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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.

Episode 1

It's obvious to Peter that Kelly is thinking about Joe Perkins. Joe gets off the bus and is reunited with his mother, Marisa, and his sister, Jade. The mysterious woman growls, ""Damn! He's back."" Joe is disappointed because his father didn't show up. Marisa is happy to have her Joey back. When Rosa Andrade gets the gun away from Santana, the gun falls to the floor. Mason Capwell puts his foot on the gun, preventing Santana from picking it up. Mason asks Santana why she brought the gun to the bus station. Santana admits that she thought about shooting Joe, but adds that she couldn't have done it. She then starts to cry, and Mason comforts her.

Episode 2

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.

Episode 3

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.

Episode 4

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.

Episode 5

Joe & Kelly argue on the yacht, Peter comes in with a gun, Santana leaves for Acapulco.

Episode 6

Ted & Danny arrive in Hollywood, Santana talks to the doctor who delivered her baby, Peter gets hurt at polo.

Episode 7

CC has a cocktail party and calls Mason Channing, Joe convinces Jade to take a vacation.

Episode 8

Kelly reads some of Joe's letters, Jade arrives in Hollywood, Santana back from Acapulco.

Episode 9

Santana hires a private investigator, Augusta offers Joe a job, Joe breaks into the Capwell house.

Episode 10

Cruz arrives to help with the oil rig fire, Kelly asks Peter if he wants to move to New York.

Episode 11

Cruz in the hospital, Santana finds out her private investigator is working for CC, Dominic arranges a meeting for Kelly & Joe.

Episode 12

Peaches gets her purse stolen, Laken arrives in Hollywood, Joe & Kelly meet at the stables, Joe goes to work for Augusta.

Episode 13

Cruz goes to the Capwell house to rest, Peter and Augusta chat about old times.

Episode 14

CC has a party on his yacht, Augusta tries to blackmail Peter, Joe breaks into the Capwell house again.

Episode 15

Cruz helps Joe get out of the house, but Joe gets caught by Kelly.

Episode 16

Kelly helps Joe get out of the house, Santana brings CC a present to give to her son.

Episode 17

Kelly sees Augusta & Joe while riding her horse, cuts herself on the fence, Joe kisses Kelly, Cruz & Santana look at the houseboat.

Episode 18

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.

Episode 19

Morning after - Joe & Augusta wake up together, as do Peter & Kelly, Laken wants to go to Hollywood.

Episode 20

Augusta follows Joe, Dominic tells Joe to stay away from Augusta, Joe goes to see Santana.

Episode 21

Joe & Santana argue at the stables, Mason & his secretary get it on in his office.

Episode 22

A sarcophagus arrives at the Lockridge house, Santana out cold after falling off a horse, Lionel arrives in Santa Barbara.

**First appearance of Nicolas Coster (Lionel Lockridge).

Episode 23

Santana gets bitten by a rattlesnake, CC rescues her and she is taken to the hospital.

Episode 24

Danny goes to rescue Jade from the sleazy producer, Augusta cooks Laken's pigeon, Joe gets in Dominic's trunk to follow him.

Episode 25

Laken upset, goes to the Capwell house, Dominic goes to the cemetery, Joe figures out Dominic is his witness.

Episode 26

Lionel goes to the Capwell house to get Laken, Joe takes a gun and goes to meet Dominic.

Episode 27

Ted & Laken leave the Capwell house and go to a motel, at the warehouse Dominic admits to Joe he is Joe's witness.

Episode 28

Ted & Laken at a motel, Mason searches the Lockridge house, Kelly meets Joe at La Mesa.

Episode 29

Kelly and Joe dance at La Mesa, Peter arranges for the two-way mirror to be installed in the presidential suite, Jade in trouble at the movie shoot.

Episode 30

Kelly and Joe meet at Cruz's houseboat, Danny saves Jade from the sleazy producer.

Episode 31

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.

Episode 32

Peter tells Mason that Kelly has seen Joe a few times, Ted & Laken return to Santa Barbara & invite their parents to the snack bar for a meeting, Joe sends Kelly flowers with the ring.

**Last appearance of Peter Mark Richman (C.C. Capwell)

Episode 33

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)

Episode 34

Kelly missing, Dominic breaks into Santana's apartment and steals her letters, Dominic goes to the gazebo.

Episode 35

Joe finds Dominic at the gazebo, they find Santana & Channing's letters, Lionel watches Augusta & Peter in the presidential suite.

Episode 36

Peter records Mason and Veronica talking in the presidential suite, Cruz finds out from Joe about Santana's baby.

Episode 37

Auction for the Lockridge beachfront property starts, CC takes Santana for a plane ride, Kelly returns to Santa Barbara.

Episode 38

Bidding for the property starts - Mason wins, Dominic and Joe each visit the Yucca Dunes Motel, Gina & Brandon arrive.

**First appearance of Linda Gibboney (Gina DeMott) and Scott Curtis (Brandon DeMott)

Episode 39

Kelly goes looking for Joe, Veronica juggles Lionel, Peter & Mason, CC offers Cruz a full-time job on the rigs.

Episode 40

Joe takes Kelly to meet Dominic, Ted, Laken, Danny, Jade look at renting the motel for a hangout, Santana meets Gina & Brandon.

Episode 41

Ginger and her thugs show up at Peter's and blackmail him, it's revealed Dominic is a woman, CC and Santana make love.

Episode 42

Kelly's dressmaker turns out to be Ginger, Danny has a soccer match, Mason says CC slept around a lot before he met Sophia.

Episode 43

Joe goes to Alaska to find out info on Dominic.

**First appearance of Jonna Leigh Stack (Summer Blake)

Episode 44

CC's birthday, Peter plants drugs on Joe's bike, Eden flying on her way to Santa Barbara.

**First appearance of Marcy Walker (Eden Capwell)

Episode 45

Eden parachutes onto the Lockridge property, CC hears the tape of Mason trashing him, at the sanitarium in Alaska Joe learns Dominic is a woman, Eden and Cruz "meet".

Episode 46

Warren burns some things at a storage locker and injures his hand, the cops find the cocaine on Joe's bike, Veronica denies it's her voice on the tape, Kelly moves out of the Capwell house.

Episode 47

Cruz tells CC he knows that Santana's baby is Brandon, Ginger tells Joe about Peter's past, Eden & Cruz meet at the cemetery, Lionel gets drunk and goes to Sophia's grave.

Episode 48

Dominic confronts Lionel in his car, Augusta tries to get Warren to confide in her about the fire at the pawn shop, the cops go to La Mesa to arrest Joe, Joe later escapes towards the ocean.

Episode 49

Lionel dreams of Sophia/Eden, Joe is presumed killed by sharks, Ted & Laken get "married" in class, Warren admits to Augusta he stole the things from the Capwell house.

Episode 50

Mason tells Ted that the things that were stolen in the robbery belonged to Sophia, Lionel leaves things for Eden at Sophia's grave.

Episode 51

Kelly meets Dominic, Brandon is missing and Gina tells Mason that he was adopted, Joe is picked up in a rowboat.

Episode 52

Joe wakes up on a yacht, Danny and Ted put a camel in Mr. Bottoms' classroom.

Episode 53

Brick arrives, Santana calls Brandon and finds out his birthday and realizes he's her son.

**First appearance of Richard Eden (Brick Wallace)

Episode 54

Santana goes to LA and CC confronts her, someone is following Kelly - it turns out to be Joe.

Episode 55

CC and Santana fight about Brandon, Kelly realizes Joe is alive, Joe and Kelly make love.

Episode 56

Amy arrives, CC & Santana break up, Joe's funeral starts.

**First appearance of Kerry Sherman (Amy Perkins)

Episode 57

At the funeral Jade tells Marisa Joe is really alive, Jeff breaks up with Amy, Cruz finds out Joe is alive.

Episode 58

Marisa tells John that Joe is alive, Amy gets drunk, Peter goes to the presidential suite with a gun to spy on Kelly.

Episode 59

Joe and Kelly spend the night in the presidential suite and Peter realizes she's seeing someone, Peter goes in with a gun.

**Last appearance of Paul Burke (C.C. Capwell)

Episode 60

Kelly breaks up with Peter, Lionel accuses the Capwells of sinking the Amanda Lockridge.

**First appearance of Charles Bateman (C.C. Capwell)

Episode 61

Mason finds out Gina is in Nice, Ginger breaks into Peter's apartment and decides to use Kelly to get money out of Peter.

Episode 62

Ginger wants Peter to help her kidnap Kelly, Kelly goes to meet Ginger.

Episode 63

Santana arrives in Nice, Ginger's goons drug Kelly after "knocking out" Ginger, Mason gets a ransom call from Ginger.

Episode 64

Santana babysits Brandon, Mason tells CC Kelly was kidnapped, Joe calls Dominic to help find Kelly.

**Last appearance of Rosemary Forsyth (Sophia Capwell Armonti)

Episode 65

Dominic gets a disguise for Joe so he can go look for Kelly, Amy temps at Peter's office, the cops go to Ginger's but Kelly is gone.

**First appearance of Judith McConnell (Sophia Capwell Armonti)

Episode 66

Ginger tells Mason some guys knocked her out and took Kelly, Dominic confronts Peter about his past with Ginger, Peter meets up with Ginger.

**Last appearance of Dane Witherspoon (Joe Perkins)

Episode 67

Peter "saves" Kelly, Halloween at the motel, Joe goes to the hospital to see Kelly, Peter sees Joe.

**First appearance of Mark Arnold (Joe Perkins)

Episode 68

Joe visits Kelly at hospital, Eden flashes back to when she & Cruz met, Joe tells Kelly about Peter & Ginger, Peter decides to kill Joe.

Episode 69

Dominic tells Joe the things Warren stole were Sophia's to cover up Sophia & Lionel's affair, Eden takes Lionel flying, Mason flies to Nice.

Episode 70

Peter tells Kelly he wants to help her find Channing's killer, Mason arrives in Nice, a minor quake hits, Lionel goes to the cemetery.

Episode 71

Sophia's "ghost" haunts Lionel at the cemetery, Gina, Brandon, Mason & Santana fly back from France, Lionel thinks Eden is the ghost.

Episode 72

Party for Marisa & John, Peter plants a fake note from Dominic to lure Joe, Ted & Laken planning to spend the night, Joe goes to meet "Dominic".

Episode 73

Peter shoots at Joe at the wildlife refuge, Santana planning to take Brandon to Rio, Peter and Joe struggle, Ted goes after Warren.

Episode 74

Peter is wounded and Joe is arrested, Ted chases Warren on horseback, Eden and Lionel at the cemetery, Santana and CC fight.

Episode 75

Earthquake! A major earthquake hits Santa Barbara...

Episode 76

John Perkins dies from injuries after the earthquake, Warren saves Ted, Augusta & Lionel trapped at the bottom of a cliff.

**Last appearance of Robert Alan Browne (John Perkins)

Episode 77

There's an explosion at the Andrade's from a gas leak, Kelly trapped - she and Joe get "married", it's revealed Dominic is Sophia.

Episode 78

Kelly, Joe, Lionel, Augusta rescued but Dominic is gone, Gina arrives from LA, Mason promises Kelly he'll drop the charges against Joe.

Episode 79

Sophia visits the hospital to check on Kelly, Warren retrieves the coins from the cave, the Lockridges provide well water for Santa Barbara.

Episode 80

Peter goes into cardiac arrest but is OK, Eden befriends Matt, a young boy whose parents are missing from the quake, Kelly goes to see Peter.

Episode 81

Lionel follows Dominic to his apartment but finds a woman, Peter about to tell Kelly who he saw in the study the night of Channing's murder.

Episode 82

Peter tells Kelly he saw Mason in the study, Lionel visits Sophia's grave with the coins.

Episode 83

Peter admits to Mason he lied about Mason being in the study, Brandon having nightmares, Matt's parents are found.

Episode 84

Peter's press conference on TV, Joe is cleared, Mr. Bottoms arrested but Ted gets him out of it and they call a truce.

Episode 85

Amy learns she's pregnant, CC makes a statement supporting Joe, Joe formally exonerated, Brick decides not to leave town, Mason & Peter argue.

Episode 86

Peter falls into a coma after he and Mason argue, Kelly starts to tell CC what Peter said about Mason.

Episode 87

CC overhears Kelly and Mason arguing and throws Mason out, then disinherits him, Jade learns Amy is pregnant.

Episode 88

Mason and CC argue and CC pulls a gun, Warren tells Lionel about Channing and the party, Mason learns Santana is Brandon's mother.

Episode 89

Amy tells Brick she's pregnant and they go to San Francisco to see Jeff, Mason confronts Santana about Brandon.

Episode 90

Eden asks Cruz to teach her to dive, Brick & Amy meet Jeff & stay overnight in San Francisco, Santana & Mason fight and she pulls a knife on him.

Episode 91

Santana decides to leave town after Mason threatens to tell Brandon and Gina the truth.

**Last appearance of Ava Lazar (Santana Andrade)

Episode 92

Amy tells Jeff she's pregnant but he says it's not his, Lionel finds Eden diving, Mason smuggles Peter out of the hospital.

Episode 93

Ted & Laken plan to spend the night on the yacht, they see Eden and Lionel together on the Lockridge boat.

Episode 94

Ted & Laken's evening ends, Mason takes Peter to a clinic, Dominic breaks into Lionel's closet to plant the note in the tux.

Episode 95

Jeff sends Amy a letter offering to pay for an abortion, Dominic puts the note in the tux and knocks Lionel out.

Episode 96

Liz Peale arrives, Veronica finds out where Peter is, Lionel & Liz plan to put forgeries on the Amanda Lockridge.

**First appearance of Lauren Chase (Elizabeth Peale)

Episode 97

Dominic plants the coins in Lionel's briefcase, Veronica tells Mason she visited Peter, Lionel visits Peter.

Episode 98

Lionel & Augusta take Peter from the clinic, CC tells Eden & Ted about Peter's accusation.

Episode 99

Gina offers to be CC's secretary, Summer tells Gina Hank raped her, Amy decides to keep the baby, Lionel & Liz bring up the safe.

The Best Seasons of Santa Barbara

The Best Seasons of Santa Barbara

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