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Call to Glory Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Episode 1
Call to Glory
Mon, Aug 13, 198496 mins
"Col. Raynor Sarnac as a pilot with the 'right stuff. He's flown missions in two wars and has risen to command a reconnaissance wing at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, where he pilots his flyers and his family through the turbulent '60s." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 2
The Move
Mon, Aug 20, 1984
The entire Sarnac family is thrown into turmoil when Raynor receives a lucrative job offer in the private sector.
Episode 3
Blackbird
Mon, Aug 27, 1984
Raynor faces one of his toughest missions as he tries to prevent a bitter ex-pilot from exposing the details of a top secret mission.
Episode 4
Paper Tiger
Mon, Sep 3, 1984
A dangerous top-secret mission takes Raynor over Red China to see if the Chinese have developed an Atomic Bomb.
Episode 5
A Nation Divided
Mon, Sep 17, 1984
Wesley Sarnac confronts the ugly face of racial discrimination.
Episode 6
Go/No Go
Mon, Sep 24, 1984
Col. Sarnac is sent on a classified mission to Vietnam by President Kennedy, to meet with and assess President Diem; to help determine in which direction diplomatic relations should go. Strained relations between Vietnamese Catholics and Buddhists complicate the issue.
Episode 7
Call It Courage
Mon, Oct 1, 1984
After losing a friend to the crash of an experimental fighter aircraft, Raynor is called to Washington to testify to a congressional committee on the future of the aircraft's continued development. While Raynor wants to kill the project, complicating the issue is the plane's designer, one of Raynor's best friends, who once saved Raynor's life, and who pleads with Raynor to recommend continued R&D on the airframe. Meanwhile, Wesley gets involved with a friend helping to prepare for the Civil Rights March on Washington, and misses out on the family's Presidential invitation to visit the White House.
Episode 8
A Wind from the East
Mon, Oct 8, 1984
Raynor is asked to take to take Colonel Sakamoto of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) on a flight to test newly-designed engines. During a vertical climb test, a catastrophic engine failure requires them to bail out in the wilderness of the Sierra Navadas, and ther survival skills are put to an extreme test as Air Force Search and Rescue hunts for them.
Episode 9
A Moment in the Sun
Mon, Oct 22, 1984
Aeronautic Engineer Josh Farrell and the "YF-13" are back (from Episode 7), and this time it's being test-flown by another good friend of the Sarnac family, Hal Bonner. Raynor, flying a "chase" plane, has a different interpretation of the test flight than Hal does, and Josh Farrell is still bitter from Raynor's Congressional testimony to terminate the aircraft's development.
Episode 10
Cover Story
Mon, Oct 29, 1984
A journalist with an anti-military "chip" on her shoulder complicates the testing of the development of a new weapons system technology.
Episode 11
Realities
Mon, Nov 12, 1984
"Raynor and Vanessa are so involved in their friends' marital problems, they don't notice that Carl is facing a crisis of his own." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 12
The Wake
Mon, Nov 19, 1984
"Tension mounts in the Sarnac household as Raynor prepares for a mission that has already claimed the life of one of his best test pilots." (Quoting from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 13
Medals All of Brass
Mon, Nov 26, 1984
"Raynor is forced to face the harsh truth that an old friend is really a spy for the KGB." (Quoting from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 14
A Wind of Change
Mon, Dec 3, 1984
"A flight or over Vietnam turns into a journey of terror when Raynor is shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 15
Give Unto Caesar
Mon, Dec 17, 1984
The plot I just submitted, quoted from the description that accompanies the episode, "Stiff penalties await a pilot who disobeys orders and brings a Russian defector back to America", has NOTHING to do with the plot of this episode! (In actuality): Raynor and Vanessa Sarnac are finding serious strains in their relationship. Meanwhile, Patrick's mother returns to California, and she and Patrick are also having problems, while Jackie asks Raynor to intervene with Patrick's attitude and actions.
Episode 16
Moonchild
Tue, Jan 15, 1985
"The news that a child is on the way puts a wedge in the Sarnacs' marriage as they both try to cope with feelings of doubt and guilt." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 17
Images
Tue, Jan 22, 1985
Elly, Patrick's mother, returns to California, but is given the cold shoulder by him. Vanessa has gone back to work, but their relationship is still strained, so Raynor takes her away for a weekend beach retreat, but Vanessa still feels the need to "get away", so she goes to L.A. to stay with Elly. Jackie is concerned about Patrick's worsening attitude, and asks Raynor to intervene.
Episode 18
Fathers and Sons
Tue, Jan 29, 1985
The SR-71 Blackbird arrives at Edwards AFB, and Raynor is the test pilot. His father, Carl, has resumed stunt flying in his biplane, and Raynor doesn't approve, but Raynor doesn't know that Carl doesn't have long to live. Carl finally tells Raynor that he's dying from leukemia, and they have some frank discussions about life and death. Meanwhile, an old boyfriend of Jackie's turns up, and Raynor and Vanessa don't approve.
Episode 19
Just in Time
Tue, Feb 12, 1985
Raynor goes to Vietnam to "assess the situation", assured that he can adopt the young orphaned boy, Tran. He reunites with CPL "Jonesy" and Willy Nighthawk. Tran goes missing, and Nighthawk's going to help Raynor find Tran.
Episode 20
JFK: Part 1
Sun, Jun 30, 1985
"Raynor has to fly this top-secret mission and go to Washington DC." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 21
JFK: Part 2
Sun, Jun 30, 1985
"Raynor meets with President Kennedy. The family goes with him." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 22
Fathers and Daughters
Wed, Feb 27, 1985
"This episode mainly concentrates on the relationship between Raynor and Jackie. Jackie is growing into womanhood and Rainer is coming to grips with it ." (Quoted from the description that accompanies the episode.)
Episode 23
The End, the Beginning
Wed, Feb 27, 1985
Eight years have passed since Carl's death and Raynor has been released after three years as a prisoner in Vietnam. Raynor is questioned about his part in the death of a C.I.A Agent and the Sarnac family goes on with the children as adults.