Series: Falcon Crest Episode: S4Ep2 – Father’s Day First Aired: 5 October 1984 Character: Greg Reardon
Description: Chase suffers with nightmares about the crash and is concerned that he could have done more to bring the plane into land safely. Greg Reardon is offered a job by Angela as her new lawyer and promises to help launch his political career in one year if he takes the position. Spheeris points a gun at Richard as he gets into his car. Richard refuses to help the Cartel get Falcon Crest. As Johann gets into his limousine it instantly explodes while Gustav watches pleased that his father is dead.
Series: Falcon Crest Episode: S4Ep1 – Requiem First Aired: 28 September 1984 Character: Greg Reardon
Description: Melissa and Cole wait at the rescue site as helicopters arrive with the survivors from the plane crash. Angela says that Philip is dead after being brought in. Michael is also revealed as having perished. Richard believes that the Cartel was responsible for what happened as Chase maintains convinced the plane was sabotaged. Angela thinks Chase is responsible for what happened and vows to make him pay. Linda is in a critical condition at the hospital and Cole makes plans with her for their future. Linda tells Cole how much she loves him and then passes away in his arms. Terry finds out that she is now a rich woman. The Cartel meet in Buenos Aires where Johann reveals that the ultimate goal is to reclaim a valuable Third Reich treasure buried under Falcon Crest.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep4 – Night of the Beast First Aired: 17 December 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: Vacationing in a small town, Birch Hollow, JC is kidnapped by a woman who believes he is responsible for the disappearance of her brother. She locks JC in a crate. At the hotel, Ty & Brooke find criminals who plot to establish a casino.
Film: Jaws 3-D First Aired: 16 December 1983 (UK Release) Character: Philip FitzRoyce
Description: The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a Seaworld theme park after a 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep8 – Breath of the Dragon First Aired: 10 December 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: While visiting a friend in Chinatown, Jonathan discovers that there’s a gang who are shaking down everyone. He discovers that his friend’s grandson has joined the gang. They learn that the man behind the gang calls himself the Dragon who’s emulating a man who years ago demanded that people give him half their earnings, and if not they will receive the mark of the Dragon which are left at their door and if they still refuse they will feel the breath of the Dragon which is fire, which has been happening a lot. Jonathan learns he also has a gambling casino which he goes to and meets the man. Jonathan then tries to help his friend’s grandson but gets beaten by the Dragon. Later he challenges the Dragon to a fight.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep7 – Scrimshaw First Aired: 3 December 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: Jonathan, Brooke and Ty are at the beach with seaman and his grandson. They find a skeleton. It’s quite obvious the person was killed by boomerang that struck the head which was embedded in it. And the person was holding a scrimshaw. They notice something carved into it which is quite obviously a map. So they try to find out who the victim is and who the killer is. In the meantime, the seaman is keeping something from them.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep5 – High Stakes First Aired: 5 November 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: Jonathan and Ty are at the race track. A female horse owner sees another racing and thinks that it’s her horse which was stolen sometime ago. She confronts the man who owns the horse and says she’s wrong but she insists she’s right. Jonathan decides to help her.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep3 – Female of the Species First Aired: 28 October 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: A girl was found in India apparently raised by wolves and brought to the U.S. and is being kept at a university while she is being studied. Jonathan attends a lecture and it’s during the lecture her habitat is set on fire. Jonathan tries to save her but she runs away. When she sees Jonathan transform she trusts him. Jonathan takes her to his home and tries to communicate with her. The scientist who found demands she be returned to him but Jonathan thinks she’s in danger.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep6 – Night of the Scorpion First Aired: 21 October 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: A man is found dead on a ship with a venomous spider next to him. Jonathan is brought in and he doesn’t think the spider is the cause of death. An autopsy is done and it’s discovered that he had some kind of drug in his system. A drug that is kind of truth serum and he had a bad reaction to it.
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep2 – Illusion First Aired: 14 October 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: Jonathan is helping the police apprehend the man behind a smuggling ring. But they discover that the man is a diplomat with diplomatic immunity. Jonathan follow him and sees him talking to a magician. Later the magician appears to have been killed by the leopard he uses is in his act. His partner says that his partner always went near the leopard and nothing happened. Rivera says that the leopard by law has to be put down. Jonathan doesn’t think the leopard killed the magician. They try to find out what the connection between the diplomat and the magician is
Series: Manimal Episode: S1Ep1 – Manimal First Aired: 30 September 1983 Character: Jonathan ‘JC’ Chase
Description: Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants. He decides to use his power to assist the New York Police Department in solving unusual crimes, and in this series pilot, he teams up with cute cop Brooke and war buddy Ty to stop some terrorists from stealing a supply of toxic gas.
Documentary: The Making of ‘Jaws 3-D’: Sharks Don’t Die First Aired: 15th July 1983
Description: Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white one and behind the scenes of the latest JAWS movie.
Series: Dynasty Episode: S3Ep4 – The Will First Aired: 17 November 1982 Character: Billy Dawson
Description: Cecil leaves his estate and Colbyco to Jeff and Alexis. He also reveals his “Rhinewood” game to Blake at the reading of his will. Blake suspects Alexis of being a part of it. Adam finds Alexis and shows her the silver rattle he had when he was kidnapped and she believes him.
Film: The Sword and the Sorcerer First Aired: 30 April 1982 (USA) Character: Prince Mikah
Description: A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage’s dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.
Series: Fantasy Island Episode: S5Ep3 – Cyrano/The Magician First Aired: 24 October 1981 Character: Gaston du Brielle
Description: A woman in search of the most chivalrous and romantic man of all time winds up meeting Cyrano de Bergerac; and a magician trying to perfect his craft faces a huge problem after he makes his assistant vanish.
Series: Manions of America Episode: Part III – Reunion First Aired: 2 October 1981 Character: David Clement
Description: Epic miniseries about a proud Irish farmer who migrates to America, tired of English repression and the Great Famine. He works hard and even meets the Englishwoman he once loved. The couple reunites. Then the American Civil War breaks out.
Series: Manions of America Episode: Part II – Exile First Aired: 1 October 1981 Character: David Clement
Description: Epic miniseries about a proud Irish farmer who migrates to America, tired of English repression and the Great Famine. He works hard and even meets the Englishwoman he once loved. The couple reunites. Then the American Civil War breaks out.
Series: Manions of America Episode: Part I – Rebellion First Aired: 30 September 1981 Character: David Clement
Description: Epic miniseries about a proud Irish farmer who migrates to America, tired of English repression and the Great Famine. He works hard and even meets the Englishwoman he once loved. The couple reunites. Then the American Civil War breaks out.
Film: Cabo Blanco First Aired: 1 February 1981 (USA) Character: Lewis Clarkson
Description: Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.
