The Trials of O'Brien
★★★★★3.5
DramaComedy
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
Episodes
All seasons
S01 · E01
Over Defense is OutSeptember 18, 1965
S01 · E02
Bargain Day on the Street of RegretSeptember 25, 1965
S01 · E03
Notes on a Spanish PrisonerOctober 2, 1965
S01 · E04
Never Bet on Anything That TalksOctober 9, 1965
S01 · E05
What Can Go WrongOctober 16, 1965
S01 · E06
Goodbye and Keep CoolOctober 23, 1965
S01 · E08
The Trouble with ArchieNovember 6, 1965
S01 · E09
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?November 13, 1965
S01 · E10
Charlie Has All the LuckNovember 20, 1965
S01 · E11
Picture Me a MurderNovember 27, 1965
S01 · E12
Dead End on Flugel StreetDecember 3, 1965
S01 · E13
No Justice for the JudgeDecember 10, 1965
S01 · E14
Leave It to MeDecember 17, 1965
S01 · E15
Alarums and ExcursionsJanuary 7, 1966
S01 · E16
The 10-Foot, 6-Inch PoleJanuary 14, 1966
S01 · E17
A Horse Called DestinyJanuary 21, 1966
S01 · E18
The Blue Steel SuiteJanuary 28, 1966
S01 · E19
The Partridge PapersFebruary 4, 1966
S01 · E20
The Greatest Game (1)March 4, 1966
