Dale Jacobs

Dale Jacobs is the editor of the Odyssey Times, the town newspaper, and a friend of John Avery Whittaker. He lives in Odyssey with his wife Ann and their two daughters, Robyn and Melanie. As a father he is firm but fair. He holds his girls to their promises, insists on honesty when a lie starts to grow, and admits his own faults - including a habit of running late himself. His clashes with Robyn, such as their fight over a rock band's tape, usually end in apology and a hug. At the paper he prints stories that matter, from a reluctant war hero's confession to a long-buried apology from an old classmate. He is steady in a crisis, once even helping Jason Whittaker evade capture in London.

1987 2026

Appearances

48 episodes No.

0059 A Worker Approved 28 Jan 1989 0081 Good Business 5 Aug 1989 0085 You go to School Where? 16 Sep 1989 0090 But, You Promised 21 Oct 1989 0107 Bad Luck 10 Mar 1990 0112 Curious, Isn't It? 28 Apr 1990 0119 Better Late than Never 14 Jul 1990 0124 The Winning Edge 18 Aug 1990 0139 Melanie's Diary 5 Jan 1991 0143 Muckraker 2 Feb 1991 0145 The Second Coming 2 Mar 1991 0148 Isaac the Procrastinator 6 Apr 1991 0153 Mayor For a Day 11 May 1991 0163 A Model Child 17 Aug 1991 0167 Dobson Comes to Town 14 Sep 1991 0170 A Test for Robyn 2 Nov 1991 0179 You Gotta Be Wise 4 Jan 1992 0180 Isaac the Pure 11 Jan 1992 0189 No, Honestly! 4 Apr 1992 0196 Harlow Doyle, Private Eye 27 Jun 1992 0199 The 'No' Factor 18 Jul 1992 0203 Double Trouble 29 Aug 1992 0206 Pen Pal 3 Oct 1992 0215 Caroling, Caroling 19 Dec 1992 0220 This is Chad Pearson? 20 Feb 1993 0222 The Jesus Cloth 6 Mar 1993 0234 Our Daily Bread 12 Jun 1993 0240 And the Glory 24 Jul 1993 0244 The Mysterious Stranger, Part 1 of 2 18 Sep 1993 0245 The Mysterious Stranger, Part 2 of 2 25 Sep 1993 0248 Terror from the Skies 30 Oct 1993 0270 The War Hero 28 May 1994 0282 The Fundamentals 17 Sep 1994 0286 Tom for Mayor, Part 1 of 2 29 Oct 1994 0324 Small Fires, Little Pools 22 Jul 1995 0328 Hard Losses 19 Aug 1995 0334 The Final Conflict 7 Oct 1995 0381 The One About Trust, Part 2 of 2 8 Nov 1997 0390 No Bones About It 24 Jan 1998 0417 Not-So-Trivial Pursuits 28 Nov 1998 0703 The Labyrinth, Part 1 of 3 3 Mar 2012 0704 The Labyrinth, Part 2 of 3 10 Mar 2012 0705 The Labyrinth, Part 3 of 3 17 Mar 2012 0722 The Lost Riddle 24 Nov 2012 0755 The Ties That Bind, Part 5 of 14 4 Oct 2014 0757 The Ties That Bind, Part 7 of 14 18 Oct 2014 0960 The Jacobs Report: Robert Smalls 1 Mar 2023 N/A 30th Birthday Live Show Unaired