The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 6

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   #1 - All My Sons

   S6:E11/19/1987

   Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.

   Director:Jack O'Brien

   Writer:Arthur Miller

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   Director:Jack O'Brien

   Writer:Arthur Miller
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   #2 - The Prodigious Hickey

   S6:E21/26/1987

   In 1905, at the prestigious Lawrenceville School, chief prankster William 'Hickey' Hicks comes up with a scheme to make his shy, unpopular roommate a legend.

   Director:Robert Iscove

   Writer:Jan Jaffe Kahn

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   Director:Robert Iscove

   Writer:Jan Jaffe Kahn
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   #3 - The Wide Net

   S6:E32/2/1987

   William Wallace searches for his pregnant wife, Hazel, who has withdrawn from him, using a net in the Pearl River during the vernal equinox, a ritualistic search that delves into the mysteries of relationships and the feminine.

   Director:Anthony Herrera

   Writer:Anthony Herrera

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   Director:Anthony Herrera

   Writer:Anthony Herrera
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   #4 - Smooth Talk

   S6:E42/9/1987

   Bored with family life, 15-year-old Connie spends her summer at the mall and with friends, but her carefree attitude is shattered by a dangerous encounter with a menacing stranger who shows up at her home.

   Director:Joyce Chopra

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Joyce Chopra

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   #5 - A Mistaken Charity

   S6:E52/16/1987

   Two elderly, impoverished women are forced from the family farm by well-meaning neighbors. Ensconced and miserable at a Home for Elderly Ladies, the duo begin their journey back home.

   Director:Chuck Portz

   Writers:Chuck Portz, Lawrence DuKore

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   Director:Chuck Portz

   Writers:Chuck Portz, Lawrence DuKore
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   #6 - Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

   S6:E63/2/1987

   A widowed mother, convinced by a fortune teller she will die soon, pressures her youngest daughter to marry, while the daughter feels guilty about leaving her alone, creating a subtle conflict and bonding experience.

   Director:Wayne Wang

   Writer:Terrel Seltzer

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   Director:Wayne Wang

   Writer:Terrel Seltzer
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   #7 - Eleanor: In Her Own Words

   S6:E73/9/1987

   A one-woman show featuring Lee Remick as former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who gives forth with her views — many controversial at the time and which infuriated the right wing of both parties, as they still do today — on integration, women's rights, communism, and other important subjects of the day.

   Director:Mark Cullingham

   Writer:Russell Vandenbroucke

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   Director:Mark Cullingham

   Writer:Russell Vandenbroucke
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   #8 - The Innocents Abroad

   S6:E83/23/1987

   Reporter Mark Twain tours Europe and the Holy Land for a San Francisco newspaper in 1867.

   Director:Peter H. Hunt

   Writer:Mark Twain

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   Director:Peter H. Hunt

   Writer:Mark Twain
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   #9 - Story of a Marriage: Courtship

   S6:E94/13/1987

   In the early 1900s, a young couple in love struggle with their deeply divided families. Elizabeth Vaughn hails from a wealthy, strict Methodist household. Horace Robedaux is viewed by her family as having poor prospects, as he has been largely on his own since age 12, works humble jobs, and is an Episcopalian who enjoys dancing.

   Director:Howard Cummings

   Writer:Horton Foote

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   Director:Howard Cummings

   Writer:Horton Foote
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    #10 - Story of a Marriage: On Valentine's Day

    S6:E104/13/1987

    When Elizabeth and Horace elope, the resulting familial estrangement establish independent life, build a marriage, and navigate early parenthood.

    Director:Ken Harrison

    Writer:Horton Foote

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    Director:Ken Harrison

    Writer:Horton Foote
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    #11 - Story of a Marriage: 1918

    S6:E115/4/1987

    During the height of World War I, Horace faces immense pressure to enlist, all while the deadly Spanish Influenza outbreak descends on the small Texas community.

    Director:Ken Harrison

    Writer:Horton Foote

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    Director:Ken Harrison

    Writer:Horton Foote
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    #12 - Charley's Aunt

    S6:E125/11/1987

    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 desire of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.

    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Ron Friedman

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    Director:William Asher

    Writer:Ron Friedman
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    #13 - Gal Young 'Un

    S6:E135/18/1987

    In 1930s rural Florida, a middle-aged widow marries a younger, charming bootlegger who uses her for her money and property, leading to a story of exploitation and resilience as she confronts him and his young mistress.

    Director:Victor Nuñez

    Writer:Victor Nuñez

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    Director:Victor Nuñez

    Writer:Victor Nuñez
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    #14 - The House of Blue Leaves

    S6:E145/25/1987

    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.

    Director:Kirk Browning

    Writer:John Guare

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    Director:Kirk Browning

    Writer:John Guare
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    #15 - Blue Window

    S6:E156/1/1987

    In an affluent area of downtown New York City, a Sunday evening dinner party is 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:Norman René

    Writer:Craig Lucas

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    Director:Norman René

    Writer:Craig Lucas
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    #16 - Dottie

    S6:E166/8/1987

    Middle-aged recluse Dottie McCann, suffering from agoraphobia, is forced to confront her illness when she must make the difficult journey to travel to see her estranged sister, who is dying of leukemia.

    Director:David Gelfand

    Writer:Bruce Gelfand

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    Director:David Gelfand

    Writer:Bruce Gelfand
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    #17 - Waiting for the Moon

    S6:E176/15/1987

    A fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples, Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas. During a 1930s summer in France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, and others; and Hemingway pops in.

    Director:Jill Godmilow

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Jill Godmilow

    Writer:Unknown