The First Time

The First Time

 

 

  

Original Air Date
Monday October 3, 1983
Order Shown:
1 of 21
Order Filmed:
1 of 21

Plot Summary:
While taking a friend to the train station, a divorcee (Kate Jackson) is handed a package by a handsome intelligence operative (Bruce Boxleitner) who works for a secret U.S. Government Agency. After their first encounter, their lives are never the same.

Romantic/Cute:

  • Whoa. Lee, standing at the top of the staircase dressed in his tuxedo smiling down at Amanda.
  • Watch Lee and Amanda as they dance together, talk about romance! Even though they’ve just met you can see the chemistry between them.

    • Bloopers:

  • In the drive thru scene we see that the kids are in the car throwing stuff. When we cut to an inside the car shot - there are no kids in the car!
  • Mel Stewarts name is spelled wrong in the opening credits. It’s spelled Mel Stuart.
  • In parking garage, while on that cart, Amanda’s hair is up, then down, then up, then down.

    • Favorite Quote(s):
    Lee: What are you wearing?
    Amanda: What do you care!
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    Amanda: How did you find me?
    Lee: Oh we have our ways.
    Amanda: I thought only Nazis and spies said that.
    Lee: Well, I’m not a Nazi.
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    Amanda: So you’re a spy?
    Lee: Actually we don’t say spy.
    Amanda: I thought you were a gangster.
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    Dotty: Clams again dear?

    Interesting Facts:

  • Lee’s phone number at IFF: 202-547-9986
  • This isn’t a blooper so I thought I would post it here - the house shot that you see early on in the episode isn’t the same as the one seen in the opening - notice that it has three gables at the top.
  • Amanda must have redecorated the den after this episode. She replaced the flowered couch with the pineapple couch and got a new coffee table.
  • This episode has pictures in the opening credits that you don’t see in future credits. They are: Amanda drying the crystal goblet with a hairdryer, Lee kicking the bad guy away from the helicopter, Lee walking along side the train by himself, and Amanda and Lee runing through the parking garage holding hands.

    • Special Guests:

  • Madison Arnold
  • Thomas Babson … Dean
  • Tom Belin … Doctor
  • Dorothy Constatntine
  • Kate Reid … Mrs. Welch (Deceased, 1993)
  • John Saxon … Dirk Fredericks
  • Robert Telford … Conductor (Also appears in ‘Flight to Freedom’ as Lee’s Friend, ‘the salty old sea dog.’)
  • Suzanne von Schaack
  • Paul Willson… Employee at WPED TV

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    Information regarding Original Air Date, Order Shown and Order Filmed is from www.epguide.com
    Information regarding actors and the characters they play is from the episode credits, TVGuide and www.imdb.com