Soap (Season 1)

Episode 1 (Episode 1) 5.5

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-09-13

Overview: 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.

Episode 2 (Episode 2)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-09-20

Overview: 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.

Episode 3 (Episode 3)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-09-27

Overview: Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.

Episode 4 (Episode 4)

Writer: Tony Lang

Air date: 1977-10-04

Overview: Jessica resolves to end her affair with Peter; Claire ends Chester's affair with Pigeon; and Danny tries to end Burt's life.

Episode 5 (Episode 5)

Writer: Tony Lang

Air date: 1977-10-04

Overview: 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.

Episode 6 (Episode 6)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-10-25

Overview: 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.

Episode 7 (Episode 7)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-11-01

Overview: 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.

Episode 8 (Episode 8)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-11-08

Overview: 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.

Episode 9 (Episode 9)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-11-15

Overview: Jodie goes into the hospital for his sex change operation; Dr. Medlow cures Burt's impotence; and Jessica finally witnesses Chester's infidelity.

Episode 10 (Episode 10)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-11-22

Overview: The Godfather visits Mary; Danny visits in disguise; Mary spurns Burt's advances; Corinne visits Father Tim; and Dennis has bad news for Jodie.

Episode 11 (Episode 11)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-11-29

Overview: Learning of Jodie's suicide attempt, the Campbells rush to his hospital bedside. Corinne and Jessica confront their men about their respective infidelities.

Episode 12 (Episode 12)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-12-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Episode 13 (Episode 13)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-12-13

Overview: Burt plans a party to celebrate his victory over impotency, but a tragic discovery leaves him in no mood for merrymaking.

Episode 14 (Episode 14)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1977-12-27

Overview: 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.

Episode 15 (Episode 15)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-01-03

Overview: Danny takes drastic steps to keep from being killed and a mysterious woman arrives at Tinkler's jail with a startling announcement.

Episode 16 (Episode 16)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-01-10

Overview: After receiving some shocking news, Corinne is released from jail - and Jessica is arrested.

Episode 17 (Episode 17)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-01-17

Overview: 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.

Episode 18 (Episode 18)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-01-24

Overview: The Campbells consider having Burt committed while Father Tim pays Corinne a farewell visit and Chester fires Claire

Episode 19 (Episode 19)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-02-07

Overview: 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.

Episode 20 (Episode 20)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-02-14

Overview: 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.

Episode 21 (Episode 21)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-02-21

Overview: Jessica's astonishing behavior on the first day of her trial for the murder of tennis pro Peter Campbell causes pandemonium in the courtroom.

Episode 22 (Episode 22)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-02-28

Overview: Jessica and Chester Tate wreck havoc on the judicial system along with their sarcastic butler, Benson, when the three testify in Jessica's trial.

Episode 23 (Episode 23)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-03-14

Overview: 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

Episode 24 (Episode 24)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-03-21

Overview: Jodie's friendship with Carol takes a confusing turn, while Jessica awaits the jury's verdict in her trial.

Episode 25 (Episode 25)

Writer: Susan Harris

Air date: 1978-03-28

Overview: 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.