Porter Sims, a reporter from New York, comes to get material for a guide book on Virginia. John-Boy takes him to see the Baldwin sisters who allow him to look through the late Judge Baldwin's private papers. These reveal that their father was accused of treason for harboring Yankee soldiers during the Civil War. Deeply shocked and hurt, they decide not to leave their house ever again.
The automated Earth space probe Voyager One is approaching the Moon. With the radioactive exhaust from its engine certain to extinguish all life on Moonbase, the Alphans try to gain control and shut down the drive. Help comes when the probe's designer is found living on Alpha under an assumed name. However, Voyager is being followed by alien ships seeking revenge.
A wife claims spousal abuse; Wojo and Wentworth are bait for a park rapist.
A retired history teacher goes off the deep end and takes it upon himself to take a group of his former students hostage in an empty, condemned school. There, at gunpoint, he proceeds to teach them the finer points of history.
Hutch is dating a girl who was formerly associated with a big-time mobster. But Hutch is abducted by the jealous mobster, who forcibly gets him hooked on heroin, in order to find out where the girl is.
To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.
More than 1200 years ago, the impish Sindbad, a mischievous boy full of curiosity, sneaks into the royal palace to watch the acrobatic performances and learns that a wide world awaits beyond Baghdad. Hearing of the travels of his uncle Captain Ali, Sindbad decides to become a sailor and travel around the world. Leaving behind a note to his father, young Sindbad boards Captain Ali’s ship and-accompanied by a myna called Sheila-sets out for the greatest adventure of his life.
Laura goes into a haunted house when Nellie dares her to do it. She becomes a friend of the old man that lives there, Mr. Pike. She finds out that he is waiting for his wife to return. After Laura learns that Mrs. Pike died years ago, she helps Mr. Pike cope with the death of his wife.
Needing to make a good impression for a prospective business deal, Howard asks Richie to take the ""Prince of Porcelain's"" daughter out on a date. Richie, however, already has big plans and asks Potsie to take his place and pretend to be him.
Florida plans on borrowing money from her cousin to help pay some unexpected bills. James's pride stands in the way causing him to storm out to a bar, leaving Florida to learn about the shocking news about her seemingly wealthy cousin by herself.
Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.
Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on an unsolved robbery. And why are the pair being photographed ?
Mike must decide if he wants to be in the delivery room during the birth of the baby.
Steve is assigned to keep an eye on his college buddy, the entertainer John Perry. Oscar suspects the singer of being a courier for an espionage ring.
Romance develops when Bronk is assigned to protect Kate, who plans to turn state's evidence against her ex-boyfriend, syndicate boss Ben Capote. As the mob closes in, a fast game of hide-and-seek begins with Bronk beginning to suspect a set-up.
Murray realizes that he's always been in love with Mary and wants desperately to tell her.
The Doctor realises that Zeta Minor lies on the boundary between the universes of matter and anti-matter and something on the planet won't let the Morestrans leave.
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