Soap
Episode 90
Season 4, Episode 21 · Aired 1981-05-25
Synopsis
Burt receives a tip about a major drug transaction; Danny tells Burt that he's in love with Annie; The Tates, Dutch and El Puerco worry about Jessica; Chester receives a call from Gen. Sandia and breaks the news to everyone that if El Puerco does not return to Malaguay in 36 hours, Gen. Sandia's forces would kill Jessica; Jessica makes life difficult for her communist captors, who demand El Puerco's surrender; she nevertheless prepares to face her execution; Chester catches Danny in bed with Annie; in his anger, he points his gun at the both of them and prepares to pull the trigger; Burt, not realizing that the drug deal tip he received was phony, walks into an ambush; Jessica faces the firing squad.
In the series
This episode is part of Soap (1977–1981) on ABC.
Daytime-soap parody with murder, aliens, and a butler who saw everything.
Key cast
- Katherine Helmond as Jessica Tate
- Cathryn Damon as Mary Campbell
- Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois
- Billy Crystal as Jodie Dallas
- Richard Mulligan as Burt Campbell