Episodes
S1E1 • Let My Jenny Go
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.
First aired : September 11, 1985
S1E2 • The People vs. Willie the Goat
No synopsis
First aired : September 18, 1985
S1E3 • Fast Louie
Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.
First aired : September 25, 1985
S1E4 • Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
No synopsis
First aired : October 2, 1985
S1E5 • Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
No synopsis
First aired : October 2, 1985
S1E6 • I Will Abide
A veteran pimp returns to Hell Town and resumes his old ways, prompting Hardstep to push a disillusioned cop (Guy Stockwell) into action.
First aired : October 23, 1985
S1E7 • Stumpy Boy
No synopsis
First aired : October 30, 1985
S1E8 • Lords of War
No synopsis
First aired : November 6, 1985
S1E9 • The One Called Daisy
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.
First aired : November 13, 1985
S1E10 • Love and Four Corners
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.
First aired : November 20, 1985
S1E11 • My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
No synopsis
First aired : November 27, 1985
S1E12 • A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
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.
First aired : December 4, 1985
S1E13 • The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)
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.
First aired : December 11, 1985
S1E14 • The Last Kiss (a.k.a. Judas Goat, a.k.a. Hidden Splendor)
No synopsis
First aired : December 18, 1985
S1E15 • One Ball
No synopsis