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SWANS CROSSING aired 29 June to 25 September 1992 and Ran 13 weeks (65 episodes) in syndication. 50 episodes ran on USA network in 1993-94. The show was created by Ned Kandel and Mardee Kravit and taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York.

Rutledges and Swans

Sandy Swan and Sydney Rutledge were born on 13 March 1978 at approximately 11:45 pm at Swans Crossing General Hospital during the "Great Flood". They therefore have the same Horoscope (birth chart). Rumours that the two were switched at birth are persistent. Sydney's mother, Mayor Margaret Rutledge (Ziska Beveridge) is the daughter of S.O.R and Cyrus Rutledge(buried in the town cemetery). She is the mother of Sydney Orion Rutledge (Sarah Michelle Gellar). There is no reference in the series to Sydney's father, and one wonders what could makeeveryoe refuse to mention him (or his side of the family) at all. As the show begins, Mayor Rutledge is up for re-election. Sydney's great-great-grandfather founded the Swans Crossing Country Club. Ralph (Donald Symington) is the Rutledges' butler.

Sandy Swan (Kristen Mahon) weighed exactly seven pounds at birth. Sandy has a swan-shaped birthmark on her right foot near her big toe. (The swan faces inward toward her left foot.) The Swan Family have lived in Swans Crossing since at least 1624 (four years after the Mayflower), and Sandy has several brothers and sisters. Swans Crossing is named after the first of the Swan family to arrive. Grant Booth did a hostile take-over of Swans Landscaping, precipitating the family's financial difficulties. Sandy Swan and Owen Fowler make up The Band. Sandy does the singing and plays the triangle. Owen plays everything else. Mila Rosnovsky is the band's backup singer.

The Booths

Jeremiah Ness Booth was the first Booth in Swans Crossing. The Booth Association Incorporated was established in 1823. The Booths are the oldest family in town, other than the Swans and the Rutledges. Grant Halsey Booth Jr.(Nick Wyman) and Cornelia Booth are parents to Grant Halsey Booth III, Garrett Booth (Shane McDermott), and Glory Booth (Carisa Dahlbo). Garrett is one year older than Glory. Cornelia Booth works at the Atwater Beauty Shop in Swans Crossing.

In episodes 41 through 43, the Baldies become convinced that vital information is concealed in a book of poems written by J.T. and given to Glory by Neil. They kidnap Glory, put her in a laundry sack, and take her to what appears to be an abandoned sewer on the Old Walker Estate. There they bind her and threaten her with snakes. She is ultimately rescued by Barek, who then puts her on the ground not far from where she was being held, and covers her with a sheet. She is soon found by J.T. and Garrett, who have followed a trail of cotton balls left by one of the Baldies, who had an ear infection. After the rescue, Glory showed no signs of trauma. Neil actually had hidden encrypted data on a project of his in that book, but the Baldies never discovered that data.

The snakes used to torture Glory are named Morticia, Otoon, and Dracula. The Snake Master is China. The Snake Wrangler is Todd Vargas.

Walkers and Claytons

Captain Elia Walker (Gerry Bamman) and his daughter Callie Walker (Stacey Moseley) lived in Shanghai and Toyko from 1984 to 1988. They have traveled widely, and have spent time in Antarctica, Thailand, and India. Earlier in his life, Captain Walker mysteriously disappeared for 15 years. It is believed that his father (Callie's Grandfather) went insane and built strange sculptures. The elder Mr. Walker was presumed dead when the family estate burnt to the ground.

The Walkers travel and live in their submarine, The Leda. Callie is a mechanic, and works with Jimmy Clayton at the Tool'n'Die, which was originally run by Fats Weltman (David Wasson) who was later replaced as manager by Barek Browler (William Shanks).

The Clayton Family: includes Mr. Clayton, three unnamed sons, Johhny Clayton, and Jimmy Clayton (Devin Doherty). Mr. Clayton grew up in Swans Crossing and owns the town restaurant. Jimmy works as a mechanic in town, at the Tool'N'Die. Johnny Clayton, one of Jimmy's older brothers, is a photo journalist and in 1992 was in Brazil taking pictured of a Brazilian fruit with medicinal properties.

The Adams

The Adams Family: Mr. Adams, his wife, and children J.T. (Tom Carroll) and Katie (Ashley Chapman) have a female dog. The family has been in Swans Crossing for at least 2 generations. J.T. has an IBM computer. Katie Adams is J.T.'s younger sister. The Atwater Family includes Bryce Atwater, his wife, and Neil Atwater (Eddie Robinson). Their fortune comes from Atwater Global Cosmetics.They have a yacht that is visible from the Leda (the Walker's submarine). J.T. writes poems, all of which are in the Episode Guide.

J.T.'s best buddy is Neil Atwater, whoae nicknamed "buckyball" is a reference to the geodesic domes designed by Buckminster Fuller. Fullerenes, a variation of carbon molecules, were named for their resemblance to geodesic domes. A fullerene is any molecule composed entirely of carbon, the atoms of which form a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, or tube. The spherical fullerenes are also referred to as buckyballs.

DeCastros and Rosnovskys

Sophia DeCastro (Mira Sorvino) is 17 years old and a high school junior. Her younger brother Robert DeCastro (Alex Tanaka) aka Bobby, aka Saja the Warrior, aka Saja the Sojouner, has also from time to time been known as Captain Twilight, Super Sleuth Sullivan, and Sullen the Conjuror. Sophia and Sydney just call him Bobby.

Countess Valera Rosnovsky (Delphi Harrington) and her daughter, Contessa Mila Rosnovsky (Brittany Daniel) have a pet cockatoo, Tutu (Tim Naughton does the voice of the bird). Mila's room has 6 TVs on one wall, all of which are hooked up to cameras around the room as well as cable TV and VCR's. Mila's agent is Jack Goldbrick (Jason Culp). The TV show in which Mila Rosnovsky starred before coming to Swans Crossing was called "3 O'clock Dreams".