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Knots Landing
Season 1
TV-14
18%
75%
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In a seaside suburban paradise, four married couples struggle with the conflicts and passions that buffet every marriage.
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13 Episodes
Pilot
E1
Pilot
Gary and Valene move into their new home with the help of his brother, Bobby Ewing.
Community Spirit
E2
Community Spirit
When Ewing Oil announces plans to drill offshore, Gary opposes his brother J.R. to save Knots Landing beach.
Let Me Count the Ways
E3
Let Me Count the Ways
When Karen's daughter's controversial high school teacher is about to be fired, she comes to his defense.
The Lie
E4
The Lie
Laura feigns rape to cover up an afternoon rendezvous with Richard.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
E5
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
When Val's mother arrives for a visit, Val must confront unpleasant memories of her childhood.
Home is For Healing
E6
Home is For Healing
Lucy comes to live with her parents for the first time, but the reunion is anything but happy.
Land of the Free
E7
Land of the Free
When a motorcycle gang terrorizes the residents of Knots Landing, Sid's daughter is abducted.
Civil Wives
E8
Civil Wives
Karen regrets her invitation to Sid's ex-wife when she flirts with Sid. Eric has an interest in Ginger Ward.
Constant Companion
E9
Constant Companion
Ginger is frightened by anonymous gifts that bring back dark memories of an aborted pregnancy.
Small Surprises
E10
Small Surprises
Karen learns she is pregnant but has mixed feelings about the news. Eric dates Ginger's 14-year-old sister.
Courageous Convictions
E11
Courageous Convictions
Richard is in financial trouble and tries to loan money from neighbors, as Sid discovers his money is missing.
Bottom of the Bottle (1)
E12
Bottom of the Bottle (1)
Gary begins drinking again but won't admit he's an alcoholic, while Ginger suspects Kenny of having an affair.
Bottom of the Bottle (2)
E13
Bottom of the Bottle (2)
Val gives Gary an ultimatum about his drinking, and Gary leaves. Ginger finds Kenny with Sylvie.
Cast of Season 1
James Houghton
Kenny Ward
Kim Lankford
Ginger Ward
Michele Lee
Karen MacKenzie
Constance McCashin
Laura Avery Sumner
Don Murray
Sid Fairgate
John Pleshette
Richard Avery
Ted Shackelford
Gary Ewing
Joan Van Ark
Valene Ewing
John Romano
Producer
Season 1 Ratings & Reviews
Washington Post
Megan Rosenfeld
The problem with Knots Landing is that while Dallas succeeds as soap opera because the characters are larger than life, these characters are caricatures of life. There's romance in a ranch; there isn't much in a subdivision.
New York Times
John J. O'Connor
The characters run to easily identifiable types -- nice guys versus nasties. The situations are elementary -- sex, money and ambition. And the resolutions are inevitably comforting. Knots Landing has few pretensions to profundity or even subtlety.
Miami Herald
Steven Reddicliffe
Alas, Knots Landing isn't nearly as good -- meaning as wonderfully bad -- as Dallas... "Knots" is an unhappy marriage of "Family" pathos and "Dallas" horniness of plenty, a union that turns out to be something of a drag.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lee Winfrey
The network's newspaper ads for Knots Landing ballyhooed it as "a new series with all the power and passion of Dallas!" The premiere, however, failed to disclose anyone mean enough to last a minute in the ring with J.R.
Kansas City Star
Gerald B. Jordan
This extension of Dallas only adds another hour to prime time trash, which in the case of Dallas has been a ratings winner for CBS.
Newsday
Marvin Kitman
Power! That's what Dallas is about: Naked power... Knots Landing is about just plain suburban folks lusting for power. It's so humdrum. Dallas is high class trash. Knots Landing is really trash, stuff right out of your own block.
Los Angeles Times
Howard Rosenberg
In attempting to be momentous, it demonstrates how difficult it is for significant drama to coexist with box office-dictated titillation. Caught in between, it is not good enough to be taken seriously. It is bad, but not bad enough to be really good.
Boston Globe
Peter J. Boyer
Knots Landing does lack the one element that makes Dallas work: The Ewings are a rich and powerful family, and their curious deeds are done against the backdrop of an insular society. It almost makes sense that everyone's so crazy.
Austin American-Statesman
Diane Holloway
The writers have turned out a wonderfully outrageous and sleazy television melodrama that can't help but provoke clucking, head-shaking and thigh-slapping. It is human hyperbole, pure and simple.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Richard Zoglin
Like its parent, Knots Landing has a good deal of flash and old-fashioned melodramatic gusto. The dialogue is occasionally pungent, and the direction has more texture than usual for TV.
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