All episodes Season 8 S08E05 1988-12-02 1980s CBS

Falcon Crest

Tuscany Venus

TV Flash files “Tuscany Venus” as hour 188 of 227 in the TV Flash guide — Falcon Crest (1981–1990) on CBS, season 8, episode 5, aired 1988-12-02.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S08E05: listed hour 188 of 227 in the Falcon Crest guide, hour 5 of 22 in season 8. It aired 1988-12-02. The listed hour before it is “Jeopardy” (S08E04). Next is “Liars Anonymous” (S08E06).

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No original recap on file. TV Flash does not invent plots for missing hours. Title, airdate, and the hour filing above are the magazine record for this leaf.

Viewer FAQ

Where does Tuscany Venus sit in the Falcon Crest guide?

S08E05 is listed hour 188 of 227 — hour 5 of 22 in season 8, season 8 episode 5.

When did Falcon Crest S08E05 air?

Tuscany Venus aired 1988-12-02.

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…

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