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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pilot

    • September 4, 1975
    • CBS

    I have been unable to trace details of this 90-minute TV-movie pilot. The International Movie Database identifies the writer as Tom Greene.

  • S01E02 Fear

    • September 14, 1975
    • CBS

    Despite his deep-rooted fear of heights, John goes along with Pete and Endy in tacking flight instuction from a hang-glibding pilot. Unexpectedly, John likes the beginner's lessons—until he realizes that the advanced stages of the sport entail flying off 200-foot cliffs.

  • S01E03 Match Point

    • September 21, 1975
    • CBS

    While his father is shooting a photo layout for a sports magazine, John almost defeats tennis star Tom Aberling in a pick-up match; but Tom's father fears the nonchalant game could ruin his son's reputation.

  • S01E04 The Ghost Story

    • September 28, 1975
    • CBS

    While covering an exhibit featuring the works of a recently deceased young artist, Peter receives a bizarre request from her twin sister: she wants him to photograph the dead woman's ghost, reportedly haunting the family estate.

  • S01E05 Ride on a Red Balloon

    • October 5, 1975
    • CBS

    A drinking problem prevents Pete's longtime friend, a hot air balloon pilot, from assisting with an advertising photo layour Pete is doing for a soft drink company.

  • S01E06 The Fugitives

    • October 12, 1975
    • CBS

    The father of a young girl is being stalked by a mysterious man with a gun.

  • S01E07 The Cave

    • October 19, 1975
    • CBS

    Pete's wartime buddy Dan Marshall undertakes daring exploits in a huge, dark, and treacherous cave, with an admiring John Karras following close behind.

  • S01E08 The Rip-Off

    • October 26, 1975
    • CBS

    A young girl hitchhiker creates a nightmare for Pete Karras and his sons when she and her boyfriend steal the Karras' motor home.

  • S01E09 The Prisoner in Sneakers

    • November 2, 1975
    • CBS

    A friendship develops between Endy Karras and a bitter, street-wise youth in a detention home.

  • S01E10 The Albatross

    • November 16, 1975
    • CBS

    Pete and his sons stop to help a young mother whose car has broken down, but find themselves giving Patti Hardy and her son more than just a lift to the next city.

  • S01E11 Adventure in LA

    • November 23, 1975
    • CBS

    Pete has been assigned to photograph the daughter of an international shipping magnae while she is visiting Los Angeles, but he arrives to find that the job has been given to someone else—and that threats have been made on the young girl's life.

  • S01E12 Odyssey in Jeans

    • November 30, 1975
    • CBS

    Working on a photo assignment at a guest ranch, Pete falls from his horse and is rushed to hospital, leaving John to deal with young Endy's fright and confusion.

  • S01E13 The Trail of Bigfoot

    • CBS

    Pete sets out to photgraph the elusive Bigfoot.