Falcon Crest - Episode Guide

In the first episode of this serial drama about power, passion and money in California's wine industry, winery owner Angela Channing begrudges her nephew his birthright.

Chase's friend romances Julia in an attempt to get a loan from Angela.

Angela and a rival vie for the rights to Chase's grape harvest.

Lance tries to sabotage Chase's harvest; and Angela, disappointed in her grandson, decides to groom Cole to be her heir.

Julia's estranged husband wants to reconcile; Angela tries to split the Giobertis by arranging a job interview for Maggie in San Francisco.

Chase is forced to depend on Lance to bring help to a seriously injured Cole; and Angela blames Victoria when Emma disappears.

Emma's lost love returns, threatening Angela with his knowledge of Jason's death; Maggie's possible pregnancy angers Vickie.

Lance plots to double-cross a crooked wine distributor; Douglas pursues Angela at a wine competition in Rome.

Lance encourages Vickie to make her own life in San Francisco; Angela uses an old flame to keep one burning in Douglas.

Chase and Maggie discover that their fieldworkers are being blackmailed.

Chase finds his father's writings; Lance's sudden romance threatens Angela's plans for an arranged marriage.

A visit from Chase's estranged mother unnerves Angela.

Angela's control of county water rights is threatened when a member of the Board of Supervisors is murdered.

Lance decides to move to San Francisco; Julia learns the threat that Emma poses.

Angela and her lawyer scheme to jeopardize Lance's inheritance and to block a coroner's inquest into Jason's death.

Lance proposes to Melissa, who continues to see Cole; Mario and Vickie decide to live together.

Chase asks the DA for a coroner's inquest into Jason's death.

Angela plots to discredit Chase, who is accused of pursuing the inquest for financial gain.

Chase fights to assume partnership in the winery; Angela seeks information about her late husband's illegitimate son; Cole confronts Melissa about her unborn child.

Angela meets Richard Channing, and battles Chase over the distribution of water reserves; Carlo and Lance clash; Emma plans to leave home.

Carlo scorns Richard's threat to buy his vineyards; Chase disputes a health inspector's report on his water reserves.

Richard publishes the fact that Cole's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon; Angela threatens the swing vote on the water issue; Emma gives Chase a powerful gift.

Richard attacks the winery's labor practices; Cole retains a lawyer, and goes to work for Katherine; Lance pursues an old flame in the city.

A surprise visit from Chase's mother irritates Maggie; Richard prints a photo of Cole at his new home; Melissa follows Lance to the city.

Richard schemes to acquire land; Lance brings Lori to Falcon Crest; Melissa visits her unborn child's real father.

Richard offers a job to Julia's estranged husband; Chase asks Melissa to permit a second autopsy on her father's body; Cole plans to leave the country.

Angela secretly finances Maggie's screenplay; Lance tries to keep the truth about the winery's finances from Chase.

A maneuver by Richard stuns Angela in her bid to control New Globe stock; script rewrites with Darryl (Bradford Dillman) keep Maggie separated from Chase. Susan Sullivan, Robert Foxworth. Richard: David Selby.

Jacqueline returns from Europe with proof of Angela's financial finagling; Chase learns the truth about Richard's planned memorial.

Maggie learns how her screenplay was financed; Jacqueline and Cole discuss his child; Richard makes a play for Melissa.

Richard provokes a left hook from Chase; Nick gets a clue about his wife's outside activities; Phillip gets information for Angela to use against Jacqueline; the results of the paternity suit are revealed.

Chase's obsession with Agretti's murder damages his home life; Chao-Li blocks one of Chase's leads; Lance and Phillip catch each other in the same compromising situation.

The note found on the comatose body is traced to Maggie; Lance visits a divorce lawyer; Richard's superiors order him to abandon the newspaper.

Melissa files a lawsuit after Richard publicly identifies her baby's father; Lance files for divorce; Maggie acquires a job.

A surprise guest attends Richard's celebration of his new holdings; Chase is issued a court order to keep off the murder case.

Julia is threatened after offering to help Chase with his investigation; the elusive Fong arranges to meet with Melissa.

Richard begins a bidding war for the valley's grapes; Angela goes to France to investigate Richard's childhood.

Angela threatens Henri Denault; Sheriff Robbins finds evidence about Julia's accident that points to Lance; Richard refuses his father's summons to New York.

Nick and Vickie seek Chase's blessing to marry; Maggie finishes her screenplay work; Robbins approaches Richard with new evidence about the alleged suicide.

A captive Richard finally meets the chief of "the company"; the news of the elder Fong's death prompts Chase to leave Vickie's wedding.

A new motive for Carlo's murder is revealed; a third shooting victim lies in a coma; Chase's cousin, neurosurgeon Michael Ranson, arrives; Richard hires a new assistant, Pamela Lynch.

Angela's great-grandson is threatened by an overlooked detail in her scheme to blackmail Lantry; Julia unknowingly plays into Phillip's hands by refusing his help in court; Vickie finds out that Nick still enjoys marriage---his first one.

Julia is visited by Melissa and Richard; Michael learns he's executor of Jacqueline's will; Dr. Lantry threatens to go beyond Angela's wishes concerning Chase.

Lantry is replaced as Chase's doctor; Julia is declared competent to stand trial; Richard considers buying grape futures to squeeze Angela out of the market.

With an informed eye on his mother's will, Richard courts his brother's friendship; Michael voices suspicions about Chase's first doctor; Julia stuns her family at her hearing.

Michael closes in on Lantry; Phillip lifts the Agretti harvest contract from Angela; Emma offers Maggie a job at the New Globe; Richard okays the reading of his mother's will; Julia receives her murder sentence.

Angela goes to the capital to plead Julia's case; Linda and Cole agree on a direction for their relationship; Jacqueline's legacy for Angela is among the surprises in the will.

Chase learns Lantry far outspends his reported income; news of Chase and Maggie's windfall prompts a visit from Maggie's vivacious sister Terry; Angela buys jail favors for Julia.

Angela moves against Lantry after Michael is made hospital chief of staff; Lance sees Melissa and Richard together, and gets a rough introduction to Terry.

Lantry makes bail and disappears; Terry makes a pass at Michael and is "recruited" to urge Cole to drop his paternity suit; Chase makes objections to a race track planned by Richard.

Lance offers Chase a deal after he discovers Lantry's hideout; Richard gets the upper hand with a member of the racing commission; Robbins gets a health warning from Michael.

Julia gets a transfer out of prison for psychiatric treatment; Maggie learns how Terry financed her trip West.

Richard steps up his race-track campaign; Angela makes Chase an offer on election eve, and urges Terry to compromise her new host.

Richard buys an audience with Julia; Melissa errs during her paternity deposition; Maggie's research into Jacqueline's past uncovers disturbing facts; Emma professes her feelings to Michael.

Angela prevents Chase from distributing his wines; Michael is forced to perform surgery; Maggie is warned about her research concerning Jacqueline:

The Agretti harvest is acquired by a new winemaking interest; Richard's close call prompts a call on the new cartel chief; a lead from Angela sends Maggie to New Orleans for more information about Jacqueline.

The cartel representative puts separate squeezes on Richard and Maggie; Lance offers his services to the valley's newest winemaker and takes dramatic measures in the custody fight.

Angela forces a visit with Julia, and makes a trade with Melissa to regain control of Falcon Crest; Chase finds a powerful ally against Richard's race track; Terry throws a party that ends in tragedy for Melissa and Linda.

After the accident, Melissa thinks twice about her contract with Angela; Richard and Pamela reach a new understanding; Lance vows vengeance on Richard for Julia's condition. 

The cartel head questions Pamela's loyalties; Julia assembles an escape plan; Angela blows the whistle on past indiscretions by Phillip and Terry.

The New Globe prints news of Julia; Chase gets an anonymous tip to use against the race track, drawing the ire of the cartel; Michael is again confronted with the possibility of performing surgery; Chase checks the sincerity of Angela's offer.

Angela courts a new romance; Julia arranges protection for herself; Lance learns the details of Melissa's deal, and is rebuffed by Terry; Maggie chooses a method of treatment.

The cartel tests Pamela and moves to thwart Richard's efforts to obtain more financing for his race track; Terry receives a house guest from Michael's past; Julia phones home; Phillip increases his staff at Angela's expense.

Michael operates on Maggie; Richard suffers as Chase pays their mother's debt, and the cartel abducts Pamela; Phillip and Angela reunite; Lucas catches Julia preparing to leave.

Melissa learns the extent of her injuries from the accident; the race track has an explosive opening day; Julia is identified by Lucas's friend; Phillip proposes to Angela.

On Angela's wedding day, Lance is served divorce papers; Phillip is served a prenuptial agreement; and Julia prepares to serve her own justice to Angela.

Angela and Phillip disagree on how to deal with a trade offer from Julia; the past threatens Terry again.

Richard offers his jet for the family to fulfill a request; Melissa schemes to be alone with Cole.

The plane-crash survivors are rescued, the victims are buried and an investigation begins into whether the cause of the crash was sabotage or pilot error; Falcon Crest gets a new attorney,

Angela's new lawyer resists her usual tactics; the FAA investigator arrives; Gustav and his father disagree over how to deal with someone who won't cooperate.

Maggie celebrates the arrival of her father by throwing a party, where Angela drops a bomb; a "witness" gives testimony damaging to Chase.

Angela gets a gift from the cartel; Terry gets an unwanted visitor; Chase gets news from the FAA; the New Globe gets a change in command

Joel gets a job; Chase loses one; Lance learns his from the bottom up; Maggie receives a job offer from a former employer.

Richard welcomes a surprise visitor; on their trip East, Chase gets a break, but Maggie is shut out on her quest for information; the cartel moves to get a foothold in the valley.

A relative from Italy visits, seeking a loan from Angela---and bearing a secret that could ensure it; Angela sues Chase for negligence in the plane crash.

Francesca reveals her mission and her secret to Angela; Julia turns herself in; Emma provides Chase with information about the FAA investigation.

Maggie learns about her real father; the FAA issues its final report on the plane crash; Lorraine asks Lance to retract articles about Richard.

Chase learns about Francesca's deal with Angela; Melissa gets a roommate; Francesca throws a party to thank everyone for their interest in her.

Francesca announces a new part-owner of Falcon Crest; the cartel plans to brainwash Julia; the race track may be closed after another attack by Joel; Chase considers suing Angela.

Maggie meets her birth mother; Chase receives a warning from a government operative investigating the cartel; Melissa gets a divorce and becomes engaged.

Angela changes heirs and prevents Richard's participation in the winery; the cartel buys Richard's mortgage on Falcon Crest; Terry announces her engagement.

While Chase and Ben investigate the cartel, Angela moves to end Chase's champagne venture; Melissa hires Joel to discredit Lance.

Lorraine moves in with Lance; Terry receives proof of her divorce from Joel; Charlotte meets an old betting buddy.

Maggie tries to help Lance prove his innocence; Richard bargains with Terry and Melissa; Angela offers Lance a chance to come home---for a price.

Chase asks his stepfather about the cartel; Maggie resigns over Richard's treatment of Lance; Emma has a date with Riebmann.

Richard's new wine is detoured en route to bottling; the Falcon Crest partners look for a common enemy, who launches his contingency plan.

Angela has a reunion with Julia; Chase, Richard and Reardon unite to rescue Angela from Riebmann, who finds the treasure.

An ad exec courts Richard's business; Julia's fate is decided; Angela's gifts to Cole and Melissa threaten the wedding.

Richard offers more personal business to Cassandra; Lance proposes to Lorraine, who chooses the wrong confidante for her problems.

Angela loses the Gianinni property; Cassandra and Damon express a personal interest in Angela; Lorraine learns the rules of her new home.

Chase hires a new winemaker; Melissa's cousin arrives for a visit; Reardon tries to plea bargain after Angela testifies in Lance's trial.

Damon courts Emma; Maggie witnesses an exchange between Richard and Judge Holder as Lance awaits a verdict in his trial.

Robin makes her bid for motherhood; Lance deals a costly blow to Richard; Angela and Richard see individual advantages in a deal proposed by Cass.

Maggie gets an offer from Angela that angers Chase; Terry comes forward with information that could help clear Lance, who grows restless in hiding.

Reardon runs into a dead end trying to clear Lance; Cole finds his father in an embrace with Connie; escape plans for Lance and Lorraine are finalized.

A surprise informant provides key information for Lance's defense; Cole learns the results of his close encounter; work interrupts Chase and Maggie's anniversary.

Pamela helps clear a path to freedom for Lance, and deals with the winery partners from the catbird seat; Maggie gets a hint of Connie's feelings for Chase.

Chase accepts an offer from Connie; Cass and Damon disagree as their plan is about to come to fruition, and motives are revealed.

A scandal is revealed in Julia's past; Anna Rossini continues to plan the destruction of Falcon Crest; Lance mourns his wife with a return to life in the fast lane; Richard hires an attorney; Cole and Robin keep house for the jailed Melissa.

Angela fans the flame after Chase gets a deal that sparks discontent in Maggie; Melissa is released from jail; another Falcon Crest heir comes to the valley; Richard's life is threatened again; Angela overhears Cass express a need.

Angela recruits an old flame to battle Cass and Anna, and receives information that could halt their vendetta; Father Christopher and Maggie are the focal points of separate family affairs; Richard tries to find out who's trying to kill him.

Angela receives a proposal; Chase makes a champagne raid on Falcon Crest; Maggie's grandson stirs her memory; Reardon researches the Rossini fire and confronts Anna with his findings; Richard plays cat-and-mouse with his would-be killer.

Angela gets another new partner, and spoils wedding plans made by Terry; Cass gets her comeuppance, as does Richard's intended killer; Robin takes a fall; Father Christopher meets his mother; Lance meets an aspiring singer.

Angela must pay a steep price to regain Falcon Crest; Cass bears gifts for Chase and Richard; Chase and Lance each get new business partners; Father Christopher is warned about temptation.

Lance makes a deal with Richard, who makes a deal with Terry; Melissa declares her feelings for another; Angela hits on a new plan to drive Chase from the valley.

Angela meets Emma's new beau, and sends Lance packing after meeting the New Globe's new publisher; Terry offers to trap a crooked county supervisor; Father Christopher questions his calling.

Angela takes Lance and Richard to court, and wins the confidence of Robin; Terry ingratiates herself with Costello; Melissa hesitates to have her marriage blessed by the Church.

Melissa renews her wedding vows, while another marriage is proposed, and yet another is called off; two opposing lawyers reach a personal settlement out of court; Maggie gets a windfall; Lance feels threatened by Apollonia's ex.

Richard compounds a mistake he made with Cass; Reardon's political and social ambitions clash; Angela offers Dwayne an incentive to disappear; Maggie tries to stop publication of her novel.

Angela is stunned by Maggie's novel; Terry makes a surprising offer after learning of Richard's skimming from their race track; Apollonia makes a video; complications develop for Cole's new child; Father Christopher contemplates a leave of absence.

Terry gives Richard a deadline to decide on her offer; Falcon Crest's new tenant brings problems for Lance; J.J. offers an explanation for why Jordan holds a grudge against him; Maggie gets a clue to the identity of her novel's "mysterious stranger."

Terry decides to reopen her winery; Angela's business tactics are revealed to Father Christopher; Jordan reveals why she can't support her father's candidacy.

Robin disappears, while a winemaker reappears and stands up to Angela; Chase rejects an offer of alliance from Richard; Jordan and her father reconcile briefly; Emma and Dwayne set a date.

Angela's report to Cole hurts her family as well as his; Reardon learns Jordan's family secret and says goodbye to his running mate; Cole goes for a paternity test; Lance seeks information about Peter; Angela attempts to halt Chase's wine shipment.

Victims' friends and relatives arrive at the hospital; Jordan's mother places blame for her husband's troubles; Chase goes to his last resort to fight Angela; Cole and Melissa go to a resort hoping to save their marriage and keep Hope.

Chase and Angela compete at a wine tasting in Hawaii, while Lance finds Peter near Monte Carlo; Cole gets the results of his paternity test; Robin gets support in her battle to keep Hope.

Richard gets a line on his partner's hijacked wine; Chase stings Angela, who follows Lance to France; Dwayne and Emma look for Ursula in Mexico; Cole learns that his son's academic problems may stem from his troubled home life.

Maggie promotes her book in New York; Terry meets Jordan's alter ego; Peter has a reunion against his will; Hope's custody is decided; Chase finds his stolen wine and gets a lead to use against Angela.

Dwayne tips Chase and Richard's hand, putting Falcon Crest under new command; Terry puts a tail on Jordan; the split between Cole and Melissa moves Richard to try to replace Melissa's lost harvest.

Peter is suspected of withholding information about his alleged wife; Richard gets a new partner after Terry confronts Jordan with proof about "Monica"; Eric courts Melissa and her grapes; Jeff throws a pass at Maggie.

Reardon goes to court to challenge Peter, who stays silent about Angela's whereabouts; "Monica" spills more to Terry about Richard's financial trouble; Jeff makes another pass at Maggie.

After being treated in a "common" manner, Angela has a couple of special days; Melissa gets a partner for her winery plans; Jordan makes a call for help, but winds up in a new bed; Maggie gets a gift from the valley's new resident.

Monica leaves Jordan at Falcon Crest; Chao-Li's daughter arrives; Maggie learns more about Jeff, who seeks help from Angela in getting rid of Chase; Richard gives Julia hope of freedom.

Chase finds a clue to connect Richard to Angela's acquittal of the hijacking charges; the Giobertis get a court order prohibiting Jeff from contacting Maggie; Melissa and Eric break ground for their winery.

Jordan's mother meets Monica; Angela tolerates Peter's dinner guests; Li-Ying makes two major announcements; Cole tails Miss Jones, whose connection with Richard is inadvertently confirmed by Terry; Jeff  violates the court order.

Angela stops Emma's wedding in Reno; Cole goes to Boston in search of clues about Jeff; Lance tries to impede construction of Melissa's winery; Maggie's ultimatum to Jeff  has tragic consequences.

Another hospital vigil begins; Lance and Jordan have individual successes; Richard finds Cass and their offspring; a liberated Julia still stands on shaky ground, as do others.