Knots Landing

Mack travels to Mexico in a desperate effort to save Paige, Michael and Johnny Rourke from paid killers. Valene is rushed to the hospital.

No one believes Val when she claims Jill tried to kill her with a drug overdose. Sumner re-enters politics.

Paige, Michael and Johnny are trapped in an abandoned van with a group of illegal immigrants while fleeing Mexico. Val returns to an empty house.

Val is too terrified to leave the house. Abby, Karen and Gary are implicated in a newspaper exposé about drug activity at Lotus Point.

Val hires a private investigator to prove her case against Jill. Pat and Frank Williams seek Mack's help against a blackmailer, and Paige seduces Sumner.

Val, Karen and Gary investigate Jill's alibi. The Williamses take refuge at Gary's ranch.

Jill confesses to Gary that she slept with another man the night Val overdosed. Abby hides vital information from Gary and Karen as the partners search for a buyer for their scandal-plagued resort, Lotus Point.

Sumner considers running for mayor and hires Ted Melcher to handle his return to politics. Val confronts Jill. Abby conceals the true identity of the Lotus Point buyer from Karen.

Sumner shocks Abby with a proposal, then daughter Olivia announces she wants to marry Harold. At her grandfather's funeral back East, Paige receives unexpected news from her mother.

Jill reluctantly prepares to move out of Gary's home. Abby works with Sumner's publicist to make the wedding a media event.

As Sumner's wedding to Abby approaches, former love Paige tries everything to win him back. Olivia confronts her mother about Harold and Mack has a crisis of conscience when he must represent the county government in a case against the homeless.

Jill's alibi begins to come apart when her San Francisco "lover" makes an embarrassing accusation. Mack and Karen search for an office for his private practice. Abby and Sumner spend their first night together as husband and wife.

As the evidence mounts up, Gary begins to believe that Jill did try to murder Val. Michael becomes infatuated with a classmate.

Jill volunteers to take a lie-detector test to prove her innocence. Ted warns Sumner of the political vulnerability he's created by having Mack and Karen raise his daughter. Michael's girlfriend takes an interest in Rourke.

Karen and Mack fight back when Sumner moves to regain custody of his daughter. Jill's plot to win back Gary endangers young Julie.

Val and Gary worry that Jill might hurt someone else. Karen and Mack agree to meet with Sumner and Abby to discuss Meg.

Gary is arrested for the murder of Jill Bennett. Karen and Mack rejoice at Sumner's decision regarding custody of Meg.

Jill's funeral is held as Mack's investigations reveal Val and Frank as suspects in her murder.

As Gary undergoes a pretrial hearing for Jill's murder, Mack works to prove his innocence. Paige makes a new romantic approach toward Sumner.

Abby becomes a member of the board of a conservation group that wants to thwart an offshore drilling plan by the company she secretly owns. Karen and Mack's romantic plans are constantly thwarted by outside distractions.

Abby's secret ownership of Murakame Corporation is endangered when Sumner requests a personal meeting with the company's chief executive.

As Karen and Paula compile evidence against Murakame Corporation, Abby concocts a new plan to protect her oil-drilling scheme. Gary is intrigued by a telephone call and Aunt Ginger meddles in Val's social life.

Abby's intricate scheme to protect her secret ownership of Murakame Corporation begins to unravel. Michael and Ellen are shocked to learn that their valuable computer program has been peddled to Sumner Corp. by Rourke. Ginger plays matchmaker for Val.

Paige's investigation implicates Ted Melcher in the murder of Murakame Corporation's 'president.' Val goes on a date and Sumner pays off Johnny.