The Associates
Three young law-school graduates have just joined the prestigious firm of Bass and Marshall as associates, beginning their five-to-seven-year trial period. Leslie, daughter of a poor New York family, recently graduated from Columbia and felt for the oppressed. Bass and Marshall did not usually represent the oppressed. Tucker...was a Midwesterner slightly out of step with his Ivy League Colleagues, a little naive, but very charming. Sara was a Boston blueblood, bright as well as sexy. They were all at the mercy of a hierarchy including such oddballs as formidable but slightly dotty Senior Partner Emerson Marshall...and dedicated junior partner Eliot Streeter, who had only one goal: to take over the firm. Counterpointing all this class was Johnny Danko, the 21-year-old mailboy, whose only goal was to make time with beautiful chicks.
- 1979-1980
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
Three young law-school graduates have just joined the prestigious firm of Bass and Marshall as associates, beginning their five-to-seven-year trial period. Leslie, daughter of a poor New York family, recently graduated from Columbia and felt for the oppressed. Bass and Marshall did not usually represent the oppressed. Tucker...was a Midwesterner slightly out of step with his Ivy League Colleagues, a little naive, but very charming. Sara was a Boston blueblood, bright as well as sexy. They were all at the mercy of a hierarchy including such oddballs as formidable but slightly dotty Senior Partner Emerson Marshall...and dedicated junior partner Eliot Streeter, who had only one goal: to take over the firm. Counterpointing all this class was Johnny Danko, the 21-year-old mailboy, whose only goal was to make time with beautiful chicks.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1979 - 1980
Episode 1
The First Day
Sun, Sep 23, 1979 30 mins
The associates learn the ropes on their first day while the founder of the firm considers taking on a new partner.
Episode 2
Is Romance Dead?
Sun, Sep 30, 1979 23 mins
Tucker uses tips from a book on romance to try and impress Sara.
Episode 3
Tucker's Courtroom Coup
Sun, Oct 7, 1979 23 mins
Marshall asks Eliot to defend a client whose ex-lover is suing him.
Episode 4
Mr. Marshall's Love Affair
Sun, Oct 14, 1979 23 mins
The associates are curious when a lady from Mr. Marshall's distant past turns up in the office. But she's not the type they're expecting.
Episode 5
A Date with Johnny
Sun, Sep 7, 1980 23 mins
Johnny goes on a date with a married co-worker.
Episode 6
The Deadly Serve
Sun, Oct 28, 1979 23 mins
Eliot accidentally kills a partner in a game of squash.
Episode 7
Eliot's Revenge
Thu, Mar 27, 1980 23 mins
Eliot Streeter is handed a case where a newspaper reporter has printed information that the Department of Defense. It looks like he would win the case in a walk, except for a huge problem: opposing counsel is Professor Charles W. Kingsfield (reprising his "Paper Chase" role and using it to generate big laughs). Kingsfield meets up with Emerson Marshall, the senior partner at the law firm, to discuss their respective careers -- and the case turns into a war of insults which Marshall wins. Meanwhile, Eliot recalls taking Kingsfield's class at Harvard and developing a stutter out of fear of the big man. In fact, the stutter was so bad that he acquired the nickname "Porky" after Porky Pig. When Kingsfield leaves the meeting with Marshall, he tosses off a "How have you been ...Porky?" to Eliot. Eliot crumples up his request to be taken off the case and vows to beat Kingsfield at his own game. In the courtroom, Kingsfield uses every trick in the book to try to win an unwinnable case (the judge is also a former student of his). Finally Eliot reaches the boiling point and overcomes his stutter in a memorable lecture using words that begin with "C" (the consonant that he had been stuttering throughout the show). The judge is handed a note saying that a paper elsewhere has published the information in question, rendering the current case moot. Has Eliot really defeated Kingsfield?
Episode 8
Danko's a Daddy
Thu, Apr 3, 1980 23 mins
Danko decides to sue for regular visitation when the mother of his child restricts how often Johnny can see his offspring.
Episode 9
The Censors
Thu, Apr 10, 1980 23 mins
Tucker defends a network censor being sued by a producer.
Episode 10
The Party
Thu, Apr 17, 1980 23 mins
Leslie falls for a teacher who despises conservative lawyers.
Episode 11
Tucker's Co-Op
Sun, Sep 7, 1980 23 mins
Tucker moves into the apartment below Marshall, who shows up unexpectedly.
Episode 12
Inferno
Sun, Sep 7, 1980 23 mins
The lawyers try to find escape routes when a fire starts in the building.
Episode 13
The Out of Town Trip
Sun, Sep 7, 1980 23 mins
The associates defend the head of a tire company accused of misusing funds, while Leslie quits the firm thinking it represents criminals.