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- Jim Berg has a drinking problem that he and his wife Loretta deny. His alcoholic escapades cause embarrassment and suffering prompting Loretta to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and she is able to help him face the truth.
- A recently-deceased man gets a lesson about his worth in life from a higher power.
- A father is devastated when told his teenage daughter is pregnant.
- Victims of wars, concentration camps, and three contemporaries put God on trial for permitting so many innocent people to suffer untold agony over the centuries. Set in a modern courtroom with a prosecuting attorney and defense counsel, the drama pits accusers against the deity. It is a gripping, suspenseful drama with a surprise ending.
- A young man finds Jesus and kicks his drug habit; his return home receives mixed results from his sister and parents.
- A clown and his troupe are arrested for political subversion.
- Mr. Lipton is a pushover. He allows people to manipulate him and constantly finds himself on the wrong end of a deal. Only when his children begin to pull away from him out of disrespect does he come to realize how his easygoing nature is damaging his life.
- A counselor defends a group of mentally-handicapped people from an angry group of neighbors who want their group home removed.
- A hardworking blue-collar man cannot fathom the idea of his wife having a job.
- The McNulty children gather at their family home for their father's funeral. They drink, squabble, and share memories of the man they call "The Elephant."
- A basement party is the setting for an unusual debate and mock trial.
- A sex-symbol actor suffers under intense questioning on a TV talk show.
- A businessman has a second nervous breakdown and is sent to a mental institution.
- A blind man gets mugged by a street hood, then attempts to reform him in a psychoanalytical manner with shocking results.
- The host of a sadistic daytime game show called "All Out" asks contestants to make horrifying choices such as playing a version of Russian Roulette with their loved ones.
- Dorothy is a homemaker in a suburban town. She believes herself a casual drinker, but repeated embarrassing lapses cause her to rethink her attitude, especially when her children make clear that they have lost respect for her. Dorothy finally admits that she is an alcoholic.
- Three individuals stuck in an airport discuss the morality behind capital punishment.
- A young lady lives among the Native Americans and learns of their plight.
- A businessman contemplates assisted suicide.
- A still-feuding divorced couple run into each other at a roadside diner and are forced to reassess their problems when their son unexpectedly calls off his wedding.
- An international correspondent trapped in a foreign country learns that he has one hour to live.
- The world is shocked by the news that God is dead. A news reporter makes the announcement of the deity's death. A funeral service is held (with an metaphorical empty casket) to memorialize God in his passing.
- A doctor questions a bickering couple in a hospital waiting room while their young son is having a life-saving operation. The boy's injuries make the doctor suspect the couple of extreme child abuse.
- A recording star with slipping sales is asked to write religious songs.
- In the year 2025, Christmas is outlawed, yet one man begins to have doubts and is greeted by a happy-go-lucky stranger.
- Guilt-stricken after being cast out of the Garden of Eden and appalled at Cain's murder of Abel, Adam and Eve blame each other for their fall from grace. A visit from God helps nudge them on the path towards forgiveness and reconciliation.
- A strange guest participates in a poker game that causes the truth to be brought out about the other participants.
- In Estevez' earliest work, he plays a troubled teen who is staying out all night partying. His father Ramon Bieri (from "Joe's World') attempts to reason with him and calm him down, to no avail. He finally "kidnaps" his own son and takes him out to camp in the middle of the woods to tame the young man's behavior.
- A teenage boy becomes depressed and suicidal when he loses everything that's important to him.
- A young Chicano labeled a loser is challenged to enter a dirt-bike race.
- A high-schooler (Judge Reinhold) becomes good friends with a shy new classmate (Jeanne Mori) who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship, she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and her family face as they adapt to American culture. Inspired by her story but blinded by what only the two of them understand on a humanitarian level, he writes an acoustic-guitar song he titles "A Step Too Slow." Inspired by true compassion and the circumstances of being an outcast and the pressures of high school, he pulls off the most incredible emotional and lyrically-epic performance in front of the class that opens their blind eyes, and gives them a gift as well with a voice of freedom and expression to his new friend. The silence of the class is eventually broken by another classmate who initiates a sing-along to the catchy, warm, heartfelt chorus. A must-see, memorable contribution to humanity.
- A dramatization about a teenage girl who is torn by peer-group pressure, the demands of her boyfriend, and her own feelings toward love and sexual commitment.
- All the boys consider pretty Jenny an easy lay, but one shy jock has a crush on the insecure girl and risks his athletic future by standing up for her.
- A high-school gang called the Eagles gets a little too out of hand challenging school rules. Teachers try to stop them, but they continue their rebellion.. Eventually the leader of the gang gets help and breaks through his past and continues his way with music.
- William Shatner plays a man who decides to take a stand against mobsters who control his community despite the objections of his wife.
- A high-school basketball star's ego alienates those around him.
- A dramatic episode dealing with the problem of teenage alcoholism.
- A teenager is faced with decisions involving the care of her ailing grandfather.
- A talented, sophisticated African-American male is the frontrunner for a top job. Although he has the best qualifications, some executives are reluctant to give the green light to hire him.
- A lonely teenage girl named Billie Christopher befriends Craig, a high-school basketball player who becomes paralyzed from the waist down due to an incident that occurs during a game.
- An upper-class woman who's recently fallen on hard times gets an unexpected lesson in friendship.
- An elderly man gets a visit from God, who keeps him on his proper path in life.
- Teenager Danny Henderson chafes under the discipline of his rigid parents, especially when he becomes involved with a neighbor girl whose parents are very permissive. Danny finds himself having to choose between people he cares about.
- A demanding, self-centered individual believes that he has found the perfect woman.
- A man drops by to visit his old buddy who owns a restaurant but is met by a stranger who leads him into another life.
- A masked gunman holds people hostage at their high-school reunion, and they try to figure out which one(s?) he wants to kill and how to stop him.
- Urged by a modernized ghetto priest and a black nun, a parish council establishes a community center of Black culture headed by a local Black militant.
- A blustering, arrogant lawyer takes the case of a man indicted for an assault. Though it's obvious to his junior partner that the man is a rapist, the lawyer never addresses the actual guilt of his new client, preferring to dance around the question with small talk.
- A visit from an angel completely changes a poor man's life.
- A portrait of a mentally-handicapped man and the woman who takes care of him.
- A pregnant woman must decide whether to have an abortion; marry her boyfriend or become an unwed mothet.
- A writer receives a visit from a familiar guest late at night, causing him to come to terms with the possibility of losing his cancer-stricken son.
- Marvin Halpern is going to be 40. But he doesn't want to be 40.
- Lacking the love and support of his busy renowned physician mother, a college student contemplates suicide.
- A musical exploration of Judaism
- After creating the universe, God sets out to populate it. He creates Adam, among other living things, but soon finds that Adam is lacking a key component.
- Aunt Carmella (Audra Lindley) is very manipulative toward her nephew Frankie (John Ritter), who finally rebels.
- A young social worker helping in the rehab of two senior citizens is dismayed when they fall in love.
- Vera Miles plays the publisher of a racy women's magazine in this episode about pornography.
- During a top TV comedian's "Man of the Year" award ceremony, flashbacks reveal what kind of a person he actually was.
- Guilt over an abortion causes a marriage to crumble.
- An unhappy couple has been summoned to the police station to confront their runaway 14-year-old daughter, caught after weeks away from home. The mother is frantic with anger and strikes her; the daughter tells off her father for ignoring her problems and contending that middle-class privileges are enough.
- A homeless man and a street cleaner help a man come to terms with his life after the loss of his wife and child.
- A pregnant woman confronts her alcoholic husband about his extramarital affairs.
- The story of a Mexican priest who was executed for rebelling against his government.
- A white thug running from the law holes up with a black family.
- A young man is obsessed with his appearance and what people might think of him.
- A scientist can't wait to tell his wife that they're having a baby--but he won't be the father. A biological-science breakthrough allows that the essence of any great man can be mixed with her ovum in a test tube to create a perfect clone. They discuss this with the wife's disapproving parents, but decide that it's perfectly ethical and contact a star athlete, brilliant judge, and Nobel Prize-winner .
- The story of a Jewish woman who became a Carmelite and died for her faith in the Auschwitz concentration camp
- A gypsy fiddler serenades three celebrating couples, but only some of them can hear the music.
- A governor asks a judge to grant him a quiet divorce so that he can marry his pregnant mistress.
- A police detective must sort out a situation involving an elderly Hebrew teacher and an anti-Semitic man.
- The story of Charles de Foucauld, a Christian martyr in North Africa during World War I.
- Death unexpectedly shows up for the weekly bridge game and insists on being the host's partner.
- A Black coach wrestles with his conscience after encouraging his football team to play rough, injuring a white player, in protest of a white supremacist.
- The murderer of a young Italian girl comes to repent his crime.
- A middle-aged wife is at odds with her domineering, chauvinist husband and tries to find meaning in her life.
- A college sophomore who feels that his life is devoid of meaning and purpose rejects his religion and his college-campus life to join the Peace Corps.
- A secretary faces a moral decision when she becomes romantically involved with her boss.
- At the Pentagon, a psychiatrist questions a Black man claiming to be Andromeda and wanting to deliver a message to the President; outside, a large crowd support his claim that he is not of this earth.
- A vacation brings out the emptiness in a seemingly happy marriage.
- A man born with one arm travels the USA as a tie salesman. He begins to come to terms with his disability after a series of interactions with different types of people.
- A counselor must decide the fates of a bigoted businessman and a humble comedian.
- At a high-school slumber party, a girl is set up with the most popular boy at school.
- A college sophomore contemplates his growing agnosticism until the birth of his child.
- A burglar gets more than he expected when he is confronted by a bickering couple.
- In a play on the Good Samaritan theme, an American Journalist learns that relief supplies meant for starving masses are being diverted by corrupt politicians.
- Jose' and Maria face a disastrous Christmas Eve when Maria goes into labor and they encounter cold-hearted people.
- A dedicated humanitarian loves the whole world but neglects his daughter.
- A group of seniors decides to open a daycare center.
- A Catholic priest struggles with anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.
- A truck-stop cafe' owner teaches his employee about respect and dignity.
- The brother of a murder victim eagerly awaits a meeting with the murderer, who is incarcerated and on death row.
- A famous actress is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor.
- A Neighborhood-Watch group meets a potential new homeowner in their neighborhood.
- A father judges his neighbor for accepting unemployment checks instead of taking the first job that is offered to him.
- A mysterious stranger confronts three survivors of World War III.
- An American combat pilot refuses to obey his superior officers' commands.
- A couple's missed connection at an airport reveals how they have lost their way.
- A look at how drug use effects individuals, and the people around them.
- A couple attends a marriage-encounter weekend to learn the joys of intimacy that they lack.
- This is the story of an inner-city Black teenager who needs money desperately and must make hard choices about what he is willing to do to get it. Willy's mother works long hours, against the advice of her doctor, and she still can't meet all the family's bills. When Willy volunteers to drop out of school and work, his mother won't allow it. On his own, Willy decides to keep his summer job and pretend that he is going to school. Shortly after school begins, Willy is laid off and he is left trying to find a job when has very few works skills. He meets a job counselor who teaches him the basics of job hunting. But when his mother collapses at work shortly afterward, Willy is tempted to take the easy way out and start dealing drugs in the neighborhood.
- A break-dancing parable of the courage that facing and living up to the truth takes. Carla has no friends and she doesn't like herself much either. In fact, she thinks she's ugly. Which is why she dresses up in a pilot's outfit, goggles and all, when she wants to go break-dancing. Holly and Oz have been going together for some time, but there are strains in the relationship. Holly feels that Oz cares more about break-dancing than about her. One day, Holly discovers Carla break-dancing by herself in her Pilot's outfit. Mistaking her for a boy, she is amazed at Carla's skill. Later she taunts Oz with the Pilot's skill and says she's now dating him. Oz retaliates by challenging the Pilot to a dance-off. Holly has lied and Carla is something she's not. In the climatic finale, each discovers the debilitating effects of dishonesty, and, in the process, they become best friends.
- After his grandmother dies, Joe Calucci, a member of Red Cordero's street gang, meets an old woman. He bonds with her, and in a while he starts to see his self-worth as more than just another gang member robbing old people.
- Two teens, a boy and girl, are killed in an auto accident, however the boy is resuscitated by physicians.
- Amy Sims is a spoiled brat. She cares only about herself. By lying and manipulation, she has always gotten her father to give her whatever she wants. But she feels unneeded and unchallenged. So she joins a gang that is involved in shoplifting and burglary. When her mother becomes suspicious, Amy's father starts to move in on her. But when she threatens suicide, he backs off. His usual response is to buy his daughter's affection with gifts rather than provide her with the firm direction she really needs. The situation worsens when Mr. Sims learns that Amy is involved in a drug ring. He confronts Amy, but she denies any responsibility. She tries to lie her way out of it, but her father gives her two alternatives: radically change her lifestyle and behavior, or he will turn her over to the police.
- The life of Christ as seen by the painters of the Renaissance.
- When a steel plant closes, a desperate father must tap into his son's college savings to make ends meet.
- A teacher (Robert Lansing) and his family are held hostage by a gun-toting home invader who was once a student of his.
- A young couple in love face a crisis in conscience.
- A woman must choose between her husband's wishes and the dictates of her conscience.
- A scientist invents a powerful new laser but wishes to avoid the question of how his research will be used. His wife and his lab assistant cause him to examine his responsibility and the need for humility in the face of such power.
- A writer's agnosticism drives him to the brink of suicide.
- An American combat unit is sent on a suicide mission by superiors who want to cover up a war atrocity.
- A US ambassador visits a country in turmoil to meet with its leader. He meets up with his Peace Corps son and they clash.
- Two hard-working newspapermen remember their quest to promote humanism, but has the philosophy been helped or harmed by its divorce from theology?
- A father and son cannot communicate until they realize that they're facing similar problems.
- A lawyer enters a hippie shop in search of a client's runaway daughter.
- A hospital administrator obsessed with computers and efficiency has visions of himself shrinking.
- A young man manages a high-school swim team to be near the girl he has a crush on although he is traumatized by water.
- A young couple is devastated when their first child dies at birth.
- A girl trying to escape the harsh cruelties of the world attempts suicide and fails.
- A successful young dentist realizes he has built his whole life, including his marriage, on false values.
- A senior citizen in a retirement home attempts to motivate his fellow seniors.
- A story about political transition and religion in post-Czarist Russia.
- An American entertainer becomes involved in a conflict involving Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.
- Three small-time criminals meet at the apartment of one of the men for a reunion.
- Two cousins have a falling-out when one decides to quit the American Communist Party.
- After their child is stillborn, a husband and wife get a mysterious visit from a woman claiming to be the nanny.
- A pregnant teenage girl on vacation at a ski resort debates with her friends whether or not she should keep the baby.
- A story of a couple that explores the blessings and challenges that come along with marriage, while underscoring the importance of marriage to our society.
- Three individuals who are anti-war protesters burn draft cards and are brought to trial.
- A proud man finds out that his newborn son is developmentally disabled.
- A local priest in a poor Mexican village tries to get the citizens to rise up and revolt against the big company man.
- Actor Dan O'Herlihy talks about preserving the strength of America.
- After a rich elderly man belittles his humble, kind nephew, he is given a chance to rectify his behavior to his nephew and apologize one last time.
- A pregnant 16-year-old decides to abort her pregnancy.
- A probation officer devotes much of his time to helping a troubled young lady.
- A criminal incident breaks down the wall between an uncommunicative father and son.
- A blues singer grows weary of his position in life.
- A vVietnam vet finds neither the demands of war nor military absolves one of responsibility for his actions.
- The Janitor is the all-knowing narrator of this chronicle of the goings-on inside a corporate office building.
- A wealthy man has found that his struggle for money has left him void of any true emotions.
- Moses is given a great mission to carry out by GOD.
- A rich, pompous father must come to terms with the death of his son, who died in the Peace Corps.
- A story of a couple that explores the blessings and challenges that come along with marriage, while underscoring the importance of marriage to our society.
- A prisoner goes before the parole board, believing that he is rehabilitated and should be released from jail.
- Social inequalities spawned by the industrial revolution are examined. A case is made for the responsibility of labor, management, and government to work for just and humane conditions for workers and the poor.
- A counselor-in-training tries to inspire the boys in a juvenile hall to make something of their lives.
- A man named Don goes to the Missing Persons Bureau to find God.
- A young Mohawk Indian sits outside the entrance of a cathedral and refuses to move, and a priest engages him in a sensitive conversation about meditation.
- A young mother is given the chance to escape the burden of raising two children.
- Mr. Cole lures a band of losers into his bar, and promises to fulfill their dreams if they abdicate their dignity and do his bidding.
- Prisoners involved in a prison riot ask for a popular, trusted newscaster to take down their grievances.
- A nun teaching sociology begins to question the values of her life and work when a young agitator confronts her about her lack of practical knowledge on the problems of the poor.
- Parents and teenagers engage in a group psychodrama session that plays out the fantasies and hostilities that youth experiences.
- A comedian given the power of super longevity lives among computerized people. When confronted with a situation involving ordering a computerized child, he must face the fact that the computer cannot love unconditionally.
- A heroin addict battles his habit.
- A college professor has second thoughts about changing his career to an executive in advertising.
- After a teenage couple is killed in a car crash because of the boy's negligence, the boy comes back to life, having learned a lesson, to give an important message.
- A individual waits in limbo, pending the outcome of a complicated childbirth.
- A group of adults participates in "basic encounter" therapy to gain better knowledge of themselves and one another.
- A famous singer meets a troublesome individual from her past.
- During the threat of nuclear war, a family discuss the meaning of life, death, and religious belief.
- A Latin American union leader gets caught up between two extremes: communists who enforce atheism and authoritarianism, and capitalists who ignore people's rights in order to benefit themselves.
- Nazi soldiers attempt to murder Adolf Hitler.
- A funeral mourner looks back on the life of a recently-deceased poet who tried to make a difference in the world.