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Let My Jenny Go
Episode number: 1
Overview: Father Hardstep Rivers attempst to save Jennie, a young prostitute from a fate worse than death. Jennie doesn’t know that her pimp Ric (George Chakiris) is really her father, or that her mother Sara (Bibi Besch) is doing time in the pen. Hardstep tries to affect a miracle by having the former lovers meet at the church altar. He gets Sara out of the pen on a pass, then watches as the woman implores Ric to free their daughter from sexual bondage. Even the resident wino could have seen what was coming. Not Hardstep. Eric refuses the mother’s request, and she murders him in cold blood with a knife.
The People vs. Willie the Goat
Episode number: 2
Fast Louie
Episode number: 3
Overview: Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.
Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
Episode number: 4
Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
Episode number: 5
I Will Abide
Episode number: 6
Stumpy Boy
Episode number: 7
Lords of War
Episode number: 8
The One Called Daisy
Episode number: 9
Overview: Sister Daisy is brutally attacked and raped and subsequently discovers she is pregnant, and it is now Father Hardstep's difficult work to support her in the agonizing decision whether to keep the baby.
Love and Four Corners
Episode number: 10
Overview: Father Hardstep deals with a group of women who threaten to leave their husbands blaming a corner bar where the men are accused of not only drinking too much but losing their money gambling.
My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
Episode number: 11
A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
Episode number: 12
Overview: Town’ Father Hardstep has his hands full when Kathy, former Hell Town resident, marries David, son of Beverly Hills socialites. Problems arise when Kathy's father, Phil, out on leave from jail, wants to skip out to settle an old score, and David's father is an embarrassment with his snobbish behavior.
The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)
Episode number: 13
Overview: Father Hardstep saves a young girl, Meg, from a life on the Sets and pornography films, only to discover she is further harassed by a faceless corporation terorizing tenants in her newfound home and life.
The Last Kiss (a.k.a. Judas Goat, a.k.a. Hidden Splendor)
Episode number: 14