Season 1
34 episodes · Oct 14, 1960
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- S1E1
Junior Joins the Law
Oct 14, 196030mJames Jr. prepares to fight to defend a contested will. James Sr. tries to convince him it would be wiser to settle out of court.
- S1E2
Young Man's World
Oct 21, 196030mThe young men assuming the management of Pyramid Industries have some ideas about expansion that founder Lionel Wilton doesn't like.
- S1E3
Harrigan vs. Harrigan
Oct 28, 196030mIt's Harrigan vs. Harrigan when senior discovers that junior has taken the case of a well-known accident faker named Gimpy.
- S1E4
Mother Was a Nightclub Singer
Nov 4, 196030mWhen James Jr. dates Monica Nelson, a nightclub performer, father disapproves-unaware that his son is mixing some business with his pleasure.
- S1E5
Pay the Two Dollars
Nov 11, 196030mJunior thinks his case in a small New England court is all sewed up, until he finds out that the judge, the bailiff and the defendant are all cousins.
- S1E6
A Matter of Dignity
Nov 18, 196030mA shabby character named Nippy is highly insulted when an artist paints him as a derelict. He implores the Harrigan firm to take legal steps to have the painting removed from an exhibition.
- S1E7
Miss Claridge Finds Romance
Dec 2, 196030mMiss Claridge finds romance, and her daydreaming is cutting down her typing speed too much to suit Harrigan Sr. Things don't get any better when her dream man, Tracy Oakhurst, is suspected of being a swindler.
- S1E8
There's No Fool Like an Old Fool
Dec 9, 196030mActress Lillian Lovely's performance bowls James Sr. over (she reminds him of his late wife), but the critics don't think much of Lillian's acting. So Senior comes to her defense-with a libel suit.
- S1E9
Pipes are Pipes
Dec 16, 196030mMatt Collins' company is being sued. The charge: producing a defective water heater. Matt wants to make a settlement, but Harrigan believes he's got nothing to fear in court.
- S1E10
Junior Becomes Senior
Dec 23, 196030mMr. Nibley was hired to exterminate the bugs in an apartment house, but the owners have proof that the little creatures are still there. For reasons of his own, Harrigan lets Junior take the case.
- S1E11
Non Compos Mentis
Dec 30, 196030mTilly Cortland is a will-changing millionairess who dominates the first half of the show delightfully. Harrigan and son busily try to settle the estate in the second half, and mediate between a dog and a cat over a $10,000 legacy.
- S1E12
Junior Goes Society
Jan 6, 196130mAn attractive member of high society named Cynthia drops in to take an old friend, Miss Claridge, out to lunch. When Junior see Cynthia, he's smitten.
- S1E13
Junior's Other Job
Jan 13, 196130mJunior's interviewed on TV after he wins an important tax case. It turns out to be good publicity.
- S1E14
Poor Little Rich Guy
Jan 20, 196130mGrant Hazelton, playboy and college chum of Junior's, asks the latter to handle his legal affairs. Harrigan Sr. doesn't like Hazelton much, and likes him even less when he starts dating Gypsy.
- S1E15
My Fair Lawyer
Jan 27, 196130mNeighbor Harold Calvin sues Harrigan Sr. for damages. Seems smoke from Harrigan's fireplace got in Calvin's eyes, nose and throat.
- S1E16
Shall We Dance?
Feb 3, 196130mCharlie Finley, after 20 years of marriage wants to divorce his wife. It seems she's spending too many evenings at a local dancing school.
- S1E17
The Magnificient Borough
Feb 10, 196130mSenior's old friend Gimpy talks the lawyer into investing in his taxi. Then Gimpy has a difference of opinion with a fare, one Bruce Langley, and blackens the man's eye. Langley is Harrigan's client!
- S1E18
You Can Fight City Hall
Feb 17, 196130mThe city has condemned shoemaker Silas Marner's property, and nobody wants to take the man's case.
- S1E19
The Comeback
Feb 27, 196130mJunior visits night court to attend to a routine matter and finds a familiar face. A distinguished gentleman is charged with being drunk and disorderly-none other than Junior's old law teacher, Professor Walter Grant.
- S1E20
The Comics
Mar 3, 196130mBuddy Wilson and his wife Bernice have worked up a nightclub act and want the Harrigan firm to have it copyrighted. Then Buddy's father shows up and tells Harrigan Sr. that he used all the material years ago in vaudeville.
- S1E21
100 Proof
Mar 10, 196130mPatrick O'Toole is arrested for drunken driving. But he tells Harrigan Sr. that he took the pledge a long time ago, and hasn't fallen off the wagon since.
- S1E22
They Were All In Step But Jim
Mar 17, 196130mActress Lillian Lovely, a Hungarian citizen, is facing deportation for failing to renew her visa. She wants Harrigan Sr. to help her right away, but senior has plans for the St. Patrick's Day parade that afternoon.
- S1E23
The Manly Art
Mar 24, 196130mA boxer named Brennan tells Harrigan Sr. that he won his last fight too easily. But there's no way to prove that the fight was fixed. Junior comes up with the idea of posing as a fighter.
- S1E24
A Ticket to Albany
Mar 31, 196130mJunior becomes a candidate for a state Senate seat. Harrigan Sr., unaware of this, endorses the candidate of the opposition party.
- S1E25
The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Dead
Apr 7, 196130mRobert Fenton has changed his name and leads an inconspicuous life. When a scandal sheet columnist digs up the past and prints it, Fenton threatens the man with violence. This doesn't help Fenton's case much when the journalist is found dead.
- S1E26
Harrigan vs. Harvard
Apr 14, 196130mJunior prevails upon Harrigan Sr. to agree to address a graduating class at Harvard Law School.
- S1E27
Senior Goes to Hollywood
Apr 21, 196130mSenior goes to Hollywood on his vacation, and visits a movie studio. He notices some errors in legal procedure on one set where they're filming a courtroom drama-so he decides to offer some advice.
- S1E28
The Case of the Missing Case
Apr 28, 196130mFern Williams, Junior's latest girlfriend, is quite high up on the social register. But this doesn't mean she's immune to an anti-social compulsion -kleptomania.
- S1E30
Hello-Goodbye
May 12, 196130mA series of legal setbacks convince Harrigan Sr. that it's time to retire. But the most practical place to write his memoirs seems to be right in the office-with his old staff.
- S1E31
The Legacy
May 19, 196130mSenior has known Rose Kowalski ever since she was a tot. Now she's a nightclub singer and wants to legally change her name to Renee Collins. Mrs. Kowalski asks Harrigan to persuade her daughter to change her mind.
- S1E32
Roommates
May 26, 196130mWhile Senior's apartment is being renovated, Junior invites his Dad to spend a week at his apartment. The first evening, Junior and his girlfriend Gail are thinking romance-while Senior recites "Casey at the Bat."
- S1E33
On Broadway
Sep 22, 196130mThe first of two new shows before this series leaves the air. Merrill Davis, a long time client of Harrigan Sr., is known for his miserly ways.
- S1E34
The Testimonial
Sep 29, 196130mA group of Senior's clients (who got legal service although they couldn't afford the fee) get together to show their appreciation by arranging a dinner for him.