Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1976

Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1976

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1976

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1978

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1976

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1976

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1976

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1976

Judge Franklin gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics.

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1976

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1976

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1976

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 30, 1976

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1977

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1977

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1977

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1977

When Judge Franklin's housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan, finds out that she may be deported because of an invalidated visa, she comes up with a plan to avoid deportation.

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1977

Judge Franklin strongly objects to his daughter Bobby's dating a much older man — until the tables are turned. Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman, his son's teacher.

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1977

Judge Franklin goes to jail — sort of — when he is asked to spend his vacation in a minimun security jail to report on the conditions there. It doesn't quite work out as expected.

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1977

Judge Frankin's son comes to his father's courtroom to see his idol, the toughest hockey player in the league testify, and learns a lesson when he tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1977

Franklin is perturbed when his children seek his housekeeper's advice instead of his. 

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1977

Judge Walter Franklin's life is in danger and Mario Lanza, the person he can't stand, takes a leave from the District Attorney's office to protect him.

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1977

Judge Walter Franklin challenges Judge Samuel Barnett, veteran of 32 years on the years on the bench, for election as Superior Court Judge.