The Paper Chase - Season 1 - Eps 17: The Apprentice
Kingsfield hires Hart to help his assistant on an important appellate case, an unprecedented distinction for a first year student. The assistant, much sought after and soon to graduate, dumps most of the work on Hart so he can go to job interviews. When Kingsfield finds out, he fires the assistant, leaving Hart to carry the burden alone.
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.
Cast

John Houseman
Charles Kingsfield

James Stephens
James T. Hart

Lainie Kazan
Rose Samuels

Penny Johnson Jerald
Vivian Conway

Peter Nelson
Tom Ford

Diana Douglas
Prof. Tyler

Michael Tucci
Gerald Golden

Betty Harford
Mrs Nottingham

James Keane
Willis Bell

Tom Fitzsimmons
Franklin Ford III