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7 Episodes 1981 - 1981
Episode 1
Sat, Jan 17, 198149 mins
Someone is dealing an exceptionally potent strain of angel dust to McNeal County's teenagers. After two teens are rendered vegetables after just a few puffs, Sheriff Buford Pusser mounts a one-man crusade to stop the influx of PCP...a crusade that turns personal when his son becomes a victim.
Episode 2
Sat, Jan 24, 198149 mins
The Ku Klux Klan is busy stirring up racial tensions in McNeal County, including blowing up a local farm equipment store and framing Sheriff Pusser's black deputy Aaron for rape. It's up to Buford to nail the evil bigots before violence erupts among the townspeople.
Episode 3
Sat, Jan 31, 198149 mins
A family of bank robbers escapes their latest heist, except for the patriarch, who is shot by a guard. While he lies near death in Sheriff Buford Pusser's jail, his three sons hold a family, as well as Pusser's father, hostage and demand their daddy's release.
Episode 4
Sat, Feb 7, 198149 mins
Crime boss, John Whitter, makes another attempt to kill Pusser that fails. Pusser responds by burning down one of his places. Whitter decides to hire hit man Webb McClain to take him out. It turns out that McClain is an old friend of Pusser's, but he's still going to do it. But he takes his time.
Episode 5
Sat, Feb 14, 198149 mins
Sheriff Pusser investigates the disappearance of a miner who has inflamed his bosses with vocal complaints about low wages and unsafe working conditions.
Episode 6
Tue, Mar 24, 198149 mins
After an old friend is murdered by chemical company workers dumping excess toxic waste, Sheriff Pusser teams up with a whistle-blowing company employee to solve the case.
Episode 7
Tue, Mar 31, 198149 mins
A man who is shot goes to a Church to confess. When Pusser arrives he asks the priest what did he say but he's bound by the seal of the confessional. Pusser learns from a Fed that some gunrunners are operating in his town. And when they learn that the priest might know about them they decide to take him out.