Slattery's People - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
A Sitting Duck Named Slattery
Feeling is running high over a water division scheme, and an attempt is made to kill Slattery.
He Who Has Ears, Let Him Bug Somebody Else
This episode comes up with a dramatic wire tapping tale. Everything Slattery and his new girl Liz say in confidence is put on tape, and the plot, making the hero a victim and romantically involved, comes across.
How Impregnable is a Magic Tower?
Serafino Roca labored 30 years to construct three mosaic-encrusted concrete towers---which are about to be condemned.
The Unborn
Slattery's career is at stake in a fight over over a bill to permit humane abortion. Barbara Harrison knows that the child she's expecting is the only thing keeping her marriage together. But the child may suffer congenital defects— Barbara has German measles. The episode examines the legal and ethical aspects of therapeutic abortion.
Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister
Representative Slattery investigates a group called the Frontiersmen and listens to their leader spitting fear and hatred.
What Can You Do with a Wounded Tiger?
Serious, downbeat drama about foster homes . The plot deals with a foster child who claims mistreatment and wants to go back to his undependable, drinking father. A good cast led by Ossie Davis, Audrey Christie and young Pat Cardi. While investigating the placement of foster children, Slattery meets 11-year-old Eddie Stakely, who says that he is being mistreated by his adoptive mother.
The Hero
A war hero is willing to run for office, Slattery doubts the man's intentions are good.
Of Damon, Pythias and Sleeping Dogs
A lively drama about bribery, kidnapping and Rep. Slattery's best friend, a man who's up for a state judgeship.
The Last Commuter
Intriguing, pertinent David Karp drama about a commuter who fights a railroad when his stop is taken off the schedule. Representative Slattery and the news media join the commuter in the lost-cause battle, and their efforts provide a surprising climax.
Color Him Red
Slattery has that old problem of deciding what to do with an old friend (and college professor) who has been accused of being a Communist.
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