Jack and Mike

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|Title=Pilot

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|9|16}}

|EpisodeNumber=1

|DirectedBy= Jack Bender

|WrittenBy= Sara Davidson

|ShortSummary= Jack defends a man who claims he was wrongly accused of rape. Mike is stressed about the opening of a new restaurant. This was a 90 minute episode, later reran on cable channels like Encore Action as a TV movie.

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|Title=Change of Heart

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|9|23}}

|EpisodeNumber=2

|DirectedBy= Jack Bender

|WrittenBy= Joe S Landon

|ShortSummary= Jackie thinks a patient waiting for a heart transplant may have been passed on the list by a man who donated a lot of money to the hospital. A friend of Mike's come to stay at the house.

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|Title=Personal Foul

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|9|30}}

|EpisodeNumber=3

|DirectedBy= Victor Lobl

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|ShortSummary= A college professor is suspended when he tries to flunk the star player of the basketball team. Tom doesn't like that Jackie is covering the story, because it's his alma mater.

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|Title=Ready or Not

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|10|21}}

|EpisodeNumber=4

|DirectedBy=Harry Winer

|WrittenBy=Liz Coe

|ShortSummary= Jackie is pregnant; she's also making her exclusive column about a 14-year fugitive who wants to come clean which becomes challenging. Mike deals with the changes a baby will cause in their careers while dealing with investors in his restaurant. Jackie outsmarts the fugitive's secret plan to evade justice.

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|Title=High Anxiety

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|11}}

|EpisodeNumber=5

|DirectedBy= Paul Stanley

|WrittenBy= Gina Goldman

|ShortSummary= A young comedian is suspected to have died of a cocaine overdose behind Mike's restaurant.

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|Title=Cry Uncle

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|18}}

|EpisodeNumber=6

|DirectedBy= Kim Friedman

|WrittenBy= Harry and Renee Longstreet

|ShortSummary= Mike finds out that the 15-year-old boy he has been looking after is actually a missing child.

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|Title=Mentor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|11|25}}

|EpisodeNumber=7

|DirectedBy= Peter Crane

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|ShortSummary= A college teacher admired by Jackie is cited for contempt of court when he refuses to reveal his sources.

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|Title=Taste of Chicago

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|9}}

|EpisodeNumber=8

|DirectedBy= Victor Lobl

|WrittenBy= Max Eisenberg

|ShortSummary= Mike gets an offer he can't refuse from the mayor's office. Jackie gets an exclusive interview with a man who has been in prison for 30 years.

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|Title=Separate Lives

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|6}}

|EpisodeNumber=9

|DirectedBy= Paul Stanley

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|ShortSummary= Jackie goes to New York City for a job interview, but she ultimately stays in Chicago.

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|Title=Come Together

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|13}}

|EpisodeNumber=10

|DirectedBy= Peter Crane

|WrittenBy= David Braff, Gina Goldman

|ShortSummary= Jackie and Mike have a difficult time after their separation.

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|Title=Charity Ball

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|20}}

|EpisodeNumber=11

|DirectedBy= Paul Stanley

|WrittenBy= Braff, Eisenberg, Goldman

|ShortSummary= Jackie looks into the odd behavior of a wealthy sorority sister. A friend of Mike's dies of a heart attack.

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|Title=Till Death Do Us Part

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|3}}

|EpisodeNumber=12

|DirectedBy= Jan Eliasberg

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|ShortSummary= Mike wants to get a shotgun for protection. Jackie keeps getting calls from a psychotic secret admirer.

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|Title=Fire and Ice

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|24}}

|EpisodeNumber=13

|DirectedBy= Lee David Zlotoff

|WrittenBy= Lee David Zlotoff

|ShortSummary= A drug kingpin wants to become partners with Mike in the restaurant business.

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|Title=Light My Fire

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|3|3}}

|EpisodeNumber=14

|DirectedBy= Paul Krasny

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|ShortSummary= A time capsule is opened prematurely and secrets are revealed.

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|Title=Dreamland

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|3|17}}

|EpisodeNumber=15

|DirectedBy= Victor Lobl

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|ShortSummary= Jackie is pressured into dropping the investigation of a dance studio that has been swindling elderly women out of their money.

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|Title=Reluctant Hero

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|3|24}}

|EpisodeNumber=16

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|ShortSummary= A mystery man saves the life of a young boy.

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