Judge Walter Franklin challenges Judge Samuel Barnett, veteran of 32 years on the years on the bench, for election as Superior Court Judge.

Judge Walter Franklin's life is in danger and Mario Lanza, the person he can't stand, takes a leave from the District Attorney's office to protect him.

Franklin is perturbed when his children seek his housekeeper's advice instead of his. 

Judge Frankin's son comes to his father's courtroom to see his idol, the toughest hockey player in the league testify, and learns a lesson when he tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.

Judge Franklin goes to jail — sort of — when he is asked to spend his vacation in a minimun security jail to report on the conditions there. It doesn't quite work out as expected.

Judge Franklin strongly objects to his daughter Bobby's dating a much older man — until the tables are turned. Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman, his son's teacher.

When Judge Franklin's housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan, finds out that she may be deported because of an invalidated visa, she comes up with a plan to avoid deportation.

Judge Franklin gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics.

Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.