Falcon Crest
Final Countdown
TV Flash files “Final Countdown” as hour 63 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — Falcon Crest (1981–1990) on CBS, season 3, episode 23, aired 1984-03-23, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E23: listed hour 63 of 227 in the Falcon Crest guide, hour 23 of 28 in season 3. It aired 1984-03-23 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Gathering Storm” (S03E22). Next is “Love's Triumph” (S03E24).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Final Countdown sit in the Falcon Crest guide?
S03E23 is listed hour 63 of 227 — hour 23 of 28 in season 3, season 3 episode 23.
When did Falcon Crest S03E23 air?
Final Countdown aired 1984-03-23 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…