S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

THE HIGHEST STEP IN THE WORLD tells the story of the post-war U.S. Air Force pre-astronauts, who risked their lives to be the first men into space years before NASA existed. And if that's not enough, we'll meet the only man to break the sound barrier by free-falling from the edge of space.

Lt. Gray Crawford and his Deputy Lt. 'Dink' DInkins are on routine nuclear missile duty when all hell breaks loose and World War III looms. A maintenance crew faces certain death if their missile launches before they can escaper. Sudden power loss convinces the crew that incoming nuclear warheads have isolated them in the capsule. Unless cooling air can be reestablished the miles of cable in the capsule will cause it to melt in four minutes - they have only 5 minutes until Launch - and Gray's biggest challenge is his Deputy.

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

The evil sorceress Morgan le Fey teams up with the Viking Sligon to should steal Arthur's sword Excalibur. The young boy Valiant, who masquerades as Sir Gawain to be near the princess Ilene, has to save the kingdom.

After witnessing his father's death in the Civil War, William returns home to New England to live out his days, but soon he must decide if he is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for others.

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.