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Soap
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.
8.1
- 1977
- Comedy, Romance, Drama, Soap
- Seasons
- 5 (39 episodes)
- Directors
- Studios
- Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions
Season 1
1977 | 25 episodes
Soap Season 1 Episodes
- Episode 1: Episode 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 2: Episode 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 3: Episode 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 4: Episode 4Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.
- Episode 5: Episode 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 6: Episode 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 7: Episode 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 8: Episode 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 9: Episode 9Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.
- Episode 10: Episode 10The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.
- Episode 11: Episode 11Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.
- Episode 12: Episode 12Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; and Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.
- Episode 13: Episode 13Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.
- Episode 14: Episode 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 15: Episode 15Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.
- Episode 16: Episode 16After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.
- Episode 17: Episode 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 18: Episode 18The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire
- Episode 19: Episode 19Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne, and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.
- Episode 20: Episode 20Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the Judge.
- Episode 21: Episode 21Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.
- Episode 22: Episode 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 23: Episode 23Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica
- Episode 24: Episode 24Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.
- Episode 25: Episode 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
- Katherine HelmondJessica Tate
- Cathryn DamonMary Campbell
- Richard MulliganBurt Campbell
- Rod RoddyAnnouncer
- Jennifer SaltEunice Tate-Leitner
- APArthur PetersonMajor
- Jay JohnsonChuck Campbell
- Donnelly RhodesDutch Leitner
- Jesse WellesGwen
- Diana CanovaCorinne Tate
- Billy CrystalJodie Dallas
- Jimmy BaioBilly Tate
- Robert MandanChester Tate
- NWNina WassDanny Dallas
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