American Gothic

American Gothic· Season 1 · Episode 4

Damned If You Don't

S01E04·October 10, 1995·1h·CBS

Carter got away with molesting a girl, via Sheriff Buck's influence, but 17 years later, stalls about providing his own 15 year-old daughter as the Sheriff's go-fer. When junkyard owner Carter doesn't meet Buck's midnight deadline, immediately Carter's wife is maimed in a household accident. Buck offers to buy the orphaned Caleb an elaborate science project, while Caleb's dead sister & Dr. Crower counsel him to focus on learning, not cheating to win.

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Guest stars

Christopher Fennellas Boone Mackenzie

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