A captain with 25 years' service on the "Singapore" faces mental collapse as he takes his freighter out on its last voyage, a fateful trip to Hong Kong.
Will Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy -- no one more than Sgt. King.
A man in bankruptcy becomes a migrant oil worker to repay his debts. Throughout their journeys, he and his family dream of returning to the home they once owned.
David Durfee's young son is kidnapped by desperate criminals, but he refuses to pay the ransom that the town feels would insure the boy's safety. (Repeat from last season.)
Life in an Italian-America family is continuously upset by Uncle Zi-Zi's schemes to appear as a contestant on a TV quiz program. Optimistic Zi-Zi is certain that, after one session, his fortune will be made.