The Paper Chase
Season 4
5 listed hours · 1978–1979 · CBS
From the desk
How this season is filed
John Houseman's Professor Kingsfield turns Harvard Law into blood sport, and a generation of pre-law kids took notes. Short CBS life, long PBS and cable afterlife, unforgettable theme. Campus prestige drama that treats a seminar like a duel: would you survive the Socratic firing squad?
TV Flash files Season 4 of The Paper Chase (1978–1979) on CBS as the last listed season of 4 — 5 listed hours, 1986-02-01–1986-05-02 from “A Wounded Hart” (S04E01) to “Graduation” (S04E05). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S04E05 Graduation
Graduation is the 1986 closer. Years after the short CBS life: a mortarboard bow for a prestige campus hour whose theme outlived the network that blinked.
- S04E01
A Wounded Hart
A Wounded Hart — Season 4, Episode 1 of The Paper Chase. Aired 1986-02-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S04E02
Mistaken Identity
Mistaken Identity — Season 4, Episode 2 of The Paper Chase. Aired 1986-03-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S04E03
Suppressed Desires
Suppressed Desires — Season 4, Episode 3 of The Paper Chase. Aired 1986-04-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S04E04
Honor
Honor — Season 4, Episode 4 of The Paper Chase. Aired 1986-03-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S04E05
Graduation
Graduation — Season 4, Episode 5 of The Paper Chase. Aired 1986-05-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
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