Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity, who finds success as a javelin thrower on the track team.
So how can a swinging bachelor learn a lesson about love? As magazine publisher Michael Green celebrates his big 4-0, he finds a bikini-clad Sandy Benson wrapped in a big bow as a birthday present supposedly courtesy of his drinking buddies. After trading barbs with the former beauty pageant winner, they find they have an attraction of sorts and she sticks around. Romance abounds as this country girl goes looking for romance in the big city in a typical television romantic comedy fashion.
Um jovem sismologista, usando os ensinamentos de um especialista, prevê um tremor de ampla magnitude em Los Angeles, mas ninguém lhe dá a devida atenção. A vida das pessoas e de todos os moradores da cidade será tragicamente atingida pelo maior terremoto que a cidade já viu e, apesar de pequenos tremores prenunciarem a catástrofe, a população não pressente a tragédia que está para acontecer.