Hart to Hart
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
TV Flash files “Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch” as a desk essential hour — Hart to Hart (1979–1984) on ABC, season 5, episode 22, aired 1984-05-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E22: listed hour 110 of 110 in the Hart to Hart guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1984-05-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Always, Elizabeth” (S05E21). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch”. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch is the 1984 closer. Five seasons of champagne detection, then a western-title bow: marriage fantasy, Freeway, murder still a weekend hobby.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In order to save Max's life, Jonathan and Jennifer join a criminal's elaborate scheme to steal $20 million in gems.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch sit in the Hart to Hart guide?
S05E22 is listed hour 110 of 110 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 22.
When did Hart to Hart S05E22 air?
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch aired 1984-05-22 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.…