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Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982-1983 season. The series revolved around Tyger Hayes' efforts to succeed in the business world. In the first episode, her new husband Chase Marshall is killed in a racing car accident. Chase's father Hadden opposes Tyger's efforts to join the family business, Kellico, but she is encouraged by Hadden's sister Margaret to try her hand with a new line of perfumes. Ava, the widow of Hadden's other son, is concerned that any success Tyger might have will undermine her son Marcus' position in the company. Both Ava and Marcus' wife Muffin plotted to undermine Tyger's success. To this end, Ava eventually seduces and marries Hadden. Tyger's mother, Lady Bobbi Rowan, falls in love with a Greek millionaire, Niko Theopolous, who wants to exact revenge on the Marshalls.
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Season01
- S01E01Episode 1February 15, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: A limited-run series based on the 1982 TV-movie about the perfume business- the glamour, the romance, the high stakes
- S01E02Episode 2February 15, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: A limited-run series based on the 1982 TV-movie about the perfume business- the glamour, the romance, the high stakes
- S01E03Episode 3February 22, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyger is receiving phone calls claiming Chase was murdered; Marcus has a plan to ruin the perfume company; Hadden ref
- S01E04Episode 4March 1, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: Niko moves to wipe out Sean financially- and to possess Lady Bobbi; Ava tries to use the power of the press to discre
- S01E05Episode 5March 25, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: Sean goes to work with Tyger; Tim is traded to a California football team; Alan plots against Niko, who's preparing f
- S01E06Episode 6April 1, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: One of the passengers aboard Niko's yacht is murdered; Sean and Tyger arrive in France to track down the man who clai
- S01E07Episode 7April 8, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: He doesn't put it quite that way, but Niko asks Bobbi to be his wedded pawn in his vendetta with the Marshall family.
- S01E08Episode 8April 15, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: Ava feels threatened by Muffin's knowledge of her secret, and Sean feels threatened by Tyger's admiration for a comme
- S01E09Episode 9April 29, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: Bobbi awaits news of Niko's condition following the hit-and-run accident; Ava holds Tyger responsible for her acciden
- S01E10Episode 10June 13, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: In the series conclusion, Ava usurps enough power in the family business to place Marcus in a key position; Larry get
- S01E11Episode 11June 13, 1983—Courtesy of TV Guide: In the series conclusion, Ava usurps enough power in the family business to place Marcus in a key position; Larry get
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