Prisms

Adele Ellsworth, her two sons Luther and Brendon, and another family member, Edgar, hold Mrs. Cabot, Peter and Christine at gunpoint and demand justice for Adele's husband, Ellis, a workman who died at the hotel two years before. They accuse Mrs. Cabot of forcing the workers to continue working into the night, leading Ellis to become exhausted and fall off the building. Contradicting Edgar's version of events, Mrs. Cabot points out that the foreman never warned her of safety dangers. Eventually, Edgar admits that he lied to the family, because Ellis had fallen after getting drunk during an afternoon tryst with another woman. Billy introduces Mark to a discotheque go-go girl, Doris O'Neil, whom Mark recognizes from his health club. Doris aspires to be an interior designer and has told her family that she is decorating the hotel. She needs Mark's help to corroborate her story, and also to make it look like she and Mark are dating, another fib she has told her family. Because of her suppo

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
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Flashback
Episode 7 - Flashback
Confrontations
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Faith, Hope, & Charity
Episode 9 - Faith, Hope, & Charity
Deceptions
Episode 10 - Deceptions
The Offer
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Christmas
Episode 12 - Christmas
Designs
Episode 13 - Designs
Reflections
Episode 14 - Reflections
Tomorrows
Episode 15 - Tomorrows
Passages
Episode 16 - Passages
Mistaken Identities
Episode 17 - Mistaken Identities
Wedding
Episode 18 - Wedding
Memories
Episode 19 - Memories
Encores
Episode 20 - Encores
Prisms
Episode 21 - Prisms
Trials
Episode 22 - Trials
Lifelines
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