Code Name: Foxfire

{{short description|American action-adventure television series (1985)}}

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| genre = Action-adventure

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| theme_music_composer = Joe Sample

| composer = Jeff Sturges

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 8

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| executive_producer = Richard Chapman
Bill Dial
Joel Schumacher

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = Universal Television

| network = NBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1985|1|27}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1985|4|26}}

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Code Name: Foxfire is an hour-long American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January to April 1985 about a group of three female operatives, secretly working on behalf of the president of the United States.{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=1995 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345397362 |page=199 |edition=Sixth}}{{cite book |last1=McNeil |first1=Alex |title=Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to the Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780140249163 |page=170 |edition=4th}}

Cast

Joanna Cassidy as Elizabeth "Foxfire" Towne
John McCook as Larry Hutchins
Sheryl Lee Ralph as Maggie Bryan
Robin Johnson as Danny O'Toole
Henry Jones as Phillips

Episodes

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Slay It Again, Sam

| DirectedBy = Corey Allen

| WrittenBy = Richard Chapman, Bill Dial, Joel Schumacher

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|1|27}}

| ProdCode = 83513

| ShortSummary = Two-hour pilot.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Tell Me That You Love Me

| DirectedBy = Tom Wright

| WrittenBy = Richard Chapman, Bill Dial

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|8}}

| ProdCode = 59901

| ShortSummary = The presidents of five banks have been taken hostage. Three secret agents, operating under the code name Foxfire, try to find out what happened to the security staff in charge of the presidents.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = La Paloma

| DirectedBy = Alan Cooke

| WrittenBy = David E. Peckinpah

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|15}}

| ProdCode = 59902

| ShortSummary = The three ladies have to guard a South-American president who's visiting the US.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = That Old Familiar Face

| DirectedBy = Tom Wright

| WrittenBy = Rob Gilmer

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|22}}

| ProdCode = 59904

| ShortSummary = The wife of a famous scientist has doubts about the identity of her husband. She thinks something happened during his trip to a hospital.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Pick a Hero, Any Hero

| DirectedBy = Michael Hamilton

| WrittenBy = Jill Sherman Donner

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|8}}

| ProdCode = 59908

| ShortSummary = A waitress overhears a conversation about the delivery of weapons and now her life is in danger. Liz Towne and her team try to track her down before anyone else does.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Robin's Egg Blues

| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner

| WrittenBy = George Geiger

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|15}}

| ProdCode = 59903

| ShortSummary = Elizabeth Towne gets romantically involved with a jewel thief in order to get her hands on a stolen diamond. The diamond contains secret info from Russia, which is why a Russian agent is tailing her.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Goodbye, Mr. Microchips

| DirectedBy = Roy Campanella II

| WrittenBy = Tom Ropelewski

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|22}}

| ProdCode = 59911

| ShortSummary = A student from the Wendell Academy stumbled upon some secrets from a project by the American air force.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Send Me No Orchids

| DirectedBy = Allen Reisner

| WrittenBy = Steve Stoliar

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|4|26}}

| ProdCode = 59907

| ShortSummary = The Black Orchid, the most dangerous woman in the world, is out to get Liz.

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Episodes information is taken from IMDB{{cite web |title=Code Name: Foxfire - Episode list |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088495/episodes/?ref_=tt_ep_epl |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=December 31, 2023}} and The Classic TV Archive.{{cite web |title=Codename: Foxfire (1985) |url=http://ctva.biz/US/Adventure/CodenameFoxfire.htm |publisher=The Classic TV Archive |access-date=December 31, 2023}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|title=Code Name: Foxfire}}

Category:1985 American television series debuts

Category:1985 American television series endings

Category:NBC television dramas

Category:Television series by Universal Television

Category:American action adventure television series

Category:American English-language television shows