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

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

Val hires a private investigator to prove her case. Pat and Frank seek Mack's help, 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

Gary is arrested for the murder of Jill. 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 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.

Abby's secret ownership of Murakame is endangered when Sumner requests to meet the company's chief executive.

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.

Paige's investigation implicates Ted Melcher in the murder of Murakame Corporation's president.

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.

Paula and Mack bunk together during a storm and begin to heat things up. Paige isn't sure who she can trust her well being to: Greg or Ted?

Paige traces Hawkins' key to a box in Spring Lake and travels with Melcher, who thinks he has the key.

Gary thinks he may have overheard a murder, but he reaches a dead end when he looks for the victim; Paige plays cat-and-mouse with rivals Sumner and Ted; Danny suggests a way to ease the twins' confusion over his relationship with Val.

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.