Interviewees discuss classic episodes of television dramas.

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    Larry Hagman on the infamous "Who shot J.R.?" storyline of Dallas

    07:10
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    Neil Travis on editing "Kunta Kinte's" capture in part one of Roots

    02:22
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    Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's creation of aliens using "the Horta" from "The Devil in the Dark" episode as an example

    01:52
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    Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

    05:21
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    Sharon Gless on the controversial Cagney & Lacey episode "The City is Burning" and her character's sometimes offensive attitudes

    01:55
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    Jon Hamm on going to dark places while playing "Don Draper" on Mad Men and how "Don's" journey ends in the final episode (the Coca-Cola commercial)

    05:48

    Chris Albrecht

    Chris Albrecht on the ending of The Sopranos

    02:43

    Alan A. Armer

    Alan Armer on the finale of The Fugitive, and on how it was received

    02:03

    Charles Cappleman

    Charles Cappleman on his duties as a stage manager, and on working on Climax! and Playhouse 90

    05:58

    Ane Crabtree

    Ane Crabtree on "Tony Soprano's" robe in The Sopranos pilot and on "Tony" feeding the ducks

    03:04

    Edie Falco

    Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

    05:21

    Dorothy C. Fontana

    Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's creation of aliens using "the Horta" from "The Devil in the Dark" episode as an example

    01:52

    Tom Fontana

    Tom Fontana on his favorite St. Elsewhere episodes and the finale of the show

    05:50

    Tom Fontana on the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "The Subway"

    01:46

    Sandra Gimpel

    Sandra Gimpel on playing the Salt Vampire on the Star Trek episode "The Man Trap"

    07:10

    Lesli Linka Glatter

    Lesli Linka Glatter on directing the classic Mad Men episode "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency"

    02:49

    Sharon Gless

    Sharon Gless on presenting alcoholism in the two-part "Turn Turn Turn" episode on Cagney & Lacey, and winning an Emmy for it

    01:47

    Sharon Gless on the controversial Cagney & Lacey episode "The City is Burning" and her character's sometimes offensive attitudes

    01:55

    Sharon Gless and Cagney & Lacey executive producer Barney Rosenzweig on developing the theme of alcoholism for "Christine Cagney" and her father on the show

    05:36

    Larry Hagman

    Larry Hagman on the infamous "Who shot J.R.?" storyline of Dallas

    07:10

    Jon Hamm

    Jon Hamm on going to dark places while playing "Don Draper" on Mad Men and how "Don's" journey ends in the final episode (the Coca-Cola commercial)

    05:48

    Jeffrey Hayden

    Jeffrey Hayden on Quincy's plots, including the episode "Seldom Silent, Never Heard," that influenced the passing of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA)

    04:20

    Elodie Keene

    Elodie Keene on directing Claire Danes and Jared Leto on My So-Called Life

    03:21

    Norman Lloyd

    Norman Lloyd on directing the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Jar"

    03:08

    Norman Lloyd on what he thought of the final episode of St. Elsewhere

    01:02

    William H. Macy

    William H. Macy on the live episode of ER

    02:17

    Richard Matheson

    Richard Matheson on writing for The Lawman, including the suspenseful "Thirty Minutes"

    02:52

    Richard Matheson on The Twilight Zone episodes "Nick of Time" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," both of which starred William Shatner

    02:02

    Richard Matheson on the Twilight Zone episode "Little Girl Lost" and how real life inspired the story

    01:06

    Richard Matheson on his surprise that The Twilight Zone episode "The Invaders" has become a classic

    00:56

    Leonard Nimoy

    Leonard Nimoy on his creation of "Mr. Spock's" Vulcan salute and its use in the episode "Amok Time"

    01:51

    Leonard Nimoy on the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark," and "Spock's" mind meld ability

    02:11

    Cliff Robertson

    Cliff Robertson on the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Dummy" (SPOILERS!)

    01:07

    Barney Rosenzweig

    Sharon Gless and Barney Rosenzweig on developing the theme of alcoholism for "Christine Cagney" and her father on Cagney and Lacey

    05:36

    Maxine Stuart

    Maxine Stuart on [SPOILER ALERT!] The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity

    03:19

    Neil Travis

    Neil Travis on editing "Kunta Kinte's" capture in part one of Roots

    02:22

    Timothy Van Patten

    Timothy Van Patten on his "story by" credit for the "Pine Barrens" episode of The Sopranos

    03:53

    Terence Winter

    Terence Winter on the series finale of The Sopranos

    03:27

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