Sam Benedict

S1 · E1 · Sep 15, 1962

Hannigan Episode 1

When her husband suddenly dies, Patricia Hannigan turns to the family's closest friend, Sam Benedict, for help in settling the estate. One of the survivors is the deceased's playboy brother James.

S1 · E2 · Sep 22, 1962

A Split Week in San Quentin Episode 2

S1 · E3 · Sep 29, 1962

Nor Practice Makes Perfect Episode 3

S1 · E4 · Oct 6, 1962

Nothing Equals Nothing Episode 4

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

S1 · E5 · Oct 13, 1962

Tears for a Nobody Doll Episode 5

S1 · E6 · Oct 20, 1962

Twenty Aching Years Episode 6

S1 · E7 · Oct 27, 1962

Maddon's Folly Episode 7

S1 · E8 · Nov 3, 1962

Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells Episode 8

A young, married, and pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman asks Sam's help to get an Orthodox wedding. She has already had a civil marriage, but because her husband is an agnostic she is unable to get married in a religious ceremony which would please her and her family more. Meanwhile, Hank gets into trouble in his effort to locate the one witness who can help his client, as a debt owed by his client to the witness is mistaken for a bribe.

S1 · E9 · Nov 10, 1962

Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat Episode 9

Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

S1 · E10 · Nov 17, 1962

The Bird of Warning Episode 10

Diana Hyland plays a rich girl who has been arrested for drunk driving. Turns out she is an ex-fiancee of Hank Tabor, Sam Benedict's assistant, played by Richard Rust. He takes her in hand, for old time's sake, and suffers the consequences, though he ends up figuring out what her problem is and it isn't really drinking, it's a chemical imbalance. Nice scenes with those two. Another story involves the guest star George Tobias as a Hungarian who owns an ethnic restaurant. He's 80, married to a 42 year old and they want to divorce, but of course, Sam saves their marriage!

S1 · E11 · Nov 24, 1962

The View from an Ivory Tower Episode 11

S1 · E12 · Dec 14, 1962

Everyone's Playing Polo Episode 12

S1 · E13 · Dec 8, 1962

Too Many Strangers Episode 13

S1 · E14 · Dec 15, 1962

So Various, So Beautiful Episode 14

S1 · E15 · Dec 22, 1962

Where There's a Will Episode 15

S1 · E16 · Dec 29, 1962

The Target Over the Hill Episode 16

S1 · E17 · Jan 5, 1963

Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep Episode 17

S1 · E18 · Jan 12, 1963

The Boiling Point Episode 18

S1 · E19 · Jan 19, 1963

Green Room, Grey Morning Episode 19

S1 · E20 · Jan 26, 1963

Run Softly, Oh Softly Episode 20

Sam defends a man accused of swindling an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the daughter of the man Sam's client accuses of being the real thief asks Hank to help her father.

S1 · E21 · Feb 6, 1963

Sugar and Spice and Everything.... Episode 21

S1 · E22 · Feb 16, 1963

Some Fires Die Slowly Episode 22

Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

S1 · E23 · Feb 23, 1963

Image of a Toad Episode 23

S1 · E24 · Mar 2, 1963

Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie Episode 24

S1 · E25 · Mar 9, 1963

Accomplice Episode 25

S1 · E26 · Mar 16, 1963

Read No Evil Episode 26

S1 · E27 · Mar 23, 1963

Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows Episode 27

S1 · E28 · Mar 30, 1963

Season For Vengeance Episode 28