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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Knots Landing" is "A Death in the Family", rated 6.4/10 from 16 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "A Death in the Family" aired on 1/7/1993 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Rose and the Briar".
6.4/10 16 votes#1 - A Death in the Family
Season 14 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/1993
Vanessa tells Anne she wants $2000 a week to keep her secret. Anne's upset that Greg spends all his time on the committee, and not with her. She learns Greg had Bill sent to Japan. Anne falls off a horse and tells Greg she lost they baby. Nick gives Claudia a necklace. Karen's upset that Mac tried to set Mary up. Mac's upset Gary didn't get it on tape. Mary gives her brother Joe some money, but says she's going to see Meg until they give her the rest of the million. Mac's upset, because he thought Mary was out of their life. He yells at her and her neighbor comes to see if she's okay. Karen decides to talk to Mary. She goes to her apartment and finds it trashed, and Mary is dead on the floor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 24 votes#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
6.5/10 33 votes#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
6.5/10 24 votes#4 - 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
6.6/10 25 votes#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
6.6/10 28 votes#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
6.7/10 33 votes#7 - 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
6.7/10 30 votes#8 - 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
6.7/10 14 votes#9 - Baths and Showers
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1992
Pierce blackmails Mort into giving him information on Greg's business deals. Greg suspects a leak, so Mort tells Pierce he can't risk helping him anymore. Kate's old tennis friend Vanessa shows up and asks to stay with Kate. Claudia wants Alex out, so she tells Greg that he is blackmailing her, and that Ruth was in pain, so she let her die. Greg gives Alex a job so he can keep an eye on him. Alex asks Kate out. Claudia wants him to leave Kate alone, so she sleeps with Alex. Alex goes to pick up Kate, and tells Kate that Vanessa's really good looking. Val's publisher asks her to write a biography of Greg. No one wants her to do it, and Mac and Karen are scared of how it will affect Meg and Paige, but Val decides to go ahead with it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10 16 votes#10 - The Way Things Were
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1993
Greg ignores Anne, so she comes on to Nick but won't sleep with him. Greg tells Anne his heart wants what it wants, and it doesn't want her. Gary tells Kate he has conflicting feelings, but wants to still be friends with her. Mac calls Karen but she puts Meg on. He and Greg commiserate in a bar, and Mac says he'll give Greg Meg's shares back. Paige asks him for the shares, and Mac says he already promised them to Greg, but will give them to her instead. Greg blackmails Claudia to sell him her shares. Treadwell calls Nick and Nick tells Claudia she can't sell, that because he gave her the half million dollars, she has obligations, and she doesn't know who she's dealing with. He also wants her to put a disc in the Sumner computer. Out bicycling with the twins, a van knocks Kate off the road, and she's unconscious.
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 30 votes#11 - 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
6.8/10 32 votes#12 - 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
6.9/10 29 votes#13 - 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
6.9/10 21 votes#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
6.9/10 18 votes#15 - Lovers and Other Strangers
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1992
Gary decides to go to Florida to look for Val. Kate asks Vanessa to leave, because Alex is moving in with her. Kate catches Alex and Vanessa in the shower together and kicks them both out. Anne says she is going to keep the baby, so Greg says that in that case they should get married. They return home. Mary decides to bring the MacKenzies to court, so Karen and Mac ask Greg to help. He tells them he'll take care of it. Anne tells Paige that Paige dropped the ball with Greg, and now she is going to marry Greg. Paige breaks down and cries.
Director: Lorraine Senna
Writer: Lisa Seidman
6.9/10 16 votes#16 - Farewell, My Lovely
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1993
Back from Florida, Gary tells Karen that Mary was really Laura's aunt, and Laura's mother died in childbirth. The police drop the charges against Mac, and they let Joe go. Joe meets with Nick, who tells him he wasn't supposed to have murdered Mary. Then Joe is found dead. Nick tells Vanessa he doesn't want Treadwell coming to town. Nick has Claudia open a bank account for ""Edward Messinger"" and gives her a briefcase of money. Paige asks Mac for his shares of Sumner group, but he says he doesn't care. Kate comes on to Gary again. He says he's not ready and she's pushing him. Mac hires Toni to work with him and says Frank moved to Chicago. Karen is upset that Mac didn't tell her about Florida or hiring Toni. He says talking to her is an inquisition. She decides to leave him and stay with Diana in New York.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lisa Seidman
7.0/10 53 votes#17 - 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
7.0/10 52 votes#18 - 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
7.0/10 38 votes#19 - 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
7.0/10 35 votes#20 - 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
7.0/10 25 votes#21 - 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
7.0/10 14 votes#22 - Always on Your Side
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1991
Mac and Karen go to court and ask to be Jason's foster parents, but the judge decides he should stay with his dad. Mac speeds off with Jason. He hides him in Val's house, but refuses to tell anyone where he is, so he's arrested. Frank and Charlotte go on a date. The doctor tells Gary that Val isn't responding to medication, but might get better on her own. Mrs. Richfield's niece Susie is hired at Sumner Group and does a terrible job. Susie puts through an account Linda was secretly trying to get to Paige, who then takes over the account. Steve asks Kate a lot of questions about her father and Claudia. He accidentally dings Paige's car, and Paige is furious with him and demands he fix it. Steve has a parole officer who says he needs to get a job and stay out of trouble, or he'll put him back in prison.
Director: Jerome Courtland
Writer: Lynn Marie Latham
7.1/10 30 votes#23 - 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
7.1/10 30 votes#24 - 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
7.1/10 24 votes#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