Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) [12 0f 12]

Chapter 11 (15 March 1976) - The students make copies of the photos taken of her, so Rudy goes to the newspaper office and starts throwing stuff around, causing a shelf to fall on a student. The developing chemicals go into her eyes. Rudy asks Julie if they really try, could they be put back together. Tom and Kate get married and are expecting a baby; Rudy and Julie attend the wedding. After the wedding, Julie sneaks out in the night for a drink and is joined by Falconetti. When it's reported to Tom that his sister-in-law is in town drinking with Falconetti, Tom goes to get her. Tom tells Kate that the good thing is that he could have killed a man, but didn't. Tom is attacked on the dock in a set-up.

Rich Man, Poor Man is a 1976 American television miniseries based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw. The miniseries stars Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte and Susan Blakely. It spans the period from 1945 through the late 1960s and follows the divergent career courses of impoverished German American Jordache brothers. Rudy (Peter Strauss) is the titular rich man, a well-educated and very ambitious entrepreneur who triumphed over his background and constructed a corporate and political empire. Poor man Tom (Nick Nolte) is a rebel who eventually turned to boxing to support himself. Axel and Mary were their parents, and Julie Prescott was Rudy's lifelong sweetheart who eventually married him. Later, another important character appears, the dangerous and eccentric Falconetti, lifelong nemesis of the Jordache Brothers, who is intent on killing them.