Young Jody's widowed father lets her buy the gaudy, feathered hat she's dying to have. When his girl is bullied by other kids for wearing it, he begins to question his parenting skills and entertains the idea of sending her to a girl's boarding school.

S00E00 The Magic Hat

A dinner party among friends takes an unexpected and dramatic turn when an uninvited intruder appears, bringing chaos and tension to the gathering as guests grapple with the sudden disruption and the stranger’s mysterious intentions.

S00E00 To Kill a Man

A grieving man, consumed by sorrow and anger, directs his blame for his beloved wife's tragic death toward the young man soon to marry his daughter, igniting tensions and casting a shadow over the upcoming wedding.

S00E00 Unforgivable

Extra

A retired gentleman, forbidden by his wife to visit the casino, sneaks out and unexpectedly wins 2 million francs. A young, cunning vixen watches his victory and, seizing the opportunity, blackmails him for the full amount of his winnings.

S01E16 The Lady'Game

Weary Dr. Gentry gets no rest from his irritating patients. He deals with ill-mannered kids and parents who can't make a move without checking with him first. An evening out with his wife becomes a disaster when a panicked new mother interrupts the balcony scene with a silly phone call.

S01E13 A Matter of Courage

A notorious criminal returns to his hometown after 15 years, where he seeks to reclaim his old life. Meanwhile, a young man eager to prove himself follows in his footsteps, driven by the desire for fame, danger, and possibly death at the hands of police.

S01E05 Welcome Home

A well-dressed, refined man stands outside a quaint home, desperately trying to convince passing strangers to enter and retrieve his cherished silk hat, which has been left behind inside. His polite yet persistent pleas create an air of mystery and intrigue.

S01E03 The LoHat

A writer's fiction becomes a terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out. Ray Ericson writes of a lovely woman who leaves her steady boyfriend for a man out to kill her. Suddenly he realizes life is imitating art: he is in the killer role!

S01E01 Dark Stranger

Season 1

A renowned plastic surgeon is unexpectedly recruited to alter the beautiful face of a countess, disfiguring her so that she may better empathize with her husband, who, after being burned in a terrible accident, has become a withdrawn recluse.

S02E31 The Doctor and the Countess

An artist discovers that one of his favorite model's has been murdered and an investigation begins to discover the murderer.

S02E30 Village in the City

Kit and her fiance are hosting a Mardi Gras costume party at her huge mansion when frightening news arrives. Her ex-husband, a crazed murderer, has just escaped from prison and is believed to be costumed as the corpse-like character from Poe's The Masque of the Red Death.

S02E29 Masquerade

Wise-guy newspaperman Fred Jordan writes a column making fun of normal men who panic during a fire. Soon afterward, he gets a letter from a deranged man who promises Jordan that he will soon know the real meaning of the word panic because within 24 hours, the man is going to kill Jordan.

S02E28 A in Panic

Neglected by her husband, Stacy goes out with wealthy bachelor Paul. The evening ends in a fatal car accident, from which Stacy escapes unnoticed. She is the only one who can save Paul from manslaughter charges, but at risk of her own marriage.

S02E26 Lady of the Orchids

The ex-girlfriend of mobster Al Maxim provided him with an alibi in a murder case. Now she now wants to leave town before the trial and marry her new boyfriend. Al tries to shoot her, but she escapes, hopping on the last bus of the night.

S02E24 End of the Line

McGraw, a private eye, is hired by Lila Lamont to protect her from her threatening husband Louis.

S02E23 Meet McGraw Long Count

An engaged couple and the woman's former suitor take shelter in an abandoned house, too late to notice an unexploded bomb. Their retreat is cut off by a cave-in, and they must defuse the bomb with instructions delivered over a phone line to escape.

S02E22 The Bomb

Jim is the storekeeper of a hardware store who offers to be the caretaker of a customer's relative named Nancy, an attractive 17-year-old girl. Pedigo, the Spanish bandit, fancies Nancy. In order to win her, Pedigo needs to settle a score with her handsome chaperone, Chuck.

S02E21 The Whizzer

S02E19 Indian Taker

The owner of a financially struggling casino finds himself in a moral and financial dilemma when his estranged son returns and begins gambling against him. If his son loses, the young man could face financial ruin. But if he lets him win, the casino itself may go bankrupt.

S02E17 The Bad Streak

A woman visits an isolated house expecting to meet with the realtor. Instead, she encounters a murderer who's escaped from a mental hospital. When a couple drops in to tour the home, she tries to escape with them, but they refuse to believe her story.

S02E15 Houfor Sale

Predictable Andy Bush is taking a train to his annual three week vacation without his wife. A young woman in trouble approaches him and asks him to help her by pretending to be her husband.

S02E13 A Man of the World

Trudy is incensed when her rent goes up massively after the city relaxes rent control. She marches down to the mayor's office and threatens to make his name mud if he doesn't reinstate the controls. He doesn't, so she calls some reporters and sets up housekeeping in the city park.

S02E11 The Girl on the Park Bench

A newspaper reporter is intrigued as to why a woman hired a dive team to retrieve her purse from the Chicago River.

S02E07 in the Night

A defense attorney idles in a swank restaurant while his client's on trial for murder. The attorney's PIs search for a female witness who can get the defendant off, so the attorney avoids court to keep delaying the trial. As the judge's temper boils, the attorney wonders if the woman really exists.

S02E05 The Witness

A brain-damaged war hero is exploited by his prominent family as he longs for his own small house, but his miserly sister-in-law refuses to provide the commander with a $500 down payment, claiming that she needs every sou to marry off his troublesome younger brother to a wealthy woman.

S02E03 A Place of HiOwn

Willie Dante begrudgingly lets the son of the district attorney play dice in his illegal gambling hall, under threat of exposure. Willie kicks him out anyway when he finds out that his checks are bad, but a gangster under indictment robs Dante of the boy's checks in order to blackmail the DA.

S02E02 The Squeeze

Season 2

Carol buys a book at a quaint bookstore but forgot to take it with her. The next day, the store disappeared. Her husband and therapist think she's imagining it, but Carol encounters the saleswoman who sold her the book on the street.

S03E37 The Frightened Woman

What starts as an ordinary night at his bustling casino takes a surprising turn for Willie Dante when he encounters an old flame. She confides that her companions have a secret plan to rob the establishment, putting Willie on high alert.

S03E31 The HouAlwayWins

Sarah, a kind-hearted and devoted schoolteacher, has been Joe’s loyal friend for as long as he can remember. Although Joe falls in love with and marries another woman, Sarah remains a steady presence in his life. 

S03E30 With All My Heart

Jacques receives a letter from an old artist friend stating to his wife that this woman will be the death of me. When this friend disappears and is presumed dead soon after, Jacques goes to Madeira to investigate.

S03E29 Madiera-Madiera

Robert Louis Stevenson, near the end of his life, mediates between two Samoan tribes to prevent war.

S03E22 Tusitala

On the way home after their honeymoon, a bride confesses two things to her groom. She's wealthy and has three teenage children plus a dog waiting for them at her home. He soon learns that they're a wild bunch in need of taming.

S03E21 The Wild Bunch

An unfaithful wife, who believes her marriage is her only source of frustration, soon learns the hard way that her husband isn’t the only “stuffed shirt” causing her trouble. She begins to face unexpected consequences.

S03E16 Shirt

A skilled championship bridge player sets out to win back the woman he once loved and lost. To prove his worth, he competes against her financially desperate husband, hoping to rekindle their past romance and admiration.

S03E12 A ChampionAffair

An attractive young lady mistakes a lonely hotel desk clerk for a Texas oil millionaire she'd once met. Loving the attention she's lavishing on him, he plays along, until his big spending catches up with him.

S03E10 Meet a Lonely Man

A successful playwright does his best to avoid reading the script written by his young new wife. She can't understand why he refuses to encourage her. At a party celebrating his 25th year in the theater, he reveals the incident from his past that causes him to discourage her writing.

S03E08 My Own Dear Dragon

A con man, recently released from prison, attempts to recoup his fortunes by convincing an heiress' secretary that he needs funds to run an orphanage

S03E07 Vote af Confidence

A girl at a boarding school is neglected by her family and grows depressed, until she becomes infatuated with a vacationing newspaper correspondent who befriends her.

S03E03 Interlude

A novice social worker is assigned to visit the home of a reclusive widower who stubbornly refuses to send his children to school. Determined to understand the family's situation, she begins her delicate investigation into their troubled home life.

S03E02 Never Explain

A little girl, accustomed to speaking with imaginary friends, grows increasingly frustrated when her parents dismiss her claims. She insists there is a real man in the cellar, but they refuse to believe her, leaving her feeling unheard.

S03E01 Man in the Cellar

Season 3

Emily is an invalid who needs a caretaker. Her husband leaves her home alone one day, and she begins to stew over the low regard that he has for her. He, on the other hand, resents the opportunities that he's missed because of Emily.

S04E24 The Caof Emily Cameron

An elderly, wealthy, wheelchair-bound man is confronted by a younger man whom he had double-crossed over twenty years ago while travelling alone on a train. The younger man, now bent on revenge, tells the elderly man that he intends to kill him when the train passes through an upcoming tunnel.

S04E14 Tunnel of Fear

Billie hires an odd man as the new pin boy at her bowling alley but quickly fires him because of his violent outbursts. Only then does she learn he's a murderous psycho who only recently just escaped from prison.

S04E12 Dark Meeting

Stressed by the pressures of his business, a man steps away from his troubles and embarks on a surreal train ride. His journey leads him to the mysterious, nonexistent town of Meadbrook, where reality and imagination blur.

S04E10 A Place Full Of Strangers

Ann marries wealthy Richard and moves into his family mansion. Richard accidentally killed his first wife in a marital conflict, and Ann's presence in the mansion confuses him and causes flashbacks.

S04E08 Looking GlaHouse

In the Australian Army in North Africa in World War II, a military deserter was ordered executed for a murder he probably did not commit. Disgraced Captain Adams is ordered to lead the firing squad in exchange for the restoration of his own honor.

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