Special for Women

Season 1

1960 · 14 episodes · 14h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Cold Woman

   14 Oct 1960 · 60 min

   Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.

2. 2

   2. The Trapped Housewife

   10 Nov 1960 · 60 min

   Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike.

3. 3

   3. The Working Mother

   8 Dec 1960 · 60 min

   Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society.

4. 4

   4. The Single Woman

   2 Feb 1961 · 60 min

   A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.

5. 5

   5. Mother and Daughter

   3 Feb 1961 · 60 min

   A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.

6. 6

   6. Change of Life

   13 Apr 1961 · 60 min

   As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.

7. 7

   7. What's Wrong with Men?

   19 Oct 1961 · 60 min

   Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.

8. 8

   8. The Glamour Trap

   16 Nov 1961 · 60 min

   Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.

9. 9

   9. The Lonely Woman

   8 Jan 1962 · 60 min

   Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.

10. 10

    10. The Indiscriminate Woman

    1 Feb 1962 · 60 min

    A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.

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    11. The Problem Child

    19 Apr 1962 · 60 min

    Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play.

12. 12

    12. A Child in Danger

    28 Oct 1964 · 60 min

    A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.

13. 13

    13. The Menace of Age

    10 Dec 1964 · 60 min

    After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.

14. 14

    14. Just a Housewife

    26 Feb 1965 · 60 min

    Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman.