Introduction

Emerald Point N.A.S is an American television drama starring Dennis Weaver that premiered on CBS.

Outline

Created by Richard and Esther Shapiro, who had previously devised Dynasty, the series was set at a Naval Air Station (the N.A.S. of the title) somewhere in the American South and dealt with the lives of the personnel stationed there.

Combining military and espionage-based storylines with plots revolving around family intrigue, romance and scheming for power, Emerald Point N.A.S was a conventional soap opera.

Cast

• Dennis Weaver as Rear Admiral Thomas Mallory, the commanding officer of the N.A.S, and father to three daughters, Celia, Kay and Leslie. Engaged to Maggie Farrell.
• Patrick O’Neal then Robert Vaughn as scheming industrialist Harlan Adams. Father of Simon and Hilary (and quite possibly Leslie Mallory, due to his raping Admiral Mallory’s former wife.).
• Sela Ward as Hilary Adams, Harlan’s equally scheming daughter, engaged to Glenn Matthews, a man her best friend, Kay Mallory, loves. She is disheartened when he breaks off their engagement and marries Kay.
• Maud Adams as Maggie Farrell, Admiral Mallory’s love interest and the liaison between the town’s military affairs council and the Naval Air Station, kidnapped by David Marquette.
• Jill St. John as Thomas’ unscrupulous former sister in-law, Deanna Kinkaid, who can outvixen scheming Hilary, interested in Yuri, a KGB agent.
• Richard Dean Anderson as LT Simon Adams, Harlan’s son, highly regarded by the Admiral, who is not as conniving as his father and sister are. Marries Celia Mallory after her divorce from Jack Warren.
• Susan Dey as Thomas’ oldest daughter, Celia Warren, who dislikes the Navy but changes her mind when she marries Simon Adams after her divorce from Jack Warren. She suffered from headaches and remembered in the final episode that she had seen Harlan rape her mother, which meant that Harlan could be the father of her sister Leslie.
• Andrew Stevens as LT Glenn Matthews, torn between the affections of Hilary and Kay and also under suspicion for another man’s murder. He eventually breaks his engagement to Hilary and marries Kay.
• Robert Loggia as Yuri Bukharin, a Russian KGB agent to whom Deanna is attracted.
• Michael Brandon as David Marquette, a maniac who kidnaps Maggie Farrell on her wedding day to Thomas Mallory (the storyline went unresolved with the show’s cancellation).
• Doran Clark as Ensign Leslie Mallory, Thomas’ youngest daughter and a recent graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. She also liked the Navy, to Thomas’ delight. Possibly the daughter of Harlan Adams, due to the revelation that he had raped her mother, witnessed by her sister, Celia.
• Charles Frank as Jack Warren, a handsome Naval lawyer married to and eventually divorced from Celia.
• Stephanie Dunnam as Kay Mallory Matthews, Thomas’ middle daughter who is the third point of the Hilary-Glenn triangle. Glenn chooses Kay and marries her, over Hilary.
• Michael Carven as Alexi Gorichenko, a Russian pilot attracted to Thomas’ daughter Leslie.

Trivia

• It was cancelled in 1984 after twenty-two weeks, its final episode airing 12 March 1984.
• The series’ theme tune was composed by Bill Conti, who had previously written the music for other prime-time dramas such as Dynasty, Falcon Crest and Cagney and Lacey.

Emerald Point N.A.S. Series

• Episode 01: Pilot, Part 01.
• Episode 02: Pilot, Part 02.
• Episode 03.
• Episode 04.
• Episode 05.
• Episode 06.
• Episode 07.
• Episode 08.
• Episode 09.
• Episode 10.
• Episode 11.
• Episode 12: The Rescue.
• Episode 13: Hide and Seek.
• Episode 14: The Assignment.
• Episode 15: Secrets.
• Episode 16: Disguises.
• Episode 17: Lost and Found.
• Episode 18: The Climax.
• Episode 19: The Best Laid Plans.
• Episode 20: Friends and Lovers.
• Episode 21: Pandora’s Box.
• Episode 22: The Wedding.

Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Richard Shapiro and Esther Shapiro.
• Director(s): Karen Arthur and Robert Becker.
• Music: Bill Conti.
• Production: Richard & Esther Shapiro Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.
• Release Date: 26 September 1983 to 12 March 1984.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.