Soap: Season 1-4
Sony Pictures (1977)
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Billy Crystal Jodie Dallas
Katherine Helmond Jessica Tate
Richard Mulligan Burt Campbell
Rod Roddy Announcer
Cathryn Damon Mary Campbell
Robert Mandan Chester Tate
Ted Wass Danny Dallas
Robert Guillaume Benson DuBois
Jennifer Salt Eunice Tate
Diana Canova Corinne Tate
Jay Johnson Chuck Campbell
Arthur Peterson The Major
Jimmy Baio Billy Tate
Sal Viscuso Father Timothy Flotsky
Gordon Jump Chief of Police Tinkler
Director
Jay Sandrich
Producer Susan Harris
Paul Junger Witt
Writer Susan Harris
Tony Lang
Cinematography Larry Boelens
Musician George Aliceson Tipton
Episodes
 0 hr 30 mins    9/13/1977  1.  S1E1: Episode 1
This begins the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell. As the Tates and their butler, Benson, prepare for a dinner party with the Campbells, Jessica walks in on her husband, Chester, while he makes plans for a romantic rendezvous with another woman. Jessica's son, Billy has a pimple on the night of his first date, and his uptight sister, Eunice, while ignoring the insane antics of their veteran grandfather, The Major. Jessica goes for a tennis lesson with Peter, the Tennis Pro, and winds up in bed with him. She leaves Peter just as his next ""appointment""--with Jessica's other daughter, Corinne--arrives. Meanwhile, at the Campbells', Mary breaks up a food fight between her mobster son, Danny, and her second husband, Burt. Tensions flare again when Mary's other son, Jodie, a homosexual, joins them at breakfast. Alone at last, Mary confronts Burt about his recent impotence, which, we learn, stems from guilt he feels after having killed Mary's first husband (officially
 0 hr 30 mins    9/20/1977  2.  S1E2: Episode 2
Jodie tells Mary that he's planning to do a sex change. Burt finds his long-lost son.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/27/1977  3.  S1E3: Episode 3
Jessica tries to confess to Chester about her affair with Peter. Danny makes peace with Burt, only to learn that he has to kill Burt in order to escape the mob.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1977  4.  S1E4: Episode 4
Jessica and Corrine run into one another at Peter's apartment. Jodie tells Dennis of his plans for a sex change. Billy has girl trouble. Chester is caught cheating on his mistress. Danny tries to kill Burt but is more clumsy than lethal.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1977  5.  S1E5: Episode 5
Eunice and Jodie discuss their man troubles. Burt and Mary visit a sex therapist. Corrine gives Tim one last chance before moving in with Peter, then catches Jessica kissing Peter.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/25/1977  6.  S1E6: Episode 6
Corrine moves in with Peter, leaving Chester angry and Jessica heartbroken. Burt receives word that Chuck and Bob are on their way from Hawaii. The Godfather gives Danny one last chance to kill Burt, this time at a cabin in the woods.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/1/1977  7.  S1E7: Episode 7
The Major terrorizes the neighbors. Chuck and Bob arrive and promptly offend the Campbells. Claire tells Jessica of her affair with Chester, but Jessica doesn't believe her. Danny gets Burt alone and at gunpoint in the woods.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/8/1977  8.  S1E8: Episode 8
Unable to kill Burt as ordered, Danny goes on the run as a ""spy"" but not before finally accepting Jodie's homosexuality and bidding a tearful goodbye to Mary. At a dinner party for Chuck and Bob, Danny makes a surprise visit that turns into ""a little Tuesday night shootout.""
 0 hr 30 mins    11/15/1977  9.  S1E9: Episode 9
Jodie checks into the hospital for his sex-change operation. Dr. Medlow helps Burt overcome his guilt and his impotence. At lunch with Mary, Jessica spots Chester kissing Claire.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/22/1977  10.  S1E10: Episode 10
Danny, dressed as a rabbi, has a near run-in with the Godfather. Father Tim appeals to God for help. Burt overcomes his impotence, but Mary is no longer in the mood. Dennis dumps Jodie, who tries to kill himself.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/29/1977  11.  S1E11: Episode 11
Burt and Mary look forward to their first romantic evening in six months but are interrupted by news that Jodie has attempted suicide. Jodie survives. Corrine warns Peter. Jessica confronts Chester on his infidelity.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/6/1977  12.  S1E12: Episode 12
Peter's murder.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/13/1977  13.  S1E13: Episode 13
""Piece of Chelief"" Tinkler questions the Tates and Campbells, all of whom are suspects in Peter's grisly murder.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/27/1977  14.  S1E14: Episode 14
Chester and Jessica discuss her affair with Peter. The Tates and Campbells wonder who among them is a murderer. Eunice and Congressman McCallum meet up in an airplane lavatory. Chief Tinkler arrests Corrine.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/3/1978  15.  S1E15: Episode 15
Corrine goes to jail for killing Peter. Burt launches his own investigation. Danny decides to surprise the Godfather but must get past his daughter, Elaine, first. Ingrid Svenson arrives in Dunn's River, claiming to be Corrine's real mother.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/10/1978  16.  S1E16: Episode 16
Corrine learns the truth about her mother. Ingrid hires an investigator to clear Corrine. Burt becomes obsessed with finding Peter's killer. Jessica is arrested.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/17/1978  17.  S1E17: Episode 17
Jessica is booked into jail. Mary realizes Burt needs psychiatric help. Elaine introduces Danny to her father. A blackmailer threatens to publish photos of Walter and Eunice. Chester hires an attorney for Jessica but is told Jessica's case is hopeless.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/24/1978  18.  S1E18: Episode 18
Father Tim bids Corinne farewell. Burt tells Mary he can make himself invisible. Chester hires high-priced attorney E. Ronald Mallu to defend Jessica. Jessica decides to skip bail and head to Rio. Claire alerts the SEC to Chester's shady business dealings.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/7/1978  19.  S1E19: Episode 19
Mr. Mallu interviews the family in a desperate search for character witnesses in Jessica's trial. Dr. Medlow recommends that Burt be committed to a mental hospital. Jessica makes an impassioned plea to Corinne. The blackmail photos of Eunice and Walter end up in the wrong hands.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/14/1978  20.  S1E20: Episode 20
Danny learns he must marry Elaine. Mary tells Burt of her plans to commit him. Jessica's case looks even more hopeless after she meets the prosecutor and judge.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/21/1978  21.  S1E21: Episode 21
Elaine meets the kooky Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim at his mountain retreat. Mallu's assistant, Carol, invites Jodie to lunch. Jessica's murder trial begins.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/28/1978  22.  S1E22: Episode 22
Jodie and Carol plan a weekend away as ""just friends."" Mary commits Burt to the mental hospital. Danny tells Mary he must marry Elaine. Billy runs away from home. Benson, Chester, and Jessica take the stand in Jessica's trial.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/14/1978  23.  S1E23: Episode 23
Walter dumps Eunice. Burt tells Mary he killed her first husband. Corinne walks out on Ingrid. Father Tim tells his mother he's leaving the priesthood. Jodie and Carol plan a weekend at the Cape. The prosecution drops a bombshell at Jessica's murder trial.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/21/1978  24.  S1E24: Episode 24
Carol seduces Jodie. Mary forgives Burt. Corinne returns to the Tates. Ingrid vows to destroy the Tates. Sheriff Tinkler arrives to arrest Chester for stock fraud. The jury begins deliberating Jessica's fate.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/28/1978  25.  S1E25: Episode 25
Jessica is convicted of murder--but she didn't do it.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/14/1978  26.  S2E1: Episode 26
The premier of the 2nd season was an hour long episode now split up in syndication
 0 hr 30 mins    9/21/1978  27.  S2E2: Episode 27
Chester escapes from prison with Dutch. Danny and Elaine marry and learn that Elaine's father has cut her off. One by one, the Tates disappear in the basement.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/28/1978  28.  S2E3: Episode 28
Dutch holds the Tates hostage in their own home. The Campbells adjust to life with Elaine. Dutch and Eunice sleep together. Mrs. Flotsky causes a scene at Tim and Corinne's wedding.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/5/1978  29.  S2E4: Episode 29
Corinne is frustrated by Tim's nervousness and endless interruptions on her wedding night. Mary tells Burt she wants to go to school. Chester collapses.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/12/1978  30.  S2E5: Episode 30
Danny decides to kill Elaine with Kindness. Jodie proposes to Carol and swears off men. Mrs. Flotsky summons Tim and Corrine to her deathbed. Sally comes on to Danny, then Burt. Jessica authorizes Chester's Brain surgury.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/19/1978  31.  S2E6: Episode 31
Tim and Corinne move in with the Tates. Mary's professor makes a pass at her. Elaine begins to warm to the Campbells. Chester comes out of his brain surgery very confused.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/2/1978  32.  S2E7: Episode 32
Carol's father objects to Carol and Jodie's marriage. Elaine opens up to Danny. Jessica, Mary, Corinne, and Eunice commiserate. Sally tells Burt she's in love with him.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/9/1978  33.  S2E8: Episode 33
Home from the hospital, Chester drives the Tates crazy. Jodie and Dennis part on bad terms. Eunice and Dutch make plans to rendezvous in the country. Corinne learns she is pregnant. Burt catches Mary and her professor in a compromising position, then turns to Sally for comfort.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/23/1978  34.  S2E9: Episode 34
Chester comes home; Jodie slugs Dennis; and more news, Corinne is pregnat. Other news. Dutch comes and says good-bye, c this show 2 find out what's up.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/30/1978  35.  S2E10: Episode 35
Eunice and Dutch leave for his family's farm. Chester fears he is a burden on the family, then disappears. Jodie and Jessica offer emotional support to Mary. Burt tries to end it with Sally, but she refuses to let him go. Elaine is kidnapped.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/7/1978  36.  S2E11: Episode 36
The Campbells scramble to raise Elaine's ransom. Jessica hires Detective Donohue to find Chester. Corinne learns she is five months pregnant, even though she's only been married a month. Carol has pre-wedding jitters. Dennis makes a last-ditch effort to win back Jodie.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/14/1978  37.  S2E12: Episode 37
Jodie marries Carol--almost.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/21/1978  38.  S2E13: Episode 38
Elaine makes it home in time to die in Danny's arms.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/4/1979  39.  S2E14: Episode 39
Burt ends it with Sally, who takes the news very badly. Dutch and Eunice get a visit from Jessica, Benson, and Billy--and the cops. Danny sets out to find Elaine's killers with Burt in tow. Detective Donohue presents Jessica with evidence of Chester's death. But Chester is very much alive, if a little confused, in Toledo.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/11/1979  40.  S2E15: Episode 40
Jessica hosts a memorial service for Chester. Sally delivers bad news to Mary. Jodie tracks down Carol in Texas. Chester has a breakthrough of sorts.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/18/1979  41.  S2E16: Episode 41
Burt, Danny, Jodie, Chuck, and Bob drown their sorrows during a night on the town. Tim announces he's moving to a cave in hopes of making peace with God. The police catch up with Dutch. Jodie meets Alice, a suicidal lesbian, on the Tri-borough Bridge. Mary moves in with Jessica. Corinne goes into labor.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/1/1979  42.  S2E17: Episode 42
Corinne gives birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy. Mary angrily confronts Burt with his alleged infidelities. Jodie and Alice get off to a rocky start as roommates. Jessica enjoys an evening of dinner and romance at Detective Donohue's apartment. Meanwhile, Chester regains his memory and heads for Dunn's River.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/8/1979  43.  S2E18: Episode 43
Burt learns that Inga Swenson is behind Sally's treachery. Danny meets Alice, his first lesbian. Jessica decides to have an affair with Detective Donohue, who proposes to her. Then, Chester returns home.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/15/1979  44.  S2E19: Episode 44
Jessica tells Chester about her affair with Donohue. Billy runs into a former classmate who has joined a religious cult. Eunice visits Dutch in prison. Danny and Jodie engineer a reconciliation between Burt and Mary. Something strange is going on in the Tate nursery.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/1/1979  45.  S2E20: Episode 45
Jessica tells Chester and Donohue that she's torn between them. Jodie brings Alice home to meet the Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim in his cave to tell him his son is possessed by the devil. Danny gets a lead on Elaine's killers. Burt tags along with Danny and spots a UFO.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/8/1979  46.  S2E21: Episode 46
No one believes Burt saw a UFO. Benson visits Billy at the Sunnies'. Jessica apologizes to Donohue for taking so long to decide between him and Chester. Jodie and Alice go on a ""date."" Tim returns home to take on the Devil.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/15/1979  47.  S2E22: Episode 47
Jessica leads the family in the exorcism on Corrine's baby. Jodie and Alice grow closer. Danny finds himself in danger. Billy is taken hostage by the Sunnies. Jessica decides between Chester and Donohue. Burt disappears in the light.
 0 hr 25 mins    9/13/1979  48.  S2E23: Episode 48
Jessica chooses Chester, but offers to let Donohue stay in the Tate house until he recovers from the shock. The aliens tell Burt that they plan to replace him with a replica. Carol's mother introduces Jodie to his newborn daughter, Wendy. Benson, Chester, Donohue and the Major prepare to rescue Billy from the cult. Burt's alien double moves in with the unsuspecting Mary.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/13/1979  49.  S3E1: Episode 48
Burt wakes up on the spaceship. Mrs. David arrives with Jodie's daughter. Jessica chooses Chester. Danny is missing.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/20/1979  50.  S3E2: Episode 49
Alien Burt has his way with Mary, and she's not complaining. Real Burt meets Saul, who tells Burt he cannot escape the spaceship. Billy resists the Sunnies' brainwashing. Mrs. David asks Jodie to choose between Wendy and Alice. Benson and ""the Step Brothers"" penetrate the Sunnies' compound but are stopped short of rescuing Billy.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/27/1979  51.  S3E3: Episode 50
Billy is rescued from the Sunnies. Mary is oversexed. Danny is saved by Millie. Jodie is torn between Alice and Wendy. Jessica is sad to bid Benson farewell.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1979  52.  S3E4: Episode 51
Burt and Saul escape the spaceship but find themselves in other danger. Jessica finally convinces Detective Donohue to leave. Millie comes to Danny's rescue. Eunice awaits Dutch's release from prison while Corinne bemoans her non-existent sex life with Tim. Chester resumes his philandering ways. Billy and his teacher share a kiss.
 0 hr 30 mins    10/11/1979  53.  S3E5: Episode 52
The Tates adjust to life with Dutch in the house. Danny returns home with Millie. Mary grows increasingly suspicious of ""Burt."" Jodie officially begins his life as a single, gay parent. Real Burt and Alien Burt come face to face. Billy and Leslie decide to pursue a relationship.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/1/1979  54.  S3E6: Episode 53
Real Burt calls Mary, but Alien Burt intercepts Mary on her way to meet him. Jessica confronts Chester with her suspicions that he is cheating again. Eunice tells Corinne that she's fallen out of love with Dutch. Corinne spots Chester with another woman in a restaurant. Billy and Leslie sneak away to a romantic restaurant, only to run into several familiar faces. Tim and Corinne decide to divorce.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/8/1979  55.  S3E7: Episode 54
The Tates and Campbells gather to welcome Dutch to the family--and scare Millie away in the process. Billy and Leslie's romantic evening is interrupted by her ex. Jodie and Corinne discuss single parenthood. Alien Burt refuses to return to the spaceship. Real Burt finally contacts Mary, then disappears before her eyes. Back on the spaceship, Real Burt convinces the aliens to give him a chance to persuade Alien Burt to leave Earth for good.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/22/1979  56.  S3E8: Episode 55
Mary begins to question her sanity. Eunice and Corinne call Chester on his cheating. Real Burt turns to Jodie for help. Billy plans a rendezvous with Leslie at a hotel but runs into Eunice, then Corinne, then Dutch, then Chester in the lobby. Real Burt makes an impassioned plea to Alien Burt.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/6/1979  57.  S3E9: Episode 56
Billy tells Jessica about his affair with Leslie. Burt returns home to share his ordeal with Mary. Danny meets a black widow at the cemetery. Dutch makes it clear he knows Eunice is cheating on him. Jessica spots Chester with another woman.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/13/1979  58.  S3E10: Episode 57
Jessica catches Chester with another woman. Burt and Mary go for their annual physicals. Danny tries to find Polly. Jessica meets Leslie. An agent from Child Protective Services pays a visit to Jodie.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/27/1979  59.  S3E11: Episode 58
Jessica agrees to see a marriage counselor with Chester. The Campbells urge Jodie to move back home. Burt is jealous of Alien Burt's sexual prowess. At Billy's 18th-birthday party, Leslie promises ""to blow out every candle on [Billy's] cake.""
 0 hr 30 mins    1/3/1980  60.  S3E12: Episode 59
Jodie and Wendy move in with the Campbells. Chester and Jessica see a marriage counselor. Danny finds Polly. Burt gets mixed news from the doctor.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/10/1980  61.  S3E13: Episode 60
Burt can't bring himself to tell Mary he won't live to see their baby born. Danny and Polly declare their love for one another. Mary worries about Danny's interracial relationship, but Jodie convinces Danny to follow his heart. Billy loses his virginity to Leslie. Mary wonders whether Real Burt or Alien Burt fathered her baby.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/17/1980  62.  S3E14: Episode 61
Danny learns of Burt's illness and agrees to help Burt win a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records. Eunice asks Corinne to cover for her while she cheats on Dutch. Chester's attempts to resist the minister's sexy daughter prove futile. The Campbells host Polly's family at dinner. After Chester tells Jessica he has lapsed again, she kicks him out of the house.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/24/1980  63.  S3E15: Episode 62
While Burt searches for a world record to break, Mary suspects something is wrong. Dutch and Corinne bond. Suddenly single again, Jessica visits Detective Donohue--on his honeymoon. Dutch confronts Eunice about her cheating.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/31/1980  64.  S3E16: Episode 63
Carol pays a late-night visit to Jodie and Wendy. Jessica sees a psychiatrist who is crazier than she is. Burt learns he was the victim of computer error. Billy admits he is growing bored in his relationship with Leslie. The Tates rally to support Dutch after Eunice leaves him for another man.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/7/1980  65.  S3E17: Episode 64
Burt rushes home with news that he isn't dying and vows to live the rest of his life to the fullest. The minister's daughter leaves Chester. Danny and Polly buy a house. Jessica catches Dutch and Corinne in bed together. Jessica's psychiatrist asks her out. Carol tells Jodie she wants custody of Wendy.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/28/1980  66.  S3E18: Episode 65
Burt announces he will run for Sheriff, and Danny wants to be Deputy. Jodie enlists Mr. Mallu's help in his fight for Wendy. Chester begs Jessica to take him back. Jessica entertains her psychologist, Dr. Posner, amidst the usual Tate insanity.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/6/1980  67.  S3E19: Episode 66
Danny and Polly have Burt and Mary to their new house for an eventful evening. Billy dumps Leslie, who threatens suicide. The Campbells brace for the custody trial. The Tates welcome a new butler, Saunders, who immediately regrets taking the job. As the families gather to watch election coverage, Jessica collapses.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/13/1980  68.  S3E20: Episode 67
At the hospital, the family anxiously awaits Jessica's diagnosis. Burt becomes Sheriff but must remove the outgoing sheriff by force. Corinne convinces Dutch to stay. Jodie finds the odds stacked against him in the custody trial.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/20/1980  69.  S3E21: Episode 68
Jessica asks Chester to move back home while she's in the hospital. Dr. Hill tells Chester that Jessica is very sick. Burt's first assignment as sheriff is to remove his predecessor from office. Corinne convinces Dutch not to move out. At the custody hearing, Carol tells an outrageous lie about Jodie threatening to kill her.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/27/1980  70.  S3E22: Episode 69
Season #3 season finale was an expanded episode of 60 minutes. Now shown in two parts in syndication.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/12/1980  71.  S4E1: Episode 70
Dr. Hill revives Jessica, who remains in a coma. Danny and Burt wake up in an adult motel. Mary is relieved to see that her baby is white. Billy dodges Leslie's bullet, which hits Saunders instead. Dutch chooses Eunice over Corinne, who announces she will be moving on soon. Jessica emerges from her coma apparently healthy and surrounded by her many suitors. After the judge learns of Carol's machinations, she awards custody of Wendy to Jodie. Carol threatens Jodie. Burt and Danny receive X-rated pictures of themselves in the motel room.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/19/1980  72.  S4E2: Episode 71
Jessica tells her suitors that she is moving on with her life--without them. Burt and Danny consider responses to Tibbs' blackmail threats. Polly turns down Danny's marriage proposal, leaving him despondent. Corinne departs for a new life in California. Wendy is kidnapped.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/26/1980  73.  S4E3: Episode 72
After Burt tells Jodie there's nothing the law can do to help find Wendy, Jodie takes matters into his own hands. Jessica returns home from the hospital. Eunice and Dutch announce their engagement, much to Chester's horror. Leslie continues her bumbling efforts to kill Billy. Mary receives the blackmail photos of Burt in the motel room. Jessica agrees to allow Chester to live in the poolhouse.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/3/1980  74.  S4E4: Episode 73
Chester puts the moves on the maid of honor at Dutch and Eunice's wedding. The blackmail photos of Burt and Danny hit the papers. Despite the breaking scandal, Mary vows to stand by Burt. On her way to the Caribbean for some R&R, Jessica crosses paths with a Latin American revolutionary.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/10/1980  75.  S4E5: Episode 74
The Tates and Campbells learn of Jessica's abduction. Billy heads to Malaguay to rescue his mother. Jodie hires a P.I. to find Wendy. Danny and Burt plan to go undercover to bring down Tibbs. Jessica finds herself in the middle of a revolution.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/17/1980  76.  S4E6: Episode 75
Danny finds a hooker who will help bring Tibbs to justice. The cash-poor Tates hold a barbecue. Leslie gets more creative in her efforts to kill Billy. Jessica accepts El Puerco's invitation to spend the night in his tent.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/31/1980  77.  S4E7: Episode 76
Jessica consoles a depressed El Puerco and convinces him to fight the revolution from her house in Connecticut. Gwen testifies against Tibbs. Someone is spying on Gwen and Danny. The Tates hold a garage sale to raise cash. Burt and Mary make an appointment for sex. Jodie and Maggie's search for Carol and Wendy leads them to a rowdy saloon.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/7/1981  78.  S4E8: Episode 77
Burt sells his construction company to Chester and Dutch. Jodie and Maggie learn that Carol has run off to New Mexico with a carnival fire-eater. Billy rescues Jessica and El Puerco at sea. Danny admits he is attracted to Gwen and asks her to stop turning tricks.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/14/1981  79.  S4E9: Episode 78
Jessica returns home with El Puerco and his three Juans. Danny asks Gwen to move in with him. Jodie and Maggie, on their way to Alaska to find Wendy, admit their mutual attraction. Burt suffers a crisis of faith.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/21/1981  80.  S4E10: Episode 79
Jessica and Chester announce their divorce. Danny reveals his love for Gwen. Jodie tells the family about his affair with Maggie. At a party for El Puerco, Danny is shot.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/28/1981  81.  S4E11: Episode 80
Annie realizes Chester is still in love with Jessica but agrees to marry him anyway. Jessica tries in vain to seduce El Puerco. Burt vows to find Tibbs and make him pay for shooting Danny. The Campbells learn that Danny will need a kidney transplant, which forces Mary to reveal a devastating secret.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/9/1981  82.  S4E12: Episode 81 Part 1
News that Chester is Danny's father rocks the family. Chester reluctantly agrees to donate a kidney to Danny. Jessica is devastated that Mary had a child by Chester. Meanwhile, Jodie and Maggie track Carol and Wendy to a kung-fu fortress in Malibu. Dutch and Eunice try to rekindle their sex life. El Puerco continues to frustrate Jessica with his ""madonna"" complex. After Burt single-handedly brings down the local mob, he becomes an instant celebrity.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/2/1981  83.  S4E13: Episode 81 Part 2
Danny tells Mary that he's in love with Gwen. Jessica tells Mary that her divorce from Chester is official, and that El Puerco won't have sex with her. Jessica throws a dinner party for El Puerco. Chester announces that he and Annie are engaged. Jodie announces that he and Maggie are an item. Leslie makes another murder attempt on the Tates. Danny gets shot.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/9/1981  84.  S4E14: Episode 82 Part 1
The Campbells wait for news of Danny's condition. Chester and Annie plan their future. Jessica tries to entice El Puerco into compromising his sexual principles. Gwen tells Danny that she loves him. Burt promises to take revenge against Tibbs for shooting Danny. The doctor reports that Danny needs a kidney transplant. Mary reveals to Jodie that he and Danny had different fathers.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/16/1981  85.  S4E15: Episode 82 Part 2
Jodie and Maggie learn that Wendy is being held at a kung-fu fortress. Burt goes after Tibbs with a baseball bat. Mary tells Chester that he is Danny's real father, and asks him to donate a kidney to save Danny's life. Rather than dishonor Jessica, El Puerco hires a prostitute. Mary tells her gynecologist that the baby can fly. While trying to rescue Wendy, Jodie and Maggie get captured by martial arts experts.
 0 hr 30 mins    2/23/1981  86.  S4E16: Episode 83 Part 1
Neither Jessica nor Danny can deal with the news that Chester is Danny's real father. Burt becomes a media hero because of his attack on Tibbs. Chester and Danny face surgery.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/2/1981  87.  S4E17: Episode 83 Part 2
The family waits for the results of Danny's surgery. Mary explains to Burt about her relationship with Chester. Jodie proposes to Maggie. Dutch and Eunice try to spice up their sex life. Mary relives the circumstances that led Chester to leave her for Jessica.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/9/1981  88.  S4E18: Episode 84 Part 1
Burt alienates his family as his fame continues to grow. Danny is offended when Burt disapproves of his plans to marry Gwen. Jessica forgives Chester, but can't forgive Mary. El Puerco tries to endear himself to Saunders. Saunders proposes a plan to rescue Jodie and Maggie. A hoodlum coerces Gwen into spying on Burt and Danny.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/16/1981  89.  S4E19: Episode 84 Part 2
Jodie, Maggie and Wendy are rescued from the fortress. Jessica and Mary come to an understanding. Mary tells Jessica that she has a drinking problem, the baby may be an alien, and she fears she is losing Burt. Jodie decides to see a therapist so he can be sure about his relationship with Maggie. Danny blames Burt when Gwen runs away. Jodie signs up for hypnotherapy.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/23/1981  90.  S4E20: Episode 85 Part 1
El Puerco learns a few things about women after spending the night with Jessica. Eunice's fantasy games are starting to get on Dutch's nerves. Chester and Annie announce that they are married, but Chester continues to act possessively toward Jessica. Mary walks out on Burt when he accuses her of being drunk. Dutch fails to turn Eunice on with his Cyrano de Bergerac costume. Jodie comes out of hypnosis believing that he's a 90-year-old Jewish man named Julius Kassendorf.
 0 hr 30 mins    3/30/1981  91.  S4E21: Episode 85 Part 2
The Governor offers Burt a job as Lieutenant Governor. Chester goes mad with jealousy over Jessica and El Puerco. Danny and Annie turn to each other for comfort. Mary tries to convince Burt that their baby isn't normal. Jodie's psychiatrist brings Julius home to meet the Campbells.
 0 hr 30 mins    4/6/1981  92.  S4E22: DELETE ME
El Puerco challenges Chester to a duel. Jessica expresses concern about Burt and Mary's marital problems. Danny and Annie succumb to their sexual attraction. Maggie meets Julius. Burt makes political enemies after addressing a panel of senators.
 0 hr 30 mins    4/13/1981  93.  S4E23: DELETE ME
The Governor asks Burt to disassociate himself from his family. El Puerco's enemies take Jessica hostage. The Tates receive the kidnappers' terms. Julius comforts Mary. Burt's enemies plot to kill him.
 0 hr 30 mins    4/20/1981  94.  S4E24: DELETE ME
Burt receives a tip about a major drug transaction. Danny tells Burt that he's in love with Annie. The Tates worry about Jessica. Jessica makes life difficult for her captors. The communists demand El Puerco's surrender. Jessica prepares to face her execution. Chester catches Danny in bed with Annie. Burt walks into an ambush. Jessica faces a firing squad.
 0 hr 30 mins    9/13/1977  95.  Episode 1
This begins the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell. As the Tates and their butler, Benson, prepare for a dinner party with the Campbells, Jessica walks in on her husband, Chester, while he makes plans for a romantic rendezvous with another woman. Jessica's son, Billy has a pimple on the night of his first date, and his uptight sister, Eunice, while ignoring the insane antics of their veteran grandfather, The Major. Jessica goes for a tennis lesson with Peter, the Tennis Pro, and winds up in bed with him. She leaves Peter just as his next ""appointment""--with Jessica's other daughter, Corinne--arrives. Meanwhile, at the Campbells', Mary breaks up a food fight between her mobster son, Danny, and her second husband, Burt. Tensions flare again when Mary's other son, Jodie, a homosexual, joins them at breakfast. Alone at last, Mary confronts Burt about his recent impotence, which, we learn, stems from guilt he feels after having killed Mary's first husband (officially
Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/20/1977  96.  Episode 2
Jodie tells Mary that he's planning to do a sex change. Burt finds his long-lost son.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/27/1977  97.  Episode 3
Jessica tries to confess to Chester about her affair with Peter. Danny makes peace with Burt, only to learn that he has to kill Burt in order to escape the mob.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1977  98.  Episode 4
Jessica and Corrine run into one another at Peter's apartment. Jodie tells Dennis of his plans for a sex change. Billy has girl trouble. Chester is caught cheating on his mistress. Danny tries to kill Burt but is more clumsy than lethal.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1977  99.  Episode 5
Eunice and Jodie discuss their man troubles. Burt and Mary visit a sex therapist. Corrine gives Tim one last chance before moving in with Peter, then catches Jessica kissing Peter.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/25/1977  100.  Episode 6
Corrine moves in with Peter, leaving Chester angry and Jessica heartbroken. Burt receives word that Chuck and Bob are on their way from Hawaii. The Godfather gives Danny one last chance to kill Burt, this time at a cabin in the woods.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/1/1977  101.  Episode 7
The Major terrorizes the neighbors. Chuck and Bob arrive and promptly offend the Campbells. Claire tells Jessica of her affair with Chester, but Jessica doesn't believe her. Danny gets Burt alone and at gunpoint in the woods.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/8/1977  102.  Episode 8
Unable to kill Burt as ordered, Danny goes on the run as a ""spy"" but not before finally accepting Jodie's homosexuality and bidding a tearful goodbye to Mary. At a dinner party for Chuck and Bob, Danny makes a surprise visit that turns into ""a little Tuesday night shootout.""
Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/15/1977  103.  Episode 9
Jodie checks into the hospital for his sex-change operation. Dr. Medlow helps Burt overcome his guilt and his impotence. At lunch with Mary, Jessica spots Chester kissing Claire.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/22/1977  104.  Episode 10
Danny, dressed as a rabbi, has a near run-in with the Godfather. Father Tim appeals to God for help. Burt overcomes his impotence, but Mary is no longer in the mood. Dennis dumps Jodie, who tries to kill himself.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Tony Lang 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/29/1977  105.  Episode 11
Burt and Mary look forward to their first romantic evening in six months but are interrupted by news that Jodie has attempted suicide. Jodie survives. Corrine warns Peter. Jessica confronts Chester on his infidelity.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/6/1977  106.  Episode 12
Peter's murder.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/13/1977  107.  Episode 13
""Piece of Chelief"" Tinkler questions the Tates and Campbells, all of whom are suspects in Peter's grisly murder.
Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/27/1977  108.  Episode 14
Chester and Jessica discuss her affair with Peter. The Tates and Campbells wonder who among them is a murderer. Eunice and Congressman McCallum meet up in an airplane lavatory. Chief Tinkler arrests Corrine.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/3/1978  109.  Episode 15
Corrine goes to jail for killing Peter. Burt launches his own investigation. Danny decides to surprise the Godfather but must get past his daughter, Elaine, first. Ingrid Svenson arrives in Dunn's River, claiming to be Corrine's real mother.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/10/1978  110.  Episode 16
Corrine learns the truth about her mother. Ingrid hires an investigator to clear Corrine. Burt becomes obsessed with finding Peter's killer. Jessica is arrested.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/17/1978  111.  Episode 17
Jessica is booked into jail. Mary realizes Burt needs psychiatric help. Elaine introduces Danny to her father. A blackmailer threatens to publish photos of Walter and Eunice. Chester hires an attorney for Jessica but is told Jessica's case is hopeless.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/24/1978  112.  Episode 18
Father Tim bids Corinne farewell. Burt tells Mary he can make himself invisible. Chester hires high-priced attorney E. Ronald Mallu to defend Jessica. Jessica decides to skip bail and head to Rio. Claire alerts the SEC to Chester's shady business dealings.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/7/1978  113.  Episode 19
Mr. Mallu interviews the family in a desperate search for character witnesses in Jessica's trial. Dr. Medlow recommends that Burt be committed to a mental hospital. Jessica makes an impassioned plea to Corinne. The blackmail photos of Eunice and Walter end up in the wrong hands.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/14/1978  114.  Episode 20
Danny learns he must marry Elaine. Mary tells Burt of her plans to commit him. Jessica's case looks even more hopeless after she meets the prosecutor and judge.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/21/1978  115.  Episode 21
Elaine meets the kooky Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim at his mountain retreat. Mallu's assistant, Carol, invites Jodie to lunch. Jessica's murder trial begins.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/28/1978  116.  Episode 22
Jodie and Carol plan a weekend away as ""just friends."" Mary commits Burt to the mental hospital. Danny tells Mary he must marry Elaine. Billy runs away from home. Benson, Chester, and Jessica take the stand in Jessica's trial.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/14/1978  117.  Episode 23
Walter dumps Eunice. Burt tells Mary he killed her first husband. Corinne walks out on Ingrid. Father Tim tells his mother he's leaving the priesthood. Jodie and Carol plan a weekend at the Cape. The prosecution drops a bombshell at Jessica's murder trial.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/21/1978  118.  Episode 24
Carol seduces Jodie. Mary forgives Burt. Corinne returns to the Tates. Ingrid vows to destroy the Tates. Sheriff Tinkler arrives to arrest Chester for stock fraud. The jury begins deliberating Jessica's fate.
Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/28/1978  119.  Episode 25
Jessica is convicted of murder--but she didn't do it.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
  8/31/1978  120.  The Best of Soap: Who Killed Peter?
 0 hr 30 mins    9/14/1978  121.  Episode 26
The premier of the 2nd season was an hour long episode now split up in syndication
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/21/1978  122.  Episode 27
Chester escapes from prison with Dutch. Danny and Elaine marry and learn that Elaine's father has cut her off. One by one, the Tates disappear in the basement.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/28/1978  123.  Episode 28
Dutch holds the Tates hostage in their own home. The Campbells adjust to life with Elaine. Dutch and Eunice sleep together. Mrs. Flotsky causes a scene at Tim and Corinne's wedding.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Susan Harris  / Jordan Crittenden 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/5/1978  124.  Episode 29
Corinne is frustrated by Tim's nervousness and endless interruptions on her wedding night. Mary tells Burt she wants to go to school. Chester collapses.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Susan Harris  / Jordan Crittenden 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/12/1978  125.  Episode 30
Danny decides to kill Elaine with Kindness. Jodie proposes to Carol and swears off men. Mrs. Flotsky summons Tim and Corrine to her deathbed. Sally comes on to Danny, then Burt. Jessica authorizes Chester's Brain surgury.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Susan Harris  / Jordan Crittenden 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/19/1978  126.  Episode 31
Tim and Corinne move in with the Tates. Mary's professor makes a pass at her. Elaine begins to warm to the Campbells. Chester comes out of his brain surgery very confused.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Susan Harris  / Jordan Crittenden 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/2/1978  127.  Episode 32
Carol's father objects to Carol and Jodie's marriage. Elaine opens up to Danny. Jessica, Mary, Corinne, and Eunice commiserate. Sally tells Burt she's in love with him.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/9/1978  128.  Episode 33
Home from the hospital, Chester drives the Tates crazy. Jodie and Dennis part on bad terms. Eunice and Dutch make plans to rendezvous in the country. Corinne learns she is pregnant. Burt catches Mary and her professor in a compromising position, then turns to Sally for comfort.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/23/1978  129.  Episode 34
Chester comes home; Jodie slugs Dennis; and more news, Corinne is pregnat. Other news. Dutch comes and says good-bye, c this show 2 find out what's up.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/30/1978  130.  Episode 35
Eunice and Dutch leave for his family's farm. Chester fears he is a burden on the family, then disappears. Jodie and Jessica offer emotional support to Mary. Burt tries to end it with Sally, but she refuses to let him go. Elaine is kidnapped.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/7/1978  131.  Episode 36
The Campbells scramble to raise Elaine's ransom. Jessica hires Detective Donohue to find Chester. Corinne learns she is five months pregnant, even though she's only been married a month. Carol has pre-wedding jitters. Dennis makes a last-ditch effort to win back Jodie.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  / Susan Harris  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/14/1978  132.  Episode 37
Jodie marries Carol--almost.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/21/1978  133.  Episode 38
Elaine makes it home in time to die in Danny's arms.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/4/1979  134.  Episode 39
Burt ends it with Sally, who takes the news very badly. Dutch and Eunice get a visit from Jessica, Benson, and Billy--and the cops. Danny sets out to find Elaine's killers with Burt in tow. Detective Donohue presents Jessica with evidence of Chester's death. But Chester is very much alive, if a little confused, in Toledo.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/11/1979  135.  Episode 40
Jessica hosts a memorial service for Chester. Sally delivers bad news to Mary. Jodie tracks down Carol in Texas. Chester has a breakthrough of sorts.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/18/1979  136.  Episode 41
Burt, Danny, Jodie, Chuck, and Bob drown their sorrows during a night on the town. Tim announces he's moving to a cave in hopes of making peace with God. The police catch up with Dutch. Jodie meets Alice, a suicidal lesbian, on the Tri-borough Bridge. Mary moves in with Jessica. Corinne goes into labor.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/1/1979  137.  Episode 42
Corinne gives birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy. Mary angrily confronts Burt with his alleged infidelities. Jodie and Alice get off to a rocky start as roommates. Jessica enjoys an evening of dinner and romance at Detective Donohue's apartment. Meanwhile, Chester regains his memory and heads for Dunn's River.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/8/1979  138.  Episode 43
Burt learns that Inga Swenson is behind Sally's treachery. Danny meets Alice, his first lesbian. Jessica decides to have an affair with Detective Donohue, who proposes to her. Then, Chester returns home.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/15/1979  139.  Episode 44
Jessica tells Chester about her affair with Donohue. Billy runs into a former classmate who has joined a religious cult. Eunice visits Dutch in prison. Danny and Jodie engineer a reconciliation between Burt and Mary. Something strange is going on in the Tate nursery.
Director:  John Bowab  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/1/1979  140.  Episode 45
Jessica tells Chester and Donohue that she's torn between them. Jodie brings Alice home to meet the Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim in his cave to tell him his son is possessed by the devil. Danny gets a lead on Elaine's killers. Burt tags along with Danny and spots a UFO.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/8/1979  141.  Episode 46
No one believes Burt saw a UFO. Benson visits Billy at the Sunnies'. Jessica apologizes to Donohue for taking so long to decide between him and Chester. Jodie and Alice go on a ""date."" Tim returns home to take on the Devil.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/15/1979  142.  Episode 47
Jessica leads the family in the exorcism on Corrine's baby. Jodie and Alice grow closer. Danny finds himself in danger. Billy is taken hostage by the Sunnies. Jessica decides between Chester and Donohue. Burt disappears in the light.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris  / Susan 
 0 hr 25 mins    9/13/1979  143.  Episode 48
Jessica chooses Chester, but offers to let Donohue stay in the Tate house until he recovers from the shock. The aliens tell Burt that they plan to replace him with a replica. Carol's mother introduces Jodie to his newborn daughter, Wendy. Benson, Chester, Donohue and the Major prepare to rescue Billy from the cult. Burt's alien double moves in with the unsuspecting Mary.
  8/30/1979  144.  Episode #3.0
 0 hr 30 mins    9/13/1979  145.  Episode 48
Burt wakes up on the spaceship. Mrs. David arrives with Jodie's daughter. Jessica chooses Chester. Danny is missing.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/20/1979  146.  Episode 49
Alien Burt has his way with Mary, and she's not complaining. Real Burt meets Saul, who tells Burt he cannot escape the spaceship. Billy resists the Sunnies' brainwashing. Mrs. David asks Jodie to choose between Wendy and Alice. Benson and ""the Step Brothers"" penetrate the Sunnies' compound but are stopped short of rescuing Billy.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    9/27/1979  147.  Episode 50
Billy is rescued from the Sunnies. Mary is oversexed. Danny is saved by Millie. Jodie is torn between Alice and Wendy. Jessica is sad to bid Benson farewell.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/4/1979  148.  Episode 51
Burt and Saul escape the spaceship but find themselves in other danger. Jessica finally convinces Detective Donohue to leave. Millie comes to Danny's rescue. Eunice awaits Dutch's release from prison while Corinne bemoans her non-existent sex life with Tim. Chester resumes his philandering ways. Billy and his teacher share a kiss.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    10/11/1979  149.  Episode 52
The Tates adjust to life with Dutch in the house. Danny returns home with Millie. Mary grows increasingly suspicious of ""Burt."" Jodie officially begins his life as a single, gay parent. Real Burt and Alien Burt come face to face. Billy and Leslie decide to pursue a relationship.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/1/1979  150.  Episode 53
Real Burt calls Mary, but Alien Burt intercepts Mary on her way to meet him. Jessica confronts Chester with her suspicions that he is cheating again. Eunice tells Corinne that she's fallen out of love with Dutch. Corinne spots Chester with another woman in a restaurant. Billy and Leslie sneak away to a romantic restaurant, only to run into several familiar faces. Tim and Corinne decide to divorce.
Director:  Jay Sandrich  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/8/1979  151.  Episode 54
The Tates and Campbells gather to welcome Dutch to the family--and scare Millie away in the process. Billy and Leslie's romantic evening is interrupted by her ex. Jodie and Corinne discuss single parenthood. Alien Burt refuses to return to the spaceship. Real Burt finally contacts Mary, then disappears before her eyes. Back on the spaceship, Real Burt convinces the aliens to give him a chance to persuade Alien Burt to leave Earth for good.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    11/22/1979  152.  Episode 55
Mary begins to question her sanity. Eunice and Corinne call Chester on his cheating. Real Burt turns to Jodie for help. Billy plans a rendezvous with Leslie at a hotel but runs into Eunice, then Corinne, then Dutch, then Chester in the lobby. Real Burt makes an impassioned plea to Alien Burt.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/6/1979  153.  Episode 56
Billy tells Jessica about his affair with Leslie. Burt returns home to share his ordeal with Mary. Danny meets a black widow at the cemetery. Dutch makes it clear he knows Eunice is cheating on him. Jessica spots Chester with another woman.
Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/13/1979  154.  Episode 57
Jessica catches Chester with another woman. Burt and Mary go for their annual physicals. Danny tries to find Polly. Jessica meets Leslie. An agent from Child Protective Services pays a visit to Jodie.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    12/27/1979  155.  Episode 58
Jessica agrees to see a marriage counselor with Chester. The Campbells urge Jodie to move back home. Burt is jealous of Alien Burt's sexual prowess. At Billy's 18th-birthday party, Leslie promises ""to blow out every candle on [Billy's] cake.""
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/3/1980  156.  Episode 59
Jodie and Wendy move in with the Campbells. Chester and Jessica see a marriage counselor. Danny finds Polly. Burt gets mixed news from the doctor.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/10/1980  157.  Episode 60
Burt can't bring himself to tell Mary he won't live to see their baby born. Danny and Polly declare their love for one another. Mary worries about Danny's interracial relationship, but Jodie convinces Danny to follow his heart. Billy loses his virginity to Leslie. Mary wonders whether Real Burt or Alien Burt fathered her baby.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/17/1980  158.  Episode 61
Danny learns of Burt's illness and agrees to help Burt win a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records. Eunice asks Corinne to cover for her while she cheats on Dutch. Chester's attempts to resist the minister's sexy daughter prove futile. The Campbells host Polly's family at dinner. After Chester tells Jessica he has lapsed again, she kicks him out of the house.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/24/1980  159.  Episode 62
While Burt searches for a world record to break, Mary suspects something is wrong. Dutch and Corinne bond. Suddenly single again, Jessica visits Detective Donohue--on his honeymoon. Dutch confronts Eunice about her cheating.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    1/31/1980  160.  Episode 63
Carol pays a late-night visit to Jodie and Wendy. Jessica sees a psychiatrist who is crazier than she is. Burt learns he was the victim of computer error. Billy admits he is growing bored in his relationship with Leslie. The Tates rally to support Dutch after Eunice leaves him for another man.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/7/1980  161.  Episode 64
Burt rushes home with news that he isn't dying and vows to live the rest of his life to the fullest. The minister's daughter leaves Chester. Danny and Polly buy a house. Jessica catches Dutch and Corinne in bed together. Jessica's psychiatrist asks her out. Carol tells Jodie she wants custody of Wendy.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/28/1980  162.  Episode 65
Burt announces he will run for Sheriff, and Danny wants to be Deputy. Jodie enlists Mr. Mallu's help in his fight for Wendy. Chester begs Jessica to take him back. Jessica entertains her psychologist, Dr. Posner, amidst the usual Tate insanity.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/6/1980  163.  Episode 66
Danny and Polly have Burt and Mary to their new house for an eventful evening. Billy dumps Leslie, who threatens suicide. The Campbells brace for the custody trial. The Tates welcome a new butler, Saunders, who immediately regrets taking the job. As the families gather to watch election coverage, Jessica collapses.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/13/1980  164.  Episode 67
At the hospital, the family anxiously awaits Jessica's diagnosis. Burt becomes Sheriff but must remove the outgoing sheriff by force. Corinne convinces Dutch to stay. Jodie finds the odds stacked against him in the custody trial.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/20/1980  165.  Episode 68
Jessica asks Chester to move back home while she's in the hospital. Dr. Hill tells Chester that Jessica is very sick. Burt's first assignment as sheriff is to remove his predecessor from office. Corinne convinces Dutch not to move out. At the custody hearing, Carol tells an outrageous lie about Jodie threatening to kill her.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 0 hr 30 mins    3/27/1980  166.  Episode 69
Season #3 season finale was an expanded episode of 60 minutes. Now shown in two parts in syndication.
Director:  J.D. Lobue  Writer:  Stu Silver  /  Susan Harris 
 1 hr 30 mins    10/29/1980  167.  Jessica's Wonderful Life
In a recap of season three, Jessica pleads with her guardian angel to allow her to rejoin her family on Earth.
 1 hr 0 mins    11/12/1980  168.  Episode #4.1
Jessica comes out of her coma; Eunice wins Dutch from Corinne; Burt and Danny receive blackmail photos; Mary's baby seems normal; Jodie's custody battle for Wendy is decided.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/19/1980  169.  Episode #4.2
Corinne bids goodbye to her mother; Polly turns down Danny's marriage proposal; Burt refuses to knuckle under to Tibbs; Mary returns home with baby Scott; Jodie discovers that his daughter Wendy has been kidnapped.
 0 hr 30 mins    11/26/1980  170.  Episode #4.3
Jessica admires Burt's blackmail photos; Eunice and Dutch announce their engagement, as Jessica banishes Chester to the pool house.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/3/1980  171.  Episode #4.4
As Dutch and Eunice tie the knot, Chester meets Eunice's maid of honor, Annie; the X-rated photos of Burt appear in the newspaper and Burt and Mary face the public's outrage, as well as each other's; Annie moves into the poolhouse with Chester; on her private vacation to Malaguay, Jessica frees El Puerco, a Malaguayan revolutionary, who immediately takes her hostage.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/10/1980  172.  Episode #4.5
Jodie hires private detective Maggie to find his kidnapped daughter; Billy heads off to Malaguay to find his mother; Mary is depressed over the media's treatment of her husband, who plans to infiltrate one of Tibbs' massage parlors for evidence.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/17/1980  173.  Episode #4.6
Burt and Danny disguise themselves at the massage parlor; Danny recognizes Gwen as one of the girls in the blackmail photos; with Jessica still lost in Malaguay, the Tates have no access to her money.
 0 hr 30 mins    12/31/1980  174.  Episode #4.7
Jessica convinces El to conduct his revolution from her Connecticut home; Danny promises protection for Gwen; the Tates are still strapped for cash as Dutch gets fired from a car wash because he didn't know what 'agua' meant.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/7/1981  175.  Episode #4.8
Learning that Carol is now into rodeo clowns, Jodie and Maggie follow her trail to Albuquerque; Danny persuades Gwen to tone down her clientele while under his protective custody.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/14/1981  176.  Episode #4.9
Jessica's entourage arrives home safely; as Danny and Gwen acknowledge each other's feelings, Jodie and Maggie admit their attraction for each other; Burt's crisis of faith results in the death of his boyhood Bishop.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/21/1981  177.  Episode #4.10
After Jessica announces that she's now officially divorced from Chester, he announces his engagement to Annie; Jodie and Maggie confirm their relationship; a bullet meant for Gwen hits Danny instead.
 0 hr 30 mins    1/28/1981  178.  Episode #4.11
Burt vows to make Tibbs pay for his crimes; Jessica makes an unsuccessful attempt to seduce El; Danny's critical injury requires a kidney from a blood relative.
 1 hr 0 mins    3/9/1981  179.  Episode #4.12
Jodie and Maggie are taken captive by Minja warriors in Malibu; Burt becomes a hero after finally capturing Tibbs; and Mary reveals that Danny's natural father is Chester.
 1 hr 0 mins    3/16/1981  180.  Episode #4.13
Chester becomes the vital kidney donor on Danny's behalf; Dutch and Eunice try to spice up their sex life by playacting; believing her sister has betrayed her, Jessica refuses to speak to a despondent Mary, who reveals how their mother arranged scatterbrained Jessica's marriage to embezzler Chester.
 1 hr 0 mins    3/23/1981  181.  Episode #4.14
Jodie and Maggie are rescued from their dungeon prison, after which she proposes marriage; Jodie visits a psychiatrist who puts him under hypnosis that turns him into an elderly Jewish man; Chester and Annie celebrate their marriage, but his jealousy over Jessica will not end; Mary reconciles with her forgiving sister, then walks out on her high-and-mighty husband, telling him she doesn't like him anymore.
 1 hr 0 mins    4/13/1981  182.  Episode #4.15
Nobody believes Mary when she insists her baby can fly; lamenting his washed-up relationship with wife Eunice, Dutch fondly recalls the days of 'screaming and scratching Corinne'; the Governor offers Burt a run for the Senate; and Danny finds his attractive new stepmother Annie as lonely--and irresistible--as he is.
 1 hr 0 mins    4/20/1981  183.  Episode #4.16
A despondent Chester wants to kill himself, until he finds his new bride in bed with his son; the syndicate baits a trap for the unsuspecting Burt; El Puerco's enemies kidnap Jessica and put her in front of a firing squad.
  4/27/1981  184.  Episode #4.17
  5/4/1981  185.  Episode #4.18
  5/11/1981  186.  Episode #4.19
  5/18/1981  187.  Episode #4.20
  5/25/1981  188.  Episode #4.21
Edition Details
Edition Slim Packaging
Series Soap
Distributor Sony Pictures
Release Date 6/10/2008
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned); French
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 12
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