Season 1 (1976)

Pilot
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September 23, 1976 • 30m

Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.

Case: A Question Of Qualifications
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September 30, 1976 • 30m

Walter finds that hiring a new clerk can be a trying experience. He interviews an odd-lot assortment of law-clerk applicants and s...Read more

Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor
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October 7, 1976 • 30m

Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.

Case: The Ego Affair
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October 14, 1976 • 30m

After delivering a well-received speech, Walter is inundated with public-speaking requests that send his ego sailing. He gets too ...Read more

Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner
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October 21, 1976 • 30m

Walter finds out that his tone-faced, sharp-tongued secretary, Miss Reubner, has another side to her personality when he asks her ...Read more

Case: The Snow White Affair
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October 28, 1976 • 30m

After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.

Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself
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November 11, 1976 • 30m

When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.

Case: The Denecki Debacle
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November 18, 1976 • 30m

Walter gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for...Read more

Case: Mario Strikes Again
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December 2, 1976 • 30m

Walter loses his cool in the courtroom when a new law clerk keeps interrupting him, and the issue of his emotional sickness is tak...Read more

Case: Franklin In Love
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December 16, 1976 • 30m

Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.

Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels
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December 23, 1976 • 30m

Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.

Case: Money Vs. Stature
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December 30, 1976 • 30m

Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.

Case: The Hooper Affair
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January 6, 1977 • 30m

Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.

Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny
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January 13, 1977 • 30m

Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.

Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?
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January 20, 1977 • 30m

Walter's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter Jack backfires when an overzealous city attorney Mario Lanza busts ...Read more

Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration
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January 27, 1977 • 30m

To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.

Case: May Vs December
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February 3, 1977 • 30m

After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.

Case: The Lawndale Report
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February 10, 1977 • 30m

From a beach at Acapulco to a minimum security prison is quite a contrast for Walter, who sought the former for two weeks but has ...Read more

Case: Violence Vs Finesse
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February 17, 1977 • 30m

Oliver cuts school and learns a lesson when he comes to his father's courtroom to see his hero Wild Doug Mclntire, the toughest ho...Read more

Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan
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February 24, 1977 • 30m

Walter's household rises up against him, Brad is not willing to change schools, Bobby expresses her liking to live in an apartment...Read more

Case: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes
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March 3, 1977 • 30m

Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.

Case: The People Speak
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March 10, 1977 • 30m

Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.