Episodes
| Nº | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | "A Clear and Present Danger" | James Goldstone | Howard Rodman, A.J. Russell, S.S. Schweitzer |
21 March 1970 |
| Pilot episode: When an old friend of the family dies from emphysema, the son of a U.S. Senator takes up the crusade against air pollution. | ||||
| 1 | "To Taste of Death But Once" | Daryl Duke | Joel Oliansky, Preston Wood |
13 September 1970 |
| Despite a threat on his life, Senator Stowe accepts an invitation from Garbury College to speak about the practical uses of political dissent. | ||||
| 2 | "The Day the Lion Died" | Daryl Duke | Leon Tokatyan | 4 October 1970 |
| Junior Senator Stowe is dealt a severe rebuke from Senate Majority Leader Homer Wydell when he tries to investigate a controversial and secretive military contract. When the elder senator begins exhibiting symptoms of dementia, Stowe has to make a tough choice about whether or not to risk ruining his own career by publicly questioning Wydell's competency before he leaves to chair a high stakes international arms conference. | ||||
| 3 | "Power Play" | Jerrold Freedman | Ernest Kinoy | 1 November 1970 |
| When Stowe throws his support behind a reform candidate as party nominee for a special election, he suddenly finds himself short of votes to secure passage of his signature education subsidy legislation. He risks alienating his grassroots supporters by considering a deal offered by State Party Chairman Mallon, who is desperate to nominate a wealthy but unqualified candidate. | ||||
| 4 | "A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 1" | Robert Day | David W. Rintels | 22 November 1970 |
| Senator Stowe chairs a commission that is investigating the shooting deaths of two college students by National Guard troops during an anti-war protest at a university. His task is complicated by the fact that the students, the administrators and the National Guardsmen all give different versions of what happened. | ||||
| 5 | "A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 2" | Robert Day | David W. Rintels | 29 November 1970 |
| As key event participants give testimony, Senator Stowe tries to reconcile differences in conflicting testimony, such as the existence of student snipers and whether or not an order was given to arm weapons, to determine if the National Guard's response was appropriate and to what extent the protestors were responsible. | ||||
| 6 | "Some Day, They'll Elect a President" | John Badham | Leon Tokatyan | 17 January 1971 |
| As part of an effort to bring a new power plant to his state, Senator Stowe's aide Jordan Boyle makes a major error in judgment by drafting and signing an introduction letter to a businessman who was later revealed to be a high-ranking member of the mob. | ||||
| 7 | "George Washington Told a Lie" | Daryl Duke | Ernest Kinoy, Joel Oliansky |
7 February 1971 |
| Senator Stowe proudly announces final approval for the construction of a long awaited hydroelectric dam in his home state. However, protesters bring to his attention a previously overlooked detail that the project will forcefully displace a tribe of 76 Native Americans from their reservation because of a technicality in their treaty, which was written in 1792 by George Washington. | ||||
| 8 | "A Single Blow of a Sword" | John Badham | Jerrold Freedman | 28 February 1971 |
| An opponent of the welfare system who works for the Office of Enforcement Operations attempts to derail Senator Stowe's Inner City Self Help Act legislation by publishing a report containing evidence of misappropriation of funds by an administrator Stowe personally selected for a similar anti-poverty agency. |
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