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The Best Episodes of CBS Playhouse Season 1

Every episode of CBS Playhouse Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of CBS Playhouse Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 1 - The Glass Menagerie
    8.9/10(26 votes)

    S1:E1

    An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

    Director:Michael Elliott
    Writer:Tennessee Williams

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  2. CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 3 - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    S1:E3

    Follows a carpenter who has built his own home, but is now too old and infirm to live on his own, and is sent to live in an old age home against his desires.

    Director:George Schaefer
    Writer:Loring Mandel

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  3. CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 2 - The Final War of Olly Winter
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    S1:E2

    Olly Winter, an African-American Master Sergeant in the Vietnam War, is walking back to allied-controlled land following a battle with the Viet Cong. Along the way, he meets a Vietnamese girl, an orphaned infant, and a dog.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Ronald Ribman

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  4. CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 4 - Dear Friends
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

    After 15 years together, Michael and Lois Graves contemplate divorce. Their friends—three other couples—try to repair their relationship, and ultimately observe the connections that they themselves have.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Reginald Rose

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  5. CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 5 - My Father and My Mother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E5

    Ned, a New York editor struggling as a husband and parent, looks back and learns about the difficulties his own parents faced in life.

    Director:George Schaefer
    Writer:Robert J. Crean

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  6. CBS Playhouse Season 1 Episode 6 - Secrets
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E6

    Following a chance encounter that brings him face to face with his past, conservative businessman Bryan Gray goes in search of Janet Ferguson, an actress with whom he had a relationship many years before. His unwillingness to share private aspects arouses the suspicion of wife Doris, who is determined to know all of his secrets and the motivations behind them.

    Director:Paul Bogart
    Writer:Tad Mosel

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Glass Menagerie" is the best rated episode of CBS Playhouse season 1. It scored 8.9/10 from 26 votes. Directed by Michael Elliott and written by Tennessee Williams, it aired on December 8, 1966. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night".