S1 E1 · POW
The story of the psychological torment of American soldiers after they return home from Commmunist prison camps.
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Episodes
Season 1
23 episodes
S1 E2 · Hope for a Harvest
A story examining the seeming loss of the American work ethic, as well as the issues of racism and prejudice.
S1 E3 · The Wedding
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S1 E4 · The Man in Possession
A penniless society girl falls in love with the handsome sheriff's man sent to keep an eye on her belongings.
S1 E5 · The Vanishing Point
In Paris, the Head of the Missing Persons Bureau disappears and his assistant, hoping for a promotion, searches for him.
S1 E6 · Hedda Gabler
In a small backward Norwegian town in the 1860s, a woman who is married to a scholar whom she does not love subtly asserts her power over the people in her life.
S1 E7 · The Rise of Carthage
A power-mad businessman finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage.
S1 E8 · Papa Is All
A story about a Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite family in the 1940s, in which the parents adhere to their faith while their two children desire to be more ""worldly"" until they feel the personal call to the Mennonite faith.
S1 E9 · Highway
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S1 E10 · Morning Star
A story revolving around a widow and her extended family on New York's Lower East Side, spanning the years 1910-1931, including such historic events as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, World War I, and the Great Depression, events that shaped the lives and destinies of the family.
S1 E11 · Welcome Home
The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.
S1 E12 · The Last Notch
A story about a gunfighter who didn't particularly care for gunfighting.
S1 E13 · Late Date
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S1 E14 · The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham
Though rough around the edges, a self-made man tries to get his daughter admitted to Boston's high society 400.
S1 E15 · The End of Paul Dane
A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients
S1 E16 · The Great Chair
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S1 E17 · Good for You
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S1 E18 · Fearful Decision
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, yet he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would ensure the boy's safety.
S1 E19 · Haven's End
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S1 E20 · A Garden in the Sea
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S1 E21 · Oberstrasse Forty-Nine
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S1 E22 · The Grand Tour
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S1 E23 · Two
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Season 2
22 episodes
S2 E1 · The Notebook Warrior
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S2 E2 · Baseball Blues
The story of a 40-year-old pitcher facing his retirement from baseball.
S2 E3 · The Man with the Gun
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S2 E4 · The Fifth Wheel
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S2 E5 · Goodbye...But It Doesn't Go Away
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S2 E6 · The Man in the Goldfish Bowl
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S2 E7 · King's Pawn
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S2 E8 · One For The Road
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S2 E9 · Presento
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S2 E10 · The Thief
A man (played by James Dean) is falsely accused of stealing in this very good melodrama. Dean harbors a secret love for a married woman, but he does not get the girl in the end.
S2 E11 · The Bogey Man
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S2 E12 · Six O'Clock Call
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S2 E13 · Freighter
A captain with 25 years of service on the ""Singapore"" faces a mental collapse as he takes his freighter out on its last voyage. Tension among the crew members mounts as the men battle one another and the elements on the fateful trip to Hong Kong.
S2 E14 · Man in the Corner
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S2 E15 · No Time for Sergeants
A country bumpkin is drafted into the Air Force and wreaks havoc.
S2 E16 · Scandal at Peppernut
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S2 E17 · The Rack
A young Army officer faces a court-martial as a result of his collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war.
S2 E18 · The Roads to Home
A bankrupt man, who becomes a migrant oil worker to repay his debts, journeys with his family and dreams of returning to the home they once owned.
S2 E19 · Fearful Decision
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, yet he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would ensure the boy's safety.
S2 E20 · Big Winner
The life of an Italian-American family is continuously upset by their Uncle Zi-Zi's schemes to appear as a contestant on a TV quiz program, on which he is certain that his fortune will be made.
S2 E21 · Hung for a Sheep
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S2 E22 · The Red Gulch
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Season 3
32 episodes
S3 E1 · The Meanest Man in the World
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S3 E2 · The Gambler
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S3 E3 · The Seventh Veil
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S3 E4 · The Bride Cried
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S3 E5 · Counterfeit
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S3 E6 · A Wind from the South
A story about an Irish country girl's first love
S3 E7 · Ashton Buys a Horse
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S3 E8 · Obsession
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S3 E9 · Shoot It Again
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S3 E10 · Outcast
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S3 E11 · Incident in an Alley
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S3 E12 · Edward, My Son
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S3 E13 · White Gloves
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S3 E14 · Bring Me a Dream
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S3 E15 · The Great Adventure
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S3 E16 · A Fair Shake
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S3 E17 · Command
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S3 E18 · Moment of Courage
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S3 E19 · The Candidate
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S3 E20 · Thirty Year Man
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S3 E21 · The Funny Heart
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S3 E22 · Noon on Doomsday
When the narrow-minded citizens of a community acquit a psychopathic bully for the murder of an immigrant shopkeeper, a retired judge tries to persuade the community to rectify this miscarriage of justice.
S3 E23 · Honest in the Rain
A story about compulsive gambling
S3 E24 · The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
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S3 E25 · The Boarding House
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S3 E26 · Longboat
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S3 E27 · Moment of Courage
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S3 E28 · Operation Three R's
During World War II, Corporal Neville, an intelligent young man awaiting appointment to officers' candidate school, is asked, much to his displeasure, to become an instructor to illiterates.
S3 E29 · The Partners
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S3 E30 · Stopover at Sublimity
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S3 E31 · Sideshow
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S3 E32 · The Five Fathers of Pepi
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Season 4
27 episodes
S4 E1 · We Must Kill Toni
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S4 E2 · Bang the Drum Slowly
The powerful moving story of the friendship between the star pitcher of a baseball team and a catcher who is dying from Hodgkin's Disease.
S4 E3 · Sauce for the Goose
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S4 E4 · Wetback Run
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S4 E5 · Survival
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S4 E6 · Tom Sawyer
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S4 E7 · Hunted
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S4 E8 · The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
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S4 E9 · Symbol of Authority
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S4 E10 · The Human Pattern
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S4 E11 · To Die Alone
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S4 E12 · They Never Forget
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S4 E13 · Inspired Alibi
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S4 E14 · Shadow of Evil
The town's sheriff, possessed of an irrational hatred of outlaws, kills a young man, claiming that the youngster had made an attempt on his life.
S4 E15 · The Bottle Imp
Phillip the Sailor meets Andre, Haiti's wealthiest inhabitant, who wants to sell Phillip a magic bottle containing an all-powerful Imp, which brought him his great fortune. Phillip isn't interested in the power the bottle can bring until he meets a beautiful girl whom he wants to marry, but he doesn't have the wealth which the girl's father demands.
S4 E16 · Hidden Fury
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S4 E17 · The Hill Wife
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S4 E18 · A Matter of Pride
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S4 E19 · A Drum is a Woman
The love story of Zajj and Caribee Jones, told in the form of a jazz ""ballet""
S4 E20 · Shadow in the Sky
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S4 E21 · The Little Bullfighter
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S4 E22 · Upbeat
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S4 E23 · Reunion
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S4 E24 · Victim
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S4 E25 · The Change in Chester
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S4 E26 · A Loud Laugh
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S4 E27 · Up Above the World So High
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Season 5
26 episodes
S5 E1 · Windfall
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S5 E2 · Haunted Harbor
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S5 E3 · Who's Earnest?
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S5 E4 · Crisis in Corona
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S5 E5 · The Locked Door
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S5 E6 · Huck Finn
A musical version of the classic story
S5 E7 · You Can't Win
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S5 E8 · Little Charlie Don't Want a Saddle
A mute spinster who becomes a mail-order bride to a widower goes to his farm and wins over the widower and his younger son, but not his older son, who feels that his father is not being true to the memory of the boy's mother.
S5 E9 · The Charmer
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S5 E10 · The Bromley Touch
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S5 E11 · Never Know the End
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S5 E12 · The Reward
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S5 E13 · Walk with a Stranger
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S5 E14 · Give Me My Son
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S5 E15 · Top Secret Mission
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S5 E16 · Beaver Patrol
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S5 E17 · The Public Prosecutor
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S5 E18 · A Man in Hiding
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S5 E19 · Hour of the Rat
John Woodruffe is tormented by memories of the horrors he suffered in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. He recalls his vow to avenge the death of a chaplain executed by Sakamura, the brutal camp adjutant. Years later, Woodruffe finds himself face to face with the object of his bitter hate, Sakamura.
S5 E20 · A Family Alliance
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S5 E21 · The Littlest Enemy
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S5 E22 · The Hidden River
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S5 E23 · Flint and Fire
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S5 E24 · The Climate of Marriage
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S5 E25 · Old Marshals Never Die
Bat Bethune, former marshal of a New Mexico town, has become a legendary figure as a result of his boldness during the wild early days of the town's history. But, in his old age, he is given to shooting at imaginary badmen, endangering the inhabitants. Finally, the mayor decides Bethune must leave town.
S5 E26 · Be My Guest
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Season 6
27 episodes
S6 E1 · The Wound Within
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S6 E2 · Death Minus One
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S6 E3 · Alexander Fleming
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S6 E4 · Mid-Summer
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S6 E5 · Secret in the Family
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S6 E6 · Second Chance
Dr. Victor Payson, a widower for just 6 months and father of a teenage daughter, is slated for the post of Chief of Surgeons of Collins General Hospital. But the wife of the hospital's director plants doubt among Payson's colleagues as to his suitability for the job because of his romance with a young divorcee.
S6 E7 · This Day in Fear
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S6 E8 · The Enemies
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S6 E9 · One Red Rose for Christmas
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S6 E10 · Goodbye...But It Doesn't Go Away
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S6 E11 · Dangerous Interlude
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S6 E12 · The Wall of Silence
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S6 E13 · Family Happiness
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S6 E14 · Trap for a Stranger
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S6 E15 · The Square Egghead
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S6 E16 · Night of Betrayal
The son of a wealthy French collaborator, who is secretly a member of the underground, falls in love and marries a young girl hiding from the Gestapo.
S6 E17 · Trouble-in-Law
For years May Golden has ended every argument with her husband by threatening to get a job. When Mimi, her youngest married daughter, becomes exasperated with her mother's daily visits and free advice, May decides it's time to prove her value by making good her threat.
S6 E18 · Little Tin God
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S6 E19 · The Wayward Widow
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S6 E20 · Call It a Day
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S6 E21 · Whisper of Evil
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S6 E22 · No Leave for the Captain
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S6 E23 · Apple of His Eye
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S6 E24 · The Pink Burro
Former vaudeville singer Lil Andrews ambitiously makes preparations for her daughter's professional singing debut. She is unaware that the girl, who is living out of town with an aunt while taking singing lessons, has secretly married and given up plans for a singing career.
S6 E25 · Wish on the Moon
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S6 E26 · Seed of Guilt
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S6 E27 · A Taste of Champagne
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Season 7
27 episodes
S7 E1 · The Case of Julia Walton
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S7 E2 · The Hours Before Dawn
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S7 E3 · Rachel's Summer
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S7 E4 · The Human Comedy
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S7 E5 · Holiday on Wheels
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S7 E6 · Big Doc's Girl
A young woman whose mother is in a sanitorium and father has just died of malaria must find a way to cope with life.
S7 E7 · The Last Autumn
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S7 E8 · Marriage--Handle with Care
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S7 E9 · One Red Rose for Christmas
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S7 E10 · Act of Terror
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S7 E11 · Queen of the Orange Bowl
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S7 E12 · You Can't Have Everything
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S7 E13 · The American Cowboy
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S7 E14 · The Women of Hadley Act
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S7 E15 · Revolt in Hadley
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S7 E16 · Charlie and the Kid
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S7 E17 · How to Make a Killing
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S7 E18 · The Girl Who Knew Too Much
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S7 E19 · Girl in the Gold Bathtub
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S7 E20 · Unknown Episode
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S7 E21 · Game of Hearts
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S7 E22 · The Imposter
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S7 E23 · The Great Gold Mountain
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S7 E24 · The Mercy of the Court
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S7 E25 · Shadow of a Pale Horse
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S7 E26 · The Case of the Missing Wife
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S7 E27 · Bride of the Fox
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Season 8
28 episodes
S8 E1 · When in Rome
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S8 E2 · The Man Who Knew Tomorrow
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S8 E3 · The Revolt of Judge Lloyd
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S8 E4 · The Missing Key
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S8 E5 · A Time to Decide
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S8 E6 · The Guest Cottage
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S8 E7 · The Yum Yum Girl
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S8 E8 · Shame the Devil
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S8 E9 · Operation Northstar
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S8 E10 · The Mating Machine
In “The Mating Machine,” we meet four people involved with such a gadget — Geraldine Brooks, who runs it; Diana Lynn, as a waitress who mistakes Miss Brooks’ office for an employment agency: John Ericson, as a physicist who thinks he needs a wile, selected scientifically, and George Grizzard, as a disbeliever, They are all thrown together a bit too concidentally, but after that, it is every man (and woman) for himself (or herself).
S8 E11 · The Devil Makes Sunday
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S8 E12 · The Big Splash
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S8 E13 · The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon, a retarded man working in a bakery, is made a genius through medical technology.
S8 E14 · Private Eye, Private Eye
Producer Max Liebman turns the tables and investigates the private eye. Sketches: Private Life of a Private Eye: Mike Mallet's after a thug, but his doting wife keeps getting in his way. Nairobi Safe Robbery: Simians sack a safe. The Good Old Days: A widow beseeches Percy Dovetonsils to find her husband's murderer. More Gore: The sponsor has doubts about his TV Series. Peter Legato: The star of the series is the music. Silent Movie: Nick Carter triumphs again. Musical Highlights: Conductor Charles Sanford ""Chase"" Ballet (""Son of Drum Suite:) ..... Buzz Miller Vocalise: Debussy Preludes ............... Edie Adams ""Girl Friday"" ............................ Pat Carroll
S8 E15 · The White Crown
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S8 E16 · Welcome Home
The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.
S8 E17 · The Intervener
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S8 E18 · The Oddball
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S8 E19 · The Shame of Paula Marsten
Paula Marsten, who has attempted suicide and been brought to a mental hospital in a state of nervous collapse, is recognized by the head physician, Dr. King, who refuses to become involved in the case.
S8 E20 · Summer Rhapsody
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S8 E21 · The Leonardi Code
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S8 E22 · Famous
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S8 E23 · Trial Without Jury
Mr. and Mrs. Pollard feel that their son-in-law, novelist Mark Davis, isn't a fit parent for their grandchild. Lawyer Ellen Reed is convinced the Pollards' charge is based on their disapproval of Mark's latest book.
S8 E24 · The Haven
Although it disappoints his wife and kids, a man can't bear to spend another summer in their cottage by the lake so he decides to sell the house and use the money for a long trip.
S8 E25 · Watching Out for Dulie
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S8 E26 · Double-Edged Sword
Colonel and Lady Morrigan were very nicely provided for in their brother's will. Now Muriel no longer need fear a poverty-stricken old age and the Colonel can pay his debts and renew membership in his beloved club. But then the Colonel studies the will and discovers that, in order to get the money, he'll have to tell a lie so he refuses it.
S8 E27 · The Golden Thirty
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S8 E28 · Woman Across the Hall
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Season 9
26 episodes
S9 E1 · Delayed Honeymoon
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S9 E2 · Street of Love
Romance blossoms between a lovely Soviet guide and an American Senator's son, despite objections from their families.
S9 E3 · Brandenburg Gate
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S9 E4 · Bury Me Twice
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S9 E5 · Little Lost Sheep
Phyllis and Arthur Bannister, teachers at Thoreau College, receive a real shock at the faculty meeting. It's been decided that the school 'image' has got to be modernized and a Madison Avenue expert is hired to do the job.
S9 E6 · Man on the Mountaintop
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S9 E7 · Tangle of Truth
Sue Dulaney and Gordon Killman go out for a drink, and on the way home, Gordon runs another car off the road. He calls the police but refuses to give his name.
S9 E8 · My Wife's Best Friend
No summary.
S9 E9 · The Bitter Sex
A woman decides to put an end to the marital bliss of her ex-husband and his new wife.
S9 E10 · Far from the Shade Tree
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S9 E11 · The Big Laugh
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S9 E12 · A Nightmare at Bleak Hill
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S9 E13 · The Perfect Accident
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S9 E14 · Who Is This Woman?
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S9 E15 · Two Black Kings
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S9 E16 · The Loves of Claire Ambler
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S9 E17 · The Go-Between
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S9 E18 · A Man for Oona
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S9 E19 · The Other Woman
A woman hears a mysterious message in another woman's voice on a Bach tape she's listening to.
S9 E20 · Lennie
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S9 E21 · You Can't Escape
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S9 E22 · Scene of the Crime
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S9 E23 · Night of the Fourth
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S9 E24 · Honor in Love
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S9 E25 · Male Call
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S9 E26 · Murder on the Agenda
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Season 10
21 episodes
S10 E1 · Dry Rain
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S10 E2 · The Inner Panic
A young man with a speech impediment who is having a hard time landing his first job gets a job in the mailroom of a big company through his mother's intervention and quickly gains confidence, loses his stutter, and finds love with a young woman who works at the same company.
S10 E3 · The White Lie
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S10 E4 · Wanted: Someone Innocent
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S10 E5 · A Break in the Weather
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S10 E6 · Marriage Marks the Spot
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S10 E7 · Farewell To Innocence
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S10 E8 · Big Day for a Scrambler
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S10 E9 · The Duchess and the Smugs
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S10 E10 · The Young Avengers
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S10 E11 · Fair Young Ghost
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S10 E12 · The Troubled Heart
Margot Forrester, a young mother of two small children and an active participant in her community's social life, has been told that she has a serious heart defect, which even surgery may not correct.
S10 E13 · Night Run to the West
Caring for her elderly invalid husband is a lonely task for Francie Broderick, and when a truck driver named Charlie Williams barges into her life, she sees him as her salvation.
S10 E14 · Moment of Rage
Paul Gardiner, Latin teacher at a private school, was an adopted child who never bothered to inquire who his real parents were. But now his snobbish future mother-in-law insists that he learn their identities before he gets married.
S10 E15 · The Secrets of Stella Crozier
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S10 E16 · Mission of Fear
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S10 E17 · The Soldier Ran Away
Twelve-year-old Jeff Wheeler, whose father is an Army doctor stationed in Germany, wants to prove to the old man that he is self-reliant so he sneaks into the attic at night to make a pipe rack for him.
S10 E18 · The Many Ways of Heaven
Russell Hampshire hasn't spent much time with his son Teddy during summer vacation, but the youngster has found a substitute--Captain Walker, a retired airline pilot.
S10 E19 · Don't Shake the Family Tree
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S10 E20 · A Taste of Champagne
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S10 E21 · The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
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