Breaking Point

E1 Episode 1: Solo for B-Flat Clarinet

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• 1h
• Sep 16, 1963

Dr. Mac treats a disturbed young man and an unhappy actress.

E2 Episode 2: Last Summer We Didn't Go Away

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• Sep 23, 1963

High school teacher tries to hide the fact that he was once a mental patient.

E3 Episode 3: Fire and Ice

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• Sep 30, 1963

Wife loves every man but her husband.

E4 Episode 4: Bird and Snake

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• Oct 7, 1963

Bully disrupts group therapy sessions.

E5 Episode 5: There Are the Hip, and There Are the Square

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• Oct 14, 1963

Distraught beatnik tries to complete the suicide pact that killed her boyfriend.

E6 Episode 6: The Bull Roarer

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• Oct 21, 1963

Young man frets because he's not like his ultra-macho older brother.

E7 Episode 7: Crack in an Image

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• Oct 28, 1963

Wife of U.S. Senate candidate can't distinguish if she's married to a husband or an image.

E8 Episode 8: Pelican in the Wilderness

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• Nov 4, 1963

Rabbi loses faith in God.

E9 Episode 9: And James Was a Very Small Snail

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• Nov 11, 1963

Autistic boy learns to relate to his family.

E10 Episode 10: Whatsoever Things I Hear

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• Nov 18, 1963

When his patient is tried for assault, Dr. Thompson refuses to reveal the man's case history in court because it would violate the Hippocratic Oath.

E11 Episode 11: Who is Mimi, What is She?

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• Dec 2, 1963

Mousy woman is obsessed with flamboyant movie queen.

E12 Episode 12: Millions of Faces

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• Dec 9, 1963

Hospital attendant masquerades as a psychiatrist.

E13 Episode 13: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct

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• Dec 16, 1963

Elderly actress refuses to accept her husband's death.

E14 Episode 14: Heart of Marble, Body of Stone

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• Dec 23, 1963

Model is dominated by her father.

E15 Episode 15: Don't Cry Baby, Don't Cry

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• Dec 30, 1963

Women prison inmates care for special-needs children.

E16 Episode 16: A Little Anger is a Good Thing

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• Jan 6, 1964

Depressed senior citizen meets lonely widow and learns to enjoy life again.

E17 Episode 17: And If Thy Hand Offends Thee

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• Jan 13, 1964

Man's guilt paralyzes his hand.

E18 Episode 18: Better Than a Dead Lion

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• Jan 20, 1964

Famous author becomes self-destructive.

E19 Episode 19: A Land More Cruel

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• Jan 27, 1964

Fashion designer drifts from man to man.

E20 Episode 20: No Squares in My Family Circle

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• Feb 10, 1964

Criminal family ties cause a guilt-ridden man's headaches and endanger his girlfriend.

E21 Episode 21: So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time

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• Feb 17, 1964

Married publisher kisses the girls and makes his wife cry.

E22 Episode 22: A Child of the Center Ring

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• Feb 24, 1964

Trapeze artist is paralyzed by her father's death.

E23 Episode 23: Tides of Darkness

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• Mar 2, 1964

Teenage girl becomes withdrawn after being assaulted.

E24 Episode 24: The Summer House

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• Mar 9, 1964

Expectant mother withdraws into a schizophrenic state.

E25 Episode 25: Shadow of a Starless Night

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• Mar 16, 1964

Young doctor must learn to cope with sudden blindness.

E26 Episode 26: Glass Flowers Never Drop Petals

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• Mar 23, 1964

E27 Episode 27: Never Trouble Trouble, 'Til Trouble Troubles You

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• Mar 30, 1964

Boxer is accused of throwing a fight.

E28 Episode 28: Confounding Her Astronomers

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• Apr 6, 1964

Gifted orphan has behavioral problems which keep her from being adopted.

E29 Episode 29: I, the Dancer

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• Apr 20, 1964

Newlywed dancer's career is jeopardized by fits of hysteria, which are triggered by her choreographer husband's bizarre view of marriage.

E30 Episode 30: My Hands Are Clean

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• Apr 27, 1964

Loan shark develops stigmata on his hands.