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Falcon Crest: Season 6

28 episodes Premiered Oct 3, 1986 Updated Nov 8, 2026
Previously on Falcon Crest

Season 6 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Falcon Crest Season 5.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

Aftershocks

Oct 3, 1986 · 60 min

In the aftermath of the earthquake, aftershocks rock the region and the people of the Tuscany Valley struggle to cope with the loss of property and loved ones. Father Bob transform

S6·E2 Core

Living Nightmare

Oct 10, 1986 · 60 min

After the specter of Jeff Wainwright haunts Maggie, she overcomes her intrinisic fear of firearms and purchases a gun for protection. When Maggie's daughter Vickie returns home, sh

S6·E3 Core

The Stranger Within

Oct 17, 1986 · 60 min

Upon his return to the Tuscany Valley, Wainwright, already keenly interested with the Giobertis, also becomes interested in Vicky. Angela's suspicion and the arrival of a detective

S6·E4 Core

Fatal Attraction

Oct 24, 1986 · 60 min

While Maggie confesses the reasons for her distress to Chase, Wainwright changes his tactics to ingratiate himself with their daughter, Vicky. When Richard Channing discovers Kit's

S6·E5 Core

Perilous Charm

Oct 31, 1986 · 60 min

As Chase hires a private detective to protect Maggie, he is unaware that his daughter also needs protection. Troubled by Kit's denunciation of Fixx, Lance fires Kit, while Angela p

S6·E6 Core

Flashpoint

Nov 7, 1986 · 60 min

A newspaper article alerts Vicky to the danger she's in with Wainwright, but, when he realizes she knows the truth about him, he terrorizes her and forces her to masquerade as her

S6·E7 Mytharc

Double Jeopardy

Nov 14, 1986 · 60 min

After Vicky slips from his grasp, Wainwright returns to the valley and forces his way into the Agretti's house, attacking Chase in his pursuit of Maggie. When Lance can no longer c

S6·E8 Core

Nepotism

Nov 21, 1986 · 60 min

After Angela, who is annoyed at Lance's defection to Richard's New Globe, continues her patronage of Dan Fixx, Emma seeks guidance from a storefront psychic. Kit appeals to Richard

S6·E9 Core

Slow Seduction

Nov 28, 1986 · 60 min

While Chase buries himself in his business deals and his political campaign, Maggie agonizes over the problems of her children, but mostly about her baby. While Cole takes his unha

S6·E10 Mytharc

Maggie

Dec 5, 1986 · 60 min

Maggie's determination to keep her baby, regardless of the consequences, further alienates her from her family. Cole is adamant about leading his life away from the family, and Mag

S6·E11 Core

Hot Spots

Dec 12, 1986 · 60 min

As Maggie fights her loneliness, Chase struggles to save his vineyards, and Angela strives for her freedom. Vicky allows her parent's problems to affect her relationship with Dan F

S6·E12 Core

False Front

Dec 19, 1986 · 60 min

Due to his past manipulations of Melissa's life, Lance's attempt to win control of The New Globe backfires. Richard overcomes Lance's ploy to control The New Globe by producing the

S6·E13 Core

Missed Connections

Jan 2, 1987 · 60 min

Preparing to disappear, Kit, with Stafford advising her, lays the groundwork to make her fake suicide plausible and realizes that she will sever many important ties. Angela has a d

S6·E14 Core

Dark Passion

Jan 9, 1987 · 60 min

When Skyler's disappearance and apparent suicide casts a pall over the mansion, Peter blames himself for not recognizing her distress. Peter's guilt drives him away, but Skyler's t

S6·E15 Core

When the Bough Breaks

Jan 23, 1987 · 60 min

In addition to a huge ransom, the kidnappers demand that Meredith, the only one who can identify them, be handed over to them in exchange for Richard's son. Richard learns that Ang

S6·E16 Mytharc

The Cradle Will Fall

Jan 30, 1987 · 60 min

Rushing to protect Chase, Dan Fixx lands in jail, and Chase has to try to rescue him, as well as himself, from corrupt officers. Angela rejects Peter's proposal to join him in Mont

S6·E17 Core

Topspin

Feb 6, 1987 · 60 min

Due to Melissa's peculiar behavior, Lance loses his chance to join an exclusive club, which alienates him from Joseph. After Richard becomes the new distributor for Angela's wines,

S6·E18 Core

A Piece of Work

Feb 13, 1987 · 60 min

Angela interferes in the lives of Chase, Richard, Maggie, Vickie and Dan. Vickie and Dan's romance is complicated by Angela's peculiar moral code. When Angela accuses Richard of fa

S6·E19 Core

Dance of Deception

Feb 20, 1987 · 60 min

When Maggie prematurely gives birth to her baby at Falcon Crest, Angela conspires with rich newcomer Roland Saunders in her plans to destroy Richard. Angela finds a kindred spirit

S6·E20 Core

Hat Trick

Feb 27, 1987 · 60 min

When Maggie prematurely gives birth to her baby at Falcon Crest, Angela conspires with rich newcomer Roland Saunders in her plans to destroy Richard. Angela finds a kindred spirit

S6·E21 Core

Battle Lines

Mar 6, 1987 · 60 min

Peter threatens Angela and Roland Saunders as he tries to discover their connection to Kit Marlowe. Due to Angela's interest in Maggie's baby, Maggie concludes that she must give t

S6·E22 Core

Nowhere to Run

Mar 13, 1987 · 60 min

At Angela's engagement party for them, Vicky and Dan set the tone of the party by trying to avoid it. After Kit demonstrates a need to tell Tony good-bye, both Richard and Peter co

S6·E23 Core

Cold Hands

Mar 27, 1987 · 60 min

Tony and Lance assist each other as circumstantial evidence implicates them in murder, but it is to no avail when Angela goes back on her word. Angela breaks her promise to Lance w

S6·E24 Core

Body and Soul

Apr 3, 1987 · 60 min

District Attorney Wilkinson is highly pleased when Angela suggests he campaign for attorney general, with her help, if he agrees to convict her ex-son-in-law, Tony, of murder. Wilk

S6·E25 Core

Loose Cannons

Apr 10, 1987 · 60 min

As Tony begins to mistrust Kit, Angela ensnares Melissa, and Richard attempts to console Maggie. Richard plans a trip for Maggie to overcome her melancholy, but a ghost from the pa

S6·E26 Core

The Great Karlotti

May 1, 1987 · 60 min

When Emma and Karlotti's church wedding concludes, Emma discovers how great her husband really is. As the couple stands up before Father Bob for their nuptials, Karlotti's reputati

S6·E27 Mytharc

Chain Reaction

May 8, 1987 · 60 min

When Kit comes to Tony's defense, the gesture proves worthless. Tony's trial proceeds as if D.A. Wilkinson had scripted it, until Kit arrives at the courtroom. After Chase uncovers

S6·E28 Mytharc

Desperation

May 15, 1987 · 60 min

Melissa's desperate attempts to keep the baby result in a car chase that ends when the car carrying her, Chase, Maggie, Richard and Dan plunges into San Francisco Bay. Angela disco

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