Falcon Crest

The families are united in tragedy as survivors of the airplane crash in Italy mourn their dead; a new threat to the winery arises.

Angela blames Chase for the crash; Richard moves to conceal cartel affiliation; Gustav takes control; Chase flies the crop-duster.

Maggie's father (Andrew Duggan) arrives; Gustav arrives; Angela plots to take over The New Globe and reveals a secret about Maggie.

Terry's former husband (Parker Stevenson) plots blackmail; Chase's piloting license is suspended; killers target ousted Richard.

Richard's attacker is revealed; Lance faces opposition at the newspaper; Joel mugs Maggie at the track; Emma has a surprise visitor.

Richard acquires a local radio station and a returned stepdaughter (Kate Vernon); Maggie digs into her past; Gustav kills Giannini.

Joel demands more money from Terry; Chase learns of Angela's suit; Italian vintner Francesca Gioberti (Gina Lollobrigida) arrives.

Angela learns why Francesca has come; Julia turns herself in; Gustav throws a party as "de Bercy," at which Francesca appears.

Chase learns the results of the plane crash investigation; Maggie's natural father is identified; terrified Julia telephones Emma.

Spheeris steals Francesca's contract with Angela; Cole moves in with Melissa; Gustav's henchmen abduct Julia; Francesca explodes.

Julia thinks Angela is her captor; Terry and Joel struggle; Richard tries to get money; Francesca awards her share of the winery.

Maggie's natural mother shows up; Cole asks Melissa to marry him; a government agent arrives in the valley to track cartel members.

Greg threatens Cole and Melissa's impending marriage; Angela exploits Charlotte's gambling weakness; Lance and Joel race for $5000.

Melissa and Joel plan to frame Lance; Chase and Ben find Gustav in Paris where a trap is set; Richard's cartel dealings are exposed.

Angela insists that Lance tried to kill her; Lorraine turns against Richard; Chase fears for his life; Richard gets rid of Joel.

Angela agrees to help Lance if he gives up Lorraine; Angela makes Emma her heir; someone poisons the whole Gioberti Champagne stock.

Maggie won't help Richard convict Lance; Chase learns about his mother's cartel dealings; Gustav woos Emma; Lance must stand trial.

Chase's investigation endangers Gustav's plans; Lorraine learns that she's pregnant; Mary Giannini tells about her husband's murder.

Angela's kidnapping results in a meeting with Julia; Chase risks all to save Julia; Gustav finally finds the Falcon Crest treasure.

Melissa and Cole want to wed; Lance learns Julia is alive; Lorraine considers the problems of pregnancy; Lance's trial date is set.

Angela prevents Cole and Melissa's union; Lance prevents Lorraine's abortion; Richard hires Cassandra; Julia departs for a convent.

Greg tells Angela that Lorraine is carrying Lance's baby; Greg seeks a postponement of Lance's trial; Melissa and Cole reconcile.

Richard bribes the judge presiding over Lance's trial; Melissa considers hiring a surrogate mother; Melissa's cousin Robin arrives.

Cole resents Connie Giannini's interference in his champagne operation.Maggie suspects a conspiracy against Lance.Robin uses Melissa and Cole's surrogate search to get closer to Cole.