Blackout

The hotel is host to a beauty contest. Among the contestants is Miranda Harding, whose mother Barbara, a former beauty contestant herself, has entered her reluctant daughter in pageants since the age of three. When contest judge Garrett Rhodes makes a pass at her, Miranda gives in, thinking she's doing as her mother wishes. A quarrel with her mother later prompts Miranda to take responsibility for her own life. Miranda announces the judge's retirement at an appropriate moment during the contest and wins the pageant. Meanwhile, Frank ""Squire"" Vance, a professional thief who once saved security chief Billy's life, checks into the hotel. Squire has designs on Julie, who is a clerk, and on the hotel safe as well, leaving Billy struggling with mixed emotions about his true loyalties. As Julie begins to fall for Squire's charm, Squire pulls a gun and forces her into the vault where Hal, a bonded courier, is removing two-million dollars in blank industrial certificates. As Squire takes the co

Writing:
  • Aaron Spelling

Stars:
Release Date: 1982-08-21
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5
TMDb: 6.7/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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Blackout
Episode 2 - Blackout
Choices
Episode 3 - Choices
Charades
Episode 4 - Charades
Secrets
Episode 5 - Secrets
Relative Loss
Episode 6 - Relative Loss
Flashback
Episode 7 - Flashback
Confrontations
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Faith, Hope, & Charity
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Deceptions
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The Offer
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Christmas
Episode 12 - Christmas
Designs
Episode 13 - Designs
Reflections
Episode 14 - Reflections
Tomorrows
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Passages
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Mistaken Identities
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Wedding
Episode 18 - Wedding
Memories
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Encores
Episode 20 - Encores
Prisms
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Trials
Episode 22 - Trials
Lifelines
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