Kimble sees law professor G. Stanley Lazer (played by actor Ed Begley) on television declaring that he could have gotten various people off, including Richard Kimble. Kimble travels to the university to see if Prof. Lazer can help him. Lazer agrees and reads transcripts, then decides to do a mock trial in his class as a dry run, to prove that he can win acquittal from a jury of his students.
Lazer is a crippled old man, bitter about losing his wife, his career as an attorney, and his ability to walk in an automobile accident 10 years earlier, which forced him against his will into the teaching profession. Although devoted to Kimble's cause, he unfairly browbeats his students.
Newsmen, getting wind of the story, suspect Kimble is nearby, and contact Stafford police. For reasons unexplained, Lieutenant Gerard is not involved, and instead Sgt. Pulaski comes. Kimble faces severe danger as Pulaski and local police search the law school. Lazer, the students, and Kimble all learn important lessons as Kimble has a narrow escape.