Title: Gary, who had been left bankrupt after losing his money to Tidal Energy, moves back to Seaview Circle with Valene. After Karen's recovery from her drug addiction, she and Diana reconciled their relationship when Diana returned to Knots Landing after Chip's sudden death upon seeing whom he thought was a ghost of his dead murder victim Ciji (actually lookalike Cathy) and falling onto a pitchfork. In the season finale, Jill goes to Valene's home and, at gunpoint, she forces Valene to swallow sleeping pills, hoping it will appear that Valene has committed suicide. The events surrounding Diana running away with Chip stresses Karen to point where she becomes addicted to prescription pain pills. Other neighbors include the young couple Kenny Ward (James Houghton), a record producer, and his wife Ginger (Kim Lankford), a kindergarten teacher. Knots Landing is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. When she goes to call off the deal, Abby finds the warehouse in flames after Robert accidentally killed a security guard (George Lugg) and then set fire to the warehouse to cover his tracks. Gary receives news of his brother Bobby's death and returns to Dallas for the funeral (Bobby Ewing's death was later explained as being a "dream" on Dallas at the start of its tenth season in 1986, although never acknowledged on Knots Landing since Bobby was never mentioned again). Not wanting to compromise what he felt had been a good run, series creator David Jacobs described its end as a "mutual decision" between Knots Landing's producers and the CBS Network, saying, "We don't know if they would have picked us up anyway...but even if they had, we would have had to pare away more to survive.". Share this article: Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Share. Linda then divorces Eric and finds employment with the Sumner Group, where she becomes a rival of Paige's. Later at Clay's house, he makes a drunken pass at Valene but she pushes him away and he falls down. With the charges dropped against Sid Fairgate's killers, Karen seeks the help of federal prosecutor Mack MacKenzie (Kevin Dobson), whom she starts dating and eventually marries mid-season. The new opening designed by, (September 13, 1990 – May 13, 1993) To redefine the show for the 1990s, Knots Landing made one final change to the opening credits by returning to its famous across-the-screen style of scrolling clips though with faster moving, color-framed boxes which moved at different speeds and overlapped each other. Lilimae and Cathy spend the remainder of the season mourning his death, although Cathy soon starts an affair with Ben, who becomes her manager for her budding singing career. However, Greg stops Abby by threatening to reveal her dirty dealings while she was in Japan. Kenny and Ginger move to Nashville where she starts her music career. However, when she realizes the truth, Valene tries to kick him out of her house. The aerial shots as seen in the opening and end credits from 1981–87, were filmed at Palos Verdes Estates, an affluent coastal area of Los Angeles. Knots Landing later appeared on the cable channel TNT in September 1992 and ran through May 1993; as with the syndicated run, only the first 160 episodes (the first seven seasons) were broadcast. As she is homeless, she persuades Mack and Karen to allow her to stay with them and gets a job working at Karen and Gary's construction company so that she can find the agreement Sumner needs. Karen starts presenting a television talk show, but she becomes the target of an obsessive fan by the name of Jeff Cameron (Chris Lemmon), one of the show's producers. In Egypt, the series would start broadcast on Egyptian Channel 2 in the early 1990s and would continue to air for several years along with its contemporary, In Spain, the series was aired by the regional channels under the FORTA umbrella. All 14 seasons had aired by 1994. Early in the series, Gary becomes a salesman at Knots Landing Motors, and deals with visits from his wealthy brothers from Dallas, Bobby (guest star Patrick Duffy) and J. R. Ewing (guest star Larry Hagman). Upon release, he moves in with a woman named Kimmy who is also religious. Shackelford returned to Dallas for three episodes and Van Ark returned for one. Key castmember Nicollette Sheridan (Paige Matheson) initially declined to appear, but later agreed to an uncredited cameo appearance. The mini-series opens up with Paige Matheson (Nicollette Sheridan) ending her longstanding relationship with Greg Sumner (William Devane), as she wants to have a baby but he doesn't. Five years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, he turns up alive and well.