Season 1

Season 1 (1963)




Episodes List

Ep.1 The Sinner

Air Date: 1963-09-23

Brock must decide if a woman is an unfit mother because of her profession.

Ep.2 Age of Consent

Air Date: 1963-09-30

An angry cop has his underage daughter's boyfriend arrested on a charge of statutory rape.

Ep.3 You Can't Beat the System

Air Date: 1963-10-07

Brock tries to help a war veteran who has been refusing to face the world for the last 10 years.

Ep.4 Something for the Girls

Air Date: 1963-10-14

A wealthy playgirl with numerous traffic violations is sentenced to perform social work for a month under Brock's supervision.

Ep.5 I Before E Except After C

Air Date: 1963-10-21

The new principal of a high school is faced with a student revolt.

Ep.6 No Wings at All

Air Date: 1963-10-28

A mildly retarded young man is charged with molesting a girl.

Ep.7 Who Do You Kill

Air Date: 1963-11-04

A black couple in Harlem are driven to take action against slum conditions when their baby is bitten by a rat.

Ep.8 Go Fight City Hall

Air Date: 1963-11-11

Brock tries to help a landlord whose building is being razed by the city to make room for a playground.

Ep.9 Not Bad for Openers

Air Date: 1963-11-18

Brock tries unusual methods in his efforts to cure a conpulsive gambler.

Ep.10 No Hiding Place

Air Date: 1963-12-02

A black couple has trouble with some of the other homeowners when they move to an all-white suburban community.

Ep.11 Where's Harry?

Air Date: 1963-12-09

A man suddenly leavs his family and goes back to his old neighborhood to rediscover his youth.

Ep.12 My Child on Monday Morning

Air Date: 1963-12-16

Parents find out that their 5-year-old child has schizophrenia.

Ep.13 Creeps Live Here

Air Date: 1963-12-23

Brock has to find new lodgings for an eccentric group of senior citizens who are losing their present home.

Ep.14 The $5.98 Dress

Air Date: 1964-01-13

Brock tries to find a solution to the problem of welfare recipients becoming ineligible if they take part-time jobs.

Ep.15 The Beatnik and the Politician

Air Date: 1964-01-20

When a politician tells a beatnik that the people don't want ""his kind"" in the area, Brock advises the beatnik to fight back by running against him in the next election.

Ep.16 One Drink at a Time

Air Date: 1964-01-27

A homeless woman fears for the life of her friend, who has taken to drinking wood alcohol.

Ep.17 It's War, Man

Air Date: 1964-02-10

Ep.18 Don't Grow Old

Air Date: 1964-02-17

A construction worker doesn't like having been forced into retirement.

Ep.19 The Street

Air Date: 1964-02-24

After being abused by her mother's boyfriend, a teenage girl tries to make a living on the streets.

Ep.20 If Your Grandmother Had Wheels

Air Date: 1964-03-02

Brock tries to help a wheelchair-bound paraplegic who dreams of nothing but the day he'll be able to walk again.

Ep.21 The Passion of the Nickel Player

Air Date: 1964-03-09

Brock comes up against a ""numbers runner"" who caters to his neighborhood's gambling needs.

Ep.22 Take Sides with the Sun

Air Date: 1964-03-16

Brock is offered a job as legislative consultant for an ambitious U.S. Congressman, and must decide if this is a better way for him to help people than to continue his community social services work, treating one case at a time.

Ep.23 The Name of the Game

Air Date: 1964-03-23

A young union negotiator is unsure where his loyalties lie in a labor dispute.

Ep.24 Nothing But the Half Truth

Air Date: 1964-03-30

When Representative Hanson gets Brock to appear on a TV discussion program about the problem of slums and then refuses to follow through, Brock considers quitting.

Ep.25 The Givers

Air Date: 1964-04-13

Brock uncovers evidence that a wealthy manufacturer has been bribing government officials.

Ep.26 Here Today

Air Date: 1964-04-27

Brock can't find a newspaper interested in publishing his series of articles about the plight of the poor.