Aired: 2/21/1988
In Part 1, trading-firm executive Ian Dunross (Pierce Brosnan) seeks financial backing from American Linc Bartlett (Ben Masters), a corporate raider who sets his sights on Dunross's Noble House. Casey Tcholok: Deborah Raffin. Quillan Gornt: John Rhys-Davies. Orlanda Ramos: Julia Nickson.
Aired: 2/22/1988
n Part 2, a kidnapping plot takes an insidious twist; a Communist mole is unearthed; Gornt and Bartlett (John Rhys-Davies, Ben Masters) conspire to make Struan stock plummet.
Aired: 2/23/1988
In Part 3, romance blooms between Linc and Orlanda (Ben Masters, Julia Nickson); and between the tai-pan and Casey (Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin), who frolic in Macao
Aired: 2/24/1988
Conclusion. Haunted by a tragedy at the race track, the tai-pan (Pierce Brosnan) travels to mainland China to seek financial aid and returns to face a climactic cataclysm.
