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The Worst Episodes of Public Defender

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...

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  1. Background image for The Auto Accident
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    #1 - The Auto Accident

    S1:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Return of the Dead

    S2:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Road to Nowhere

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - The Big Race

    S2:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - The Arsonist

    S2:E4

    A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Loyalty
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    #6 - Loyalty

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Do-Gooder
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    #7 - The Do-Gooder

    S2:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for When Credit Is Due
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    #8 - When Credit Is Due

    S2:E7

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Crash Out

    S2:E8

    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,

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - Destiny

    S2:E9

    The Public Defender's deputy almost wrecks his marriage when he insists on defending a 15-year old boy accused of assault and murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Hot Rod

    S2:E10

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Until Proven Guilty
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    #12 - Until Proven Guilty

    S2:E11

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Hijacked Truck
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    #13 - The Hijacked Truck

    S2:E12

    A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Circumstanial Evidence
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    #14 - Circumstanial Evidence

    S2:E13

    A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - The Murder Photo

    S2:E14

    The answer to a murder case may just lay in the hands of a teenage boy using trick photography.

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  17. Background image for Open Season
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    #16 - Open Season

    S2:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Socrates
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    #17 - Socrates

    S2:E16

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Moonshine

    S2:E17

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Man Who Couldn't Remember
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    #19 - The Man Who Couldn't Remember

    S2:E18

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Another World

    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Deep Ditch
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    #21 - Deep Ditch

    S2:E20

    Matthews must defend a ditch-digger accused of attacking his boss. Further investigation reveals more complexity to the story.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Gunpoint
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    #22 - Gunpoint

    S2:E21

    An ex-con is forced to rob his employer's safe by two other ex-cons who knew him from the joint.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Your Witness
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    #23 - Your Witness

    S2:E22

    Bart Matthews defends Karl Novak, who faces a second-degree murder charge following the grisly slaying of a storekeeper.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - The Director

    S2:E23

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Mama's Boy

    S2:E24

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Auto Accident" is the worst rated episode of "Public Defender". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/3/1954. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Return of the Dead".