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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 13

Every episode of American Playhouse Season 13 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 13!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    American Playhouse Season 13 Episode 1 - Angels and Insects
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    S13:E1

    In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.

    Director:Philip Haas
    Writers:Belinda Haas, Philip Haas

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  2. American Playhouse Season 13 Episode 2 - Blown Sideways Through Life
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    S13:E2

    Claudia Shear's off-Broadway, one-woman show weaves her true misadventures through 64 different jobs and searches for an identity beyond mere job description.

    Director:Christopher Ashley
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. American Playhouse Season 13 Episode 3 - Drawn from Memory
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    S13:E3

    Paul Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memories, vivid recollections, and the occasional evocative photograph his life as the rebellious son of Jan Fierlinger, Czechoslovakian career politician.

    Director:Paul Fierlinger
    Writer:Paul Fierlinger

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  4. American Playhouse Season 13 Episode 4 - The Beans of Egypt, Maine
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    S13:E4

    The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot and support each other in time of trouble. Earlene lives across the street from the Bean's trailer, and the view from her window is better than any daytime television soap opera; especially Beal Bean, and especially Beal Bean shirtless. When Reuben Bean is sent to prison for resisting arrest for out-of-season deer hunting, Beal takes up with Reuben's woman Roberta. He also has a child by Earlene, with a triangle of sex complicated by poverty.

    Director:Jennifer Warren
    Writer:Bill Phillips

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  5. American Playhouse Season 13 Episode 5 - Passion
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    S13:E5

    In 19th-century Italy, Giorgio, a young soldier, is in love with Clara. But they're separated when Giorgio is posted far away, where he meets the unhappy, unhealthy, and unattractive Fosca, who develops a passionate love for Giorgio and tries to make him love her.

    Director:James Lapine
    Writer:James Lapine

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Season 13 Ratings Summary

"Angels and Insects" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 13. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Philip Haas and written by Belinda Haas, Philip Haas, it aired on 1/2/1995. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Blown Sideways Through Life".