Abby discovers the man she loves is lying. Paige has an interest in Sumner. Mack and Karen spy on neighbors.

Abby marries Charles and surprises him. Pat refuses to move. Val wants to keep Gary away from their twins.

Jill hates Gary's involvement with the twins - and Val. Olivia meets a new beau. Sumner makes Paige an offer.

Mack and Frank get into a nasty confrontation. Olivia becomes romantically involved with Harold.

Val receives Ben's letter. Paige flirts with Sumner. Olivia and Abby argue about Olivia's time with Harold.

Olivia and Harold's plans to elope go awry. In Mexico, Paige and Johnny get involved in an archeological dig.

Gary sees something strange. Mack doesn't trust Manny. Harold leaves town, and Olivia tries to break free.

Olivia tries to kill herself. Frank spies on Manny. Paige buries an expensive artifact at the dig site.

Mack travels to Mexico in a desperate effort to save Paige, Michael, and Johnny from paid killers.

When Val claims Jill tried to kill her with a drug overdose, no one believes her. Sumner re-enters politics.

Paige, Michael and Johnny are trapped in a van on their way out of Mexico. Val returns to an empty house.

Val is too scared to leave the house. Abby, Karen, and Gary are implicated in an exposé about drug activity.

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 same night Val overdosed. Abby hides information.

Sumner considers running for mayor and hires Ted Melcher to handle his return to politics. Val confronts Jill.

Sumner shocks Abby with a proposal, as Olivia announces she will marry Harold. Paige receives unexpected news.

As Sumner and Abby's wedding approaches, his former lover Paige tries everything to win him back.

As the evidence mounts, Gary believes Jill tried to murder Val. Michael becomes infatuated with a classmate.

Jill wants to take a lie-detector test to prove her innocence. Ted warns Sumner of his political weaknesses.

When Sumner moves to regain custody, Karen and Mack fight back. Jill's plot to win back Gary endangers Julie.

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

As Gary faces a hearing for Jill's murder, Mack works to prove his innocence. Paige approaches Sumner.

Abby joins a conservation group working to stop an offshore drilling plan - by a company she secretly owns.

As Karen and Paula compile evidence against her company, Abby concocts a plan to protect her drilling scheme.

Abby's intricate scheme to protect her secret ownership of Murakame Corporation begins to unravel.

Mack, Karen, Paula and Gary ask Abby to join their lawsuit against Murakame Corporation.

Fear and resentment dominate Abby's cynical love affair with Ted, as she suspects he's capable of murder.

Abby's friends, lovers and enemies are stunned by an announcement that could remove her from the community.

Paige is sickened by the surprise she receives upon returning to Knots Landing; Karen realizes that rumors about Mack's behavior may be true; Val wonders whether she's found Mr. Right; Olivia and Harold clash over finances.

Paige considers Sumner's offer, intending to wrap him around her little finger; Val considers Danny's offer, troubled by his effect on the twins; Gary pounds the pavement in search of "Sally's friend."

Mack runs into puzzling road blocks as he tries to clear a client; Karen proves a natural as host of a TV interview program; Michael gets carried away with his first credit card, and with emotions involving Linda.

With their divorce now final, Amanda feels released, but Danny feels rage; Baylor warns Mack to quit pursuing the pension-fund murder case; Tom's superiors warn him against dating Paige; and Mort badgers Michael about "Teresa."

Paige resents Mack and Karen's interference in her topsy-turvy personal life; lusting after his brother's wife takes a toll on Michael; Karen takes over as host of "Open Mike"; Tom refuses to play by the rules.

Michael blames himself for the marital problems between Linda and Eric, which intensify during a party for Michael; Paige feigns illness to spend the day with Tom; and Paula gets wise to Sumner.

Mack and Tom try to track down a former Oakman employee, but Tom has another mission to accomplish; Olivia buys some stock on a tip, while Harold also searches for a way to make a fast buck; Val plans her wedding, despite friends' doubts.

Sumner's embittered daughter Mary Frances pays a surprise visit; Mack learns who controls the Oakman Industries' pension fund; and Harold gets in over his head in the world of high finance, while Olivia's business acumen pays off.

Tom is summoned to Sumner Group headquarters to investigate a tragedy; Jane Sumner is summoned again to Knots Landing; Mack considers giving up the Oakman investigation.

Sumner grieves over Mary Frances by taking solace in a bottle---but the mystery of her death only becomes more complicated; Harold acts drastically when he's unable to pay a debt; Val's desperate act surprises Karen.

Sumner is left more than baffled by findings that may be connected to his daughter's homicide; Harold leans on Tom for a loan; Karen picks up bad vibes from Danny at a dinner party for Val; Gary finds himself alone - again.

Danny's threatening presence at the house drives Val to seek safety at Gary's; Karen dismisses as harmless an adoring fan's visit to the TV station, despite warnings from Jeff; Patricia lands a hospital job.