Hotel

Overview

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.

Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.

Episodes

Hotel

S01E01 Hotel

August 21, 1982 5.0 60 min
A stalker threatens Christine, prompting Peter to move her into the hotel and assign her a 24-hour guard. Christine's stalker causes an electrical blackout in the hotel, gets into her room and tries to overpower...
Blackout

S01E02 Blackout

September 21, 1983 60 min
The hotel is host to a beauty contest. Among the contestants is Miranda Harding, whose mother Barbara, a former beauty contestant herself, has entered her reluctant daughter in pageants since the age of three. When...
Choices

S01E03 Choices

October 5, 1983 60 min
Security is tightened when rumor of an assassination attempt by a Middle-Eastern terrorist group threatens Israeli minister Jacob Ben-Goz, who is preparing for a press conference at the hotel, unaware that Troy, a would-be assassin,...
Charades

S01E04 Charades

October 19, 1983 60 min
Eight-year-old Amy is molested while staying at the hotel. Her stepfather, Phil Jamison, blames Hank Miller, a male college student working as the hotel baby-sitter. Frightened, Amy goes along with Phil's accusation, but Hank vehemently...
Secrets

S01E05 Secrets

October 26, 1983 60 min
Senator Tom Andrews has an opportunity to run for President, but his affair with newswoman Carly Knight stands in the way. Senator Andrews's wife, Gwen Andrews, knowing a divorce now would cost her husband the...
Relative Loss

S01E06 Relative Loss

November 2, 1983 60 min
Peter is torn between fear and desire when his ex-wife Janet arrives at the hotel and is determined to reconcile and prove she is no longer an alcoholic. After setbacks prompt Janet to drink again,...
Flashback

S01E07 Flashback

November 9, 1983 60 min
A convention of white supremacists led by Russell Slocum antagonize two elderly African-Americans, Carrie and Garland Fisk, who are on a long-delayed honeymoon. The Fisks return from shopping to find their room has been broken...
Confrontations

S01E08 Confrontations

November 16, 1983 60 min
Nick Tomasino, the son of a poor family whom Mrs. Cabot has allowed to stay at the hotel after a fire destroyed their home, befriends Donna Corry, a young woman from a wealthy family. Donna...
Faith, Hope, & Charity

S01E09 Faith, Hope, & Charity

November 23, 1983 60 min
Junior hotel executive Hillary Lindamont becomes starry-eyed over Michael Robson, which depresses Mark, who has a crush on Hillary. Michael videotapes sex with Hillary and threatens to use it to accuse the hotel of running...
Deceptions

S01E10 Deceptions

November 30, 1983 60 min
Leslie DeVeer, the owner of a hotel chain, seeks revenge against Mrs. Cabot; Leslie has never forgiven Mrs. Cabot for marrying the man Leslie loved. Leslie offers to make Peter the top executive of her...
The Offer

S01E11 The Offer

December 7, 1983 60 min
Christmas draws near as Susan Walker, a divorcee, checks in with her daughter, Lisa, at the same time that Paul Manning is rehearsing his ingenious robot, Tim. Lisa decides Paul should marry her mom. Lisa...
Christmas

S01E12 Christmas

December 21, 1983 60 min
Fashion designer Nolan Miller and his fashion show director, Sally, set up for a gala. Diana Aikins, a model who is losing her youthful look, runs into wealthy Australian rancher Cody Blake, with whom she...
Designs

S01E13 Designs

December 28, 1983 60 min
When Lauren Chapman gives her daughter, Darcy, a weekend at the hotel as a birthday gift, Darcy secretly invites her dad, Dr. Frank Chapman, to join the celebration. However, the teenager is distressed to learn...
Reflections

S01E14 Reflections

January 4, 1984 60 min
Prince Eric, a handsome and young member of Scandinavian royalty, has a chance meeting with Kathleen, the Irish maid traveling with the wealthy Jenks family. Entranced by her beauty, he invites her to a charity...
Tomorrows

S01E15 Tomorrows

January 11, 1984 60 min
The spoiled daughter of a tycoon, Brooke Whitfield phones her father, E.G. Whitfield, and asks for money. Instead of wiring cash, her father sends Bill Tillery to escort her back to New York. However, heavy...
Passages

S01E16 Passages

January 18, 1984 60 min
Ed Curwin (STEVE KANALY), owner of a trucking company, has little time for his bookish, 16-year-old son Ron (LANCE KERWIN). Worried about his son's manliness, Ed sets Ron up with Claire Thompson (PHYLLIS DAVIS), a...
Mistaken Identities

S01E17 Mistaken Identities

February 1, 1984 60 min
The St. Gregory Hotel prepares for the elaborate wedding of Maggie Blackwood (MARY CROSBY), daughter of an aristocratic San Francisco family, and Jeff Strider (BOYD GAINES), adopted son of Gil Strider (STEVE FORREST), a computer...
Wedding

S01E18 Wedding

February 22, 1984 60 min
Jennifer and Brad Koburg are in town so that Jennifer can be artificially inseminated because Brad's sperm count is too low. After one too many glasses of wine at dinner, Brad suggests to their old...
Memories

S01E19 Memories

February 29, 1984 60 min
A former girlfriend, Lacey Grant, informs Peter that he is the father of her four-year-old son; she wants Peter to assume custody. Lacey has Lou Gehrig's Disease and may die soon. Lacey's boyfriend, Walt, asks...
Encores

S01E20 Encores

March 7, 1984 60 min
Actress Anna Bronti, wearing the Star of Kasmir necklace, meets former lover, Adam Vidocq, an international playboy and jewel thief. Peter knows Vidocq and instructs Billy to keep an eye on him. Meanwhile, Marila Collins...
Prisms

S01E21 Prisms

March 14, 1984 60 min
Adele Ellsworth, her two sons Luther and Brendon, and another family member, Edgar, hold Mrs. Cabot, Peter and Christine at gunpoint and demand justice for Adele's husband, Ellis, a workman who died at the hotel...
Trials

S01E22 Trials

May 2, 1984 60 min
Movie producer Steve Cutler blackmails Lauren Webb with the fact that Lauren appeared in some of his soft-core pornographic films many years ago. Steve threatens to reveal Lauren's past if she doesn't find money to...
Lifelines

S01E23 Lifelines

May 9, 1984 60 min
Movie producer Steve Cutler blackmails Lauren Webb with the fact that Lauren appeared in some of his soft-core pornographic films many years ago. Steve threatens to reveal Lauren's past if she doesn't find money to...

Cast

James Brolin
James Brolin
Peter McDermott
Connie Sellecca
Connie Sellecca
Christine Francis
Nathan Cook
Nathan Cook
Billy Griffin
Michael Spound
Michael Spound
Dave Kendall
Heidi Bohay
Heidi Bohay
Megan Kendall
Susan Walters
Susan Walters
Ryan Thomas
Shari Belafonte
Shari Belafonte
Julie Gillette
Valerie Landsburg
Cheryl Dolan
Ty Miller
Ty Miller
Eric Lloyd

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