Testament

S04 E01 • Monday, Nov 26, 1984 • Nov 26 • 1h

A Matter of Principle

S04 E02 • Monday, Dec 3, 1984 • Dec 3 • 1h

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

S04 E03 • Monday, Dec 10, 1984 • Dec 10 • 1h

Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.

Tomorrow

S04 E04 • Monday, Dec 17, 1984 • Dec 17 • 1h

Go Tell It On the Mountain

S04 E05 • Monday, Jan 14, 1985 • Jan 14 • 1h

Noon Wine

S04 E06 • Monday, Jan 21, 1985 • Jan 21 • 1h

The Joy That Kills

S04 E07 • Monday, Jan 28, 1985 • Jan 28 • 1h

The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

S04 E08 • Monday, Feb 4, 1985 • Feb 4

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

S04 E09 • Monday, Feb 11, 1985 • Feb 11

Some Men Need Help

S04 E10 • Monday, Feb 18, 1985 • Feb 18

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

S04 E11 • Monday, Feb 25, 1985 • Feb 25

Breakfast with Les and Bess

S04 E12 • Monday, Mar 11, 1985 • Mar 11

Nightsongs

S04 E13 • Monday, Apr 15, 1985 • Apr 15

Under the Biltmore Clock

S04 E14 • Thursday, Apr 25, 1985 • Apr 25

F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.

Displaced Person

S04 E15 • Monday, May 6, 1985 • May 6

The Europeans

S04 E16 • Wednesday, May 15, 1985 • May 15

El Norte

S04 E17 • Monday, May 20, 1985 • May 20

Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

S04 E18 • Monday, May 27, 1985 • May 27

Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

S04 E19 • Monday, Jun 3, 1985 • Jun 3

Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

S04 E20 • Monday, Jun 10, 1985 • Jun 10

Paper Angels

S04 E21 • Saturday, Jun 15, 1985 • Jun 15

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

S04 E22 • Monday, Jun 24, 1985 • Jun 24