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.
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from the Jack and Mike pilot episode, 1986
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.
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from the Jack and Mike pilot episode, 1986
After the opening credits, the episode begins with a rape case. Ann Pulaski experiences car problems and is offered help by a stranger claiming to be her church-mate by giving her a lift. The stranger then takes her to a remote area and rapes her. Later, the police arrests school teacher Chris Sykes who drives the same car as Ann's assailant. In court, Ann identifies Chris as the rapist; and he is sentenced. But Chris maintains his innocence and insists that she is mistaken. Meanwhile , The Mirror's star columnist, Jackie Shea, emerges from her office building to meet up with her restaurateur husband, Mike Brennan, for lunch.
