The episodes haven't been remastered, and there's no closed captioning. There are also no extras...But both pilot movies and all of the episodes are included in this set, and I'm very happy about that.
As with the DVD sets of "The Senator" and "The Protectors," there is a list of the episode titles and the air dates. Here's a guide to what's on the disks:
DISC ONE
1. The Sound of Anger (12/10/68) [Pilot #1]
gs: Dorothy Provine, Charles Aidman, Jay C. Flippen, Lynda Day George, Dana Elcar
Two teenagers who have been engaged in pre-marital sex become the prime suspects when the girl's disapproving father is mysteriously murdered. (Guy Stockwell plays Brian Darrell in this film.) [98:52]
2. The Whole World Is Watching (3/11/69) [Pilot #2]
gs: Hal Holbrook, Steve Ihnat, Carrie Snodgress, Dana Elcar, Stephen McNally
After a university police officer is killed during a campus protest, student activist Gil Bennett is arrested for the murder. Bennett refuses to testify, and the only witness to the crime has his own motive for not coming forward. [95:45]
DISC TWO
1. “A Game of Chance” (9/21/69)
gs: Michael Carr, Steve Ihnat, Todd Martin, John Ragin
A rogue cop who makes a habit of dwelling in the gray area of the law is the target of junior partner Neil Darrell, who's out to expose the officer's abuse.
2. “The People Against Ortega” (10/12/69)*
gs: Robert Webber, Frank Ramirez, John Randolph, Kermit Murdock, Nina Shipman, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Brian's client, who was wrongfully convicted of a murder many years ago, accidentally kills the wife of the district attorney during a failed escape attempt shortly before he is cleared of the original crime.
3. “The Crowd Pleaser” (11/2/69)
gs: Mel Torme, Georg Stanford Brown
The lawyers are shocked when their client, a real estate agent accused of murdering a prostitute, gleefully admits to the crime during a party celebrating his acquittal.
4. “The Rockford Riddle” (11/16/69)*
gs: Charles Aidman, Claudine Longet, Leslie Perkins, George Murdock, Charles Lampkin
Walter represents a mentally ill homeless man who has just admitted to murdering a peer, on the condition that the man divulge the facts of a previous murder for which Walter represented him several years earlier.
DISC THREE
1. “Shriek of Silence” (11/30/69)
The lawyers represent a front-running gubernatorial candidate (Craig Stevens) who is being framed for the murder of a female campaign worker by his former campaign chairman. w/ Richard Van Vleet
2. “Trial of A Mafioso” (1/4/70)
The lawyers represent an incarcerated former mobster (Richard Conte) who has provided key testimony against other mob bosses while in prison and is ultimately exonerated after an eventful retrial.
3. “Point of Honor” (1/25/70)*
Brian becomes personally involved with a young woman (Veronica Cartwright) whom he’s trying to convince to testify against a murderer (Roger Davis).
4. “The Shattered Image” (2/15/70)
gs: Tod Andrews, Karen Erickson, Will Geer, Ford Rainey, Audrey Totter
Walter is framed on a jury tampering charge. (This is the only episode without Joseph Campanella.)
DISC FOUR
1. “The Verdict” (9/27/70)
gs: Will Geer, Stephen McNally, John Kerr, Bill Quinn
Despite their differing beliefs on the subject, the lawyers agree to represent an obstetrician who is charged with murder after performing an illegal abortion.
2. “Panther In A Cage” (10/18/70)
A member of the Black Panthers (Georg Stanford Brown) is accused of pushing a police detective off a second story balcony to his death during the execution of a search warrant. w/ Charles Lampkin
3. “Trial of A PFC” (11/8/70)*
A Vietnam vet (Peter Duel) is accused of murdering his best friend. w/ Jane Eliot, Walter Brooke
4. “The People Against Dr. Chapman” (12/6/70)
The lawyers defend a man (Monte Markham) who practiced medicine without a license.
DISC FIVE
1. “The Loneliness Racket” (12/20/70)
The lawyers defend a woman (Marj Dusay) who’s accused of killing a married man whom she met through a computer dating service. w/ Patricia Donahue, Ann Doran, Alan Oppenheimer, Todd Martin
2. “The Search For Leslie Grey” (1/10/71)
gs: Charles Aidman, Rodolfo Acosta, Marcelle Fortier, Leo Gordon, Betsy Jones-Moreland
A business tycoon, Leslie Grey, starts to panic when he finds out that his past is under investigation.
3. “The Hyland Confession” (1/31/71)*
gs: Tisha Sterling, Clifford David, Severn Darden, Barbara Clarke Chisolm, Jonathan Goldsmith
A young woman, who has her own live-in Swami and a history of psychiatric problems, quickly signs a confession after awakening from a meditation session and finding her successful recording-artist husband dead in front of her and the murder weapon in her hand. Her defense hinges on the believability of an interrogation conducted by her psychiatrist, in which she was under the influence of sodium pentothal.
4. “The Price of Justice” (2/28/71)*
A man accused of murder refuses to talk and defend himself against the charges. His Native American heritage holds the key as to why. w/ Cal Bellini, Lee Delano, Rudy Diaz, Julie Gregg, Todd Martin
DISC SIX
1. “The Invasion of Kevin Ireland” (9/19/71)
Mistakes on a credit report lead to a ruined life for one man (Darren McGavin), who chooses to fight back in court against the credit reporting agency that admits to no wrongdoing. w/ Kathie Browne, Dana Elcar
2. “The Strange Secret of Yermo Hill” (10/17/71)
The lawyers defend an ex-Marine (Randolph Mantooth) who’s charged with murder. w/ Arlene Golonka
3. “Hall of Justice” (10/31/71)
gs: Ramon Bieri, Richard Van Vleet, Paul Comi, Robert Donner, Jesse Vint, Logan Ramsey
This episode depicts separate trials in which each of the three lawyers works alone. The various trials involve narcotics, false arrest, perjury, assault on a minor, and a mercy killing.
4. “In Defense of Ellen McKay” (11/14/71)
Brian becomes romantically involved with a client (Susan Clark) whom he’s defending on a murder charge. w/ David Spielberg, Rudy Challenger, John Randolph, Lindsay Wagner, Tom Falk
DISC SEVEN
1. “By Reason of Insanity” (11/28/71)
The lawyers defend a young man (Tim Matheson)—using a plea of temporary insanity—who kidnapped the man (Charles Aidman) who had kidnapped him when he was a young boy. w/ Walter Brooke
2. “Justice Is A Sometime Thing” (12/21/71)
The lawyers defend a young Hispanic man (A Martinez) who refuses to take a plea that would allow him to be released immediately. w/ Richard Jordan, Robert Lipton, Kermit Murdock, Maxine Stuart
3. “The Letter of The Law” (12/26/71)*
gs: Will Geer, Gale Sondergaard, James Olson, Michael Conrad, Carol Wayne, Milton Selzer
An attorney is determined to see the mistake he made many years before is rectified by making sure that a guilty former client pays for a murder that he was acquitted of.
4. “The Long Morning After” (1/9/72) [Part One]
gs: Anne Helm, Roger Davis, Pamela McMyler, Pat Hingle, John Milford, Bob Corff, David Mauro
Officially, the deaths of two women have been termed an accident and a suicide. However, Neil is determined to prove the deaths were a double murder.
DISC EIGHT
1. “The Long Morning After” (1/16/72) [Part Two]
Neil suspects a powerful industrialist of murdering the two women.
2. “In Sudden Darkness” (1/30/72)*
gs: Carol Lawrence, Sian Barbara Allen, Tim O’Connor, Frank Aletter, John Milford, David Spielberg
The lawyers defend a young woman who won’t reveal why she killed her father.
3. “Lisa, I Hardly Knew You” (2/13/72)
gs: Tiffany Bolling, Michael Bell, John Milford, Ellen Burstyn, Ivor Francis, Peter Hobbs
Neil’s bride-to-be supposedly commits suicide on the day of their wedding.
(*) James Farentino does not appear in these episodes
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