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.
#1 - 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
#2 - 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
#3 - SB-2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/31/1984
Joe reunites with Jade and Marisa, Peter and Kelly arrive on the yacht, Santana tells Rosa about her baby
#4 - 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
#5 - SB-7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/1984
Ted & Danny arrive in Hollywood, Santana talks to the doctor who delivered her baby, Peter gets hurt at polo
#6 - SB-8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/8/1984
CC has a cocktail party and calls Mason Channing, Joe convinces Jade to take a vacation
#7 - SB-10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/1984
Santana hires a private investigator, Augusta offers Joe a job, Joe breaks into the Capwell house
#8 - SB-1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/30/1984
1979 - Channing is shot, 1984 - Joe is released from prison and takes a bus to Santa Barbara
#9 - SB-3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/1984
Mason tells Santana that two people saw her with the gun yesterday. He reminds Santana that she had no permit to carry the gun. ""I'm here to help,"" Mason smiles. Santana doesn't trust Mason at all and decides to talk to a lawyer friend. Rosa feels betrayed by C.C. and decides to confront him. She wants to know what happened to Danny goes hanggliding, Rosa confronts CC about Santana's baby, Joe sees Kelly on the boat First appearance of John Allen Nelson (Warren Lockridge)
#10 - SB-4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/1984
CC's goons toss Joe in the water, someone throws a bomb into the Perkins' house, Dominic approaches Joe First appearance of Rosemary Forsyth (Sophia Capwell Armonti)
#11 - SB-9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/9/1984
Kelly reads some of Joe's letters, Jade arrives in Hollywood, Santana back from Acapulco
#12 - SB-5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/1984
Joe remembers he had a witness who never came forward, Danny does his stunt for a movie producer First appearance of Ismael "East" Carlo (Ruben Andrade) and Andrea Howard (Veronica Gayley)
#13 - SB-107
Season 1 - Episode 107 - Aired 12/26/1984
Lionel & Warren discuss Sophia and the affair, Mason charges Lionel with Channing's murder
#14 - SB-126
Season 1 - Episode 126 - Aired 1/24/1985
Eden wakes up and writes HELP in the pine needles. Cruz talks to Peter's doctor. Peter is about to kill Eden
#15 - SB-108
Season 1 - Episode 108 - Aired 12/27/1984
Mason tells CC Lionel & Sophia had an affair, Liz gets Augusta bail money, Lionel realizes the note was in Warren's tux
#16 - SB-109
Season 1 - Episode 109 - Aired 12/28/1984
Cruz & Eden both end up at the museum to look at the log book, Lionel, Warren & Augusta burn Lionel's tux
#17 - SB-110
Season 1 - Episode 110 - Aired 12/31/1984
New Year's Eve - Eden & Cruz locked in the museum together, Danny & Jade get stuck in the snow, Kelly wants Joe to marry her today
#18 - SB-111
Season 1 - Episode 111 - Aired 1/2/1985
Cruz wrestles Eden to the floor in her office because she stole the slides he took at the museum, Lionel chases Dominic
#19 - SB-112
Season 1 - Episode 112 - Aired 1/3/1985
Jackie Parks arrives, Mason tells Ted about Lionel & Sophia's affair, Lionel follows Dominic onto a train but they argue & Dominic falls off First appearance of Martina Deignan (Jackie Parks)
#20 - SB-113
Season 1 - Episode 113 - Aired 1/4/1985
Dominic/Sophia didn't fall off the train, she follows Lionel to his compartment and is about to attack him, Lionel realizes it's Sophia!
#21 - SB-114
Season 1 - Episode 114 - Aired 1/7/1985
Marcello arrives on the train, Peter's doctor tells him he is sick, Lionel falls off the train after a struggle with Marcello First appearance of Wolf Muser (Dr. Marcello Armonti)
#22 - SB-115
Season 1 - Episode 115 - Aired 1/8/1985
A bum finds Lionel unconscious and switches ID's with him, Peter kills the waitress
#23 - SB-116
Season 1 - Episode 116 - Aired 1/9/1985
Lionel wakes up in a circus van, Det Monroe arrives at La Mesa to investigate, Eden passes out after a dive, Peter burns evidence
#24 - SB-117
Season 1 - Episode 117 - Aired 1/10/1985
Cruz revives Eden, Cruz & Eden look through the desk for the diary, Lionel confronts Sophia on the train but the sheriff shoots at him
#25 - SB-118
Season 1 - Episode 118 - Aired 1/11/1985
Peter finds out he's dying, Cruz & Eden destroy the desk, the bum is arrested as Lionel, Summer gets in the car with Peter
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