Code Name: Foxfire

{{short description|American action-adventure television series (1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | creator = {{Plainlist| *[[Richard Chapman (television producer)|Richard Chapman]] *[[Bill Dial]] *[[Joel Schumacher]] }} | genre = [[Action-adventure fiction|Action-adventure]] | starring = {{Plainlist| *[[Joanna Cassidy]] *[[John McCook]] *[[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] *[[Robin Johnson]] *[[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]] }} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = [[Joe Sample]] | composer = Jeff Sturges | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 8 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Richard Chapman<br>Bill Dial<br>Joel Schumacher | producer = | camera = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = [[Universal Television]] | network = [[NBC]] | first_aired = {{Start date|1985|1|27}} | last_aired = {{End date|1985|4|26}} }}

'''''Code Name: Foxfire''''' is an hour-long American action-adventure television series that ran on [[NBC]] from January to April 1985 about a group of three female operatives, secretly working on behalf of the president of the United States.<ref name="Complete Brooks Marsh">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle |title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present]] |date=1995 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345397362 |page=199 |edition=Sixth}}</ref><ref name="McNeil Total">{{cite book |last1=McNeil |first1=Alex |title=Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to the Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780140249163 |page=170 |edition=4th}}</ref>

==Cast== *[[Joanna Cassidy]] as Elizabeth "Foxfire" Towne *[[John McCook]] as Larry Hutchins *[[Sheryl Lee Ralph]] as Maggie Bryan *[[Robin Johnson]] as Danny O'Toole *[[Henry Jones (actor)|Henry Jones]] as Phillips

==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=500050 |overall=5 |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |prodcode= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1<hr />2 | Title = Slay It Again, Sam | DirectedBy = [[Corey Allen]] | WrittenBy = [[Richard Chapman (television producer)|Richard Chapman]], [[Bill Dial]], [[Joel Schumacher]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|1|27}} | ProdCode = 83513 | ShortSummary = Two-hour pilot. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Tell Me That You Love Me | DirectedBy = [[Tom Wright (American actor)|Tom Wright]] | WrittenBy = [[Richard Chapman (television producer)|Richard Chapman]], [[Bill Dial]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|8}} | ProdCode = 59901 | ShortSummary = The presidents of five banks have been taken hostage. Three secret agents, operating under the code name Foxfire, try to find out what happened to the security staff in charge of the presidents. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = La Paloma | DirectedBy = [[Alan Cooke (television director)|Alan Cooke]]<ref name="CTVA Foxfire" /> | WrittenBy = [[David E. Peckinpah]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|15}} | ProdCode = 59902 | ShortSummary = The three ladies have to guard a South-American president who's visiting the US. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = That Old Familiar Face | DirectedBy = [[Tom Wright (American actor)|Tom Wright]] | WrittenBy = Rob Gilmer | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|2|22}} | ProdCode = 59904 | ShortSummary = The wife of a famous scientist has doubts about the identity of her husband. She thinks something happened during his trip to a hospital. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Pick a Hero, Any Hero | DirectedBy = [[Michael Hamilton (television director)|Michael Hamilton]] | WrittenBy = [[Jill Sherman Donner]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|8}} | ProdCode = 59908 | ShortSummary = A waitress overhears a conversation about the delivery of weapons and now her life is in danger. Liz Towne and her team try to track her down before anyone else does. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Robin's Egg Blues | DirectedBy = [[Allen Reisner (television director)|Allen Reisner]] | WrittenBy = [[George Geiger (television writer)|George Geiger]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|15}} | ProdCode = 59903 | ShortSummary = Elizabeth Towne gets romantically involved with a jewel thief in order to get her hands on a stolen diamond. The diamond contains secret info from Russia, which is why a Russian agent is tailing her. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Goodbye, Mr. Microchips | DirectedBy = [[Roy Campanella II]] | WrittenBy = [[Tom Ropelewski]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|3|22}} | ProdCode = 59911 | ShortSummary = A student from the Wendell Academy stumbled upon some secrets from a project by the American air force. | LineColor = 500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Send Me No Orchids | DirectedBy = [[Allen Reisner (television director)|Allen Reisner]] | WrittenBy = [[Steve Stoliar]] | OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1985|4|26}} | ProdCode = 59907 | ShortSummary = The Black Orchid, the most dangerous woman in the world, is out to get Liz. | LineColor = 500050 }} }}

Episodes information is taken from [[IMDB]]<ref name="IMDB Foxfire">{{cite web |title=Code Name: Foxfire - Episode list |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088495/episodes/?ref_=tt_ep_epl |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref> and The Classic TV Archive.<ref name="CTVA Foxfire">{{cite web |title=Codename: Foxfire (1985) |url=http://ctva.biz/US/Adventure/CodenameFoxfire.htm |publisher=The Classic TV Archive |access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|title=Code Name: Foxfire}}

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