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The Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 1

Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Every episode of The Defenders Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 1!

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...
Episodes
32
Avg. Rating
7.9
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  • Death Across the Counter
    8.4/10(35)
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    #1 - Death Across the Counter

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 9/30/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

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  • Perjury
    8.4/10(25)
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    #2 - Perjury

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/2/1961

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    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Adrian Spies

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  • Reunion with Death
    8.4/10(25)
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    #3 - Reunion with Death

    Season 1 Episode 29

    Aired 4/21/1962

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: David Shaw

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  • The Attack
    8.3/10(31)
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    #4 - The Attack

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/9/1961

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: John W. Bloch

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  • The Bedside Murder
    8.3/10(24)
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    #5 - The Bedside Murder

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/6/1962

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    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

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  • Killer Instinct
    8.2/10(48)
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    #6 - 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

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  • The Search
    8.2/10(24)
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    #7 - The Search

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 1/20/1962

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    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Reginald Rose

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  • The Benefactor
    8.2/10(39)
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    #8 - The Benefactor

    Season 1 Episode 30

    Aired 4/28/1962

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    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: Peter Stone

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  • Along Came a Spider
    8.2/10(14)
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    #9 - Along Came a Spider

    Season 1 Episode 31

    Aired 5/5/1962

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    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Peter Stone

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  • The Broken Barrelhead
    8.2/10(17)
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    #10 - The Broken Barrelhead

    Season 1 Episode 32

    Aired 5/26/1962

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: David Karp

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  • The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
    8.1/10(29)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Locked Room
    8.1/10(19)
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    #12 - The Locked Room

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/10/1962

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

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  • The Trial of Jenny Scott
    8.0/10(25)
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    #13 - The Trial of Jenny Scott

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/11/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

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  • The Naked Heiress
    8.0/10(18)
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    #14 - The Naked Heiress

    Season 1 Episode 28

    Aired 4/7/1962

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    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Alvin Boretz

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  • Quality of Mercy
    7.9/10(43)
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    #15 - Quality of Mercy

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/16/1961

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

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

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  • The Best Defense
    7.9/10(21)
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    #16 - The Best Defense

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 12/30/1961

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    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

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  • The Point Shaver
    7.9/10(15)
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    #17 - The Point Shaver

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/3/1962

    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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  • The Iron Man
    7.9/10(14)
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    #18 - The Iron Man

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 3/10/1962

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: David Davidson

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  • The Tarnished Cross
    7.9/10(18)
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    #19 - The Tarnished Cross

    Season 1 Episode 26

    Aired 3/17/1962

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Reginald Rose

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  • The Last Six Months
    7.9/10(16)
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    #20 - The Last Six Months

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 3/31/1962

    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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  • The Riot
    7.8/10(29)
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    #21 - The Riot

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/7/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

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  • The Man with the Concrete Thumb
    7.8/10(18)
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    #22 - The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/18/1961

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    Director: Ralph Nelson

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

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  • Storm at Birch Glen
    7.8/10(18)
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    #23 - Storm at Birch Glen

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 1/27/1962

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    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Jerome Ross

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  • The Prowler
    7.7/10(24)
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    #24 - The Prowler

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/16/1961

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    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: David Shaw

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  • The Empty Chute
    7.7/10(17)
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    #25 - The Empty Chute

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 2/17/1962

    No description available

    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Death Across the Counter" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders" season 1. 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 is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Perjury".