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The Paper Chase Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Paper Chase

First aired: Sep/09/1978
Writer: James Bridges
Director: Joseph Hardy


2 :01x02 - The Man Who Would Be King

First aired: Sep/19/1978
Writer: John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Gwen Arner
Guest star: Darleen Carr (Leanne Laski)


3 :01x03 - A Day in the Life of . . .

First aired: Sep/26/1978
Writer: John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Philip Leacock
Guest star: Don Porter (Franklin Ford II), Stacey Nelkin (Tracy Ford)

While riding his bicycle, James T. Hart narrowly escapes injury by a car driven by a third year law student.


4 :01x04 - Great Expectations

First aired: Oct/03/1978
Writer: Ellison Carroll
Director: Harvey Laidman
Guest star: Danuta Wesley (Fitch), Marshall Colt (Sam Prey), Deborah Harmon (Jeannie)


5 :01x05 - Voices of Silence

First aired: Oct/10/1978
Writer: Stephen Kandel
Director: Alex March
Guest star: Pepe Serna (Luis Sanchez), David Ackroyd (Eric Ryerson)


6 :01x06 - Nancy

First aired: Oct/17/1978
Writer: T. S. Cook
Director: William Hale
Guest star: Elyssa Davalos (Nancy Burch), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Michael Burch), Earl Boen (Nick Burch)


7 :01x07 - Da Da

First aired: Oct/31/1978
Writer: Gordon Hoban
Director: Philip Leacock
Guest star: Gerard Prendergast (Tom Clayton), Kim Cattrall (Karen Clayton)


8 :01x08 - The Seating Chart

First aired: Nov/14/1978
Writer: James Bridges
Director: Robert C. Thompson


9 :01x09 - Moot Court

First aired: Nov/21/1978
Writer: John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Guest star: Glynn Turman (Raymond Livingston)


10 :01x10 - Kingsfield's Daughter

First aired: Nov/28/1978
Writer: Gordon Hoban
Director: Alex March

An embittered young woman finds amusement in humiliating law student James Hart, who is attracted to her.


11 :01x11 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

First aired: Dec/05/1978
Writer: Leigh Curran, John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Larry Elikann
Guest star: Alan Napier (Alan Reynolds)


12 :01x12 - Bell's in Love

First aired: Dec/12/1978
Writer: Richard Kramer
Director: Peter Levin
Guest star: Michael Goodwin (Roger Todd), Sherry Hursey (Jenny Todd)


13 :01x13 - An Act of Desperation

First aired: Dec/19/1978
Writer: James Menzies, Marvin Kupfer
Director: Carl Kugel


14 :01x14 - Losing Streak

First aired: Jan/19/1979
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Alex March
Guest star: Christine Belford (Chris Carlyle)


15 :01x15 - The Man in the Chair

First aired: Feb/06/1979
Writer: Jerome Ross
Director: Robert C. Thompson


16 :01x16 - A Matter of Anger

First aired: Feb/13/1979
Writer: Marvin Kupfer, Albert Aley
Director: Seymour Robbie


17 :01x17 - The Apprentice

First aired: Feb/20/1979
Writer: William Hopkins
Director: Kenneth Gilbert


18 :01x18 - Once More with Feeling

First aired: Feb/27/1979
Writer: William Froug
Director: Marvin Kupfer
Guest star: Robert Reed (Professor Adams)


19 :01x19 - The Clay-Footed Idol

First aired: Mar/20/1979
Writer: David P. Harmon
Director: Larry Elikann


20 :01x20 - The Tables Down at Ernie's

First aired: Mar/27/1979
Director: Philip Leacock


21 :01x21 - A Case of Detente

First aired: Apr/17/1979
Director: Robert C. Thompson


22 :01x22 - Scavenger Hunt

First aired: Apr/24/1979
Writer: John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Jack Bender


23 :02x01 - Outline Fever

First aired: Apr/15/1983


24 :02x02 - Birthday Party

First aired: May/15/1983


25 :02x03 - Spreading It Thin

First aired: Jun/15/1983


26 :02x04 - Cinderella

First aired: Jul/15/1983


27 :02x05 - Commitments

First aired: Sep/15/1983
Writer: Joe S. Landon
Director: Nick Havinga


28 :02x06 - Plague of Locusts

First aired: Oct/15/1983


29 :02x07 - Snow

First aired: Nov/15/1983


30 :02x08 - Mrs. Hart

First aired: May/22/1984


31 :02x09 - Tempest in a Pothole

First aired: May/29/1984


32 :02x10 - Labor of Love

First aired: Jun/05/1984


33 :02x11 - Burden of Proof

First aired: Jun/12/1984


34 :02x12 - War of the Wonks (a.k.a.) Machine

First aired: Jun/19/1984


35 :02x13 - Limits

First aired: Jun/26/1984


36 :02x14 - Hart Goes Home

First aired: Jul/10/1984


37 :02x15 - Judgment Day (a.k.a.) Tenure

First aired: Jul/17/1984
Writer: Paul Laurence
Director: Nick Havinga


38 :02x16 - My Dinner with Kingsfield

First aired: Jul/24/1984


39 :02x17 - The Advocates

First aired: Aug/07/1984


40 :02x18 - Not Prince Hamlet (a.k.a.) Rashomon

First aired: Aug/14/1984


41 :02x19 - Billy Pierce

First aired: Aug/21/1984
Writer: John Jay Osborn Jr.
Director: Corey Allen
Guest star: Lynn Swann (Billy Pierce)

Bell tries to clear his name and that of a professional student turned athlete (Lynn Swann) after they're suspected of cheating.


42 :03x01 - Decisions (1)

First aired: May/11/1985


43 :03x02 - Decisions (2)

First aired: May/11/1985


44 :03x03 - Free Advice

First aired: Jun/25/1985


45 :03x04 - Laura's Struggle

First aired: Jul/02/1985


46 :03x05 - Pressure

First aired: Jul/09/1985
Writer: Irving Pearlberg
Director: Alf Kjellin


47 :03x06 - The Big D

First aired: Jul/16/1985


48 :03x07 - The Day Kingsfield Missed Class

First aired: Jul/23/1985


49 :03x08 - The Source

First aired: Aug/06/1985


50 :03x09 - The Choice

First aired: Aug/13/1985


51 :03x10 - It's Only a Show

First aired: Aug/20/1985


52 :03x11 - Security

First aired: Sep/03/1985
Writer: Marshall Goldberg
Director: Ernest Losso


53 :03x12 - Lasting Impressions

First aired: Sep/10/1985


54 :04x01 - A Wounded Hart

First aired: Jun/24/1986


55 :04x02 - Mistaken Identity

First aired: Jul/01/1986


56 :04x03 - Honor

First aired: Jul/08/1986


57 :04x04 - Suppressed Desires

First aired: Jul/15/1986


58 :04x05 - Graduation (1)

First aired: Aug/09/1986


59 :04x06 - Graduation (2)

First aired: Aug/09/1986