7.7/10268 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977
This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.7/10202 votes#2 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977
In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.4/10181 votes#3 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1977
Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.6/10175 votes#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1977
Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.6/10166 votes
#5 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1977
Jodie tells his family about his planned sex-change operation; Burt and Mary tell a psychiatrist about their problem; Corrine tells Father Tim she loves him; and Jessica can't tell Corinne anything.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.4/10160 votes
#6 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977
Corrine moves out of the Tate house; Burt announces the return of his son Chuck, the ventriloquist; and Danny gets one last chance to kill Burt.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.8/10156 votes#7 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977
The Major kidnaps a neighbor; Claire fails to convince Jessica that Chester is cheating; Burt's son Chuck, the schizophrenic ventriloquist, arrives; and Danny traps Burt in a cabin with the intent to kill.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.9/10145 votes
#8 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1977
Unable to bring himself to kill Burt, Danny goes into hiding from the mob; Bob, the ventriloquist's dummy, continues to make life horrible for the Campbells and the Tates.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 8.0/10147 votes
#9 - Episode 9
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1977
Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.9/10146 votes
#10 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1977
The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.8/10141 votes
#11 - Episode 11
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1977
Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.7/10144 votes#12 - Episode 12
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977
Jodie leaves the hospital and prepares for his first date with a woman; Jessica and Corinne are furious with Peter for cheating on Corinne; and Peter is in for a surprise in his bath.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
8.0/10148 votes#13 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977
Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.7/10140 votes#14 - Episode 14
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1977
Every member of the Campbell and Tate households seems to be a suspect in Peter's murder, but Chief of Police Tinkler announces the name of the culprit.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.6/10173 votes#15 - Episode 15
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1978
Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
7.5/10136 votes#16 - Episode 16
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1978
After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.5/10163 votes
#17 - Episode 17
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1978
After gloating over Jessica's arrest, Ingrid pays a threatening visit to the Campbell's. Eunice and the Congressman receive a blackmail note and Lefkowitz agrees to let Danny live - on one condition.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.7/10131 votes
#18 - Episode 18
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1978
The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.8/10128 votes
#19 - Episode 19
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1978
Mary finally gets Burt to see a doctor. Jessica tries to make peace with Corinne, and Eunice finds herself locked out on a hotel window ledge in the rain.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
8.0/10164 votes#20 - Episode 20
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1978
Eunice and Walter race to recover some incriminating evidence, and Jessica and Chester receive a few shocks from their first meeting with the prosecutor and the Judge.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.9/10159 votes
#21 - Episode 21
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1978
Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.8/10128 votes
#22 - Episode 22
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1978
Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.7/10125 votes
#23 - Episode 23
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/14/1978
Jessica Tate may be at the end of her rope when a surprise witness is brought into the courtroom to present startling and intriguing evidence against Jessica
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 7.6/10122 votes
#24 - Episode 24
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/21/1978
Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
- 8.0/10157 votes
#25 - Episode 25
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/1978
Lefkowitz's threat to kill the entire Campbell clan and startling announcements by Father Tim and Mr. Mallu are temporarily overshadowed by the return of the verdict for Jessica.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
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The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.
Genres:ComedySoapDrama
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "Soap" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 268 votes. Directed by Jay Sandrich and written by Susan Harris, it aired on 9/13/1977. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 2".