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Season 1 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Hotel (Pilot)

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 21, 1982 (120 min)

Hotel (Pilot)

Staff at the St. Gregory Hotel have their hands full when a call girl is raped by a group of rich boys; a lonely king takes a room; an aspiring singer looks for that big break; two divorced people find love; an unexpected death.

Blackout

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1983

Blackout

Laura Trent's sister-in-law takes over the hotel and is visited by an old flame, Christine receives threatening letters from a would-be suitor, and a pregnant woman runs out on her fiancé, all during a huge blackout.

Choices

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1983

Choices

A stage mother urges her beauty-contestant daughter to "be nice" to a judge; Billy is wary of an old friend who wants to call in a debt from their prison days.

Charades

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1983

Charades

The FBI expects an assassination attempt on a visiting dignitary; a rookie hooker works the bar; a biddy and her buddy hold a seance in their room.

Secrets

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1983

Secrets

A hotel baby sitter is accused of child molesting; a sabbatical for McDermott's friend is complicated by a comely woman. 

Relative Loss

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1983

Relative Loss

An affair with a young newswoman could destroy a candidate's presidential ambitions. Meanwhile, Mrs. Cabot's niece plots to get Christine fired so she can assume that post with the hotel.

Flashback

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1983

Flashback

Peter's ex-wife makes an unexpected appearance, and Christine and Mark arrange for a romance for a depressed guest.

Confrontations

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1983

Confrontations

White supremacists convene at the St. Gregory; a mute young woman communicates with a street mime and uncovers a trauma from her past.

Faith, Hope & Charity

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1983

Faith, Hope & Charity

A visiting family is embarrassed when one member faces charges of shoplifting, and an unexpected twist mars the long-awaited reunion of two college friends.

Deceptions

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1983

Deceptions

Hillary is shattered when a vacation romance at Puerto Vallarta turns into sexual blackmail, Mrs. Cabot meddles in the life of a lonely widower, and Billy discovers a street urchin living off the fruits of the St. Gregory.

The Offer

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1983

The Offer

Peter is courted by Mrs. Cabot's rival who threatens to take him from the hotel; an ambitious journalist goes after a rock singer; a couple returns to relive their wedding day at the St. Gregory with entertainer Liberace.

Christmas

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1983

Christmas

It's Christmas time and Santa is spreading good cheer amongst the staff and clientele. A young girl wants a baby brother and an elderly woman is feeling lonely. A crime gang is planning to take what they can.

Designs

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 28, 1983

Designs

Peter falls victim to Cupid's arrow at a charity luncheon where he meets a wealthy socialite with a secret; Megan starts knitting booties, and Christine is drafted as a model in a fashion show.

Reflections

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1984

Reflections

The daughter of divorced parents attempts to reconcile them, a financially troubled man tries to swindle the hotel, and two women compete for the attention of one man.

Tomorrows

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1984

Tomorrows

Mrs. Cabot unites a prince with a maid, a law student discovers his mother has become dependent upon drugs.

Passages

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1984

Passages

A bar mitzvah celebration at the hotel nearly turns to tragedy when the father of the boy spies a concentration camp survivor who was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and wants to take vengeance into his own hands. A wealthy industrialist sends his trusted aide to retrieve his willful daughter from St. Gregory, but surprisingly the encounter turns romantic.

Mistaken Identities

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1984

Mistaken Identities

A teen's test of manhood takes a turn; bickering workers discover a mutual secret; Mark finds a valuable bracelet.

Wedding

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1984

Wedding

Plans for a society wedding unravel because of the infidelity of the bride's father, a financial crisis for the groom's father, and periodic spats between the betrothed couple.

Memories

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Feb 29, 1984

Memories

Christine helps an amnesiac who has recurring thoughts of a criminal nature; a sterile husband suggests an alternative to artificial insemination for his wife.

Encores

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1984

Encores

Peter learns he is the father of a 4-year-old child; a former singer with a drug dependency makes a comeback at the St. Gregory; Julie discovers she has a secret admirer.

Prisms

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1984

Prisms

A jewel thief's daughter involves Peter in a robbery; a couple reunites after the man's breakdown; an actress stages a comeback.

Trials

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 2, 1984

Trials

A vengeful woman holds Mrs. Cabot and Peter at gunpoint in the penthouse; Mark tries to help a part-time dancer please her minister father.

Lifelines

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: May 9, 1984

Lifelines

An unwed mother attempts to give up her child for adoption; an extortionist threatens to reveal a woman executive's shady former career.

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