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The Best Episodes of The Defenders

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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 The Last Six Months
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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  2. Background image for Perjury
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Perjury

    S1:E12

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Adrian Spies
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  3. Background image for Killer Instinct
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:John Vlahos
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  4. Background image for Quality of Mercy
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    #4 - Quality of Mercy

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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  5. Background image for Death Across the Counter
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    #5 - Death Across the Counter

    S1:E3

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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  6. Background image for The Riot
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    #6 - The Riot

    S1:E4

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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  7. Background image for The Young Lovers
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    #7 - The Young Lovers

    S1:E5

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:John Vlahos
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  8. Background image for The Boy Between
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    #8 - The Boy Between

    S1:E6

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert Thom
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  9. Background image for The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
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    #9 - 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.

    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Alvin Boretz
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  10. Background image for The Accident
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    #10 - The Accident

    S1:E8

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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  11. Background image for The Trial of Jenny Scott
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    #11 - The Trial of Jenny Scott

    S1:E9

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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  12. Background image for The Man with the Concrete Thumb
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    #12 - The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    S1:E10

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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  13. Background image for The Treadmill
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    #13 - The Treadmill

    S1:E11

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    Director:Don Richardson
    Writer:Peter Stone
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  14. Background image for The Attack
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    #14 - The Attack

    S1:E13

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:John W. Bloch
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  15. Background image for The Prowler
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    #15 - The Prowler

    S1:E14

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:David Shaw
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  16. Background image for Gideon's Follies
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    #16 - Gideon's Follies

    S1:E15

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert J. Crean
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  17. Background image for The Best Defense
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    #17 - The Best Defense

    S1:E16

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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  18. Background image for The Bedside Murder
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    #18 - The Bedside Murder

    S1:E17

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    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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  19. Background image for The Search
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    #19 - The Search

    S1:E18

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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  20. Background image for Storm at Birch Glen
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    #20 - Storm at Birch Glen

    S1:E19

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Jerome Ross
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  21. Background image for The Point Shaver
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    #21 - 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.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Mann Rubin
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  22. Background image for The Locked Room
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    #22 - The Locked Room

    S1:E21

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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  23. Background image for The Empty Chute
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    #23 - The Empty Chute

    S1:E22

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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  24. Background image for The Crusader
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    #24 - The Crusader

    S1:E23

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Jerome Ross
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  25. Background image for The Hickory Indian
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    #25 - The Hickory Indian

    S1:E24

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:David Karp
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Last Six Months" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by David Greene and written by Max Ehrlich, it aired on 3/31/1962. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Perjury".