With the Daily Planet and the Metropolis Police Department teaming up to squash these racketeers, Perry White decides to publish a scathing article that may cost him his life. JR talks about real racketeers of 1946 and how Superman got it right.
Liz is determined not to be left out of the baseball game at the Annual Bank Outing, so she persuades her neighbor Mr. Wood to teach her how to play the game.
With Superman desperately searching for Jimmy and Beanie who are trapped in the burning building, he realizes there is more to this racket that goes much deeper into corruption than he thought. Commentary on why this is a most relevant serial for 1946 America.
A college student and her friend go pay a surprise visit on an aunt she hasn't seen for a while. But it is they who get the surprise when they encounter the aunt's cat.
An evil businessman kidnaps his partner and keeps him in a burial vault. He wants him to sign a confession stating how he killed himself by drowning.
A woman, Barbara, who married for money meets Alex whom she instantly falls in love with. At the same time an old boyfriend resurfaces who still has feelings for her. Seeing an opportunity to escape her marriage to be with Alex, she schemes to frame her old boyfriend for the murder of her husband. JR speaks on what could have been a better plot twist than what was heard.
Jimmy and Beanie’s peril becomes more frightening as they find themselves tied in a building engulfed in flames and nobody knows they are there. JR comments on the marketing trick used in the Pep Cereal Comic Buttons.
Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice cream from the milkman every day, and the pink trail leads to the doorstep of their new neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. Wood, and their ten children.
Kent is unaware of the serious danger Jimmy and Beanie are in as an even bigger threat is looming that will hasten their demise. JR comments on the importance of Jimmy Olsen in the radio episodes and what each of the main characters brings to the series.
Two nefarious opportunists stuck in Brazil stumble across a spider as big as a dog, deep in the jungle. Obviously, this is their ticket home if they can catch it-before IT catches them!
The Shadow breaks up a spy ring who are destroying shipyards and sinking submarines.
An explorer deep in the Amazon jungle is saved from near death by an old hermit whose only request for saving the explorer’s life is that he be read Dickens novels all day long…for the rest of his life. JR comments on the sad life of Richard Ney. Plus we look at writer Richard Breen's working relationship with Jack Webb.
Jimmy and Beanie are on their own as they try to expose the phony song publishers as racketeers, but unfortunately for them the racketeers are suspicious. JR comments on Your Hit Parade which Jimmy mentions.
Liz hears about the Atterbury’s Halloween party and is upset that she and George just weren't invited. So she decides to throw her own and invite all her friends who turn out to be busy that night.
Jimmy, upon believing racketeers have extorted $500 from Poco for their phony song publishing company, decides to go undercover to expose them. JR comments on the Christmas Seals PSA in this episode.
Two network secretaries find themselves the object of bizarre occurrences while typing out a script for Lights Out. Mercedes McCambridge, who just appeared in the episode Execution, returns to fine form as Oboler secretary Bernice whose very sanity is given the ultimate test.
The Shadow breaks up a counterfeit ring who are terrorizing a poor neighborhood.
A mystery writer plagiarizes an unreleased and thought to be unknown manuscript of Edgar Allan Poe as his own to which he has received high accolade. But someone else knows his secret which could ruin him. JR speaks on box office hit films that were sued for plagiarism.
While Kent and White are anguishing over what could Poco be doing, Jimmy decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists Beanie to help find the truth. JR counts down the The Best Superman Movies of All Time.
Liz can't seem to follow through on anything without changing her mind. After George complains, Liz is determined to finish everything she starts, including an old unfinished letter that she finds in her desk, telling George she's leaving him.
Superman rescues Poco from the refrigerated train car in time just to find out that he ahas disappeared once again. JR counts down the Top Superman Actors of All Time.
The Captain and his Sergeant hit a landmine in their jeep and escape with nothing more than a scratch. But by enemy aircraft open fire on them and they find themselves in a mysterious world where nothing makes sense. Are they dead? Are they in suspended animation?
The Shadow comes to the aid of a doctor who was once a prisoner on Devil's Island.
A dancer and news reporter get involved with murder and a mysteriously valuable item known only as The Blue Hour. Commentary on stars Claire Trevor and Sidney Miller.
With Poco’s life in danger trapped inside a refrigerated freight car, his only hope is if Superman and Batman could rescue him in time. JR discusses Poco's history on the series.
Liz and George's visit to their next-door neighbors, the Stones, turns into a disaster when George tries to repair the Stones' new television set by himself.
As Kent continues the ruse of recovering from an explosion to hide his secret identity, we learn that Perry White has been shot and by a most unlikely suspect. JR speaks on the subject of style and why one choice changes the who dynamic and not for the better.
Several bomb explosions are caused by a man who hates crowds. The police are unable to make any progress and the town becomes more scared.
A Nazi soldier publicly executes 50 women by hanging to punish a town that refused to hand over a defender. But as each are hanged, the Nazi aggressor notices something strangely familiar about each woman. Something that begins to terrify him.
A man thought to be drowned three years ago suddenly shows up in town looking to resume the life he knew although one suspects there is another motive in his return. Commentary on why this was one of the best Suspense episodes of the entire series so far.
