1. Hannigan
First aired: 9/15/1962 Production Code: 6801When her husband suddenly dies, Patricia Hannigan turns to the family's closest friend, Sam Benedict, for help in settling the estate. One of the survivors is the deceased's playboy brother James.
Guest star: Gene Raymond (James Hannigan), Katharine Bard (Patricia Hannigan), Tammy Marihugh (Bridgette Hannigan), Lloyd Bochner (Judge Bentham), Donna Douglas (Francine), Arthur Hanson (Prosecuting Attorney), Fred Coby (Baliff), Jess Kirkpatrick (Court Clerk)
2. A Split Week In San Quentin
First aired: 9/22/1962 Production Code: 6809Sam is hired by an entertainer who was charged with drug possession, but it was his obnoxious attitude that got him convicted.
Director: Lamont Johnson (I)
Guest star: Jack Weston, Katharine Ross, Joe De Santis, Rex Ingram
3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect
First aired: 9/29/1962 Production Code: 6810
Guest star: Jerry Ziesmer (Rip Elkins), Joey Scott (Johnny Anneau), Claude Rains (Thonis Jundelin), Frank Puglia (Ricco), Ed Prentiss (Pete Coburn), Narda Onyx (Vicki Anneau), Adrienne Marden (Judge L.L. Anders), Buddy Lewis (Louis Markowitz), John Anderson (I) (James Bradley)
4. Nothing Equals Nothing
First aired: 10/6/1962 Production Code: 6805Benedict goes for the insanity plea after a well known lady murders her socialite husband.
5. Tears For A Nobody Doll
First aired: 10/13/1962 Production Code: 6811A young mother retains Sam to help her keep custody of her soon to be born child, against the efforts of her in-laws, who think she's mentally unfit to care for the baby.
6. Twenty Aching Years
First aired: 10/20/1962 Production Code: 68157. Maddon's Folly
First aired: 10/27/1962 Production Code: 6815A woman's father died leaving $150,000 of embezzled debt.
8. Hear The Mellow Wedding Bells
Community Score
| 10.0 Perfect |
Sarah Friedman was married in a civil ceremony. Her traditionally minded mother is soon to arrive and she asks Sam to convince her husband to go through another wedding, this time with a Rabbi.
9. Life Is a Lie, Love Is a Cheat
First aired: 11/10/1962 Production Code: 6803
10. The Bird of Warning
First aired: 11/17/1962 Production Code: 6804Diana Hyland plays a rich girl who has been arrested for drunk driving. Turns out she is an ex-fiancee of Hank Tabor, Sam Benedict's assistant, played by Richard Rust. He takes her in hand, for old time's sake, and suffers the consequences, though he ends up figuring out what her problem is and it isn't really drinking, it's a chemical imbalance. Nice scenes with those two. Another story involves the guest star George Tobias as a Hungarian who owns an ethnic restaurant. He's 80, married to a 42 year old and they want to divorce, but of course, Sam saves their marriage!
11. The View from an Ivory Tower
First aired: 11/24/1962 Production Code: 682012. Everybody's Playing Polo
First aired: 12/14/1962 Production Code: 6822
13. Too Many Strangers
First aired: 12/8/1962 Production Code: 6817Larry Wilcox is accused of the murder of a prominent citizen in San Francisco, and asks Benedict to help in his defense.
14. So Various, So Beautiful
First aired: 12/15/1962 Production Code: 681315. Where There's a Will
First aired: 12/22/1962 Production Code: 682516. The Target Over The Hill
First aired: 12/29/1962 Production Code: 6824Billy Stone is a young boy who is about to be adopted by loving foster parents, until the proceedings are interrupted by his natural mother, claiming she is no longer addicted to drugs and is there to take her son back.
Guest star: Inger Stevens (unknown), Dolores Sutton (unknown), Arch Johnson (unknown), Everett Sloane (unknown)
17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep
First aired: 1/5/1963 Production Code: 681418. The Boiling Point
First aired: 1/12/1963 Production Code: 6812Two old friends are at odds, one a police officer, the other a mobster. The cop now is out to make his old friend's life miserable.
19. Green Room, Grey Morning
First aired: 1/19/1963 Production Code: 682620. Run Softly, Oh Softly
First aired: 1/26/1963 Production Code: 6807Mitch Dawlt has fled the country after defrauding an insurance company for a lot of money. But he's left behind something of more importance: his daughter.
21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....
First aired: 2/6/1963 Production Code: 6819Hank takes on the case of Amy Vickers, a dancer who cannot remember what happened the night her husband was killed.
22. Some Fires Die Slowly
First aired: 2/16/1963 Production Code: 6830A successful family business burns to the ground and the owner is accused of setting the fire, until his son suddenly becomes a suspect.
23. Image Of A Toad
First aired: 2/23/1963 Production Code: 6816A convict in Alcatraz has been carrying a torch for the prison psychologist. He will soon be paroled, but insists that he can't continue the relationship on the outside.
24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie
Community Score
| 10.0 Perfect |
Guest star: Ross Elliott (Marty Rhodes), Kyle Johnson (Dutch), Barry Livingston (Frankie), Manuel Padilla, Jr. (Joey Cairo), Kurt Russell (Knute), Rory Stevens (Augie), Katie Sweet (Emily), Maria O'Brien (Mary)
25. Accomplice
First aired: 3/9/1963 Production Code: 6835
26. Read No Evil
First aired: 3/16/1963 Production Code: 6836Robert Lansing gives a powerful performance as a high school teacher fighting against censorship in a small town. To complicate matters, Lansing may be in love with one of his students. A pilot for a series with Lansing but NBC decided to go with James Franciscus in "Mr. Novak".
Guest star: Frank Sinatra Jr. (unknown), Susan Silo (unknown), Olive Deering (unknown), Robert Lansing (unknown)
27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows
First aired: 3/23/1963 Production Code: 683228. Season For Vengeance
First aired: 3/30/1963 Production Code: 683929. TO BE DELETED
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