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, at the office, Jackie gets a lot of compliments for her recent article "Who Has Time For Sex". It seems her recent column was a hit and the topic resonated with everyone; everyone in the city has been talking about it. She tells people at the office she has a hot date later, with her husband of course. Meanwhile, at a city council session, Councilman Brown is trying to get a bill passed; but it seems Councilman Kazan is doing everything to keep that from happening. An aid approaches Kazan and informs him that Jackie Shea has been looking into the Chris Sykes rape case.
