Hell Town — Season 1, Episode 1: Let My Jenny Go

Episode synopsis

Father Hardstep Rivers attempst to save Jennie, a young prostitute from a fate worse than death. Jennie doesn’t know that her pimp Ric (George Chakiris) is really her father, or that her mother Sara (Bibi Besch) is doing time in the pen. Hardstep tries to affect a miracle by having the former lovers meet at the church altar. He gets Sara out of the pen on a pass, then watches as the woman implores Ric to free their daughter from sexual bondage. Even the resident wino could have seen what was coming. Not Hardstep. Eric refuses the mother’s request, and she murders him in cold blood with a knife.

About Hell Town

Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The People vs. Willie the Goat
• E3Fast Louie
• E4Hell Town Goes Bananas (1)
• E5Hell Town Goes Bananas (2)
• E6I Will Abide
• E7Stumpy Boy
• E8Lords of War
• E9The One Called Daisy
• E10Love and Four Corners
• E11My Girlfriend Annie and the Legacy of Annie Turner
• E12A Wedding in Hell Town (a.k.a. A Simple Wedding)
• E13The Rat Man Cometh (a.k.a. Poor No More)