Dolphin Cove (Season 1)

Pilot (Episode 1)

Writer: Peter Benchley

Air date: 1989-01-21

Overview: Michael Larson is a widower, an American dolphin researcher, who moves to Australia with his two young children and tries to build a new life.

Two Shots and a Splash (Episode 2)

Air date: 1989-01-28

Overview: Michael's old pal from graduate school comes for a visit. What Mike doesn't know is that Peter is a member of a radical group called Planetwatch and is in town as part of a revenge plot to plant a bomb on a yacht.

Reading, Writing, and Telepathy (Episode 3)

Air date: 1989-02-04

Overview: One of the dolphins, Delbert, swallows two firecrackers that were carelessly tossed at sea and is slowly poisoned.

The Initiation of Lisa Ruddick (Episode 4)

Air date: 1989-02-11

Overview: Lisa Ruddick, a journalist. uses a story on Jonathan's research as a ruse to gather damaging information on Jonathan's boss, the eccentric Baron Trent.

The Ship That Sank Twice (Episode 5)

Air date: 1989-02-18

Overview: Mike's experiments using sound waves with the dolphins is a breakthrough in communications, but his boss Trent sees it as his chance to go in search of sunken treasure off the coast.

Fighting Back (Episode 6)

Air date: 1989-02-25

Overview: Katie deals with an admirer, David deals with an adversary and Didge deals with a dilemma.

Stormy Weather (Episode 7)

Writer: Carla Kettner

Air date: 1989-03-04

Overview: Didge welcomes two stranded fishermen, unaware that they are escaped convicts.

The Elders (Episode 8)

Air date: 1989-03-11

Overview: Larson's skeptical in-laws arrive for a visit, but when they see the kids are not too keen about their Australian environment, they decide to take them back to the States.