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The Defenders Episode Guide
Quality of Mercy
S1 Ep1
8.5
16th Sep 1961
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
Killer Instinct
S1 Ep2
5.8
23rd Sep 1961
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
S1 Ep7
28th Oct 1961
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.
The Point Shaver
S1 Ep20
3rd Feb 1962
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.
The Last Six Months
S1 Ep27
31st Mar 1962
Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.
The best rated episodes of The Defenders are:
Quality of Mercy S1E1 rated 8.5
The lowest rated episodes of The Defenders are:
Killer Instinct S1E2 rated 5.8
The first episode of The Defenders aired on September 16, 1961.
The last episode of The Defenders aired on May 13, 1965.
