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Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.
Bobby announces she's going to live with her boyfriend Michael.
9/24/1977
Walter's estranged father Wyatt visits him for the first time in five years.
10/1/1977
Walter doubts his competence as a judge when he discovers that he convicted an innocent man.
10/8/1977
Mario mistakes Eleanor's kindness for love.
10/15/1977
Walter fears that Jack will become suicidal after he and his wife separate.
10/22/1977
An escaped convict takes over Walter's chambers with a gun and holds Miss Reubner hostage.
10/29/1977
Franklin is forced to rule against an environmental protester, and when Bobby leads a protest, he jails her for contempt of court.
11/5/1977
Walter doesn't know how to act around his new clerk, a militant young upper-class black man.
11/12/1977
When Eleanor thinks their relationship has become dull, Walter tries to make himself a more well-rounded person by joining clubs.
11/26/1977
Walter must protect Miss Reubner from the advances of a notorious womanizer.
12/10/1977
Franklin reacts unexpectedly after Bobby announces she's tired of living with Michael.
12/17/1977
A predatory real estate agent tries to get Walter to sell his house.
12/24/1977
Mario is hopelessly outmatched when he represents a young girl suing for the right to live with her stepmother.
1/7/1978
Bobby's new boyfriend is not only too old for her, but a known gangster.
1/14/1978
Jack and Miss Reubner enter a ballroom dancing competition.
1/21/1978
Walter has to choose between Eleanor and Melissa.
1/28/1978
Mrs. McClellan's nephew enthralls everyone with his tales of globe-trotting adventure.
2/4/1978
Walter begins teaching a night school law course, where the only promising student is a blind woman.
2/11/1978
Walter inherits a mountain cabin that seems to be haunted.
2/18/1978
Walter is proud of his night school class's showing on a test, until it turns out they all cheated.
3/4/1978
Walter and his employees all have different memories of his first day as a judge.
3/11/1978
Walter discovers that his father is in love with Mrs. McClellan.
3/25/1978
