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# 032 <2.14> Above Suspicion
 Mistake: In the exterior shot on his way to Falcon Crest, Phillip wears a very dark sports coat. In the subesequent interior scene, however, he wears a lighter suit.This comes from the fact that the exterior scene is footage that was shot while filming # 020, but has remained unused in that episode; it is the segment when Phillip, in his Jaguar, drives towards the Falcon Crest Main Gate for the first time, which was cut shortly before the Main Gate became visible in the frame — compare # 020 for details. The clip in the current episode was first used for # 021 and is now reused. Since filming of the current episode did not take place in the Napa Valley, it was impossible to shoot a new exterior scene. Selecting appropriate wardrobe for Phillip could have been improved though. Season time frame: On the one hand, two months after the charges against Cole were dropped (# 026). On the other hand, Lori is said to have returned also two months ago. # 023 through 026 apparently depict only a few days, in particular giving respect to # 026 where it was mentioned that Joseph had been born less than a week ago. The current episode obviously depicts the events after Nov 3, 1982 (compare # 028 and 031). Two Tuscany merchants are mentioned, who will never make an appearance on the show: Davis and Stewart.
 Among the guests at that restaurant is Dr. Fong (played by uncredited extra GEORGE SASAKI).Compare # 222 for biographical details about this minor rôle and a list of appearances throughout the series. See below for another appearance of GEORGE SASAKI in this episode, albeit in a different part. For details about the extra, compare # 026.   This episode marks the first appearance of uncredited extra ROBERT HITCHCOCK. He is an American background actor with premature white hair and worked in many TV series and movies, between the 1960's and 1980's.With the exception of the rôle in # 176, he plays Mr. Winslow, an assistant district attorney, who also owns Winslow Wineries in the Tuscany Valley; his wife is played by uncredited extra ROBERTA STORM (compare # 035 and 219 in particular). In the current episode, he is a patron at the restaurant where Richard and Melissa are having dinner. Compare # 193 for biographical details about this minor rôle and for a list of appearances throughout the series.  Uncredited stand-in MARTHA MANOR appears as an extra again — this time (in a blond straight wig) as a restaurant patron in San Francisco, sitting next to ROBERT HITCHCOCK. For MARTHA MANOR's second appearance in this episode, see below.Compare # 213 for a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about MARTHA MANOR, compare # 001.
Last on-location filming at the Agretti Residence. In later episodes, exterior shots of this first location will be stock footage only. Product placement: Maggie mentions Dick Tracy, a police detective from comic strips first published in the 1930's.  The bedroom of Lori's apartment in this episode is portrayed by a room at the 10560 Wilshire, a condominium complex in Westwood — different from the location in # 023 through 027 (compare # 023 for the first location in San Francisco) and also different from the Greater L.A. location in # 031 and 035. The 10560 Wilshire complex is also utilized as Phillip's place (compare # 031) and Richard's apartment (see below). The location change was made for logistic reasons, and LORIMAR brought in the bed and bedding from the usual North Hollywood location (see # 031); they also filmed very closely. Knowledgeable viewers will notice the difference in the filming location since this one has a wallpaper whereas the usual North Hollywood location has white plaster walls.
  Perkins, the restaurant at the marina in San Francisco where Lance and Lori run into Phillip and Amanda, is portrayed by the real restaurant by the same name in Pasadena, CA. Its logo is legible on the door. The street number, 510, is also the real-life street number. The lower row of pictures shows the restaurant, now renamed Parkway Grill, having undergone a renovation in the 1990's.Compare # 016 for a previous use of this location. Deleted scene: Act 2 contained a scene in which Vickie comes to Nick's store late at night — Sheila is visiting her sister in San Francisco — to invite him to go running with her again. But he rejects her. This scene was removed in post-production.
  Gioberti House exterior set — inconsistency: The Mercedes-Benz 300 TD is parked on the driveway in front of the veranda. The replica of the driveway on the sound stage lacks to resemble the grade of the real driveway in front of the house.
 After her earlier appearance in this episode (see above), uncredited stand-in MARTHA MANOR takes part as an extra again — now in a dark curly wig as Joseph's nurse in the nursery at the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion again.Compare # 213 for a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about MARTHA MANOR, compare # 001.
 Cameraman's mistake: In the scene with Angela and Phillip in the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion study, the camera is pulled too far back from the set. For that reason, it becomes apparent that the wall behind the small side table is missing (yellow arrow). It is the wall where later, in season 5, the double pocket doors to the sun room will be installed. The set has movable walls to accommodate any production requirements.
The outdoor scenes of the Chinatown street in San Francisco where Charles Fong lives (street number 451), however, are filmed in the China Alley of Hennesy Street (formerly known as Tenement Street) on THE BURBANK STUDIOS (WARNER BROS. STUDIOS) backlot. Fictional entity: City Wine Distributors, a San Francisco wine distribution company, and its CEO, Frank Jacobson (an unseen character), are mentioned.
The filming location for that restaurant is also the former Don the Beachcomber restaurant in Marina Del Rey, CA (see above).  After uncredited extra GEORGE SASAKI appeared in his usual rôle of Dr. Fong earlier in this episode (see above), he is briefly seen now as a waiter at The Flowering Rose, waiting on Richard and Melissa. It is the only time in the series that he plays a different character from his usual one.Compare # 222 for biographical details about the usual minor part of Dr. Fong and a list of appearances throughout the series. For details about the extra, compare # 026.   This episode marks the first appearance of uncredited extra JACK DOUGLASS. He is an American background actor, who appeared in many TV productions between 1980 and 1988.In this episode, he plays a patron at The Flowering Rose. He will appear in a number of episodes — in some of them as a deputy, but he usually portrays different characters. He also changes his looks by using glasses at times, changing his hairstyle and growing a mustache or shaving it off from time to time, so it is not always easy to recognize him at first sight. Compare # 130 for a list of appearances throughout the series.
 Editing mistake: When the phone rings during Richard and Melissa's tête-à-tête, Richard switches on the answering machine by pushing the third button (from the left). In the close-up right before, however, the second button has already been pressed; in the later close-up, it is off again. Obviously put together negligently from various takes.
License plate number of Sheriff Dan Robbins' patrol car, a 1982 Dodge Diplomat: 58632.
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