Paper Chase: Season One, The

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"The Paper Chase" was a one-hour critically acclaimed drama series based on the 1973 movie which, in turn, had been based on the 1970 novel written by John Jay Osborn. It is the story of James T. Hart, an idealistic first-year law student from rural Minnesota attending an unnamed New England law school, clearly reminiscent of Harvard, and his experiences with Charles W. Kingsfield Jr., the brilliant, demanding professor of contract law whom he both idolizes and finds intimidating. John Houseman reprised his Academy Award(R)-winning movie role as Kingsfied, and James Stephens played Hart. Canceled after one year, PBS subsequently rebroadcast all of the episodes. In 1983, Showtime brought back the show with both Houseman and Stephens. During the run of the Showtime episodes, Hart worked on, and later became editor of, his university's Law Review. At the end of three seasons on Showtime, Hart finally graduated law school. Contains all 22 episodes from Season 1.