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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!

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. 9.7/10(17 votes)

    #1 - A Mistaken Charity

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  2. 9.2/10(29 votes)

    #2 - The Innocents Abroad

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  3. 8.9/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Story of a Marriage (2)

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  4. 8.8/10(16 votes)

    #4 - The Wide Net

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  5. 8.4/10(138 votes)

    #5 - Story of a Marriage (1)

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  6. 8.0/10(157 votes)

    #6 - The Lawrenceville Stories 1: The Prodigious Hickey

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  8. 7.9/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Story of a Marriage (3)

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  9. 7.6/10(191 votes)

    #8 - All My Sons

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    #9 - Smooth Talk

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    #10 - Eleanor: In Her Own Words

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    #11 - A Case of Libel

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    #12 - Charley's Aunt

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    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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    #13 - The House of Blue Leaves

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    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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    #14 - Blue Window

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    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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    #15 - Dottie

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    #16 - Waiting for the Moon

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    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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    #17 - Gal Young 'Un

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"A Mistaken Charity" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 6. It scored 9.7/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/1987. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Innocents Abroad".