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February 10, 2026

Escape & Mary Foster, Editor\'s Daughter

Episode Segments

Escape: The Boiling Sea

Escape was high-adventure drama, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954. On this broadcast, a U.S. Navy ship navigating the Pacific unexpectedly finds itself in dangerously hot water as the ocean temperature rapidly rises. The crew realizes they have sailed directly over a massive underwater volcano that is erupting and forming a new island around them. They must battle the intense heat and rising geological hazards to find a way out of the caldera before they are trapped. This shows original airdate was 9/4/1954.