Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestThe title of the bestselling 1978 novel by Judith Krantz is the name of an ultra-chic Bevery Hills boutique that rags-to-riches Billy Ikehorn (Lindsay Wagner) established to fill the void left in her life by the illness of her elderly tycoon husband (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and his subsequent death. To help make Scruples what it has become, Billy had brought in top fashion photographer Spider Elliott (Barry Bostwick) and fashion designer Valentine O'Neill (Marie-France Pisier), and it is the intertwined lives and romances that propel this sumptuous but sudsy saga.
Costume
Peak early-80s fashion excess, every frame a magazine spread.
Production
Beverly Hills and Paris locations scream old-money fantasy.
Lindsay Wagner
Billy Ikehorn
Barry Bostwick
Spider Elliott
Marie-France Pisier
Valentine O'Neill
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Ellis Ikehorn
Connie Stevens
Maggie McGregor
Nick Mancuso
Vito Orsini
Robert Reed
Josh Hillman
Gene Tierney
Harriet Toppingham
Louise Latham
Mary Ann Evans
Michael Callan
Alan Wilton
Gary Graham
Jake Cassidy
Sarah Marshall
Susan Arvey
Milton Selzer
Sid Amos
Paul Carr
Pat O'Byrnne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Judith Krantz novels defined 1980s 'sex and shopping' fiction; this miniseries arrived at peak Dynasty-era obsession with wealthy women's emotional lives.
Lindsay Wagner was fresh off The Bionic Woman and reportedly fought for more creative control; her performance here helped pivot her toward producing.
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