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Series

Secrets of Midland Heights

1980 · 1 season · 11 episodes · Ended · CBS

Soap

TMDB 6.3 · 3 votes

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A short-lived nighttime soap for a teen demographic, it featured romantic triangles and secrets among the youth and their parents who populate a fictional midwestern college town called Midland Heights. Resembling a dark, 1980s-style Peyton Place, the plot dealt in both hidden secrets and scandalous affairs. Lisa Rogers carried on with college jock Burt Carroll while also seeing fraternity jerk Mark; good girl heiress Ann Dulles secretly dated high school dropout John; Holly Wheeler wanted to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Teddy Welsh, but the teens were shocked to discover her mother Dorothy was having an affair with Teddy's father Nathan.

Episodes

  • S01E01Founder's Day1980-12-0660m

    Margaret Millington and her ne'er do well son Guy prepare for the annual Founder's Day in Midland Heights. Local diner owner Lucy Dexter has some secrets that she would like to keep to herself and her deaf son, Eric. Dorothy Wheeler is in an unhappy marriage with her husband Martin and tries to shield this from their daughter Holly, who is seeing well-off Teddy Welsh, whose father Nathan is a schoolteacher. Teddy wants things to progress with Holly, but Holly only sees him as a friend.

  • S01E02Decisions1980-12-1360m

    Dorothy decides to end her affair with Nathan when Holly finds out about her mother's illicit romance.

  • S01E03The Searchers1980-12-2060m

    John Grey is kidnapped, putting Holly and Teddy on the search squad.

  • S01E04Hooverville1980-12-2760m

    The high school plans 'Hooverville', a weekend where the student will feel how it was like to live during the Depression.

  • S01E05Letting Go1981-01-0360m

    The carnival comes to town, and everyone's already complicated lives grow increasingly moreso.

  • S01E06The Race1981-01-1060m

    Guy's plans for inheriting the family fortune are threatened when his sister returns from a mental institution — apparently recovered. Meanwhile, John's estranged father, who hasn't seen his wife.and son for years, returns to compete against John in an auto race.

  • S01E07The Birthday Party1981-01-1760m

    Guy's sister's rehabilitation dampens Guy's attempts to take over the Millington fortune.

  • S01E08Facing Facts1981-01-2460m

    Mark's fiancé shows up, both surprising and angering Lisa. Dorothy turn to pills to ease the pain of her unhappy marriage. The young people decide to have a barn dance.

  • S01E09Reunion of Strangers60m

    Micki learns about her past, both surprising and horrifying.

  • S01E10Heritage of Sorrows60m

    With new revelations, the lives of the people of Midland Heights will never be the same.

  • S01E11Friends and Lovers60m

    Everything comes to a head in the explosive, unaired series finale.

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