This is my favorite Harry episode. Harry pitches The Defenders to the rep from Belle Jolie that Sal previously flirted with (awkward moment in the hall way!)
"Top-twenty show. Prime time. For pennies on the dollar."
Sounds like a deal I'd take, but nope. The client declines -- abortion is too controversial.
Harry showed gusto and now he wants a raise and to be the head of a new television department. "All the other agencies have one," Harry says. Roger makes it happen, "You are now head of the television department, which consist solely of you"
Harry gets a raise and it proud to tell his pregnant wife that she doesn’t have to work anymore if she doesn’t want to.
The title of this episode ("The Benefactor") was the title of the controversial episode of The Defenders which Harry tries (unsuccessfully) to get the Belle Jolie cosmetics company to sponsor.
The episode originally aired on CBS on April 28, 1962. It was so controversial at the time that none of the regular sponsors for the series would advertise during its broadcast.
