Thu, Dec 10, 1987
After Laura's funeral, everyone goes to Greg's. Mac is belligerent and snide. He spends all his time with Meg. Karen overhears him tell Gary that he's a father who never got to raise his kids. Richard tells Karen that Laura emasculated him, but he's matured a lot since then. Jill's upset that Gary is taking care of fragile Val. Jill starts to drink heavily and gets drunk. She tells Val that she lost her family and wants to help with the twins. She steals Peter's ashes and puts them in her purse. Jill then drunkenly goes up to Paige and asks her how she can sleep at night. Jill whacks Paige in the back with her purse. Everyone watches Laura's videos and cry their eyes out. Val and Karen cry and make up. Greg watches his video of Laura by himself, and sobs. He asks how she could leave him all alone, because he loves her. On the way home, Jill scatters Peter's ashes off a mountainside. On tape, Laura reads "Goodnight Moon" to Meg.
Thu, Jan 8, 1987
Mack flies to New York to see Anne. Under house arrest, Olivia sneaks out and does drugs in the barn. Olivia locks herself in the bathroom, so Abby chops the door down and finds drugs which Olivia tried to flush. Olivia makes calls, and tells Brian that her friends will bring her homework to his school. Abby catches Olivia stealing money from her purse, and they fight. Olivia trashes Abby's room, and Abby has to restrain her. Olivia gives Brian an envelope and tells him it's her homework to give to her friends. Lilimae brings Brian to school, but comes back with Olivia's "homework." It is actually money. Upset, Olivia says she had to give it to Brian, or her friends would beat him up. Abby rushes to Brian's school, but he's already been beaten up. Abby brings him home and forces Olivia to face her bruised and bloodied brother. Upset, Olivia runs to the chicken coop and gives Abby all of her drugs and apologises for all the trouble that she has caused.
Thu, Feb 23, 1989
Gary is disturbed to learn Jill has been riding horses and hiking on his ranch. He also suspects that Jill is turning his bed down, stealing photos of the twins, and leaving flowers in his bedroom (which she has). Gary threatens Jill to leave Knots Landing or he will destroy her. Jill notifies the police. Ted arranges a sit-down meeting between Mack, Karen, Greg, Abby, and their attorneys. Paige berates Ted for using Meg for political purposes. Jill has Gary served with a restraining order. Karen apologizes for hitting Abby; Mack says she didn't hit her hard enough. The twins accidentally run in to Jill at the library, and she convinces them not to tell Val they saw her. When Val learns about it, she violently confronts Jill at her office. Paige secretly takes Meg to see Greg. Mack and Karen decide to give up Meg to prevent a custody battle. Greg prepares a speech saying Meg will stay with the MacKenzies. Gary is pulled over by the police, who discover Jill's dead body in the trunk of his Jaguar.
Thu, Oct 29, 1987
Laura tells Greg she has an inoperable brain tumour. He takes her from doctor to doctor looking for a different diagnosis. Laura tells him she's not seeing any more specialists. Greg says he's not going to Meg's christening because he's seen his last church. People hold a farewell party for Laura at Lotus Point. Greg visits a doctor Laura refused to see. His car gets towed away and he wanders the streets. Meg gets christened while Greg sits in his car. He eventually goes into the church. Laura decides to go to a clinic alone, Greg says she's going there to die without him and it isn't being fair to him. She says she doesn't want him to see her die. She phones Karen to say goodbye and gives Meg to Greg and leaves for the clinic alone.
Thu, Dec 3, 1987
Everyone gathers at Greg's after Laura's death including Richard Avery. When Richard discovers that nobody went to the clinic with Laura when she was dying, he takes his anger out on the others. Gary tells Val that he respected how Laura turned her life around. Val argues with Karen about how Karen didn't tell her Laura was dying. Richard wants to know why Greg keeps Peter's ashes on the coffee table. Greg says he always wanted to be the centre of attention. Laura's remains are sent to the wrong mortuary. Mack says Laura is determined not to come back. Everybody laughs. Mack helps Greg pick out a casket for Laura.
Thu, May 13, 1993
Treadwell is going to shoot Nick, so Vanessa shoots Treadwell. Tom record it as in self-defense, so no charges are filed. With Treadwell out of the way, Val is free, and she and the twins have a tearful reunion. Gary tells her about Kate, but says he never loved anyone the way he loved her. Kate's upset and decides to go away. Karen and Mack yell at each other, and suddenly realize that things are back to "normal" and start to laugh and cry and kiss. Abby tells Greg that she is Treadwell's partner, and is taking over Sumner Group, because she has information to blackmail him. Greg has bought information from Nick and Anne that documents her and Treadwell's illegal dealings, so she can't blackmail him. With the money they made from Greg, Nick and Anne decide to live in Monaco together. At the airport they run into Claudia, who is also moving to Monaco. Greg finds that Paige has taken over his office, and she reminds him she owns 2/3 of the company, but he can have her old office. He says that if they work together, they'll need to spend nights, weekends, even vacations together. She dips him backwards and kisses him. The MacKenzies and Ewings are having a barbecue to celebrate Val's return. Abby drives up and says she heard Claudia's house was on the market, and walks into her old house. Mack shakes his head, and the rest stand there flabbergasted.
Thu, May 13, 1993
Tom talks Greg and Paige through disarming the bomb, and they do with 2 seconds to spare. Treadwell is angry that the bomb didn't work and that Val escaped. Disguised, Val gets off a bus and dyes her hair brown. She has flowers delivered to Gary with a card that says to meet her, and "I've never seen the ocean." He has Kate watch the twins and meets her. They have a tearful reunion at her motel. He brings her to Karen's, who's shocked, and she tells them about Treadwell. Tom asks Paige to marry him. Nick begs Claudia for money and says Treadwell is after him because he didn't kill Greg and Paige. Claudia tells Greg she'll tell him where Nick is for $5 million and a job in Monaco. Greg asks Nick where Treadwell is, and Tom comes in and brings Nick to the station. Nick asks for protection, and says he doesn't know where Treadwell is, but knows someone who does. Nick goes to someone and says that Treadwell is out of control and needs to be stopped. It's Abby, and she tells him she'll take care of it.
Thu, May 14, 1987
Abby tells Olivia to go home, change clothes and act normal. Abby frantically hides Peter's body. Olivia is distraught and goes to see Gary but won't tell him anything. Val is certain Ben will never come back home. Abby buries Peter's body at Lotus Point where a children's playground is about to be built. She notices Peter's car and takes it to the airport where she leaves it. Gary questions Abby about Olivia's behaviour. Mack tells Paige that he called Anne and she admitted that he is her father but Paige remains unsure. The following day, the cement foundation gets poured over Peter's body, but Abby's relief turns to horror when Karen later points out a large crack in the cement which may mean it has to be dug up.