East Side/West Side

Episode 1

The Sinner

Mon, Sep 23, 1963 60 mins

A prostitute battles the parents of her baby's father--a derelict--for custody of the child.

Episode 2

Age of Consent

Mon, Sep 30, 1963 60 mins

Brock tries to help a young man when his girlfriend's father tries to break up their relationship by dragging the youngster into court.

Episode 3

You Can't Beat the System

Mon, Oct 7, 1963 60 mins

Brock tries to help a Korean War veteran suffering from post-traumatic distress.

Episode 4

Something for the Girls

Mon, Oct 14, 1963 60 mins

A wealthy young socialite, sentenced to community service due to a string of unpaid parking tickets, is assigned to do paperwork in Neil's office. She starts to lose some of her "superior" attitude when some of the neighborhood girls start coming to her for tips on how to keep their boyfriends.

Episode 5

I Before E Except After C

Mon, Oct 21, 1963 60 mins

Brock and a committed teacher try to convince young Puerto Rican dropouts to go back to school by coming up with a progressive education program.

Episode 6

No Wings at All

Mon, Oct 28, 1963 60 mins

Episode 7

Who Do You Kill

Mon, Nov 4, 1963 60 mins

A young African-American couple battle economic and social woes. Joe can only find menial jobs and to make ends meet Ruth works in a cheap bar. Then tragedy strikes their child.

Episode 8

Go Fight City Hall

Mon, Nov 11, 1963 60 mins

A landlord and his tenants decide to fight City Hall when they are told their building will be torn down for an urban renewal project.

Episode 9

Not Bad for Openers

Mon, Nov 18, 1963 60 mins

Brock is asked by the wife of a cab driver to intervene- he's an irresponsible gambling addict who found and kept some money left in his taxi by a fare. He's persuaded to return it but is suspended. Facing bills and a loan shark, he immediately goes out to find a fast buck game to make up for the loss.

Episode 10

No Hiding Place

Mon, Dec 2, 1963 60 mins

An upwardly mobile black family moves into a previously all-white neighborhood in suburban Long Island, New York. Chuck and Anne Severson, who are Neil's friends, at first welcome them to the neighborhood, even though some of their friends and neighbors don't want the black family there. However, when local real estate agents start "blockbusting"--the practice of scaring white homeowners into selling their homes for less than they're worth by raising the prospect of more blacks moving into the neighborhood and lowering property values, then selling the homes at vastly inflated prices to those same black families--Chuck and Anne must decide whether their stand against racism is worth losing the investment they have in their home.

Episode 11

Where's Harry?

Mon, Dec 9, 1963 60 mins

A Jewish businessman who can't put up with the vapid suburban life anymore goes back to the city tenement he grew up in, only to find that it's now occupied by a young black family.

Episode 12

My Child on Monday Morning

Mon, Dec 16, 1963 60 mins

Episode 13

Creeps Live Here

Mon, Dec 23, 1963 60 mins

Neil's office tries to help a lonely old woman whose house is scheduled to be demolished by the city.

Episode 14

The $5.98 Dress

Mon, Jan 13, 1964 60 mins

A woman who's on welfare can't support her family with the money she gets, so she takes a job to earn more money. When the welfare department finds out about it, she's thrown in jail.

Episode 15

The Beatnik and the Politician

Mon, Jan 20, 1964 60 mins

Brock comes to the aid of a group of "beatniks" in Greenwich Village who are trying to fight a crooked political boss and find themselves at odds with their Italian neighbors.

Episode 16

One Drink at a Time

Mon, Jan 27, 1964 60 mins

Two homeless people have a falling out one of them begins binge drinking wood alcohol.

Episode 17

It's War, Man

Mon, Feb 10, 1964 60 mins

A killer in a teenage street gang is arrested and starts on his way through the juvenile justice system.

Episode 18

Don't Grow Old

Mon, Feb 17, 1964 60 mins

An aging construction worker becomes resentful when he's forced into retirement before he's ready.

Episode 19

The Street

Mon, Feb 24, 1964 60 mins

After her mother's boyfriend abuses her, a teenager runs away from home and tries to survive on the streets.

Episode 20

If Your Grandmother Had Wheels

Mon, Mar 2, 1964 60 mins

Neil tries to help a wheelchair-bound man who focuses all of his dreams on walking again.

Episode 21

The Passion of the Nickel Player

Mon, Mar 9, 1964 60 mins

Neil comes into conflict with a numbers runner who preys on his neighborhoods poor gamblers.

Episode 22

Take Sides with the Sun

Mon, Mar 16, 1964 60 mins

Neil must decide whether he can help more people performing community service work or as a legislative consultant to a U.S. Congressman.

Episode 23

The Name of the Game

Mon, Mar 23, 1964 60 mins

An old-time union leader is eager to go against a corporate executive he has battled in the past, but it seems that he'd rather fight than come to a compromise that would benefit all sides.

Episode 24

Nothing But the Half Truth

Mon, Mar 30, 1964 60 mins

Neil considers quitting when Congressman Hanson doesn't follow through on promises made during a television show.

Episode 25

The Givers

Mon, Apr 13, 1964 60 mins

Brock and Hanson lobby for their proposed legislation which would stiffen penalties for contracting fraud, but their efforts are opposed by well-placed manufacturers with plenty of cash.

Episode 26

Here Today

Mon, Apr 27, 1964 60 mins

Neil writes an article about the plight of the poor, but can't get them published in any newspaper except one: The Light, a crusading paper that only does so because its publisher Brian Lincoln (Will Geer) decides to do so. Unfortunately, although the article is a success, the Light is in financial trouble, and is to be sold to a media company that will most likely force it to not publish articles like Neil's.