Season 1

1. POW

1953-10-27 · 60m

The story of the psychological torment of American soldiers after they return home from Commmunist prison camps.

2. Hope for a Harvest

1953-11-10 · 60m

A story examining the seeming loss of the American work ethic, as well as the issues of racism and prejudice.

3. The Wedding

1953-11-24 · 60m

4. The Man in Possession

1953-12-08 · 60m

A penniless society girl falls in love with the handsome sheriff's man sent to keep an eye on her belongings.

5. The Vanishing Point

1953-12-22 · 60m

In Paris, the Head of the Missing Persons Bureau disappears and his assistant, hoping for a promotion, searches for him.

6. Hedda Gabler

1954-01-05 · 60m

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.

7. The Rise of Carthage

1954-01-19 · 60m

A power-mad businessman finds true values in a desert utopia called Carthage.

8. Papa Is All

1954-02-02 · 60m

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.

9. Highway

1954-02-16 · 60m

10. Morning Star

1954-03-02 · 60m

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.

11. Welcome Home

1954-03-16 · 60m

The story of a beloved housekeeper and nanny who doesn't want to retire.

12. The Last Notch

1954-03-30 · 60m

A story about a gunfighter who didn't particularly care for gunfighting.

13. Late Date

1954-04-13 · 60m

14. The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham

1954-04-27 · 60m

Though rough around the edges, a self-made man tries to get his daughter admitted to Boston's high society 400.

15. The End of Paul Dane

1954-05-11 · 60m

A story about a psychiatrist and two of his patients

16. The Great Chair

1954-05-25 · 60m

17. Good for You

1954-06-08 · 60m

18. Fearful Decision

1954-06-22 · 60m

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.

19. Haven's End

1954-07-06 · 60m

20. A Garden in the Sea

1954-07-20 · 60m

21. Oberstrasse Forty-Nine

1954-08-03 · 60m

22. The Grand Tour

1954-08-17 · 60m

23. Two

1954-08-31 · 60m