Falcon Crest - Season 1 - Eps 7: The Extortionist

Name: Eps 7: The Extortionist
Released: 1982-01-15
Rating: 2.8

1982-01-15 • 60 min • ⭐ 5.5/10

When Emma's lover, Turner Bates, who was on the scene when Jason died, returns, Chase informs him that Jason supposedly died in a car crash. Knowing this to be untrue, Turner seeks Emma to learn what happened after he ran from the scene on the night of Jason's death, but Angela throws Turner off her property. Turner sneaks back, steals Emma away and romances her in order to learn the truth. Unable to obtain any straight answers from Emma, Turner tries to blackmail Angela, who in turn calls in the police, and Turner, after a car chase, is accidentally killed. Chase and Lance pull Emma out and save her. When Maggie says that she may be pregnant, the Giobertis try to cope with the effects that it would cause.

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About Falcon Crest

Title: Falcon Crest

First Air Date: 1981-12-04

Last Air Date: 1990-05-18

Status: Ended

Rating: 5.5/10 (from 52 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 10

Total Episodes: 227

Network: CBS

Genres: Soap, Drama

Production Companies: Amanda Productions, MF Productions

Synopsis

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.