Skeletons in the Closet 53rd of 55 episodes in Sunbow season 1. Written by Flint Dille. First aired December 11, 1985. Previous episode: The Great Alaskan Land Rush Next episode: There's No Place Like Springfield, Part 1

Destro and the Baroness are gathering funds to retire from Cobra together. The Joes raid Destro's auction of old Cobra equipment, but Destro escapes with the help of a mysterious admirer. Destro denies being close to the Baroness and tells the woman his family's story, indicating that an annual gathering was approaching. At Joe Headquarters, Lady Jaye receives word that she has inherited a mansion in Scotland.

Lady Jaye visits the mansion and is told by the housekeeper that it is haunted. That night, she follows a ghost down to a cellar and sees figures in animal masks in the midst of a cultic ritual. She is captured and about to be fed to an octopus-like creature when Destro stops the ritual and reveals the mansion to be his ancestral home. She is rescued by Flint, who calls in a Joe strike team. Cobra troops defend the castle as Flint and Lady Jaye flee the cult members. Once inside the mansion, Barbecue finds a projection room and creates images of ghosts that scare off the Cobras. The house burns, and the Baroness reveals she arranged the situation out of jealousy, and that Lady Jaye and Destro are actually related.

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Misc. Notes

• On the DVDs from Shout! Factory, this episode is included in the Season 1.3 set (Disc 11, Episode 6)
• Lady Jaye's file name is mentioned in this episode.
• The episode does not make explicit whether the housekeeper is the Baroness in disguise, but both are voiced by Morgan Lofting, and it fits the pattern the viewer has come to expect.
• Likewise, some viewers have speculated that Solicitor Nichols is Firefly, since he seems to be voiced by Gregg Berger.