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The Worst 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 - Quality of Mercy

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #2 - Death Across the Counter

    S1:E3

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #3 - The Riot

    S1:E4

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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    #4 - The Young Lovers

    S1:E5

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:John Vlahos
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    #5 - The Boy Between

    S1:E6

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert Thom
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    #6 - 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.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Alvin Boretz
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    #7 - The Accident

    S1:E8

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #8 - The Trial of Jenny Scott

    S1:E9

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #9 - The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    S1:E10

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    Director:Ralph Nelson
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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    #10 - The Treadmill

    S1:E11

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    Director:Don Richardson
    Writer:Peter Stone
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    #11 - The Attack

    S1:E13

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:John W. Bloch
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    #12 - The Prowler

    S1:E14

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    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:David Shaw
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    #13 - Gideon's Follies

    S1:E15

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert J. Crean
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    #14 - The Best Defense

    S1:E16

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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    #15 - The Bedside Murder

    S1:E17

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    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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    #16 - The Search

    S1:E18

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #17 - Storm at Birch Glen

    S1:E19

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Jerome Ross
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    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Mann Rubin
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    #19 - The Locked Room

    S1:E21

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    Director:David Greene
    Writer:Ernest Kinoy
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    #20 - The Empty Chute

    S1:E22

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Max Ehrlich
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    #21 - The Crusader

    S1:E23

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Jerome Ross
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    #22 - The Hickory Indian

    S1:E24

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    Director:Stuart Rosenberg
    Writer:David Karp
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    #23 - The Iron Man

    S1:E25

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:David Davidson
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    #24 - The Tarnished Cross

    S1:E26

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Reginald Rose
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    #25 - The Naked Heiress

    S1:E28

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    Director:Jack Smight
    Writer:Alvin Boretz

Worst Episodes Summary

"Quality of Mercy" is the worst rated episode of "The Defenders". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Buzz Kulik and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 9/16/1961. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Death Across the Counter".