About this season
Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.
Episodes (15)
1. Let My Jenny Go
Aired 11 September 1985 • 60 min
Father Hardstep Rivers attempst to save Jennie, a young prostitute from a fate worse than death. Jennie doesn’t know that her pimp Ric (George Chakiris) is really her father, or that her mother Sara (Bibi Besch) is doing time in the pen. Hardstep tries to affect a miracle by having the former lovers meet at the church altar. He gets Sara out of the pen on a pass, then watches as the woman implores Ric to free their daughter from sexual bondage. Even the resident wino could have seen what was coming. Not Hardstep. Eric refuses the mother’s request, and she murders him in cold blood with a knife.
2. The People vs. Willie the Goat
Aired 18 September 1985 • 60 min
3. Fast Louie
Aired 25 September 1985 • 60 min
Father Hardstep loses his cool when an old con man shows up and tells the orphans he’s the priest's real father.
4. Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
Aired 2 October 1985 • 60 min
5. Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
Aired 2 October 1985 • 60 min
6. I Will Abide
Aired 23 October 1985 • 60 min
A veteran pimp returns to Hell Town and resumes his old ways, prompting Hardstep to push a disillusioned cop (Guy Stockwell) into action.
7. Stumpy Boy
Aired 30 October 1985 • 60 min
8. Lords of War
Aired 6 November 1985 • 60 min
9. The One Called Daisy
Aired 13 November 1985 • 60 min
Sister Daisy is brutally attacked and raped and subsequently discovers she is pregnant, and it is now Father Hardstep's difficult work to support her in the agonizing decision whether to keep the baby.
10. Love and Four Corners
Aired 20 November 1985 • 60 min
Father Hardstep deals with a group of women who threaten to leave their husbands blaming a corner bar where the men are accused of not only drinking too much but losing their money gambling.
11. My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
Aired 27 November 1985 • 60 min
12. A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
Aired 4 December 1985 • 60 min
Town’ Father Hardstep has his hands full when Kathy, former Hell Town resident, marries David, son of Beverly Hills socialites. Problems arise when Kathy's father, Phil, out on leave from jail, wants to skip out to settle an old score, and David's father is an embarrassment with his snobbish behavior.
13. The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)
Aired 11 December 1985 • 60 min
Father Hardstep saves a young girl, Meg, from a life on the Sets and pornography films, only to discover she is further harassed by a faceless corporation terorizing tenants in her newfound home and life.
14. The Last Kiss (a.k.a. Judas Goat, a.k.a. Hidden Splendor)
Aired 18 December 1985 • 60 min
15. One Ball
Aired 25 December 1985 • 60 min