On the Rocks

Episode 1

Old Fish, New Fish

Thu, Sep 11, 1975 30 mins

Streetwise and wisecracking, Hector Fuentes returns just a little less than triumphant to his minimum-security prison. He begins his latest term by showing the ropes to naive first-time inmates.

Episode 2

To Catch a Thief

Thu, Sep 18, 1975

Fuentes announces that pineapple chunks are missing.

Episode 3

The Wagers of Sin

Thu, Sep 25, 1975

Warden Poindexter is intent on cracking down on gambling in the prison and takes extreme measures. But the ban has the opposite effect on Fuentes making him want to gamble even more.

Episode 4

The Legacy

Thu, Oct 2, 1975

Fuentes is sent to the prison hospital where he makes friends with an older inmate Gabby.

Episode 5

Mr. Lonelyhearts

Thu, Oct 9, 1975

The men are worried that their mates might be cheating on them, so Fuentes writes a threatening form letter for everyone to send to their loved ones.

Episode 6

Champion

Thu, Oct 16, 1975

A thug gives novice boxer Palik his first lesson in behind-bars bouts: he must pull his punches and lose whenever he is told to do so.

Episode 7

Peace and Quiet

Thu, Oct 23, 1975

Fuentes wants some time alone, away from his fellow inmates.

Episode 8

Dear John

Thu, Oct 30, 1975

Palik's girlfriend breaks off their engagement.

Episode 9

Sullivan's Finest Hour

Thu, Nov 13, 1975

Sullivan's carelessness gets him a reprimand after a con steals his bike and peddles off to Jamaica.

Episode 10

Homesick Blues

Thu, Nov 20, 1975

Cleaver becomes homesick.

Episode 11

The Great Escape

Thu, Nov 27, 1975

Fuentes tries to escape with a trick knee.

Episode 12

The High and the Mighty: Part 1

Thu, Dec 4, 1975

Fuentes' new cellmate turns out to be one of the warden's wartime buddies.

Episode 13

The High and the Mighty: Part 2

Thu, Dec 11, 1975

Fuentes' cell mate, a dishonorable judge, develops a rapport with his fellow inmates.

Episode 14

Friendly Persuasion

Thu, Dec 18, 1975

Fuentes and another cellmate devise a plan to improve working conditions.

Episode 15

The Underground Movement: Part 1

Thu, Jan 8, 1976

Fuentes and his cellmates foil the escape of a racketeer.

Episode 16

The Underground Movement: Part 2

Mon, Jan 12, 1976

Episode 17

A Test of Character

Mon, Jan 19, 1976

Palik takes his high school equivalency test.

Episode 18

Testing, Testing

Mon, Jan 26, 1976

Fuentes and Palik fail a psychiatric test.

Episode 19

Free and Clear

Mon, Feb 9, 1976

Cato, a long incarcerated prisoner, is granted parole but surprises all by refusing to leave. The other inmates urge him to depart so Cato lays out the conditions that will make him depart.

Episode 20

High Noon

Mon, Feb 16, 1976

Fuentes tries to keep the peace when a fight breaks out between Tommy "Mad Dog" Hollister and Lester DeMott.

Episode 21

The Desperate Hours

Mon, Feb 23, 1976

Cleaver and DeMott are called into the warden's office for a minor infraction. When other prisoners storm the office the two men are taken hostage.

Episode 22

I'll Never Forget What's Her Name

Mon, Mar 29, 1976

When a brash acquaintance of Fuentes' shows up at the prison, the men go crazy.

Episode 23

Retrospective: Part 1

Mon, May 17, 1976

Episode 24

Retrospective: Part 2

Mon, May 17, 1976 46 mins

An aspiring nurse saves money for college by working as a Certified Nurse's Assistant. Relegated to a ward the other nurses call "The Twilight Zone, " she becomes trapped in a room between a dying patient and an angel of death.