Knots Landing is an American prime time television soap opera that originally aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993.
A spin-off of Dallas, the show centered on the personal and professional lives of the residents of Seaview Circle, a cul-de-sac in the suburb of Knots Landing, California.
[1] J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) is in town planning an offshore drilling project on the beach, which everyone is opposed to, except for Richard who asks Laura to get together with Chip Todson, J.R.'s PR man.
Lilimae Clements, Val's mother, turns up in Knots Landing where they put their troubled past to rest.
Abby, Gary and Val go to Sacramento to meet a senator about making methanol legal or their business will fail.
J.R. buys the publishing company behind Val's book and he is also questioned by Abby about Gary's future inheritance from Jock.
Karen looks through KLMotors books to find checks from West Century Auto - Frank and Roy's company, whom she believes are Sid's killers.
A private investigator tells Lilimae he is looking for a dangerous man called Tony Fenice and he shows her a picture of Chip.
Gary's hearing approaches but he does not co-operate and appears resigned to spending the rest of his life in jail for murder.
Abby finds out she will need a coastal variance to develop Lotus Point and asks Greg for help and they end up in bed together.
Karen is told that a piece of the shattered bullet is lodged in her spine and must have risky surgery to remove it but she refuses because of what happened to Sid.
Brian returns home with bruises which horrifies Olivia so much that she finally gives up all of her hidden drugs to Abby and agrees to get clean.
After vigorously washing her hands, Abby comes out of the bathroom at Lotus Point to find Olivia leaning over Peter's dead body.
Abby gets stood up by Charles which brings back the anger and hurt she felt years ago when she learned he was getting married.
Charles suggests to Abby that Lotus Point expand the marina and even offers to provide the investment capital for the project.
A man named Manny Vasquez and his nephew Harold are both pleased that Charles is making progress on their "plan" for Lotus Point.
Val sends the twins to stay with Lilimae and Al. Thieves leave Paige, Johnny, Michael and the other nationals locked in an unventilated truck.
A delusional Jill tells the doctor she and Gary are getting married, argues with a print shop about wedding invitations, and inquires about enrolling "her" twins in kindergarten.
Geologist and co-conspirator Rick Hawkins tells Abby she will need an environmental impact report before she can drill for oil at Lotus Point.
Michael and Ellen are accused of plagiarism and placed on academic probation once Sumner Group's computer security program is revealed.
When the discrepancies are noticed, Abby is surprised to additionally learn that Paige is living in a Sumner Group property rent-free.
Abby tries to set Olivia up with a young, attractive Sumner Group employee, but she announces at her 18th birthday party that she and Harold were married that morning.
Paige sees the photos of Ted engineering Nagata's car crash, and later apologizes to Greg, telling him she took the evidence to the police.
Paige rebuffs Tom Ryan initially, but after he shows up at the Sumner office party, she takes him home and has sex with him.
Police discover where the sniper shot from and due to garbage on the site, think he was there a long time, so Greg was not his target, Mary Frances was.
Gary asks Val to marry him noting it would be a shame to let the church, minister and flowers go to waste.
Jason's paper on an American hero has won a regional contest, and the final prize is a year abroad in Sweden.
Gary meets Joseph Barringer, a professor who is experimenting with how to capture ocean waves to make energy.
Val goes to Florida against Gary's wishes, where she learns that Mary Robeson was Laura's real mother, and Greg had her set up and sent to prison.
Karen and Mack yell at each other, and suddenly realize that things are back to "normal" and start to laugh and cry and kiss.