Family Album (1985)

“Family Album”
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Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 4
Directed by	Don Medford
Written by	William Bast & Paul Huson (story), Rick Edelstein (teleplay)
Production no.	TC-004
Original airdate	1985-12-05 (ABC)
Ratings	40th (14.8)
Episode chronology
"Moment of Truth"	"Shadow of the Past"
	Season Guide
	Season 1
Spin-off continuity
"The Close Call"	"The Quarrels"

Plot Overview[]

Fallon is desperately trying to remember who she is, but not even her necklace helps her. She and Jeff come to talk about his former wife Fallon, whom he has lost, and their son. Miles interrupts the discussion and accuses Jeff later of forcing Fallon to get her memory back. Miles is very unpleased by watching Fallon's attempts to remember her past.

Zach offers Jason again his tankers to ship Blake's oil, but Jason only orders him to stay away from his son. Monica also repeats her offer, she still wants to go to China and check the situation for Jason, but must face again the fact that her father does only rely on men.

Sable apologizes for her behavior towards Frankie, but tries to make her talk to Conny about her gift to Jeff. Frankie refuses of course. Jeff calls Blake and asks to bring LB along. He and Blake arrive in California. He meets Fallon, but she does not recognize her son.

Hutch gives Conny a wonderful bracelet and surprises her with a motor home he has bought for them, but Conny must refuse to come with him because of the problems at home.

Blake is quite sour since it has turned out that Jason in fact isn't capable to ship all his oil. He swears that he'll accept Zach's help if Jason can't fulfill the contract.

Arthur Cates reveals to Sable that the only possibility to force Conny to redo her generous "mistake" would be to prove that she is mentally incompetent. Sable keeps trying to convince Conny that she has made the wrong decision, but Conny is more occupied with searching for her new bracelet. The maid Katie brings Sable Conny’s bracelet which Conny has dropped accidentally. Sable keeps it and thinks of using it for her plans.

Frankie meets LB and wants to make friends with her grandson, but Jeff shows very clearly that he doesn't appreciate. Jason tries to comfort her and invites her for lunch. Sable joins them finally to tell Jason she's worried about Conny who appears to confuse many things lately.

Monica meets Dominique Deveraux and promises her to find out if Jason is behind the buying of Titania Records stock. Soon Monica informs Dominique that her admirer Garrett Boydston has bought the Titania Records stock, not Jason. At the party, Dominique discloses to Garrett that she knows about his strange action, but they don't get into a serious fight. Dominique offers Monica to lead her firm Titania Records for her in order to give her the possibility to apply her abilities.

Jason warns Zach not to double-cross him again. Sable thinks that Zach has just tried to get better acquainted with her for the sake of his business with Jason, but he finally even manages to persuade her to dance with him.

Bliss asks Sean to come to Jason’s party, but he doesn't agree. Bliss complains to Jason about the fact that he and Sean don't get along at all.

Fallon asks Blake if they had met before, he keeps his answer rather vague. The following morning, LB shows Fallon the family album - where she discovers herself. She's shocked, blames Jeff and Miles for deluding her and drives furiously off with the car. Miles swears he'll kill Jeff if something happens to her.

Cast[]

rest of cast listed by end credits order:

Charles Van Eman ... Sean McAllister
Peter White ... Arthur Cates
Ashley Mutrux ... LB Colby
Carol Ann Henry ... Mrs. Wrigley
Arlene Banas ... Sharon
Orly Sitowitz ... Katie

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
Marko Joelson .... associate producer
Christopher Morgan .... producer
Stephen K. Rose .... associate producer

Original Music by

Peter T. Myers

Cinematography by

Richard L. Rawlings

Film Editing by

Richard M. Burlatsky

Casting By

Marc Schwartz

Art Direction by

John E. Chilberg II

Set Decoration by

Robert Checchi

Costume Design by

Nolan Miller

Makeup Department

Jeffrey Fetzer .... makeup artist
Tom Hoerber .... makeup artist
Lynn Masters .... hair stylist
Norman Page .... makeup artist
Barbara Ronci .... hair stylist

Production Management

Robert Della Santina .... assistant supervising production manager
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
Sam Epstein .... second assistant director
Wendy Shear .... second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Richard J. Bayard .... construction coordinator
Ken Peterson .... property master
Gordon Kirschbaum .... superintendent studio operations
Olga Lehmann .... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department'

Bud Maffett .... sound mixer

Special Effects by

Gary Zink .... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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

Casting Department

Vicki Huff .... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Robert Berdell .... wardrobe: men
Jean Rosone .... wardrobe: women

Editorial Department

John Woodcock .... supervising film editor

Music Department

Bill Conti .... composer: theme music
Rocky Moriana .... music supervisor
Tom Boyd .... oboe soloist (uncredited)

Other crew

Adell Aldrich .... script supervisor
Rick Edelstein .... executive script consultant
Bret Garwood .... executive coordinator
Bridget Hedison .... assistant to producer
Phill Norman .... title designer
Elaine Rich .... special consultant
Don Roos .... executive script consultant
Larry Luttrell .... location manager (uncredited)

Info Alert[]

Guest stars John Forsythe (Blake) and Diahann Carroll (Dominique) cross over from "Dynasty."

Production details[]

Shooting dates: from October 1, 1985 to October 9, 1985
Filming locations: Paramount studios; Paley Residence (Bel Air); Perino's Restaurant (Los Angeles); Marina Del Rey.
Deleted scene: Jason notices Fallon's necklace and asks her where she finds it (Fallon answers Jeff bought her from the pawn shop).
Trimmed scene: Jeff is looking at some pictures of him and Fallon when Jason comes in and blames him for the necklace.

Quotes[]

Dominique Deveraux: [to Monica] Your father and I are about to go to war.
Sable Colby: [to Constance] This is maddening. I'm trying to talk to you about the future of my son and all you're interested in is a piece of junk jewelry.
Randall Colby: [to L.B.] You'd better let me see your license, young man. You're going the wrong way on a one-way carpet.
Randall Colby: And you, Jeffrey Colby, how dare you have such an adorable son?
Jason Colby: Blake, you're pumping more oil out there than we agreed on, you'll just have to store the surplus in the mainland for a few months.
Blake Carrington: I don't pump oil to store it. Every second stored is money lost.
Dominique Deveraux: Get me to L.A.? What's so important about getting me to Los Angeles?
Garrett Boydston: Making love works much better when you're holding someone... close.
Zach Powers: I am glad that, eh, you've come around to my way of thinking.
Jason Colby: You and I could never think the same way, Zach.
Sable Colby: You can cut the act. At the musuem I found it flattering, now I know it has more to do with Jason's business than Sable's allure.
Zach Powers: Not true. I always mix business with pleasure. And I have an insatiable appetite for both, Sable Colby.