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

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.

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 and Frank are caught up in a murder investigation that leads too close to home; Karen goes up against Sumner in a TV debate on the environment; Val finally realizes how Amanda fits into the scheme of things.

Sumner takes a liking to Paula; Paige puts Sumner on the back burner; Mack unnerves an Oakman executive while preparing his defense of Virginia; Michael discovers an admirer close to home.

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.

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.

Linda's announcement has a profound impact on the Mackenzie family and raises a barrier between Eric and Michael; Mack and Frank follow a lead in the Oakman Industries scandal; Sumner pursues Paula with a vengeance.

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.

Someone is waging war on the Sumner Group, but Mack's chief concern is Paige's safety; Danny means to end Gary's interference; Eric returns to make amends.

Sumner fights for his life in a hospital bed; Paige gets an unwelcome visit from her mother; Danny reacts violently in an argument over the adoption of the twins, while Tom reacts in anger to Mack's accusations.

Sumner gets a second chance, thanks to Mack; Danny's secret past comes to haunt Val; Karen and her producer nearly come to blows over promotion for "Open Mike"; and Linda becomes an overnight sensation at work.

Val takes action to protect herself and the twins from Danny; a medical emergency has Patricia yearning to return to hospital work; Anne schemes to get rid of Paula to have Sumner all to herself.

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.

Tom's heartfelt proposal gives Paige food for thought; Paula's announcement leaves Sumner nonplussed; Danny's confession confuses the twins; a deranged fan continues to stalk Karen; Frank and Patricia stubbornly remain apart.