S1 • E1
A man's gratitude toward a stranger plunges him into a living nightmare. The stranger rescued their only child and they repay the gratitude by letting him live with them temporarily until the stranger begins to show less admirable qualities.
S1 • E2
In order to secure a promotion for her husband, an anthropology professor at a small liberal arts college, modern housewife Tansy Saylor resorts to the practice of old-fashioned witchcraft. Unknown to her, Tansy isn't the only person on campus dabbling in the occult in an effort to get ahead.
S1 • E3
In a story revealed through intermittent flashbacks, Norman Derringer awakens following an apparent suicide attempt. He possesses only vague memories of his past, which includes a wife and a former girlfriend, as well as a criminal element perhaps best left forgotten.
S1 • E4
James Foster, an American journalist, goes to a Latin American country to cover the trial of an influential leader who has been accused of treason in the attempted murder of a dictator. Foster's examination of the facts leads him to believe the trial has been fixed and is willing to place his own life in danger to expose the truth.
S1 • E5
In this futuristic tale set on the eve of the 1972 election, a third political party has arisen, and its presidential candidate appears to be a sure bet to win. When he suddenly dies before all the votes are calculated, political allies concoct a scheme to conceal his death so that his running mate will ascend to the presidency.
S1 • E6
After his wife is viciously shot and killed in front of him, a man must face something even more horrifying. Police catch and arrest the killer, but he stuns everyone by accusing the widower of masterminding his wife's death in a murder-for-hire plot.
S1 • E7
In a thinly veiled roman a clef of Adolph Eichmann, a well-respected American professor conceals his dark past as a Nazi lieutenant by adopting a new identity. Meanwhile, his assistant suspects him of having committed war atrocities and attempts to gather enough evidence to expose him.
S1 • E8
A wealthy woman with a leech of a husband refusing to grant her divorce believes herself to be free after he's killed in an apparent car crash; however, her problems are just beginning. She must contend with her late husband's vindictive sister, a series of frightening calls, and finally the police, who begin a murder investigation when a bullet is found in dead man's head.
S1 • E9
A struggling, alcoholic reporter receives a private tip from his brother-in-law, an FBI agent, about the plan to capture a vicious gangster, an exclusive story that could salvage his career. Things go awry when the wrong man is captured and killed, placing the reporter and his family in grave danger.
S1 • E10
A proficient insurance investigator doggedly pursues the perpetrator of a series of deliberately set local fires. His investigation suddenly becomes one of professional and domestic turmoil when he begins to suspect that the firebug is actually his emotionally disturbed wife.
James Foster
Professor Norman Saylor
Tansy Saylor
Norman Derringer
Stranger
Nancy Derringer
Sam Phillips
Sally Mellanby
B.J. Benedict
Jim Mellanby