In His Father's House

Falcon Crest

Season 1 Episode 1

 Air Date:  December 4, 1981 (1981-12-04)

RErrRecap:  Emma meets a man outside and they are caught by her uncle Jason, who tells the drifter to get out and leave his niece alone, Emma tells him that they are going to get married. Jason and the drifter struggle and Jason falls to his death. Emma gets her mother, who with the help from her majordomo they make it look like Jason was killed in a car accident. Angela, Emma's mother, tells her other daughter, Julia that she has to call Jason's son Chase and tell him what happened to is father.

   Chase is a pilot, and they are heading in for a landing. At his house, Maggie is trying to write an article, their son Cole is home, and daughter Vicky comes home late, Cole knows she's been somewhere else then what she tells her mother. Maggie answers the phone, and when Chase gets home she tells him about his father.

   They got to California for the funeral, leaving the two teenagers home alone. Vicky is seeing an older man, he was a teacher's of Cole's. He is trying to break things off with Vicky, when Cole come in and confronts the two of them, there is a fight, and Cole is arrested.

   At the reception after the funeral, Chase and Maggie talk to Lance and his mother Julia. Lance tells Maggie that Jason was killed drunk driving. Angela gives Chase her great-grandfather's watch, and introduces them to her attorney. Angela wants to buy the land that Jason left to Chase in his will. Chase wants his lawyers to look over the wills before he decides anything.

   That night Chase tells Maggie about how he tried to keep in contact with his father over the years. He tells her that he doesn’t want to be like his father, and not be a part of his children's lives. He says that they hardly get to see each other anymore, they are about to make love, but are interrupted by a scream out in the hall. Angela tells Chase it's only one of Emma's nightmares.

   Chase tells Maggie about his childhood as they walk the vineyard, he takes her to his father's house, the house that his great-grandfather built. They go inside and they find that Jason kept all the pictures and letters Chase ever sent to him. Maggie reminds him that they have a plane to catch. They got outside and find Gus and his son packing up their truck, Gus worked with his father, and he tells him that Angela fired him. Chase tells him to unpack that he'll talk to Angela about keeping him at the vineyard.

   Vicky comes to see Cole at the police station and he tells her to call their parents.

   Lance and Angela are walking through the wine cellar, he wants to become a buyer, she tells him that he's got a lot to learn, he tells her that he's concerned about what happened to Jason.

   Angela greets Chase and Maggie, he asks her why Gus was fired, she tells him that Gus doesn't work well with the way she runs things. Lance tells Chase that he's got a call from the police. Angela asks Maggie if Chase is serious about keeping his father's vineyard. Chase tells Maggie about being arrested but that the charges were dropped, he tells Angela that he'll pay Gus' salary till he figures things out.

   Back in New York Chase is yelling at Cole for being arrested, Cole won't tell him the real reason he got into the fight. Maggie is talking to Vicky, she knows that she's been seeing the older man. She tells Chase about Vicky, he tells her that he wants them to be a family and wants to move the family to the vineyard. She agrees.

   Gus greets the family when they get to the house. The kids aren't thrilled about moving, and their parents tell them that they'll grow to like it.

   Lance tells Angela that they family has arrived, and he asks what they are going to do about it. She says let's invite them to dinner.

   Lance and Angela greet the family and welcome them to their new home.

Final Thoughts:  I like how they introduced the cast, and started with a secret that I'm sure will play out through out the first season, I love Susan Sullivan on Castle so it's pretty cool to see her in this.  I've got an issue with their daughter's frizzy hair, it's like Gene Wilder from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Best Outfit:  I didn't like anything that Vicky wore in this episode, but I thought that this jacket/shirt was the worst because of the back mostly, which from this shot you can't see, but I couldn't get a better shot, so I went with this one,

Fight Count: 3 (Jason vs drifter) (Cole vs teacher) (Chase vs Cole)