East Side/West Side (1963) Season 1
East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for only one season and was shown Monday nights on CBS.
TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
01 Brock must decide if a woman is an unfit mother because of her profession.
9/23/1963
02 An angry cop has his underage daughter's boyfriend arrested on a charge of statutory rape.
9/30/1963
You Can't Beat the System 03 Brock tries to help a war veteran who has been refusing to face the world for the last 10 years.
10/7/1963
04 A wealthy playgirl with numerous traffic violations is sentenced to perform social work for a month under Brock's supervision.
10/14/1963
I Before E Except After C 05 The new principal of a high school is faced with a student revolt.
10/21/1963
06 A mildly retarded young man is charged with molesting a girl.
10/28/1963
07 A black couple in Harlem are driven to take action against slum conditions when their baby is bitten by a rat.
11/4/1963
08 Brock tries to help a landlord whose building is being razed by the city to make room for a playground.
11/11/1963
09 Brock tries unusual methods in his efforts to cure a conpulsive gambler.
11/18/1963
10 A black couple has trouble with some of the other homeowners when they move to an all-white suburban community.
12/2/1963
11 A man suddenly leavs his family and goes back to his old neighborhood to rediscover his youth.
12/9/1963
My Child on Monday Morning 12 Parents find out that their 5-year-old child has schizophrenia.
12/16/1963
13 Brock has to find new lodgings for an eccentric group of senior citizens who are losing their present home.
12/23/1963
14 Brock tries to find a solution to the problem of welfare recipients becoming ineligible if they take part-time jobs.
1/13/1964
The Beatnik and the Politician 15 When a politician tells a beatnik that the people don't want ""his kind"" in the area, Brock advises the beatnik to fight back by running against him in the next election.
1/20/1964
16 A homeless woman fears for the life of her friend, who has taken to drinking wood alcohol.
1/27/1964
18 A construction worker doesn't like having been forced into retirement.
2/17/1964
19 After being abused by her mother's boyfriend, a teenage girl tries to make a living on the streets.
2/24/1964
If Your Grandmother Had Wheels 20 Brock tries to help a wheelchair-bound paraplegic who dreams of nothing but the day he'll be able to walk again.
3/2/1964
The Passion of the Nickel Player 21 Brock comes up against a ""numbers runner"" who caters to his neighborhood's gambling needs.
3/9/1964
22 Brock is offered a job as legislative consultant for an ambitious U.S. Congressman, and must decide if this is a better way for him to help people than to continue his community social services work, treating one case at a time.
3/16/1964
23 A young union negotiator is unsure where his loyalties lie in a labor dispute.
3/23/1964
Nothing But the Half Truth 24 When Representative Hanson gets Brock to appear on a TV discussion program about the problem of slums and then refuses to follow through, Brock considers quitting.
3/30/1964
25 Brock uncovers evidence that a wealthy manufacturer has been bribing government officials.
4/13/1964
26 Brock can't find a newspaper interested in publishing his series of articles about the plight of the poor.
4/27/1964
