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Season 1 Episode 40: Dear Little Fool

Nurse Carroll doesn't follow the book in to attending to the old men under her care. She realizes that they need reasons to want to get better. Dr. McNaughton, however, is a rigid man who's frustrated trying to get her to follow the rules.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 4 Death Has a System

4. Death Has a System

Aired: Oct 23, 1953

A man's desire to avenge the murder of his brother is fulfilled at a cost.

Episode 5 The Ragged Stranger

5. The Ragged Stranger

Aired: Oct 30, 1953

A middle-aged man heading home talks a hitch-hiker into helping him regain hi...

Episode 6 Melody in Black

6. Melody in Black

Aired: Nov 6, 1953

The town is gossiping about a local murder. Her continued piano lessons and a...

Episode 8 Claire

8. Claire

Aired: Nov 20, 1953

A woman working hard to support her ill husband is put on the spot by the nurse.

Episode 9 Frozen Escape

9. Frozen Escape

Aired: Nov 27, 1953

Alaska prospector Jeff claims he didn't kill fellow gold hunter Arthur; he si...

Episode 10 Vacation Wife

10. Vacation Wife

Aired: Dec 4, 1953

A young wife takes a vacation alone at a mountain resort and meets another man.

Episode 14 Miss Darkness

14. Miss Darkness

Aired: Jan 1, 1954

A girl recognizes a bank robber, and, afraid to tell the police, seeks refuge...

Episode 15 The Gold Thumb

15. The Gold Thumb

Aired: Jan 8, 1954

A ruthless sister plots murder in order to get a large inheritance.

Episode 16 Account Closed

16. Account Closed

Aired: Jan 15, 1954

Bill is infatuated with his sexy blonde co-worker Alice, but she remains cool...

Episode 17 Farewell Performance

17. Farewell Performance

Aired: Jan 22, 1954

A ventriloquist, popular on the vaudeville stage, murders his unfaithful, nag...

Episode 21 Live a Little

21. Live a Little

Aired: Feb 19, 1954

A devoted husband becomes involved with another woman in a life of crime.

Episode 22 His Brother's Girl

22. His Brother's Girl

Aired: Feb 26, 1954

A college professor loses a chance at a promotion because of his brother's in...

Episode 23 Taps for a Hoofer

23. Taps for a Hoofer

Aired: Mar 5, 1954

A fading dancing star uses the remnant of glamour that still clings to his na...

Episode 24 Don't You Remember?

24. Don't You Remember?

Aired: Mar 12, 1954

A lonely man returns to his boyhood village to find his former sweetheart sti...

Episode 25 Open Season

25. Open Season

Aired: Mar 19, 1954

A man suspects his wife of being unfaithful and arranges a showdown at a duck...

Episode 26 The Silence

26. The Silence

Aired: Mar 26, 1954

A woman frightens the construction workers in the jungles of India when they ...

Episode 28 Borrow My Car

28. Borrow My Car

Aired: Apr 9, 1954

Two garage mechanics become involved with an attractive woman and a store rob...

Episode 32 Girl on the Drum

32. Girl on the Drum

Aired: May 7, 1954

When a dancer from Havana causes a New Orleans representative for a New York ...

Episode 33 The Black Purse

33. The Black Purse

Aired: May 14, 1954

The honesty of penniless Jeff Miller leads him into intrigue when he finds a ...

Episode 34 Fie, Fie, Fifi

34. Fie, Fie, Fifi

Aired: May 21, 1954

Fifi, the owner of a matrimonial business, involves a poor, middle-aged coupl...

Episode 35 Grenadine

35. Grenadine

Aired: May 28, 1954

A con artist's plan for taking advantage of a young woman is fouled up by a d...

Episode 36 Unfair Game

36. Unfair Game

Aired: Jun 4, 1954

A long-married couple travels from sophisticated life in Sydney, Australia, i...

Episode 37 Terror Train

37. Terror Train

Aired: Jun 11, 1954

A scientist and his wife are riding on a train that holds more danger than th...

Episode 38 Doubled in Danger

38. Doubled in Danger

Aired: Jun 18, 1954

A recently released convict vows revenge on the man that unjustly set him up....

Episode 40 Dear Little Fool

40. Dear Little Fool

Aired: Jul 4, 1954

Nurse Carroll doesn't follow the book in to attending to the old men under he...

Episode 41 Uncle Charley

41. Uncle Charley

Aired: Jul 11, 1954

A non-existent uncle proves to be a real-life problem for a couple, in this s...

Episode 42 The Whistling Room

42. The Whistling Room

Aired: Jul 18, 1954

A Londoner, with his father, moves to a castle in Ireland to be near his fian...

Episode 43 Bachelor's Week-end

43. Bachelor's Week-end

Aired: Jul 25, 1954

A bachelor is nearly connived out of getting married by his friends during a ...

Episode 44 Annual Honeymoon

44. Annual Honeymoon

Aired: Aug 1, 1954

The story revolves around a slave-driver boss and how he becomes the well-lik...

Episode 45 Long, Long Ago

45. Long, Long Ago

Aired: Aug 8, 1954

During a stormy night at an old, isolated house in England, a lonely couple a...

Episode 46 Mungahra

46. Mungahra

Aired: Aug 15, 1954

A Londoner returns from a South Seas fortune-hunting expedition minus his son...

Episode 48 Playmates

48. Playmates

Aired: Aug 29, 1954

Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen an...

Episode 49 Adopted Son

49. Adopted Son

Aired: Sep 5, 1954

A mother tries to remake the athletic boy she has adopted to the image of her...

Episode 50 A Mansion for Jimmy

50. A Mansion for Jimmy

Aired: Sep 12, 1954

Jimmy's new friends come from a higher income bracket than he does, so he doe...

Episode 52 Portrait of Tobey

52. Portrait of Tobey

Aired: Sep 26, 1954

A drama about a man who spent his life savings for his own likeness.

Info about The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Seasons: 2

Network: ABC

Genres:Drama