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Season 1 – Paper Chase

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First-year law student James T. Hart finds that his laid-back Midwestern upbringing has not prepared him for the high intensity of his new Ivy League law school, where Prof. Charles Kingsfield Jr., the world's leading authority on contract law, seems to take an intense dislike to him. Hart finds kindred spirits, however, in a study group organized by Franklin Ford III, who aspires to become a third-generation lawyer in his socially prominent family.
Paper Chase — Season 1

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John Houseman

Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr.

James Stephens

James T. Hart

Tom Fitzsimmons

Franklin Ford III

Jonathan Segal

Jonathan Brooks

Deka Beaudine

Asheley Brooks

Robert Ginty

Thomas Craig Anderson

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 7, 1978 Pilot The first-year law students meet Professor Charles W. Kingsfield (John Houseman) for the first time. Guest star: Marilu Henner. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 12, 1978 Great Expectations Anderson, charged with a crime he did not commit, asks Hart to defend him before the law school's disciplinary board. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 19, 1978 A Day in the Life Of ... A third-year student (Darlene Carr) offers Hart a chance to capitalize on her position as editor of the law review. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 26, 1978 The Man Who Would Be King Ford's father, who is visiting the university to recruit students for his law firm, puts pressure on his son to be the star of the class. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 10, 1978 Voices of Silence Logan, a volunteer in the school's prison assistance program, becomes emotionally involved with a political activist held in solitary confinement. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 17, 1978 Nancy Hart (James Stephens) discovers that his girlfriend's murdered father was the legal counsel for a mob boss. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 31, 1978 Da Da Hart's romance with a Russian gymnast on a U.S. tour threatens the athlete's career. Guest star: Kim Cattrall. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 14, 1978 The Seating Chart Hart agrees to help paranoid Bell replace his unflattering picture on Professor Kingsfield's seating chart. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 21, 1978 Moot Court A simulated courtroom debate pairs Hart with Elizabeth Logan and lackadaisical Bell with a highly disciplined military student. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 28, 1978 Kingsfield's Daughter Hart becomes romantically involved with a young woman who later tells him she is Professor Kingsfield's daughter. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 5, 1978 Sorcerer's Apprentice The campus women's rights group adopts Elizabeth Logan's campaign to get a Supreme Court justice to hire female clerks. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 12, 1978 Bell and Love Hart sends an ex-girlfriend with marital woes to Bell for cheering-up, not expecting shy Willis will fall for her. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 9, 1979 An Act of Desperation Desperate Jonathan, nervous about midterms, obtains old exam questions and hires a tutor (David Ogden Stiers). Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 19, 1979 Losing Streak A third-year student (Christine Belford) draws Anderson into an ill-advised poker game with rich members of the law society. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 6, 1979 The Man in the Chair Hart and the others find themselves doing favors for a paraplegic student (Leigh McCloskey) whose mother knows Kingsfield. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 13, 1979 A Matter of Anger Hart reluctantly agrees to tutor an angry black student (Denise Nicholas) who receives government tuition. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 20, 1979 The Apprentice Hart researches an appeals case for Kingsfield and catches a crucial precedent missed by a third-year student. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 27, 1979 Once More With Feeling A respected law professor (Robert Reed) grades a test of Elizabeth Logan's, then proposes a way to improve her score. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 20, 1979 The Clay Footed Idol A prominent lawyer (June Havoc) who once clerked for Kingsfield refuses to help remove doubt about his past ethics. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 27, 1979 The Tables Down at Ernie's Demolition of Ernie's Tavern for campus expansion pits a crusading Hart against Kingsfield, counsel for the building committee. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 17, 1979 A Case of Detente A visiting law professor (Pernell Roberts) addresses the delicate matter of Hart's infatuation with a Soviet gymnast. Details Episode 22 Aired May 15, 1979 Scavenger Hunt Kingsfield's annual scavenger hunt gives the law students three hectic days to research 100 difficult legal questions. Details

Season Info

Director
Alex March, Philip Leacock, Robert C. Thompson, Seymour Robbie, William Hale, Gwen Arner, Jack Bender, Peter Levin, Kenneth Gilbert, Larry Elikann
Screenwriter
John Jay Osborn Jr., James Bridges, Gordon Hoban, David P Harmon, William Froug, T.S. Cook, William Carlisle Hopkins, Marvin Kupfer
Network
CBS
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 7, 1978