A Hawaiian beach bum finds himself surrogate uncle to five orphaned children, helping them stay together, in this pilot movie for a TV series which turned up briefly in the spring of 1979 as "The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove."

Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.

An adulterous newspaper reporter, who has just experienced a heart attack, pesters a doctor into investigating the questionable medical practices taking place at the hospital where both are residing.

A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.