Falcon Crest

Accused-murderer Julia prefers jail to Falcon Crest; a Boston doctor (Cliff Robertson) arrives; Melissa faces her father's murderer.

Angela tells Chase about Jacqueline; Nick secretly sees his ex-wife; Angela plots against Chase's doctor; tragedy strikes Joseph.

Julia naively trusts Richard as he plots against Angela; Melissa gets surprising news; Landry gives Chase injections; Chase worsens.

Chase begins to recover use of his legs, Julia is ruled not criminally insane, and Maggie talks Michael into taking a position at the hospital.

Chase works hard to improve; Richard makes friendly advances to Chase; Julia swears revenge on Maggie and makes her plea in court.

Inmates terrorize Julia; Michael accuses Dr. Lantry of malpractice; Richard asks Maggie to come to work for him; Julia is sentenced.

Julia enters prison; Jacqueline's will is read; Cole and Linda decide to elope; a matron torments Julia; Angela tells about Lantry.

Julia begs for protection; Maggie and Chase exchange gifts; Maggie makes a discovery about Lantry; Terry leaves for Tuscany Valley.

Terry arrives; Lance learns about Melissa and Richard; Terry and Lance become involved in a barroom brawl; Angela confronts Hooks.

Angela fears that jailed Landry will implicate her; Terry pursues Michael; the cartel wants total control of Richard's racetrack.

Chase finds Lantry when Lance betrays Angela. Richard's reputation takes another blow when Osborne is murdered on his property.

Chase finds a clause in his grandfather's will that gives him the legal right to oust Angela from Falcon Crest. Terry worms her way into Michael's life and Lance threatens Angela and Melissa.

Angela fights to retain control of Falcon Crest, the battle over Richard's proposed racetrack goes to the polls and Lance threatens Linda's father.

Richard receives permission to build a racetrack; Richard tells Julia he is the father of Melissa's baby; Richard breaks ground.

Michael reluctantly agrees to operate on Robbins; Terry plots to marry Michael; Richard asks Maggie to stop writing her article.

Phillip forces Melissa to sell him her harvest; Richard narrowly avoids a hit-and-run driver; Maggie delves into Jacqueline's life.

A mysterious aggressor stalks Maggie; the court hearing over custody of Melissa's baby begins; Phillip acquires the Agretti harvest.

Angela makes Melissa a horrifying offer, the cartel strikes at Richard's racetrack on opening day, and Maggie's article about Jacqueline tears the valley apart.

A fight between Melissa and Linda culminates in a deadly car crash. Richard and Pamela's relationship deepens despite the threat of the cartel.

Julia escapes from the asylum; Maggie's illness is diagnosed; Angela reveals Terry's sordid past to Michael; Richard buys a pistol.

Chase finds proof of Richard's bribery; Julia flees; the mob takes Pamela; Melissa pays a price for power; Terry pays for her past.

Angela regains half of Falcon Crest; Maggie's condition worsens; Lance rages over Melissa's deal with Angela; Julia acquires a gun.

Melissa rejects Lance's attempts at reconciliation, Chase waits for Maggie to come through surgery and Pamela carries out Spheeris's orders to destroy Richard.

Richard's furious when he learns what Chase has done with his $50 million trust fund. Maggie goes into a coma after complications arise during her surgery. Pamela is kidnapped by the cartel, shocking Richard into a realization of his priorities.