Muggsy
The plot centered around 13 year-old Margaret "Muggsy" Malloy, who lived with her brother Nick in a truck trailer converted into an apartment parked behind a Bridgeport, Connecticut gas station. Muggsy dealt with the problems encountered by inner-city youth, including drugs and gangs.
- 1976-1977
- 1 season
- NBC
- Drama, Family
The plot centered around 13 year-old Margaret "Muggsy" Malloy, who lived with her brother Nick in a truck trailer converted into an apartment parked behind a Bridgeport, Connecticut gas station. Muggsy dealt with the problems encountered by inner-city youth, including drugs and gangs.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1977
Episode 1
Rage to Burn
Sat, Sep 11, 1976
After a pawnshop is destroyed by arson, the owner accuses the fire department of not working aggressively enough to identify the culprit - little realizing that it is someone very close to him.
Episode 2
A Question of Loyalty
Sat, Sep 18, 1976
Nick is robbed by a passenger who first steals his taxi and then kidnaps Muggsy when she pursues him. Meanwhile, Clytemnestra realizes that the criminal is her cousin, and faces a crisis of conscience about what to do.
Episode 3
The Race Problem
Sat, Sep 25, 1976
Cash competes in a race with a coaster wagon built by Muggsy and Clytemnestra. However, when he falls off the wagon and breaks his leg, it is up to Muggsy to save the day.
Episode 4
T.P. and the Satans
Sat, Oct 2, 1976
Muggsy and Clytemnestra fear that Clytemnestra's brother T.P. has rejoined his old street gang, the Satans. In fact, T.P. has become involved with a different organization altogether - and when the Satans find out, they go after him.
Episode 5
Hit and Run
Sat, Oct 9, 1976
Nick and Muggsy track down the hit-and-run driver who killed their friend's mother.
Episode 6
The Biggest Liar in Town
Sat, Oct 30, 1976
Nick and Muggsy set out to track down a masked bicycle thief in their neighborhood. Miller, one of the victims, is notorious for telling tall tales - thus complicating the hunt for the thief.
Episode 7
The Dognappers
Sat, Nov 6, 1976
Muggsy and Nick's newly adopted dog is kidnapped by thugs who sell animals to a testing laboratory.
Episode 8
Li'l Man in Big Trouble
Sat, Nov 13, 1976
When Deek and his gang convince Li'l Man to join them in vandalizing the school, Muggsy tries to intervene and winds up being arrested by the police.
Episode 9
The Getaway
Sat, Nov 20, 1976
Muggsy grows jealous of the attention that Nick has been paying to Robin, a former girlfriend who has re-entered his life. Meanwhile, Nick discovers that Robin has become a junkie and he tries to help her.
Episode 10
Strangers on the Run
Sat, Nov 27, 1976
Muggsy encounters three runaways: Jackie, a Puerto Rican youth trying to hide his ethnic background; Manolo, another youth who is supposedly trying to shield Jackie from a gang; and O'Hara, an alcoholic gambler with an unexpected connection to Muggsy.
Episode 11
The Big Break
Sat, Dec 11, 1976
Muggsy and Nick find themselves caught up in the humorous antics of a love triangle involving bartender Marylou, her husband Dean, and a pool hustler called The Hulk, who is interested in Marylou.
Episode 12
Special Delivery
Sat, Jan 29, 1977
Nick gives Muggsy a $5 weekly allowance after he finds a lucrative new source of income delivering "Mexican art objects" in his taxi - unaware that he is actually participating in illegal activity.
Episode 13