The Defenders : "Judgment Eve" season 2 episode 30

EG Marshall, Robert Reed, Guest stars Gene Hackman & Charles Durning ( as a juror)

[@warrenmckinny1318]

One of the best, if not the best, pieces of cinematic artistry done. Examining the influences and consequences from all aspects. Wow

[@marcjeter50]

one of the best shows on KZbin.

[@jubalcalif9100]

No argument there !!

[@cruzcontrol1504]

Thanks, you're doing a great service to mankind ...

[@rubypearl2298]

HA!! Well....you're welcome. I'll get at the rest of the episodes.

[@gilbertgiles]

seconded

[@mariacarter6954]

I have to agree 😄

[@Songwriter376]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@christyalo5244]

@@rubypearl2298 I shudder to think how I would have spent the last couple of years without shows like this, channels like this. I thank you, my mental health thanks you. You are very much appreciated Ruby Pearl. I forgot to mention the joy I feel every time an old -but young- familiar face from my childhood appears on screen. I'm hooked on The Defenders!! And your channel !

[@keithstewart511]

I like the relationships between the opposing lawyers and how they are presented. Fighters in the courtroom and friends outside - to an extent.

[@Grisostomo06]

The creators of this show try to make that clear in almost every episode. In the courtroom it's strictly adversarial. If a guilty man gets off it's not the fault of the defense it's the fault of the prosecution for not being able to convince the jury of the defendant's guilt.

[@dalereynolds7638]

Even Gene Hackman is in this!

[@TheTerryGene]

Actually, this is his second appearance in The Defenders. He appeared in the very first episode of the series, “The Quality of Mercy.”

[@rogermaes6001]

Once again a very good script, very well written, although some aspects can be discussed. Problems of conscience are the most difficult. Thanks for sharing this episode.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Thanks for uploading the entire episode for us to enjoy. As usual, xlnt writing & performances. Blimey....what an unexpected ending ! Certainly threw me for a loop !

[@stephendeluca4479]

This series- especially the first 2 seasons-- hit more homeruns than all others with the exception of perhaps The Fugitive. There's not a dog in the bunch. Arch Johnson, who excelled at playing really sh*tty guys, does an even better than usual job here.

[@missanne2908]

I remember spending one summer vacation in the late 60s watching Ben Casey, The Fugitive, and The Defenders reruns on daytime TV. I should have probably been playing outside, but it was great television!

[@82Echo411]

Thanks. Nice to. see Michael. Conrad - later on HIll Street Blues.

[@cdgates1]

Gene Hackman would later work with E.G. Marshall in Superman ll and Absolute Power

[@samaelrising666]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@podaly]

Very cool to see stars of the 70s and 80s in their early careers

[@TheTerryGene]

Charles Durning! Gene Hackman! This series had the most consistently high-caliber list of guest actors in the history of network broadcasting.

[@silvereagle2061]

Holy s**t, I didn't see that coming. What an ending.

[@diamonddog13]

The defendant must have really been confident in the verdict, because if he had lost he would have needed to find a new lawyer for the appeal.

[@MartinSage]

OMG, The NOW Famous Gene Hackman is playing the Forgetable Stanley the prison guard in 1962 …everybody has to start somewhere 😉

[@jubalcalif9100]

Gene Hackman had a small uncredited role as a NYC policeman in his first feature film, 1961's "Mad Dog Coll".

[@alcoholic2412]

Wow that one was f***ing good! The ending was incredible!

[@larrywhited3070]

Between your posting name and the vulgarity of your comment you sure are a fine specimen of mankind.

[@torgman]

@@larrywhited3070 🙄

[@TheTerryGene]

This was Gene Hackman’s second appearance in “The Defenders.” He appeared in the very first episode of the series, “The Quality of Mercy,” which featured a wonderful performance by Jack Klugman as the Assistant DA.

[@timmc8444]

Excellent!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur !!

[@ottospecht8438]

What an ending!> 😳😳😳😳😳

[@huskyjerk]

Good episode.

[@zekelucente9702]

Spaghetti and meatballs was exotic after WWII vets came home and made it popular.

[@missanne2908]

This is a minor set detail, but did anyone notice that the DA and his wife shared a double bed? Married couples were always shown sleeping in twin beds in the 60s, to the point where I grew up thinking my parents were weird. The first time I saw a couple share a bed was in The New Dick Van Dyke Show in 1971.

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

I was thinking the same thing. But I reasoned that the network might have gotten away with the double bed by having the man and woman talk to each other during the scene until the woman fell asleep.

[@PaulTesta]

Herman and Lily Munster shared a bed in the mid-60's.

[@bernieburawski1446]

@@PaulTesta Yes, but they were monsters.

[@PaulTesta]

@bernieburawski1446 Yep, they were a married monster couple, sharing a bed, in the '60's.

[@stevensica89]

The TV announcer relating the news of the pending jury deliberations sounds a lot like Arthur Kennedy.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed it does.

[@christophercolt44]

Written by Reginald Rose ("12 Angry Men"). Directed by David Greene ("Fatal Vision", "Roots", "Rich Man, Poor Man".) I think Robert Reed was nominated for Emmy's in both "Roots" and "Rich Man, Poor Man". Joe De Santis is forceful and sympathetic as the DA. Arch Johnson ("Other People's Money") gives one of his best performances as the defendant. Also good to see Renee Taylor and Arlene Golonka. E.G. Marshall plays a man who kills Gene Hackman in Clint Eastwood's "Absolute Power" many years later.

[@privatebubba8876]

You forgot Charles Durning in the jury

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@privatebubba8876 Indubitably ! I don't think I've ever seen Charles Durning looking so young !

[@stevensica89]

Mr. Jaffee : Michael Conrad from "Hill Street Blues."

[@h0ll0wm9n]

One of the best TV series of all time. What's absolutely WEIRD is why no video re-release of FULL series. Just that Season 1 box. No S2-4. Maybe the Cosmos wants it that way? Yeah, sure -- Dream on!

[@scotnick59]

Mrs. Thorpe = Nanny Fine's mother Sylvia!...

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed ! Renee Taylor. She was married to actor Joseph Bologna from 1965 until his death in 2017.

[@user-vu5wb8bv1b]

Enjoy a young Gene Hackman and Charles Durning in small roles.

[@johnclark4593]

ARCH JOHNSON!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Very talented character actor who seemed to guest star on every TV series in the 60s !!

[@johnclark4593]

@@jubalcalif9100 I just saw him in an episode of The Monkees yesterday. You are right, he could do comedy and dramatic work equally well.

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@johnclark4593 Right On, John ! :-)

[@jankutac9753]

Can anybody recommend their favorite lawyer series? I'm quite liking this one. Also seen The Practice. Mostly good. Suits blows you away in the first episode, but after that too much drama, too little courtroom

[@jankutac9753]

Wow this introduction to characters at the beginning. Almost like in a Sergio Leone film :-D And it's just a series, not a feature film!

[@ThePiratemachine]

Good.

[@skeltonknaggs1600]

Charles Durning with hair and thin

[@TLChrist]

This video ONLY has sound (audio) on ONE of the stereo channels !

[@huskyjerk]

I need help: What is the name of the series that starred Chuck Connors as an attorney or a prosecutor, released in the late 1950's or early 60's?

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Arrest and Trial. Ben Gazzara also started. Law and Order ripped off a much better show. The fact that it lasted 20 years still astonished me.

[@GreatDayEveryone]

@@bovnycccoperalover3579 I've been trying to find that. I was telling people Law & Order ripped off another show. Thanks!!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

A handful of "Arrest & Trial" episodes can be seen here at KZbin. Splendid series...a shame it didn't last longer on the network.

[@Webbgurl2000]

Arrest and Trial. I’ve got the series on DVD. VERY GOOD

[@patdoyle3686]

Just proves you can get away with murder

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

At this time double jeparty rule applied. That law was repealed perhaps 20 years ago in many countries.

[@tjtube65]

The Defenders scripts > Law and Order scripts of the last 15 years. Easily.

[@torgman]

@17:44: "Boy, these guineas sure know how to cook." (from the blooper reel)

[@HansDelbruck53]

?

[@torgman]

@@HansDelbruck53 I said that it came from the blooper reel. Find the blooper reel on KZbin and you'll find out what I'm talking about.

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@torgman Thanks, but I don't do research.

[@torgman]

@@HansDelbruck53 Your college papers must've been terrible, with your reference page saying nothing but "I don't do research" on it 😆

[@HansDelbruck53]

@@torgman At this stage in my life, college is a distant, but pleasant, memory. I'll soon be retired.

[@MartinSage]

In real life I doubt he would have confessed to his attorney that he was guilty. Why? Say in the future he needs an attorney. If he had told Preston he had hired a hit man you can rest assured Larry would have turned him down and he would have lost the help of a

[@jonhohensee3258]

900 calories a day?? That's crazy.

[@jamesholmen9725]

900 calories plus the several hundred calories he takes from his son’s plate!😊

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@jamesholmen9725 - His plan was 900 a day. That's what I was talking about - his PLAN.

[@jubalcalif9100]

@@jamesholmen9725 Ha !! 😃

[@diamonddog13]

So THIS is how Mike Brady got his sense of justice.

[@wallacecleaver4485]

terrible with no sound on the right side

[@torgman]

It's mono. You're not missing anything.

[@fredneecher1746]

@@torgman There's always one. Give them something for nothing and they find something wrong with it and demand their money back.

[@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602]

You should learn how to spell "judgment".