 knots landing: back to the cul-de-sac is a 1997 television miniseries that served as a reunion show for the primetime soap opera knots landing. it aired on cbs in two two-hour parts on may 7 and may 9, 1997. the miniseries takes place four years after the series ended in 1993, and brings back castmembers william devane, kevin dobson, michele lee, donna mills, ted shackelford, joan van ark, michelle phillips and stacy galina in starring roles. it also includes cameo appearances by former cast members tonya crowe, brian austin green, kim lankford, claudia lonow, patrick petersen and nicollette sheridan. ==synopsis== ===part one=== the mini-series opens up with paige matheson ending her longstanding relationship with greg sumner, as she wants to have a baby but he doesn't. meanwhile, recently unemployed factory workers turn to mack mackenzie for help in suing sumner for wrongful termination. when sumner bought the factory from gary ewing, he fired everyone regardless of the written agreement he signed promising not to close the factory. the agreement, however, is in a box somewhere in the ewing warehouse. back at the seaview circle cul-de-sac, valene throws mack and karen a party for their 15th wedding anniversary. many of the past and present residents of knots landing are there, including karen's grown children diana and michael, as is former neighbor ginger ward (who left the cul-de-sac in 1983). karen's conniving ex sister-in-law and neighbor abby fairgate is also present, as well as abby's two grown children, olivia and brian. during the party, abby announces to karen and val that she will be moving to malibu. but the joy is short-lived when the irs freezes all of her assets for failure to pay over $1 million in back taxes. abby then convinces greg sumner to pay her $1 million to steal the agreement from gary's company warehouse. 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 f
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