Flamingo Road (1981)
Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6, 1981, after a rebroadcast of the pilot on December 30, 1980. The show is based on the 1949 movie starring Joan Crawford, which is, in turn, based on the novel by Robert Wilder. Flamingo Road was created to compete against CBS's Dallas and Knots Landing, nighttime dramas that were inspired by the daily afternoon soap operas that had been a staple of TV for years. The character of Constance Weldon ranked at #16 on E!'s list of The 50 Most Wicked Women in Primetime.
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Episode 1 - The Arrangement
Release Date: 1981-11-03Constance may never walk again after falling from the second-floor landing of Lute-Mae's.
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Episode 2 - The Victim
Release Date: 1981-11-10Titus is reluctant to investigate when Lute-Mae is raped by the son of an influential Truro family.
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Episode 3 - The Substitute
Release Date: 1981-11-17Fielding campaigns aggressively to renovate the barrio, until he learns the identity of the slumlord.
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Episode 4 - The Intruder
Release Date: 1981-11-24Sam battles a ruthless tycoon who wants him out of the bidding for a valuable section of waterfront property. Claude catches Fielding in a restaurant with another woman.
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Episode 5 - The Stranger
Release Date: 1981-12-08Lane is distressed by the appearance of her long-lost father. Tyronne plans to buy and then demolish the Cuban barrio.
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Episode 6 - The Powers That Be
Release Date: 1981-12-15Tyronne tries to gain Fielding's support by showing him how easily he can ruin his political career. Claude wants to put Eudora in a mental hospital.
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Episode 7 - Little Foxes
Release Date: 1981-12-22On Christmas Eve in Truro, Tyronne wants Titus to evict the Cubans from his newly acquired barrio property. Constance seeks the attention of Julio.
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Episode 8 - Old Friends
Release Date: 1982-01-05Angry over losing the barrio, Tyronne buys the local bank and forecloses on Claude's paper mill.
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Episode 9 - Strange Bedfellows
Release Date: 1982-01-12Titus faces tough competition for re-election when Elmo throws his hat into the ring. Constance has a tryst with Julio.
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Episode 10 - Heatwave
Release Date: 1982-01-19Fielding has the mill's books audited. Constance travels to Tallahassee to meet with prospective casino investors and rendezvous with Julio. Tyronne learns that Lute-Mae is Constance's natural mother. Alicia invites Skipper to dinner.
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Episode 11 - To Catch A Thief
Release Date: 1982-02-02Julio is arrested for the theft of Constance's jewelry. Lane pressures Sam to marry. Tyronne takes Lute-Mae to the race track.
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Episode 12 - The Explosion
Release Date: 1982-02-09Titus decides to silence Elmo's newspaper before Skipper's editorials ruin his plans for legalized gambling in Truro. Sam and Lane elope.
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Episode 13 - Chance of a Lifetime
Release Date: 1982-02-16Sam marries Lane. Skipper's blindness could be permanent. Titus frames Elmo for the explosion in the newspaper office.
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Episode 14 - Double Trouble
Release Date: 1982-02-23Eudora smothers Skipper with maternal care. Constance has Julio spy on Field. Lane and Sam honeymoon in the Caribbean.
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Episode 15 - The Dedication
Release Date: 1982-03-02Julio proclaims his love for Constance to Field. Alicia eludes Eudora's guard and sees Skipper. Titus and Tyronne plot Truro's future in gambling.
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Episode 16 - Sins of the Fathers
Release Date: 1982-03-16Courtesy of TV Guide: Field gets the upperhand on Titus when he is given a record of the sheriff's crooked dealings; and Tyronne's real reason for being in Truro is revealed.
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Episode 17 - No Dice
Release Date: 1982-03-23Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne moves to secure Field's support as the gambling bill nears a vote; Sande is depressed about her role as Field's mistress; and Skipper and Alicia take a big step forward in their relationship.
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Episode 18 - The High and the Mighty
Release Date: 1982-03-30A plane carrying Sam and Field crashes in the Everglades under suspicious circumstances- they were returning from a fact-finding mission concerning Tyronne's private dealings in Nassau.
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Episode 19 - The Bad and the Beautiful
Release Date: 1982-04-13Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne uses voodoo to begin his destruction of the people of Truro- starting with his sister.
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Episode 20 - An Eye For An Eye
Release Date: 1982-04-20Courtesy of TV Guide: Lute-Mae goes gunning for Tyronne; and Field makes a surprising political move to stop the gambling bill.
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Episode 21 - The Harder They Fall
Release Date: 1982-04-27Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne plots to drive Titus insane; Constance learns an awful truth; and gangsters are gunning for Sam.
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Episode 22 - Murder, They Said
Release Date: 1982-05-04Courtesy of TV Guide: There's a surfeit of suspects when someone takes a shot at Tyronne.