Schott was born in Cincinnati, one of five daughters of Charlotte and Edward Henry Unnewehr. When Jill and Peter have an argument, Jill is injured in a fall from and Peter flees the scene to avoid any link to her or the accident. The season ends with Gary sitting in jail, awaiting trial for Ciji's murder. The series peaked during the 1983–84 season with a 20.8 rating (when it finished in 11th place) and a 20.0 rating for the 1984–85 season (finishing 9th). Anne later agrees to pose nude for a magazine and she also becomes the host of a late-night advice show, which becomes a success. While separated from Kenny, Ginger starts a romance with the father of one of her students, although she and Kenny eventually reconcile. Laura angrily blames Valene for not telling her about the plot to kill Greg. Kate meets Steve Brewer (Lance Guest), a man claiming to be her brother. NORMAN, Okla. (AP)Alabama coach Nate Oats tried to warn his team. Karen starts presenting a television talk show, but she becomes the target of an obsessive fan by the name of Jeff Cameron (Chris Lemmon), one of the show's producers. Sheila disbelieves their claims that the babies were adopted illegally and shouts to warn Harry who takes off with one of the twins in his car. Health Midwest (226) Missouri Department of Economic Development (224) DST Systems Inc. (222) Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City (221) Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. … Season 13 saw a large ratings drop for the show after writer/producers Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham left to create Homefront and creator David Jacobs had a health crisis and pulled back his involvement in production. Knots Landing had five completely different styles of opening credits over its 14 years. Lance Rubin's music cues were mostly phased out at this point. Abby discovers that her daughter Olivia has developed a drug problem. 737769. Karen and Ben discover that Valene's doctor had paid off a nurse to assist in the kidnapping of Valene's children. Gary takes an increased interest in Valene's twins, his biological children, much to the annoyance of Jill, who has moved in with Gary. Initially, it was presumed that Tilton would also be joining Knots Landing (and have Lucy move in with her parents to the Seaview Circle cul-de-sac), but the network decided to keep her on Dallas in order to keep the two shows separate. In what is probably the best-remembered introduction, the sequence designed by Gene Kraft begins with a fast-moving aerial shot of the ocean which then tilts up as it approaches the coastline, and the series title appears. When Mack fakes Gary's death to snare Wolfbridge, Karen leaves him, believing his obsession with Wolfbridge has cost them their marriage. No further seasons have yet been announced for release. Mack seeks $1 million to get Mary Robeson to stop the custody battle over Meg. There were 344 episodes spanning 14 seasons of Knots Landing from 1979 to 1993. Kate and Steve become good friends, but Claudia, who wants Steve gone, has him framed by placing a gun in his car. Also, Paige had developed a romantic relationship with Michael, Karen's son, but she soon tires of him and starts romancing Peter. Jacobs then created Dallas, which the network accepted and premiered in 1978. During nearly the entire run of the original series, Knots Landing occupied the same timeslot: Thursday nights at 10:00 p.m. Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford) was the middle son and the black sheep of the Ewing family from Dallas. Karen escapes and Phil is killed after being hit by a car. Valene simply smiles and welcomes Abby back, before she and Gary go home. Meanwhile, Lilimae leaves town after starting a new romance, and Abby rekindles her love affair with her old flame, Charles Scott (Michael York). 24 Oklahoma defeat No. SOAPnet later acquired the rights to the series when it first went on the air in January 2000. (November 12, 1981 – May 14, 1987) Knots Landing unveiled a new opening at the start of season 3. Her father grew wealthy in the lumber business. The opening credits during the first two seasons were edited in such a way to make it appear that the cul-de-sac was closer to the beach. Jeff starts a plot to murder Karen, but he is eventually caught and imprisoned. Years later, Valene and Lucy reconnected, causing Valene and Gary to reunite. They remarried, and Gary's mother, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes), bought the couple a house in California. 9 Alabama 66-61 on Saturday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Paige soon falls in love with Tom Ryan (Joseph Gian), a crooked cop, and the two plan to marry, but Tom leaves Paige at the altar after Greg blackmailed him. Valene's publicist, Chip Roberts (Michael Sabatino), moves in with Valene and Lilimae, and trouble starts when he dates Diana and Ciji at the same time, later getting Ciji pregnant. In Guyana, the series was transmitted on NBTV Channel 9 and later on WRHM Channel 7. Knots Landing is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. In the 2013 Dallas storyline, it is made clear that Gary and Val had still been living together at their home in California, though had recently separated due to Gary's brief relapse into alcoholism due to financial worries. Michele Lee, who played Mack's wife Karen, protested this to Jacobs, saying, "There has to be one stable couple on the show." However, the airbag saves Gary's life, but Danny is found dead in the Williams' swimming pool. His players didn't listen, and they paid for it. 745430. The new opening designed by, (September 13, 1990 – May 13, 1993) To redefine the show for the 1990s, Knots Landing made one final change to the opening credits by returning to the famous horizontal scrolling clips style, though with faster moving, color-framed boxes which moved at different speeds and overlapped each other. While Jill has provided herself with an alibi, Valene's testimony is later proven true. The picture, except for the title, fades to black, and the title scrolls from right to left followed by a montage of clips of the show playing in small boxes. Jill conceives an elaborate plan where she edits audio recordings of Ben's voice to make Valene think he was trying to contact her. Mack and Greg rescue her after she and Pierce fall into the water. Wolfbridge forces Abby into making them her partners in the Lotus Point development. Walker Heart Institute’s heart failure clinic helps patients manage their symptoms and stay healthy. In the season finale, Jill goes to Valene's home and, at gunpoint, she forces Valene to swallow sleeping pills, hoping it will appear that Valene has committed suicide. Featuring, Episode 12: "End of the Road, Part II". Volunteers at Washington Regional Medical Center, LIFELINE Personal Emergency Response System, New J.B. Hunt Transport Services Cancer Support Home: coming 2021, Renal Specialists of Northwest Arkansas Locations, 3215 N. Northhills Blvd. Jason later moves in with Mack and Karen, and dates Julie Williams. Paige demanded an audit, but Claudia cannot get the money from Nick back because he already spent it. Their humor-imbued style of writing made them the favorites of Michele Lee, while John Pleshette felt they were "awful people.” Pleshette, however, was not a regular cast member during their tenure (only making a guest appearance in 1987), and harbored resentment because the writing team, who had been represented by his wife, moved to a different agency. At the end of their appearances on the new series of Dallas, Gary and Val return to California together. In season four, Valene returns to the cul-de-sac and throws Gary out of the house, leaving him free to move in with Abby. He then inherits millions of dollars from his recently-deceased father, Jock Ewing (Jim Davis). Karen and Mack reconcile, and Karen eventually gets the operation she needs in order to make a full recovery. While trying to find Valene, Gary sees the car she was in explode. Peter, having become state senator with Greg's support, goes to the extreme to hide the fact that Jill is his sister, who has started a relationship with Gary. Abby hires a Ciji look-alike, Cathy Geary (also played by Lisa Hartman), to keep Gary distracted so he would not learn about her crooked business dealings. Although a spin-off of Dallas, the concept predates that series, and was rebuffed by CBS in 1977, as the network wanted something more "saga-like". On Knots Landing during the 1985-86 season, Bobby's death had an indelible impact on some of the characters (i.e. When Peter's body is discovered, Olivia is charged with his murder, although Abby steps in to take the blame for her daughter. Jaden Shackelford scored 19 points and No. This meant the firing of two regulars, Constance McCashin and Julie Harris. Gary struggling to deal with his brother's death and being comforted by his wife Abby, Abby and Greg then taking advantage of Gary going to Southfork for Bobby's funeral to gain politically at Empire Valley in Gary's absence, and Valene naming her baby son after the late Bobby). However, when she realizes the truth, Valene tries to kick him out of her house. Laura leaves Knots Landing to die elsewhere, thus leaving Greg with their infant child, a daughter named Meg. Updated orchestrations of the by-then-familiar Lance Rubin cues were also re-arranged to be played by the synthesizer, and the Immel/Huxley cues were similarly utilized, albeit less commonly. He soon starts a romance with Cathy, who has moved into the cul-de-sac with Laura and her children. Later on, it aired on Sundays at 21:45 for the season & a half that followed, from February 1992. Her mental health deteriorates and she leaves Knots Landing and goes to Tennessee. Abby then leaves Greg and Knots Landing, accepting a Trade Envoy job in Japan (a job Greg himself wanted after losing the run for mayor). Dallas itself was revived in 2012, with characters from Knots Landing appearing in its second season. His players didn’t listen, and they paid for it. Although both Shackelford and Van Ark appeared in the 1991 series finale of Dallas playing "alternative" versions of Gary and Valene (the episode depicted an alternate reality in which J.R. Ewing had never been born), there have been no real crossovers of story or characters from Knots Landing to Dallas or vice versa since the 1985-86 season of each show (which, on Dallas, turned out to be a dream had by Pam Ewing). Ruth becomes close to Abby (since they have similar interests), but loathes Laura, who, by this time has started a relationship with Greg. Reruns of Knots Landing were first packaged into syndication for off-network broadcast in local markets by Lorimar in 1985. Paige, meanwhile, finds herself caught between Greg and Ted Melcher, one of whom is a murderer. In the 2005 Knots Landing Reunion special, the cast along with creator David Jacobs, said that the lasting legacy of the show was their dealings with many of the issues real middle-class people were having. Valene (still believing she is "Verna") becomes engaged to a man in Tennessee, but Gary finally finds her and brings her back to Knots Landing, where she rekindles her romance with Ben, but still believes her babies to be alive. When Valene's babies are threatened, Ben reluctantly agrees to assist Jean. Between Seasons 1 and 4 of Knots Landing, there were nine episodes where Dallas characters appeared, played by their respective actors. Empire Valley went awry when Gary learns that Galveston Industries and its partners were secretly building an underground espionage operation there. With Greg's health on a downward spiral, his half-sister Claudia Whittaker (Kathleen Noone) comes to town along with her daughter Kate (also Stacy Galina), who bears a striking resemblance to Greg's dead daughter Mary Frances. When Sid discovered some car parts that Gary and Abby had purchased were actually stolen, his brakes were tampered with to keep him from testifying in court. Assuming he had been left Empire Valley, Greg resigns from the Senate, but is shocked to learn that the land had been left to Gary. Since Steve was already a felon, the gun violated his parole and he was later gunned down trying to run away from the police. The new dramatic cues emphasized full orchestral arrangements as formerly middle-class Knots Landing became upwardly mobile. 24 Oklahoma, their first defeat in more than a month. Mack tracks down Valene's babies, who had been adopted illegally. Donna Mills, you rocked my world. Jacobs has publicly stated that the way he knew the show was in trouble was when waitresses at his favorite diner, whom he had heard gossiping about Knots Landing every Friday during past seasons, suddenly stopped discussing the show in late 1991. Kate blames Claudia for Steve's death and removes her mother from her life, but they soon reconcile when Claudia attempts suicide. Walker Heart Institute provides many specialties and services for the cardiac and vascular systems. Later, Mack goes through a mid-life crisis and quits his job, and thereby starts his own law practice. Karen and Mack are initially suspicious of them, but become their friends upon learning they are in the Witness Protection Program. TNT would later become the first network to broadcast all 344 episodes of Knots Landing during its second syndication run of the series beginning in 1995. Jill Bennett (Teri Austin), Peter's sister, becomes Mack's new colleague, although Jill and Peter keep their relationship a secret as an effort to get revenge on the Galveston family for having wronged their family years before. While its parent show Dallas was a show about the rich upper class, Knots Landing had this aspect as well but was much more about the struggles of parenting, drug addictions, spousal issues and many of the evolving problems in the 1980s and early 90s. Gary learns that Danny had beaten and raped Amanda, but when he tells Valene she refuses to believe him, and she ends up marrying Danny. With doubt on her innocence, Jill was left friendless and she thereby tied herself up and locked herself in the trunk of Gary's car, hoping to frame Gary for kidnapping her. She did, however, make a guest appearance in the first-season episode "Home is for Healing". She leaves him and goes to New York to stay with her daughter Diana. The Crimson Tide (15-4, 10-0 SEC) were coming off a loss at then-No. When Jill dies in the trunk, Gary is charged with her murder, although Mack has the charges dropped when it is learned Jill had deliberately locked herself in the trunk. 730078. 10 Alabama beat LSU 78-60 on Wednesday night to remain unbeaten in league play. A shady organization run by Daniel Treadwell (Daniel Gerroll) begins terrorising everybody with its sights set on the Sumner Group. I just took one of the couples and made it, you know, Val and Gary who had already been created on the parent series and putting them into the mix, but when you have four couples and you change one, you sort of have to change the dynamic all the way around. Shackelford passed on the small role the producers offered him during the first season, but accepted a multi-episode role during the second. After Dallas became a hit, Jacobs was then able to adapt Knots Landing as a spin-off series by way of incorporating characters introduced in the parent series. While a fugitive from the police, Chip falls on a pitchfork and dies after seeing Cathy, thinking she was Ciji back from the dead. Claudia also takes a disliking to Joseph and she arranges for him to get another job, thus ending his romance with Kate. Greg himself had been shot by Mary Frances' activist boyfriend, Robert Scarrow (John David Bland), although he survives. Anne reveals she is pregnant, leading to Greg marrying her, but she discovers she suffered a "hysterical pregnancy". Valene falls from a horse and suffers from psychiatric problems, but she soon recovers and she and Gary get married for the third time. The series was largely inspired by a 1957 movie No Down Payment but also by the 1973 Ingmar Bergman television miniseries Scenes from a Marriage. Arguably best remembered for her role as Miss Ellie, the Ewing family matriarch on the long-running TV series Dallas (1978), In the first episode, newly remarried Gary and Val move to Knots Landing, California in a cul-de-sac known as Seaview Circle. Linda, Eric's ex-wife, is murdered by Brian Johnston (Philip Brown), who holds the MacKenzie hostage. Early in the series, Gary becomes a salesman at Knots Landing Motors, and deals with visits from his wealthy brothers from Dallas, Bobby (guest star Patrick Duffy) and J. R. Ewing (guest star Larry Hagman). Immel, along with Craig Huxley composed the background music for the pilot. Anne offers to divorce Greg so he can resume his relationship with her daughter Paige, whom he loves. A high-speed car chase results in a crash, and one of the teenagers in the crash is Jason. Overcome with grief and feeling unable to raise the child himself, Greg asks Karen and Mack to adopt Meg, which they agree to. Gary is cleared of Ciji's murder, and the police hunt for Chip who is now their prime suspect. Senator, receives the endorsements of Mack and Karen, as well as Abby, who wanted to buy herself a senator. Valene and Ben agree to raise the children as theirs, and the two soon marry. He is eventually arrested but not before he and Diana are married, which strains her relationship with Karen who becomes so stressed that she becomes addicted to prescription painkillers. Karen's kidnapper is revealed to be Phil Harbert (guest star Louis Giambalvo), an old friend of Greg and Mack's from law school, who had become bitter towards Mack, having blamed him for causing the death of his wife. Karen condemns Mack's handling of Mary Robeson's efforts to win custody of Meg. Now broke, Paige's mother Anne returns to Knots Landing, in an attempt to cheat Paige out of an inheritance that her grandfather left her. Smaller articles have: Viewer’s Choice (pic of STACY GALINA & TED SHACKELFORD & MICHELLE PHILLIPS & NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN & MICHELE LEE & KEVIN DOBSON & KATHLEEN NOONE & WILLIAM DEVINE), The Winner (pic of DALTON TRUMBO), He Is A Camera (pix & works by SEBASTIAO SALGADO including pic with LELIA SALGADO) Olivia then becomes friends with Peter, and develops a crush on him, although he is interested in Paige. Patrick Gleeson and Kennard Ramsey composed during this period. Paige and Michael were eventually able to get out of Mexico, and Manny Vasquez's nephew, Harold Dyer (Paul Carafotes), kills his uncle when he tried to kill Mack. Knots Landing later appeared on the cable channel TNT in September 1992 and ran through May 1993; as with the syndicated run, only the first 160 episodes (the first seven seasons) were broadcast. "[6], Gary Ewing was originally played by David Ackroyd on Dallas, but Ackroyd was unable to sign on for Knots Landing, and Ted Shackelford assumed the role. 755604. This was the first time the show had been rerun in the UK since the early 2000s when it was shown on UK Gold. Ciji insists on keeping the baby, much to Chip's annoyance and anger. Frank has a brief relationship with schoolteacher Debbie Porter (Halle Berry), before he too leaves town. Gary decides to divorce Abby as he cannot trust her. 702518. As a result, in the season finale, Sid's car plunges off a cliff. Valene does not believe her, and while researching Mary in Florida, Valene is kidnapped. Orgasm (from Greek ὀργασμός orgasmos "excitement, swelling"; also sexual climax) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by sexual pleasure. Pierce's body is never found, and it is presumed he drowned. [9] The extramarital affair storyline was nixed, and Michelle Phillips, who had been signed to a contract, was written out for a couple of seasons before returning in 1990. Episode 2: "Community Spirit". Knots Landing has not been seen in United States syndication since SOAPnet quit broadcasting it in 2005. In the meantime, Joshua becomes increasingly controlling and abusive towards Cathy, and in a moment of rage he tries to kill her but falls of the roof of a building and dies. Olivia marries Harold, but they run into financial troubles when Abby cuts Olivia off financially. Other neighbors include the young couple Kenny Ward (James Houghton), a record producer, and his wife Ginger (Kim Lankford), a kindergarten teacher. Gary befriends the aging millionaire Paul Galveston (Howard Duff), and Galveston offers Gary the opportunity to develop Empire Valley, a large piece of real estate. Laura decides to make up with Valene, but then tells Greg she is dying of a brain tumor, though he refuses to accept it. Greg decides to retire from the Sumner Group, and he leaves one-third of the company to Claudia, one-third to Paige, and one-third to Mack and Karen in a trust for Meg. In November 1992, the show was rerun from the beginning, every weekday evening at 20:45. Paige and Michael go on an archaeological dig in Mexico. In the early 1990s, soft contemporary acoustic music became popular and Knots Landing began incorporating this into its background music during season 12. Karen becomes the head of Knots Landing Motors, subsequently firing Abby, although she was soon rehired. Early life and career. This was the first time the characters had been seen since the 1997 mini-series Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. The writing team of Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham (the head writers from 1986 to 1991) was controversial among both fans and actors. He attempted to save face by shutting down production on November 20, 1991,[12] firing head writer John Romano, and replacing him with Ann Marcus. 712421. 734532. Manny tells them that he will hold Paige and Michael hostage in Mexico unless they allow him to continue his dealings through Lotus Point. Eric's wife Linda Fairgate (Lar Park-Lincoln) moves in with Karen and Mack, and starts an affair with Eric's younger brother Michael. Valene survives and says that Jill had tried to kill her. Sure, Oklahoma would be without leading scorer Austin Reaves and starting guard Alondes Williams because of COVID-19 protocols. Frank (Larry Riley) and Pat Williams (Lynne Moody) and their daughter Julie (Kent Masters-King) move into Laura's old house on the cul-de-sac. In the meantime, Paige reveals that she faked her death in order to escape the control of her wealthy grandparents, although Karen doubts the story, believing her to be an impostor. Fans of the series lobbied Warner Home Video via an online petition at www.knotslanding.net for further releases, and Warner Home Video released Season Two on April 14, 2009. Investing money in several ways, Gary takes an interest in a beautiful younger singer named Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman). 717508. Though not as popular in the ratings as Dallas, Knots Landing eventually outlasted it and garnered much critical acclaim. Sid and Karen deal with problems surrounding Sid's oldest daughter, Annie (Karen Allen), Richard and Laura deal with the circumstances surrounding Laura's rape, and Kenny and Ginger's marriage hits the rocks when Kenny starts an affair with a young singer named Sylvie (Louise Vallance). After a frantic battle to expose the illegal black market adoption, Valene's children are returned to her, whom she names Betsy and Bobby. The following morning, Valene is found motionless on her bedroom floor. With business at Lotus Point reaching a low, Karen, Abby, and Gary agree to expand the marina to accommodate the business of Manny Vasquez (John Aprea). 738394. Their plans backfire when Nick suddenly leaves town, leaving Anne homeless. [15], Screenwriter Marc Cherry also confirmed the show was an inspiration to him when he created the hit series Desperate Housewives, describing it as a cross between Knots Landing, American Beauty and Twin Peaks. The UK satellite channel CBS Drama began airing the series in its entirety starting from April 1, 2013. They meet their neighbors, Sid Fairgate (Don Murray), the owner of Knots Landing Motors, a used car dealership, and his wife Karen (Michele Lee), the parents of three children: Diana (Claudia Lonow), Eric (Steve Shaw), and Michael (Patrick Petersen). (September 24, 1987 – May 18, 1989) At the beginning of the ninth season, Knots Landing's producers decided to break tradition with the opening. Paige is later shot by Pierce (who was aiming for Greg, whom he hated), temporarily paralyzing her. Mack halted the con artist, and used dental records from a deceased family to make him believe that the Sollars (the Williamses original surname) were dead. In the finale, Karen disappears and is being held hostage by a man in his basement. However, Richard loses his job and suffers a nervous breakdown, holds Laura hostage in their home at gunpoint. Gary was an alcoholic, and his father Jock (Jim Davis) and elder brother J.R. (Larry Hagman) had never treated him as an equal. Laura also tells Greg that she is pregnant, but he is not enthusiastic about it, and she refuses to have an abortion. Anne meets the scheming Italian Nick Schillace (Lorenzo Caccialanza), with whom she romances and embarks on a series of illegal schemes in an effort to obtain wealth. In Norway, the series first began airing on, This page was last edited on 7 February 2021, at 05:55. 754594. On Dallas, the character of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) was killed off in the final episode of the 1984–85 season. The premier center for cardiology services in Northwest Arkansas. Gary receives news of his brother Bobby's death and returns to Dallas for the funeral (Bobby Ewing's death was later explained as being a "dream" on Dallas at the start of its tenth season in 1986, though this was never acknowledged on Knots Landing as Bobby was never mentioned again). Paige's mother, Anne Matheson (Michelle Phillips), whom Paige had said was dead, appears and tries to rekindle her love affair with Mack. Treadwell's mysterious partner is revealed to be Abby, who has been orchestrating the takeover of the Sumner Group all along. At the end of the season, Abby finds Olivia standing over Peter's dead body. Anne steals Paige's identity in an effort to obtain her daughter's money, although the plan soon goes awry. [4] Once that show became a success after the initial run as a five-episode miniseries, the producers decided to expand the roles of certain characters. Some weeks later, believing she had successfully hid Peter's body, Abby is informed by Karen that there is a crack in the cement foundations and that it has to be pulled up and redone. The following year, Duffy decided to return to Dallas and the character of Bobby was resurrected in the infamous "shower scene" at the end of the 1985–86 season. In Namibia (originally known as South West Africa), the series was played on, In the United Arab Emirates, the series was shown on its English language network. Karen learns that Chip's real name is Tony Fenice and that he's a fugitive wanted for assault and battery on a woman in Seattle, but is too late to stop Diana leaving town with him. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system responses. Online Screening: Click here Greg's daughter, Mary Frances (Stacy Galina), visits him after a six-year estrangement and is shot dead in her father's office, making Greg believe that he had been the intended target. Valene and Gary become separately involved with another divorced couple, Danny (Sam Behrens) and Amanda Waleska (Penny Peyser). Jason soon leaves Knots Landing for Sweden, and, shortly thereafter, Julie decides to move away as well. Greg hires Mack to lead his Senate Crime Commission investigating the sinister Wolfbridge Group. This can be attributed, in part, to more dramatic storylines as the series became more soap opera-like, and the gradual inclusion of newer characters to interact with the original cast. Gary invested in a project that turned energy from the ocean's tides into usable electric energy. Gary subsequently blows Empire Valley up. Greg's devious mother, Ruth (guest star Ava Gardner), comes to visit her son after Galveston's death. 731567. A con artist tried to extort money from Frank and Pat by threatening to reveal their whereabouts to the people that had threatened Pat's life years earlier. [9] The famous 1984 storyline where Valene's babies got kidnapped was originally envisioned as one of scheming Abby's plots. Gary and Valene get a visit from their teenage daughter Lucy (Charlene Tilton), although she decides to return to Dallas, and from Valene's estranged mother, Lilimae (Julie Harris). Later, when Paige gets into her car, she is horrified to see Pierce waiting for her in the back seat. The couple soon make the decision to leave Knots Landing and move to Miami. Before the show opening, each episode was preceded by a "Lorimar Presents" logo, followed by a narrated recap of the previous episode with the theme music played under. Abby convinces Greg to get her an illegal land variance to build on Lotus Point but, after pressure from Wolfbridge, Greg pins it on Mack in order to discredit his investigation, thus ending their friendship. However, Ben could not accept that Valene was pregnant with another man's children and he and Valene break up. In 1997, much of the cast reunited for a two-part mini-series entitled Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. Comprehensive cardiology care in the North Central Arkansas region. [7] Joan Van Ark continued to play Val Ewing for the spin-off. Around this same time, Joshua and Cathy grow closer, and the two soon marry. Greg tried to regain custody of his daughter Meg from Mack and Karen, but he lost the case. There is no bonus material.