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#2 - Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 3/28/1965
Ernie Garatella is an actor by trade and apparently played his part just a little too well. He gets arrested for the impersonation of a police officer.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
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#3 - The Killing Of One Human Being
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 3/14/1965
ADA David Koster is puzzled why Louis Cahane, charged with first degree murder, is very confident he'll easily get off.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Any Benevolent Purpose
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 5/2/1965
The director of a large charity gets a finger pointed at him for embezzlement of donations after a low level hood gets arrested and wants to make a deal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#5 - Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 2/14/1965
A bum is charged with burglary and assault and battery on a police officer and Koster is sure his case is airtight. The vagrant confesses to the assault but swears he had nothing to do with the theft.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Seized, Confined and Detained
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 4/25/1965
Bobby Haviland is in great danger, not just from the kidnappers who have seized him, but from the diabetic shock he may go into from the lack of insulin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 3/21/1965
An emotionally disturbed teen-ager is on the run from police who suspect the boy is a serial killer of six young women.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
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#8 - To Prosecute All Crimes
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 1/31/1965
Assistant New York District Attorney Cliff Sellers takes his cases to the street to find out the truth.
Director: David Greene
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Influence of Fear
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 2/21/1965
The public is demanding the death penalty for a Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of an old woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Right to Kill
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 4/4/1965
Unfortunately, the evidence does not seem to support a prison guard's claim that he had to kill in self defense.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
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#12 - With Intent to Influence
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 4/11/1965
If evidence of a government official's involvement in a past political scandal is made public, the nomination for state assemblyman will quickly go away.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
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#13 - A Competent Witness
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 5/9/1965
Koster has a witness who can identify the killer of a cop, only the witness is an ex-con and will be ripped apart on the stand because of his background.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
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The Best Episodes of For the People
Every episode of For the People ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of For the People!
For the People is an American Legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965.
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
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Best Episodes Summary
"Act of Violence (2)" is the best rated episode of "For the People". It scored 9.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Sam Wanamaker and written by N/A, it aired on 2/28/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage".