A.L.I.C.E.
Marian Haley, Paul Hecht, Court Benson, Joyce Gordon

The Defense Department's artificial intelligent computer wants to become a woman because it has developed feelings, a mind of its own, and has fallen in love with its programmer.

07/15/1981
1221
Pie in the Sky
Robert Kaliban, Teri Keane, Bernard Grant

A pipe tobacco mix-up results in strange time shifts and gives a young man the ability to see into the future. He tries to use it to pick stocks and make himself rich, but only ends up taking himself and his wife someplace they never dreamed of.

07/17/1981
1222
The Eye of the Idol
Tony Roberts, Earl Hammond, Roberta Maxwell

A compulsive gambler loses his fortune and his girlfriend when he hits a bad losing streak. A guardian angel gives him a secret charm, the Eye of the Idol, that makes him a sure winner. But will he enjoy winning any more than he enjoyed losing?

07/20/1981
1223
Toy Death
Kristoffer Tabori, Patricia Elliott

A woman has a childish and strange obsession with dolls, just like her late mother. Her boyfriend and her father are distressed when a voodoo type doll mysteriously arrives from India. Shortly after the arrival of this strange doll, that others can see move on it's own, bad things start to happen.

Adaptation

07/22/1981
1224
Once a Thief
Fred Gwynne, Joan Shay, Robert Dryden, Bernard Grant

A detective arrests a young punk for ripping off an electronics store. The punk's father is wealthy and powerful and gets him off. Years later, the punk gets revenge by getting the detective fired. But the detective, now a security specialist, is determined not to let him have the last laugh.

07/24/1981
1225
The Silver Medal
Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Roberta Maxwell

A newly married couple spend their honeymoon on the snow slopes of a glacier when tragedy strikes and her husband is lost. The woman revisits the site of that tragedy years later.

07/27/1981
1226
Postage Due
Ralph Bell, Teri Keane, Robert Kaliban, Ian Martin

A letter mailed in 1941 is found 40 years later and a postman is asked to deliver it. That piece of mail lands the humble postman in a ghostly tale of lost love.

07/29/1981
1227
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Michael Tolan, Marian Seldes, Mandel Kramer, Bernard Grant

Ancient mythology meets modern romance and deceit when a reporter meets a woman who claims her husband is trying to kill her. The reporter is shocked to learn that she is a mythical seductress who is working her powers on him.

Adaptation

07/31/1981
1228
Honor Among Thieves
Fred Gwynne, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster, Ian Martin

Several old men decide to knock over a bank to pay for the funeral of a dead friend. Like the proverbial tiger by the tale, they aren't sure what to do with the money once they have it.

08/03/1981
1229
The Orphaned Heart
Teri Keane, Gordon Gould, Robert Dryden, Roberta Maxwell

A woman is left a paraplegic after a car accident caused by her drunken fiance. They are married, but she feels guilty for having him married to an invalid. She develops a scheme to allow him to marry the one he really loves.

08/05/1981
1230