The Paper Chase

(1978-1986)

50 minutes

Legal Drama

Cast: John Houseman, James Stephens, Tom Fitzsimmons, James Keane, Francine Tacker, Robert Ginty, Jonathan Sagall, Betty Harford, Charles Hallahan, Jane Kaczmarek, Michael Tucci, Andra Millian, Penny Johnson and Clare Kirkconnell 

Great law professor passes his knowledge and ethics along to his devoted and sometimes unpredictable law students as they live their college days.

59 Episodes aired from September 9, 1978 to August 9, 1986

 
Season One
 
1.      The Paper Chase 9/9/1978

2.      The Man Who Would Be King 9/19/1978

3.      A Day in the Life of . . . 9/26/1978

4.      Great Expectations 10/3/1978

5.      Voices of Silence 10/10/1978
 
6.      Nancy 10/17/1978

7.      Da Da 10/31/1978

8.      The Seating Chart 11/14/1978

9.      Moot Court 11/21/1978

10.     Kingsfield's Daughter 11/28/1978

11.     The Sorcerer's Apprentice 12/5/1978
 
12.     Bell's in Love 12/12/1978

13.     An Act of Desperation 12/19/1978

14.     Losing Streak 1/19/1979

15.     The Man in the Chair 2/6/1979

16.     A Matter of Anger 2/13/1979
 
17.     The Apprentice 2/20/1979

18.     Once More with Feeling 2/27/1979

19.     The Clay-Footed Idol 3/20/1979

20.     The Tables Down at Ernie's 3/27/1979

21.     A Case of Detente 4/17/1979
 
22.     Scavenger Hunt 4/24/1979

Season Two
 
23.     Outline Fever 4/15/1983

24.     Birthday Party 5/15/1983

25.     Spreading It Thin 6/15/1983
 
26.     Cinderella 7/15/1983

27.     Commitments 9/15/1983

28.     Plague of Locusts 10/15/1983

29.     Snow 11/15/1983

30.     Mrs. Hart 5/22/1984

31.     Tempest in a Pothole 5/29/1984
 
32.     Labor of Love 6/5/1984

33.     Burden of Proof 6/12/1984

34.     War of the Wonks 6/19/1984

35.     Limits 6/26/1984

36.     Hart Goes Home 7/10/1984

37.     Judgment Day 7/17/1984
 
38.     My Dinner with Kingsfield 7/24/1984

39.     The Advocates 8/7/1984

40.     Not Prince Hamlet 8/14/1984

41.     Billy Pierce 8/21/1984

Season Three
 
42.     Decisions (1) 5/11/1985

43.     Decisions (2) 5/11/1985

44.     Free Advice 6/25/1985

45.     Laura 's Struggle 7/2/1985

46.     Pressure 7/9/1985
 
47.     The Big D 7/16/1985

48.     The Day Kingsfield Missed Class 7/23/1985

49.     The Source 8/6/1985

50.     The Choice 8/13/1985

51.     It's Only a Show 8/20/1985
 
52.     Security 9/3/1985

53.     Lasting Impressions 9/10/1985

Season Four
 
54.     A Wounded Hart 6/24/1986

55.     Mistaken Identity 7/1/1986
 
56.     Honor 7/8/1986

57.     Suppressed Desires 7/15/1986

58.     Graduation (1) 8/9/1986

59.     Graduation (2) 8/9/1986

The Paper Chase Intro