Robert Lantos
Director
Mount Royal (1988)
Season 1
Andre Valeur, a successful businessman, lives in an upscale Montreal neighborhood and Paris. Daughter Stephanie is a model, Danielle a reporter. Rob works for his father but prefers the nightlife. Wife Katherine is unhapoy just being a socialite.
Released Jan. 3, 1988
Episode 52 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.tycoon, tmdb.wealth, tmdb.power, imdb.paris-france, imdb.wealth, imdb.tycoon, imdb.power + 12 more, imdb.money, imdb.mistress, imdb.labor-relations, imdb.industrialist, imdb.france, imdb.financial-empire, imdb.finance, imdb.fashion-design, imdb.business, imdb.boardroom, imdb.adultery, imdb.montreal-quebec-canada
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Production Companies: Alliance Films, Société Française de Production (SFP)
Network: TF1
S1E1 - The Ties That Bind
In the series opener, André's hard-driving business tactics contribute to his brother's fatal heart attack. Rob is torn between his responsibilities to VALCO and his new nightclub. Stéphanie finds a model's life tougher than she expected.
Jan. 3, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - A Question of Honour
André steps in to deal with the fallout after his nephew Roland botches the handling of a toxic gas leak at a VALCO plant, endangering a nearby First Nation reserve. Katherine forces Danielle to deal with a former lover who has developed serious mental problems.
Jan. 4, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - The Best of Intentions
Rob attempts to persuade his old lover to leave a Paris terrorist organization while Danielle is offered a job as a correspondent for a U.S. television network.
Jan. 11, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - The Truth of the Matter
Danielle is wooed by a charming conman who sues her for breach of promise after she rejects him. Stéphanie is asked to return to her old dance company, much to Katherine's disappointment.
Jan. 18, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - Fashion Statement
Stéphanie is seemingly kidnapped by an animal rights organization during her fashion show, but when the fake stunt turns real and André's efforts to pressure the French police fail, it's up to Stéphanie to engineer her own escape.
Feb. 1, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - Best Laid Plans
Danielle is torn when she discovers a politician she admires has had an affair with a young boy. André realizes he must risk destroying a friendship to save an old friend's company while Katherine, ironically, develops a closer relationship with the wife of André's friend.
March 1, 1988, midnight
S1E7 - Decisions
Katherine flies to Paris to help Stéphanie make a decision about her new pregnancy. Rob witnesses an underworld murder, which leads to shocking revelations about his business partner. André meets with a priest whose church VALCO plans to demolish.
March 8, 1988, midnight
S1E8 - Cries in the Night
Rob becomes involved with a Haitian refugee with trauma in her past. Katherine suspects the administrator of her human rights organization of stealing funds. In France, Stéphanie deals with an unwelcome houseguest.
March 15, 1988, midnight
S1E9 - Succession Duties
Everyone wants to celebrate André's 50th except for André, who occupies himself with the purchase of a highly coveted oil company.
March 22, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Lighting a Fire
Danielle becomes involved with a professor-turned-carpenter who brings his 2-year-old baby to live with them without the mother's knowledge. Meanwhile, Rob has a problem when a fading rockabilly star decides to stage a sit-in at Le Purgatoire to get this tour dates back
March 29, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - Rules of the Game
André comes up with a plan when the union manipulates both him and the workers during a labor dispute. Danielle tries to find a way to help Rob out of paying a local gangster "protection money." Stéphanie teases Kelly about her new job as a spokesperson for condoms.
April 19, 1988, midnight
S1E12 - Still Life
Danielle's story about private collectors corrupting the art market takes a hit when she learns her own father is part of the game.
April 26, 1988, midnight
S1E13 - Passages
André decides to let Rob handle some business with a French shipping company, but Rob quickly finds himself blackmailed by the owner and turns to Danielle for help. Katherine visits two old artist friends in Paris, one of whom is dying, and reveals some stories from her past.
May 3, 1988, midnight
S1E14 - Royal Wedding
André decides to stay behind to take care of some business when the rest of the family attends the wedding of the son of an old friend.
May 10, 1988, midnight
S1E15 - Hello Stranger
Roland recognizes Solange's capability, Kelly takes interest in a battered child living next door and André throws the whole family out of balance.
May 17, 1988, midnight
S1E16 - Reunion
When Stéphanie uses a video camera to capture testimonials from the family during a reunion, she reveals deep secrets about each of her relatives.
May 24, 1988, midnight
Network: TF1
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 832 min.
Released: Jan. 3, 1988
Last Air Date: May 24, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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