Falcon Crest Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Falcon Crest: Season 9 (1988 - 1990)

• Season 9 Episode 22: Home Again

  Richard and Lauren marry; Angela remembers the past.

• Season 9 Episode 21: Danny's Song

  Danny learns the identity of his real father.

• Season 9 Episode 20: The Return

  Angela awakens from her coma.

• Season 9 Episode 19: Crimes of the Past

  The war between Richard and Michael escalates.

• Season 9 Episode 18: Dark Streets

  Richard, Lance and Pilar attempt to implicate Michael Sharpe in Danny's accident.

• Season 9 Episode 17: The Vigil

  Lance and Pilar return home after hearing about the car accident, while Anna feels guilty about giving Ben the car. Meanwhile, Maggie refuses to reconcile with Richard

• Season 9 Episode 16: Walking Money

  Genele intercepts the stolen bonds Sharpe had been trafficking, and Richard cashes them - keeping all the money for himself. Sharpe tampers with the brakes on Sydney's car after he wrongly assumes that she was behind the deception - only for Danny to borrow the vehicle and crash it

• Season 9 Episode 15: Finding Lauren

  Richard and Sharpe search for Lauren, who has decided to escape the pressure by working at a diner. Lance and Pilar are given an ultimatum if they want to reclaim the business

• Season 9 Episode 14: Brotherly Love

  Danny fights Sharpe's attempts to make him break up with Sydney. Richard throws Genele out of his house after learning that she was responsible for leaking information about his business, and Lance and Pilar make plans to regain control of Falcon Crest

• Season 9 Episode 13: Four Women

  Haunted by her husband's death, Lauren moves in with Genele - which prompts her new host to make a move on Richard, at whose expense Sharpe makes a huge profit

• Season 9 Episode 12: Madness Descending

  Genele forces Frank out of the house so she can entertain her lover - and he responds by informing the police that she killed Renee 10 years previously. Elsewhere, Sydney tries to push Pilar and Lance back together, and Sharpe is unhappy when Lauren moves in with Richard

• Season 9 Episode 11: Time Bomb

  Walker's discovery of Richard and Lauren's relationship leads to an explosive threat, while Jace Sampson is made to suffer for his role in Sharpe's takeover of the business

• Season 9 Episode 10: Danny

  Danny Sharpe helps his father in his quest for Falcon Crest.

• Season 9 Episode 8: The Luck Wave

  Michael Sharpe blackmails Ian and Charley into selling Falcon Crest - but when Emma backs out, the pair consider desperate measures to ensure the deal goes through

• Season 9 Episode 7: Doctor Dollars

  Sal is assigned to kill Richard, but he instead offers to help him take revenge on Sharpe. However, when his scheme is revealed, he pays for his betrayal with his life. Sydney defies her husband and befriends Emma, but Ian beats her when he discovers the truth, and Charley tries to get rid of Lance by showing him a videotape of Pilar's liaison with Ned Vogel. Tony Plana guest stars

• Season 9 Episode 6: God of the Grape

  Charley and Lance fight over Ian's appointment to the winery's management. Pilar faces blackmail, and Emma believes her comatose mother is communicating with her

• Season 9 Episode 5: Soul Sacrifice

  Lauren confronts Michael about his schemes, and Richard's testimony ensures he receives a large fine. Emma is overwhelmed when she is assigned control of Falcon Crest but Charley has plenty of ideas for the business, and Frank's obsession with Genele escalates. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 9 Episode 4: Payback

  Frank uses Angela's power of attorney to take over after Richard manages to prevent the banks and Michael Sharpe calling in their loans

• Season 9 Episode 3: Dust to Dust

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 9 Episode 2: Charley

  Michael exacts revenge on Richard after he testified against him by having the businessman's children removed from his custody. Meanwhile, Charley resorts to drastic action against Angela to stop her breaking up his relationship with Emma. Robert Hy Gorman and David Selby star

• Season 9 Episode 1: The Price of Freedom

  As Angela prepares to travel to Greece, she leaves Lance in charge of the business - but under the strict control of Frank Agretti. Richard decides to testify against Michael Sharpe to get out of prison, but an attempt is made on his life

Falcon Crest: Season 8 (1988 - 1989)

• Season 8 Episode 22: Decline and Fall

  Angela returns to Falcon Crest after marrying Frank Agretti, and her family rallies around to bring down Richard, whose worries are compounded when Samantha returns from Paris and provides evidence that he was involved in the kidnapping. Jane Wyman and David Selby star

• Season 8 Episode 21: The Last Laugh

  Julia is put in prison, where she has the misfortune to encounter a tough matron with a personal grudge against the Channings. Meanwhile, Angela works on the outside to get her sentence commuted

• Season 8 Episode 20: Ties That Bind

  Angela is harassed by other patients while undergoing observation in the psychiatric ward and creates a scene at her judicial review that could prove detrimental to her case. Richard is delighted to win custody of the children, but begins to question his relationship with Samantha. Meanwhile, Maggie uncovers the hospital's negligent treatment of Gabriel

• Season 8 Episode 19: Grand Delusions

  Angela's family doubts her claim she was kidnapped, while Richard gains custody of the children and obtains a warrant for her psychological evaluation. Drama, starring Jane Wyman and David Selby

• Season 8 Episode 18: Enquiring Minds

  Pilar joins forces with Sinclair to undermine Richard in his upcoming investigation by the SEC, Samantha and Richard continue to scheme against Angela, while Nick Agretti looks into the background of a forged document. Elsewhere, Richard misunderstands Tommy's presence in Maggie's hotel suite

• Season 8 Episode 17: Resurrection

  Anna asks Frank and Nick to end her pain. Tommy's feelings for Angela are revealed when he comforts her after a call from Michael, and Richard finds a double of Melissa

• Season 8 Episode 16: Missing Links

  Michael runs away after becoming fed up with his mother's absence. Richard tries to block Angela's latest power play, Frank Agretti returns to the Tuscany Valley, while Pilar and Lance agree to try to make their home at Falcon Crest

• Season 8 Episode 14: Uneasy Allies

  Lance and Pilar decide to marry despite Angela's objections, while Nick learns of the seriousness of Anna's condition and convinces her to let Ben and himself care for her. Elsewhere, Ben and Gabriel are attacked by Raoul's gang

• Season 8 Episode 13: Dinner at Eight

  Lance refuses to marry Cookie despite pressure from Angela, and though Anna and Nick seem blissfully happy it cannot last as he remains unaware of her terminal illness

• Season 8 Episode 12: And Baby Makes Three

  Pilar makes a startling confession to Lance, Angela confronts Richard after following the trail from the consortium to his company. Meanwhile, Nick and Anna reach an accord about Ben

• Season 8 Episode 11: True Confessions

  Pilar and Richard meet in Chicago as they continue their plot against Angela. Anna's reunion with her family is blighted by the fear her father will demand his grandson's return

• Season 8 Episode 10: There Goes the Bride

  R D Young's nervousness escalates during the wedding rehearsals, Pilar and Lance's romance resumes, while Nick fails to convince Ben to stay away from the Cellini family

• Season 8 Episode 9: Suspicion

  Emma announces that she is going to marry the famous writer R D Young, while Angela finds out that it was Pilar who organised the consortium with Richard

• Season 8 Episode 8: Solomon's Choice

  Pilar is pressurized by Mercedes and her husband to sign the adoption papers allowing them to adopt Lisa. When a deal goes wrong, Angela is determined to find out who is behind the business

• Season 8 Episode 7: Life With Father

  As everyone gathers to celebrate Christmas, Frank decides whether to leave his family to mine emeralds with Libby, Ben turns against Nick, and Daniel discovers Emma's true identity

• Season 8 Episode 6: Liars Anonymous

  Angela blackmails Nick and he is forced to surrender Falcon Crest to her. He later upsets Ben by telling him the truth about his mother, while Richard's newspaper prints information that suggests Lance is innocent of Melissa's death

• Season 8 Episode 5: Tuscany Venus

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 8 Episode 4: Jeopardy

  Richard discovers the method by which Senator Ryder and his brother John contact one another, unaware the politician has killed his sibling and that he is the next target on the list

• Season 8 Episode 2: Farewell My Lovelies

  Maggie is stunned by her Richard's return, who she believed to be dead. Meanwhile, Angela decides to remain in the Tuscany Valley and plots new ways to secure her family's land

• Season 8 Episode 1: Changing Times

  Melissa learns she has to give Cole custody of Joseph and Angela bargains with the Giobertis. Richard finds himself at the mercy of gangsters after opening his racetrack

Falcon Crest: Season 7 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 7 Episode 28: The Last Dance

  The Thirteen pumps Eric with chemicals in an effort to turn him into a killing machine, while Melissa steels her determination to take Falcon Crest for good. Richard is shot dead as he walks on the grass outside his home, and a hooded figure looks set to make mischief for Maggie

• Season 7 Episode 27: As Tears Go By

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 7 Episode 26: Telling Tales

  Angela is called to testify against Richard but decides to play the conspirators, hoping to bring her son down at their own game. Drama, starring Jane Wyman and David Selby

• Season 7 Episode 25: King's Gambit

  Richard is questioned by a group of FBI men, after the collapse of three foreign banks, but fails to prove it is part of a conspiracy. Vickie grows angry at her husband's absence

• Season 7 Episode 24: The Key to Angela

  Richard sends the children to Emma, and Maggie is shocked to find that her daughter is in jail in Switzerland and her husband is responsible. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 7 Episode 23: Flying Blind

  Maggie begins to have nightmares that cause her to sleepwalk, prompting Richard to fire the housekeeper working for Angela. Rosemont joins the revenge plot against Richard

• Season 7 Episode 22: Dirty Tricks

  Melissa tries to tempt Richard into making a deal with her, but he has terms of his own that need to be met if he is to accept. Meanwhile, Maggie tackles her drinking habit

• Season 7 Episode 21: False Faces

  Angela arrives home to a surprise party, but when Richard hears how she lost their son while out shopping earlier in the day, the mood turns sour

• Season 7 Episode 20: Channing vs. Channing

  Frank has an accident when he and Melissa visit Hobart, Richard finds Lance rifling through Emma's office and gives him a warning, and the looming court hearing prompts discussion

• Season 7 Episode 19: Wheels Within Wheels

  Eric and Vickie acquire a key that will grant them access to Richard's Swiss bank vault. Meanwhile, Lance sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding Curtis Estabrook's death

• Season 7 Episode 18: Legacies

  Maggie and Richard take a trip to the Caribbean for their honeymoon - which proves to be less-than-idyllic. Melissa rejects a family member, and Emma plans her revenge on Richard

• Season 7 Episode 17: Stormy Weather

  Angela is forced to be the unwilling hostess for Maggie and Richard's guests on their wedding night when a storm traps everyone inside the house, but the proceedings take a sinister turn when Emma organises a game of murder

• Season 7 Episode 16: A Madness Most Discreet

  Angela has some surprising news for Lance when he moves back into the Manor House, Curtis tries to uncover Richard's secrets in an attempt to help Emma, and Maggie and Richard decide to try again

• Season 7 Episode 15: The Uncertainty Principle

  When Eric creates an unpleasant situation at Richard's bachelor party, it looks like Emma's plans for Maggie and Richard's wedding are about to be ruined. Meanwhile, Lance and Tony fight over Shannon, and Melissa's appearance at Maggie's bridal shower could signal a reconciliation

• Season 7 Episode 14: Hornet's Nest

  Richard uses strong-arm tactics and blackmail to rescue Vickie, while Angela takes advantage of his absence to get closer to her grandchildren. Emma falls prey to a scheming couple

• Season 7 Episode 13: Rescue Me

  Richard and Eric go on the hunt for Vicky when she disappears from Angela's party, Shannon tries to leave the valley following Lance's probing questions, and Angela loses her hold over Dan when Melissa deflects her scheme

• Season 7 Episode 12: Twist and Shout

  Emma and Angela throw Maggie and Richard a surprise engagement party. Melissa learns of Angela's plan to drive her insane, and Lance discovers a charming stranger knows his secrets

• Season 7 Episode 11: Across the Bridge

  Eric realises that he will need more than money to escape his debts, and Maggie finds out that Richard and Liz have been travelling together. Melissa's world is shaken when she begins to experience strange phenomena, and Angela is upset by Emma's success as a columnist and decides to ask Father Bob for advice

• Season 7 Episode 10: Lovers and Friends

  A mysterious assassin stalks Liz, and Melissa gets even with Angela. Unable to make a decision about Richard's proposal, Maggie leaves the Valley to join Vicky in Monte Carlo

• Season 7 Episode 9: Hunter's Moon

  Lance endangers his own life when he tries to bring the real murderer to justice. Although Tony insists he should go to hospital, Lance is determined to carry out his mission. Angela tries to destroy Melissa's new vineyards, and Richard has a special question to ask Maggie

• Season 7 Episode 8: Manhunt

  Angela tries to save Richard from Carlton, but her efforts threaten to re-open old wounds. Lance is arrested for murder, though that is the least of the dangers he faces

• Season 7 Episode 7: Sweet Revenge

  Carlton Travis seeks revenge when Richard rejects his offer of a truce. Meanwhile, Angela takes an unusual present to a birthday party organised for Richard's son, and Melissa whisks her son away for a picnic but becomes lost in the Australian Bush

• Season 7 Episode 6: New Faces

  Angela plots with Carlton Travis to destroy Richard, who realises that Carlton is a force to be reckoned with as he appears to be under Angela's spell. Meanwhile, Emma begins work on her screenplay, and Melissa travels to Australia with Dan to visit Cole and her son

• Season 7 Episode 5: Dead End

  Angela and Richard find themselves in difficult situations after individually arranging to meet the man behind the suspicious activity in the Tuscany Valley. Meanwhile, Emma acquires a ghost writer and travels to Hollywood in preparation for writing her autobiography, and Lance discovers his car has been wrecked

• Season 7 Episode 4: The Big Bang

  Richard and John compete to get Maggie in their debt by offering to help pay off Angela. Vickie confesses her pregnancy and Eric's gambling addiction, and Dina has a car accident

• Season 7 Episode 3: Redemption

  Angela asks Dan to help her find someone new to manage the winery and the spa, after her attempts to win back Lance prove unsuccessful. However, when Dan employs Melissa and it appears she is more than capable, Angela's positivity turns to jealousy

• Season 7 Episode 2: Obsession, Possession

  A French woman and a mercenary soldier from Chase's past visit and force Angela and Maggie to face the consequences of their actions. Melissa tries to make peace with Lance after accusing him of loving his car more than Dina, while Emma believes she is beginning a new life as a businesswoman

• Season 7 Episode 1: Opening Moves

  Angela learns the truth about her supposedly dead child. Five lives are put in peril after a car chase, and Chao-Li lies motionless after falling down the stairs

Falcon Crest: Season 6 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 6 Episode 28: Desperation

  The race for Melissa's baby ends up in San Francisco Bay; Angela and Peter reconcile.

• Season 6 Episode 27: Chain Reaction

  Kit defends Tony, to no avail; Chase and Maggie decide on a quick divorce.

• Season 6 Episode 26: The Great Karlotti

  Angela humiliates Melissa in front of Lance; Maggie and Chase search Boston for their baby.

• Season 6 Episode 25: Loose Cannons

  Angela offers Dan a job; Lance offers hope to Chao-Li.

• Season 6 Episode 24: Body and Soul

  Maggie and Chase turn to the media for help in their search for the adoptive parents of their child. Angela agrees to help District Attorney Wilkinson campaign to become Attorney General as long as he agrees to convict her former son-in-law Tony of murder

• Season 6 Episode 23: Cold Hands

  As circumstantial evidence against them grows, Tony and Lance agree to work together to beat the murder rap. Lorenzo Lamas and John Saxon star

• Season 6 Episode 22: Nowhere to Run

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 21: Battle Lines

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 20: Hat Trick

  Maggie prematurely gives birth to her baby at Falcon Crest, and Angela conspires with rich newcomer Roland Saunders in her plans to destroy Richard

• Season 6 Episode 19: Dance of Deception

  When Maggie prematurely gives birth, Chase surprises her and Richard by signing the birth certificate himself, while Emma is troubled by the idea of the new baby. Angela conspires with wealthy newcomer Roland Saunders in her plans to destroy her husband's son

• Season 6 Episode 18: A Piece of Work

  Angela accuses Richard of being the father of Maggie's unborn child and Melissa's behaviour draws Lance and Tony closer together. Jane Wyman and David Selby star

• Season 6 Episode 17: Topspin

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 16: ... The Cradle Will Fall

  Dan rushes to protect Chase but is left needing a saviour himself when he ends up in jail. Vicky misinterprets a kiss she sees her mother give Richard, and Peter shocks Angela

• Season 6 Episode 15: When the Bough Breaks ...

  The kidnappers name their terms - including the handover of Meredith, the only person who can identify them. Emma discovers that she is not pregnant with Dwayne's child

• Season 6 Episode 14: Dark Passion

  Peter blames himself for Skyler's disappearance and apparent suicide, while Emma finally realises Dwayne is gone forever. Chase faces the fact that of the two people he most despises in the Valley - Richard and Angela - one is taking flowers to his wife and the other is trying to get close to his daughter

• Season 6 Episode 13: Missed Connections

  Kit lays the groundwork for her fake suicide and Melissa seeks help for her troubled marriage. Kim Novak and Ana Alicia star

• Season 6 Episode 12: False Points

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 11: Hot Spots

  Chase struggles to save his vineyards and Vicky allows her parents' problems to affect her relationship with Dan Fixx. Starring Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth

• Season 6 Episode 10: Maggie

  Maggie's determination to keep her baby alienates her further from her family. Vicki goes to see Dan Fixx against her parents' wishes

• Season 6 Episode 9: Slow Seduction

  Meredith begins her seduction of Richard Channing, and Lance fights with Angela about his association with the Globe and her obsession with Dan Fixx. Maggie agonises about her baby, and Chase and Tony discover their vines are withering away. Meanwhile, Kit's disguise fails to con a hitman

• Season 6 Episode 8: Nepotism

  Emma seeks advice from a psychic and Cole becomes disenchanted with his father's partnership with Tony. Margaret Ladd and William R Moses star

• Season 6 Episode 7: Double Jeopardy

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 6: Flashpoint

  Wainwright terrorises Vicky and forces her to masquerade as her mother. Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, starring Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth

• Season 6 Episode 5: Perilous Charm

  Chase hires a private detective to protect Maggie - unaware that his daughter also needs help. Julia informs the family of an unexpected decision

• Season 6 Episode 4: Fatal Attraction

  Maggie confesses the reasons for her distress to Chase, and Wainwright attempts to ingratiate himself with their daughter, Vicky. Tony Cumson tries to reconcile with his son Lance, who finds a common bond with Melissa. Richard discovers Kit's secret, and Angela hosts an opening party for her spa

• Season 6 Episode 3: The Stranger Within

  Angela adds the valley's spa to her holdings and the arrival of a detective threatens Kit Marlowe's masquerade. Jane Wyman and Kim Novak star

• Season 6 Episode 2: Living Nightmare

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 6 Episode 1: Aftershocks

  Tuscany Valley struggles to cope with its loss in the aftermath of the earthquake. Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, starring Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth

Falcon Crest: Season 5 (1985 - 1986)

• Season 5 Episode 29: The Cataclysm

  Chase is wheeled into surgery after he begins to haemmorage. Angela and Lance close down the winery and break Eric and Melissa's alliance by forging Melissa's signature

• Season 5 Episode 29: The Cataclysm

  Melissa's winery is shut down after an inspection while Richard's search for Cassandra comes to an end. An earthquake ripples through the valley

• Season 5 Episode 28: Captive Hearts

  Chase and Cole interrupt Maggie's escape attempt when they locate the cabin in which she was being held. Angela halts Emma and Dwayne's elopement by promising them a proper wedding at Falcon Crest, Li-Ying changes her mind about staying in America and Jordan files for a new trial for Julia

• Season 5 Episode 27: Consumed

  Jeff imprisons Maggie in a hilltop cabin and Emma finds a solution for her and Dwayne's housing dilemma. Edward Albert and Susan Sullivan star

• Season 5 Episode 26: Cease and Desist

  Jeff continues to harass Maggie; Eric and Melissa break ground for their winery; Chase looks into the financing of Tuscany Downs.

• Season 5 Episode 25: Dangerous Ground

  Angela forces Jeff and Chase into a confrontation; Greg meets Jordan's alter-ego, Monica; Chao-Li's daughter (Rosalind Chao) visits.

• Season 5 Episode 24: Unholy Alliance

  Angela and Peter marry; Maggie is upset when Jeff shows up in the valley; Dwayne moves into Angela's house; Jordan seeks therapy.

• Season 5 Episode 23: In Absentia

  With Angela out of the picture, Peter is free to wreak havoc at Falcon Crest and steals millions of dollars from the company accounts. Meanwhile, Jeff stalks Maggie through Tuscany

• Season 5 Episode 22: Hidden Meanings

  Lance is convinced Angela would never hand over control and that Peter is lying. Reardon is sacked for refusing to authorise the new boss's withdrawal of $30m from the winery funds

• Season 5 Episode 21: Law and Ardour

  Angela makes a quick getaway before she can be arrested, while Richard tries to intimidate Paolo into selling his harvest and Cole moves back in with his parents

• Season 5 Episode 20: Flesh and Blood

  Peter receives a visit from his children and Terry spies on Jordan. Cole admits he and Melissa have a weak marriage, putting their custody battle with Robin into jeopardy

• Season 5 Episode 19: Finders and Losers

  Sofia is incarcerated with her father and Lance when she tries to reason with Phillippe. Emma and Dwayne travel to Mexico to rescue Ursula, and Jordan worries about memory lapses

• Season 5 Episode 18: Gambit Exposed

  Lance attempts to free Peter Stavros, who is being held prisoner in a chateau in Monte Carlo, and Chase announces a partnership with Richard Channing during a wine-tasting party in Hawaii. Paternity tests confirm the identity of the father of Robin's baby, and Jordan is puzzled by her memory failure

• Season 5 Episode 17: Shattered Dreams

  Jordan is overwhelmed by guilt over her father's death and Lance leaves for Europe to continue his search for Peter Stavros. Robin seeks Angela's help in keeping her daughter

• Season 5 Episode 16: Collision Course

  Maggie manages to bring Robin back, but she refuses to give up her baby. Meanwhile, Greg demands some answers and Jordan tells him the shocking truth

• Season 5 Episode 15: Checkmate

  Julia visits; runaway Robin calls Maggie; Terry outwits greedy Richard; suspicious Angela sees Melissa embrace Father Christopher.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Conundrum

  Father Christopher learns of Angela's treachery; Terry and Richard marry; Lance joins Apollonia on tour; Robin leaves with her baby.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Fair Game

  Angela tells Lance his inheritance would be affected if his half brother left the priesthood. Father Christopher crushes Melissa's expectations, Robin's maternal instincts cause concern and Richard decides to provoke Angela by marrying Terry. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 5 Episode 12: False Hope

  Chase ignores his new grandchild until the baby needs an operation, then rallies to support Cole and Melissa. Angela prepares to sue when Maggies new novel debuts in The New Globe. Confused about his feelings for Melissa, Father Christopher wants to resign from the priesthood

• Season 5 Episode 11: Strange Bedfellows

  Angela interferes with Emma's wedding plans and Richard tells a pregnant Cassandra that he cannot father children. Elsewhere, Melissa seduces Christopher

• Season 5 Episode 10: Inconceivable Affairs

  Angela and Peter set a date for their marriage, despite her ongoing concerns about adopting the name Stavros and relinquishing her wine empire, and Emma asks Dwayne to marry her

• Season 5 Episode 9: The Naked Truth

  Angela's engagement-party guests learn Melissa and Cole's secret; Jordan has a violent reaction to Richard's queries about her past.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Storm Warnings

  Angela takes Peter's marriage proposal seriously, Melissa tells Father Christopher about her feelings for him, and Emma returns home after spending the night in Dwayne's truck

• Season 5 Episode 7: Changing Partners

  Richard reaches a deal with Lance, and Angela solicits the aid of a corrupt politician to safeguard her plans for a new irrigation system go ahead

• Season 5 Episode 6: Sharps and Flats

  Peter Stavros tries to blackmail Angela into marrying him, Christopher frets over his feelings for Melissa and Lance's relationship with singer Apollonia moves to the next level

• Season 5 Episode 6: Sharps and Flats

  Lance insists that Apollonia is just his business partner after he finances her demo record, while some of Maggie's memories are triggered when she rows with Chase

• Season 5 Episode 5: Ingress and Egress

  Lance saves Angela and Emma when the manor house is on fire, while Cassandra suspects her mother started the blaze and Chase suggests to Maggie that they renew their vows

• Season 5 Episode 4: Echoes

  Chase tries to help Maggie regain her memory, but she turns down his advances because she cannot remember him or their marriage, while Peter asks Angela to marry him

• Season 5 Episode 3: Blood Brothers

  Angela discovers the truth about Father Christopher's identity and turns to an old friend to rescue her empire, while Richard sets a trap for his would-be killer. Jane Wyman stars

• Season 5 Episode 2: Unfinished Business

  Father Christopher moves to Tuscany Valley, and despite Cole's pessimism, Chase takes over the Giannini Winery. Meanwhile, Richard tries to discover who is targeting him

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Phoenix

  After the explosion, Maggie suffers from amnesia. Meanwhile, the Rossinis plan to turn Angela's land into a holiday resort, and Julia receives shocking news about a long-lost child

Falcon Crest: Season 4 (1984 - 1985)

• Season 4 Episode 30: The Avenging Angel

  Angela's scheme to regain control of Falcon Crest falls through. Connie offers to make Chase a partner in Giannini Winery and Maggie is furious when she catches the pair in an embrace. Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, starring Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth

• Season 4 Episode 29: Confessions

  Lance is freed when Melissa confesses that he was framed, prompting him to marry Lorraine immediately. Meanwhile, Cole divulges to Melissa that Robin is pregnant. Drama, starring Lorenzo Lamas and Ana Alicia

• Season 4 Episode 28: Cold Comfort

  Fugitive Lance desperately searches for Lorraine, who lies comatose in a San Francisco hospital; Robin returns with startling news.

• Season 4 Episode 27: And the Fall

  Chase tells Connie he has acquired enough money to bid against Angela. Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, starring Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth

• Season 4 Episode 26: The Decline

  Melissa pays Pamela to keep quiet about her part in framing Lance, while Chase turns to Maggie for support. Starring Robert Foxworth and Susan Sullivan

• Season 4 Episode 25: Devil's Harvest

  Angela sees Lance's conviction as an opportunity to take over The New Globe; Robin offers to bear Cole's child; Cass and Damon plot.

• Season 4 Episode 24: Justice For All

  Cole resents Connie's interference; Lance learns the jury's verdict; Melissa fears her role in Lance's arrest will be discovered.

• Season 4 Episode 23: The Trial

  Richard bribes the judge presiding over Lance's trial; Melissa considers hiring a surrogate mother; Melissa's cousin Robin arrives.

• Season 4 Episode 22: House Divided

  Greg and Lance anxiously await news of the trial, while Chase convinces Connie to keep her land rather than sell it to Angela. Cole and Melissa honeymoon in Tahiti

• Season 4 Episode 21: Recriminations

  Angela prevents Cole and Melissa's union; Lance prevents Lorraine's abortion; Richard hires Cassandra; Julia departs for a convent.

• Season 4 Episode 20: Forsaking All Others

  Greg and Angela manage to persuade the Judge to transfer Julia's sentence to a convent in Oregon, much to Lance's shock. Dr Mitchell has devastating news for Melissa, which threatens to ruin her wedding plans with Cole

• Season 4 Episode 19: Retribution

  Chase, Richard and Greg plan a mission to save Angela from her abductors, while Lorraine reveals to Lance she planned an abortion to avoid complicating his life

• Season 4 Episode 18: Showdown

  Chase's investigation endangers Gustav's plans; Lorraine learns that she's pregnant; Mary Giannini tells about her husband's murder.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Acid Tests

  Richard's obsession with destroying Lance forces Maggie to quit her job. Chase and Cole destroy hundreds of gallons of tainted champagne, convinced either Richard or Angela is responsible for poisoning it

• Season 4 Episode 16: Insult and Injury

  Angela agrees to help Lance if he gives up Lorraine; Angela makes Emma her heir; someone poisons the whole Gioberti Champagne stock.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Vicious Circle

  Lance calls Falcon Crest in an attempt to get bailed out, but when Angela answers all seems lost - until the arrival of Ralph Delaney

• Season 4 Episode 14: Suitable for Framing

  Melissa asks for Joel's help to discredit Lance, while Gustav orders Spheeris to track Lance and Ben as they search for Johann Riebmann in Paris

• Season 4 Episode 13: Winner Takes All

  Angela reinstates Lance as her heir and cuts Melissa out of the will. Gustav manipulates Julia into trusting him, while Ben and Chase check Falcon Crest for surveillance devices

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Triumvirate

  Richard offers to help Terry in exchange for her share of the harvest, while Melissa's divorce from Lance comes through, allowing her to accept Cole's proposal. David Selby stars

• Season 4 Episode 11: Going Once, Going Twice

  Julia thinks Angela is her captor; Terry and Joel struggle; Richard tries to get money; Francesca awards her share of the winery.

• Season 4 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

  Chase is outraged when he discovers Francesca's plans to sell her third of Falcon Crest to save her Italian vineyards, while Gustav steals the contract from Angela's safe

• Season 4 Episode 10: Tarantella

  Chase confronts Angela with his suspicions about Jasper's will, only to find that Francesca is selling her third of Falcon Crest to his aunt in order to save her vineyards in Italy

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Trump Card

  Chase confronts Senator Silverlake with Emma's findings in a bid to absolve himself of any blame in the crash, while Lorraine attempts to spurn the advances of Lance

• Season 4 Episode 8: Pain and Pleasure

  Angela learns why Francesca has come; Julia turns herself in; Gustav throws a party as 'de Bercy,' at which Francesca appears.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Intruder

  Chase obtains a copy of the FAA report and learns someone is lying in an attempt to frame him, while Sheriff Robbins reveals Sam has been murdered, apparently during a robbery. Drama, starring Joseph Lambie and Robert Foxworth

• Season 4 Episode 6: Lord of the Valley

  Gustav Riebmann takes drastic action to secure land adjoining Falcon Crest, Maggie travels to New York in a bid to uncover her past, and Richard acquires the radio station KRDC

• Season 4 Episode 5: Shadows

  Pamela discovers the identity of Richard's attacker before he tries to flee. Meanwhile, Joel mugs Maggie to fund his drug habit and Emma hears Julia's voice in the vinyards

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Outcasts

  The cartel eavesdrops on Angela's plans for The New Globe, while Terry gets an unwelcome visit from her ex-husband. The FAA suspect Chase is responsible for the plane crash

• Season 4 Episode 3: Strangers

  Maggie's father (Andrew Duggan) arrives; Gustav arrives; Angela plots to take over The New Globe and reveals a secret about Maggie.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Father's Day

  Chase is plagued by nightmares about the crash, believing he should have done more to land safely. Angela offers Greg Reardon the vacant lawyer's position, promising to launch his political career if he accepts her proposition, while Richard is threatened at gunpoint to acquire land for the cartel

• Season 4 Episode 1: Requiem

  The families are united in tragedy as survivors of the airplane crash in Italy mourn their dead; a new threat to the winery arises.

Falcon Crest: Season 3 (1983 - 1984)

• Season 3 Episode 28: Ashes to Ashes

  Chase takes the controls of Richard's airplane as most of the Channings and Giobertis travel to Italy to fulfill Julia's last wish.

• Season 3 Episode 27: The Avenger

  Emma and Lance find Julia hiding out with her hostage, while Terry lies to Michael again when she receives a letter making further references to her sordid past

• Season 3 Episode 26: For Better, For Worse

  As Angela's wedding approaches, Julia prepares to kill her mother and heads toward the church dressed in a nun's habit. Jane Wyman stars

• Season 3 Episode 25: Win, Place and Show

  The cartel plans to kill Richard; Lucas uncovers Julia's past; Melissa learns she can't have more children; Julia heads for home.

• Season 3 Episode 24: Love's Triumph

  Maggie is comatose; Julia tries to leave Lucas; Richard learns of Chase's charitable plans for the trust fund; Pamela is kidnapped.

• Season 3 Episode 23: The Final Countdown

  Michael begs Chase to let him operate on Maggie; Richard needs his inheritance to finish construction; Pamela must destroy Richard.

• Season 3 Episode 22: The Gathering Storm

  Angela regains half of Falcon Crest; Maggie's condition worsens; Lance rages over Melissa's deal with Angela; Julia acquires a gun.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Little Boy Blue

  News of Julia's escape has been published by the press, forcing her to buy a wig in an attempt to disguise herself, while Melissa's newfound power comes at a price. Chase organises a meeting with Philip to determine how serious Angela is about her plans to acquire half of the business

• Season 3 Episode 20: Tests of Faith

  Julia escapes from the asylum; Maggie's illness is diagnosed; Angela reveals Terry's sordid past to Michael; Richard buys a pistol.

• Season 3 Episode 19: EPISODE: 19

  Angela's plan to kill Chase comes into fruition when Dr Lantry injects his IV with drugs, causing him to develop a deadly fever, while Melissa has thrilling news for Lance. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 3 Episode 18: EPISODE: 18

  Melissa and Lance resort to blackmail in Joseph's custody case, and set Cole up on an assault charge

• Season 3 Episode 17: Power Play

  A mysterious aggressor stalks Maggie; the court hearing over custody of Melissa's baby begins; Phillip acquires the Agretti harvest.

• Season 3 Episode 16: Bitter Harvest

  Richard is nearly killed by a hit-man, while Melissa loses out when Phillip forces her to sell the Agretti harvest to him. Maggie discovers a shocking secret about Jacqueline's past

• Season 3 Episode 15: Queen's Gambit

  Michael faces his worst fears as he prepares to perform lifesaving surgery on Sheriff Robbins. Terry keeps an eye on Maggie for Angela, and a gangster attacks Richard

• Season 3 Episode 14: Sport of Kings

  Richard receives permission to build a race track; Richard tells Julia he is the father of Melissa's baby; Richard breaks ground.

• Season 3 Episode 13: No Trespassing

  Chase battles against Richard Channing's campaign to build a race track that could destroy the wine industry, but the final decision rests with the local residents. Vincent is taken ill after Lance threatens him over the court case, and Angela steps up her fight to preserve the business

• Season 3 Episode 12: Coup D'Etat

  Lance tries his hand at blackmail, while Chase discovers a clause in his grandfather's will that could give him the legal right to force Angela out of town

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Betrayal

  Lance betrays Angela's trust by spilling the beans to Chase about Dr Lantry's whereabouts. Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 3 Episode 10: Double Dealing

  Terry seeks her fortune by finding a wealthy husband, Richard is angry when the cartel demands control of his racetrack, and Phillip arranges to send Lantry abroad

• Season 3 Episode 9: Chameleon Charades

  Angela desperately tries to defend herself, mortified that Chase and Michael's investigation into Dr Lantry's shady past has implicated her

• Season 3 Episode 8: Solitary Confinements

  Julia begs for protection; Maggie and Chase exchange gifts; Maggie makes a discovery about Lantry; Terry leaves for Tuscany Valley.

• Season 3 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

  Drama following the fortunes of warring families the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star. Last in series

• Season 3 Episode 6: The Wages of Sin

  Inmates terrorize Julia; Michael accuses Dr. Lantry of malpractice; Richard asks Maggie to come to work for him; Julia is sentenced.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Judge and Jury

  Chase works hard to improve; Richard makes friendly advances to Chase; Julia swears revenge on Maggie and makes her plea in court.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Partners

  Michael races against time to stop Dr Lantry from performing an operation on Chase that could leave him paralysed for life. Gregory Harrison stars

• Season 3 Episode 3: Conspiracy

  Melissa agrees to a truce with Lance following their baby's accident, and she soon discovers she is pregnant again. Dr Lantry agrees to carry out Angela's sinister plan to get rid of Chase, and Richard feels guilty about Jaqueline's death

• Season 3 Episode 2: Penumbra

  Angela tells Chase about Jacqueline; Nick secretly sees his ex-wife; Angela plots against Chase's doctor; tragedy strikes Joseph.

• Season 3 Episode 1: Cimmerean Dawn

  At the Tuscany Valley Cemetery, Jacqueline's funeral takes place, drastically affecting the lives of everyone at Falcon Crest. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

Falcon Crest: Season 2 (1982 - 1983)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Climax

  Carlo Agretti's killer is revealed on Vickie and Nick's wedding day; subpoenaed Richard is kidnapped; Julia strays in San Francisco.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Maelstrom

  Richard is accused in the Agretti and Denault murders; Lance finds his father, Tony, and tries to drive Julia from Falcon Crest.

• Season 2 Episode 20: Ultimatums

  Melissa and Lance enlist the help of Richard Channing to find his father, and plot to get written back into Angela's will. Cole argues with Chase about his investigation, and Darryl accuses Maggie of lying about her relationship with Chase. Drama, starring Jane Wyman

• Season 2 Episode 19: The Odyssey

  Julia is rescued from the wreckage of her car and claims her brakes failed - but Chase is convinced the crash was not an accident. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 2 Episode 18: Separate Hearts

  Vickie tries to persuade Chase to go and see Maggie, but he refuses due to her abandoning him. Meanwhile, Julia offers to help in the investigation of Carlo's murder

• Season 2 Episode 17: Love, Honor and Obey

  Lance regrets choosing love over money; a guest at Richard's party overwhelms Angela; Chase is arrested; Maggie works with Darryl.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Deliberate Disclosure

  Angie visits Elliot McKay in hospital and offers to buy his vineyard. Nick professes his love for Vickie. Melissa threatens to sue Richard for libel unless he prints a retraction to the newspaper article, but he refuses, welcoming the publicity of a possible court case

• Season 2 Episode 15: Broken Promises

  Cole's life hangs in the balance as deadly exhaust fumes fill the closed Gioberti garage and his motionless body lies slumped on the floor

• Season 2 Episode 14: Above Suspicion

  Sheriff Robbins warns Chase to stop interfering in the investigation, while Angie tells Lance not to mention Joseph's test results again and Emma is tracked down in Texas

• Season 2 Episode 13: Pas De Deux

  In the midst of the fallout from the eventful Founder's Day party, the results of Joseph's paternity test arrive, and Richard denounces his mother

• Season 2 Episode 12: Divided We Fall

  Richard refuses to accept Jacqueline's reason for giving him up for adoption, while Cole continues to be harassed by the police and community. David Selby stars

• Season 2 Episode 11: United We Stand

  Cole is keen to tell Lance he is the father of Melissa's child, while Angela plays the pair against each other. Chase finds out Richard is planning to use a fake company to buy up grapes at double the normal price. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 2 Episode 10: Confrontations

  Cole decides to come clean about fathering Melissa's baby, while Daryl's attempts to seduce Maggie backfire. The war over New Globe stock intensifies as Richard announces his plans to buy up more, but Angela and Phillip turn to dirty tactics to win

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Vigil

  Chase flies to Los Angeles to begin an independent audit of Falcon Crest, and Richard proves to be baby Joseph's best chance of survival

• Season 2 Episode 8: Choices

  Melissa's premature baby Joseph is given only a 20 per cent chance of survival. Meanwhile, Richard entices Tony with what appears to be a lucrative job offer

• Season 2 Episode 7: The Namesake

  Richard resorts to explosive measures to convince Nick to back his scheme of turning county property into a memorial to Douglas Channing. David Selby stars

• Season 2 Episode 6: Home Away from Home

  Cole moves in with new lover Katherine Demery, much to Maggie's dismay. Chase's mother makes a surprise visit from Zurich and Melissa confronts Lance about his late-night trysts

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Expose

  Richard uses his newspaper to discredit Chase; Chase tries to prove Cole's innocence of the murder; Lance seeks comfort with Lori.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Murder One

  Angela threatens Nick Hogan not to vote against her in the county supervisor meeting, while Melissa suspects that Richard may have had a hand in her father's death

• Season 2 Episode 3: Troubled Waters

  Angie meets with Carlo Agretti at an elegant San Francisco restaurant for a business dinner, while Richard Channing and Diana Hunter resurface

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Arrival

  Richard sacks The Globe's editor-in-chief, who was only a year away from retirement, and vows to ruin Angela when she claims he looks nothing like his father. David Selby stars

• Season 2 Episode 1: The Challenge

  Philip discusses Chase's new role as co-owner of Falcon Crest with Angie over a poolside breakfast, but she makes it clear her nephew will never realise this fantasy

Falcon Crest: Season 1 (1981 - 1982)

• Season 1 Episode 18: Ultimate Answers

  Angela tries to keep Emma sedated to prevent her from testifying, but she manages to escape. Chase gains control of Falcon Crest, and Angela learns a devastating secret about Douglas

• Season 1 Episode 17: Penultimate Questions

  Chase gets closer to the truth about Jason's death, while Angela discovers that Melissa is pregnant and assumes that Lance is the father

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Good, the Bad and the Profane

  Angela pressures Lance into proposing to Melissa and he is astonished when she accepts. Vicky and Mario also decide to elope, but have second thoughts

• Season 1 Episode 15: Heir Apparent

  Cole is oblivious to Melissa's secret while blaming himself for a friend's death in a drunken escapade; Angela concocts a new plot.

• Season 1 Episode 14: House of Cards

  Angela sets out to destroy Melissa's blossoming romance with Cole, and spills the beans to Julia about Emma killing Uncle Jason. Meanwhile, Chase investigates his father's death

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Candidate

  Chase is encouraged to run for office after a member of the County Board of Supervisors is assassinated. Angela dedicates her energy to ensuring his defeat, but her plans are disrupted when Emma is caught shoplifting

• Season 1 Episode 12: Family Reunion

  Drama following the fortunes of two warring families, the Channings and the Giobertis. Jane Wyman and Robert Foxworth star

• Season 1 Episode 11: For Love or Money

  Lance nearly runs over a woman and promptly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Chase finds evidence that suggests Angela may have played a part in crippling a girl 40 years ago

• Season 1 Episode 10: Victims

  Emma discovers she is pregnant, raising Lance's fears for another heir to the Falcon Crest fortune. Maggie's news report at the vineyard reveals that staff are being blackmailed

• Season 1 Episode 9: Dark Journey

  Vicky tries to break free from her parents' shackles by running away to Los Angeles, where she is lured into the seedy world of street life and pornography

• Season 1 Episode 8: Lord of the Manor

  Angela and Cole take part in a wine-tasting competition in Italy and are shocked to discover Angela's ex-husband is also there - and that he wants to remarry

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Extortionist

  Turner tries to blackmail Angela when his efforts to learn the truth about Jason's death fail on Emma. Meanwhile, Maggie reveals that she may be pregnant

• Season 1 Episode 6: Kindred Spirits

  Cole injures himself in a horse-riding accident while on his way to examine a remote piece of property Angela is contemplating buying

• Season 1 Episode 5: Tony Comes Home

  After a 12-year absence, Tony Cumson (John Saxon) returns hoping to convince Julia to leave the vineyard and resume their marriage.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Harvest

  Angela loses faith in Lance as heir to Falcon Crest and threatens to disown him, while Cole returns home to assist his family when he realises trouble is brewing. Jane Wyman stars

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Tangled Vines

  Burdened with a $50,000 tax bill on his property in Falcon Crest, Chase seeks a buyer for his potential harvest; guest Dana Elcar.

• Season 1 Episode 2: A Time for Saboteurs

  A pilot (Cliff Potts) who wants his old pal Chase to become his business partner aids Angela's plot to drive Chase from the valley.

• Season 1 Episode 1: In His Father's House

  First-ever episode of the drama following the fortunes of two warring families. Emma is involved in Jason's accidental death, prompting Angela to cover for her