5x1 - The Betty Hawley Story

September 3, 1958

After graduation from college, John Hawley (Richard Jaeckel) takes a job in Mexico for a mining company. John's wife Betty (Lisa Daniels) is pregnant and desperate to have their child in a hospital and in America. Hence, John agrees to accept ,000 to drive over rutted dirt roads in an old rickety truck loaded with nitroglycerin to a mine cave-in many miles off.

5x2 - The Norman Conover Story

September 10, 1958

Grocer Norman Conover starts a chain of stores with his million which draws a visit from his first wife, who has formerly agreed to stay away.

5x3 - The Fred Morgan Story

September 17, 1958

Before they use the money for corrective surgery, Rita Morgan implores her husband to take her to place she was crippled in her husband's boating accident where they are intercepted by an run away convict but Fred devises an escape.

5x4 - The Ken Leighton Story

September 24, 1958

Earnest, but gullible Ken Leighton is barely making it just to pay bills but is always is falling for his co-worker's grand money gambling schemes. His marriage is taking a strain now because he has no money to pay the bills.

5x5 - The David Barrett Story

October 1, 1958

Struggling young writer David Barrett takes a laborer job on a farm owned by a tough old Scotsman. He's told to stay away from the main house, but circumstances bring him there and he meets the owner's daughter. They fall in love, but when the Farmer finds out, he fights him and orders him away until he can provide for the girl.

5x6 - The Martin Scott Story

October 8, 1958

Martin Scott's boy is in trouble at school for running a lottery scam on his classmates. He wanted the cash to buy a car. So he's given an earnest talk about money, and why he can't use any in a college fund his parents save for him,yet unbeknownst to everyone else, Scott has gotten himself in debt to a bookie and must nearly drain the account.

5x7 - The Ellen Curry Story

October 15, 1958

Ellen Curry is grief stricken when she loses her husband and terrified when he returns.

5x8 - The William Vaughan Story

October 22, 1958

William Eliot Vaughan is a millionaire who finds out he is completely broke.

5x10 - The Dan Howell Story

November 5, 1958

Anthony's meeting with detective Dan Howell on a train on which Howell is returning an escaped convict who wishes revenge on Howell gives the convict an opportunity to free himself and run loose on the train.

5x11 - The Newman Johnson Story

November 12, 1958

Meek clerk Newman Johnson who deals with an intrusive sister-in-law, a critical wife, a conniving coworker and a dismissive and grumpy employer gains confidence with his million and turns the tables as he buys his company.

5x12 - The Lee Randolph Story

November 19, 1958

Check recipient Lee Randolph suffers brain trauma which condition his brother uses to make him Lee appear insane so he might commit Lee and have the money.

5x13 - The Frank Harrigan Story

December 3, 1958

Stickler Frank Harrigan overhears his friends plan a gag to teach him a lesson about his hard nosed attitude so he thinks Anthony is acting when Anthony says he is giving him a million with almost disastrous consequences for the fortune.

5x14 - The Pete Hopper Story

December 10, 1958

Hopper, a young insurance accountant, learns that a client is guilty of fraud. Pete refuses a bribe and intends to divulge his findings to the police. When the check for a million dollars is presented to him, Pete thinks the bribe offer has been renewed.

5x15 - The Eric Lodek Story

December 17, 1958

Eric Lodek, a man devoted to helping others, receives the million-dollar check shortly before he suffers a fatal heart attack. Nick Slade, an escaped convict, comes across Lodek's body and decides to impersonate him.

5x16 - The William Courtney Story

January 7, 1959

William Courtney is unable to pay the back taxes on an old castle he bought, until his check arrives.

5x17 - The Terrence Costigan Story

January 14, 1959

Terrence Costigan receives someone else's check and tries to find the real recipient.

5x18 - The Irene Marshall Story

January 21, 1959

Irene Marshall refuses to believe that her husband committed suicide.

5x19 - The Julia Conrad Story

January 28, 1959

Julia Conrad and Gilbert Patterson each believe the other is wealthy.

5x20 - The Emily Baker Story

February 4, 1959

A career bachelor and world traveler meets the perfect girl. He leaves her because he is sure that he is not ready to settle down, but she thinks it's because she's a simple country girl.

5x21 - The John Rackham Story

February 11, 1959

5x22 - The Father Gilhooley Story

February 18, 1959

A priest provides for great and small needs in his poor parish.

5x23 - The Hank Butler Story

February 25, 1959

Judy Butler feels unneeded when her husband fills her role in their business with new employees, plus hires an efficient household staff.

5x24 - The Charlie Weber Story

March 4, 1959

5x25 - The Angela Temple Story

March 11, 1959

Rumors and a husband's secrets add suspicion to his behavior, leading to a crisis with his millionaire wife.

5x26 - The Alicia Osante Story

March 18, 1959

Michael has a hard time finding Alicia Osante because she's trying to avoid immigration officials, with the help of sailor William Williams, who is on leave from San Diego.

5x27 - The Marcia Forrest Story

March 25, 1959

New millionaires Marsha Forrest and her police lieutenant husband try to find out the truth about a man he arrested who has been convicted of theft and murder.

5x28 - The Henry Banning Story

April 1, 1959

Henry Banning who lives with his sister's family and has no visible means is known as a teller of tall tales so when he receives his million he has trouble making himself and others believe he has wealth.

5x29 - The Sally Simms Story

April 8, 1959

When mother and daughter Susan and Sally Simms jointly receive the million dollars, Sally uses the opportunity to find her mother a husband but the man she has picked on a cruise for her mother falls in love with Sally and she with him.

5x30 - The Ann Griffin Story

April 15, 1959

Newlywed to her college sweetheart Ann Griffin secretly uses her money to successfully promote an acting career for her husband while the husband grows frustrated that an agent requires them to be apart for the sake of publicity.

5x31 - The Karl Miller Story

April 22, 1959

Refugee Karl Miller uses his money to post a reward for assistance in finding his lost daughter and draws the help of a reporter who wants to write a story about the search.

5x32 - The Gilbert Burton Story

April 29, 1959

Country boy Gilbert Burton spends money on a dancer with which he has become infatuated as a dishwasher in a nightclub but the woman cuts him off when her feelings grow because she feels she and her partner brother are using Gilbert.

5x33 - The Susan Ballard Story

May 6, 1959

Small town teacher Susan Ballard flees from a wild party.

5x34 - The Bill Franklin Story

May 13, 1959

Editor Bill Franklin's wife sees the million as way to escape the couples workaday town and thoughts of aging and so loses herself and consideration for husband in the bustle of New York City.

5x35 - The Louise Benson Story

May 20, 1959

Artist Louise Benson falls in love with a sailor who was injured while rescuing her from a mugging as she sketched on the San Francisco waterfront but there love can go no further until the man faces murders charges in his hometown.

5x36 - The Martha Halloran Story

May 27, 1959

Clint Halloran diverts an advance received to fuel his plane to take a boy to a hospital out of his way and has to fraudulently mortgage his plane to return because he did not receive funds his wife sent and is unaware of the million.

5x37 - The Charles Bradwell Story

June 10, 1959

Charles Bradwell works as a janitor for a school, but has no family to call his own. After getting his million dollars, decides to go out and find a family to claim as his own.