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The Best Episodes of The Defenders Season 3

Every episode of The Defenders Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Weeping Baboon" is the best rated episode of "The Defenders" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 9/28/1963. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "The Empty Heart".

  • The Weeping Baboon
    8.0/1010 votes

    #1 - The Weeping Baboon

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1963

    No description available

    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Empty Heart
    7.2/1010 votes

    #2 - The Empty Heart

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1963

    No description available

    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg

  • The Captive
    NaN/100 votes

    #3 - The Captive

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1963

    No description available

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Larry Cohen

  • The Bagman
    NaN/100 votes

    #4 - The Bagman

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1963

    No description available

    Director: Robert Butler

    Writer: Roger H. Lewis

  • Conspiracy of Silence
    8.8/1014 votes

    #5 - Conspiracy of Silence

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1963

    No description available

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Roger H. Lewis

  • The Cruel Hook
    NaN/100 votes

    #6 - The Cruel Hook

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1963

    No description available

    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Andrea Russo

  • Star-Spangled Ghetto
    NaN/100 votes

    #7 - Star-Spangled Ghetto

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1963

    No description available

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Loophole
    NaN/100 votes

    #8 - Loophole

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1963

    No description available

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: A. E. Hotchner

  • The Seal of Confession
    NaN/100 votes

    #9 - The Seal of Confession

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1963

    No description available

    Director: Alex March

    Writer: Ian McLellan Hunter

  • Climate of Evil
    NaN/100 votes

    #10 - Climate of Evil

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1963

    No description available

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: David Karp

  • The Crowd Pleaser
    NaN/100 votes

    #11 - The Crowd Pleaser

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1963

    No description available

    Director: Don Richardson

    Writer: Charles Garment

  • Old Lady Ironsides
    8.4/1013 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy
    NaN/100 votes

    #13 - Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1963

    No description available

    Director: James Sheldon

    Writer: David W. Rintels

  • Claire Cheval Died in Boston
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - Claire Cheval Died in Boston

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/23/1963

    No description available

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • The Last Day
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - The Last Day

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1964

    No description available

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Allan Chase

  • Blacklist
    8.9/1022 votes

    #16 - Blacklist

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1964

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    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • Who'll Dig His Grave?
    NaN/100 votes

    #17 - Who'll Dig His Grave?

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1964

    No description available

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: William Woolfolk

  • All the Silent Voices
    NaN/100 votes

    #18 - All the Silent Voices

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1964

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

    Director: Gerald Mayer

    Writer: William Woolfolk

  • The Secret
    NaN/100 votes

    #19 - The Secret

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1964

    No description available

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: Larry Cohen

  • The Pill Man
    NaN/100 votes

    #20 - The Pill Man

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1964

    No description available

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: Charles Eckert, Albert Ruben

  • Drink Like a Lady
    NaN/100 votes

    #21 - Drink Like a Lady

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/29/1964

    No description available

    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Ellen M. Violett

  • Survival
    NaN/100 votes

    #22 - Survival

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1964

    No description available

    Director: Tom Gries

    Writer: William Woolfolk

  • Moment of Truth
    7.6/1012 votes

    #23 - Moment of Truth

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/21/1964

    No description available

    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: David Karp

  • The Hidden Fury
    8.6/1012 votes

    #24 - The Hidden Fury

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/28/1964

    No description available

    Director: Alexander Mackendrick

    Writer: George Baxt

  • Die Laughing
    7.8/1011 votes

    #25 - Die Laughing

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 4/11/1964

    No description available

    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: Roger H. Lewis