S01E01 Pilot
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.
The Tony Randall Show
S01E16: Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration
To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.
Overview
Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.
Episodes
S01E02 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.
S01E03 Case: 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.
S01E04 Case: 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...
S01E05 Case: 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...
S01E06 Case: 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.
S01E07 Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself
When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.
S01E08 Case: 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. .
S01E09 Case: 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.
S01E10 Case: Franklin In Love
Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.
S01E11 Case: 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.
S01E12 Case: Money Vs. Stature
Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.
S01E13 Case: The Hooper Affair
Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.
S01E14 Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny
Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.
S01E15 Case: 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.
S01E16 Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration
To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.
S01E17 Case: May Vs December
After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.
S01E18 Case: 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...
S01E19 Case: 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...
S01E20 Case: 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.
S01E21 Case: 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.
S01E22 Case: The People Speak
Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.
Cast
Tony Randall
Walter Franklin
