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The New People is a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on

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    The New People Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
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    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    ""Richard Kiley guest stars in a Rod Serling story that sets the scene for this series. A planeload of American exchange students crash lands on a Pacific island. Once planned as an atomic test site, the sanctuary offers a completely provisioned village. The survivors, a microcosm of their generation—white and black militants, leftists and rightists, glue sniffers and middle-of-the-roaders—must now suit their actions to their ideas and create a society of their own."" (TV Guide, September 22, 1969)

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Rod Serling

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  2. The New People Season 1 Episode 2 - Panic in the Sand
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    #2 - Panic in the Sand

    S1:E2

    ""The outbreak of a mysterious epidemic raises a point in medical ethics: who will be guinea pigs for a chemical that may cure -- or cause -- the malady?"" (TV Guide, September 29, 1969)

    Director:William Wiard
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The New People Season 1 Episode 3 - The Tin God
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    #3 - The Tin God

    S1:E3

    ""[A] new look at the old issue of the rebel vs. the establishment. When Bob Lee injures a girl with his car, a committee decrees that he take care of her. On the other hand, Bob Lee has spent a lifetime not doing the things required of him."" (TV Guide, October 6, 1969)

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The New People Season 1 Episode 4 - Murderer!
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    #4 - Murderer!

    S1:E4

    ""The specter of murder haunts the New People when a youth is found dead at the foot of a cliff. Not that they lack a suspect: enigmatic Dan Stoner had both opportunity and motive. But how should they handle the tragedy?"" (TV Guide, October 13, 1969)

    Director:Nicholas Webster
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The New People Season 1 Episode 5 - Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' Shower
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    #5 - Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' Shower

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    ""Always a rebel, Stanley wages a slightly ludicrous campaign against building an aqueduct for the girls' showers. He sees the project in terms of an emerging power structure, a virtual assault on the spirit of unfettered man."" (TV Guide, October 20, 1969)

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:George Kirgo

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  6. The New People Season 1 Episode 6 - Lifeline
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    #6 - Lifeline

    S1:E6

    ""Several youths decide to leave the island by raft. A near-suicidal scheme to start with, the plan is further endangered by the inclusion of Christine Miller, a neurotic."" (TV Guide, October 27, 1969)

    Director:Nicholas Webster
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The New People Season 1 Episode 7 - Marriage-Bomano Style
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    #7 - Marriage-Bomano Style

    S1:E7

    ""Van Heflin's daughter Kate plays her first major role in ""Marriage -- Romano [sic] Style."" Cara, a teen-ager reared in church tradition, runs away from an unsanctified marriage, her emotional trauma intensified by the imminent birth of a baby."" (TV Guide, November 3, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The New People Season 1 Episode 8 - Is This Any Way to Run an Island?
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    #8 - Is This Any Way to Run an Island?

    S1:E8

    ""Even in a society without rules, problems arise when everyone ""does his own thing."" The beach boys, for example, feel free to take the food -- and George, the others' quasi leader, feels just as free not to get involved."" (TV Guide, November 10, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The New People Season 1 Episode 9 - The Dark Side of the Island
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    #9 - The Dark Side of the Island

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    ""The discovery of a shallow grave gives rise to fears that someone -- or something -- may inhabit the unexplored side of the island. The fear mushrooms into near hysteria when one of the girls disappears."" (TV Guide, November 17, 1969)

    Director:Nicholas Webster
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The New People Season 1 Episode 10 - A Bride in Basic Black (1): The Courtship
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    #10 - A Bride in Basic Black (1): The Courtship

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    ""A two-part story begins with ""A Bride in Basic Black: The Courtship."" Susan, frightened by Ben Geary's insistence that she live with him, demands a law protecting the women on the island -- a proposal underscored by another girl's accusation of rape against Bob Lee."" (TV Guide, November 24, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The New People Season 1 Episode 11 - A Bride in Basic Black (2): The Surrender
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    #11 - A Bride in Basic Black (2): The Surrender

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    ""A two-part story concludes with ""A Bride in Basic Black: The Surrender."" Having failed to get a law protecting women, Susan fears nothing will stop arrogant Ben Geary from forcing her to live with him."" (TV Guide, December 1, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The New People Season 1 Episode 12 - The Pied Piper of Pot
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    #12 - The Pied Piper of Pot

    S1:E12

    ""Wash takes issue with a self-proclaimed mystic who proposes to show the way to bliss through meditation and marijuana."" (TV Guide, December 8, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edwin Blum

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  13. The New People Season 1 Episode 13 - Speed Kills
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    #13 - Speed Kills

    S1:E13

    ""Mental illness -- and the problems of coping with it -- loom with dramatic suddenness when a normally happy-go-lucky guy erupts in murderous paranoic outbursts aimed at George."" (TV Guide, December 15, 1969)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The New People Season 1 Episode 14 - The Guns of Bomano
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    #14 - The Guns of Bomano

    S1:E14

    ""The election of an armed peace officer brings to the island the old issues of law and order, gun control and the role of police in society."" (TV Guide, December 22, 1969)

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  15. The New People Season 1 Episode 15 - The Prisoner of Bomano
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    #15 - The Prisoner of Bomano

    S1:E15

    ""Wash's fate is in doubt after he is imprisoned by fellow blacks. They're establishing their own society, and they don't trust him to ""keep the faith."""" (TV Guide, December 29, 1969)

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Anthony Terpiloff

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  16. The New People Season 1 Episode 16 - The Siege of Fern's Castle
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    #16 - The Siege of Fern's Castle

    S1:E16

    """"The Siege of Fern's Castle"" examines pride and individual rights. The drama centers on Fern, a self-sufficient New Englander who's made a home in the wrecked plane -- and refuses to leave when a dangerous mine is beached near-by."" (TV Guide, January 5, 1970)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The New People Season 1 Episode 17 - On the Horizon
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    #17 - On the Horizon

    S1:E17

    ""The appearance of a distant fishing trawler raises the exciting hope of being rescued -- if the New People can agree that they want to signal the ship."" (TV Guide, January 12, 1970)

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The New People". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by George McCowan and written by Rod Serling, it aired on 9/22/1969. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Panic in the Sand".