how many episodes?


Does anyone know how many episodes were in this series? And was the total run time 304 minutes?

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I have two parts recorded from CBS in 1986. How many parts total did CBS air? I may be missing a part or two.

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there were 3 parts in total of the Mini-series.
I would have loved to see it become a full series.

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Yes there were three episodes in total. I think they covered the whole book.

(On the DVD release..)
The first episode ran for 2 hours 12 minutes and 12 seconds.
The second ran for 1 hour 28 minutes and 53 seconds.
The third ran for 1 hour 30 minutes and 9 seconds.


I would like to credit Maurice Binder for his beginning sequence. When I saw it for the first time I remember saying it looked like is was done by the person who did many of the James Bond beginning sequences. A great sequence anyway.





*** Spoiler below ***

In the final scene after Tracey has retired she catches a flight and happens to be seated next to Maximillian Pierpont. He was the big fish who pulled his sailing reservation (so Tracey played two chess champions instead). I mention this because I think Sheldon was trying to get the point across that there will always be something to tempt her to come out of retirement.

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