Sam Benedict - Season 1

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Hannigan

1 - Hannigan

Air Date: September 15, 1962

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.

A Split Week in San Quentin

2 - A Split Week in San Quentin

Air Date: September 22, 1962

Nor Practice Makes Perfect

3 - Nor Practice Makes Perfect

Air Date: September 29, 1962

Nothing Equals Nothing

4 - Nothing Equals Nothing

Air Date: October 6, 1962

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

Tears for a Nobody Doll

5 - Tears for a Nobody Doll

Air Date: October 13, 1962

Twenty Aching Years

6 - Twenty Aching Years

Air Date: October 20, 1962

Maddon's Folly

7 - Maddon's Folly

Air Date: October 27, 1962

Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

8 - Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

Air Date: November 3, 1962

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.

Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

9 - Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

Air Date: November 10, 1962

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

The Bird of Warning

10 - The Bird of Warning

Air Date: November 17, 1962

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!

The View from an Ivory Tower

11 - The View from an Ivory Tower

Air Date: November 24, 1962

Everyone's Playing Polo

12 - Everyone's Playing Polo

Air Date: December 14, 1962

Too Many Strangers

13 - Too Many Strangers

Air Date: December 8, 1962

So Various, So Beautiful

14 - So Various, So Beautiful

Air Date: December 15, 1962

Where There's a Will

15 - Where There's a Will

Air Date: December 22, 1962

The Target Over the Hill

16 - The Target Over the Hill

Air Date: December 29, 1962

Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

17 - Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

Air Date: January 5, 1963

The Boiling Point

18 - The Boiling Point

Air Date: January 12, 1963

Green Room, Grey Morning

19 - Green Room, Grey Morning

Air Date: January 19, 1963

Run Softly, Oh Softly

20 - Run Softly, Oh Softly

Air Date: January 26, 1963

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.

Sugar and Spice and Everything....

21 - Sugar and Spice and Everything....

Air Date: February 6, 1963

Some Fires Die Slowly

22 - Some Fires Die Slowly

Air Date: February 16, 1963

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

Image of a Toad

23 - Image of a Toad

Air Date: February 23, 1963

Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

24 - Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

Air Date: March 2, 1963

Accomplice

25 - Accomplice

Air Date: March 9, 1963

Read No Evil

26 - Read No Evil

Air Date: March 16, 1963

Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

27 - Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

Air Date: March 23, 1963

Season For Vengeance

28 - Season For Vengeance

Air Date: March 30, 1963