Visions Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Two Brothers

Thu, Oct 21, 1976

Two brothers, one played by Judd Hirsh, has a troubled relationship with his on-screen brother D. Speilberg, who is a medical doctor, but suffers from schizophrenia. Hirsh tries to help his brother, but is helpless in the face of the disease. The brother has moments of clarity, and at one point in the story, saves a man's life on a highway after he's been in a serious auto accident. The mother is played convincingly, and this drama from the TV anthology series Visions is powerful and moving.

Episode 2

The War Widow

Thu, Oct 28, 197685 mins

Originally broadcast by KCET (PBS) on their dramatic showcase series, "Visions," this sweet, quiet film is set during World War I. It is the story of Amy, a proper, but lonely housewife whose husband is away at war. She finds solace in a friendship with a more worldly female photographer, only to have her entire world turned upside down when the friendship becomes genuine love and she is forced to choose. Groundbreaking for its powerful yet non-prurient portrayal of lesbian first love.

Episode 3

El Corrido

Thu, Nov 4, 1976

Luis Valdez appears as an old man, whose 'corrido' (ballad) introduces a play within the play: the seriocomic story of Jesus Rasquachi, an itinerant Mexican farm worker who struggles to maintain hope despite a series of menial jobs and exploitative bosses.

Episode 4

Gold Watch

Thu, Nov 11, 1976

A Japanese American immigrant family struggling with hardships in the Pacific Northwest faces an unjust government order that will strip them of their liberties and livelihood because of their race.

Episode 5

Liza's Pioneer Diary

Thu, Nov 18, 197690 mins

Episode 6

The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike

Thu, Nov 25, 197690 mins

Ethel Tyne's drama of love and politics set in Depression-era New York, involves workers in a small garment factory.

Episode 7

Life Among the Lowly

Thu, Dec 2, 1976

Episode 8

Pennsylvania Lynch

Thu, Dec 9, 1976

Vigilante vengeance against a murderous black man sets a town on edge and an immigrant family at odds in this story based on a 1911 incident in Coatesville, PA.

Episode 9

Scenes from the Middle Class

Thu, Dec 16, 1976

Episode 10

The Phantom of the Open Hearth

Thu, Dec 23, 1976

Episode 11

The Tapestry/Circles

Thu, Dec 30, 1976

Episode 12

The Gardener's Son

Thu, Jan 6, 1977

Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, the story follows the rich Greggs, who run the mill, and the poor McEvoys, who work there. The animosity between their sons leads to tragedy.

Episode 13

The Prison Game

Thu, Jan 13, 1977