7.6/10190 votes#1 - All My Sons
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/19/1987
No description available
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- 8.0/10157 votes
#2 - The Lawrenceville Stories 1: The Prodigious Hickey
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1016 votes
#3 - The Wide Net
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/1987
No description available
Director: Anthony Herrera
Writer: Anthony Herrera
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Smooth Talk
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.7/1017 votes
#5 - A Mistaken Charity
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/1987
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Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Eleanor: In Her Own Words
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1029 votes
#7 - The Innocents Abroad
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/10135 votes
#8 - Story of a Marriage (1)
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1019 votes
#9 - Story of a Marriage (2)
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1014 votes
#10 - Story of a Marriage (3)
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - A Case of Libel
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 5/4/1987
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Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Charley's Aunt
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 5/11/1987
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney. - Written by Ed
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The House of Blue Leaves
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 5/25/1987
Zoo attendant Artie Shaughnessy dreams of being a successful songwriter. What his mistress, Bunny Flingus, who lives downstairs from his Queens apartment won't tell him -- and what his insane wife, Bananas, tries to get through to him -- is that Artie's songs stink. On Oct. 4, 1965, the day Pope Paul visits New York City, Bunny convinces Artie to call his old school buddy Billy Einhorn, a famous film director from Los Angeles, to finagle a job writing music for Billy's movies. (After all, Bunny feels that with the Pope here, there must be "miracles in the air.") But ...
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Blue Window
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 6/1/1987
In an affluent area of downtown New York City, a Sunday evening dinner party is taking place. Hosted by Libby, an insecure thirty-something widow who lost her husband in an unfortunate accident, her guest of honor is downstairs neighbor Alice, a successful novelist, and Alice's lesbian lover, Boo, a family therapist. The other guests are Griever, Libby's best friend from group therapy; Norbert, Libby's gentle skydiving instructor; Tom, an old high-school boyfriend of Libby's now working as a jazz musician and composer, and Emily, Tom's current live-in girlfriend.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Dottie
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 6/8/1987
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Waiting for the Moon
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 6/15/1987
Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, others; and Hemingway pops in.
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- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Gal Young 'Un
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/1987
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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 6
Every episode of American Playhouse Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 6!
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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Network:PBS
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"All My Sons" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 6. It scored 7.6/10 based on 190 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/19/1987. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Lawrenceville Stories 1: The Prodigious Hickey".