The Paper Chase
Hart Goes Home
Season 2, Episode 14 · Aired 1984-07-10
Synopsis
Hart, returning home for his sister's wedding, ends up having to ignore family and boyhood friends because he has to spend every minute on the phone editing last-minute changes to his amicus brief notes he did for Kingsfield to give to the US Supreme Court. He recognises for the first time how much he's changed due to law school. Returning to his apartment, he tells Ford "for the first time, I feel like I belong here".
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