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The Best Episodes of The Defenders

Every episode of The Defenders ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"Madman (2)" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders". It scored 9.2/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and written by Robert Thom, it aired on 10/27/1962. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Grandma TNT".

  • Madman (2)
    9.2/1017 votes
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    #1 - Madman (2)

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1962

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    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Robert Thom

  • Grandma TNT
    9.0/1019 votes
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    #2 - Grandma TNT

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1962

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    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: David Karp

  • Blacklist
    8.9/1022 votes
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    #3 - Blacklist

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1964

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    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • Conspiracy of Silence
    8.8/1014 votes
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    #4 - Conspiracy of Silence

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1963

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    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Roger H. Lewis

  • Blood Country
    8.7/1011 votes
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    #5 - Blood Country

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1962

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • The Attack
    8.6/1030 votes
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    #6 - The Attack

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1961

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: John W. Bloch

  • Judgment Eve
    8.6/1015 votes
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    #7 - Judgment Eve

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/20/1963

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Hidden Fury
    8.6/1012 votes
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    #8 - The Hidden Fury

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/28/1964

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    Director: Alexander Mackendrick

    Writer: George Baxt

  • Death Across the Counter
    8.4/1035 votes
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    #9 - Death Across the Counter

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Perjury
    8.4/1025 votes
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    #10 - Perjury

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1961

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    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Adrian Spies

  • Reunion with Death
    8.4/1025 votes
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    #11 - Reunion with Death

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/21/1962

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: David Shaw

  • Man Against Himself
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #12 - Man Against Himself

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1963

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    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Raphael Hayes

  • Old Lady Ironsides
    8.4/1013 votes
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    #13 - Old Lady Ironsides

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1963

    A high school senior is denied the chance to finish two more months of high school for a diploma, just because she has been found to be pregnant. A little old lady who has befriended the girl, and who had been an active Suffragette, determines to help her: she chains herself to the school entrance. The attending publicity and subsequent sanity hearing for the old lady, force the board to change its ruling.

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

  • Killer Instinct
    8.3/1048 votes
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    #14 - Killer Instinct

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1961

    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.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: John Vlahos

  • The Voices of Death
    8.3/1012 votes
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    #15 - The Voices of Death

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1962

    Martha Harrow, a young wife and mother, is convicted of first-degree murder. The victim: her husband, an alcoholic and wife beater.

    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Madman (1)
    8.3/1016 votes
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    #16 - Madman (1)

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1962

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    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Robert Thom

  • The Bedside Murder
    8.2/1023 votes
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    #17 - The Bedside Murder

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1962

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    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

  • The Search
    8.2/1024 votes
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    #18 - The Search

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1962

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    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Benefactor
    8.2/1038 votes
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    #19 - The Benefactor

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/28/1962

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    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: Peter Stone

  • Along Came a Spider
    8.2/1014 votes
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    #20 - Along Came a Spider

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/5/1962

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    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Peter Stone

  • The Broken Barrelhead
    8.2/1017 votes
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    #21 - The Broken Barrelhead

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/26/1962

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: David Karp

  • Poltergeist
    8.2/1010 votes
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    #22 - Poltergeist

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1963

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Traitor
    8.2/1014 votes
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    #23 - The Traitor

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1963

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Larry Cohen

  • The Man Who Saved His Country
    8.2/1013 votes
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    #24 - The Man Who Saved His Country

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 5/9/1964

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    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Albert Ruben

  • The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
    8.1/1029 votes
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    #25 - The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1961

    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.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Alvin Boretz