Rich Man, Poor Man
Chapter 22
TV Flash files “Chapter 22” as a desk essential hour — Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) on ABC, season 2, episode 22, aired 1977-03-08, 50 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E22: listed hour 34 of 34 in the Rich Man, Poor Man guide, last listed hour of season 2. It aired 1977-03-08 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “Chapter 21” (S02E21). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Chapter 22”. Chapter 22 is the catalog tail. The Jordache novel as a closed book: miniseries swagger that taught networks America would show up for chapters, then stay for a sequel season.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Rudy tracks down the person who is behind Estep's power. Wes gets beaten up by Falconetti and is confronted for the last time by Rudy.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chapter 22 sit in the Rich Man, Poor Man guide?
S02E22 is listed hour 34 of 34 — last listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 22.
When did Rich Man, Poor Man S02E22 air?
Chapter 22 aired 1977-03-08 and is listed at 50 minutes.
Is this a series or a miniseries?
A 1976 ABC Novel for Television — multi-night chapters, not an open-ended weekly grind. Clear the calendar like an event.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Jordache brothers turn an Irwin Shaw novel into appointment chapters: Peter Strauss climbing, Nick Nolte brawling, class war as family plot. ABC's 1976 miniseries proved America would clear the calendar for a multi-night novel. Breakout swagger plus the glamorous misery of made-for-TV epic.
Open on a split: two brothers, opposite paths, postwar America as a novel that asked the country to clear the calendar. ABC's Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), a Novel for Television from Dean Riesner after Irwin Shaw's bestseller, makes Peter Strauss's Rudy the climber and Nick Nolte's Tom the brawler. Susan Blakely's Julie Prescott and Edward Asner's Axel Jordache complete the family weather. Hugely rated chapters. Class war as family plot. Glamorous misery as made-for-TV epic. If you came for an open-ended soap, you…
Filed against
- Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache
Peter Strauss played Rudy Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, ABC’s 1976 miniseries that turned an Irwin Shaw novel into appointment chapters — climbing versus Nick Nolte brawling, class war as family plot. America cleared the calendar for a…
- Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache
Nick Nolte’s Tom Jordache brawled Rich Man, Poor Man into appointment chapters — 1970s Irwin Shaw novel as ABC miniseries, Peter Strauss climbing, class war as family plot, America clearing the calendar for a multi-night novel. TV Flash…
- Susan Blakely as Julie Prescott
Susan Blakely glamour-miseried Rich Man, Poor Man as Julie Prescott — Irwin Shaw as appointment chapters, Jordache brothers climbing and brawling, ABC's 1976 miniseries proving America would clear the calendar for a multi-night novel. TV…
- Edward Asner as Axel Jordache
Edward Asner bruised through Rich Man, Poor Man as Axel Jordache — Irwin Shaw's class war as family plot, ABC's 1976 miniseries that cleared the national calendar, and a father who made the brothers' climb look inherited. TV Flash files…