Wesley is undergoing the trials of puppy love. Meanwhile, Jackie decides to ''go all the way'' with a young roustabout she has no intention of marrying. She has decided to leave her family, but then again she might stay on. Mom is upset, not so much about her husband as about her own inability to settle on a future course. Dad is returning from a tour of duty in Vietnam that has left him moody and withdrawn. The Sarnacs, who once gave some indication of being more than cardboard figures on the artifical television landscape, are now reduced to almost incomprehensible stereotypes. The exploitation is so obvious as to be reprehensible. The result is to make the Raynors look more puny than ever as the days immediately preceding and following the assassination of President Kennedy are reviewed in considerable detail through the use of television and film footage. If the Kennedy image worked well for the first episode, why not try it again? The problem is that the script, written by Carol Schreder, never earns the right to use archival footage from a tragic event that is still vividly embedded in the national psyche. In ''Call to Glory: JFK,'' the producers have resorted to what can only be described as a desperation ploy.
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There was talk, much of it misguided, about the show's patriotic gloss and emphasis on family values reflecting the more conservative Reagan era. ''Call to Glory'' was launched last year with headlines proclaiming the ''season's first big hit.'' Heavily advertised during the network's Olympic Games coverage, the premiere episode, also in the form of a television movie, got blockbuster ratings. In a way, the conclusion demonstrates what went wrong with the Tisch/Avnet Production. ''Call to Glory: JFK'' will be broadcast on Channel 7 at 9 P.M. A ONCE-PROMISING weekly series comes to a close Sunday in the form of a television movie.
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