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The Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 3

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Every episode of The Defenders Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 3

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. 8.8/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Conspiracy of Silence

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    S3:E5

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Roger H. Lewis
  2. 8.6/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Old Lady Ironsides

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    S3:E12

    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.

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Robert Van Scoyk
  3. 8.6/10(24 votes)

    #3 - Blacklist

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    S3:E16

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
  4. 8.6/10(12 votes)

    #4 - The Hidden Fury

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    Director:Alexander Mackendrick
    Writer:George Baxt
  5. 8.2/10(13 votes)

    #5 - The Man Who Saved His Country

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    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Albert Ruben
  6. 8.2/10(14 votes)

    #6 - The Non-Violent

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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  7. 8.0/10(10 votes)

    #7 - The Weeping Baboon

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Reginald Rose
  8. 8.0/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Moment of Truth

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:David Karp
  9. 7.6/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Die Laughing

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Roger H. Lewis
  10. 7.2/10(10 votes)

    #10 - The Empty Heart

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:Stanley R. Greenberg
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    #11 - The Captive

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    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Larry Cohen
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    #12 - The Bagman

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    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Roger H. Lewis
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    #13 - The Cruel Hook

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    Director:Elliot Silverstein
    Writer:Andrea Russo
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    #14 - Star-Spangled Ghetto

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #15 - Loophole

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    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:A. E. Hotchner
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    #16 - The Seal of Confession

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    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Ian McLellan Hunter
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    #17 - Climate of Evil

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:David Karp
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    #18 - The Crowd Pleaser

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    Director:Don Richardson
    Writer:Charles Garment
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    #19 - Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy

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    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:David W. Rintels
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    #20 - Claire Cheval Died in Boston

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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    #21 - The Last Day

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    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:Allan Chase
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    #22 - Who'll Dig His Grave?

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    Director:Charles S. Dubin
    Writer:William Woolfolk
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    #23 - All the Silent Voices

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    Dr. Katherine Tasso opens a clinic and dispenses birth-control information—although she's aware that her actions violate state laws.

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    Director:Gerald Mayer
    Writer:William Woolfolk
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    #24 - The Secret

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Larry Cohen
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    #25 - The Pill Man

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    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writers:Charles Eckert, Albert Ruben

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Conspiracy of Silence" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders" season 3. It scored 8.8/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Alex March and written by Roger H. Lewis, it aired on 10/26/1963. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Old Lady Ironsides".