Soap

Season 1

TV-PG
91%
Parody of television soap-operas--the show's humor relies on exaggerating soap-operas' characteristic plot implausibility and melodrama to ridiculous extremes, then adds a fair bit of the truly bizarre, including some remarkable characters.

Where to Watch Season 1

25 Episodes

  • Episode 1.1
    E1
    Episode 1.1This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.
  • Episode 1.2
    E2
    Episode 1.2In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.
  • Episode 1.3
    E3
    Episode 1.3Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.
  • Episode 1.4
    E4
    Episode 1.4Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.
  • Episode 1.5
    E5
    Episode 1.5Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change operation; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem; Corrine tells Father Tim she loves him; and Jessica can't tell Corinne anything.
  • Episode 1.6
    E6
    Episode 1.6Corrine moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of his son Chuck, the ventriloquist; and Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.
  • Episode 1.7
    E7
    Episode 1.7The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck, the schizophrenic ventriloquist, arrives; and Danny traps Burt in a cabin with the intent to kill.
  • Episode 1.8
    E8
    Episode 1.8Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and the Tates.
  • Episode 1.9
    E9
    Episode 1.9Awaiting his sex change operation, Jodie befriends an elderly Jew named Barney Gerber, and a pretty nurse who jumps at the chance to 'convert' a homosexual; Burt tells Dr. Medlow how he killed Mary's first husband in self defense, and is assured that it was not premeditated.
  • Episode 1.10
    E10
    Episode 1.10An ecstatic Burt returns home ready to celebrate after six months of celibacy, but a distraught Mary is unable to reciprocate; devastated at losing Dennis to a woman, Jodie swallows 45 pills in a desperate suicide attempt, tearfully slipping away as Barney Gerber displays his joy for life.
  • Episode 1.11
    E11
    Episode 1.11Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.
  • Episode 1.12
    E12
    Episode 1.12Jessica delivers an ultimatum to the philandering Chester, and threatens to kill Peter Campbell for lying to her and betraying her daughter Corinne; late that night, while in the shower, Peter is murdered by an unseen assailant.
  • Episode 1.13
    E13
    Episode 1.13Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.
  • Episode 1.14
    E14
    Episode 1.14Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Chief of Police Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.
  • Episode 1.15
    E15
    Episode 1.15Corrine's natural mother, formerly the Tates' Swedish maid, travels to Dunn's River to be with her daughter; tiring of running from the mob, Danny winds up in bed with the daughter of mob boss Mr. Lefkowitz.
  • Episode 1.16
    E16
    Episode 1.16Corinne meets her real mother, Ingrid Svenson, for the very first time; still vengeful at the loss of her child, Ingrid has hired a German detective whose abrasive nature rubs Benson the wrong way; and Chief of Police Tinkler gathers enough evidence to arrest Jessica for Peter's murder.
  • Episode 1.17
    E17
    Episode 1.17After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Campbell's. Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live - on one condition.
  • Episode 1.18
    E18
    Episode 1.18The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire
  • Episode 1.19
    E19
    Episode 1.19E. Ronald Mallu struggles to find good character witnesses for Jessica among her crazy family; Jessica's heartfelt pleas to Corinne are shot down by the bitter Ingrid Svenson, who convinces Corinne that she only did it to prevent her testifying against her mother in court.
  • Episode 1.20
    E20
    Episode 1.20Exhausted by Elaine's affections, Danny is stunned to learn that he must marry her or have his brains blown out; Jodie hides Bob in the refrigerator, only to learn that Chuck cannot carry on a conversation without another identity.
  • Episode 1.21
    E21
    Episode 1.21Jessica's trial begins, with the prosecutor saying such nasty things about her that she threatens not to come back; Jodie meets Carol David, E. Ronald Mallu's assistant, who finds the 'suicidal homosexual' adorable.
  • Episode 1.22
    E22
    Episode 1.22Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.
  • Episode 1.23
    E23
    Episode 1.23Burt finally tells Mary how he killed her first husband; Ingrid loses Corinne after sleeping with Judge Petrillo; and Tim's mother can't suppress the desire to strangle Corinne, the girl who stole her son away from the priesthood.
  • Episode 1.24
    E24
    Episode 1.24Jodie wakes up in bed with Carol, understandably confused about the previous night's events; Chief of Police Tinkler drops by to arrest Chester for his stock manipulations; E. Ronald Mallu's summation brings Jessica's trial to a close.
  • Episode 1.25
    E25
    Episode 1.25Lefkowitz's threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of the verdict for Jessica.

Cast of Season 1

  • Katherine HelmondJessica Tate
  • Cathryn DamonMary Campbell
  • Richard MulliganBurt Campbell
  • Robert MandanChester Tate
  • Billy CrystalJodie Dallas
  • Ted WassDanny Dallas
  • Robert GuillaumeBenson
  • Rod RoddyAnnouncer
  • Stu SilverProducer
  • Susan HarrisProducer
  • Jenna McMahonProducer
  • Dick ClairProducer

Season 1 Ratings & Reviews

Watch Season 1 Videos

  • Soap: The Complete First Season
    Soap: The Complete First SeasonTrailer

 

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