Episode Guide - Manipulators, The (Series) (1970-1971)
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Season 1 - 5 episodes
Jan 28, 1970 - "Spike in the Wall," by Ben Maartman. Guest stars in the premiere episode are Jace Van der Veen and Linda Goranson. Van der Veen plays a drug addict and Miss Goranson his girlfriend. The drug addict makes good on his parole. (Linda Goranson appears topless in this episode). Other guests: Tony Davis (Bruce); Dale Bailey and Walter Marsh. Directed by Daryl Duke.
Feb 18, 1970 - "One and One Makes Four," by Ben Maartman. Terence Kelly plays the role of Len Parr, a man who has served seven years of a 15-year sentence, for assault. In an incident involving his wife, Len blinded a man by throwing acid in his face. Now, he is applying for parole again, having been turned down twice before. Probation officer Rick Nicholson, in his investigation of the prisoner's two previous unsuccessful applications, suspects that the reason his bids were turned down has something to do with Len's wife, Jessie. Len, meanwhile, is anxiously awaiting word from the parole board, and is more sensitive than ever to the taunts of his fellow convicts who play on his jealousy and frustration by hinting that Rick's interest in Jessie Parr is not entirely professional. Guests: Terence Kelly (Len Parr); Tony Davis (Bruce). Produced and directed by Len Lauk.
Unknown airdates:
"Where There Is Fear," by Ed McGibbon. Produced and directed by Don Eccleston.
"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," by Ed McGibbon. Produced and directed by Daryl Duke.
Season 2 - 7 episodes (aired as part of the Sunday At Nine series)
Jan 31, 1971 - "Turn To The Wind," written, produced and directed by Don Eccleston. Susan Hogan portrays Monica, the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family who is involved with political activist Roger Black, played by Jace Van der Veen. Black is a client of Rick's, and after one of his leftist organization's meetings a bomb explodes at the U.S. consulate. Black is under suspicion, and Rick is called in to assist the police in their interrogation. It is then that Rick meets Monica Hamlyn, and is instantly attracted to her. Other guests: Peter Brockington; Roland Huntor; Diana Wassman; William Nunn; Anthony Holland; Bob Gillingham (TV interviewer); Elie Savoie (producer); Mike Berry (floor director).
Feb 7, 1971 - "The Code," by Ben Maartman. With Joseph Golland and Ted Rekert. A story involving young people's use of soft drugs.
Feb 14, 1971 - "Nobody's Business," by Otto Lowy, deals with an immigrant from Czechoslovakia at odds with life in his adopted country. Guest star: Vladimir Valenta (Jan) and Judith Radu. (It is no coincidence that guest star Vladimir Valenta and writer Otto Lowy are both immigrants from Czechoslovakia)
Feb 21, 1971 - "Bell and Bonnie, Bonnie and Bell," by Merv Campone. Story about a boarding house landlady whose life is a shambles and who is desparately trying to keep custody of her small daughter. Guests: Rae Brown, Judy De Moor, and Ivor Harris.
Feb 28, 1971 - "Pokey," by Merv Campone. Pokey is the story of an alienated hippie Indian who tries to defraud a large corporation. In the title role of the young Indian is Len George, son of Chief Dan George who also guest stars in the episode.
Mar 7, 1971 - "The Flock," written and directed by Marc Strange. Story about a middle-aged man who runs a hippie haven for transient youths. Joe Austin guest stars as the hippies' mentor, and Susan Strange (Marc's wife in real life) plays a runaway girl expecting a child.
Mar 14, 1971 - "X-KALAY," by Ben Maartman. Margot Kidder guest stars along with with Dale Wilson and Al Koslik in a story about the rehabilitation of ex-prisoners by an organization using group therapy and a communal life style to reclaim criminals as potentially useful members of society.
Season 1 - 5 episodes
Jan 28, 1970 - "Spike in the Wall," by Ben Maartman. Guest stars in the premiere episode are Jace Van der Veen and Linda Goranson. Van der Veen plays a drug addict and Miss Goranson his girlfriend. The drug addict makes good on his parole. (Linda Goranson appears topless in this episode). Other guests: Tony Davis (Bruce); Dale Bailey and Walter Marsh. Directed by Daryl Duke.
Feb 18, 1970 - "One and One Makes Four," by Ben Maartman. Terence Kelly plays the role of Len Parr, a man who has served seven years of a 15-year sentence, for assault. In an incident involving his wife, Len blinded a man by throwing acid in his face. Now, he is applying for parole again, having been turned down twice before. Probation officer Rick Nicholson, in his investigation of the prisoner's two previous unsuccessful applications, suspects that the reason his bids were turned down has something to do with Len's wife, Jessie. Len, meanwhile, is anxiously awaiting word from the parole board, and is more sensitive than ever to the taunts of his fellow convicts who play on his jealousy and frustration by hinting that Rick's interest in Jessie Parr is not entirely professional. Guests: Terence Kelly (Len Parr); Tony Davis (Bruce). Produced and directed by Len Lauk.
Unknown airdates:
"Where There Is Fear," by Ed McGibbon. Produced and directed by Don Eccleston.
"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," by Ed McGibbon. Produced and directed by Daryl Duke.
Season 2 - 7 episodes (aired as part of the Sunday At Nine series)
Jan 31, 1971 - "Turn To The Wind," written, produced and directed by Don Eccleston. Susan Hogan portrays Monica, the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family who is involved with political activist Roger Black, played by Jace Van der Veen. Black is a client of Rick's, and after one of his leftist organization's meetings a bomb explodes at the U.S. consulate. Black is under suspicion, and Rick is called in to assist the police in their interrogation. It is then that Rick meets Monica Hamlyn, and is instantly attracted to her. Other guests: Peter Brockington; Roland Huntor; Diana Wassman; William Nunn; Anthony Holland; Bob Gillingham (TV interviewer); Elie Savoie (producer); Mike Berry (floor director).
Feb 7, 1971 - "The Code," by Ben Maartman. With Joseph Golland and Ted Rekert. A story involving young people's use of soft drugs.
Feb 14, 1971 - "Nobody's Business," by Otto Lowy, deals with an immigrant from Czechoslovakia at odds with life in his adopted country. Guest star: Vladimir Valenta (Jan) and Judith Radu. (It is no coincidence that guest star Vladimir Valenta and writer Otto Lowy are both immigrants from Czechoslovakia)
Feb 21, 1971 - "Bell and Bonnie, Bonnie and Bell," by Merv Campone. Story about a boarding house landlady whose life is a shambles and who is desparately trying to keep custody of her small daughter. Guests: Rae Brown, Judy De Moor, and Ivor Harris.
Feb 28, 1971 - "Pokey," by Merv Campone. Pokey is the story of an alienated hippie Indian who tries to defraud a large corporation. In the title role of the young Indian is Len George, son of Chief Dan George who also guest stars in the episode.
Mar 7, 1971 - "The Flock," written and directed by Marc Strange. Story about a middle-aged man who runs a hippie haven for transient youths. Joe Austin guest stars as the hippies' mentor, and Susan Strange (Marc's wife in real life) plays a runaway girl expecting a child.
Mar 14, 1971 - "X-KALAY," by Ben Maartman. Margot Kidder guest stars along with with Dale Wilson and Al Koslik in a story about the rehabilitation of ex-prisoners by an organization using group therapy and a communal life style to reclaim criminals as potentially useful members of society.