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 goes to the ice cream parlor where Rose Panico works - Rose is the victim in the rape case that has similarities to the Sykes case. She asks if they could talk, and Rose agrees. Jackie informs Rose that her rape case was reduced to disorderly conduct. Rose is surprised and angered. She had no idea that that had happened, and she insists she was raped. Jackie shows her a picture of Chris Sykes, asking her if he was her rapist. Rose says he isn't the man who raped her. Back at Detective Gill's former precinct, Councilman Kazan and a CPD detective inquires about the same case Jackie inquired about just a few hours ago. The officer hands over the file on his desk. Puzzled, the two ask him why it was out, and the officer tells them Jackie was there a few hours ago inquiring about the same case.
