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The Law and Mr. Jones Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

33 Episodes 1960 - 1961

Episode 0

Lincoln

Sun, Feb 26, 196130 mins

Attorney Abraham Jones defends a client suspected of planting a bomb.

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Episode 1

What's in a Name?

Fri, Oct 7, 196030 mins

A.L. Jones takes on a new legal secretary when his previous one up and leaves to have a baby, and she has a baptism of fire when she accompanies him in defending a builder trying to expose his shoddy successors.

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Episode 2

Music to Hurt By

Fri, Oct 14, 196030 mins

Jones's plan to have a day out in the sun with his secretary are thwarted by a desperate Latino restaurant-owning couple living in fear of a protection racket.

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Episode 3

The Baby

Fri, Oct 28, 196030 mins

A young illegal immigrant from England giving birth in prison custody does not want the baby, but the surgeon's sister does. But adoption is difficult when the mother's true identity can't be traced, and the father can't be found.

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Episode 4

Drivel

Fri, Nov 4, 196030 mins

Yet again, Jones is feeling optimistic until something goes wrong - and this time it's his own father's ornery temperament which is the trigger of the trouble.

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Episode 5

Semper Fidelis

Fri, Nov 11, 196030 mins

A 4th Division Marines subordinate of Jones from 15 years previous is having trouble controlling his temper, which is having repercussions everywhere. Perhaps ex-Lieutenant Jones can straighten him out.

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Episode 6

The Promise of Life

Fri, Nov 18, 196030 mins

The kind but poor guardians of a young boy turn to Jones for help as his mother is in prison for killing his father and they need support from her second husband, the boy's stepfather.

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Episode 7

The Storyville Gang

Fri, Nov 25, 196030 mins

A blind black musician attacks Jones when he mistakes him for a Kansas City Jammer (a thief of other people's music). But Jones is won over by his charming apology, and turns down a date with a beautiful woman to help him.

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Episode 8

No Sale

Fri, Dec 2, 196030 mins

A fashion designer who had instructed Jones to sell his business on his behalf, frantically changes his mind, even though the buyer is already in place, and it's down to Linc to make do and mend.

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Episode 9

A Question of Guilt

Fri, Dec 16, 196030 mins

A 16-year old wannabe big-shot drags a girl from her home and beats her. Nobody can get through to him, but in this case Abraham Lincoln Jones's name could be Nobody.

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Episode 10

Christmas Is a Legal Holiday

Fri, Dec 23, 196030 mins

When the elderly Emaline invites three wan men from the mission into her home for Christmas, her mercenary family get Jones involved to try to send them packing.

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Episode 11

The Long Echo

Fri, Dec 30, 196030 mins

A man who believed his first wife to be dead finds that his second marriage is invalid when she suddenly reappears having suffered from amnesia. The second wife wants to pay the first off to disappear again.

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Episode 12

The Great Gambling Raid

Fri, Jan 6, 196130 mins

A seemingly overzealous cop busts a "gambling den" which turns out to just be a few old friends playing for pennies. But the only thing worse than dealing with a stubborn mule is dealing with four of them.

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Episode 13

The Trophy

Fri, Jan 13, 196130 mins

Jones is compromised when the wife in a couple of old friends of his wants a divorce, and it turns out the husband has been involved in some dodgy dealings.

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Episode 14

Indian War

Fri, Jan 20, 196130 mins

Abraham and Marsha are looking forward to a three day fishing trip giving them a chance to relax. They ate joined by Thomas, Abraham's father.

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Episode 15

Exit

Fri, Jan 27, 196130 mins

A Noble actor refuses to exit his theatre, despite it being condemned for demolition.

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Episode 16

Unbury the Dead

Fri, Feb 3, 196130 mins

A man who deserted, leaving his 12 comrades to die during the war is released and Jones's morals are tested again when he is asked by him to help him regain his property.

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Episode 17

The End Justifies the End

Fri, Feb 10, 196130 mins

A man makes the headlines for tax fraud, but blames his lawyer for advising him badly. So he decides he would rather have Jones. But yet again Jones is torn because of other less than righteous things in the guy's past.

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Episode 18

Lethal Weapons

Fri, Feb 17, 196130 mins

A famous boxer who is a friend of Jones, is accused of assaulting someone outside the ring. Things don't look good for the boxer as he has mysterious injuries.

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Episode 19

One for the Money

Fri, Feb 24, 196130 mins

Ernie the butcher is not happy that his sister has married a criminal, but Johnny says he is reformed and asks Jones to transfer his laundry into his wife's name. However Ernie thinks that not just clothes but money is being laundered.

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Episode 20

Cold Turkey

Fri, Mar 3, 196130 mins

In an uncharacteristically serious story, free of the usual shenanigans, Jones deals with a traumatic case of a man who had tried to pass the buck, going through the stages of coming down from a heroin high.

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Episode 21

The Concert

Fri, Mar 10, 196130 mins

A singer's agent hires Jones to defend his client when she finds herself unable to work with a conductor whose musical interpretations are very different to her own.

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Episode 22

Everybody Versus Timmy Drayton

Fri, Mar 17, 196130 mins

Jones's former commanding officer turns up wanting him to help get custody of his son from the stepfather after his wife dies.

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Episode 23

A Very Special Citizen

Fri, Mar 24, 196130 mins

This time it is C.E.'s turn to have an old friend show up in trouble, when a doctor served with a $100,000 malpractice suit needs Jones's help to protect his trusted status.

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Episode 24

Accidental Tourist

Fri, Mar 31, 196130 mins

Karl visits Gus with a list of demands, but there are some people you just don't blackmail.

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Episode 25

Mea Culpa

Fri, Apr 7, 196130 mins

A lynch mob accuses a man of kidnapping a little girl when in actual fact he was rescuing her. When he is found guilty, Jones feels guilt for not taking the case himself.

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Episode 26

A Fool for a Client

Fri, Apr 21, 196130 mins

Jones is called on by the daughter of a retired judge who is one of his personal heroes to stop his violent descent into alcoholism. The man then not only becomes his own defense but is also called as a witness for his prosecution.

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Episode 27

The Enemy

Fri, Apr 21, 196130 mins

Jones successfully defends an alleged killer under a plea of insanity. As he gnaws on a dry bagel, he wonders if for once his case also had holes in it.

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Episode 28

One by One

Fri, May 5, 196130 mins

While waiting outside for Jones, C.E. is beaten by a gang of checkered cap-wearing thugs. Lincoln is determined they shall be punished one way or another.

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Episode 29

A Quiet Town

Fri, May 12, 196130 mins

In another case of mistaken identity and lynch mob rule, a boy who swerved to miss a hit and run victim knocked down by a motorcycle gang is accused of being the killer himself. But then suddenly Jones finds his own livelihood at risk.

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Episode 30

The Last Commencement

Fri, Apr 28, 196130 mins

Another hit and run case, this time committed by a car. Things become awkward when it turns out the driver was the son of the founder of the law school which Jones graduated.

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Episode 31

No Law for Ghosts

Fri, May 26, 196130 mins

Two women are returning from a birthday party late at night when one of them is attacked and dies. A local hobo is accused, but an anonymous donor sends Jones $150 to defend him.

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Episode 32

The Broken Hand

Fri, Jun 2, 196130 mins

The odd couple fashion designers return when Berger loses a contract from his best friend who is disgusted with the terms, but then it turns out Wilmer had it drawn up by the office of Abraham Lincoln Jones.

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