6.9/1041 votes#1 - 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
6.1/1029 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/31/1984
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.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
6.8/1026 votes#3 - 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
Writer: N/A
7.2/1028 votes#4 - 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
7.1/1023 votes#5 - 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
6.9/1019 votes#6 - 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
6.8/1019 votes#7 - 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
6.4/1022 votes#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/8/1984
CC has a cocktail party and calls Mason Channing, Joe convinces Jade to take a vacation.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
6.9/1018 votes#9 - 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
6.8/1017 votes#10 - 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
7.6/1025 votes#11 - 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
7.0/1020 votes#12 - 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 votes#13 - 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
6.9/1018 votes#14 - 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
6.8/1017 votes#15 - 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
6.3/1019 votes#16 - Episode 16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 8/20/1984
Cruz helps Joe get out of the house, but Joe gets caught by Kelly.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1019 votes#17 - Episode 17
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/21/1984
Kelly helps Joe get out of the house, Santana brings CC a present to give to her son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1017 votes#18 - Episode 18
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/22/1984
Kelly sees Augusta & Joe while riding her horse, cuts herself on the fence, Joe kisses Kelly, Cruz & Santana look at the houseboat.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1016 votes#19 - 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
Writer: N/A
6.7/1014 votes#20 - Episode 20
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/24/1984
Morning after - Joe & Augusta wake up together, as do Peter & Kelly, Laken wants to go to Hollywood.
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
6.4/1013 votes#21 - Episode 21
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/27/1984
Augusta follows Joe, Dominic tells Joe to stay away from Augusta, Joe goes to see Santana.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.6/1013 votes#22 - Episode 22
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/28/1984
Joe & Santana argue at the stables, Mason & his secretary get it on in his office.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1014 votes#23 - Episode 23
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/29/1984
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).
Director: Rick Bennewitz
Writer: N/A
6.1/1012 votes#24 - Episode 24
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/30/1984
Santana gets bitten by a rattlesnake, CC rescues her and she is taken to the hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1013 votes#25 - Episode 25
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 8/31/1984
Danny goes to rescue Jade from the sleazy producer, Augusta cooks Laken's pigeon, Joe gets in Dominic's trunk to follow him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Santa Barbara Season 1
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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...
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Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Santa Barbara" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden and written by N/A, it aired on 7/30/1984. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".