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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

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    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

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

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

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

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    Director:Franklin J. Schaffner
    Writer:Robert Thom
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    #6 - The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

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    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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Jerome Ross
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    #18 - The Point Shaver

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    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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Buzz Kulik and written by Reginald Rose, it aired on 9/16/1961. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Death Across the Counter".