About this season
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 complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Episodes (30)
1. The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (1)
Aired 24 September 1964 • 60 min
2. The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (2)
Aired 1 October 1964 • 60 min
3. Hero of the People
Aired 8 October 1964 • 60 min
4. Go-Between
Aired 15 October 1964 • 60 min
5. Conflict of Interests
Aired 22 October 1964 • 60 min
6. The Man Who . . .
Aired 29 October 1964 • 60 min
7. Turning Point
Aired 5 November 1964 • 60 min
8. A Taste of Ashes
Aired 12 November 1964 • 60 min
9. Comeback
Aired 26 November 1964 • 60 min
10. The Siege
Aired 3 December 1964 • 60 min
11. Whitewash
Aired 10 December 1964 • 60 min
12. A Voice Loud and Clear
Aired 17 December 1964 • 60 min
13. King of the Hill
Aired 31 December 1964 • 60 min
14. Whipping Boy
Aired 7 January 1965 • 60 min
15. Eyewitness
Aired 14 January 1965 • 60 min
16. The Silent Killers
Aired 21 January 1965 • 60 min
17. Death on Wheels
Aired 28 January 1965 • 60 min
18. The Unwritten Law
Aired 4 February 1965 • 60 min
19. The Objector
Aired 11 February 1965 • 60 min
20. Fires of the Mind
Aired 18 February 1965 • 60 min
After taking LSD, mentally disturbed Robert Kraft commits suicide while experiencing a hallucinatory reaction—and Dr. Byron Saul (Pleasence), who's been treating Kraft with the drug, is charged with manslaughter.
21. No-Knock
Aired 25 February 1965 • 60 min
22. The Merry-Go-Round Murder
Aired 4 March 1965 • 60 min
23. Nobody Asks What Side You're On . . .
Aired 11 March 1965 • 60 min
24. Impeachment
Aired 18 March 1965 • 60 min
25. The Sworn Twelve
Aired 25 March 1965 • 60 min
26. A Matter of Law and Disorder
Aired 8 April 1965 • 60 min
27. Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk
Aired 15 April 1965 • 60 min
28. The Prosecutor
Aired 29 April 1965 • 60 min
29. The Bum's Rush
Aired 6 May 1965 • 60 min
30. Only a Child
Aired 13 May 1965 • 60 min