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...John Pielmeier has fashioned a mystery play about an enduring theological riddle: the virgin birth. Who sired Sister Agnes' child? A visiting priest? A local farm hand? Perhaps God himself? To determine whether Agnes (Amanda Plummer) is fit to stand trial for the murder, the court appoints a psychiatrist, Dr. Martha Livingstone (Elizabeth Ashley), to examine her. Soon enough, Agnes' superior, Mother Miriam Ruth (Geraldine Page), appoints herself as guardian of the girl's interests...
...generations of disparate families as well as a feudal array of maids much given to the response "Yes, Missus." In the first episode, a brother and sister who have inherited the house argue testily about which of them is to have the dining room. Subsequently, an architect advises a psychiatrist purchaser of the house to split the room up into his office and a reception area...
William Fain, 36, is a model prisoner at San Quentin. He gets along well with fellow inmates and staff and says he has found God. A psychiatrist has concluded that his potential for violence is "probably less than average." So a parole board ordered his release in January. But instead of getting out, Fain unwillingly has become an entry in California legal annals. Twice now he has won a parole only to have it short-circuited by a public uproar-making him the first person to be held past his proposed release expressly because of community pressure...
...much made Through the Leading Glass, that a psychiatrist or Mr. Mxyzpatlk would love...
...disclosures now burst upon the public: the details of the original Watergate break-in and wiretapping; the burglary of the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist; the coverup; the use of governmental agencies to harass political opponents; and such juvenile escapades as the so-called enemies list-which in effect really amounted to a list of those not to invite to White House dinners, something that exists tacitly in every Administration. The immature second level of the Nixon White House managed to turn this triviality into another national scandal...