Season 1 (1960)
Episodes: 14
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Cold Woman
Air Date: 1960-10-14
Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.
Ep.2 The Trapped Housewife
Air Date: 1960-11-10
Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike.
Ep.3 The Working Mother
Air Date: 1960-12-08
Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society.
Ep.4 The Single Woman
Air Date: 1961-02-02
A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.
Ep.5 Mother and Daughter
Air Date: 1961-02-03
A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.
Ep.6 Change of Life
Air Date: 1961-04-13
As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.
Ep.7 What's Wrong with Men?
Air Date: 1961-10-19
Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.
Ep.8 The Glamour Trap
Air Date: 1961-11-16
Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.
Ep.9 The Lonely Woman
Air Date: 1962-01-08
Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.
Ep.10 The Indiscriminate Woman
Air Date: 1962-02-01
A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.
Ep.11 The Problem Child
Air Date: 1962-04-19
Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play.
Ep.12 A Child in Danger
Air Date: 1964-10-28
A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.
Ep.13 The Menace of Age
Air Date: 1964-12-10
After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.
Ep.14 Just a Housewife
Air Date: 1965-02-26
Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman.