The Tables Down at Ernie's

The Paper Chase Season 1 Episode 20

Overview:
This episode further develops Kingsfield's character and fleshes-out his past. It begins with the news that Ernie's bar, a favorite campus hangout for generations, will be closed along with the other small businesses on the block. All the buildings will then be razed for parking for a new gym the college is building. Kingsfield has been retained by the school to represent the school's interest in the project. Meanwhile, Hart has taken on the cause to save Ernie's (where he works) and he confronts Kingsfield in his office. After some difficulty finding a lawyer who will take the case, Hart appeals to Kingsfield's nostalgic side by telling him he knows that he frequented that establishment back in his law school days in the 1930's because there is a table with his initials carved in it. This sparks some distant memory in Kingsfield's mind and he pays a visit to Ernie's. It so happens that the original Ernie, Sr. is there at the same time and they recognize each other and reminisce

Genre : Drama

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

Release Date : 1979-03-27

Duration : 60 menit

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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 . . .
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4. Great Expectations
Voices of Silence
5. Voices of Silence
Nancy
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Da Da
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The Seating Chart
8. The Seating Chart
Moot Court
9. Moot Court
Kingsfield's Daughter
10. Kingsfield's Daughter
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Bell and Love
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An Act of Desperation
13. An Act of Desperation
Losing Streak
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The Man in the Chair
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A Matter of Anger
16. A Matter of Anger
The Apprentice
17. The Apprentice
Once More with Feeling
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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
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