8.2/109 votesLoading...#1 - Episode 43
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 9/26/1984
Kelly's dressmaker turns out to be Ginger, Danny has a soccer match, Mason says CC slept around a lot before he met Sophia.
Director: N/A
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8.0/109 votesLoading...#2 - Episode 44
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 9/27/1984
Joe goes to Alaska to find out info on Dominic. **First appearance of Jonna Leigh Stack (Summer Blake)
Director: N/A
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7.8/109 votesLoading...#3 - Episode 35
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 9/14/1984
Kelly missing, Dominic breaks into Santana's apartment and steals her letters, Dominic goes to the gazebo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1025 votesLoading...#4 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/13/1984
Cruz arrives to help with the oil rig fire, Kelly asks Peter if he wants to move to New York.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
7.6/1010 votesLoading...#5 - Episode 32
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 9/11/1984
Joe and Peter fight at Cruz's, Augusta and Lionel create their circle of truth, David Hasselhoff cameo, Kelly goes to see Joe at Cruz's and gives him the ring back.
Director: N/A
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7.6/109 votesLoading...#6 - Episode 37
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 9/18/1984
Peter records Mason and Veronica talking in the presidential suite, Cruz finds out from Joe about Santana's baby.
Director: N/A
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7.4/109 votesLoading...#7 - Episode 31
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 9/10/1984
Kelly and Joe meet at Cruz's houseboat, Danny saves Jade from the sleazy producer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/108 votesLoading...#8 - Episode 34
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 9/13/1984
Ted & Laken meet their parents at the snack bar, Peter & Kelly fight and she leaves, Santana tells Cruz she & Channing used to meet at the gazebo. **First appearance of Paul Burke (C.C. Capwell)
Director: N/A
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7.4/109 votesLoading...#9 - Episode 38
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 9/19/1984
Auction for the Lockridge beachfront property starts, CC takes Santana for a plane ride, Kelly returns to Santa Barbara.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/109 votesLoading...#10 - Episode 41
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 9/24/1984
Joe takes Kelly to meet Dominic, Ted, Laken, Danny, Jade look at renting the motel for a hangout, Santana meets Gina & Brandon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1029 votesLoading...#11 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/1984
Someone is making a bomb. Santana is about to take a bath when she spots Mason. Naturally, Santana becomes upset and gets Mason to leave. Kelly sees Joe, and Peter notices how if affects her. He thinks something should be done about Joe. C.C. arrives with two thugs, and Joe gets thrown into the water. Thanks to a carrier pigeon, Ted receives a note from Danny and learns that Danny wants to go to Hollywood. Jade pays a visit to the restaurant Danny is working.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: N/A
7.2/109 votesLoading...#12 - Episode 40
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 9/21/1984
Kelly goes looking for Joe, Veronica juggles Lionel, Peter & Mason, CC offers Cruz a full-time job on the rigs.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
7.2/109 votesLoading...#13 - Episode 42
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 9/25/1984
Ginger and her thugs show up at Peter's and blackmail him, it's revealed Dominic is a woman, CC and Santana make love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1023 votesLoading...#14 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/1984
Laken has a romantic fantasy about Ted. John goes home and is shocked when he sees what happened to his house. Worried about his daughter, John wants Jade to stay with him. Jade refuses to make a choice between her parents, though. At the warehouse, the stranger informs Joe that he's the one who called the fire department tonight after the explosion. Joe reveals to the stranger, whose name is Dominic, that he found Channing dead with a guest at Channing's big party. However, the witness never came forward.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
7.0/1042 votesLoading...#15 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/30/1984
This great soap opera begins with a flashback to a party in honor of Channing Capwell Jr. in Santa Barbara, California in 1979. Channing and his older brother, Mason, are entertaining the guests until the butler, Phillip, gives Channing a note. Channing asks the maid, Santana Andrade, if he'll see her tonight. He then follows instructions to go to the Capwell study. When Channing enters the study, it's clear that someone was waiting behind the desk. The person points a gun and pulls the trigger. Seconds later, Channing is lying dead on the floor. ""Santa Barbara"" then cuts five years ahead in time to the San Quentin prison on July 30, 1984.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
7.0/1020 votesLoading...#16 - Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/14/1984
Cruz in the hospital, Santana finds out her private investigator is working for CC, Dominic arranges a meeting for Kelly & Joe.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1019 votesLoading...#17 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/15/1984
Peaches gets her purse stolen, Laken arrives in Hollywood, Joe & Kelly meet at the stables, Joe goes to work for Augusta.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1019 votesLoading...#18 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/1984
Joe & Kelly argue on the yacht, Peter comes in with a gun, Santana leaves for Acapulco.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1018 votesLoading...#19 - Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/1984
Kelly reads some of Joe's letters, Jade arrives in Hollywood, Santana back from Acapulco.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1018 votesLoading...#20 - Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 8/16/1984
Cruz goes to the Capwell house to rest, Peter and Augusta chat about old times.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1016 votesLoading...#21 - Episode 19
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/23/1984
Joe kisses Kelly (replays), Jade has a screen test with a sleazy producer, Joe gets drunk and goes to Augusta's, Kelly goes to Peter's.
Director: N/A
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6.8/1026 votesLoading...#22 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/1984
Mason tells Santana that two people saw her with the gun yesterday. He reminds Santana that she had no permit to carry the gun. ""I'm here to help,"" Mason smiles. Santana doesn't trust Mason at all and decides to talk to a lawyer friend. Rosa feels betrayed by C.C. and decides to confront him. She wants to know what happened to Santana's child. C.C. claims he doesn't know and denies that he forced Santana to give up her baby. Rosa thought C.C. trusted her. After all, she started working for C.C. twenty years ago and mothered his children when his wife passed away. C.C. explains to Rosa that he had dreams for Channing and imagined that one day maybe Channing might even be president.
Director: N/A
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6.8/1019 votesLoading...#23 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/1984
Ted & Danny arrive in Hollywood, Santana talks to the doctor who delivered her baby, Peter gets hurt at polo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1017 votesLoading...#24 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/1984
Santana hires a private investigator, Augusta offers Joe a job, Joe breaks into the Capwell house.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1017 votesLoading...#25 - Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/17/1984
CC has a party on his yacht, Augusta tries to blackmail Peter, Joe breaks into the Capwell house again.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Santa Barbara
Every episode of Santa Barbara ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Santa Barbara!
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January...
Genre:Soap
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Episode 43" is the best rated episode of "Santa Barbara". It scored 8.2/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/1984. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 44".