The Runaways

Episode 1

Dark Side of the Road

Tue, May 29, 1979 60 mins

Episode 2

Wrong Way Street

Tue, Jun 5, 1979 60 mins

Episode 3

Land of Honey

Tue, Jun 12, 1979 60 mins

Episode 4

Screams in the Night

Tue, Jun 19, 1979 60 mins

Steve is trying to find a girl who ran away. When he can't find her which is something he can normally do, Mark and Debbie postulate that maybe she doesn't want to be found. She goes to her mother and step-father and the mother is acting strangely. He asks about their other daughter and they tell him, she can't help him. Steve finds her and talks to her and she reveals where her sister is. Steve goes there and learns a man took her in. He tries to convince him to let her go but he refuses and there's a fight. Steve later goes to see him with the Sheriff and threatening charges if he refuses to cooperate. The girl offers to go back and Steve takes her back to her parents. But Steve wonders why she left in the first place and does some digging and discovers a secret.

Episode 5

Dreams of My Father

Tue, Jun 26, 1979 60 mins

Episode 6

The Breaking Point

Tue, Jul 3, 1979 60 mins

A young man who's father has been pressuring him to excel in his studies and go to an Ivy league school learns that he failed a subject and goes to the teacher to see what he can do. When she tells him that she has already entered it in her record book, he freaks out and kills her. While the police investigate, Steve helps by talking to her students.

Episode 7

Throwaway Child

Tue, Jul 10, 1979 60 mins

"Brady Bunch" star Maureen McCormick appears as this week's runaway: Janet--"Jan" for short, which might provide a few chuckles to "Bunch" fans. Janet/Jan, age 16, feels that her parents, who own a real-estate agency, don't love her and that she was an unexpected, unwanted pregnancy as her mother gave birth to her at age 42. Her parents dote on their older daughter but seem to care little for Janet even when they find out that she has run away. Janet falls in love with a minor-league baseball player and tags along with him and his team on a road trip to Bakersfield. She is very jealous and an emotional wreck at times when she feels that her boyfriend does not pay attention to her. She checks in with her sister one night on the phone, who becomes concerned and hires clinical psychologist Steve Arizzio, who eventually tracks her down. Steve realizes that even Janet's parents have no concern for her whereabouts and understands why Janet craves attention and love from others. Eventually Janet's sister who adopts her--dropping her selfish fiancé along the way--allowing Janet to finally find someone who will love her, give her attention, and treat her with the respect she deserves. Steve Arizzio solves another missing Runaway case for this short-lived Quinn Martin production series that ran on NBC during 1978 and 1979. This series is not that bad, the concept is overall intriguing and if done correctly might even work on today's television format.

Episode 8

The Reunion

Tue, Jul 24, 1979 60 mins

Episode 9

They'll Never Forgive Me

Tue, Jul 24, 1979 60 mins

Episode 10

Street of Terror: Part 1

Tue, Aug 7, 1979 60 mins

A retired seaman takes on the neighborhood young toughs who are intimidating the elderly in his neighborhood.

Episode 11

Street of Terror: Part 2

Tue, Aug 14, 1979 60 mins

A neighborhood finds itself in turmoil when a older man is determined to clear out the criminal teens but ends up creating other problems.

Episode 12

False Images

Tue, Aug 21, 1979 60 mins

Steve befriends a high school student who is having doubts about his masculinity.

Episode 13

48 Hours to Live

Tue, Sep 4, 1979 60 mins