Season 1
25 episodes · Jan 12, 1982
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- S1E1
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Jan 12, 198259mJohn Cheever's comedy of a supposedly kidnapped five-year-old boy. At first, the police aren't interested until a ransom note is discovered. Then the town goes into action to support the finding of Toby.
- S1E2
King of America
Jan 19, 198274mHot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in 1915 America, and finds work on a railroad. However, after giving his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage beating, Andreas flees and makes his way west.
- S1E3
Seguin
Jan 26, 198290mIn 19th-century Texas, soldier Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought at the Alamo and became a highly respected politician to insure better living conditions for his people. Frustration arose when American ranchers move into the flatlands bringing prejudice and bigotry against the Mexican populations.
- S1E4
Who Am I This Time?
Feb 2, 198253mShy hardware store employee Harry Nash decides to step out of his comfort zone, and takes part in a local amateur theatre troupe, where he becomes the character he plays—literally. Helene Shaw is new in town, a lonely itinerant telephonist. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella in the troupe's production of A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Harry's Stanley. Before anyone realizes the growing affection between the two, Helene falls in love with the charming brute, unaware of the man Harry really is.
- S1E5
Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Feb 9, 198252mThe arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.
- S1E6
Come Along with Me
Feb 16, 198254mRecently widowed Mabel Lederer sells all her belongings and leaves home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
- S1E7
For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Feb 23, 198278mNameless women identified by color (e.g., Lady in Red, Lady in Blue) share their experiences with racism, sexism, abuse, and abandonment, ultimately finding strength and sisterhood.
- S1E8
Echoes and Silences
Mar 2, 1982119mIn search of Carl Sandburg, actor John Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, IL, speaking with close friends and family. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood – the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration – is revived in vivid detail.
- S1E9
Fifth of July
Mar 9, 1982130mKen Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot off seven years earlier. His lover Jed is bigger and stronger, a gardner, a good listener. On Independence Day 1977, Ken's home in Lebanon Missouri is visted by his army buddies. Much of their past relationships, pre- and post-Vietnam, must be pulled up and examined before any of them can decide their future.
- S1E10
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Mar 16, 198256mTeenage Ralph recounts the Fourth of July and similar chaoses with his family and friends. Based on the writings of Jean Shepherd.
- S1E11
Pilgrim, Farewell
Mar 23, 1982102mA woman suffering from terminal cancer determines to resolve several relationships in her life, especially with her daughter.
- S1E12
Northern Lights
Mar 30, 198289mOn a North Dakota wheat farm at the turn of the 20th century, Ray Sorenson builds his world around childhood sweetheart Inga. Then Ray sees his plans come apart when the bank forecloses on his family's farm.
- S1E13
Medal of Honor Rag
Apr 6, 198290mA Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam vet has difficulty readjusting to civilian life, and turns to a psychiatrist for help when he finds himself descending to robbery.
- S1E14
Working
Apr 13, 198290mA musical following American workers from diverse backgrounds, from gravediggers to studio heads, exploring their feelings, frustrations, and search for meaning in their jobs.
- S1E15
Weekend
Apr 20, 198260mA drifting, affluent couple spend a weekend at their country home, where the husband cheats on his complacent wife as they host guests for their son's first birthday.
- S1E16
Private Contentment
Apr 27, 198290mA young soldier attends his mother's funeral just before he's shipped out to serve in World War II.
- S1E17
My Palikari
May 4, 198290mA middle-aged Greek immigrant visits his native village, with his American-born son in tow. The elder finds that the place he remembered as paradise on Earth now seems like a desolate wasteland, while the son, who has mede this journey reluctantly, falls in love with his ancestral homeland.
- S1E18
Oppenheimer (1)
May 11, 198260mRobert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.
- S1E19
Oppenheimer (2)
May 18, 198260mOppenheimer is now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, but his left-wing politics mean that he is constantly watched by the FBI and others.
- S1E20
Oppenheimer (3)
May 25, 198260mOppenheimer's extramarital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.
- S1E21
Oppenheimer (4)
Jun 1, 198260mWith the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.
- S1E22
Oppenheimer (5)
Jun 8, 198260mThe bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bring the war to an end, but Oppenheimer's new status as a national hero is short-lived.
- S1E23
Oppenheimer (6)
Jun 15, 198260mA few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face a committee.
- S1E24
Oppenheimer (7)
Jun 22, 198260mOppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the AEC is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.
- S1E25
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Jun 29, 1982104mIn 1901, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez is forced on the run from Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days following a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman.