Season 1

1. Hannigan

September 15, 1962 · 1h

When 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.

2. A Split Week in San Quentin

September 22, 1962 · 1h

3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect

September 29, 1962 · 1h

4. Nothing Equals Nothing

October 6, 1962 · 1h

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

5. Tears for a Nobody Doll

October 13, 1962 · 1h

6. Twenty Aching Years

October 20, 1962 · 1h

7. Maddon's Folly

October 27, 1962 · 1h

8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

November 3, 1962 · 1h

A young, married, and pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman asks Sam's help to get an Orthodox wedding. She has already had a civil marriage, but because her husband is an agnostic she is unable to get married in a religious ceremony which would please her and her family more. Meanwhile, Hank gets into trouble in his effort to locate the one witness who can help his client, as a debt owed by his client to the witness is mistaken for a bribe.

9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

November 10, 1962 · 1h

Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

10. The Bird of Warning

November 17, 1962 · 1h

Diana 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

November 24, 1962 · 1h

12. Everyone's Playing Polo

December 14, 1962 · 1h

13. Too Many Strangers

December 8, 1962 · 1h

14. So Various, So Beautiful

December 15, 1962 · 1h

15. Where There's a Will

December 22, 1962 · 1h

16. The Target Over the Hill

December 29, 1962 · 1h

17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

January 5, 1963 · 1h

18. The Boiling Point

January 12, 1963 · 1h

19. Green Room, Grey Morning

January 19, 1963 · 1h

20. Run Softly, Oh Softly

January 26, 1963 · 1h

Sam defends a man accused of swindling an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the daughter of the man Sam's client accuses of being the real thief asks Hank to help her father.

21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....

February 6, 1963 · 1h

22. Some Fires Die Slowly

February 16, 1963 · 1h

Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

23. Image of a Toad

February 23, 1963 · 1h

24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

March 2, 1963 · 1h

25. Accomplice

March 9, 1963 · 1h

26. Read No Evil

March 16, 1963 · 1h

27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

March 23, 1963 · 1h

28. Season For Vengeance

March 30, 1963 · 1h