Sunday, November 15, 2020

Jack and Mike 1986

Shelley and Tom Mason in screen captures
for the Jack and Mike episode
"Change of Heart," 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. In the 3rd episode "Change of Heart," Jackie suspects a heart-transplant patient may have been passed over on the operating list for a man who donated a new wing to the hospital; and an old friend of Mike's makes himself an unwelcome house guest.
 
Shelley and Tom Mason in a promotional pic
for Jack and Mike, 1986 to 1987