The BEST episodes of Santa Barbara

Every episode of Santa Barbara ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Santa Barbara!

Santa Barbara is an Emmy-winning American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. Dominating the show's early years is the feud between the Capwell and Lockridge families, with the five-year-old murder of family scion Channing Capwell Jr. as a major recurring plot point. The show is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre.

Last Updated: 2/16/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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SB-22
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7.50
2 votes

#1 - SB-22

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/28/1984

Joe & Santana argue at the stables, Mason & his secretary get it on in his office

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SB-24
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7.50
2 votes

#2 - SB-24

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/30/1984

Santana gets bitten by a rattlesnake, CC rescues her and she is taken to the hospital

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SB-6
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7.50
2 votes

#3 - SB-6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/1984

Joe & Kelly argue on the yacht, Peter comes in with a gun, Santana leaves for Acapulco

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SB-50
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7.00
1 votes

#4 - SB-50

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 10/5/1984

Lionel dreams of Sophia/Eden, Joe is presumed killed by sharks,Ted & Laken get "married" in class, Warren admits to Augusta he stole the things from the Capwell house

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SB-38
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7.00
1 votes

#5 - SB-38

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/19/1984

Auction for the Lockridge beachfront property starts, CC takes Santana for a plane ride, Kelly returns to Santa Barbara.

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SB-49
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7.00
1 votes

#6 - SB-49

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 10/4/1984

Dominic confronts Lionel in his car, Augusta tries to get Warren to confide in her about the fire at the pawn shop, the cops go to La Mesa to arrest Joe, Joe later escapes towards the ocean

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SB-48
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7.00
1 votes

#7 - SB-48

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 10/3/1984

Cruz tells CC he knows that Santana's baby is Brandon, Ginger tells Joe about Peter's past, Eden & Cruz meet at the cemetery, Lionel gets drunk and goes to Sophia's grave

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SB-47
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7.00
1 votes

#8 - SB-47

Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 10/2/1984

Warren burns some things at a storage locker and injures his hand, the cops find the cocaine on Joe's bike, Veronica denies it's her voice on the tape, Kelly moves out of the Capwell house

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SB-46
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7.00
1 votes

#9 - SB-46

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 10/1/1984

Eden parachutes onto the Lockridge property, CC hears the tape of Mason trashing him, at the sanitarium in Alaska Joe learns Dominic is a woman, Eden and Cruz "meet"

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SB-45
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7.00
1 votes

#10 - SB-45

Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/28/1984

CC's birthday, Peter plants drugs on Joe's bike, Eden flying on her way to Santa Barbara First appearance of Marcy Walker (Eden Capwell)

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SB-44
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7.00
1 votes

#11 - SB-44

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/27/1984

Joe goes to Alaska to find out info on Dominic First appearance of Jonna Leigh Stack (Summer Blake)

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SB-43
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7.00
1 votes

#12 - SB-43

Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 9/26/1984

Kelly's dressmaker turns out to be Ginger, Danny has a soccer match, Mason says CC slept around a lot before he met Sophia

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SB-41
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7.00
1 votes

#13 - SB-41

Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/24/1984

Joe takes Kelly to meet Dominic, Ted, Laken, Danny, Jade look at renting the motel for a hangout, Santana meets Gina & Brandon

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SB-42
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7.00
1 votes

#14 - SB-42

Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/25/1984

Ginger and her thugs show up at Peter's and blackmail him, it's revealed Dominic is a woman, CC and Santana make love

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7.00
1 votes

#15 - SB-40

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/21/1984

Kelly goes looking for Joe, Veronica juggles Lionel, Peter & Mason, CC offers Cruz a full-time job on the rigs.

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SB-39
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7.00
1 votes

#16 - SB-39

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/20/1984

Bidding for the property starts - Mason wins, Dominic and Joe each visit the Yucca Dunes Motel, Gina & Brandon arrive First appearance of Linda Gibboney (Gina DeMott) and Scott Curtis (Brandon DeMott)

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SB-54
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7.00
1 votes

#17 - SB-54

Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 10/11/1984

Brick arrives, Santana calls Brandon and finds out his birthday and realizes he's her son First appearance of Richard Eden (Brick Wallace)

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SB-51
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7.00
1 votes

#18 - SB-51

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/8/1984

Lionel leaves some stuff for Eden at Sophia's grave. Mason tells Ted that the things that someone stole belonged to Sophia Capwell.

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SB-52
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7.00
1 votes

#19 - SB-52

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 10/9/1984

Joe is picked up by an unknown person in a boat. Kelly meets Dominic. Brandon seems to have disappeared. Gina tells Mason about Brandon being adopted.

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SB-53
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7.00
1 votes

#20 - SB-53

Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 10/10/1984

Ted and Danny put a camel in Mr. Bottom's classroom. Joe wakes up on a yacht after a mysterious person saved him in the ocean.

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7.00
1 votes

#21 - SB-55

Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 10/12/1984

Santana goes to LA and CC confronts her, someone is following Kelly - it turns out to be Joe

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SB-56
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7.00
1 votes

#22 - SB-56

Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 10/15/1984

CC and Santana fight about Brandon, Kelly realizes Joe is alive, Joe and Kelly make love

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SB-57
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7.00
1 votes

#23 - SB-57

Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 10/16/1984

Amy arrives, CC & Santana break up, Joe's funeral starts First appearance of Kerry Sherman (Amy Perkins)

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7.00
1 votes

#24 - SB-58

Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 10/17/1984

At the funeral Jade tells Marisa Joe is really alive, Jeff breaks up with Amy, Cruz finds out Joe is alive

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SB-59
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7.00
1 votes

#25 - SB-59

Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 10/18/1984

Marisa tells John that Joe is alive, Amy gets drunk, Peter goes to the presidential suite with a gun to spy on Kelly

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