Excellent study in trying to find balance in the law...thank you Ruby Pearl for these! Tremendous acting.

Interesting. Some of the visual style and pacing in this episode is 15-20 years ahead of its time.

Have watched several of these the last few days, so far ahead of its time with so many of the topics it’s tackling.

Now this is what you call drama , we're seeing the best of the best of actors , directing and screenplay .

Diana Douglas played the defense lawyer Mrs. Brandon beautifully. Sexy, competent, and fierce. Diana Douglas was the ex-wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of Michael Douglas. All the actors on this show are wonderful, even the bit players. This show was really courageous in how it handled difficult topics. And it is impressive how often handsome DA David Koster is portrayed unsympathetically. Most shows of the day were totally in love with their series hero.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , WILLIAM SHATNER !

Thank you for posting this. What an excellent show. And, the first time I’ve ever seen Jessica Walter play a normal, lovely person. Shatner is terrific.

I wondered why I didn't remember this show. Then found out it was opposite Bonanza. Nothing could stand against the Cartwrights! 😄

Wow! This show was ahead of its time!

This is a virtual who's who of character actors. What a lineup. Why didn't Shatner go into more drama movies? Its nice to see Jessica Walters.

I was only 6 back in the 60s when this show originally aired. I've no recollection of it, and it's highly likely it never even aired on the two English channels we could get (CJOH and CBOT, in Ottawa, Canada). Most of the shows I recall fondly from that era don't really hold up well when compared with TV today, and I enjoy them more for the nostalgia they afford than the quality they may or may not possess. I'm not one of those that believes everything was better back then, nor do I pine for the past, but I have to say that in the three episodes of this show I've thus far watched, I am suitably impressed. Even now, this is imminently watchable. Moreover, it is amazing how cogent and relevant the stories remain, how you could easily take the same scripts and without much alteration apply them to today's world and they would remain as impactful as I'm sure they were back in the mid-sixties. It's a pity the show didn't last, but as we so often see today, there is little veracity to that old adage that "the cream will always rise to the top."

If this was filmed in color it would be the same rough filming style as today's CSI, Law and Order, etc. WOW!!

When I watched the pilot episode, I thought I had just watched part 1 of 2. How refreshing to find a series that doesn't answer every question and tie up every loose end in a neat bow.

Hi, y'all! 😊.I've been looking at a lot of Wm. Shatner's performances Very competent. 100% concentration..... But another thing, sorry if it seems superfluous, but, what excellent skin ! So smooth, and which lasted many decades. May 2021, our Billi is 90 ! ( He said, " 90? ! 90 Is disgusting ! ".) What an excellent " specimen " !!! 😊🇬🇧💕🇬🇧😊

I never had a clue that William Shatner had another series before Star Trek. I saw him in The Defenders and now I see he was in For the People. Well I was between 9 and 10 years old at the time. I was a fan of Star Trek however.

At about 4:45 that appears to be Nick Colasanto who played “Coach” on the early seasons of Cheers.

Wow .intelligent drama on tv. I must be dreaming. It recalls On the Waterfront

Jessica Walter was beautiful right up to the end.

I believe that was Estelle Parsons 54:19, not credited. Great acting all the way around and interesting editing!

It the 'Smothers Brothers comedy hour' to kill 'Bonanza'. Before that, no one came close.

Hats! They had hats in those days, Look at those Tyrolean hats. all they need is a feather

37:46 Detective Kojak! "Who loves ya baby"

WS had nice long eyelashes. Interesting look at both sides of law. Sometimes criminals deserve what they get, but fine line when they become the victims.

They sure liked close-ups.

At 38:28 that's Coach!

Two weeks!

That’s Estelle Parsons as the old woman’s mother-in-law at the beginning.

It got drag net beat to peaces

Classical trained actor However in real life has had a few Divorces and horses seem to be his Main love!

At 40:23-24, shatner seems to stumble over the word. I wonder if that was intentional. Or why they didn't reshoot it.

Can the grocery boy, Gomez say, " I want a lawyer!" ?

A grand jury will indict a ham sandwich.

Timely and relevant today as it was yesteryear. . .sounds like MAGA republicans to me.

Estelle Parsons as the whiney wife 🎭

B.S.

This was a very tedious show. No wonder it flopped.