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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 6

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Every episode of American Playhouse Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 6!

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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  1. Background image for All My Sons
    7.6/10(191 votes)

    #1 - All My Sons

    S6:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Lawrenceville Stories 1: The Prodigious Hickey
    8.0/10(157 votes)

    #2 - The Lawrenceville Stories 1: The Prodigious Hickey

    S6:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Wide Net
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Wide Net

    S6:E3

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    Director:Anthony Herrera
    Writer:Anthony Herrera
  4. Background image for Smooth Talk
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    #4 - Smooth Talk

    S6:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for A Mistaken Charity
    9.7/10(17 votes)

    #5 - A Mistaken Charity

    S6:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Eleanor: In Her Own Words
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    #6 - Eleanor: In Her Own Words

    S6:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  7. Background image for The Innocents Abroad
    9.2/10(29 votes)

    #7 - The Innocents Abroad

    S6:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  8. Background image for Story of a Marriage (1)
    8.4/10(138 votes)

    #8 - Story of a Marriage (1)

    S6:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.9/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Story of a Marriage (2)

    S6:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Story of a Marriage (3)

    S6:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - A Case of Libel

    S6:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Charley's Aunt
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    #12 - Charley's Aunt

    S6:E12

    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

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Gal Young 'Un
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    #13 - Gal Young 'Un

    S6:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The House of Blue Leaves
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    #14 - The House of Blue Leaves

    S6:E14

    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 ...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Blue Window

    S6:E15

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Dottie

    S6:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Waiting for the Moon
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    #17 - Waiting for the Moon

    S6:E17

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 6 Ratings Summary

"All My Sons" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 6. It scored 7.6/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, 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".