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, Councilman Kazan rushes to see Harry Sullivan, who is a dead-ringer for Chris Sykes and is the actual rapist in both the Rose Panico and Ann Pulaski cases. Kazan and his cohorts had been covering up for Harry; but since Jackie was hot on Harry's tail, he informed him that he couldn't do it anymore and he was on his own. Harry is the son of a Timothy Sullivan, Kazan's business partner in a drug operation running in the city. Shaken, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Jackie, flushed and excited with her new findings, leaves The Mirror to go see Chris Sykes. She's surprised to see him at her car, and goes on to tell him her news, not bothering to look closely at the man she is talking to. It's not Chris, it's Harry and he has a knife. He tells her to get in the car and drive. Jackie does what he says.
