The Paper Chase
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Season 2, Episode 13 · Aired 1984-06-26
Synopsis
Ford's classmates want to petition for the replacement of a longtime professor they suspect of becoming senile. He strongly resists due to painful memories of his own aging grandfather being dropped from the family law firm by his father. Hart tries to develop a better relationship with his ultra-competitive (and beautiful) Law Review rival, Harriman.
In the series
This episode is part of The Paper Chase (1978–1979) on CBS.
Law school as blood sport — Professor Kingsfield terrifies a generation of pre-law kids.
Key cast
- John Houseman as Professor Charles Kingsfield
- James Stephens as James T. Hart
- Tom Fitzsimmons as Franklin Ford III
- James Keane as Willis Bell