I'll Fly Away

Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life. But the winds of change are blowing, and he becomes increasingly involved with civil rights cases. Mean- while, Lilly Harper, who cares for his children, is on her own journey of political and personal awareness.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Sam Waterston , Regina Taylor , Jeremy London , Ashlee Levitch , John Aaron Bennett , Kathryn Harrold , Peter Simmons , RaÃ©Ven Kelly , Bill Cobbs , Scott Paulin , Elizabeth Omilami , Roger Aaron Brown , Rebecca Koon , Harold Perrineau , Danny Nelson , Sonny Shroyer , Ed Grady , Brad Sullivan

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ I'll Fly Away

Mon, Oct 7, 1991

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2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Hat

Tue, Oct 8, 1991

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3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Rules of the Game

Tue, Oct 15, 1991

With Forrest away on a weekend hunting trip, womanhood takes aim at Francie, who feels utterly alone; while worries about an errant arrow dog John Morgan.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Amazing Grace

Tue, Oct 22, 1991

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5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ All God's Children

Tue, Oct 29, 1991

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6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons

Tue, Nov 5, 1991

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7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Parallel Lives

Tue, Nov 19, 1991

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8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Coming Home

Tue, Nov 26, 1991

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9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Some Desperate Glory

Tue, Dec 10, 1991

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10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Desire

Tue, Dec 17, 1991

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11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Tue, Jan 7, 1992

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12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ On the Road

Fri, Feb 28, 1992

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13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Master Magician

Fri, Mar 6, 1992

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14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Hard Lessons

Fri, Mar 13, 1992

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15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Cool Winter Blues

Fri, Mar 20, 1992

Lilly decides to change her pastor to one who believe in integration of black and white people. Nathan develops a crush on Diane.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ The Way Things Are

Fri, Mar 27, 1992

Forrest is shocked when Reverend Henry's latest protest to boycott all the white stores causes Lily to act.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Slow Coming Dark

Fri, Apr 3, 1992

Nathan and Diane's blossoming relationship comes under the scrutiny of Diane's Dad. Meanwhile, Lily's cousin Oscar feels the pinch of the the department-store boycott.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Toy Soldiers

Fri, Apr 10, 1992

Reverend Henry invites Forrest to meet the black people who are demanding equal rights.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ The Kindness of Strangers

Fri, Apr 24, 1992

Coach Zollicofer Weed comes back to petition the school board for his old job. Lily's old choir friend Ruth comes to town with her band and Lily falls for her saxophone player, Clarence 'Cool Papa' Charleston. Elsewhere, Forrest helps Harold Noone, a man he is prosecuting for murder of Lolly Hankins.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Not Buried

Fri, May 1, 1992

Christina and Forrest defend Harold Noone in his murder trial and John feels guilty about the death of a neighbor.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ A Dangerous Comfort

Fri, May 15, 1992

Tucker Henderson's alcoholic addiction which causes his to crash his car brings Forrest and Christina together to step in and help him overcome it.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Slightest Distance

Fri, May 15, 1992

Coach Zollicofer Weed finally returns to the high school as a wrestling coach. Lily's father Lewis disapproves of her relationship with Clarence 'Cool Papa' Charleston and doesn't take it well when she tells him Clarence has proposed to her. Nathan sees his father with Christina LeKatzis and is not pleased. Forrest gets an offer from the justice department to be a US Attorney.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Hello and Goodbye

Fri, Sep 25, 1992

Forrest's affair with Christina is causing friction and he realizes he may have to end it just as he is preparing to take the job of U.S. Attorney. Cool Papa returns one last time for Lily but ends up going to New York without her.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Ruler of My Heart

Fri, Oct 2, 1992

Forrest tells Christina that Gwen is coming home from hospital. Francie asks Forrest if she can throw a party and invite boys from her class. Next day at school Donnie Shackleford tells her that he didn't go to her party because he didn't want to be matched up with her friend Miranda and that he likes her instead. Meanwhile, the FBI question Lily about Forrest as he prepares to become US Attorney and a black army officer, Colonel Landers, is shot dead whilst traveling in his car by three trouble-making white men.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ All in the Life

Fri, Oct 9, 1992

Parkie tells Slocum she might be pregnant. The main suspects in the murder of black army officer, Colonel Landers, are released - to no-one's surprise. Lily doesn't take it well when Gwen returns home. Later, Gwen is knocked down by a speeding car leaving her family grieving.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Until Tomorrow

Fri, Oct 16, 1992

Parker tells Slocum's parents that she's pregnant and Slocum's not pleased. His girlfriend Cookie tells him to deal with it and stop embarrassing her. Lewis takes Adlaine to a Shriners meeting without Lily's consent. Meanwhile, after Gwen's funeral Forrest allows Lake Stevens to console the children and the love affair between Forrest and Christina looks like being renewed.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Desperate Measures

Fri, Oct 30, 1992

Slocum and Parkie make some decisions about their unborn child and under pressure from civil rights leaders Forrest takes Colonel Landers two killers to civil court.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Freedom Bus

Fri, Nov 6, 1992

Nathan takes his driver's license exam. Lily questions the motives of Mimi, a civil rights protester, touring the area in a "Freedom Bus". Meanwhile, Forrest visits Washington, D.C., where he meets up with Christina.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Eighteen

Fri, Nov 13, 1992

Forrest hires young white convict Francis to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. Slocum decides to marry Parkie but not before he and Nathan make a visit to a whorehouse. Whilst there Nathan meets a different kind of girl. Later Slocum is arrested for rape. Meanwhile, Lilly asks Forrest for a raise and is upset by his response.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Fragile Truths

Fri, Nov 20, 1992

The police interrogate Paul Slocum about Parkie's alleged rape. He turns to Forrest for legal advice. Lilly throws a birthday party for Lewis that turns into a political debate when his nephew Oscar clashes with her and Christina is pressured by her mother Beth to date other men.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Since Walter

Fri, Nov 27, 1992

Lily's ex husband Walter Harper comes back to town with his fiancée Rose in tow. Francis' undercover mission into the Ku Klux clan yields information on the 3 murderers of Colonel Landers but puts Francis in extreme danger. Meanwhile, Christina struggles to defend Paul against his rape charge.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Third Man

Fri, Dec 11, 1992

Jere Blount confesses to the murder of Colonel Landers which enables Forrest to release Francis from jail. Elsewhere, Lily falls for a train porter named Joe Clay.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Comfort and Joy

Fri, Dec 18, 1992

Christina invites Forrest and his children to her Christmas party. Lilly finds the holidays difficult to bear after she is brutally beaten by a freedom-bus protester and Paul Slocum finds Christmas cheer in an unlikely place - Coach Zollicofer Weed's circle of friends.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Realpolitik

Fri, Jan 8, 1993

Forrest finally gets his grand jury indictment against the murders of Colonel Landers with the testimony of shopkeeper Curtis Barnett. Meanwhile, Forrest and Christina go away for the weekend but it doesn't work out too well and Lily protests outside a racist shopkeepers store.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Small Wishes

Fri, Jan 15, 1993

John Morgan shows his jealous side to Lily's lover Joe Clay. Nathan is arrested on a wrongful drug charge and Forrest wins his murder case of Colonel Landers wrongful death by two Ku Klux clansmen.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ What's in a Name?

Fri, Jan 22, 1993

Since his successful prosecution of the two Ku Klux clansmen for the murder of Colonel Landers Forrest suspects that he himself is being investigated by the F.B.I.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Commencement

Fri, Jan 29, 1993

Christina loses a very important client due to the FBI's investigation into Forrest. Lilly graduates with her high school diploma.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ State

Fri, Feb 5, 1993

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