The Paper Chase - Season 1 - Eps 15: The Man in the Chair

Name: Eps 15: The Man in the Chair
Released: 1979-02-06
Rating: 3.8

1979-02-06 • ? min • ⭐ 7.556/10

A new student, Paul Chandler, joins the class mid semester. He is wheelchair bound yet athletic and handsome. The study group welcomes him in and in their interactions we gradually see that contrary to the good initial impression Chandler makes, he is manipulative, takes advantage of his situation, and is highly competitive. We also learn that through his mother he is friends (on a first name basis) with Kingsfield. Chandler's competitive nature reveals its dark side when he sets his sights on Hart. He tries to seduce Logan, thinking that she is Hart's girlfriend, he applies to a need-based scholarship that Hart is trying hard to win, and both he and his mother try to use their relationship with Kingsfield to win the scholarship. Finally, in Kingsfield's office, he experiences a life changing moment where he sees himself as what he is and turns over a new leaf.

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About The Paper Chase

Title: The Paper Chase

First Air Date: 1978-09-09

Last Air Date: 1986-05-02

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.556/10 (from 9 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 4

Total Episodes: 58

Network: CBS Showtime

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.