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   #1 - State of Mind

   S1:E11/23/1997

   Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.

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   #2 - Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe

   S1:E21/30/1997

   Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.

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   #3 - The Visitors and the Wedding

   S1:E32/6/1997

   After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.

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   #4 - Them Charges

   S1:E42/13/1997

   Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.

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   #5 - A Black and White Christmas

   S1:E52/20/1997

   When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.

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   #6 - Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?

   S1:E62/27/1997

   Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.

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   #7 - Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs

   S1:E73/6/1997

   Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.

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   #8 - Dead Mothers and Garden Boys

   S1:E83/13/1997

   Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.

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   #9 - Liberals, Radicals and Death

   S1:E93/20/1997

   With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.

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    #10 - The Fountain of Pain

    S1:E103/27/1997

    Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.

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    #11 - First Love, Then War

    S1:E114/3/1997

    Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.

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    #12 - First Love, Then War

    S1:E124/10/1997

    While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.

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    #13 - To Die For

    S1:E134/10/1997

    Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.

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