The Paper Chase 1978
★ 7.6/10 Drama 4 seasons · 58 eps Ended
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Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
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Cast
John Houseman
Charles Kingsfield
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James Stephens
James T. Hart ☻
Betty Harford
Mrs Nottingham
James Keane
Willis Bell
Tom Fitzsimmons
Franklin Ford III
Michael Tucci
Gerald Golden
Robert Krimmer
Martin Zeiss
Charles Hallahan
Ernie
Stanley DeSantis
Gagarian
Robert Ginty
Thomas Craig Anderson
Francine Tacker
Elizabeth Logan ☻
Jonathan Segal
Jonathan Brooks Episode guide
Season 1 · 22 episodes
- E1 The Paper Chase Sep 9, 1978
- E2 The Man Who Would Be King Sep 19, 1978
- E3 A Day in the Life of . . . Sep 26, 1978
- E4 Great Expectations Oct 3, 1978
- E5 Voices of Silence Oct 10, 1978
- E6 Nancy Oct 17, 1978
- E7 Da Da Oct 31, 1978
- E8 The Seating Chart Nov 14, 1978
- E9 Moot Court Nov 21, 1978
- E10 Kingsfield's Daughter Nov 28, 1978
- E11 The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dec 5, 1978
- E12 Bell and Love Dec 12, 1978
- E13 An Act of Desperation Dec 19, 1978
- E14 Losing Streak Jan 19, 1979
- E15 The Man in the Chair Feb 6, 1979
- E16 A Matter of Anger Feb 13, 1979
- E17 The Apprentice Feb 20, 1979
- E18 Once More with Feeling Feb 27, 1979
- E19 The Clay Footed Idol Mar 20, 1979
- E20 The Tables Down at Ernie's Mar 27, 1979
- E21 A Case of Detente Apr 17, 1979
- E22 Scavenger Hunt Apr 24, 1979
Season 2 · 19 episodes
- E1 Outline Fever Apr 15, 1983
- E2 Birthday Party May 15, 1983
- E3 Spreading It Thin Jun 15, 1983
- E4 Cinderella Jul 15, 1983
- E5 Commitments Sep 15, 1983
- E6 Plague of Locusts Oct 15, 1983
- E7 Snow Nov 15, 1983
- E8 Mrs. Hart May 22, 1984
- E9 Tempest in a Pothole May 29, 1984
- E10 Labor of Love Jun 5, 1984
- E11 Burden of Proof Jun 12, 1984
- E12 War of the Wonks (a.k.a.) Machine Jun 19, 1984
- E13 Limits Jun 26, 1984
- E14 Hart Goes Home Jul 10, 1984
- E15 Judgement Day Jul 17, 1984
- E16 My Dinner With Kingsfield Jul 24, 1984
- E17 The Advocates Aug 7, 1984
- E18 Not Prince Hamlet Aug 14, 1984
- E19 Billy Pierce Aug 21, 1984
Season 3 · 12 episodes
- E1 Decisions (1) May 11, 1985
- E2 Decisions (2) May 11, 1985
- E3 Free Advice Jun 25, 1985
- E4 Laura's Struggle Jul 2, 1985
- E5 Pressure Jul 9, 1985
- E6 The Big D Jul 16, 1985
- E7 The Day Kingsfield Missed Class Jul 23, 1985
- E8 The Source Aug 6, 1985
- E9 The Choice Aug 13, 1985
- E10 It's Only a Show Aug 20, 1985
- E11 Security Sep 3, 1985
- E12 Lasting Impressions Sep 10, 1985
Season 4 · 5 episodes
- E1 A Wounded Hart Feb 1, 1986
- E2 Mistaken Identity Mar 28, 1986
- E3 Suppressed Desires Apr 25, 1986
- E4 Honor Mar 28, 1986
- E5 Graduation May 2, 1986