy=A.J. Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|01|19}}

|ShortSummary=The illegal use of wiretaps becomes the focal point of the trial of a news vendor on trial for allegedly serving as a go-between in a narcotics swindle.

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|EpisodeNumber=51

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=Poltergeist

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|01|26}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons must figure out who is guilty among a group of suspects together on a cold night on Fire Island.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=52

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Ordeal

|DirectedBy=Alex March

|WrittenBy=David Shaw

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|02|02}}

|ShortSummary=A married man (Robert Webber) and his mistress (Peggy Maurer) are both wrongly accused of killing his wife.

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|EpisodeNumber=53

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=The Hour Before Doomsday

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|02|09}}

|ShortSummary=An egotistical evangelist (John Cullum) files a libel suit against a newspaper man (Kevin McCarthy).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=54

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=The Traitor

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|02|16}}

|ShortSummary=A foreign national (Fritz Weaver) working in the United States is charged with espionage after obtaining classified government documents.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=55

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=The Eye of Fear

|DirectedBy=Paul Stewart

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|02|23}}

|ShortSummary=A man (Robert Loggia) finds his wife dead, and all the evidence points to him as the murderer.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=56

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Metamorphosis

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|03|02}}

|ShortSummary=A convicted killer (Robert Duvall) who has been on death row for seven years continues to hold up his pending execution through appeals, while he waits to hear from the clemency board.

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|EpisodeNumber=57

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=The Last Illusion

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|03|09}}

|ShortSummary=A magician is drowned while doing his most famous trick, and his wife is then accused of murder.

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|EpisodeNumber=58

|EpisodeNumber2=26

|Title=The Heathen

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|03|23}}

|ShortSummary=A preacher's remark at his school's board of trustees meeting turns into a battle over freedom of religious beliefs.

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|EpisodeNumber=59

|EpisodeNumber2=27

|Title=A Book for Burning

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|03|30}}

|ShortSummary=A small-town politician's grandstanding sparks the arrest of a visiting novelist (Sam Wanamaker) for writing an allegedly obscene book.

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|EpisodeNumber=60

|EpisodeNumber2=28

|Title=A Taste of Vengeance

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=A.J. Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|04|06}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons defend a woman accused of the mercy killing of her dying husband.

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|EpisodeNumber=61

|EpisodeNumber2=29

|Title=The Colossus

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|04|13}}

|ShortSummary=A Nobel-winning scientist (Leo Genn), at work on a cure for leukemia, is charged with the murder of his wife but considers himself above the law.

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|EpisodeNumber=62

|EpisodeNumber2=30

|Title=Judgment Eve

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|04|20}}

|ShortSummary=A look at the unpredictable nature of 12 jurors during the course of a first-degree murder trial. Stars Arch Johnson and Charles Durning.

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|EpisodeNumber=63

|EpisodeNumber2=31

|Title=The Noose

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|04|27}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons travel to a small town to defend three men who lynched a man accused of killing a 12-year-old.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=64

|EpisodeNumber2=32

|Title=Everybody Else is Dead

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=James Lee

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|05|11}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence falls in love with a woman (Geraldine Brooks) who is in the process of divorcing her alcoholic husband (Darren McGavin).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=65

|EpisodeNumber2=33

|Title=The Trial of Twenty-Two

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|05|18}}

|ShortSummary=A corrupt labor leader helps frame a union member for first-degree murder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=66

|EpisodeNumber2=34

|Title=The Brother Killers

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|05|25}}

|ShortSummary=A freshman college student is killed during a fraternity hazing, which results in three upperclassmen being charged with manslaughter.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=67

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Weeping Baboon

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|09|28}}

|ShortSummary=A quiet young man kills his father and older brother, and during his trial, goes berserk in the classroom.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=68

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Empty Heart

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|05}}

|ShortSummary=A disillusioned party girl (Lee Grant) is indicted for attempted murder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=69

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=The Captive

|DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|12}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence and Kenneth become involved with foreign authorities in a case of international intrigue.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=70

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=The Bagman

|DirectedBy=Robert Butler

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|19}}

|ShortSummary=A simple eviction case turns into a complicated tangle involving a bagman for a local political party machine pressuring a judge with a questionable set of ethics.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=71

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Conspiracy of Silence

|DirectedBy=Alex March

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|10|26}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons sue a doctor (Carrol O'Connor) in a malpractice case that results from the death of a patient.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=72

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Cruel Hook

|DirectedBy=Elliot Silverstein

|WrittenBy=Andrea Russo

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|02}}

|ShortSummary=A married man (Edward Asner) kills a woman blackmailing him, and then does nothing when an innocent man is charged with the crime.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=73

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Star-Spangled Ghetto

|DirectedBy=Alex March

|WrittenBy=Reginald Rose

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|09}}

|ShortSummary=Two misguided youths commit an armed robbery in order to get married. Ossie Davis appears as an assistant district attorney.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=74

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Loophole

|DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin

|WrittenBy=A.E. Hotchner

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|16}}

|ShortSummary=After a policeman breaks a department rule, he attempts to saddle another officer with the blame.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=75

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=The Seal of Confession

|DirectedBy=Alex March

|WrittenBy=Ian McLellan Hunter

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|11|30}}

|ShortSummary=A Catholic priest experiences a severe dilemma when a penitent confesses to both adultery and murder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=76

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Climate of Evil

|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|07}}

|ShortSummary=An innocent bank clerk is convicted of embezzlement and imprisoned, then is turned into a killer by a vicious prison guard and a fellow convict.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=77

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=The Crowd Pleaser

|DirectedBy=Don Richardson

|WrittenBy=Charles Garment

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|14}}

|ShortSummary=A punch-drunk boxer is tried for manslaughter after he kills a man in the ring who had been paying attention to the boxer's estranged wife.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=78

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=Old Lady Ironsides

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Robert Van Scoyk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|21}}

|ShortSummary=A tough suffragette (Aline MacMahon) enlists the aid of the Prestons in her fight to permit a pregnant high school girl (Janet Margolin)to graduate.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=79

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy

|DirectedBy=James Sheldon

|WrittenBy=David W. Rintels

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1963|12|28}}

|ShortSummary=A youngster borrows a library manuscript and is then arrested by police for grand larceny.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=80

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Claire Cheval Died in Boston

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|01|04}}

|ShortSummary=A lighter episode about the tribulations of a stage show before it reaches Broadway, and the temperamental leading lady that heads the cast.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=81

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=The Last Day

|DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin

|WrittenBy=Allan Chase

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|01|11}}

|ShortSummary=Over a 12-hour span, the Prestons furiously attempt to save the life of their client, a convicted killer set to be executed.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=82

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=Blacklist

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|01|18}}

|ShortSummary=A blacklisted character actor (Jack Klugman) hires the Prestons to protect him from losing an acting offer.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/20/97160711.html?pageNumber=87 Gould, Jack. "TV: Drama About Modern Witch Hunt / C.B.S. Shows Ernest Kinoy's 'Blacklist' / Central Role Played by Jack Klugman" (The New York Times, January 20, 1964, p.87).] Retrieved October 27, 2018.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=83

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Who'll Dig His Grave?

|DirectedBy=Charles S. Dubin

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|01|25}}

|ShortSummary=A derelict Greenwich Village poet (Barry Morse) takes the blame for a murder he did not commit in a twisted attempt to give his life meaning.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=84

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=All the Silent Voices

|DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|02|01}}

|ShortSummary=A woman doctor (Eileen Heckart) is arrested after disseminating birth control data.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=85

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=The Secret

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|02|08}}

|ShortSummary=A scientist discovers a new bomb, but when he withholds the information, he is suspected of spying.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=86

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=The Pill Man

|DirectedBy=Leonard Horn

|WrittenBy=Albert Ruben and Charles Eckert

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|02|15}}

|ShortSummary=The husband of a drug addict (Teresa Wright) is arrested for selling narcotics without a prescription.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=87

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=Drink Like a Lady

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Ellen M. Violett

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|02|29}}

|ShortSummary=During the course of a weekend drinking binge, an alcoholic (Janice Rule) kills a man during a blackout.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=88

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=Survival

|DirectedBy=Tom Gries

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|03|14}}

|ShortSummary=A Marine drill instructor (Leslie Nielsen), who was also a war hero, is court-martialed for causing the death of a recruit.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=89

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=Moment of Truth

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|03|21}}

|ShortSummary=Kenneth is accused of offering a juror (Jack Gilford) $5,000 to fix a case and is brought up on bribery charges, forcing Lawrence to defend him.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=90

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=The Hidden Fury

|DirectedBy=Alexander Mackendrick

|WrittenBy=George Baxt

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|03|28}}

|ShortSummary=A mental patient (Susan Oliver) kills the fiancee of her psychiatrist.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=91

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=Die Laughing

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|04|11}}

|ShortSummary=After a comedian (Milton Berle) is told that he has cancer, he takes an overdose of barbiturates in a suicide attempt.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/01/15/106933078.html?pageNumber=63 "Berle Visits 'Defenders'" (The New York Times, January 15, 1964, p.63)] Retrieved October 26, 2018

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=92

|EpisodeNumber2=26

|Title=May Day! May Day!

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|04|18}}

|ShortSummary=A wartime hero becomes fanatical about the United States foreign policy toward China, leading him to plot a military takeover of the government.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=93

|EpisodeNumber2=27

|Title=The Thief

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|04|25}}

|ShortSummary=A female kleptomaniac (Glynis Johns) who is arrested for shoplifting for the fourth time faces life imprisonment.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=94

|EpisodeNumber2=28

|Title=Yankee Go Home

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Albert Ruben

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|05|02}}

|ShortSummary=An American reporter (Richard Kiley) is denied a passport because of an unauthorized trip he made behind the Iron Curtain.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=95

|EpisodeNumber2=29

|Title=The Man Who Saved His Country

|DirectedBy=Elliot Silverstein

|WrittenBy=Albert Ruben

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|05|09}}

|ShortSummary=A nondescript murder is turned into a cause celebre when the man (James Coburn) falsely pleads guilty to killing a Castro lieutenant in order to become a hero and martyr.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=96

|EpisodeNumber2=30

|Title=Mind Over Murder

|DirectedBy=Leonard Horn

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|05|16}}

|ShortSummary=A man with extrasensory perception kills a man and then pleads self-defense because of a premonition that he was in danger.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=97

|EpisodeNumber2=31

|Title=The Sixth Alarm

|DirectedBy=Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|05|23}}

|ShortSummary=A man (Herschel Bernardi) is falsely blamed for burning his factory down, while the actual arsonist is still at large.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=98

|EpisodeNumber2=32

|Title=The Fine Line

|DirectedBy=Buzz Kulik

|WrittenBy=Harold Gast

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|05|30}}

|ShortSummary=The Prestons defend an ambulance-chasing attorney, whose lack of ethics is based on the love of money and enriching his family.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=99

|EpisodeNumber2=33

|Title=The Non-Violent

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|06|06}}

|ShortSummary=A sit-in during a civil rights demonstration becomes an issue dealing with the abridgment of free speech. Includes James Earl Jones, Sam Groom and Ivan Dixon.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=100

|EpisodeNumber2=34

|Title=Stowaway

|DirectedBy=Vincent J. Donehue

|WrittenBy=Edward DeBlasio

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|06|13}}

|ShortSummary=A young Italian boy enters the United States illegally and then becomes the subject of deportation proceedings.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=101

|EpisodeNumber2=35

|Title=Hollow Triumph

|DirectedBy=Paul Sylbert

|WrittenBy=Howard Fast

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|06|20}}

|ShortSummary=A woman (Brenda Vaccaro) murders the cousin (and employee) of a stockbroker and then frames him for the crime.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=102

|EpisodeNumber2=36

|Title=The Uncivil War

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|06|27}}

|ShortSummary=An adulterous affair sets the stage for a divorce as the jilted wife takes her estranged husband to court.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=103

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Seven Hundred-Year-Old Gang (Part I)

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|09|24}}

|ShortSummary=A retired manufacturer (Jack Gilford) gets into trouble for making wine, is charged with bootlegging, and is defended by the Prestons.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=104

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=The Seven Hundred-Year-Old Gang (Part II)

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|01}}

|ShortSummary=During the course of his bootlegging trial, an elderly man admits to committing the crime in an attempt to feel useful.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=105

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Hero of the People

|DirectedBy=Philip Leacock

|WrittenBy=William Woolfolk and Rod Sylvester

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|08}}

|ShortSummary=A lonely factory worker (Edward Asner) claims to have killed a drug dealer in order to gain celebrity.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=106

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Go-Between

|DirectedBy=Paul Sylbert

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|15}}

|ShortSummary=An idealistic presidential candidate (Arthur Hill) becomes much more cynical in the wake of his son's kidnapping, due to the sensation-seeking public that looks to exploit his grief.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=107

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Conflict of Interests

|DirectedBy=Philip Leacock

|WrittenBy=Ellen M. Violett

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|22}}

|ShortSummary=An arrogant British theater critic (Edward Woodward) is sued for slander by a playwright, but the critic's female lawyer (Cloris Leachman) uses her feminine wiles to win the case.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=108

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=The Man Who...

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|10|29}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence is pressured into running for Congress, but soon finds himself enmeshed in controversy when he is accused of making anti-semitic remarks.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=109

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Turning Point

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=James Lee

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|05}}

|ShortSummary=Haunted by the fact that an innocent man has gone to the electric chair, Kenneth seeks to find the real killer.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=110

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=A Taste of Ashes

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=David W. Rintels

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|12}}

|ShortSummary=Two seamen (Darren McGavin and Martin Sheen) are accused of cannibalism after shipwreck results in a long siege at sea and the death of a fellow shipmate.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=111

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Comeback

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy=Edward DeBlasio

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|11|26}}

|ShortSummary=A once-great actress (Viveca Lindfors) is making a comeback after a 15-year absence, but after the first day of work, her car hits a teenager and she is charged with drunk driving.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=112

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=The Siege

|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Bo Goldman|t= Ian McLellan Hunter}}

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|03}}

|ShortSummary=Lawrence's office is taken over by an escaped convict (Robert Redford) who is embittered over what he considered to be a substandard defense by the Prestons.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=113

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Whitewash

|DirectedBy=Daniel Petrie

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|10}}

|ShortSummary=A cynical Puerto Rican politician (Ricardo Montalbán) claims he is being framed when he is accused of extorting money from a contractor.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=114

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=A Voice Loud and Clear

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|17}}

|ShortSummary=A female evangelist (Shirley Knight) kills her former husband but claims that voices that she heard urged her to do it.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=115

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=King of the Hill

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1964|12|31}}

|ShortSummary=A one-time gangster (Albert Dekker) claims government persecution when he is charged with smuggling heroin into the country.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=116

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title=Whipping Boy

|DirectedBy=William Ball

|WrittenBy=Edward DeBlasio

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|01|07}}

|ShortSummary=A divorced young mother (Madlyn Rhue) brings her unconscious child to the emergency room, claiming he fell down the steps. When the child dies, she is charged with murder.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=117

|EpisodeNumber2=15

|Title=Eyewitness

|DirectedBy=Sam Wanamaker

|WrittenBy=David Karp

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|01|14}}

|ShortSummary= A group of juvenile delinquents murders an elderly man on the street, while nearby witnesses do nothing to stop the attack.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=118

|EpisodeNumber2=16

|Title=The Silent Killers

|DirectedBy=Daniel Petrie

|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Martin Donaldson|t= William Woolfolk}}

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|01|21}}

|ShortSummary=A man (Dane Clark) goes on trial for the murder of his vengeful wife (Norma Crane) who is still alive but is in hiding. The woman disappeared on a boat while her husband was scuba diving.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=119

|EpisodeNumber2=17

|Title=Death on Wheels

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=George Bellak

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|01|28}}

|ShortSummary=A harassed executive (Leslie Nielsen) kills a pedestrian with his car, immediately after an argument with his wife. The Prestons defend him by offering a claim of temporary insanity, based on his psychological state at the time.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=120

|EpisodeNumber2=18

|Title=The Unwritten Law

|DirectedBy=Robert Stevens

|WrittenBy=Larry Cohen

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|02|04}}

|ShortSummary=A self-righteous man is arrested for killing his wife's lover, but claims he can't be charged based on his belief in an eighteenth-century code.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=121

|EpisodeNumber2=19

|Title=The Objector

|DirectedBy=Leonard Horn

|WrittenBy=Harold Gast

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|02|11}}

|ShortSummary=A young man (Brandon deWilde) is drafted into the armed services but declares himself a conscientious objector.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=122

|EpisodeNumber2=20

|Title=Fires of the Mind

|DirectedBy=David Greene

|WrittenBy=Arnold Manoff

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|02|18}}

|ShortSummary=A former doctor (Donald Pleasence) is accused of manslaughter due to the connection with advocacy of the hallucinatory drug LSD

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=123

|EpisodeNumber2=21

|Title=No-Knock

|DirectedBy=Daniel Petrie

|WrittenBy=Peter A. Chilles

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|02|25}}

|ShortSummary=The murder of a policeman leads to a study of the legalities of the "no-knock" search warrant.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=124

|EpisodeNumber2=22

|Title=The Merry-Go-Round Murder

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|03|04}}

|ShortSummary=A dedicated, over-imaginative governess (Ruth White) tries to play God to a frightened child of irresponsible parents fighting for custody, by creating a dream world for him. She is arrested for kidnapping and child neglect.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=125

|EpisodeNumber2=23

|Title=Nobody Asks What Side You're On

|DirectedBy=David Pressman

|WrittenBy=Ellen M. Violett

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|03|11}}

|ShortSummary=A female news reporter (Lee Grant) is represented by the Prestons after she claims she killed a man she thought was about to attack her.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=126

|EpisodeNumber2=24

|Title=Impeachment

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=Stanley R. Greenberg

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|03|18}}

|ShortSummary=A governor, a former matinee idol, faces impeachment after members of his party become disappointed in his reform efforts.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=127

|EpisodeNumber2=25

|Title=The Sworn Twelve

|DirectedBy=Michael Powell

|WrittenBy=Edward DeBlasio

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|03|25}}

|ShortSummary=A group of jurors (three of them played by Murray Hamilton, Ruby Dee and Brenda Vaccaro) review their deliberation for Lawrence after he receives a letter from one of them claiming that strange methods were used to obtain a guilty verdict.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=128

|EpisodeNumber2=26

|Title=A Matter of Law and Disorder

|DirectedBy=Robert Butler

|WrittenBy=Roger H. Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|04|08}}

|ShortSummary=A man is held for manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed boy, but the accused claims he killed in self-defense.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=129

|EpisodeNumber2=27

|Title=Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk

|DirectedBy=William Ball

|WrittenBy=Robert J. Crean

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|04|15}}

|ShortSummary=A loud and bizarrely-attired woman (Joan Darling) who wants to be an actress is the subject of an attempted makeover by Lawrence.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=130

|EpisodeNumber2=28

|Title=The Prosecutor

|DirectedBy=Paul Bogart

|WrittenBy=David Shaw

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|04|29}}

|ShortSummary=An assistant district attorney (Larry Blyden) who is considering a partnership in the Preston law firm faces a conflict of interest charge when he is faced with prosecuting one of their clients for murder. Teresa Wright guest stars.

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|EpisodeNumber=131

|EpisodeNumber2=29

|Title=The Bum's Rush

|DirectedBy=Sidney Katz

|WrittenBy=Alvin Boretz

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|05|06}}

|ShortSummary=A Bowery derelict (Tom Bosley) is accused of the murder of another homeless man, and Lawrence is urged by a New York civic group to defend him.

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|EpisodeNumber=132

|EpisodeNumber2=30

|Title=Only a Child

|DirectedBy=Robert Stevens

|WrittenBy=Ellen M. Violett

|OriginalAirDate={{start date|1965|05|13}}

|ShortSummary=After the son of a young couple (Robert Duvall and Collin Wilcox) is killed in an auto accident, the parents' efforts to collect damages results in interactions with an impersonal lawyer that leads to unfortunate results.

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