Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac
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Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

★ 9.0/10 TMDB Premiered 1997-05-07 1 season 2 eps

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.

Last Episode Aired 1997-05-09
S1E2 — Episode 2

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.

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Billed Cast
William Devane
William Devane
Greg Sumner
Kevin Dobson
Kevin Dobson
M. Patrick McKenzie
Michele Lee
Michele Lee
Karen Fairgate McKenzie
Donna Mills
Donna Mills
Abby Sumner
Ted Shackelford
Ted Shackelford
Gary Ewing
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark
Valene Ewing
Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Anne Matheson Sumner
Stacy Galina
Stacy Galina
Kate Whittaker
Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green
Brian Cunningham
Joseph Cousins
Bobby Ewing
Emily Ann Lloyd
Emily Ann Lloyd
Betsy Ewing
Francesca Marie Smith
Francesca Marie Smith
Meg MacKenzie
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