screen captures from the Jack and Mike pilot episode, 1986
Shelley's third foray into series TV was Jack and Mike. It was about a married yuppie couple living in Chicago, trying to find time for each other in their busy schedules. Shelley played Jackie Shea, a star columnist at The Mirror, a widely-circulated Chicago paper. Her column was awaited by everyone every week. Her husband was Mike Brennan (played by Tom Mason), a successful restaurateur about to open his third restaurant. The pilot was released in VHS format and distributed in Europe, in the Netherlands and Belgium; but only the pilot episode. The entire episode was kept as is; but subtitles in Dutch were burned into the media for the convenience of the target audience. The episode runs for 90 minutes and was originally aired in September 16, 1986.
more screen captures from the Jack and Mike pilot episode, 1986
To continue, Jackie meets Chris Sykes at the site where the rape took place to see if they can find any clues to what happened. As they were conversing, Chris spots a car similar to his and runs after it. Not far behind, Jackie takes the plate numbers and tells Chris she will look into it. Later, Jackie meets Mike at a Chinese restaurant, but, obviously, not just for dinner. Mike orders almost everything in the menu to the waiter's surprise. Then Mike proceeds to check out the table sizes and the make of the chairs and the little details of why the restaurant is such a hit. Jackie, amused, just watches her husband size up the competition.
