Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997)
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac is a 1997 television miniseries that served as a reunion show for the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. It aired on CBS in two two-hour parts on May 7 and May 9, 1997. The miniseries takes place four years after the series ended in 1993, and brings back castmembers William Devane, Kevin Dobson, Michele Lee, Donna Mills, Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark, Michelle Phillips and Stacy Galina in starring roles. It also includes cameo appearances by former cast members Tonya Crowe, Brian Austin Green, Kim Lankford, Claudia Lonow and Patrick Petersen.
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac: Season 1 - 2 Episode s
1x1 - Episode 1
May 7, 1997
Some recently made unemployed factory workers need Mack's help in suing Greg for wrongful termination of contracts. Greg had fired everyone regardless of the written agreement he signed promising not to close the factory after buying it from Gary. The agreement is hidden in a box somewhere in the Ewing warehouse. Abby informs Karen and Val that she has decided to move to Malibu. Her plans come to a halt through after the IRS freezes all of her assets for failure to pay some back taxes. Abby is able to convince Greg to give her the money she needs if she steals the agreement from the Ewing warehouse. Greg is surprised to see Anne at the ranch after she returns from Paris. Mack and Karen are questioned by Meg about her real biological father. Mack ends up lying to her when he decides not to tell her about Greg. Val, now a best-selling author, shares her news with Gary that a major film studio is going to film a movie based on her latest novel. Clay McKinney is assigned to be her writing partner. Gary is surprised when Kate shows up to see him with some very disturbing news.
1x2 - Episode 2
May 9, 1997
Val and Gary find out that Clay McKinney has been found dead, floating face down in his swimming pool. Val is quizzed by the police about an earring they discovered near the pool as she was the last person to see him alive. Val insists that the earrings don't belong to her and she refuses to tell Gary what happened the last time she saw Clay. Gary ends up accusing her of having affair with Clay. Greg ends up deciding to settle the lawsuit brought against him by Mack and the factory workers and calls of his deal with Abby. Abby has already employed a friend called Robert though to break into the Ewing warehouse. When Abby shows up at the warehouse she discovers it on fire and Robert nowhere around. Karen is upset when Mack refuses to tell her what is on his mind and he distances himself from her. Val has to decide whether to tell the police and Gary about what really happened at Clay's house the day before he was murdered. Abby pries into Greg's private business looking to find something she can use to blackmail him to get the money she needs. Both Karen and Abby find out that they are going to become grandmothers.
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac: 1 Season
Actors in Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
William Devane
Greg Sumner
Kevin Dobson
M. Patrick McKenzie
Michele Lee
Karen Fairgate McKenzie
Donna Mills
Abby Sumner
Ted Shackelford
Gary Ewing
Joan Van Ark
Valene Ewing
Michelle Phillips
Anne Matheson Sumner
Stacy Galina
Kate Whittaker
Brian Austin Green
Brian Cunningham
Joseph Cousins
Bobby Ewing
Emily Ann Lloyd
Betsy Ewing
Francesca Marie Smith
Meg MacKenzie
John Laughlin
Robert Simons
Victoria Ann-Lewis
Peggy
Carlos Cantú
Carlos
Jane A. Rogers
Lily Corsino
Ken Weiler
Jake Newman
Tonya Crowe
Olivia Cunningham Dyer
Kim Lankford
Ginger Ward
Claudia Lonow
Diana Fairgate
Pat Petersen
Michael Fairgate
Jeremy Roberts
Det. Beck
Jessica D. Stone
Molly Whittaker
William Ontiveros
Stan Mendoza
Jason Clarke
Willy
Terri Hoyos
Jean
J. Patrick McCormack
Sam Jacobson