Knots Landing

Police pursue St. Claire as Karen lies near death; Ben and Val remain unreconciled; Sumner seeks an indictment against Wolfbridge.

St. Claire offers Sumner a chance to save his campaign and Abby's life; Joshua Rush (Alec Baldwin) claims to be Lilimae's nephew.

Lilimae admits the truth about Joshua; Sumner claims self-defense in St. Claire's death; Karen tries to avoid her own problems.

New TV-station owner Abby corners Sumner; Jane Sumner returns; Lilimae tells Joshua the truth; Karen rushes work on Lotus Point.

The opening of Lotus Point nears; Sumner plots to control Abby; neglected Jane Sumner visits Mack; Abby now knows Valene's secret.

Abby deals with knowing Gary fathered Val's babies; Gary and Val try to reunite Karen and Mack; reporter Kelly has her eye on Ben.

Joshua faces his minister father; Karen serves Mack with divorce papers; Val is the target of a plot; Greg wants Laura to join him.

Val goes into premature labor; the Rev. Kathryn (Sandy Kenyon) counsels confused Joshua; Mack and Karen attempt reconciliation.

Val insists that her twins are alive; Karen becomes ill; Abby realizes she may be responsible for the disappearance of the babies.

Val fights for sanity; Abby suspects Scott Easton of taking Val's twins; Gary and Karen meet with tycoon Galveston (Howard Duff).

Joshua pleads Val's case on television; Karen objects to Gary's dealings with Galveston; Abby undermines the hunt for Val's twins.

Val assumes a new identity as a small-town waitress; Abby offers Joshua another TV spot; Mack confronts Karen about her illness.

Abby offers Joshua a weekly TV spot; Val finds love; Karen decides about surgery; Galveston sees Abby as a threat to the project.

Mack awaits word on Karen's surgery; Abby conceals information about Val; Galveston tries to halt Mack's Tidal Basin investigation.

Abby visits Val; Sumner tells Laura a secret about Galveston; Val receives a marriage proposal; Cathy must make a career decision.

Gary tries to help Val regain her memory; Galveston learns that Laura knows about his ties to Sumner; Ben and Cathy confront Abby.

Parker goes ahead with plans to marry Val; Ben accuses Abby of pushing Joshua's TV career; Galveston agrees to cooperate with Mack.

Val thinks that she and Gary are married; Galveston threatens Abby; Ben suspects that Empire Valley is a covert military project.

Val receives therapy to help regain her memory; aides prevent Gary from visiting Galveston; Joshua regrets his breakup with Cathy.

Ben's Empire Valley probe angers Gary; Joshua asserts his power; Galveston's aide threatens Laura; Karen begins to believe Valene.

After marrying the dying Paul Galveston, Greg's mother (Ava Gardner) tries to force her son to take control of his father's empire.

Greg decides between the Senate and project; Gary threatens to end his business with Galveston; Joshua announces his engagement.

Cathy fumes over Joshua's proposal; Ruth wants Greg to stop Mack's investigation; Karen finds a nurse who witnessed Val's delivery.

Greg tries to ruin Gary when Abby undermines the project; Mack encourages Karen's search for the doctor who delivered Val's babies.