Falcon Crest
The Phoenix
TV Flash files “The Phoenix” as a desk essential hour — Falcon Crest (1981–1990) on CBS, season 5, episode 1, aired 1985-10-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 99 of 227 in the Falcon Crest guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1985-10-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Avenging Angel” (S04E30). Next is “Unfinished Business” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “The Phoenix”. The Phoenix is mid-run resurrection as title: terroir and shoulder pads, the winery still a weekly coup.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Phoenix sit in the Falcon Crest guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 99 of 227 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Falcon Crest S05E01 air?
The Phoenix aired 1985-10-04 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…