American Playhouse Season 8 Episodes

Episode 1

A Raisin in the Sun

Wed, Feb 1, 1989171 mins

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor Black family.

Episode 2

Ask Me Again

Wed, Feb 8, 1989121 mins

The heroine is a rebellious only child of a stuffy Upper East side family who struggle s to assert her independence. She (and her wildly curly hair) bravely fights her overbearing mother's efforts to tame her, and proudly works in a small esoteric publishing house and has a leftist neighbor/ boyfriend and a wacky best friend. She resists her mother's efforts to set her up with a suitable young man, but eventually finds that she was wrong about him.

Episode 3

Stacking

Wed, Feb 15, 1989

Episode 4

My American Cousin

Mon, Feb 20, 1989

Episode 5

Love and Other Sorrows

Wed, Mar 1, 198956 mins

Episode 6

Stand and Deliver

Wed, Mar 15, 1989

Episode 7

The Silence at Bethany

Wed, Mar 22, 1989

Episode 8

Life Under Water

Wed, Apr 12, 198956 mins

Young man, who can't get along with the rest of the world, especially his mother, decides to try to take his life in his own hands.

Episode 9

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Wed, Apr 26, 1989

Episode 10

The Meeting

Wed, May 3, 198990 mins

Fictional meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in Harlem in the early '60's.

Episode 11

Big Time

Wed, May 17, 1989

Episode 12

The Thin Blue Line

Wed, May 24, 1989

Episode 13

Land of Little Rain

Wed, May 31, 198962 mins

In 1900, if you wanted to be a writer in California, you had better be a man. Mary Austin sought to prove herself against incredible odds as a poet, novelist, and playwright, teaching feminist ideals and becoming one of the foremost writers to document the complex culture and heritage of the American Southwest.

Episode 14

Imagining America

Wed, Jun 7, 198960 mins