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191. Missing Persons
gs: James Greene (Julian Carr) Steven Louis Gonzalez (Overseer)
Barbara Tarbuck (Mrs. Schumacher) Dean Abston (Engineer)
After 5 weeks, no one can find Peter. Val
grieves over Ben, and makes up with Laura. Abby's really worried
about Olivia, who has been having nightmares, and has reverted to
infantile behavior. Mack becomes friendly with a man from his messenger
service, Al Baker. Paige goes to Greg, concerned about her paternity.
He plants a passionate kiss on her to prove he's not her father.
Then Mack and Paige discover that they are both allergic to cantaloupe,
so he must be her father! The crack at the Lotus Point playground
gets worse. Workmen say it's structural, and needs to come out.
Abby just wants it patched, but Gary and Karen out vote her. The
workmen remove the cement and find Peter's body.
b: 24-Sep-1987 pc: 176301 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Joseph Scanlan
NOTE: As the 1987-1988 season begins, Knots
Landing broke tradition with the opening sequences. This was the
first appearance of the famous painting sequence by Sandy Dvore,
and a slow and sexy variation of the theme song. This episode picks
up right where the last one left off when Karen decided to have
the concrete in the playground done over because of structural cracks,
the exact same place where Abby buried Peter! Also, Al Baker makes
his first appearance in this episode.
Joan Van Ark's hairstyle is different this season as she has the
popular 80's Mullet. As Is Michele Lee's hair is short due to the
last seasons episode where her kidnapper made her cut it.
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192. The Trouble with Peter
gs: James Luisi (Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia) Russell Johnson (Tim
Murphy) John Achorn (Coroner's assistant) Ted Horino (Gardener)
Ennalls Berl (Servant) Zane Stombeck (Bobby Gibson) Shannon Robinson
(Betsy Gibson)
Laura tells Greg that Richard has remarried
and she's going to bring the boys to visit him. Jill tells Gary
about memories of Peter growing up. Police find Olivia's locket
on Peter's body, but don't know who "OC" is. Police question
everyone at Lotus Point, and several people tell them about Abby's
fight with Peter. Abby explains it was just a spat, that she felt
Peter was taking up too much of Olivia's time on the drug committee.
A lot of people personally suspect Abby. Olivia doesn't want to
go to the funeral, but Abby tells her it would look suspicious.
Gary hears Olivia begging Abby not to make her go inside. Gary tells
Abby that he thinks Olivia killed Peter and Abby is covering for
her. Abby slaps him.
b: 01-Oct-1987 pc: 176302 w: Parke Perine
d: Nick Havinga
NOTE: Olivia turns out to be a victim of
circumstantial evidence when traces of her are found on Peter, having
everyone believe that she did it, and Abby's covering for her. Also,
Zane Stombeck and Shannon Robinson both make one-shot guest appearances
as the twins Bobby and Betsy Gibson, respectively.
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193. Under Pressure
gs: James Luisi (Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia) Ron French (Tourist)
Thomas Knickbocker (Morris Schmidt)
Al Baker starts to hang around Mac's office,
and Peggy suspects he's homeless. Mac agrees to let Al sleep in
his office. Peggy comes by with dinner, and finds the office filled
with homeless people. Paige has nightmares, and Mac thinks it's
odd that Paige left Peter several friendly messages when he knew
she was mad at him. Olivia's scared to talk to Mac and Detective
Garcia, and runs to Val's instead of meeting with them. Gary wants
to get an attorney, but Abby says that will just make her look guilty.
Detective finally questions Olivia, and takes out the locket. Olivia
says she had given it back to Peter. Detective. Garcia pats her
on the shoulder, but is really taking fibers from her school uniform.
The fibers match fibers found on Peter's body, and police go back
and accuse Olivia of the murder. Abby says she killed Peter.
b: 08-Oct-1987 pc: 176303 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Nicholas Sgarro
NOTE: While everyone is grilling Olivia for
the murder of Peter, Paige starts having mightmares about Peter
too (Maybe she had something to do with the death too!).
Constance McCashin (Laura) does not appear in this episode.
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194. Half-Truths
gs: James Luisi (Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia) Jan Pessano (Mrs. Bailey)
Will MacMillan (Lieutenant Cox) J. Patrick McNamara (Mr. Sobel)
Bee-Be Smith (Employee) Kurt Woodruff (Bartender)
Laura returns home and tells Greg she left
the boys with Richard. Jill's angry that Gary doesn't think Abby
killed Peter, and she tells him to stay out of the investigation.Out
on bail, Olivia tells Gary that Abby killed Peter because of her.
Gary laughs with relief, because he knows that Olivia didn't kill
him. Gary calls and tells Abby, who then sits down with Olivia to
talk. They explain how they each thought the other had killed Peter,
and laugh and cry and hug. They go to the police and tell the truth.
Paige continues having nightmares, and Mack asks her about her friendly
phone messages to Peter. He asks her to tell him everything that
happened at her last meeting with Peter.
b: 15-Oct-1987 pc: 176304 w: Joel J. Feigenbaum
d: Nick Havinga
NOTE: Olivia and Abby both say that they
did not kill Peter, yet Paige is still having nightmares about Peter.
These nightmares hold the key to solving this whodunit.
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195. There are Smiles
gs: James Luisi (Lieutenant Gilbert Garcia) Rene Levant (Jimmie
Granz) J. Patrick McNamara (Mr. Sobel) Shane McCabe (Curt Buckalew)
Kurt Woodruff (Bartender) David Ellzey (Grabowski) Robin C. Loys
(Abby's secretary)
Lilimae is worried that Val isn't getting
over Ben, and tells her she should try smile therapy. Al lives in
his station wagon, and brings it to the MacKenzies to show Mack.
Lilimae is very rude to Al, so he tells her to try smile therapy.
Val buys a sportscar. She tells Gary he is the father of the twins.
Jill tells Gary that she is sick of his ex-wives, step-children
and secret children, and moves out. Later they make up, and she
moves back in. Paige admits to Mack that Peter fell on a spindle
when they argued. Since it was an accident, the police don't press
charges, but Mack says she needs to apologize to people she hurt.
Paige apologizes to Greg, who says she's lucky that Mack is her
father because he'd hang a snot like her out to dry. Paige tells
Abby she's sorry Abby is off the hook, and Abby says that she is
going to get Paige for this. Laura quits Lotus Point, and tells
Greg in a round-about way that she is dying.
b: 22-Oct-1987 pc: 176305 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Nicholas Sgarro
NOTE: Lilimae meets Al for the first time.
Val tells Gary that he is the father of the twins, much to Jill's
dismay. When Paige tells her story, Peter's death is ruled as an
accident and the case and the storyline is over. Also, we are about
to lose a character of Knots Landing when Laura tells Greg that
she is dying.
Hunt Block's (Peter) name appears in the beginning of this episode
because of the flashback scene were it shows what happened when
he died.
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196. The Gift of Life
gs: Robert Harper (Priest) Pat Li (Gallery Owner) Richard Marion
(Lothario) Marilyn Bradfield (Nurse) Stacy Young (Altar Boy) Stacey
Young (Altar Girl)
Laura has an inoperable cancerous brain tumor.
Greg drags her from Doctor to Doctor, who all say the same thing.
Laura finally tells Greg he needs to accept it. Laura takes Karen
shopping and buys dresses for Meg's 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th birthdays.
Karen guesses Laura is dying and is very upset. Laura asks Mac and
Greg to be Meg's godparents. Greg is late to the Christening, as
he's outside in his car sobbing. Laura makes a schedule for Greg
to follow with Meg, such as when to get her a library card. She
tells him that if he's great to Meg, it'll make up for all the times
Greg was rotten to her. Greg's furious that Laura wants to go to
a clinic to die - he wants to be there for her. She says she doesn't
want him to see her die or remember her that way. Greg is devastated
as Laura packs. She leaves some video tapes in a hatbox. Meg is
crying, and Laura brings her to Greg. She watches Greg feed Meg,
and then gets into her car, and drives away crying.
b: 29-Oct-1987 pc: 176306 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Kate Swofford Tilley
NOTE: Constance McCashin makes her final
appearance as Laura drives off to a clinic to die. Karen find out
that Laura is dying.
In the summer of 1989, CBS reran this episode as part of its "Best
of Knots Landing" series.
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197. Say Uncle
gs: Bruce Campbell (Joel Benson) Paula Marchese (Lady) Lynda Beattie
(Mrs. Halloway)
Michael saves a girl - Jody - from drowning,
and is embarrassed when he makes her out to be a hero. Greg hires
a nanny, stressing it's only until Laura returns. Lilimae warms
to Al, and he asks her out. She's shocked that he lives in his car,
and they have dinner by the side of the road. Romance begins to
bud. Olivia still grieves Peter, so Abby tells her about her first
love, Charles. Gary is hurt when Val doesn't invite him to the twins
first birthday party. He tells Val he wants to be in their life,
but she says no. Gary implores Lilimae's help. Val tells Lilimae
that Gary is unreliable, and how many fathers can the twins lose?
Val finally relents and brings the twins to the ranch to see Gary.
Jill doesn't like this. Karen meets with some men to arrange a convention
for them at Lotus Point. She's shocked when she meets their boss.
It's Abby's old boyfriend Charles.
b: 05-Nov-1987 pc: 176307 w: Erica Byrne
d: Robert Becker
NOTE: Jody Campbell makes her first appearance
in this episode as Michael saves her. Two sets of twins portray
Bobby and Betsy throughout the next few seasons of Knots Landing:
Christopher and Joseph Cousins portray Bobby, and Kathryn and Tiffany
Lubran portray Betsy Gibson. Abby meets her old boyfriend Charles
Scott in this episode.
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198. Love In
gs: Liane Curtis (Young Karen Cooper) Joseph Kell (Young Charles
Scott) Ron Davison (Hotel Waiter) Cynthia Bain (Young Abby Fairgate)
Dana Dowell (Student) Jack Tate (Young Sid Fairgate) Rod Davidson
(Waiter)
Eric visits and has a surprise - he's married!
Karen doesn't like his wife Linda. She also doesn't like Michael's
new girlfriend Jody. Val invites Gary to dinner, and after the twins
are asleep they kiss passionately, but he leaves. Abby meets Charles
for lunch and asks him if leaving her was the worst mistake he made
in his life. He says he's the most miserable man in the world.
Flashback Scenes: Young Abby meets Charles when Sid fixes his car.
He asks her out, but is angry that she won't sleep with him. She
eventually gives up her virginity to him, and tells Karen she is
going to marry him. Later, Karen shows her the Society Page, which
has an announcement of Charles marrying someone else. Charles explains
to Abby that Judith will be a more appropriate wife for him, and
they'll all be happier in the long run, but he'd like Abby to continue
to be his mistress. Abby leaves him, but is devastated.
b: 12-Nov-1987 pc: 176308 w: Dianne Messina
d: Kate Swofford Tilley
NOTE: Eric comes back and introduces his
new wife Linda Fairgate, who makes her first appearance. We also
get a flashback of Karen, Abby, Sid and Charles when they were young.
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199. Flight of the Sunbirds
gs: Cynthia Bain (Young Abby) Maarten Goslins (Hotel Waiter) Marcia
Solomon (Marsha) Carlos Cantu (Carlos)
Karen plans a reception for Linda and Eric,
but doesn't warm to her. Michael is irritated at Jody's neediness
and insecurities. Al proposes to Lilimae, who says she can't leave
Val. Finally, Lilimae tells Al she won't marry him, but will live
with him. They buy a motorhome and leave Knots Landing. Gary spends
lots of time with Val and the twins. They laugh about how everyone
thinks they're having an affair. Abby tells Jill that Gary and Val
are using the twins as an excuse to see one another, and that Jill
no longer excites Gary because the cheating excites him, not the
woman. Abby waits at a restaurant for Charles, but then his secretary
calls and says he's overseas. She remembers trashing her room after
she left Charles, and vowing that she would never let a man hurt
her again. Greg misses Laura terribly, and tells Meg about all the
things they'll do together when she's back. Then he gets a call
from the clinic that Laura is dead.
b: 19-Nov-1987 pc: 176309 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Roy Campanella II
NOTE: Al asks Lilimae to Marry him, but she
decides to live with him, and she leaves the show with Al. Greg
gets word that Laura is officially dead. Eric and Linda leave, but
they will return in Season 11.
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200. Noises Everywhere (1)
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) Tim Choate (Grieving Old Man) Kate Randolph
Burns (Mortician) Ralph Manza (Man) John Pleshette (Richard) Tim
Choate (Salesperson)
Everyone gathers at Greg's, who pretends
he is fine. Richard shows up with the boys, and says it is very
telling that Laura chose to die alone rather than with them. Val
is furious that Karen didn't tell her Laura was dying, and she goes
off and screams at everyone that they all treat her like she can't
handle anything, but she has news for them - she can. She rejects
Karen's attempts to talk to her. She later talks to Gary, who is
miserable that he always screws up everything in his life. Abby
slams everybody to the maid. Mack gets a little drunk and makes
unintentionally funny remarks that crack everyone up. Greg and Mac
go to pick out a casket. Greg sees an old man who can't afford a
nice casket for his wife, so Greg tells the mortician he'll pay
for the woman to have a top-of-the-line funeral. Mack confronts
Greg on his lack of emotion, and Greg is offended.
b: 03-Dec-1987 pc: 176310 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: David Jacobs
NOTE: This two-parter is mainly about Laura's
death. John Pleshette returns as Richard Avery for these two episodes.
Nicolette Sheridan (Paige), Teri Austin (Jill), Tonya Crowe (Olivia),
and Pat Petersen (Michael) do not appear in this episode.
Michael York (Charles) did not appear in this episode.
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201. Noises Everywhere (2)
gs: John Pleshette (Richard) Gigi Vorgan (Carol) Ronne Troup (Barbara)
Charles Quertermous (Buddy Smith) Catherine Paolone (Hungry Mother)
Al Christy (Older Man) Sidney Chankin (Elderly Gentleman) Phyllis
Ehrlich (Woman)
After Laura's funeral, everyone goes to Greg's.
Mac is belligerent and snide. He spends all his time with Meg. Karen
overhears him tell Gary that he's a father who never got to raise
his kids. Richard tells Karen that Laura emasculated him, but he's
matured a lot since then. Jill's upset that Gary is taking care
of fragile Val. Jill starts to drink heavily and gets drunk. She
tells Val that she lost her family and wants to help with the twins.
She steals Peter's ashes and puts them in her purse. Jill then drunkenly
goes up to Paige and asks her how she can sleep at night. Jill whacks
Paige in the back with her purse. Everyone watches Laura's videos
and cry their eyes out. Val and Karen cry and make up. Greg watches
his video of Laura by himself, and sobs. He asks how she could leave
him all alone, because he loves her. On the way home, Jill scatters
Peter's ashes off a mountainside. On tape, Laura reads "Goodnight
Moon" to Meg.
b: 10-Dec-1987 pc: 176311 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: David Jacobs
NOTE: This episode ended with everyone watching
Laura's last will and testament on videotape.
In a humororous scene, Jill flips out when she realizes what became
of her late brother Peter-his remains are kept in an urn on Sumner's
coffee table and is pushed aside by mourner who wants to use the
table to eat.
Laura's last message to Karen opens up a new storyline when she
asks Karen to sell her house- which is eventually bought by the
Williams family a few episodes later.
Actress Gigi Vorgan (Carol), who appeared as minor recurring character
in season 5- she played a campaign aide to Sumner- returns for Laura's
funeral.
In the summer of 1989, CBS reran this episode as part of its "Best
of Knots Landing" series.
Even though she departed the cast two episodes before this one,
Julie Harris is featured in the opening credits of this episode.
Michael York (Charles) did not appear in this episode.
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202. Weak Moment
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) Pat Li (Mrs. Shino) Zachary Bostrom (Waiter)
Greg hires Paige to buy him investment art.
Charles tells Abby that marrying Judith is a mistake he's lived
with for 20 years. She screams that she hates him, but he kisses
her and they sleep together. Gary and Val make love. She feels guilty
about Jill, and rejects Gary after he helps her and the twins decorate
the tree. Val tells Gary it was a mistake and she doesn't want him
coming over anymore. He storms out. Gary tells Jill that he doesn't
love her, but wishes he did. Jill confronts Val, and tells her that
she could give Abby lessons in manipulation. Jill moves out of Gary's
but then returns. Greg drops Meg off at the MacKenzies, saying he
has business in New York.
b: 17-Dec-1987 pc: 176312 w: John Leasure
d: Lorraine Senna Ferrara
NOTE: Abby and Charles sleep together (What
else is new?), Gary and Val sleep together, but she admits it was
a mistake. Greg start turning Mack and Karen into Meg's babysitters
in this episode.
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203. Only 'Til Friday
gs: Natalie Core (Mrs. Johnson) Brenda Bolte (Ticket Seller)
Greg grieves for Laura. Paige is suprised
to find Greg at home, but he tells her he's still in New York. He
calls the MacKenzies and says he's been delayed and will be gone
longer. Abby and Charles have a romantic day at an amusement park
and horseback riding, but then Judith calls and Charles says he
has to leave. Instead, Charles comes back and tells Abby he can't
leave her and make the same mistake twice. Johnny Rourke, an "Irishman",
tells a woman on an airplane that he is flying to see his girlfriend
Paige Matheson. He steals the woman's credit cards, and later buys
a gun in a bar. Val tells Gary about Jill's visit, and that they
should just remain ex's. Gary's angry with Jill, but Jill says she
told Val he's a free man, so Val must not want him. New Neighbors,
Frank and Pat Williams, move into Laura's house with their daughter
Julie.
b: 07-Jan-1988 pc: 176313 w: James Stanley
d: Lawrence Kasha
NOTE: Johnny Rourke makes his first appearance
in this episode as Paige's old boyfriend. Larry Riley joins the
cast as Frank Williams, as he and his family, Patricia and Julie
Williams, move into Laura's old house in this episode.
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204. Ties That Bind
gs: Abraham Alvarez (Doctor) Kurt Woodruff (Bartender) Lyla Graham
(Domestic) Marilyn Bradfield (Nurse #1) Tish Smiley (Nurse #2)
Johnny wants to blackmail Paige for helping
her with her fake death, but she tells him everyone already knows.
Mack invites Johnny to stay with them, much to Paige's chagrin.
While Karen is out of town, Meg gets really sick. Pat comes to the
rescue and tells the hospital what's wrong in medical terminology.
Mack asks if she's a nurse, but she says no, the same thing happened
to Julie. Paige tells Greg about what happened, and he and Mack
stay with Meg at the hospital. Greg sings to her. Karen rushes back,
and Greg and the McKenzies realize what a bond Mac and Karen have
to Meg. Meg is okay. Judith comes to town, and Abby is upset that
Charles jumps at her every command. Judith tells Abby he will never
leave her, and Charles packs to go home with Judith. Abby is really
angry. At the last minute, Charles decides not to go home, and asks
Abby to marry him.
b: 14-Jan-1988 pc: 176314 w: Lou Messina
d: Joe Coppoletta
NOTE: We meet Judith Scott, Charles' wife,
in this episode. Pat unknowingly reveals herself as a nurse in a
brief moment while helping Meg. A shock comes when Charles asks
Abby to marry him.
Joan Van Ark, Ted Shackelford, Teri Austin do not appear in this
episode.
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205. Another Modest Proposal
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) Pat Li (Mrs. Shinno) Grace Simmons (Holly)
Antonio Trevino (Man) Gilbert Garcia (Senor Benovides) Kurt Woodruff
(Bartender) Sheldon Saltman (Jack) Don Brunner (Servant) Ray Wise
(The Dealer)
The MacKenzie's miss Meg when Greg takes
her home. Later, Greg asks them to watch her again. Johnny cons
his way into staying at Lotus Point, and spies on another guest.
He steals money from this man, then tells him, and gives it back.
The man say's he'll get Johnny a job. Charles brings Abby to meet
his friends, and Judith shows up. She is very snide to Abby, so
Charles tells Judith he has asked Abby to marry him.Val and the
twins decorate the house for Gary's birthday, but Jill has planned
a surprise party for him, so Gary doesn't get to Val's until the
twins are asleep. Val's furious, and yells that he has no sense
of responsibility. Their argument wakes the twins, and they call
Gary "Daddy." Jill's upset that Gary didn't come home
with her. Gary tries to make up with her, but she tells him he has
to make a choice. Later, she apologizes and says that he doesn't
have to abide by Val's terms. She reminds him she is a lawyer, and
says she will help him.
b: 21-Jan-1988 pc: 176315 w: Robert Porter
d: Lorraine Senna Ferrara
NOTE: The twins call Gary "Daddy"
for the first time.
Lynne Moody (Pat) does not appear in this episode.
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206. If Not Now, When?
gs: Ray Wise (The Dealer)
Judith and Charles don't want to divorce
until a merger goes through, so Abby enlists Greg's help to mess
it up. Judith secretly tapes Abby, and tells Charles that Abby used
inside information. Charles says he doesn't care - he loves Abby.
Michael fends off Jody's advances and tells her he doesn't love
her. She's very upset. The MacKenzies have the Williams over for
dinner, and Frank acts strange. Mack is sure Frank is a cop. It's
too late for Gary to appeal for paternal rights to the twins, so
Jill draws up an official sounding letter for Val to sign, naming
Gary as the twins' father. Val's upset and decides to get her own
attorney. When Gary comes to visit, Val goes off, screaming that
he is not the twins' dad, and to never come back.
b: 28-Jan-1988 pc: 176316 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Kate Swofford Tilley
NOTE: Gary is the twins' Father, but Val
cannot handle the truth. Frank's past is revealed as a cop.
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207. In Too Deep (a.k.a.) Courtland Tubor
gs: Matthew Faison (David Atkins) Lucinda Crosby (Hillary Valenti)
Bee-Be Smith (Bebe) Hugh Maquire (Director) Rick Deats (Contact)
Antonio Trevino (Antonio) Lisa McCullough (Young Tourist) Thomas
Murphy (Employee) Ray Wise (The Dealer) Eileen Barnett (Judith Scott)
Carlos Cantu (Carlos) Lisa McCullough (Young Woman Tourist)
Johnny delivers packages for the shady business
man, and a woman accidentally sees them. Michael won't take Jody
back, and when he sees a woman jump off a cliff to her death at
the beach, he thinks it's Jody, but it's actually the woman who
walked in on Jody. At a gallery opening, Greg asks Paige to introduce
him to a woman who catches his eye. Paige is jealous and gets drunk.
She goes to see Johnny and they sleep together. Frank is super paranoid,
and Pat is worried that his paranoia is what will call attention
to them. Karen is called to give a deposition in the twins' custody
case. She tries to get Val and Gary to work it out. Val asks Karen
to lie and say the twins aren't Gary's, and Karen doesn't know what
to do.
b: 04-Feb-1988 pc: 176317 w: James Stanley
d: Jerome Courtland
NOTE: Paige starts to fall for Greg in this
episode but when he doesn't acknoledge her, she sleeps with Johnny.
Jody makes her last appearance here.
Michael York (Charles) & Teri Austin (Jill) do not appear in
this episode.
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208. The Blushing Bride
gs: Phoebe Dorin (Woman) Colby Chester (Dawson Hanson) Debra Dusay
(Sarah Brock) Kathryn Leigh Scott (Architect)
Paige continues to be jealous of Greg's interest
in other women and sleeps with Johnny. The MacKenzies are suspicious
of the Williams' and speculate that Frank and Pat don't have custody
of Julie. They see a woman come and pick Pat up in the middle of
the night. Karen and Mack tell the truth in their depositions, and
convince Val to tell the truth, that Gary wants visitation, not
custody. Charles suggests to Abby she expands the marina at Lotus
Point. He loans her the money, not telling her he is the front for
investors. Charles gives her plans he had drawn up, but Abby finds
they were made before he came back into her life. She hires a detective
to investigate him. Charles' divorce is final, so Abby wants to
get married ASAP.
b: 11-Feb-1988 pc: 176318 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Nicholas Sgarro
NOTE: Frank and Pat's life starts to get
more suspicious. Two new characters make their first appearances
here: Manny Vasquez, a shady drug dealer, and his nephew, Harold
Dyer, who will have nothing to do with his uncle's operations.
Pat Petersen (Michael) does not appear in this episode.
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209. Lawfully Wedded
gs: Jordan Charney (Abby's Lawyer) Christine Stable (Christine)
Maureen Malone (Jackie Miller) Dinah Lenny (Woman) Ray Wise (The
Dealer) Thomas Bellin (Reverend Avoir Dupois)
Pat returns from testifying. Frank is upset
because if Pat hadn't agreed to testify, they wouldn't be in the
Witness Protection Program. The MacKenzies wonder if Greg is ever
going to pick up Meg. Val tells Gary he won't get custody of the
twins. Abby tells Charles that Lotus Point can't afford to expand
the marina. Charles says it will be her wedding gift, and gives
her a check for $2 million. Abby and Charles get married in Lake
Tahoe. The next day, Abby has her attorney annul the marriage, and
tells Charles she knows he only wanted Lotus Point. He admits he
did, but then fell in love with her. Charles wants his money back,
but Abby has already cleared the check. His investors tell him to
just let her have it to avoid publicity. Charles goes back east.
Abby is really upset, and Olivia gives Abby her wedding gift - a
star she had named after them.
b: 18-Feb-1988 pc: 176319 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Lawrence Kasha
NOTE: We find out why the Williams have been
so pensive lately: they are hiding in the Witness Protection Program.
Abby and Charles get married, only to have Abby annul it because
he just wanted Lotus Point. This makes the last appearance of Charles.
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210. Bouncing Babies
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) Matthew Faison (David Atkins) David Selberg
(Baskin) Vernon Weddle (George Hunt) Kurt Woodruff (Bartender) Mary
Wickliffe (Employee) Ray Wise (The Dealer)
Paige tells Johnny that he's just for sex,
and she won't go out with him. Abby loans Lotus Point the $2 million
to build the marina. Olivia's really upset that Abby called off
the wedding, and yells at her for stealing husbands and not keeping
a man or giving her a normal life. The MacKenzies are very upset
and miss Meg terribly when Greg brings her home. Greg builds a playhouse
for Meg, but realizes how tough it will be to raise her. Upset,
he brings Meg back to the MacKenzies and asks them to be Meg's parents.
He wants them to tell Meg about Laura, but says he will stay out
of their life. Seeing how upset Mack and Karen are without Meg,
Val has a change of heart. She signs the paper saying Gary is the
twins' father. She gives it to him and says she knows he loves them,
and would want him to raise them if anything ever happened to her.
He says she's a good mother and rips the paper up. They hug.
b: 25-Feb-1988 pc: 176320 w: William Devane
d: Nicholas Sgarro
NOTE: Mack and Karen have a new addition
to the family as Greg asks them to be Meg's parents. Val finally
admits that Gary is the father and he will always love her.
Lynne Moody (Pat) & Larry Riley (Frank) do not appear in this
eposode.
William Devane (Greg) wrote this episode.
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211. A Fair Race
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) David K. Johnston (Howard) Robert Donovan
(Freddie) Dorothy Patterson (Mrs. Bailey) Jekk Skier (Lotus Point
employee) Richard Garrison (Paul Evans)
Harold Dyer, who breaks arms for a living,
takes Olivia out for a date. His uncle Manny tells him that Olivia
is Abby's daughter. Olivia invites Harold and Manny to meet Abby.
Manny tells Abby he rents yachts, and Abby introduces him to Karen,
hoping to get his business for Lotus Point. Karen suspects Paige
has a crush on Greg. Gary's tired of Lotus Point and decides to
become a silent partner. Mac and Jill prosecute a little old woman
for forgery. Jill dresses up in lingerie and cooks a romantic dinner,
only to have Gary come home with Val and the twins. Gary thinks
its hilarious. Later Jill's upset when she comes home to find a
note from Gary that he's with the twins. Upset, she begins to drink.
b: 03-Mar-1988 pc: 176321 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Lawrence Kasha
NOTE: Harold and Olivia go out for the very
first time, which introduces him and Manny to Abby. Mrs. Bailey,
an old forger, is introduced as she helps Jill write "Ben"
notes to Val as part of her long-going plan to get rid of Val.
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212. Full Disclosure
gs: Reid Shelton (Mr. Fisher) F. William Parker (Mr. Harris) Christen
Stabile (Christen) Walker Edmiston (Judge Hollander) Colin Hamilton
(Expert) Julian Deyer (George) Tony Montero (Phil) Mary Hale (Interviewer)
Gregory Mortensen (Police Officer Jim)
Paige starts to work for Greg exclusively,
and is frustrated when he doesn't pick up on her hints that she'd
like to date him. A man can't pay Johnny and Harold money he owes,
and gives him a diamond bracelet. Harold roughs him up anyway. Harold
gives the bracelet to Olivia, saying it was his grandmother's, and
encourages her to respect Abby. Gary invites the twins to a sleepover,
and makes Jill stay in the guestroom. They don't include her as
they play, and she starts drinking again. Pat is a doctor, and is
testifying against another doctor who had mob ties and was a drug
dealer. At her testimony, a man stabs her but only gets her arm.
Karen and Mac see this on the news, and when Pat returns with a
bandaged arm, they realize that she is the doctor. Val gets a letter
that says "Out of Danger. I love you and will see you soon.
Love Ben."
b: 10-Mar-1988 pc: 176322 w: Alan Goldfein
d: Joseph Scanlan
NOTE: The Williams jinx is a curse that was
sort of placed on the Williams family which gave them all sorts
of trouble in their life on Knots Landing. This begins in this episode
as Pat is almost stabbed by a man in the courtroom. Val gets the
infamous "Ben" letter from Jill.
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213. Her Letter
gs: Ronne Troup (Barbara) Dorothy Patterson (Mrs. Bailey) David
K. Johnston (Howard) Jason Ma (Groom) Ray Wise (Dealer)
Val is excited and prepares for Ben's return.
Paige tells Greg she likes him and he says she must be joking. During
a meeting, Manny is taken with Karen and flirts with her. Abby tells
Karen to use this to get a better deal from Manny. Mac isn't jealous
until he sees Manny. Harold and Olivia declare their love, but he
says they can't sleep together until they're married, and he proposes.
Abby is furious, and tells Manny she'll back out of the deal if
he doesn't stop Harold. Abby calls Gary to help with Olivia, and
a drunken Jill is furious. Paige agrees to go to Mexico with Johnny,
and Harold and Olivia decide to go with so they can elope. Jill
works out a deal for the little old lady forger, and has the woman
write another letter to Val from "Ben".
b: 24-Mar-1988 pc: 176323 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Robert Becker
NOTE: Olivia and Harold decide to get married,
much to the dismay of Abby. A sordid storyline sends Paige and Johnny
to Mexico for a few episodes.
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214. Mother Knows Best
gs: Curtis Taylor (Arnie) Andy Aybar (Voyager) H. Cannon (Mexican
Police Officer Lopez) Carmen Moreno (Woman) Ray Wise (Dealer) H.
Cannon-Lopez (Mexican Official) Dale Kristien (Debbie Stevens)
Gary confronts Jill on her drinking, and
calls her sick when she tries to get him to drink with her. Karen
is shocked when Manny tries to kiss her. In Mexico, Paige meets
Debby, an archeology student, who tells them of a pre-Colombian
dig. Paige tells Greg she can get him statues, and he agrees to
finance it. Paige is upset to find Johnny in bed with Debbie, but
they make up. Manny sends a goon to Mexico to stop the wedding.
Harold breaks up with Olivia, blaming it on his uncle. Harold tells
her his uncle is dangerous, and he can't cross him. Olivia goes
home and cries on Abby's shoulder, and Abby agrees to talk to Manny
about letting Harold date Olivia. Olivia goes to Harold, and Manny
knocks on the door so he hides her in the closet. Manny tells him
he has to leave, as Abby said if he doesn't send Harold packing,
Abby will back out of the yacht deal. Olivia hears the entire conversation.
b: 31-Mar-1988 pc: 176324 w: Julie Sayres
d: Joseph Scanlan
NOTE: Due to his uncle's dealings, Harold
breaks up with Olivia but agrees to date her.
Larry Riley (Frank) & Pat Petersen (Michael) do not appear in
this episode.
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215. With a Heavy Heart
gs: Maarten Goslins (Maitre 'd) Tina Lifford (Tina) Richard Hoyt
Miller (Servant #1) Don Brunner (Servant #2) Ray Wise (Dealer)
Gary sees Manny unloading a yacht in the
middle of the night, and thinks it's suspicious. He tells Mac who
asks Frank to investigate. Jill apologizes to Gary, and he says
he'll give her another chance. Jill edits an old news tape of Ben's,
and then leaves a message on Val's answering machine that says "Hi,
it's Ben. God I've missed you and the kids. I want to, I hope you
can hear me, this phone system is..." then Jill cuts it off.
When she hears it, Val's elated. Olivia tells Karen about Abby breaking
her and Harold up. Karen tells Abby she knows. Olivia is too controlled,
which worries Abby. Olivia starts giving away her posessions, and
gives Manny a letter for Harold that says how much she loves him,
and she'll think of him at the end. Manny shows Abby, who thinks
Olivia will commit suicide.
b: 07-Apr-1988 pc: 176325 w: Lawrence Kasha
d: Michael Preece
NOTE: Manny has something suspicious going
on in the Lotus Point Marina as he is unloading drugs. Jill still
terrorizes Val with "Ben" messages as she leaves a message
of Ben's voice on Val's answering machine.
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216. Just Desserts
gs: Thorn McFadden (Dr. Robert Hayland) Bernie White (Chava Rivas)
H. Cannon (Officer Lopez) Carlos Cervantes (Surveillant) Kawena
Charlot (Rebecca Soames) Will Jeffries (Doctor) Joan Foley (Counselor)
Wren Brown (Police Officer #1) Dale Kristien (Debbie Stevens) Toni
Mikkelsen (Joel) Gary Hollis (Police Officer #2) Antonio Trevino
(Antonio)
In Mexico, Johnny has orders from Manny to
make sure the archaeological dig doesn't stop highway construction.
Paige wants the highway stopped to find art. Hoping to stop it,
she buries one of Greg's pre-Colombian statues for the students
to dig up. Johnny sets the encampment on fire. Karen's furious that
Mack is checking out Manny, and thinks it's out of jealousy. Frank
tells Mack that the yachts are a front for bringing cocaine in from
Mexico, but they don't have enough proof to hold up in court. Val
listens to the tape from Ben over and over. Jill steals the key
to Val's house and replaces the tape with a blank one. Olivia is
found passed out at Harold's after overdosing on pills. Abby's very
upset and waits at the hospital with Karen and Gary. Olivia wakes
up and screams for Abby to get out. They doctor tells Abby that
it's better if she doesn't visit Olivia.
b: 14-Apr-1988 pc: 176326 w: Don Mueller
& William Devane d: Kevin Dobson
NOTE: Olivia is so wound up about her life
that she overdoses on pills. Jill steals the tape with Ben's voice
on it.
Lynne Moody (Pat) does not appear in this episode.
It's ironic that both Knots Landing's and Dallas' 216th episode
was entitled "Just Desserts".
William Devane (Greg) wrote this episode. Kevin Dobson (Mack) directed
this episode.
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217. Discovery
gs: Gary Bayer (Raymond Donner) Thorn McFadden (Dr. Robert Hayland)
Joan Foley (Counselor) Bernie White (Chava Rivas) H. Cannon (Lopez
Ruiz) Curtis Taylor (Arnie) Kawena Charlot (Rebecca Soames) James
Christensen (William Friedman) Dale Kristien (Debbie Stevens) Harry
Stephens (Pharmacist) Josh Gallegos (Officer Huerta) Tom Mikkelson
(Joel)
Paige invites Michael to Mexico. Manny instructs
Johnny to send Paige home because she's causing delays, but she
won't leave. The piece of art is found, and declared a fake. Angry,
Paige decides to go to a reporter. Manny tells his men to kill everyone
at the site, and to make it look like it was done by Mexicans. The
police tell everyone at Lotus Point to act natural as they investigate
Manny. Then the police halt the investigation, saying Manny works
for the government in covert operations. Olivia goes home, but refuses
to speak to Abby. Jill calls Val and plays another tape of Ben and
hangs up. Val plays "Ben's" tape to Gary, but it's blank.
Jill convinces Gary that Val's probably going crazy and might be
suicidal. Dropping off the twins, Jill overhears Val tell neighbors
that she is so wound up about Ben that her doctor prescribed sleeping
pills, but she won't get them. Jill steals the prescription and
gets it filled.
b: 28-Apr-1988 pc: 176327 w: James Stanley
d: Lawrence Kasha
NOTE: Gary thinks Val is going crazy when
she plays the blank tape that Jill has placed in the answering machine.
Larry Riley (Frank) does not appear in this episode.
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218. The Perfect Alibi
gs: Gary Bayer (Raymond Donner) David Hayward (David) Thorn McFadden
(Dr. Robert Hayland) William Joyce (Carl) Fredric Cook (Harry Palmer)
Deborah Benson (Hostess) Kawena Charlot (Rebecca Soames) Curtis
Taylor (Arnie) Eliza Garrett (Leslie) James Christensen (William
Friedman) Michael Vodde (Jerome) Deam Coleman (Bob) Charles Champion
(Controller) Cheryl McWilliams (Airport Hostess)
Mack doesn't believe Manny works for the
government, and finds out he is a gun runner. Gary and Abby decide
to come up with a plan.In Mexico, strange things happen on the site
so the director closes it down. Paige talks to the reporter, and
as the reporter drives away, her car blows up. Pat invites Val to
watch videos and says she'll send Julie over to baby-sit after dinner.
Jill tells Gary she is going to a conference in San Francisco. Wearing
a disguise, she buys a junket car and hides a gun in it. On the
plane and at the conference, Jill introduces herself to lots of
people. She seduces a man named David, and slips a pill into his
drink. She takes him to her room where he passes out. Jill undresses
him and messes up the bed. She calls Gary, then tells the hotel
operator to hold her calls until the next morning. Jill flies back
to Los Angeles and dons another disguise. She drives to Val's in
the junket car, and lets herself into the house.
b: 05-May-1988 pc: 176328 w: Lynn Marie Latham
d: Kate Swofford Tilley
NOTE: Jill goes to San Francisco, sleeps
witrh a man, and comes back to finally get Val as this episode ends.
In the summer of 1989, CBS reran an edited version of this episode
and the next episode, "A Perfect Crime," as part of "The
Best of Knots Landing" series. This edited version focused
entirely on the cliffhanger of Jill's attempted murder of Val.
Larry Riley (Frank) & Tonya Crowe (Olivia) do not appear in
this episode.
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219. The Perfect Crime
gs: Dick O'Neill (Tom Daugherty) David Hayward (David) Bernie White
(Chava Rivas) Roman Cisneros (Federal Agent)
Paige and Michael find out that Johnny is
working for Manny, and their friend Chavas is a DEA agent. They
get on a bus. The Federales stop the bus and take Paige, Michael
and Chavas. Abby and Gary fill all the slips in the marina so that
Manny can't dock his boat. Manny calls Karen and says she'd better
do something about it if she wants Paige and Michael to return safely
from Mexico. Jill, in disguise, surprises Val. She says the letters
and calls from Ben were a hoax, and she had the forger write a suicide
note for Val that says Val found out Ben is dead. Julie and Frank
come to the door, and Val nervously says she has to stay home because
Betsy's sick. Frank remarks to Pat that Val acted strangely, like
she was being held at gunpoint. Jill forces Val to take sleeping
pills saying if she doesn't, she'll shoot Val, and it's better if
the twins find her asleep rather than with her brains splattered
all over the room. Val pleads with her, and Jill says she's sick
of everyone calling her "Poor Val" and as long as she's
alive, Gary will always run to take care of her. Jill forces her
to take more pills. David wakes up and Jill comes out of the shower
saying she had a great night with him. Back home, Val's passed out
on the floor with the phone off the hook in her hands.....
b: 12-May-1988 pc: 176329 w: Bernard Lechowick
d: Joseph Scanlan
NOTE: This episode picks up at the exact
same point where the previous episode left off. In this scary season
finale cliffhanger, Paige and Michael get arrested by Federales
and Jill leaves Val for dead.....
William Devane (Sumner) and Tonya Crowe (Olivia) do not appear in
this episode.
In the summer of 1989, CBS reran and edited version of this episode
and the previous episode, "A Perfect Alibi," as part of
"The Best of Knots Landing" series. This edited version
focused entirely on the cliffhanger of Jill's attempted murder of
Val.
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