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Playhouse•Season 8•Episode 6

Findings on a Late Afternoon

Dec 11, 1981

Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and mistakes of his past—his lies, his girlfriend's suicide, his mother's obsessive love of his younger brother, and her death

Directed byRichard Martin

Written byRose Tremain

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Seasons8

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Season 8 Episodes35

Mrs. Reinhardt

Last Summer's Child

Autumn Sunshine

The Grudge Fight

Virginia Fly Is Drowning

Findings on a Late Afternoon

Dancing Country

The Combination

A Silly Little Habit

Aubrey

Preview

Out of Step

A Shilling Life

The Workshop

How Many Miles to Babylon?

The Pigman's Protégé

A Pocketful of Dreams

Keeping in Touch

The Guest

The Sidmouth Letters

The Queen of Annagh

By George

Lunch

Passing Through

Jake's End

Housewarming

Easy Money

Potatohead Blues

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

Chains

Come Into the Garden, Maud

A Song at Twilight

Fraulein Else

Imaginary Friends

Possibilities

Crew3

R

Rose Tremain

Writer

Richard Martin

Richard Martin

Director

J

June Roberts

Producer

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Episode Summary

"Findings on a Late Afternoon" is episode 6 of Playhouse season 8. Directed by Richard Martin and written by Rose Tremain, it aired on December 11, 1981.

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