8.1/1014 votes#1 - Return of the Dead
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1014 votes
#2 - Road to Nowhere
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1015 votes
#3 - The Big Race
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1954
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votes
#4 - The Arsonist
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1954
A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1012 votes
#5 - Loyalty
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1954
Matthews takes the case of a cop killer who is depending on his little brother's false testimony to get him off. When the killer thinks Matthews is getting to friendly with his little brother, he fires Matthews.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes
#6 - The Do-Gooder
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1954
A man is in hospital after wrecking a car with an escaped fugitive, killing the fugitive. The man is in trouble for harboring the fugitive but he refuses to speak to Matthews, his Public Defender. Matthews quickly deduces that the man doesn't want to be linked to his father who is a prominent judge.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
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- 6.7/1016 votes
#7 - When Credit Is Due
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1954
When a father of 2 is temporarily disabled in an auto accident, his wife gets a job to make ends meet. However, unscrupulous debtors begin to garnish her wages and then her boss fires her. Matthews comes to the rescue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1012 votes
#8 - Crash Out
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1954
An prison inmate just 3 weeks from parole participates in a prison break. His wife cannot understand why he would do such a thing and goes to Bart Matthews for help,
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1012 votes
#9 - Destiny
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/1954
The Public Defender's deputy almost wrecks his marriage when he insists on defending a 15-year old boy accused of assault and murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1013 votes
#10 - Hot Rod
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1954
The Public Defender defends a young man involved in an accident that killed a young girl. He investigates to see if he was accused because he was in a hot rod.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votes
#11 - Until Proven Guilty
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/1954
A man becomes desperate for money when he's told his son must have an operation immediately. After getting the money, his brother-in-law arrests him, telling him he got the money illegally. Now the Public Defender must find a way to get him out of jail and reunited with his family.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1012 votes
#12 - The Hijacked Truck
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1954
A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1012 votes
#13 - Circumstanial Evidence
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/1954
A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1015 votes
#14 - The Murder Photo
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/1954
The answer to a murder case may just lay in the hands of a teenage boy using trick photography.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/109 votes
#15 - Open Season
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1954
It is the opening of deer season and the long-running feud between two old codgers has heated up again. When one is found shot in the woods, the other is of course the prime suspect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1011 votes
#16 - Socrates
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 12/16/1954
Guy from the hood gets framed for murder. Matthews enlists the help of Socrates, who runs the hood's homeless shelter, to obtain proof of his client's innocence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1010 votes
#17 - Moonshine
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 12/23/1954
During a raid on the Carter family still, a warden is shot and killed. Jesse Carter, fresh home from the service, is arrested for the killing.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1011 votes
#18 - The Man Who Couldn't Remember
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 12/30/1954
A man is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit, but he can't remember what he did at the time of the robbery. His wife believes in his innocence. His only hope may be a mental hospital where they can help him remember.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1014 votes
#19 - Another World
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/6/1955
The Bachman siblings are European refugees who've worked hard in America. But Hans begins to romance Wanda and convinces her to get him valuable plans. Erich ends the spy ring by shooting Hans but was it justified in Reed's definition of justice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#20 - Deep Ditch
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/13/1955
Matthews must defend a ditch-digger accused of attacking his boss. Further investigation reveals more complexity to the story.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1010 votes
#21 - Gunpoint
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 1/20/1955
An ex-con is forced to rob his employer's safe by two other ex-cons who knew him from the joint.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1011 votes
#22 - Your Witness
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1/27/1955
Bart Matthews defends Karl Novak, who faces a second-degree murder charge following the grisly slaying of a storekeeper.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1016 votes
#23 - The Director
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/3/1955
A once famous film director is now working as night-watchman at the film studio. One night he knocks down another film director, who once was his assistant director but now is the famous one, and takes 300 dollars from him. The public defender cannot understand why somebody would destroy all of his former reputation for such a small crime.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1015 votes
#24 - Mama's Boy
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/10/1955
After a boy is discovered dead in the hallway at school, one of his classmates is arrested since he was caught fighting with him at the time of his death. The Public Defender sets out to find out if the boy's being a "Mama's Boy" may have been the cause for what the classmates claim was an accident.
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votes
#25 - The Big Steel
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 2/17/1955
A man is accused of purposely running a co-worker down and is arrested for attempted murder. But the Public Defender is able to get him off after talking to his other co-workers. Oh, but wait, that's only half the story.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Loeb
The Best Episodes of Public Defender Season 2
Every episode of Public Defender Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Public Defender Season 2!
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Episodes
43
Avg. Rating
7.6
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Return of the Dead" is the best rated episode of "Public Defender" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/1954. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Road to Nowhere".
