Series
Santa Barbara
Soap
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 110 epS2 · 253 epS3 · 254 epS4 · 242 epS5 · 256 epS6 · 251 epS7 · 255 epS8 · 250 epS9 · 256 epS10 · 10 ep
1Episode 130 Jul 1984 · 60mThis great soap opera begins with a flashback to a party in honor of Channing Capwell Jr. in Santa Barbara, California in 1979. Channing and his older brother, Mason, are entertaining the guests until the butler, Phillip, gives Channing a note. Channing asks the maid, Santana Andrade, if he'll see her tonight. He then follows instructions to go to the Capwell study. When Channing enters the study, it's clear that someone was waiting behind the desk. The person points a gun and pulls the trigger. Seconds later, Channing is lying dead on the floor. ""Santa Barbara"" then cuts five years ahead in time to the San Quentin prison on July 30, 1984.
2Episode 231 Jul 1984 · 60mIt's obvious to Peter that Kelly is thinking about Joe Perkins. Joe gets off the bus and is reunited with his mother, Marisa, and his sister, Jade. The mysterious woman growls, ""Damn! He's back."" Joe is disappointed because his father didn't show up. Marisa is happy to have her Joey back. When Rosa Andrade gets the gun away from Santana, the gun falls to the floor. Mason Capwell puts his foot on the gun, preventing Santana from picking it up. Mason asks Santana why she brought the gun to the bus station. Santana admits that she thought about shooting Joe, but adds that she couldn't have done it. She then starts to cry, and Mason comforts her.
3Episode 31 Aug 1984 · 60mMason tells Santana that two people saw her with the gun yesterday. He reminds Santana that she had no permit to carry the gun. ""I'm here to help,"" Mason smiles. Santana doesn't trust Mason at all and decides to talk to a lawyer friend. Rosa feels betrayed by C.C. and decides to confront him. She wants to know what happened to Santana's child. C.C. claims he doesn't know and denies that he forced Santana to give up her baby. Rosa thought C.C. trusted her. After all, she started working for C.C. twenty years ago and mothered his children when his wife passed away. C.C. explains to Rosa that he had dreams for Channing and imagined that one day maybe Channing might even be president.
4Episode 42 Aug 1984 · 60mSomeone is making a bomb. Santana is about to take a bath when she spots Mason. Naturally, Santana becomes upset and gets Mason to leave. Kelly sees Joe, and Peter notices how if affects her. He thinks something should be done about Joe. C.C. arrives with two thugs, and Joe gets thrown into the water. Thanks to a carrier pigeon, Ted receives a note from Danny and learns that Danny wants to go to Hollywood. Jade pays a visit to the restaurant Danny is working.
5Episode 53 Aug 1984 · 60mLaken has a romantic fantasy about Ted. John goes home and is shocked when he sees what happened to his house. Worried about his daughter, John wants Jade to stay with him. Jade refuses to make a choice between her parents, though. At the warehouse, the stranger informs Joe that he's the one who called the fire department tonight after the explosion. Joe reveals to the stranger, whose name is Dominic, that he found Channing dead with a guest at Channing's big party. However, the witness never came forward.
6Episode 66 Aug 1984 · 60mJoe & Kelly argue on the yacht, Peter comes in with a gun, Santana leaves for Acapulco.
7Episode 77 Aug 1984 · 60mTed & Danny arrive in Hollywood, Santana talks to the doctor who delivered her baby, Peter gets hurt at polo.
8Episode 88 Aug 1984 · 60mCC has a cocktail party and calls Mason Channing, Joe convinces Jade to take a vacation.
9Episode 99 Aug 1984 · 60mKelly reads some of Joe's letters, Jade arrives in Hollywood, Santana back from Acapulco.
10Episode 1010 Aug 1984 · 60mSantana hires a private investigator, Augusta offers Joe a job, Joe breaks into the Capwell house.
11Episode 1113 Aug 1984 · 60mCruz arrives to help with the oil rig fire, Kelly asks Peter if he wants to move to New York.
12Episode 1214 Aug 1984 · 60mCruz in the hospital, Santana finds out her private investigator is working for CC, Dominic arranges a meeting for Kelly & Joe.
13Episode 1315 Aug 1984 · 60mPeaches gets her purse stolen, Laken arrives in Hollywood, Joe & Kelly meet at the stables, Joe goes to work for Augusta.
14Episode 1416 Aug 1984 · 60mCruz goes to the Capwell house to rest, Peter and Augusta chat about old times.
15Episode 1517 Aug 1984 · 60mCC has a party on his yacht, Augusta tries to blackmail Peter, Joe breaks into the Capwell house again.
16Episode 1620 Aug 1984 · 60mCruz helps Joe get out of the house, but Joe gets caught by Kelly.
17Episode 1721 Aug 1984 · 60mKelly helps Joe get out of the house, Santana brings CC a present to give to her son.
18Episode 1822 Aug 1984 · 60mKelly sees Augusta & Joe while riding her horse, cuts herself on the fence, Joe kisses Kelly, Cruz & Santana look at the houseboat.
19Episode 1923 Aug 1984 · 60mJoe kisses Kelly (replays), Jade has a screen test with a sleazy producer, Joe gets drunk and goes to Augusta's, Kelly goes to Peter's.
20Episode 2024 Aug 1984 · 60mMorning after - Joe & Augusta wake up together, as do Peter & Kelly, Laken wants to go to Hollywood.
21Episode 2127 Aug 1984 · 60mAugusta follows Joe, Dominic tells Joe to stay away from Augusta, Joe goes to see Santana.
22Episode 2228 Aug 1984 · 60mJoe & Santana argue at the stables, Mason & his secretary get it on in his office.
23Episode 2329 Aug 1984 · 60mA sarcophagus arrives at the Lockridge house, Santana out cold after falling off a horse, Lionel arrives in Santa Barbara.
**First appearance of Nicolas Coster (Lionel Lockridge).
24Episode 2430 Aug 1984 · 60mSantana gets bitten by a rattlesnake, CC rescues her and she is taken to the hospital.
25Episode 2531 Aug 1984 · 60mDanny goes to rescue Jade from the sleazy producer, Augusta cooks Laken's pigeon, Joe gets in Dominic's trunk to follow him.
26Episode 263 Sept 1984 · 60mLaken upset, goes to the Capwell house, Dominic goes to the cemetery, Joe figures out Dominic is his witness.
27Episode 274 Sept 1984 · 60mLionel goes to the Capwell house to get Laken, Joe takes a gun and goes to meet Dominic.
28Episode 285 Sept 1984 · 60mTed & Laken leave the Capwell house and go to a motel, at the warehouse Dominic admits to Joe he is Joe's witness.
29Episode 296 Sept 1984 · 60mTed & Laken at a motel, Mason searches the Lockridge house, Kelly meets Joe at La Mesa.
30Episode 307 Sept 1984 · 60mKelly and Joe dance at La Mesa, Peter arranges for the two-way mirror to be installed in the presidential suite, Jade in trouble at the movie shoot.
31Episode 3110 Sept 1984 · 60mKelly and Joe meet at Cruz's houseboat, Danny saves Jade from the sleazy producer.
32Episode 3211 Sept 1984 · 60mJoe and Peter fight at Cruz's, Augusta and Lionel create their circle of truth, David Hasselhoff cameo, Kelly goes to see Joe at Cruz's and gives him the ring back.
33Episode 3312 Sept 1984 · 60mPeter tells Mason that Kelly has seen Joe a few times, Ted & Laken return to Santa Barbara & invite their parents to the snack bar for a meeting, Joe sends Kelly flowers with the ring.
**Last appearance of Peter Mark Richman (C.C. Capwell)
34Episode 3413 Sept 1984 · 60mTed & Laken meet their parents at the snack bar, Peter & Kelly fight and she leaves, Santana tells Cruz she & Channing used to meet at the gazebo.
**First appearance of Paul Burke (C.C. Capwell)
35Episode 3514 Sept 1984 · 60mKelly missing, Dominic breaks into Santana's apartment and steals her letters, Dominic goes to the gazebo.
36Episode 3617 Sept 1984 · 60mJoe finds Dominic at the gazebo, they find Santana & Channing's letters, Lionel watches Augusta & Peter in the presidential suite.
37Episode 3718 Sept 1984 · 60mPeter records Mason and Veronica talking in the presidential suite, Cruz finds out from Joe about Santana's baby.
38Episode 3819 Sept 1984 · 60mAuction for the Lockridge beachfront property starts, CC takes Santana for a plane ride, Kelly returns to Santa Barbara.
39Episode 3920 Sept 1984 · 60mBidding for the property starts - Mason wins, Dominic and Joe each visit the Yucca Dunes Motel, Gina & Brandon arrive.
**First appearance of Linda Gibboney (Gina DeMott) and Scott Curtis (Brandon DeMott)
40Episode 4021 Sept 1984 · 60mKelly goes looking for Joe, Veronica juggles Lionel, Peter & Mason, CC offers Cruz a full-time job on the rigs.
41Episode 4124 Sept 1984 · 60mJoe takes Kelly to meet Dominic, Ted, Laken, Danny, Jade look at renting the motel for a hangout, Santana meets Gina & Brandon.
42Episode 4225 Sept 1984 · 60mGinger and her thugs show up at Peter's and blackmail him, it's revealed Dominic is a woman, CC and Santana make love.
43Episode 4326 Sept 1984 · 60mKelly's dressmaker turns out to be Ginger, Danny has a soccer match, Mason says CC slept around a lot before he met Sophia.
44Episode 4427 Sept 1984 · 60mJoe goes to Alaska to find out info on Dominic.
**First appearance of Jonna Leigh Stack (Summer Blake)
45Episode 4528 Sept 1984 · 60mCC's birthday, Peter plants drugs on Joe's bike, Eden flying on her way to Santa Barbara.
**First appearance of Marcy Walker (Eden Capwell)
46Episode 461 Oct 1984 · 60mEden parachutes onto the Lockridge property, CC hears the tape of Mason trashing him, at the sanitarium in Alaska Joe learns Dominic is a woman, Eden and Cruz "meet".
47Episode 472 Oct 1984 · 60mWarren burns some things at a storage locker and injures his hand, the cops find the cocaine on Joe's bike, Veronica denies it's her voice on the tape, Kelly moves out of the Capwell house.
48Episode 483 Oct 1984 · 60mCruz tells CC he knows that Santana's baby is Brandon, Ginger tells Joe about Peter's past, Eden & Cruz meet at the cemetery, Lionel gets drunk and goes to Sophia's grave.
49Episode 494 Oct 1984 · 60mDominic confronts Lionel in his car, Augusta tries to get Warren to confide in her about the fire at the pawn shop, the cops go to La Mesa to arrest Joe, Joe later escapes towards the ocean.
50Episode 505 Oct 1984 · 60mLionel dreams of Sophia/Eden, Joe is presumed killed by sharks, Ted & Laken get "married" in class, Warren admits to Augusta he stole the things from the Capwell house.
51Episode 518 Oct 1984 · 60mMason tells Ted that the things that were stolen in the robbery belonged to Sophia, Lionel leaves things for Eden at Sophia's grave.
52Episode 529 Oct 1984 · 60mKelly meets Dominic, Brandon is missing and Gina tells Mason that he was adopted, Joe is picked up in a rowboat.
53Episode 5310 Oct 1984 · 60mJoe wakes up on a yacht, Danny and Ted put a camel in Mr. Bottoms' classroom.
54Episode 5411 Oct 1984 · 60mBrick arrives, Santana calls Brandon and finds out his birthday and realizes he's her son.
**First appearance of Richard Eden (Brick Wallace)
55Episode 5512 Oct 1984 · 60mSantana goes to LA and CC confronts her, someone is following Kelly - it turns out to be Joe.
56Episode 5615 Oct 1984 · 60mCC and Santana fight about Brandon, Kelly realizes Joe is alive, Joe and Kelly make love.
57Episode 5716 Oct 1984 · 60mAmy arrives, CC & Santana break up, Joe's funeral starts.
**First appearance of Kerry Sherman (Amy Perkins)
58Episode 5817 Oct 1984 · 60mAt the funeral Jade tells Marisa Joe is really alive, Jeff breaks up with Amy, Cruz finds out Joe is alive.
59Episode 5918 Oct 1984 · 60mMarisa tells John that Joe is alive, Amy gets drunk, Peter goes to the presidential suite with a gun to spy on Kelly.
60Episode 6019 Oct 1984 · 60mJoe and Kelly spend the night in the presidential suite and Peter realizes she's seeing someone, Peter goes in with a gun.
**Last appearance of Paul Burke (C.C. Capwell)
61Episode 6122 Oct 1984 · 60mKelly breaks up with Peter, Lionel accuses the Capwells of sinking the Amanda Lockridge.
**First appearance of Charles Bateman (C.C. Capwell)
62Episode 6223 Oct 1984 · 60mMason finds out Gina is in Nice, Ginger breaks into Peter's apartment and decides to use Kelly to get money out of Peter.
63Episode 6324 Oct 1984 · 60mGinger wants Peter to help her kidnap Kelly, Kelly goes to meet Ginger.
64Episode 6425 Oct 1984 · 60mSantana arrives in Nice, Ginger's goons drug Kelly after "knocking out" Ginger, Mason gets a ransom call from Ginger.
65Episode 6526 Oct 1984 · 60mSantana babysits Brandon, Mason tells CC Kelly was kidnapped, Joe calls Dominic to help find Kelly.
**Last appearance of Rosemary Forsyth (Sophia Capwell Armonti)
66Episode 6629 Oct 1984 · 60mDominic gets a disguise for Joe so he can go look for Kelly, Amy temps at Peter's office, the cops go to Ginger's but Kelly is gone.
**First appearance of Judith McConnell (Sophia Capwell Armonti)
67Episode 6730 Oct 1984 · 60mGinger tells Mason some guys knocked her out and took Kelly, Dominic confronts Peter about his past with Ginger, Peter meets up with Ginger.
**Last appearance of Dane Witherspoon (Joe Perkins)
68Episode 6831 Oct 1984 · 60mPeter "saves" Kelly, Halloween at the motel, Joe goes to the hospital to see Kelly, Peter sees Joe.
**First appearance of Mark Arnold (Joe Perkins)
69Episode 691 Nov 1984 · 60mJoe visits Kelly at hospital, Eden flashes back to when she & Cruz met, Joe tells Kelly about Peter & Ginger, Peter decides to kill Joe.
70Episode 702 Nov 1984 · 60mDominic tells Joe the things Warren stole were Sophia's to cover up Sophia & Lionel's affair, Eden takes Lionel flying, Mason flies to Nice.
71Episode 715 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter tells Kelly he wants to help her find Channing's killer, Mason arrives in Nice, a minor quake hits, Lionel goes to the cemetery.
72Episode 726 Nov 1984 · 60mSophia's "ghost" haunts Lionel at the cemetery, Gina, Brandon, Mason & Santana fly back from France, Lionel thinks Eden is the ghost.
73Episode 737 Nov 1984 · 60mParty for Marisa & John, Peter plants a fake note from Dominic to lure Joe, Ted & Laken planning to spend the night, Joe goes to meet "Dominic".
74Episode 748 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter shoots at Joe at the wildlife refuge, Santana planning to take Brandon to Rio, Peter and Joe struggle, Ted goes after Warren.
75Episode 759 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter is wounded and Joe is arrested, Ted chases Warren on horseback, Eden and Lionel at the cemetery, Santana and CC fight.
76Episode 7612 Nov 1984 · 60mEarthquake! A major earthquake hits Santa Barbara...
77Episode 7713 Nov 1984 · 60mJohn Perkins dies from injuries after the earthquake, Warren saves Ted, Augusta & Lionel trapped at the bottom of a cliff.
**Last appearance of Robert Alan Browne (John Perkins)
78Episode 7814 Nov 1984 · 60mThere's an explosion at the Andrade's from a gas leak, Kelly trapped - she and Joe get "married", it's revealed Dominic is Sophia.
79Episode 7915 Nov 1984 · 60mKelly, Joe, Lionel, Augusta rescued but Dominic is gone, Gina arrives from LA, Mason promises Kelly he'll drop the charges against Joe.
80Episode 8016 Nov 1984 · 60mSophia visits the hospital to check on Kelly, Warren retrieves the coins from the cave, the Lockridges provide well water for Santa Barbara.
81Episode 8119 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter goes into cardiac arrest but is OK, Eden befriends Matt, a young boy whose parents are missing from the quake, Kelly goes to see Peter.
82Episode 8220 Nov 1984 · 60mLionel follows Dominic to his apartment but finds a woman, Peter about to tell Kelly who he saw in the study the night of Channing's murder.
83Episode 8321 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter tells Kelly he saw Mason in the study, Lionel visits Sophia's grave with the coins.
84Episode 8423 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter admits to Mason he lied about Mason being in the study, Brandon having nightmares, Matt's parents are found.
85Episode 8526 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter's press conference on TV, Joe is cleared, Mr. Bottoms arrested but Ted gets him out of it and they call a truce.
86Episode 8627 Nov 1984 · 60mAmy learns she's pregnant, CC makes a statement supporting Joe, Joe formally exonerated, Brick decides not to leave town, Mason & Peter argue.
87Episode 8728 Nov 1984 · 60mPeter falls into a coma after he and Mason argue, Kelly starts to tell CC what Peter said about Mason.
88Episode 8829 Nov 1984 · 60mCC overhears Kelly and Mason arguing and throws Mason out, then disinherits him, Jade learns Amy is pregnant.
89Episode 8930 Nov 1984 · 60mMason and CC argue and CC pulls a gun, Warren tells Lionel about Channing and the party, Mason learns Santana is Brandon's mother.
90Episode 903 Dec 1984 · 60mAmy tells Brick she's pregnant and they go to San Francisco to see Jeff, Mason confronts Santana about Brandon.
91Episode 914 Dec 1984 · 60mEden asks Cruz to teach her to dive, Brick & Amy meet Jeff & stay overnight in San Francisco, Santana & Mason fight and she pulls a knife on him.
92Episode 925 Dec 1984 · 60mSantana decides to leave town after Mason threatens to tell Brandon and Gina the truth.
**Last appearance of Ava Lazar (Santana Andrade)
93Episode 936 Dec 1984 · 60mAmy tells Jeff she's pregnant but he says it's not his, Lionel finds Eden diving, Mason smuggles Peter out of the hospital.
94Episode 947 Dec 1984 · 60mTed & Laken plan to spend the night on the yacht, they see Eden and Lionel together on the Lockridge boat.
95Episode 9510 Dec 1984 · 60mTed & Laken's evening ends, Mason takes Peter to a clinic, Dominic breaks into Lionel's closet to plant the note in the tux.
96Episode 9611 Dec 1984 · 60mJeff sends Amy a letter offering to pay for an abortion, Dominic puts the note in the tux and knocks Lionel out.
97Episode 9712 Dec 1984 · 60mLiz Peale arrives, Veronica finds out where Peter is, Lionel & Liz plan to put forgeries on the Amanda Lockridge.
**First appearance of Lauren Chase (Elizabeth Peale)
98Episode 9813 Dec 1984 · 60mDominic plants the coins in Lionel's briefcase, Veronica tells Mason she visited Peter, Lionel visits Peter.
99Episode 9914 Dec 1984 · 60mLionel & Augusta take Peter from the clinic, CC tells Eden & Ted about Peter's accusation.- 100Episode 10017 Dec 1984 · 60mGina offers to be CC's secretary, Summer tells Gina Hank raped her, Amy decides to keep the baby, Lionel & Liz bring up the safe.
101Episode 10118 Dec 1984 · 60mLionel & Liz go through the safe, Dominic plants clippings of Channing's murder in Lionel's desk.
102Episode 10219 Dec 1984 · 60mLionel puts the safe back, Warren & Lionel publicly dive for the safe, Peter has a press conference & says he couldn't see the killer.
103Episode 10320 Dec 1984 · 60mParty at museum for opening of safe, Mason searches the Lockridge house and finds the coins.
104Episode 10421 Dec 1984 · 60mMason finds the clippings, Lionel opens the safe and Mason has him arrested.
105Episode 10524 Dec 1984 · 60mMason tells Kelly that Lionel was arrested for stealing the coins, Dominic tips off Mason about the tux and he finds the note, Christmas Eve.
106Episode 10625 Dec 1984 · 60mChristmas - the Lockridges have Christmas in jail, Marisa & Jade surprise Amy with a nursery, Mason searches the Lockridge house again.
107Episode 10726 Dec 1984 · 60mLionel & Warren discuss Sophia and the affair, Mason charges Lionel with Channing's murder.- 108Episode 10827 Dec 1984 · 60mMason tells CC Lionel & Sophia had an affair, Liz gets Augusta bail money, Lionel realizes the note was in Warren's tux.
109Episode 10928 Dec 1984 · 60mCruz & Eden both end up at the museum to look at the log book, Lionel, Warren & Augusta burn Lionel's tux.
110Episode 11031 Dec 1984 · 60mNew Year's Eve - Eden & Cruz locked in the museum together, Danny & Jade get stuck in the snow, Kelly wants Joe to marry her today.
Details
- Created by
- Bridget Dobson, Jerome Dobson
- First aired
- 30 Jul 1984
- Last aired
- 15 Jan 1993
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- NBC
- Episodes
- 2137
- Votes
- 45 on TMDB
Cast
Jed AllanC.C. Capwell
Robin MattsonGina Capwell
Nancy Lee GrahnJulia Wainwright
Nicolas CosterLionel Lockridge
Judith McConnellSophia Capwell
Gordon ThomsonMason Capwell
Jack WagnerWarren Lockridge
Eileen DavidsonKelly Capwell
Michael BrainardTed Capwell
Paula IrvineLily Blake
Nina ArvesenAngela Cassidy- SSydney PennyB.J. Walker
Kim ZimmerJodie Walker
Eric CloseSawyer Walker
