Special for Women

Episode 2

The Trapped Housewife

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.

Episode 3

The Working Mother

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.

Episode 4

The Single Woman

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

Episode 5

Mother and Daughter

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

Episode 6

Change of Life

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

Episode 7

What's Wrong with Men?

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

Episode 8

The Glamour Trap

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

Episode 9

The Lonely Woman

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

Episode 10

The Indiscriminate Woman

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

Episode 11

The Problem Child

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.

Episode 12

A Child in Danger

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

Episode 13

The Menace of Age

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

Episode 14

Just a Housewife

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.