Crossroads (1987)

“Crossroads”
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Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 25
Directed by	Don Medford
Written by	William Bast & Paul Huson (story and teleplay)
Production no.	TC-049
Original airdate	1987-03-26 (ABC)
Ratings	45th (13.6)
Episode chronology
"Dead End"	"N/A"
	Season Guide
	Season 2

Plot Overview[]

Jeff saves Frankie, she admits she wanted to get drowned. Jeff is shocked and blames Jason, but Frankie thinks it's all her fault. She refuses to come home, so Jeff asks Fallon join them.

Monica wants to resign from Colby Enterprises, but Jason reveals to her that Cash is already about to leave, he's going back to Washington with Scott and Adrienne.

Jeff leaves Frankie with Fallon in order to talk to Jason. That night, Fallon notices a strange light at the sky. Jason calls Fallon and tells he'll come, but Frankie doesn't want to face him and leaves against Fallon's advise. Jeff is furious both with her and Jason when he finds out.

Channing has a surprise for Miles, she's pregnant. Miles is unbelievably happy and determined to take best care of his wife. He's planning for the future, but Channing is tortured by nightmares about her mother's death.

Frankie calls Jason from the Five Oaks Inn, they meet there and she tells him she loves Philip.

Scott comes by to say good bye to Monica, he confesses that he is happy that she is his mother. Monica is heart broken when he leaves and Sable who witnessed the whole scene, determined to do anything to keep the boy for her daughter. She suggests Monica to sue the Cassidy family for fraud, since the baby was not adopted randomly as she wanted it to be then but given to his father, but Monica dismisses the idea, she wants Scott to be happy.

Channing calls Miles, she can't cope with her fears, so she will divorce him and have an abortion.

Zach surprises Sable by telling her that Philip was the one who tried to kill Jason. She is very grateful and notifies her ex-husband immediately, who finally finds the gun in Philip's room. He threatens his brother to leave and lets him know that Frankie has chosen him. Philip follows Frankie, but she tries to make him believe that she loves Jason. Philip kidnaps her and heads for the Mexican border. From there, Frankie calls Fallon who starts searching for her, Jeff and Jason follow them with the helicopter.

Sable picks up Scott at school without consent of his parents and persuades him to come with her. Only Zach watches her.

Jeff and Jason chase Philip and Frankie. The two in the car get into a fight so that the car suddenly gets off the road and tumbles down the slope. Philip has disappeared, Frankie is seriously injured. She asks Jason to be good to Sable. Jeff blames his father for everything.

Meanwhile, Fallon's car stops without obvious reason in the desert. Since the phone line is dead too, she can't get help. Suddenly, an UFO turns up out of the dark, she enters it and is taken away...

Cast[]

Charlton Heston ... Jason Colby
John James ... Jeff Colby
Katharine Ross ... Francesca Colby
Emma Samms ... Fallon Carrington
Maxwell Caulfield ... Miles Colby
Tracy Scoggins ... Monica Colby
Claire Yarlett ... Bliss Colby (credit only)
Michael Parks ... Philip Colby
Stephanie Beacham ... Sable Colby
Ricardo Montalban ... Zach Powers

rest of cast listed by end credits order:

Kim Morgan Greene ... Channing Carter
Ivan Bonar ... Henderson Palmer
Coleby Lombardo ... Scott Cassidy

Crew[]

Produced by

William Bast .... developer / producer
Paul Huson .... developer / producer
Eileen Pollock .... creator / supervising producer
Robert Pollock .... creator / supervising producer
Esther Shapiro .... creator / executive producer
Richard Shapiro .... creator / executive producer
Douglas S. Cramer .... executive producer
Aaron Spelling .... executive producer
E. Duke Vincent .... executive producer
Ursula Alexander .... associate producer
Shelley Hull .... associate producer
Dennis Hammer .... producer

Original Music by

Ken Harrison

Cinematography by

Tony Askins

Film Editing by

Chuck McClelland

Casting By

Marc Schwartz

Art Direction by

Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by

James W. Payne

Costume Design by

Nolan Miller

Makeup Department

Robin LaVigne .... makeup artist
Joyce Morrison .... hair stylist
Norman Page .... makeup artist
Barbara Ronci .... hair stylist

Production Management

Joseph Dervin Jr. .... executive in charge of post-production
Norman Henry .... executive production manager
Al Kraus .... supervising production manager
Catherine McCabe .... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Chip Chalmers .... first assistant director
Ned E. Davis .... second assistant director

Art Department

Earl Capello .... construction coordinator
Michael Diersing .... construction coordinator
Douglas M. Keenan .... property master
Olga Lehmann .... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department'

Bud Maffett .... sound mixer

Special Effects by

Bruce Minkus .... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Marty Dobkousky .... grip (uncredited)
Scott Hamilton .... assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department

Vicki Huff .... casting associate
Ben Rubin .... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jan Kemp .... wardrobe: men
Rachael Stanley .... wardrobe: women
Eilish Zebrasky .... wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

John Woodcock .... supervising film editor

Music Department

Bill Conti .... composer: theme music
Rocky Moriana .... music supervisor

Other crew

Adell Aldrich ... script supervisor
Bret Garwood .... executive coordinator
Phill Norman .... title designer
Don Roos .... executive script consultant

Info Alert[]

Claire Yarlett (Bliss) does not appear in this episode.
An uncredited Kevin McCarthy and Molly Carter appear as Lucas Carter and Little Channing in the same flashback seen in The Gala (1986).
Two other cliffhangers were never resolved, even though the characters involved in those storylines would later appear in Dynasty or Dynasty: The Reunion. The first involved the apparent kidnapping of Monica's son, Scott, by Sable in the final episode. However, when both Sable and Monica crossed over to Dynasty, no mention was made of Monica's son, Scott. The second involved the fate of Miles' wife Channing and their unborn child, as Channing left Miles in the final episode and planned to have an abortion. However, when Miles re-appeared in Dynasty: The Reunion, there was no mention of Channing or the unborn child, as Miles was now single and engaged to his ex-wife Fallon.
According to actress Kim Morgan Greene, Channing was supposed to give birth to twins in season 3.

Production details[]

Shooting Dates: From February 12, 1987 to February 20, 1987.
Filming locations: Paramount studios; Saddle Rock Ranch (Malibu); Paradise Cove Pier (Malibu); 28124 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Malibu).
Deleted scene: Philip informs Zach that he can help him gaining some Colby Enterprises' voting stock but Zach does not want to deal with him.
Trimmed scenes: After she has spoken to Monica, Sable phones to Arthur Cates; before he talks with Jason, Philip is having a phone conversation with man called "Sung".
Unfilmed scenes: Channing tells Dr. Waverly that she wants an abortion; Bliss comes to the Colby Center and finds out that Kolia has gone; Bliss goes to the union station to say goodbye to Kolya with whom she eventually leaves.

Quotes[]

Monica Colby: I've been trying to think of a way to say this...
Jason Colby: You wanna resign... again.
Channing Colby: I'm scared, but I'm gonna make it. Just stick by me.
Miles Colby: Stick by you? Sweetheart, you just brought me back into this family. You just gave me back my name, my future. I'm gonna sticking by you like bubblegum to a bedpost.
Scott Cassidy: Are you crying?
Sable Colby: Only because you called me grandma.
Francesca Langdon: I lied about Phillip. I love you.
Jason Colby: [softly] I love you.
Francesca Langdon: I always have.