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 rendezvous with Detective Gill at an agreed part of Chicago. They don't talk face-to-face though; Gill thinks it too dangerous. He tells her to go to his former precinct and look for a case filed a month ago initially as rape but was reduced to disorderly conduct. He indicates that she's dealing with some very powerful people. The next day, Jackie goes to Detective Gill's former precinct, inquiring about disorderly conduct reports going back a month prior. The officer in charge, who recognizes her as the wife of the "restaurant king," gives her a pile of d.c. reports. Jackie finds the report Gill was referring to - the m.o. and description of the perpetrator are similar to the Sykes case. She asks the officer why the rape case was reduced to disorderly conduct. The officer is perplexed himself, but points out that it was initialed by their commander. Jackie asks for a copy but the officer is reluctant. When she promises him a guaranteed reservation at one of Mike's restaurants, he gives in.
