Tony Randall as Walter Franklin
Episodes 44
Case: A Question Of Qualifications
Walter finds that hiring a new clerk can be a trying experience. He interviews an odd-lot assortment of law-clerk applicants and surprise everyone with his final choice.
Read MoreCase: His Honor Vs. Her Honor
Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.
Read MoreCase: The Ego Affair
After delivering a well-received speech, Walter is inundated with public-speaking requests that send his ego sailing. He gets too big for his judicial robe when he accepts too many speaking engagements and starts believing his own publicity.
Read MoreCase: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner
Walter finds out that his tone-faced, sharp-tongued secretary, Miss Reubner, has another side to her personality when he asks her to his home to celebrate her birthday with his family. Ashamed of getting tight at her birthday party, Miss Reubner resigns.
Read MoreCase: The Snow White Affair
After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.
Read MoreCase: Terwilliger vs. Himself
When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.
Read MoreCase: The Denecki Debacle
Walter 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. .
Read MoreCase: Mario Strikes Again
Walter loses his cool in the courtroom when a new law clerk keeps interrupting him, and the issue of his emotional sickness is taken up by the judicial review board.
Read MoreCase: Franklin In Love
Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.
Read MoreCase: O' Come All Ye Wastrels
Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.
Read MoreCase: Money Vs. Stature
Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.
Read MoreCase: The Hooper Affair
Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.
Read MoreCase: Democracy Vs. Tyranny
Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.
Read MoreCase: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?
Walter's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter Jack backfires when an overzealous city attorney Mario Lanza busts the judge on a marijuana charge.
Read MoreCase: McClellan Vs. Immigration
To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.
Read MoreCase: May Vs December
After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.
Read MoreCase: The Lawndale Report
From a beach at Acapulco to a minimum security prison is quite a contrast for Walter, who sought the former for two weeks but has to settle for the latter instead. He got the assignment as part of a judicial investigation on the institution's conditions.
Read MoreCase: Violence Vs Finesse
Oliver cuts school and learns a lesson when he comes to his father's courtroom to see his hero Wild Doug Mclntire, the toughest hockey player in the league to testify. Then the boy tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.
Read MoreCase: Franklin Vs. McClellan
Walter's household rises up against him, Brad is not willing to change schools, Bobby expresses her liking to live in an apartment and Mrs. McClellan would love to have a cat.
Read MoreCase: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes
Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.
Read MoreCase: The People Speak
Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.
Read MoreFranklin vs. the Generation Gap
Bobby announces she's going to live with her boyfriend Michael.
Read MoreThe Prodigal Father Returns
Walter's estranged father Wyatt visits him for the first time in five years.
Read MoreWalter Screws Up
Walter doubts his competence as a judge when he discovers that he convicted an innocent man.
Read MorePhiladelphia Triangle
Mario mistakes Eleanor's kindness for love.
Read MoreLove vs. Excitement
Walter fears that Jack will become suicidal after he and his wife separate.
Read MoreThe Taking of Reubner 1-2-3
An escaped convict takes over Walter's chambers with a gun and holds Miss Reubner hostage.
Read MoreCivil Disobedience
Franklin is forced to rule against an environmental protester, and when Bobby leads a protest, he jails her for contempt of court.
Read MoreNew Found Franklin
When Eleanor thinks their relationship has become dull, Walter tries to make himself a more well-rounded person by joining clubs.
Read MoreFranklin vs. Casanova
Walter must protect Miss Reubner from the advances of a notorious womanizer.
Read MoreBobby vs. Michael
Franklin reacts unexpectedly after Bobby announces she's tired of living with Michael.
Read MoreThe Sylvia Needleman Experience
A predatory real estate agent tries to get Walter to sell his house.
Read MoreKids' Rights
Mario is hopelessly outmatched when he represents a young girl suing for the right to live with her stepmother.
Read MoreBobby and Brian
Bobby's new boyfriend is not only too old for her, but a known gangster.
Read MoreI Live to Dance
Jack and Miss Reubner enter a ballroom dancing competition.
Read MoreTwice Is Not Enough
Walter has to choose between Eleanor and Melissa.
Read MoreDream Maker
Mrs. McClellan's nephew enthralls everyone with his tales of globe-trotting adventure.
Read MoreCase: The Eyes of the Law
Walter begins teaching a night school law course, where the only promising student is a blind woman.
Read MoreThe Phantom of the Poconos
Walter inherits a mountain cabin that seems to be haunted.
Read MoreAdios, Mr. Chips
Walter is proud of his night school class's showing on a test, until it turns out they all cheated.
Read MoreThe Way It Was
Walter and his employees all have different memories of his first day as a judge.
Read MoreWyatt Loves Bonnie
Walter discovers that his father is in love with Mrs. McClellan.
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