In this episode, Hal George revisits the childhood upheaval that taught him to hide his feelings and move through life like a robot. Tim Yearnshaw shares two snapshots of 1950s boyhood: the triumphant homemade police wagon that made the local paper and the shocking moment a single swear word opened the door to growing up. And Dan Rott recalls the wild freedom of chasing DDT fog trucks on bikes, a reminder of the danger and innocence that shaped his generation.
A foil robot costume hides a 7-year-old's shattered heart—forcing a gifted boy into a joyless parochial school amid neighborhood "blockbusting," until Dad's wisdom turns difference into sacred duty.
