The Paper Chase - Season 1 - Eps 17: The Apprentice
Kingsfield hires Hart to help his assistant on an important appellate case, an unprecedented distinction for a first year student. The assistant, much sought after and soon to graduate, dumps most of the work on Hart so he can go to job interviews. When Kingsfield finds out, he fires the assistant, leaving Hart to carry the burden alone.
About The Paper Chase
Title: The Paper Chase
First Air Date: 1978-09-09
Last Air Date: 1986-05-02
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 58
Network: CBS Showtime
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
Cast
John Houseman
Charles Kingsfield
James Stephens
James T. Hart
Lainie Kazan
Rose Samuels
Penny Johnson Jerald
Vivian Conway
Peter Nelson
Tom Ford
Diana Douglas
Prof. Tyler
Michael Tucci
Gerald Golden
Betty Harford
Mrs Nottingham
James Keane
Willis Bell
Tom Fitzsimmons
Franklin Ford III