I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of...
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, whose name is an ironic reference to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. As the show progressed, Lilly became increasingly involved in the Civil Rights Movement, with events eventually drawing in Forrest as well. I'll Fly Away won two 1992 Emmy Awards, and 23 nominations in total. It won three Humanitas Prizes, two Golden Globe Awards, two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and a Peabody Award. However, the series was never a ratings blockbuster, and it was canceled by NBC in 1993, despite widespread protests by critics and viewer organizations. After the program's cancellation, a two-hour movie, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, was produced, in order to resolve dangling storylines from Season 2, and provide the series with a true finale. The movie aired on October 11, 1993 on PBS. Its major storyline closely paralleled the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Thereafter, PBS began airing repeats of the original episodes, ceasing after one complete showing of the entire series.
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of...
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Episode 1: I'll Fly Away (Pilot)
Lawyer Forrest Bedford struggles to raise a family amid the civil-rights strife of the 1958 South, a...
Episode 2: The Hat
When John Morgan loses his cowboy hat out of the car window, Lilly finds it—but then so does her d...
Episode 3: Rules of the Game
With Forrest away on a weekend hunting trip, womanhood takes aim at Francie, who feels utterly alone...
Episode 4: Amazing Grace
As Forrest joins the race for attorney general, Lilly considers attending a voting-rights meetings,...
Episode 5: All God's Children
John Morgan is upset when he doesn't get to go to Lilly's birthday party; the wrestlers aren't celeb...
Episode 6: Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons
On Halloween, the specter of the KKK haunts Christina as she's asked to investigate Prevtiss Carver'...
Episode 7: Parallel Lives
Slocum wrestles with his conscience—-and with-–Evans as Zollicfer applies pressure over the bric...
Episode 8: Coming Home
Thanksgiving brings family—and conflict—home: Gwen's visit from the mental hospital knocks the s...
Episode 9: Some Desperate Glory
A game of checkers turns deadly serious for Nathan and Slocum; Lilly helps Francie, who's afraid she...
Episode 10: Desire
Lilly expresses a burning desire to divorce her absent husband; sparks fly between Nathan and a carn...
Episode 11: Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore
John Morgan makes up a tall tale about his absent mother joining the rodeo; as the trial approaches,...
Episode 12: On the Road
On a campaign swing, Forrest lobbies for the affections of a difficult Francie, while Lilly faces a...
Episode 13: Master Magician
As Election Day nears, John Morgan plans a post-victory show, but Forrest isn't sure he can pull a w...
Episode 14: Hard Lessons
Forrest faces a test in courage when some of the townsfolk decide to teach him a lesson; Nathan is e...
Episode 15: Cool Winter Blues
An impromptu lunch-counter protest leads to a more serious demonstration; Lilly has to chew out John...
Episode 16: The Way Things Are
Forrest is shocked when Rev. Henry's latest protest sparks Lilly to action; Nathan and Diane's statu...
Episode 17: Slow Dark Coming
Diane's father tries to put a damper on her and Nathan's passions; racial tensions heat up with the...
Episode 18: Toy Soldiers
Not realizing how deep town sentiment runs, Lilly and Forrest learn fast after witnessing a police a...
Episode 19: The Kindness of Strangers
Lilly finds herself in time with a visiting sax player; a frustrated Forrest wants someone to face t...
Episode 20: Not Buried
John Morgan tries to put to rest his guilt and fear over an elderly neighbor's passing; Forrest asks...
Episode 21: A Dangerous Comfort
Lilly feels no pain when she's with Clarence, but Lewis isn't as intoxicated by his presence; Christ...
Episode 22: The Slightest Distance
Forrest ponders an offer for a challenging job; Lilly tries to make peace between her father and Cla...
Episode 1: Hello and Goodbye
In the second-season opener, Nathan reacts to Forrest's infidelity by deciding to confront Christina...
Episode 2: Ruler of My Heart
Lilly is questioned by the FBI as part of Forrest's bid for U.S. attorney, and she gives some distur...
Episode 3: All in the Life
On his first day at work as a U.S. attorney Forrest must break some bad news to his children about G...
Episode 4: Until Tomorrow
The Bedfords deal with a painful loss; Slocum makes matters worse with regard to Parkie's pregnancy;...
Episode 5: Desperate Measure
Civil-rights leaders converge in the ""trial"" of the two men accused of killing Col. Landers, inclu...
Episode 6: Freedom Bus
A group of Freedom Riders rolls into town, one of whom stays with Lilly and changes the way she thin...
Episode 7: Eighteen
Slocum decides to marry Parkie, but not before he and Nathan make a trip to a brothel; Lilly asks Fo...
Episode 8: Fragile Truths
The police interrogate Slocum, who turns to Forrest for legal advice; Lilly throws a birthday party...
Episode 9: Since Walter
Frankie gets deeper into the KKK and finds out that there was a third man involved in the killing of...
Episode 10: The Third Man
Slocum's trial winds to a close, but not before Nathan pressures Coach Zollicofer to take the stand;...
Episode 11: Comfort and Joy
Lilly finds the holidays difficult to bear after she is brutally beaten by a freedom-bus protester;...
Episode 12: Realpolitik
Lilly reluctantly leads a boycott of a racist's store; Forrest, after having words with his Washingt...
Episode 13: Small Wishes
Nathan is falsely arrested for narcotics possession; the Landers trial concludes with a shower of pu...
Episode 14: What's in a Name?
Forrest discovers that he's being followed—but it's not by whom he thinks; Nathan feels pressure a...
Episode 15: Commencement
Lilly tries to study for her high-school final exams despite continual interruptions; Forrest confid...
Episode 16: State
Joe faces some tough decisions when he thinks about becoming a teacher for the community's new schoo...
Episode 1: I'll Fly Away: Then And Now
PBS prefaces its rebroadcast of all 39 series episodes (originally aired on NBC) with this new episo...
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