Hart to Hart
Harts and Flowers
TV Flash files “Harts and Flowers” as a desk essential hour — Hart to Hart (1979–1984) on ABC, season 3, episode 1, aired 1981-10-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 43 of 110 in the Hart to Hart guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1981-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Blue Chip Murder” (S02E20). Next is “A Couple of Harts” (S03E02).
Essential hour: “Harts and Flowers”. Harts and Flowers is a season-open punning the surname. Comfort crime as a wedding-adjacent title: still champagne, still a dog, still murder treated like a social calendar.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Max creates a rose hybrid he calls the Jennifer Hart Rose and enters it in a prestigious contest under Jennifer's name. She becomes the target for murder when she is stalked by a psychotic leading judge.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Harts and Flowers sit in the Hart to Hart guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 43 of 110 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Hart to Hart S03E01 air?
Harts and Flowers aired 1981-10-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch in order?
No. Amateur-sleuth case-of-the-week with a marriage at the center. Sample any champagne murder; Freeway and Max are the constants.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers play rich amateur sleuths with champagne, a dog named Freeway, and murder as a weekend hobby. Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. Marriage fantasy: glamour couple, light mystery, and chemistry that makes the corpses feel like party guests who overstayed.
Open on champagne that is not optional. ABC's Hart to Hart (1979–1984), created by Sidney Sheldon with Spelling-Goldberg sheen: self-made millionaire Jonathan Hart and journalist wife Jennifer stumble into murders between jet-set parties, loyal Max driving the getaway. Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in champagne detective-couple energy; Lionel Stander in the Max slot; a dog named Freeway as branding. Theme and lifestyle were half the appeal. Premiered 1979; defined early-1980s light mystery glamour from a…
Filed against
- Robert Wagner as Jonathan Hart
Robert Wagner's Jonathan Hart made Hart to Hart feel like murder as a weekend hobby — Stefanie Powers as the other half of the champagne, a dog named Freeway, Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. Marriage fantasy with corpses…
- Stefanie Powers as Jennifer Hart
Stefanie Powers glided through Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart — rich amateur sleuth, champagne, a dog named Freeway, murder as a weekend hobby beside Robert Wagner. Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. TV Flash files her as…
- Lionel Stander as Max
Lionel Stander growled the help as Max on Hart to Hart — the gravel-voiced fixer for Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers, rich amateur sleuths with champagne, a dog named Freeway, and murder as a weekend hobby. Aaron Spelling comfort crime.…