screen captures from the Jack and Mike episode "Ready or Not," 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. The other cast members were: Nora Adler (Jacqueline Brookes), Jackie’s editor; Anthony Kubecek (Kevin Dunn), Jackie's assistant; Carol (Holly Fulger), the head waitress at Mike's restaurant, Brennan's Grill; and Rick Scotti (Vincent Baggetta), an attorney who appears occasionally. The series, created by Sara Davidson, was filmed on location in Chicago, Illinois.
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from the Jack and Mike episode "Ready or Not," 1986
Mike is at one of his restaurants and is giving instructions to the restaurant's head waitress Carol when Jackie arrives. Mike, concerned about Jackie's delicate state, tells her to sit down. As Jackie asks Mike to keep her state between them first, Carol passes by and congratulates the two of them. Jackie is speechless. Back home, the couple discuss how they will go about Jackie's pregnancy. Mike wants her to take it easy. Jackie wants them to go on with their lives and just deal with it when her pregnancy becomes more apparent. She gets a call from Matthew Pearson and goes out to meet him against Mike's wishes.
