savingsalemmi
season 1
September 1971 – 1972:
Evan attempts to balance his career with the needs of 310 diverse villagers while store owner Barbra is determined to save them from his church.
season 1 episode 1 - PILOT
September 25, 1971
Smash the Hell-e-vision
Barbra competes with the ladies to become Salem’s Nielsen household when Evan sets up revival tent meetings with an Evangelist pushing villagers to give up their “hell-e-vision.”
season 1 episode 2
September 1971
Labor Day Contest
EVAN's plans for a Sunday Celebration are dashed when BARBRA moves the parade up a day. DAVID plans to make money putting on a carnival but his friends decide to boycott when MARYANN discovers he used materials that were supposed to be for charity fundraiser.
season 1 episode 3
October 30, 1971
Curse of the Mask
After DAVID steals a wooden mask, he gets into trouble at school. EVAN and LORETTA aren't sure if his new friend RICK is to blame or the bewitched idol.
season 1 episode 4,
November, 1971
Impeachable
Barbra is thrilled to get some help at the store -- until she learns the employee she hired is black. After she lets the kid go, she learns about Salem's history during the underground railroad days. She is forced to look at her own biases.
season 1 episode 5,
December 9, 1971
Disappearing Act
When EVAN discovers escaped prisoners enroute to the “John Sinclair Freedom Rally” posing as homeless, he tries to talk them into trusting God, only to be used as a hostage. DAVID is accused of witchcraft when he performs a magic trick in Sunday School until it helps Evan escape.
season 1 episode 6
December 1971
Christmas Lump
When LORETTA wants the perfect Christmas like no other, she ignores a lump in her breast, only to discover she has advanced breast cancer. She submits to the horror that awaits with prayer, while DAVID learns that just because a miracle didn’t happen for someone else, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t believe.
season 1 episode 7-10
Winter 1972
NEW TOWN, SAME DRUG: Rick is caught stealing to support a drug habit – his mother's.
DINER: When Barbra’s new restaurant suffers, she raises grocery prices.
REDEEMED: Jay's discarded bike makes a birthday refurb-gift for David.
GRANNY’S SPECIAL TABACCO PLANT: Townsfolk look the other way until a couple kids get high.
season 1 episode 11-13
Spring 1972
EASTER CONTATA: When Samantha is told she can’t perform a solo, she attacks Lance.
THE BUS STOP: Smith family learns Great Grandma Smith has "senile dementia." (Alzheimer's)
SLEEPOVER SECRETS: Things get a little too smoking hot when David and Rick have a camping sleepover.
season 1 episode 14
May 21, 1972
Jesus Freaks
EVAN has the town questioning his judgment as he befriends a band of HIPPIES. When rumors fly about CALVIN dodging the war, ALEX and LANCE plot to have his father BART removed from the board.
season 1 episode 15-18
Summer 1972
THE STOWAWAY: Church folk help a runaway.
HALLUCINATION: Mary Ann tries LSD.
THE GRADUATE: Tiziana's brother is racially harassed when he enters MCOLES training for police officers.
LIQUOR BICKER: Barbara vows to get back at Evan when her permit to sell alcohol is denied.
