Patricia Williams/Dr. Samantha Sollars

Spouse: Frank Williams (Jerry Sollars) Children: Julie Williams (Janelle Sollars) Profession: Doctor Bank Customer Service

Samantha was raised in Chicago. She met and married Jerry Sollars, and they had a daughter, Janelle. Samantha became a doctor. While working in a Chicago hospital, she discovered that another doctor was running an illegal drug ring for the mob. Samantha turned him in, and she and her family were put in the witness protection plan. She was renamed Patricia Williams, and her family moved to Knots Landing, where Pat became a customer service employee in a bank.

Pat had to go to Washington DC to testify against her colleague. While there, she was stabbed in the arm. Next-door-neighbors the McKenzie's figured out the Williams situation, but agreed to keep it a secret. One day an orderly from Pat's previous hospital saw her at the mall. He tried to blackmail the Williams, and for safety, she and Julie went to stay at Gary's ranch. While there, she developed a crush on Gary.

Mac and Frank were able to take care of the blackmailer, and then Mac arranged for it to look as though she and her family were in a car accident, so they would no longer have to hide. Pat really missed practicing medicine, and decided to apply for her California license. This really upset Frank, who felt that it would give away that they hadn't really died, and put them in danger. He and Pat argued about it, and he said if she went ahead with it, he would leave her. Pat persisted, so he left. Pat and Frank missed one another terribly, and after a few days, they decided to make up.

Since they were first married, Pat and Frank had made a pact, that whenever they made up after an especially big arguement, they would do it while eating spumoni. Pat went out to get some before Frank came home. Danny Waleska, who was drunk, pulled into the cul-de-sac a few moments after Pat did, and as she got out of her car, he hit her with his car. Pat was rushed to the hospital. At first it looked like she might be okay, but then she had a brain hemorage and went into a coma. The doctors told Frank that she was brain dead, and he had to make the devastating decision to take her off life support. Frank sang to his beloved wife as she died.

Frank Williams/Jerry Sollars

Spouse: Patricia Williams (Dr. Samantha Sollars) Significant Relationships: Charlotte Debbie Porter Children: Julie Williams (Janelle Sollars) Profession: Policeman Salesman Investigator Attorney

Jerry Sollars grew up in Chicago. He married his wife Samantha, who became a physician. Jerry became a policeman. They had one daughter, Janelle. When Samantha turned in a colleague involved in illegal activities, the family entered the Witness Protection Program. They were moved to Knots Landing, and he was renamed Frank Williams.

Frank was very paranoid that the family would be found out and put in danger. At times he resented his wife for getting the family into this situation. Frank really missed being a cop. Although he tried several jobs, such as being a salesman, he wasn't able to hold a position for very long. Frank had become good friends with Mac, who had figured their situation out, and finally found his niche when Mac hired him as an investigator at his law practice.

At one point, the family was blackmailed. Mac and Frank discovered it was an orderly/actor from Pat's old hospital, and caught him. After that, Mac arranged to have it look as though the family had died in a car accident, so they would have more freedom. Nevertheless, when Pat wanted to return to medicine, Frank felt it would expose the family to danger again. He and Pat disagreed so strongly, that he left her and moved into Mac's office for a few days. Missing her, they decided to make up and get back together. Since they always made up over Spumoni, Frank stopped for some on his way home. He pulled into the cul-de-sac just in time to see a drunk Danny Waleska hit Pat with his car.

At the hospital, Pat and Frank made up and declared their love for one another. Pat then had a brain hemmorage, and the doctor told Frank that Pat was brain dead with no chance of recovery. He found Julie at Danny's with a rifle, ready to kill him. Frank told her that if she did, she would be no better than Danny, and she reconsidered. Frank sang to Pat as her life support system was removed and she died.

After Pat's death, Frank and Julie had some problems. She was skipping school and hanging out with kids he didn't like. Frank warned her he would go to school and sit in class with her if she skipped again. She did, and so he kept his promise. Frank met Julie's English teacher, Charlotte, and they began to date. Frank also went to law school. When he graduated, he took a job with a fancy law firm, but soon returned to work with Mac. When he and Charlotte broke up, he went on several dates, most of them disastrous. For awhile he dated Debbie Porter, whom he had met through Karen, but they didn't have much in common. Frank eventually sent Julie back to Chicago to live with relatives, and then moved back there himself. Today he is still an attorney in Chicago.

Julie Williams/Janelle Sollars

Parents: Patricia and Frank Williams (Samantha and Jerry Sollars) Significant Relationships: Jason Lochner Profession: Student

Janelle Sollars was born and raised in Chicago. Her mother was a witness in a Federal Crime Case, and so the family moved to Knots Landing California, and she was renamed Julie Williams. Being in the WPP was not easy for young Julie. She couldn't be in class photos, and had to throw a spelling bee that she could have easily won. Otherwise Julie seemed to adjust to her new life. She made friends and babysat for neighbor Val's twins.

Julie was upset when Frank left Pat when Pat wanted to be a Doctor again. Julie decided to help them get back together, and missing each other, they too wanted to make up. Pat told Julie that whenever she and Frank made up after a big arguement, they had made a pact to do it over spumoni. Pat left to get some at the store, and as she got home, Danny Waleska, who was very drunk, hit Pat with her car. Pat had internal injuries, and went into a coma. Julie was sure she would get better, but then heard Danny say that they would take Pat off life support. Enraged, Julie wanted to hire an attorney to stop it, but Frank explained that Pat was brain dead. Julie broke into Danny's house and found his rifle. When Danny got home, she held it up to him, and said that he was going to die before Pat did. Julie shot, but missed. Frank heard and came running over. He told Julie that Danny deserved to die, but if she shot him, she would be no better than he was, and her mother raised her to be better than that. Julie gave the gun to Frank.

Julie was devastated at Pat's death. She took refuge with her friends, including Jason Lochner, who Frank hated. One day Julie stayed home from school, and went swimming in the pool of the vacant house next door. Suddenly Danny Waleska came up to her. He was drunk, and started yelling that he was going to turn her in for trying to shoot him. He chased her around the pool. She ran home, with Danny following. She managed to get in the back door, and slammed it, but Danny's hands were in the frame and he broke his fingers. Drunk and in pain, he stumbled around and fell into the pool where he drown. Upset, Julie started skipping school.

Tired of her disobeying and not going to school, Frank dragged her there and sat through all of her classes with her. Julie was mortified. She also noticed that there seemed to be an attraction between her dad and her English teacher, and decided to set them up. As things settled down, her relationship with Frank improved. Julie began to date a classmate, Horace, but they broke up. She was becoming close with Jason Lochner, who was now living next door at the McKenzie's. Julie and Jason began to date. Jason later won an essay contest and his prize was to study abroad in Sweden. At the same time, Frank decided to send Julie to stay with relatives in Chicago, and soon moved there himself. Julie still lives in Chicago.

Linda Fairgate

Parents: Doris ??? Spouse: Eric Fairgate Significant Relationships: Michael Fairgate Greg Sumner Brian Johnston Profession: Jr. Account Exec at Sumner Group

In college, Linda met and married Eric Fairgate. At first the marriage was happy, and she was thrilled to have found a nice guy who shared her concerns with the environment and social causes. Eric took her to meet his family, and she didn't really take to his mother Karen. After awhile, the marriage started to sour. Linda and Eric thought some time apart would do them good. Eric took a job in Saudi Arabia. Since Linda did not get along with her mother, Eric took her to live with the McKenzie's until his return.

At the McKenzies, Linda and Eric's brother Michael hit it off and became friends. Michael told Linda about a girl at work who had turned him down when he asked her to the company party. Linda suggested she pose as Michael's date to make the girl jealous. Michael agreed, and Linda pretended to be "Theresa". While out that night, both Michael and Linda realized that they were very attracted to one another. Michael tried to fight it, but he and Linda began an affair. When Eric came back to visit, Linda told him she wanted a divorce, that she was in love with Michael. After Eric left, Michael told her that they couldn't see each other anymore. Linda got her own apartment with money from Michael, and took a job at the Sumner Group where Michael worked. He tried to avoid her, so Linda manipulated her way into sharing an office with him. Then Linda told him that Eric would beat her. Feeling sorry for her, Michael began to speak to her again, and soon they were back together.

As Michael fell more and more in love with her, Linda was discovering her ambitious side. Linda became even more manipulative, usurping everyone she could, taking credit for things she didn't do, jumping the gun on projects to make others look bad, and using sex to get confidential information from people. Linda rose through the ranks. She and Michael bought a condo together and became engaged. Soon after, she knew that Michael would never be ambitious enough for her, but strung him along while she had affairs with others.

Linda began to sleep with Greg Sumner, and she and Paige became mortal enemies. They traded insults regularly, and Linda tried to ingratiate herself to Mrs. Richfield, Paige's (and the Sumner Group's) biggest account, and soon was on the account herself. Linda then dumped Michael, and screwed him out of a lot of money on their condo. Although he still loved her for awhile, his eyes were finally opened, and he saw her for what she truly was. Michael quit and left Knots Landing to travel. Greg asked Linda to move to his ranch with him, and she agreed.

Linda was introduced to Brian Johnston, the architect hired to design Sumner Plaza. Linda already knew Brian -- he was an old fling from college. When Brian struck out with Paige, he and Linda resumed their old affair, even as she packed to move in with Greg. She and Brian made a videotape of themselves having sex. Suddenly, Brian came up missing, and her video was missing too. Then Brian called Linda. His wife had been having him followed, and he had killed the detective. He had the video of him and Linda, and told Linda he would give it to her in exchange for getting some gold pieces out of his gym locker. He also promised her one of the gold pieces. His plan was to say he had suffered from amnesia, and then go back and resume his life.

Linda went to the gym posing as Brian's wife, and got his gym bag. Brian gave her the tape, but decided to follow her. Linda wanted more money. Knowing Brian's wife was rich, she went to her and told her she would tell her where Brian was for $50,000. Mrs. Johnston paid her, and Linda told her about everything that had happened. Linda returned home later that day, to find Brian in her apartment. Brian screamed that she had ruined everything, and took out a knife. Linda tried to do some fast talking, but it didn't work. Brian slashed her throat and Linda died.

Paula Vertosic

Significant Relationships: Greg Sumner Profession: Forest Ranger University Lecturer

Paula Vertosic was a pretty forest ranger who worked for a California state park in the mountains. As part of her job, she did wildlife slide shows at a local mountain resort and lead nature hikes. One day Mac McKenzie came to her lecture. He was the only one who showed up, so she gave him a personal lecture and hike. Afterwards they went for drinks and talked about their personal lives. Over the few days Mac was on vacation there, they became very close and were attracted to one another. Paula invited Mac to come to her cabin, but he couldn't cheat on his wife.

A few months later, Paula became friendly with a group of young people on vacation. One guy, Michael Fairgate, was depressed over his bad luck with women, and Paula gave him some advice. While talking, she told him that she had just taken a job as a lecturer at the University he attended, and Michael told her to look him up when he got to Knots Landing. She did, and she and Michael became friends. When Michael's mother Karen needed to know some environmental data for the board she sat on, Michael put them in touch with each other. Karen and Paula became fast friends. They shared a love of protecting the environment and soon worked together on many projects. Karen had Paula over for dinner, wanting her to meet the now-single Gary Ewing, and Paula was shocked to find that Mac was Karen's husband.

Paula and Mac continued to be very attracted to one another. Mac had several fantasies about her. Paula admitted to Michael that she was in love with a married man, but didn't tell him it was Mac. Karen invited Paula to stay with them for a few days when work was being done on her apartment. Paula and Mac were uncomfortable being in such close proximity to one another, since their mutual attraction was so strong.

Paula continued to help Karen with her environmental boards. The meetings were held in a conference room at the Sumner Group. One day Paula met Greg, and they began trading barbs. Underneath, there was an attraction. Greg and Paula began to date. She felt that underneath Greg's blustery and over-confidant demeaner there was the heart of a sensitive little boy, and Paula was determined to get to that part of Greg. Paula soon became a bit frusterated with Greg. She felt that Greg called her whenever he wanted a diversion, and she wanted a more serious relationship. She also felt that Greg took her for granted, and she wanted him to prove to her that he cared about her. Karen asked her why on earth she was dating Greg, and Paula admitted she loved him.

When Greg was shot and poisoned by Mary Francis's boyfriend, Paula kept vigil at the hospital. She never left Greg's side. When Greg was recovering from his liver transplant, and still unresponsive, Paula stayed with him, talking to him, begging him to come out of it and respond. Then Anne, who had returned to Knots Landing, walked into his room. Greg said "Anne!" and Paula was crushed.

When Greg returned home, Paula was determined that he would follow his doctors health guidelines, and change his life. Paula took care of him, and wouldn't allow him to drink or eat foods that were bad for him. Then Anne would show up with Champagne, and drink with him. Paula would be mad, and remind him he was not supposed to drink. Greg would refer to her as "mom" and say he didn't need her taking care of him. When Anne was around, Greg pretty much ignored Paula. Paula decided to fight fire with fire, and showed up at Greg's wearing a sexy dress and bought him a bottle of vodka. Greg was amused at this new side of Paula. Paula finally had it with Greg. She was offered a job in another state, and decided to accept it. Paula ran into Greg while leaving her last environmental meeting. He asked her why she hadn't told him she was going to leave. Paula was very angry, and started yelling at Greg in front of all the employees about how selfish he was, and how he didn't take things seriously. She yelled that she was the best thing that ever happened to him, and if he couldn't appreciate her, then it was his loss. Paula moved away, and is still a forest ranger today.