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's article comes out in the next day's issue of The Mirror and it greatly affects the outcome of the Sykes rape case. In court, Sykes' attorney Rick Scotti argues the points Jackie brought up in her article. The judge postpones the sentencing and grants a 60-day continuance - which elates Chris and his wife Holly but leaves victim Ann Pulaski disappointed. Later, Jackie follows the lead Councilman Brown gave Mike. She goes to the mounted police headquarters looking for Detective Gill. She finds him and asks him about the Sykes case. Initially, he's reluctant to speak; but he changes his mind and decides to meet Jackie elsewhere later, where nobody can hear them talk.
