The New People (1969–1970)

1. S01E01PilotSeptember 22, 1969—""Richard Kiley guest stars in a Rod Serling story that sets the scene for this series. A planeload of American exchange students crash lan
2. S01E02Panic in the SandSeptember 29, 1969—""The outbreak of a mysterious epidemic raises a point in medical ethics: who will be guinea pigs for a chemical that may cure -- or cause -
3. S01E03The Tin GodOctober 6, 1969—""[A] new look at the old issue of the rebel vs. the establishment. When Bob Lee injures a girl with his car, a committee decrees that he t
4. S01E04Murderer!October 13, 1969—""The specter of murder haunts the New People when a youth is found dead at the foot of a cliff. Not that they lack a suspect: enigmatic Da
5. S01E05Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' ShowerOctober 20, 1969—""Always a rebel, Stanley wages a slightly ludicrous campaign against building an aqueduct for the girls' showers. He sees the project in t
6. S01E06LifelineOctober 27, 1969—""Several youths decide to leave the island by raft. A near-suicidal scheme to start with, the plan is further endangered by the inclusion
7. S01E07Marriage-Bomano StyleNovember 3, 1969—""Van Heflin's daughter Kate plays her first major role in ""Marriage -- Romano [sic] Style."" Cara, a teen-ager reared in church tradition
8. S01E08Is This Any Way to Run an Island?November 10, 1969—""Even in a society without rules, problems arise when everyone ""does his own thing."" The beach boys, for example, feel free to take the
9. S01E09The Dark Side of the IslandNovember 17, 1969—""The discovery of a shallow grave gives rise to fears that someone -- or something -- may inhabit the unexplored side of the island. The f
10. S01E10A Bride in Basic Black (1): The CourtshipNovember 24, 1969—""A two-part story begins with ""A Bride in Basic Black: The Courtship."" Susan, frightened by Ben Geary's insistence that she live with hi
11. S01E11A Bride in Basic Black (2): The SurrenderDecember 1, 1969—""A two-part story concludes with ""A Bride in Basic Black: The Surrender."" Having failed to get a law protecting women, Susan fears nothi
12. S01E12The Pied Piper of PotDecember 8, 1969—""Wash takes issue with a self-proclaimed mystic who proposes to show the way to bliss through meditation and marijuana."" (TV Guide, Decem
13. S01E13Speed KillsDecember 15, 1969—""Mental illness -- and the problems of coping with it -- loom with dramatic suddenness when a normally happy-go-lucky guy erupts in murdero
14. S01E14The Guns of BomanoDecember 22, 1969—""The election of an armed peace officer brings to the island the old issues of law and order, gun control and the role of police in society
15. S01E15The Prisoner of BomanoDecember 29, 1969—""Wash's fate is in doubt after he is imprisoned by fellow blacks. They're establishing their own society, and they don't trust him to ""ke
16. S01E16The Siege of Fern's CastleJanuary 5, 1970—""""The Siege of Fern's Castle"" examines pride and individual rights. The drama centers on Fern, a self-sufficient New Englander who's mad
17. S01E17On the HorizonJanuary 12, 1970—""The appearance of a distant fishing trawler raises the exciting hope of being rescued -- if the New People can agree that they want to sig

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