| Cover Up | |
|---|---|
 Jon-Erik Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill |
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| Format | Action, Adventure |
| Starring | Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton |
| Opening theme | EG Daly cover of I Need A Hero |
| Ending theme | EG Daly, I Need A Hero |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Chris Larson |
| Running time | 45 min. per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| First shown in | September 22, 1984 |
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| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Cover Up was a CBS television series created by Glen A. Larson that ran from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. The series lasted one season and starred Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.
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Plot overview
Fashion photographer Dani Reynolds' life suddenly changes after the death of her husband. Dani later learns that her husband was actually an undercover CIA agent. When she finds out that he was murdered, she recruits Mac Harper, a former Green Beret, to help her find her husband's killers. After doing that, Henry Towner, her husband's boss, offers her the late husband's job. So Dani would continue being a photographer and Mac would be one of her models. 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. When Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Mac, died (see below), Jack Striker joined the show in the "Writer Block" episode as a real agent who is added to Dani's team as the new model.
Cast
- Dani Reynolds - Jennifer O'Neill
- Mac Harper - Jon-Erik Hexum (1984)
- Jack Striker - Antony Hamilton
- Henry Towler - Richard Anderson
Tragedy on the set
Tragedy struck during a break between scenes on the Cover Up set on October 12, 1984, when Jon-Erik Hexum jokingly placed a blank-loaded .44 Magnum prop gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the wadding from the blank cartridge shattered his skull. Hexum was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared brain dead. On October 18, he was taken off life support and his organs were harvested for transplant. He was replaced by Antony Hamilton, who himself died prematurely of an AIDS related illness in 1995, aged 42.
Episode guide
- Pilot - Part 1 (September 22, 1984)
- Pilot - Part 2 (September 22, 1984)
- Death in Vogue (September 29, 1984)
- The Million Dollar Face (October 6, 1984)
- Harper-Gate (October 10, 1984)
- Sudden Exposure (October 17, 1984)
- Nothing to Lose (October 24, 1984)
- Golden Opportunity (November 3, 1984) - Hexum's last episode[1]
- Writer Block (November 24, 1984) - First episode featuring Hamilton[2]
- Murder in Malibu (December 1, 1984)
- Midnight Highwat (December 8, 1984)
- A Subtle Seducation (December 29, 1984)
- Black Widow (January 5, 1985)
- Murder Offshore (January 12, 1985)
- The Assassin (January 26, 1985)
- Rules to Die By (February 2, 1985)
- Healthy, Wealthy, and Dead (February 23, 1985)
- The Ugliest America (March 2, 1985)
- Who's Trying to Kill Miss Globe? (March 9, 1985)
- Adam's Rib (March 23, 1985)
- Jack of Spades (March 30, 1985)
- Passions (April 6, 1985)
