

Air Date
February 8, 1981
Episodes
3 episodes
East of Eden
Season 1
Episodes

1. Part 1
February 8, 1981
145 min
John Steinbeck's generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as Cain-and-Abel brothers and Jane Seymour as the vixen who comes between them.

2. Part 2
February 9, 1981
93 min
Adam's dreams of a California ranch are dashed when his wife (Jane Seymour) deserts him and her newborn twins to work in a bordello.

3. Part 3
February 11, 1981
144 min
The burden of the past weighs heavily on the teenage Trask twins as bitter revelations tear the family apart.

Timothy Bottoms
Adam Trask

Jane Seymour
Kate Trask

Bruce Boxleitner
Charles Trask

Soon-Tek Oh
Lee

Karen Allen
Abra

Hart Bochner
Aron Trask

Sam Bottoms
Cal Trask

Warren Oates
Cyrus Trask

Howard Duff
Jules Edwards

Anne Baxter
Faye

Richard Masur
Will Hamilton

Nicholas Pryor
James Grew

Lloyd Bridges
Samuel Hamilton
Nellie Bellflower
Mrs. Trask

M. Emmet Walsh
Sheriff Horace Quinn

Vernon Weddle
Bill Ames

Grace Zabriskie
Mrs. Ames

Wendell Burton
Tom Hamilton

Matthew Beard
Cotton Eye

Timothy Carey
The Preacher