"Muscle" Episode Guide v1.0.0 (c) 1997, Tom Walsh (avs@netport.com) This guide may be reproduced in its entirety for noncommercial purposes only. For other uses, please contact the author. The following is an episode guide for the show "Muscle." It is not complete yet as I hope to add other information. The text version is available at the AVIMall: http://www.avimall.com/entertain/Muscle.txt A pointer to this site is available at the Ultimate TV List: http://tvnet.com/UTVL/ Also http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9821/1muscle.txt Of course, there is a page at the Internet Movie Database: http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?%22Muscle%22%20(1995) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Many thanks to Audrey DeLisle (rad@crl.com) for providing description information. ABOUT THE SHOW: "Muscle" was an ensemble sitcom set in a health club/gym. When the chain's owner is found dead at the club, it is determined he was murdered. Everyone at the club has dark secrets or plays dirty. The show has been compared unfavorably to "Soap," which it really doesn't resemble. For a better description of the storylines, please see the description for the pilot, below. "Muscle" was a Witt/Thomas production in association with Warner Brothers Television, a division of Time Warner Entertainment Company. All episodes were directed by Gary Halvorson. ABOUT THIS GUIDE: Episode titles, original run dates, and production numbers come from the online Library of Congress Information Service (telnet://locis.loc.gov). I do not assume that the LOCIS information is completely correct (I have found errors), so you shouldn't either. I will correct errors as I find them or as they are pointed out to me. VERSION HISTORY: v1.0.0 27 October 1997 Initial version CAST: PERFORMER - CHARACTER Wendy Benson - Cleo Michael Boatman - Garnet Hines Nestor Carbonell - Gianni Dan Gauthier - Kent Atkinson Stephan 'Tower' Henneberry - Sam Pippin Shannon Kenny - Jane Atkinson Jerry Levine - Robert Bingham Amy Pietz - Bronwyn Jones Alan Ruck - Dr. Marshall Gold T.E. Russell - Victor Michole White - Angela and important guest appearances by Adam West - Big Jim Atkinson Brent Hinkley - Guy Davore, the carnivore EPISODES: WB - All episode were shown on the Warner Bros. network on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:00 p.m., except the two-part pilot, both parts of which were shown on 11 January 1995 starting at 9:30 p.m. Note that only the pilot appears to have a title. *** SEASON 1 (1995 only) 13 EPISODES *** EPISODES: 01-02. "Pilot" 11 January 1995 All major storylines are introduced in the two-part pilot: We meet, for a short time, Big Jim Atkinson, owner of a chain of gyms called Survival. When he sees his ne'er-do-well son, Kent, and new, 25-year-old wife, Jane, in an amorous encounter, he dies. Jane and Kent both vie for his estate. Kent's only friend at the club is the competent juice bar tender, Victor. Gianni hangs around the club as a gigolo, trying to hook up as a plaything to older, rich women, but is also in love with the young but poor trainer Angela. Bronwyn Jones is the in-the-closet lesbian news reporter for the local television station, who is being blackmailed by a financially strapped Robert. Sam is the nice, muscle-bound weight lifter who likes her. Cleo is the charming southern actress-wannabe trainer with a dark secret and mysterious caller. Garnet Hines is the slimy lawyer, who along with Dr. Marshall Jones, is trying to defend his most celebrated client: Guy Davore, the carnivore, who is charged with murder and cannibalism. 03. "" 18 January 1995 Kent discover that his father was murdered and suspects Jane is the culprit. Jane discovers that Big Jim stored sperm and decides to try for a baby, knowing this heir (and hence her) would receive controlling interest in the estate due to Kent's recent stint in detox. When she discovers she's infertile, she looks for a surrogate. 04. "" 25 January 1995 Jane tabs Cleo as her surrogate. Kent discovers Jane's plan and hatches one of his own. Sam makes a play for Bronwyn. 05. "" 1 February 1995 Tired of being blackmailed, Bronwyn decides to come out of the closet while on air, crushing Sam. Kent reveals Jane's plan to Cleo. Garnet gets Guy Davore found innocent, much to Marshall's consternation since Guy is obviously a dangerous person. The judge throws Garnet and Marshall a loop by ordering them to watch over the "completely safe" Davore. Jane is poisoned. 06. "" 8 February 1995 Jane is changed woman after waking from her poison-induced coma. Kent believes her and looks for a suspect. Sam starts taking steroids, supplied by Robert, to lift his depression over Bronwyn. _Guy cages Garnet and Marshall, making them his next planned meals. 07. "" 15 February 1995 Jane agrees to let Kent announce her death, hoping the attempted murderer's hand is revealed. Cleo receives her big break in acting but then realizes it involves substantial nudity. Gianni moves into Angela's rat-infested apartment while still playing the gigolo. 08. "" 22 February 1995 Realizing he's the next target of the murderer's poisoning plot, Kent stops eating. Cleo takes a pregnancy test, and it comes back positive; she hatches her own blackmail plan. 09. "" 1 March 1995 Marshall comes up with a plan to get Guy to release him and Garnet from the cage. Jane and Kent secretly meet in the steam room, site of their last encounter when Big Jim discovered them, and after talking, take up where they last left off. _Victor is charged with Big Jim's murder after he and Kent argue. 10. "" 26 April 1995 Cleo tells Kent *HE'S* the father of the child she's carrying, due to *THEIR* steam room encounter. Meanwhile, Kent figures out who the murderer really is. _Gianni is injured and rushed to the hospital. 11. "" 10 May 1995 Gianni discovers he's in a run-down hospital, making him sicker than his injuries. Kent puts the facts together in the case of his father's murder. 12. "" 17 May 1995 Big Jim's secretary (Jill C. Klein) confesses to his murder, clearing Victor. Sam has to make a decision regarding his daily workout show. _Angela and Gianni agree to marry. 13. "" 24 May 1995 Angela and Gianni prepare for their wedding, which they are allowed to hold at the gym. Jane suggests to Kent that they flee to Europe. In the final scene, Angela and Gianni are holding their wedding when one of Gianni's jilted older women comes in with a gun, firing. Several people are hit, including Victor -- in slow motion. Since the series was not renewed, we will never learn their fate.