The Young Lawyers/The Whimper of Whipped Dogs

The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
Season 1, Episode 22
Airdate	March 10, 1971
Written by	Harlan Ellison
Directed by	Jud Taylor
Produced by	Herbert Hirschman
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The Young Lawyers — Season One

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The Whimper of Whipped Dogs is the twenty-second episode of the first season of The Young Lawyers.

Starring: Lee J. Cobb (David Barrett)

Co-Starring": Zalman King (Aaron Silverman), Judy Pace (Pat Walters), Phillip Clark (Chris Blake)

Guest Star: Susan Strasberg (Hallie Benda)

Co-Starring: Allen Garfield (Bernie Yoakam), June Dayton (Judge Kate Knight)

Featuring: Majel Barrett (Grace), Margaret Markov (Eunice), Douglas Henderson (Judge), Laurence Haddon (Desk Sergeant), Booker Thompson (Obie), Peter Kilman (Klegg), Amandah Peppar (Waitress), Arline Anderson (Neighbor Woman), Harry Cohn (Joe Bob), Fletcher Allen (Court Clerk)

Plot Overview

Aaron's friends become concerned when he offers to post bail for a former girlfriend, whom he hasn't seen in three years. She tells him that the charge is theft of a credit card, but there is more to it than that...the main charge against her is child abandonment, and Aaron is not only stunned to find out that she had a child, but he's also shocked when he sees how she's changed from a stunning beauty to a strung-out mess, and he suspects that she's using speed. Against everyone's warnings, Aaron hocks everything he owns in an attempt to help her, thinking only of the beautiful, vibrant woman he once knew.

Trivia

The Show

Harlan Ellison was quite proud of the original script he'd written, saying that he wrote a brilliant script about the evil of drug addiction, and wrote in his TV criticism column that he was looking forward to seeing the finished product. However, the irascible author was angry when he saw the finished product and proceeded to lambast it in his next column, which he entitled "The Great Rape".

In the follow-up column, Ellison mentioned several things that upset him. First off, he complained that Zalman King could not pronounce the girl's name correctly...instead of calling her Hallie (rhymes with Allie, like in Kate and Allie), he pronounced her name as 'Hayley', and everyone else had to follow suit as a result. Another thing he didn't like: some of the dialogue had to be reassigned to accommodate series' newcomer Phillip Clark and his character, Chris Blake. Harlan also criticized Jud Taylor's direction.

Harlan claimed that his scathing column cost him the friendship of both Zalman King and Jud Taylor, but it didn't bother him in the slightest.