Knots Landing: Season 04 (1982)
- Starring:
- Ted Shackelford, Joan Van Ark, (more)
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Joining the cast of Knots Landing as the series begins its fourth season is Kevin Dobson as Federal prosecutor Marion Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie, who is brought into the storyline when Karen Fairgate (Michele Lee), widowed owner of Knots Landing Motors, decides to aggressively pursue the criminals responsible for the murder of her husband. Mack will soon establish himself as the series' all-purpose problem solver, though this will not spare him from plenty of his own problems--several of these stemming from his subsequent marriage to Karen. Among the other characters introduced in the course of Season Four is sinister literary agent Chip Roberts (Michael Sabatino), who agrees to represent Val Ewing (Joan Van Ark) when she pens the novel "Capricorn Crude", a thinly veiled account of the questionable machinations of her husband Gary's (Ted Shackelford) oil-rich family. Another significant addition is singer Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman), another of Gary's extramarital flings. When Ciji turns up murdered, both Gary and Val are suspected, but as it turns out the real culprit is. . .but why spoil things for Knots Landing novices? In contrast with the new cast members, Season Four marks the final appearances of longtime regulars John Pleshette as shady attorney Richard Avery--who is booted from his home by wife Laura (Constance McCashlin) after he becomes the latest in a long line of lovers for Abby Cunningham (Donna Mills)--and James Houghton and Kim Lankford as the volatile Kenny and Ginger Ward. Plus, this season marks the last of the Knots Landing-Dallas crossovers, with Gary's brother J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) showing up for a brace of appearances, and Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) appearing in the episode "New Beginnings", which represents the only time that Dallas and Knots Landing ever shared the same storyline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ted Shackelford - Gary Ewing
- Donna Mills - Abby Cunningham
- Kevin Dobson - Mack MacKenzie
- Constance McCashin - Laura Avery
- Kim Lankford - Ginger Ward
- Claudia Lonow - Diana Fairgate
- Steve Shaw - Eric Fairgate
- Bobby Jacoby - Brian Cunningham
- Joan Van Ark - Val Ewing
- Michele Lee - Karen Fairgate
- John Pleshette - Richard Avery
- James Houghton - Kenny Ward
- Julie Harris - Lilimae Clements
- Pat Petersen - Michael Fairgate
- Danny Gellis - Jason Avery
- Tonya Crowe - Olivia Cunningham
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