Falcon Crest
Little Boy Blue
TV Flash files “Little Boy Blue” as hour 61 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — Falcon Crest (1981–1990) on CBS, season 3, episode 21, aired 1984-03-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E21: listed hour 61 of 227 in the Falcon Crest guide, hour 21 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1984-03-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Tests of Faith” (S03E20). Next is “The Gathering Storm” (S03E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Little Boy Blue sit in the Falcon Crest guide?
S03E21 is listed hour 61 of 227 — hour 21 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 21.
When did Falcon Crest S03E21 air?
Little Boy Blue aired 1984-03-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch Dallas and Knots Landing first?
Not required, but Falcon Crest completed CBS's Friday soap block with those two. If you are collecting the 1980s trifecta, this is the vineyard chapter.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Wyman's late-career TV domination — matriarchal soap craft with vineyard chic. Angela Channing pours wine and coups in Tuscany Valley while Lorenzo Lamas supplies heartthrob Lance. Essential if you're completing the 1980s prime-time soap trifecta with Dallas and Knots. Shoulder pads met terroir. Vintage villainy, weekly.
Wine is power in Tuscany Valley, and Jane Wyman's Angela Channing pours both with a steel smile. CBS's Falcon Crest (1981–1990) completes the Friday soap empire alongside Dallas and Knots Landing: vineyard capitalism, family coups, Lorenzo Lamas as resident heartthrob Lance. Robert Foxworth's Chase as moral counterweight; David Selby and Susan Sullivan filling the bottles. *Shoulder pads met terroir. Liquid ruby, iron hair, a cellar as a throne room.* Style is the plot. Earl Hamner Jr. — also The Waltons, a very…
Filed against
- Jane Wyman as Angela Channing
Jane Wyman’s host weather on Fireside Theatre made a 1950s catalog anthology giant feel like a living-room brand, then Falcon Crest turned the late-career stare into Angela Channing’s vineyard coups. TV Flash files her as the host who…
- Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti
Robert Foxworth's Chase Gioberti poured Falcon Crest as vineyard-chic prime-time soap — Angela Channing's coups in Tuscany Valley, Lorenzo Lamas as heartthrob Lance, matriarchal craft completing the 1980s trifecta with Dallas and Knots.…
- Lorenzo Lamas as Lance Cumson
Lorenzo Lamas supplied the heartthrob as Lance Cumson on Falcon Crest — Jane Wyman’s vineyard matriarchy, Tuscany Valley coups poured like wine, and the 1980s prime-time soap trifecta with Dallas and Knots. Shoulder pads, sun, a grandson…
- David Selby as Richard Channing
David Selby’s Richard Channing poured coups through Falcon Crest — Jane Wyman’s late-career matriarchal soap, vineyard chic in Tuscany Valley, Lorenzo Lamas as heartthrob Lance. Prime-time trifecta with Dallas and Knots. TV Flash files…
- Susan Sullivan as Maggie Gioberti
Susan Sullivan poured Falcon Crest as Maggie Gioberti — vineyard chic, matriarchal soap craft, Tuscany Valley coups beside Angela Channing's late-career domination. Shoulder-pad weather, the 1980s prime-time soap trifecta. TV Flash files…