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12 Episodes 1976 - 1976
Episode 1
Sun, Feb 8, 197660 mins
Art is of mixed Indian and Anglo heritage but Sara had no problems when he starts attending school. But many of the townspeople object and Sara sees a empty school and is outraged by the local's prejudice.
Episode 2
Fri, Feb 20, 197660 mins
Derek is a new pupil who's been well educated back East. Sara sees that Derek is at odds with the frontier children because of his wealthy but bellicose father and his thirst for learning. Sara tries to help the Derek fit in.
Episode 3
Fri, Feb 27, 1976
An epidemic has hit the town of Independence, overwhelming Doc Vaughn. Sara and the other healthy citizens try to help but it takes the daughter of the former physician to make a difference.
Episode 4
Fri, Mar 5, 1976
Sara encounters Henrietta, a elegant woman who has chosen isolation, shutting herself away from her neighbors. But Sara attempts to befriend her and sees the arrival of a piano in town as a chance to end the woman's loneliness.
Episode 5
Fri, Mar 12, 1976
Sara's student Harvey has an abusive home life and he steals a horse to get away. When caught the youth is sentenced to hanging as horse theft brings the death penalty. Sara finds herself alone as she tries to get Harvey a reprieve from the gallows.
Episode 6
Fri, Mar 19, 197660 mins
Sara falls for a man who has the dangerous job of a handling dynamite in the mines. Her friends try to warn her the romance will only bring her heartbreak but headstrong Sara remains optimistic.
Episode 7
Fri, Mar 26, 197660 mins
The lack of available single women in Independence makes Sara a likely bride in the near future. The town fathers convene and agree to discourage any suitors. Sara is outraged when she learns of the meddling in her personal life.
Episode 8
Fri, Apr 2, 197660 mins
Confined to an insane asylum for three years, solely on the basis of her husband's declaration, Lily Henchard manages to escape, only to discover a daughter who's now terrified of her. Lily finds an ally in her daughter's teacher, Sara Yarnell. Outraged at Mrs. Henchard's plight, Sara intervenes, both to help repair the relationship between mother and child and to vindicate Lily before her husband can engineer her recommittal.
Episode 9
Fri, Apr 9, 197660 mins
Thirteen year old Jenny is one of Sara's smartest students and seems to have a promising future. Jenny informs her teacher she's leaving school to marry a ranch hand. And the eastern born Sara finds it hard to fathom.
Episode 10
Fri, Apr 23, 197660 mins
With school not in session, the disappearance of Sara causes little concern as the town thinks she left for Denver. Achille, an uncouth mountain man, has abducted Sara and taken her to his isolated cabin.
Episode 11
Fri, Apr 30, 197660 mins
Sara's brother Peter arrives in Independence and tells her his wife Louise is gravely ill. Peter asks Sara to return to Philadelphia to care for his children anc spouse and he'll sign over his inheritance. Sara is torn about her future.
Episode 12
Fri, May 7, 197660 mins
Sara meets a feisty young girl and her ailing grandfather who own a mine. After the elderly man dies he leaves his granddaughter in Sara's custody and joint ownership in the failing ore venture that the teenager is determined to operate.