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The Best Episodes of The Defenders

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally...

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  1. Background image for Death Across the Counter
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    #1 - Death Across the Counter

    S1:E3

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  2. Background image for Perjury
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #2 - Perjury

    S1:E12

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Adrian Spies
  3. Background image for Reunion with Death
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Reunion with Death

    S1:E29

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:David Shaw
  4. Background image for The Prosecutor
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #4 - The Prosecutor

    S4:E28

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:David Shaw
  5. Background image for The Attack
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    #5 - The Attack

    S1:E13

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:John W. Bloch
  6. Background image for The Bedside Murder
    8.3/10(24 votes)

    #6 - The Bedside Murder

    S1:E17

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    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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  7. Background image for Killer Instinct
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #7 - Killer Instinct

    S1:E2

    When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:John Vlahos
  8. Background image for The Search
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #8 - The Search

    S1:E18

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  9. Background image for The Benefactor
    8.2/10(40 votes)

    #9 - The Benefactor

    S1:E30

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Peter Stone
  10. Background image for Along Came a Spider
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Along Came a Spider

    S1:E31

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    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Peter Stone
  11. Background image for The Broken Barrelhead
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #11 - The Broken Barrelhead

    S1:E32

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:David Karp
  12. Background image for Whipping Boy
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Whipping Boy

    S4:E14

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    Director:William Ball
    Writer:Edward DeBlasio
  13. Background image for The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #13 - The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

    S1:E7

    Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Alvin Boretz
  14. Background image for The Locked Room
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #14 - The Locked Room

    S1:E21

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
  15. Background image for The Trial of Jenny Scott
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #15 - The Trial of Jenny Scott

    S1:E9

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  16. Background image for The Unwritten Law
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #16 - The Unwritten Law

    S4:E18

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    Director:Robert Stevens
    Writer:Larry Cohen
  17. Background image for Quality of Mercy
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #17 - Quality of Mercy

    S1:E1

    Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  18. Background image for The Best Defense
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #18 - The Best Defense

    S1:E16

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
  19. Background image for The Point Shaver
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #19 - The Point Shaver

    S1:E20

    Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Mann Rubin
  20. Background image for The Iron Man
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #20 - The Iron Man

    S1:E25

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:David Davidson
  21. Background image for The Tarnished Cross
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #21 - The Tarnished Cross

    S1:E26

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  22. Background image for The Last Six Months
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #22 - The Last Six Months

    S1:E27

    Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
  23. Background image for The Sworn Twelve
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #23 - The Sworn Twelve

    S4:E25

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    Director:Michael Powell
    Writer:Edward DeBlasio
  24. Background image for The Riot
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #24 - The Riot

    S1:E4

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
  25. Background image for The Man with the Concrete Thumb
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #25 - The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    S1:E10

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy

Best Episodes Summary

"Death Across the Counter" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders". It scored 8.4/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Buzz Kulik and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 9/30/1961. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Perjury".