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Why Punish the Children?

Drama

48

Nov 23, 1987

Jonathan and Mark take on a system that keeps inmate mothers and their children apart.

Full Episodes

Season 4, 24 episodes

Man's Best Friend - Part 1,

A runaway dog unites a boy in an orphanage with its human family.

48m Sep 14, 1987

Man's Best Friend - Part 2,

The orphan boy has formed an attachment to the dog, although he is going away to living with a new foster family.

49m Sep 21, 1987

Fight For Your Life,

A trainer is reminded of his own shady past when a fighter he's been mentoring is asked to take a fall.

46m Sep 28, 1987

The People Next Door,

Jonathan and Mark must help a doctor confront a secret he's kept from everyone, including his own family.

48m Oct 19, 1987

I Was a Middle Aged Werewolf,

On Halloween night, Jonathan helps a little boy get over his fears, and in the process, get even with his older sister!

46m Oct 26, 1987

Playing for Keeps,

Jonathan casts a retired comic and his movie-star son in a play about a father and son who never got to know each other.

46m Nov 2, 1987

Amazing Man,

A youngster turns to a fantasy world and a comic-book superhero to cope with the pain of his father's death.

46m Nov 9, 1987

All the Colors of the Heart,

An athlete who expects to gain his sight must counsel another man who is certain to lose his.

49m Nov 16, 1987

Why Punish the Children?,

Jonathan and Mark take on a system that keeps inmate mothers and their children apart.

48m Nov 23, 1987

A Dream of Wild Horses,

The patriarch of a ranch family feels he's too old to rein in some wild horses.

46m Nov 30, 1987

In With the "In" Crowd,

A cop is working undercover at a school to put an end to drug use but faces suspension because of a mistake Mark has made.

48m Dec 7, 1987

With Love, The Claus,

At Christmastime, Jonathan and Mark try to get a divorced couple to work together for their son's sake. Meanwhile, the holiday may be in jeopardy when a department store Santa is arrested.

50m Dec 21, 1987

A Mother's Love,

Four brothers go on the run to escape a court order that would split them up.

49m Jan 4, 1988

Country Doctor,

A country doctor refuses to slow down and seems to be working himself to death.

49m Jan 11, 1988

Time in a Bottle,

A district attorney clashes with a lawyer who agrees to defend a friend charged with stealing.

49m Jan 18, 1988

Back to Oakland,

Mark returns to Oakland to become a police officer again and is reunited with his old partner. However, he discovers his old beat has become a storm of racial hatred.

48m Feb 1, 1988

We Have Forever - Part 1,

Jonathan hopes that he'll be released from his duties to be reunited with his former wife when she passes away.

47m Feb 8, 1988

We Have Forever - Part 2,

Jonathan hopes that he'll be released from his duties to be reunited with his former wife when she passes away.

49m Feb 15, 1988

The Correspondent,

A war correspondent finds himself imprisoned and facing execution. Meanwhile, Jonathan and Mark show him what's he's missed during his life by putting work ahead of family.

46m Feb 22, 1988

Aloha,

A Hawaiian singer learns to overcome self-pity after being disabled in a truck accident.

49m Feb 29, 1988

A Dolphin Song for Lee - Part 1,

Jonathan and Mark help a teenage cancer patient named Lee who wants to save the dolphins.

48m Mar 14, 1988

A Dolphin Song for Lee - Part 2,

Lee's cancer is now in remission. She gets back to work on her save-the-dolphins campaign.

50m Mar 21, 1988

Heaven Nose, Mister Smith,

Jonathan must stop an angel who's back on Earth with the intention of breaking up his son's marriage.

48m Mar 28, 1988

The Whole Nine Yards,

A chauvinistic coach doesn't want a female wide receiver on his junior-high football team.

47m Apr 25, 1988