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An expedition to Landro encounters a deadly plague, and the serum they need is in the hands of the planet's inhabitants. Based on a story by Clifford Simak, this episode of Dimension X originally aired on July 26, 1951.

The Seven Days Campaign was a series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had routed General George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac. Depriving McClellan of a military decision meant the war would continue for two more years. The Seven Days depicts a critical turning point in the Civil War that would ingrain Robert E. Lee in history as one of the finest generals of all time.

Jenkins was a robot. He was built to be the perfect worker, tireless and uncomplaining. But, quite unexpectedly, he also became a close companion to generation after generation of his owners as the human race matured, moved beyond the confines of its once tiny planet, and eventually changed beyond all recognition.

Around the Way Girls 11 is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives. "Meal Ticket" by Treasure Hernandez: After the tragic death of Yanna's husband at the home of his longtime mistress, Yanna's teenage son is forced to step up and fill his father's shoes as the household's sole meal ticket. The straight-laced student soon links up with an unlikely partner in crime. Also featuring "Party Girls" by Clifford "Spud" Johnson and "Do or Die" by India Johnson-Williams.

Following a conversation with a talking slot machine, Professor Edward Lansing finds himself mysteriously transported to a tavern on a long and empty road. It is immediately obvious to the educator that he is no longer on campus - or even Earth - and that he is not alone. Lansing's new companions - a female engineer, a military officer, a humorless priest, a poetess, and a robot named Jurgens - all hail from separate alternate realities and share Lansing's confusion.

Jay Porter, the newest employee at NorthEastern Insurance in New Hampshire, is investigating an accident claim when he learns the teenager behind the wheel was arrested for minor drug possession and sentenced to a hardcore behavioral modification center. At the county courthouse, Jay meets Nicki, a young college intern, who tips him off to a possible scandal - first-time juvenile offenders being shipped to private institutions for political kickbacks.

In a frigid New Hampshire winter, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and their two-year-old son. When he receives an urgent call that Chris, his drug-addicted brother, is being questioned by the sheriff about his missing junkie business partner, Jay feels obliged to come to his rescue. After Jay negotiates his brother's release from the county jail, Chris disappears into the night.

Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin ice of Echo Lake. His investigative work uncovering a kids-for-cash scandal may have made his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire, a safer place, but nothing comes without a price. The traumatic, uncredited events cost Jay his wife and his son, and left him with a permanent leg injury. Jay is just putting his life back together when a mysterious stranger stops by with an offer too good to be true.

At an AA meeting, handyman and part-time investigator Jay Porter meets a recovering addict who needs his help. In the midst of another grueling northern New Hampshire winter, Amy Lupus’ younger sister, Emily, has gone missing from the Coos County Center, the newly opened rehab run by Jay’s old nemeses, Adam and Michael Lombardi. As Jay begins looking into Emily’s disappearance, he finds that all who knew Emily swear that she’s never used drugs. She’s a straight shooter and an intern at a newspaper investigating the Center and the horrendous secret hidden in it - or beneath it.

Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter, Rosemary, attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet Rosemary was intellectually disabled - a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family.

Bumbling journalist Henry Henderson is on his next assignment. This time to the sleepy skiing town of Creleon, Spain. Dispatched by his paranoid boss, Henderson goes on a quest for weather altering machine that could change the world as we know it. Jolly japes ensue although a storm seems to be brewing that could be his last on the foreign desk.

Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history - a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of racial and gender stereotypes.

The detective is losing his mind. Suffering from a panic disorder that has him haunting emergency rooms in rising waves of crisis, the detective begins to lose his grip - on his relationship with his fiery young lover, on his ability to work, on his health.

Det, der begynder med en simpel kontraktundersøgelse for en medicinalgigant i finanskrise, udvikler sig hurtigt i en helt uventet retning. For hvor langt er kontraktens bagmand, forskeren der har brudt de genetiske koder og nu skaber designerbørn efter foraeldrenes specifikationer, villig til at gå?

I en menneskealder har Ellen Winther boet i det solmættede Italien, hvor der er plads til store følelser og tid til eftertanke. I anledning af sin femogfirsårs fødselsdag har hun samlet sin store familie og alle sine venner til fest. Med glasset hilser hun på gæsterne, da blikket stivner. Hun forbliver stående med en antydning af et smil på de rødmalede læber, og det varer lidt, inden det går op for selskabet, at Ellen Winther netop har taget afsked med den bevidste del af sit liv.

Languedoc, 1244. Albigenser-korstogene er på deres højeste, og flere hundrede katharer er hjælpeløst belejret på bjergcitadellet Montsegur. Deres skæbne synes uundgåelig, men natten før den store massakre undslipper fire præster med katharernes skat. En skat som til dato ikke er fundet! Næsten 800 år senere opmuntres den excentriske astrofysiker Viktor Thomsen af sin psykolog til at acceptere et ferieophold ved Rivieraen.

På en storvildtjagt i Kenya dræber mangemillionæren Viktor Jonsen en afrikansk jagtguide Med et vådeskud. Selvom der bliver gjort alt for at dække over drabet, varer det ikke længe, før der dukker afpresningsbreve op. Da Viktor Jonsen søger fred på sit landsted i Provence, forvilder den nyudklækkede jurist Thomas Lundvig sig ind på hans ejendom. I en konfrontation mellem de to mænd såres Thomas Lundvig. Men Viktor Jonsens datter, Elise, griber ind og sørger for, at Thomas kommer under lægebehandling.

Kan det være rigtigt, at Art Wellesley genoplever fuldstændig livagtige kampscener fra et tidligere liv? Næppe. Som succesfuld virksomhedsadvokat i New York ligger det milevidt fra hans sædvanlige indstilling at tro på sjælerejser og reinkarnation. Art lider af en række skræmmende mareridt, som bliver startskuddet til hans livs nedtur. Han forsøger at opretholde orden i sit liv, og han møde den karismatiske og clairvoyante Chantalle St. James, som på forunderlig vis kan hjælpe ham.

The Network and its affiliates used to be one of Oklahoma City's most organized crews. No one knew exactly where they got the money to buy up businesses and real estate, but everyone on the streets respected them. Their criminal enterprise is unraveling quickly, though, as member loyalty is challenged and betrayal becomes the name of the game.

What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions challenged. As secrets are unveiled, blood will be shed and lives will be lost. Will betrayal stand in the way of prosperity?