Cover Up (TV series)

Cover Up
Jon-Erik Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill
Genre	Action/Adventure
Created by	Glen A. Larson
Directed by	Phil Bondelli Richard A. Colla Peter Crane Don Carlos Dunaway Walter Grauman John D. Hancock Jeffrey Hayden Sidney Hayers Christopher Hibler Bruce Kessler Guy Magar Bernard McEveety Arthur Allan Seidelman Michael Vejar Don Weis
Starring	Jennifer O'Neill Jon-Erik Hexum Antony Hamilton
Theme music composer	Dean Pitchford Jim Steinman
Opening theme	"Holding Out for a Hero" performed by EG Daily
Composer(s)	Joseph Conlan J.A.C. Redford Morton Stevens
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer(s)	Glen A. Larson
Producer(s)	Brian Alan Lane Bob Shayne Harker Wade
Editor(s)	David Howe Gene Ranney
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company(s)	20th Century Fox Television Glen A. Larson Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) – April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)

Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

Plot overview

Fashion photographer Dani Reynolds's life suddenly changes after the death of her husband. It is only then that she discovers that he was actually an undercover CIA agent. When she learns he had been murdered, she recruits Mac Harper, a former Marine Special Forces Operative, to help her find her husband's killers.

Henry Towler, her husband's boss, then offers her the late husband's job. Dani would pretend she was still a photographer and Mac would be her model. Henry would send them anywhere in the world where Americans are in trouble or criminals need to be caught. Once there, they act pretty much on their own.

After the death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Mac, the episode "Writer's Block" introduced Dani's new assistant, Jack Striker. Jack was a CIA agent who, like Mac, operated under the cover of a model.

Cast

• Dani Reynolds — Jennifer O'Neill
• Mac Harper — Jon-Erik Hexum (1984)
• Jack Striker — Antony Hamilton
• Henry Towler — Richard Anderson

On-set accident

During a break between scenes on the Cover Up set on October 12, 1984, Jon-Erik Hexum jokingly placed a blank-loaded .44 Magnum prop gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The shot sent the wadding from the blank cartridge into Hexum's skull, driving a bone fragment the size of a quarter into his brain and causing massive hemorrhaging. Hexum was rushed to the hospital, where he eventually was declared brain dead. On October 18, he was taken off life support.^[1]

Hexum appeared in only seven episodes of the series, including the pilot. He was replaced by Antony Hamilton for the remainder of the season.^[2]

Episode list

Ep #	Title	Airdate
1	Pilot (Part 1)	September 22, 1984
2	Pilot (Part 2)	September 22, 1984
3	"Death in Vogue"	September 29, 1984
4	"The Million Dollar Face"	October 6, 1984
5	"Harper-Gate"	October 10, 1984
6	"Sudden Exposure"	October 17, 1984
7	"Nothing to Lose"	October 24, 1984
8	"Golden Opportunity" *	November 3, 1984
9	"Writer's Block" **	November 24, 1984
10	"Murder in Malibu"	December 1, 1984
11	"Midnight Highway"	December 8, 1984
12	"A Subtle Seduction"	December 29, 1984
13	"Black Widow"	January 5, 1985
14	"Murder Offshore"	January 12, 1985
15	"The Assassin"	January 26, 1985
16	"Rules to Die By"	February 2, 1985
17	"Healthy, Wealthy, and Dead"	February 23, 1985
18	"The Ugliest America"	March 2, 1985
19	"Who's Trying to Kill Miss Globe?"	March 9, 1985
20	"Adam's Rib"	March 23, 1985
21	"Jack of Spades"	March 30, 1985
22	"Passions"	April 6, 1985

• *Hexum's last episode^[3]
• **Hamilton's first episode^[4]

References

1. ^ "Jon-Erik Hexum Fatal Joke". ew.com. 1994-10-14. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304026,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
2. ^ Davidson, Casey; Shaw, Jessica (1995-04-28). "Monitor: Pop Culture News". ew.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,297007,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
3. ^ TV.com — Golden Opportunity
4. ^ TV.com — Writer Block

External links

• Cover Up at the Internet Movie Database
• Cover Up at TV.com
• Cover Up at epguides.com