Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

In an attempt to rectify their criminal past, a once successful Hollywood starlet, turn prostitute, and a petty, misogynistic thief, set out together to solve a high profile child abduction case in San Francisco.

When Joe Montoya loses his wife in a gang related shooting – he vows to stop at nothing to exact his revenge on those responsible. While investigating his wife’s murder he discovers a whole community of people who the police have failed. In killing his wife, they created their worst nightmare. Suddenly the local gangsters start disappearing, the violence escalates and the police search for clues to stop this mayhem. One man must decide how far he is willing to go in this tale of love and revenge.