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, excited about what she discovered regarding the time discrepancy in the Sykes rape case that blows a big hole in the prosecution's case, Jackie rushes to her office at The Mirror. She tells Charlotte that she's writing a new article for her column, and that she's going to finish it tonight just before tomorrow's edition goes into printing. She gives a few last minute errands to Anthony who tells her Mikes on her office phone. Mike tells Jackie about the bullets in the meat; and she tells him she'll be right over. Jackie arrives Mike's completed '50s-themed restaurant and tells him she can't make it to tonight's opening. She has an articles to write; and it has to come out tomorrow, because it's the day of Chris Sykes' sentencing. Mike is upset. Jackie promised she would come and he was looking forward to her being there with him. The couple have a spat that ends with both parties walking out on each other.
