Denny Crane is held hostage in this episode by the son of a murder victim, who believes that Crane's defense of the accused perverted justice. Crane is forced to go through a mock retrial of the case, which had been his first ever. Along the way he recalls the first trial through flashbacks, which are taken from an episode of the Studio One dramatic anthology series. The episode, "The Defender", aired in 2 parts on 25 February and 4 March 1957. Ralph Bellamy appears as Shatner's father and partner in the flashbacks.