Falcon Crest
tv show

227 total episodes
-
9 seasons
Sour Grapes.
First Aired December 04, 1981
Overview
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

Vicious Circle
Season 4 - Episode 15 - 1h 0m
Air Date
January 04, 1985
Overview
Lance calls Falcon Crest to get bailed out, but Angela grabs the phone and tells him that he can rot in jail. Ralph Delaney arrives and says that The New Globe will pay Lance's bail. Richard wants Maggie to do a story on Lance and exploit his situation. When Lorraine hears this, she is furious and accuses Richard of slanting the news. Chase tightens security at home and purchases a gun. He learns from Herb Boutilier in Washington, D.C. that Ben never worked for the government and receives a phone call warning him to stop looking for Ben. Charlotte and her old gambling partner meet and begin to lose money at the track. Richard sends Joel to a drug rehabilitation center in order to get him away from Terry. Although Lance insists he was framed, Angela refuses to believe him, and he is again disinherited. Lance moves in with Lorraine at the Tuscany Inn.
Guest Stars
Abby Dalton
as
Julia Cumson
Ronnie Claire Edwards
as
Maxie McCoy
Jane Greer
as
Charlotte Pershing
Kate Vernon
as
Lorraine Prescott
Parker Stevenson
as
Joel McCarthy
- no image
Jason Goldberg
as
Joseph Gioberti
- no image
John H. Fields
as
Ralph Delaney
- no image
Alan Buchdahl
as
Race Track Announcer (voice)
Paul Freeman
as
Gustav Riebmann
- no image
Ken Letner
as
Spheeris
- no image
Joe Lambie
as
Sheriff Dan Robbins
- no image
Nick Eldredge
as
Herb Boutilier