Public Defender Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

Return of the Dead

Thu, Sep 9, 195430 mins

A teenage girl is charged with the attempted murder of a gangland figure. Her mother has also been shot. To further complicate matters, the girl's father, who went missing in action in the War fifteen years ago, has suddenly reappeared.

Episode 2

Road to Nowhere

Mon, Sep 13, 195430 mins

A police officer is killed when a young bride crashes through a roadblock. A broken bottle of brandy is found in the car, but the bride denied drinking any.

Episode 3

The Big Race

Mon, Sep 20, 195430 mins

Jockey refuses to throw a race and is framed on assault charge.

Episode 4

The Arsonist

Mon, Sep 27, 195430 mins

Jim Higgens is arrested for beating his teen-aged son Kenny in public and Bart Matthews is assigned to defend him against the felonious assault charge. He learns that Jim is a first offender but curiously unwilling to provide much information that would be useful to his defense. The attorney questions Kenny and Jim's wife Ellen and eventually learns that Kenny resents the kind-hearted Ellen, who is actually his stepmother. He also learns that Kenny was severely affected by his mother's death and that he is interested in chemistry. In particular, he is fond of handling caustic chemicals and performing experiments involving fire. When several mysterious fires break out in the Higgens' neighborhood, the cause becomes obvious to Jim and he decides to punish his son severely for the misdeeds. The Public Defender's office must work to get the charge against Jim dismissed while arranging for the psychiatric treatment essential for the disturbed Kenny.

Episode 5

Loyalty

Thu, Sep 30, 195430 mins

Matthews takes the case of a cop killer who is depending on his little brother's false testimony to get him off. When the killer thinks Matthews is getting to friendly with his little brother, he fires Matthews.

Episode 6

The Do-Gooder

Thu, Oct 7, 195430 mins

A man is in hospital after wrecking a car with an escaped fugitive, killing the fugitive. The man is in trouble for harboring the fugitive but he refuses to speak to Matthews, his Public Defender. Matthews quickly deduces that the man doesn't want to be linked to his father who is a prominent judge.

Episode 7

When Credit Is Due

Thu, Oct 14, 195430 mins

When a father of 2 is temporarily disabled in an auto accident, his wife gets a job to make ends meet. However, unscrupulous debtors begin to garnish her wages and then her boss fires her. Matthews comes to the rescue.

Episode 8

Crashout

Thu, Oct 21, 195430 mins

An prison inmate just 3 weeks from parole participates in a prison break. His wife cannot understand why he would do such a thing and goes to Bart Matthews for help,

Episode 9

Destiny

Thu, Oct 28, 195430 mins

The Public Defender's deputy almost wrecks his marriage when he insists on defending a 15-year old boy accused of assault and murder.

Episode 10

Hot Rod

Thu, Nov 4, 195430 mins

The Public Defender defends a young man involved in an accident that killed a young girl. He investigates to see if he was accused because he was in a hot rod.

Episode 11

Until Proven Guilty

Thu, Nov 11, 195430 mins

A man becomes desperate for money when he's told his son must have an operation immediately. After getting the money, his brother-in-law arrests him, telling him he got the money illegally. Now the Public Defender must find a way to get him out of jail and reunited with his family.

Episode 12

The Hijacked Truck

Thu, Nov 18, 195430 mins

A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.

Episode 13

Circumstantial Evidence

Thu, Nov 25, 195424 mins

A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.

Episode 14

The Murder Photo

Thu, Dec 2, 195430 mins

The answer to a murder case may just lay in the hands of a teenage boy using trick photography.

Episode 15

Open Season

Thu, Dec 9, 195430 mins

It is the opening of deer season and the long-running feud between two old codgers has heated up again. When one is found shot in the woods, the other is of course the prime suspect.

Episode 16

Socrates

Thu, Dec 16, 195430 mins

Guy from the hood gets framed for murder. Matthews enlists the help of Socrates, who runs the hood's homeless shelter, to obtain proof of his client's innocence.

Episode 17

Moonshine

Thu, Dec 23, 195430 mins

During a raid on the Carter family still, a warden is shot and killed. Jesse Carter, fresh home from the service, is arrested for the killing.

Episode 18

The Man Who Couldn't Remember

Thu, Dec 30, 195430 mins

A man is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit, but he can't remember what he did at the time of the robbery. His wife believes in his innocence. His only hope may be a mental hospital where they can help him remember.

Episode 19

Another World

Thu, Jan 6, 195530 mins

The Bachman siblings are European refugees who've worked hard in America. But Hans begins to romance Wanda and convinces her to get him valuable plans. Erich ends the spy ring by shooting Hans but was it justified in Reed's definition of justice.

Episode 20

Deep Ditch

Thu, Jan 13, 195530 mins

Matthews must defend a ditch-digger accused of attacking his boss. Further investigation reveals more complexity to the story.

Episode 21

Gunpoint

Thu, Jan 20, 195530 mins

An ex-con is forced to rob his employer's safe by two other ex-cons who knew him from the joint.

Episode 22

Your Witness

Thu, Jan 27, 195530 mins

Karl Novak, a sincere but simple individual, is placed on trial for the grisly murder of a storekeeper. The evidence against Novak is mainly circumstantial, but determined prosecutor Benjamin Carr methodically lays out his case for the jury. Bart Matthews must convince the jury that his client is innocent of the crime and pointedly refutes each of Carr's contentions. He takes a risk by placing Novak on the stand in his own defense, but the ploy succeeds insofar as Carr is unable to shake Novak from his story. Tension continues to build as the jury is out for an extended period, but the verdict must inevitably come as a disappointment to one of the parties.

Episode 23

The Director

Thu, Feb 3, 195530 mins

A once famous film director is now working as night-watchman at the film studio. One night he knocks down another film director, who once was his assistant director but now is the famous one, and takes 300 dollars from him. The public defender cannot understand why somebody would destroy all of his former reputation for such a small crime.

Episode 24

Mama's Boy

Thu, Feb 10, 195530 mins

After a boy is discovered dead in the hallway at school, one of his classmates is arrested since he was caught fighting with him at the time of his death. The Public Defender sets out to find out if the boy's being a "Mama's Boy" may have been the cause for what the classmates claim was an accident.

Episode 25

The Big Steel

Thu, Feb 17, 195530 mins

A man is accused of purposely running a co-worker down and is arrested for attempted murder. But the Public Defender is able to get him off after talking to his other co-workers. Oh, but wait, that's only half the story.

Episode 26

Jackpot

Thu, Feb 24, 195530 mins

A kid is arrested for gang activity after mugging a cop, but the gang is being organized by some influential people, so the other gang members threaten to kill the kid if he talks. The Public defender must get to the bottom of things before someone else is hurt!

Episode 27

A Knowledge of Astronomy

Thu, Mar 3, 195530 mins

An error in reading the stars provides the key clue in unraveling crimes committed at an oil drilling site.

Episode 28

The Hitchhiker

Thu, Mar 10, 195530 mins

A soldier about to ship out of the country is on his way home to his pregnant wife. He gets a ride with a woman who takes him as far as the car rental place. Later that night, the man and his wife are arrested for stealing the car and hitting an old, blind woman. The Public Defender searches for the young woman who gave him a ride, but she seems to not exist.

Episode 29

Brutality

Thu, Mar 17, 195530 mins

A man arrested for robbery swears he's innocent and only signed the confession because the arresting officer beat him up.

Episode 30

Cornered

Thu, Mar 24, 195530 mins

An upcoming prizefighter wants to turn himself into Matthews for parole violation but the threats of small time hoodlums and the actions of a clueless police officer cause things to go wrong.

Episode 31

Time to Kill

Thu, Mar 31, 195530 mins

When Peter Stone hears that a murder suspect fits his description, his extreme paranoia leads him to take actions that make him appear guilty. He is eventually convicted of a murder he had nothing to do with. Matthews appeals his case.

Episode 32

The Sapphire Mink

Thu, Apr 7, 195530 mins

A young modal is arrested for stealing a mink, but she says she had permission to wear it.

Episode 33

The Stepfather

Thu, Apr 14, 195530 mins

A teenage boy, stepson of the Police Chief, is arrested for breaking into a gas station. The Chief is convinced he can help him. Bart steps in to help and all is resolved in the end when the Chief faces the boy down.

Episode 34

A Pair of Gloves

Thu, Apr 21, 195530 mins

Flippant small time hood and three time loser Allie Kilgore claims he bought out of town a pair of gloves that are the like the pair he is accused of taking in a home burglary.

Episode 35

End of the Line

Thu, Apr 28, 195530 mins

An elderly Public Defender determines to keep busy during the weeks until his retirement comes through. He puts himself at great odds to keep a man from being sent to prison. Bart Matthews comes to his aid.

Episode 36

Clifford Pike

Thu, May 5, 195530 mins

A man admits to murdering his aunt and grandmother, claiming insanity. But the case goes through all twists and turns before the amazing truth is revealed.

Episode 37

Eight Out of a Hundred

Thu, May 12, 195530 mins

The police are in high dudgeon when Bart writes an article showing that 8 of 100 people prosecuted are found Not Guilty. So, when Bart tries to clear a girl falsely accused by her predatory host of robbery, they stymie his investigation.

Episode 38

Condemned

Thu, May 19, 195530 mins

An alcoholic vagrant is charged with the murder of a police officer.

Episode 39

Operation Cleat

Thu, May 26, 195530 mins

Law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Mexico join forces after the public defenders' office uncovers a car theft ring that is connected to drug trafficking.

Episode 40

In Memory of Murder

Thu, Jun 2, 195530 mins

Matthews defends an ex-policeman's daughter when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend.

Episode 41

The Bad Ones

Thu, Jun 9, 195530 mins

A 'Good Kid' gets caught up with the wrong crowd and his parents seem unable to do anything About it.

Episode 42

The Jockey and the Nun

Thu, Jun 16, 195530 mins

Joey leaves his orphanage to be a jockey when an encounter with hotel owner Mr. Barry gets him returned. But after the hotel is burned Joey is arrested. Only Sister Anthony continues to believe him during the trial.

Episode 43

Failure

Thu, Jun 23, 195530 mins