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East Side/West Side

Season 1 Episode 9: Not Bad for Openers

Brock is asked by the wife of a cab driver to intervene- he's an irresponsible gambling addict who found and kept some money left in his taxi by a fare. He's persuaded to return it but is suspended. Facing bills and a loan shark, he...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Sinner

1. The Sinner

Aired: Sep 23, 1963

A prostitute battles the parents of her baby's father--a derelict--for custod...

Episode 2 Age of Consent

2. Age of Consent

Aired: Sep 30, 1963

Brock tries to help a young man when his girlfriend's father tries to break u...

Episode 6 No Wings at All

6. No Wings at All

Aired: Oct 27, 1963

The struggles of a couple trying to cope with an adult son who is mentally re...

Episode 7 Who Do You Kill?

7. Who Do You Kill?

Aired: Nov 3, 1963

A young African-American couple battle economic and social woes. Joe can only...

Episode 8 Go Fight City Hall

8. Go Fight City Hall

Aired: Nov 10, 1963

A landlord and his tenants decide to fight City Hall when they are told their...

Episode 9 Not Bad for Openers

9. Not Bad for Openers

Aired: Nov 17, 1963

Brock is asked by the wife of a cab driver to intervene- he's an irresponsibl...

Episode 10 No Hiding Place

10. No Hiding Place

Aired: Dec 1, 1963

An upwardly mobile black family moves into a previously all-white neighborhoo...

Episode 11 Where's Harry?

11. Where's Harry?

Aired: Dec 8, 1963

A Jewish businessman who can't put up with the vapid suburban life anymore go...

Episode 13 Creeps Live Here

13. Creeps Live Here

Aired: Dec 22, 1963

Neil's office tries to help a lonely old woman whose house is scheduled to be...

Episode 14 The $5.98 Dress

14. The $5.98 Dress

Aired: Jan 12, 1964

A woman who's on welfare can't support her family with the money she gets, so...

Episode 16 One Drink at a Time

16. One Drink at a Time

Aired: Jan 26, 1964

Two homeless people have a falling out one of them begins binge drinking wood...

Episode 17 It's War, Man

17. It's War, Man

Aired: Feb 9, 1964

A killer in a teenage street gang is arrested and starts on his way through t...

Episode 18 Don't Grow Old

18. Don't Grow Old

Aired: Feb 16, 1964

An aging construction worker becomes resentful when he's forced into retireme...

Episode 19 The Street

19. The Street

Aired: Feb 23, 1964

After her mother's boyfriend abuses her, a teenager runs away from home and t...

Episode 23 The Name of the Game

23. The Name of the Game

Aired: Mar 22, 1964

An old-time union leader is eager to go against a corporate executive he has ...

Episode 25 The Givers

25. The Givers

Aired: Apr 12, 1964

Brock and Hanson lobby for their proposed legislation which would stiffen pen...

Episode 26 Here Today

26. Here Today

Aired: Apr 27, 1964

Brock writes a long series of articles about the plight of the urban poor, bu...

Info about East Side/West Side

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Drama