6.4/1016 votesLoading...#1 - A Death in the Family
Season 14 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/1993
Mack learns the recording he made of his transactions with Mary is unusable. Vanessa tries to blackmail Anne.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1026 votesLoading...#2 - The Rose and the Briar
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/1982
Lilimae leaves for Las Vegas. After Richard takes out his anger on Laura, she seeks comfort with Scooter.
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Writer: Scott Hamner
6.5/1037 votesLoading...#3 - The Three Sisters
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/1982
When the neighborhood women spend the night in an old haunted mansion, things turn strange.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: N/A
6.6/1035 votesLoading...#4 - Step One (a.k.a.) Husbands and Lovers
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/1981
Diana's first sexual experience is a disaster. Richard and Abby have an affair.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: N/A
6.6/1027 votesLoading...#5 - Secrets
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/24/1981
When the IRS audits the dealership, Karen asks for Abby's help. After a party, Richard doesn't come home.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
6.6/1028 votesLoading...#6 - The Grim Reaper
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1990
Paige and Tom make up, and she won't believe he is crooked until Mac gives her proof. Mac find out the Oakman chemicals are used in agriculture, but banned in the US because they cause liver cancer. When the chemicals were banned, Oakman used the pension funds to start a new company in Africa. Oakman is found dead. Eric visits and he and Michael make up. Linda is hired at Sumner Group. Karen and her ""Open Mike"" producer Dianne don't get along. Paige and Paula keep vigil over Greg, who is paralyzed and needs an operation. Police guard Greg's hospital room. Mary Francis's boyfriend Robert goes to the hospital and climbs in Greg's window. Robert tells Greg he is going to inject him with the chemicals Greg made, so he will suffer like his victims. Robert says Mary Francis was dying of this, so he killed her to publicize the plight, and then killed Oakman. Robert injects the chemicals into Greg, then gives himself up to the police.
Director: Lawrence Kasha
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
6.7/1031 votesLoading...#7 - Players
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/1981
Linda finally tells Sid she's in love with him. Ginger tells Kenny she's pregnant.
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Writer: N/A
6.7/1033 votesLoading...#8 - The Loudest Word
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/1981
When Gary has a hard time facing Val's operation for a malignant growth, his brother Bobby Ewing visits.
Director: Kim Friedman
Writer: N/A
6.7/1030 votesLoading...#9 - Man of the Hour
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/12/1981
Ginger's sister Jill is left in a coma after smoking some marijuana Eric brought to a party.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1026 votesLoading...#10 - Silver Shadows
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/25/1982
When an elderly film director lavishes Abby with gifts, she utilizes her resemblance to a silent film star.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1016 votesLoading...#11 - The Way Things Were
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1993
Sumner schemes to retake control of The Sumner Group. Nick warns Claudia about leaving The Sumner Group.
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: N/A
6.8/1031 votesLoading...#12 - Scapegoats
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/15/1981
Karen and Sid disagree about their son Michael, who has a discipline problem at school.
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: N/A
6.8/1015 votesLoading...#13 - Baths and Showers
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1992
Pierce is beaten and told to avoid Paige. Val is asked to write Greg Sumner's biography, as Sumner hires Alex.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1021 votesLoading...#14 - My Bullet
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1990
Both Michael and a bookie pressure Harold for money. Harold asks Mac to loan him $13,000, but when Mac hears how much money Gary has already given him, he says no. Harold calls Tom and says he knows who he works for, but will keep it a secret if he helps him out financially. Greg gets drunk, and the ghosts of Mary Francis and Galveston follow him around. Worried, Carlos calls Paige, but then Paula shows up. Jealous, Tom follows Paige to Greg's. Paige is angry, but Tom says he's never been in love before, and they make up. Carlos gives Greg floppy discs that Mary Francis had in Greg's computer. Police discover where the sniper shot from and due to garbage on the site, think he was there a long time, so Greg wasn't his target, Mary Francis was.
Director: Anita W. Addison
Writer: Bernard Lechowick
6.9/1018 votesLoading...#15 - Lovers and Other Strangers
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1992
Sumner proposes to Anne. Mary asks for a court hearing to get visitation rights with Meg.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Lisa Seidman
6.9/1016 votesLoading...#16 - Farewell, My Lovely
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1993
Mack and Gary return from Florida with news about who killed Val and Mary. Mack and Karen argue.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lisa Seidman
7.0/1054 votesLoading...#17 - Land of the Free
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/7/1980
When a motorcycle gang terrorizes the residents of Knots Landing, Sid's daughter is abducted.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1039 votesLoading...#18 - Courageous Convictions
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/1980
Richard is in financial trouble and tries to loan money from neighbors, as Sid discovers his money is missing.
Director: Henry Levin
Writer: N/A
7.0/1032 votesLoading...#19 - Chance of a Lifetime
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/11/1980
Richard works with a powerful attorney from Chicago in the hopes of becoming a partner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1027 votesLoading...#20 - Mistaken Motives
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/1982
Diana's rebellious behavior leads to her arrest. Karen meets a young widower.
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Writer: N/A
7.0/1014 votesLoading...#21 - Always on Your Side
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1991
After the court sends Jason back to his abusive father, Mack helps him escape and faces kidnapping charges.
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
7.1/1057 votesLoading...#22 - Let Me Count the Ways
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/1980
When Karen's daughter's controversial high school teacher is about to be fired, she comes to his defense.
Director: Henry Levin
Writer: N/A
7.1/1031 votesLoading...#23 - A State of Mind
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/1981
Jeff threatens to take the kids away from Abby. Laura is tempted to have an affair with a client.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: N/A
7.1/1036 votesLoading...#24 - Moments of Truth
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/1981
Armed gunmen invade the Ewing house during a baby shower for Ginger and hold the women hostage.
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Writer: N/A
7.1/1024 votesLoading...#25 - Wrong For Each Other
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1990
Tom tells Paige he will always love her, and meeting her changed him, and he is going straight. Linda comes onto Michael, and gets nasty when he rejects her. Associate producer Jeff is having an affair with Dianne. He tells both Karen and Dianne that the other is difficult, so he'll run interference. Anne unexpectedly shows up at Paige's. Paula tells Karen she loves Greg, and constantly stays at his side. Anne stops by to visit, and he says ""Anne!"" Danny takes the twins out when he knows Gary is going to spend the day with them. Danny tells Gary he is adopting the twins. Gary wants Val to tell the twins he is their father. Val tells Danny that he can't adopt them, and Danny goes off. He yells, throws things at her, smashes a lamp and says she's crazy. Val is shocked.
Director: Kevin Dobson
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Knots Landing
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The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
Genres:DramaSoap
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"A Death in the Family" is the worst rated episode of "Knots Landing". It scored 6.4/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/7/1993. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Rose and the Briar".