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This article is from the Christy FAQ, by Caroline Kent caro@earthlink.net with numerous contributions by others.

10. I've only recently heard about the television show. When did the series air? (Christy)

"Christy" debuted Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994 on CBS and was the
highest-rated series for an Easter Sunday in six years. Twenty
episodes of "Christy" which starred Kellie Martin, Tyne Daly and Tess
Harper, were filmed. Four of those segments were originally telecast
as two-hour specials. Six episodes aired in the spring of 1994. A
Thanksgiving special was broadcast on November 24, 1995 and the
remaining episodes ran during the spring and summer of 1995. The
episodes are as follows:

First Season:

1. Christy (PILOT)

CBS Air Date: April 3, 1994
Nineteen- year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her home in Asheville to
teach in the poverty-stricken community of Cutter Gap.

2. Lost and Found

CBS Air Date: April 7, 1994
Rob Allen enters a writing contest and Little Burl is injured when he
falls through a crevice in the rocks.

3. Both Your Houses

CBS Air Date: April 14, 1994
Opal's baby girl dies. Tom McHone seeks refuge at the mission after
being shot and accused of telling the authorities about the
moonshining operation.

4. A Closer Walk

CBS Air Date: April 21, 1994
Christy is introduced to Aunt Polly and David rubs Ault Allen the
wrong way.

5. Judgement Day

CBS Air Date: April 28, 1994
Dr. Ferrand, mission director, pays a visit to Cutter Gap. Christy
receives a large number of donations from Ashville, including
equipment to hook up a phone line to El Pano.

6. Eye of The Storm

CBS Air Date: May 5, 1994
Dr. MacNeill tries an experimental procedure on Becky O'Teale in hopes
of curing her trachoma, Miss Alice disproves of Christy's friendship
with Neil.

7. Amazing Grace

CBS Air Date: May 5, 1994
Christy meets Hattie McHabe, Theodore S. Harland arrives to record the
folklore of the cove, and Miss Alice's daughter, Margaret, returns
from "the dead."

Second Season:

8. The Sweetest Gift

CBS Air Date: November 24, 1994
Cutter Gap prepares for Thanksgiving by holding a turkey hunting
contest. Christy's father arrives for a visit and suffers a stroke.

9. To Have and To Hold

CBS Air Date: April 15, 1995
David proposes to Christy and Ida prepares to marry her penpal,
Clarence Sweetwater.

10. The Hunt

CBS Air Date: April 22, 1995
David's childhood friend, songbird Sissel Jorgensen, arrives for a
visit. Sam Houston and his dog, Singer Lee, search for the great
white buck.

11. A Man's Reach

CBS Air Date: April 29, 1995
Rob Allen is offered a college scholorship. Zady Spencer feels left
out when Christy begins spending so much time with Rob, tutoring him
for his entrance exam.

12. Ghost Story

CBS Air Date: June 14, 1995
Christy and her students set out to disprove a superstition and take a
field trip into a cave. Ruby Mae discovers that she is related to a
famous heroine.

13. Echoes

CBS Air Date: June 21, 1995
Christy and Miss Alice journey back to Freedom, Kentucky, the site of
her first mission. Neil discovers that David proposed to Christy.

14. The Lie

CBS Air Date: June 28, 1995
Dan Scott tries to make friends with the Spencers, John Spencer
becomes enamoured of Christy and Bessie Colburn spreads a malicious
rumor.

15. Green Apples

CBS Air Date: July 5, 1995
Dr. MacNeill puts the mission under quarantine after an outbreak of
scarlet fever.

16. The Hostage

CBS Air Date: July 12, 1995
Christy is taken hostage by a man who blames Dr. MacNeill for the
death of his wife.

17. Babe In The Woods

CBS Air Date: July 19, 1995
Christy finds an abandoned baby in the woods and reconsiders David's
marriage proposal in order to adopt it.

18. Second Sight

CBS Air Date: July 26, 1995
A visiting mission benefactor seeks to acquire land for his lumber
business.

19. The Road Home

CBS Air Date: August 2, 1995
Series Finale. Margaret returns to the cove and Christy is torn
between her feelings for David and Neil.

 

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