Losing Streak

The Paper Chase Season 1 Episode 14

Overview:
Anderson, who has been making a small killing at poker amonst his friends, sees a lovely 3L (3rd year law student), Chris Carlyle (Christine Belford), and wants to get to know her better. She lives in the Hamilton Society House, known for it pokerplaying, less than academically gifted upper classmen. She is bright, but because of her limited cash flow she exchanges room and board for her class ""notes"". Kingsfield tells her that he regrets the fact that the others get by ""on her coattails"". Anderson, who visits her at the Hamilton House, get sucked into their nightly poker game and loses to the tune of $800 and signs a countercheck for the amount (for which he know he doesn't have the funds). His gambling gets him behind in Kingsfield's class who gives more work to make up for his lack of preparation in class. The rest of the study group feels he is not fufilling his contract to the group, but they help him to get his extra work done and Ford through Logan gives him the money to pay

Genre : Drama

Actors : John Houseman, James Stephens, Charles Hallahan, Stanley DeSantis, Robert Ginty, Betty Harford, Francine Tacker, James Keane

Release Date : 1979-01-19

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

The Paper Chase
1. The Paper Chase
The Man Who Would Be King
2. The Man Who Would Be King
A Day in the Life of . . .
3. A Day in the Life of . . .
Great Expectations
4. Great Expectations
Voices of Silence
5. Voices of Silence
Nancy
6. Nancy
Da Da
7. Da Da
The Seating Chart
8. The Seating Chart
Moot Court
9. Moot Court
Kingsfield's Daughter
10. Kingsfield's Daughter
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
11. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Bell and Love
12. Bell and Love
An Act of Desperation
13. An Act of Desperation
Losing Streak
14. Losing Streak
The Man in the Chair
15. The Man in the Chair
A Matter of Anger
16. A Matter of Anger
The Apprentice
17. The Apprentice
Once More with Feeling
18. Once More with Feeling
The Clay Footed Idol
19. The Clay Footed Idol
The Tables Down at Ernie's
20. The Tables Down at Ernie's
A Case of Detente
21. A Case of Detente
Scavenger Hunt
22. Scavenger Hunt


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