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Call to Glory is an American drama series created by Ronald M. Cohen, and starring Craig T. Nelson as USAF Colonel Raynor Sarnac and his family as they navigated the political tensions and military duties
Season 1
N/A/100 votesPilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/13/1984
During the darkest days of the Cuban missile crisis, Raynor is ordered to fly over Cuba to obtain proof that the Russians are installing nuclear warheads.
Director: Thomas Carter
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesBlackbird
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/27/1984
Raynor faces one of his toughest missions as he tries to prevent a bitter ex-pilot from exposing the details of a top secret mission.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesPaper Tiger
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/3/1984
A dangerous top-secret mission takes Raynor over Red China to see if the Chinese have developed an Atomic Bomb.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesGo/No Go
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/1984
Sarnac is sent on a classified mission to Vietnam by Kennedy, to meet with and assess President Diem; to help determine in which direction diplomatic relations should go. Strained relations between Vietnamese Catholics and Buddhists complicate the issue.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesCall It Courage
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/1/1984
Raynor's involvement in a bitter political controversy could cost him a valued friendship...and ruin his military career.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesCover Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/29/1984
While testing a new flight system, Sarnac is hounded by an investigative reporter probing for revelations about defense spending.
Director: Martin Davidson
Writer: Josef Anderson
N/A/100 votesRealities
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/1984
Raynor and Vanessa are so involved in their friends' marital problems, they don't notice Carl is facing a crisis of his own.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesThe Wake
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/1984
Tension mounts in the Sarnac household as Raynor prepares for a mission that has already claimed the life of one of his best test pilots.
Director: Rick Hauser
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesMedals All of Brass
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/26/1984
Raynor is forced to face the harsh truth that an old friend is really a spy for the KGB.
Director: Gilbert Moses
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesA Wind of Change
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/1984
Sarnac is sent on a second fact-finding mission to Vietnam. His helicopter is shot down in enemy territory. Along with Clayton Jones, a enlisted Black man, Raynor is captured and tortured for information by the Viet Cong.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesGive Unto Caesar
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/17/1984
Stiff penalties await a pilot who disobeys orders and brings a Russian defector back to America.
Director: Richard Compton
Writer: Robert Lewin
N/A/100 votesMoonchild
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1985
The news that a child is on the way puts a wedge in the Sarnacs' marriage as they both try to cope with feelings of doubt and guilt.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Josef Anderson
N/A/100 votesImages
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1985
The Sarnac family faces an uncertain future when Vanessa decides she needs a break from her husband and children.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Robert Lewin
N/A/100 votesFathers and Sons
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1985
Raynor finds himself on an emotional rollercoaster when he discovers the truth about Carl's illness...and about his daughter's new boyfriend.
Director: Kevin Connor
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votesJust in Time
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1985
Sarnac is sent to Vietnam a third time with the knowledge that a coup is planned that will end the rule of Pres. Diem and his family. He hopes to adopt the orphan son of Quan and spends a night on the town in Saigon with Clayton Jones. His adoption plans are thwarted when the boy is kidnapped by the Viet Cong.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Josef Anderson
N/A/100 votesThe End, the Beginning
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1987
In Feb. 1973, the North Vietnamese release all their American POWs, including Sarnac, who has been captive for three years. He is accused by the Air Force of having murdered two CIA agents while in captivity. He also finds America and his family have changed much in his absence: Jackie is now in college student and is a single mother; Wesley has gone to Canada to avoid the draft; and Jackie’s ex-boyfriend Patrick is now an Air Force officer, but lost a leg in Vietnam.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
