This Season the main Cast is improved by actress DONNA MILLS, playing blond ambition ABBY CUNNINGHAM.
Guest starring on most episodes are CLAUDIA LONOW, STEVE SHAW, PAT PETERSEN, MATTHEW NEWMARK (replacing JUSTIN DANA as JASON), BOBBY JACOBY (BRIAN CUNNINGHAM) and
TONYA CROWE (OLIVIA CUNNINGHAM).
1/14: HITCHHIKE (I)
W: DON MURRAY
D: EDWARD PARONE
SID changes his route to help a young hitchhiker. He ends up being suited for rape when he doesnīt give upon the girlīs blackmail. RICHARD takes charge of her defence but KAREN doesnīt rely on his capability...
GS: RUTH COX (PAM MESSINGER), CONCHATA FERRELL (MRS. MESSINGER), RICHARD VENTURE (SIMPSON), JOHN HAMMOND (KEVIN), RON LOMBARD (RODNEY), ROBERT PHALEN (CARLISLE), TERRENCE KNOX (AGENT SMITH), JAMES PURCELL (AGENT BRIGHT), STANLEY GROVER (LIEUTENANT WALTER SPATZ), MATTHEW FAISON (PROFESSOR) and DON STARR as the JUDGE. FIRST AIRED ON 11/20/1980.
2/15: HITCHHIKE (II)
G: DON MURRAY
D: EDWARD PARONE
The FAIRGATES are affected by the accusation of rape against SID. His younger sister ABBY has just arrived on a visit, along with her son BRIAN and daughter OLIVIA. When SID learns about RICHARDīs bribe attempt, he decides to fire him...
GS: RUTH COX, CONCHATA FERRELL, RICHARD VENTURE, RON LOMBARD, ROBERT PHALEN, JOHN HAMMOND, SHERRY HURSEY ((TRISH), RON RIFKIN (STAN LESSER) and HELEN HUNT as BETSY. FIRST AIRED ON 11/27/1980.
3/16: REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES
W: DIANA GOULD
D: JAMES SHELDON
Determined to quit alcohol, GARY becomes an active member of A.A. During one of its meetings, he and VAL get acquaintance of EARL TRENT, another alcoholic, and his wife JUDY. GARY wants to help EARL and devotes him so much time that VAL feels neglected...
GS: DIANA DOUGLAS, DANIEL FETT (STAN MESSINGER), PAUL RUDD (EARL TRENT), JANE ELLIOT (JUDY TRENT) and JON TERRY as EDDIE. FIRST AIRED ON 12/4/1980.
4/17: CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
W: JOHN PLESHETTE
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
RICHARD must make a choice: quitting the firm where he has been working on third-class cases during the latter years or, join the firm of a prestige lawyer he occasionally collaborates with. The thought of moving out isnīt appealing to LAURA...
GS: RICHARD VENTURE, MILLIE SLAVIN (MRS. VANDERBROOKE), LANE BRINKLEY (MILLIE), STACY KEACH Sr. (FLAGG), DENISE GALIK (LINDA STRIKER), JOHN CONSIDINE (SCOOTER WARREN), STEVEN HIRSCH (ROY LANCE) and BRIAN DENNEHY as JAMES CARGILL. FIRST AIRED ON 12/11/1980.
5/18: KRISTIN
W: DIANA GOULD
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
KRISTIN SHEPARD, SUE ELLENīs sister, is arrested not long after arriving at CALIFORNIA. VAL and GARY agree to help her at that critical moment. But she will soon cause trouble, especially to GINGER and KENNY. At the end, she will confess VAL that she is carrying a baby...
GS: LOUISE VALLANCE, PETER ELBLING (AL TUNA), TOM FUCCELLO (ED CROFF) and MARY CROSBY as KRISTIN SHEPARD. FIRST AIRED ON 12/18/1980.
NOTE: THIS EPISODE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY CROSSOVER WITH "DALLAS" USING A SUPPORTING CHARACTER, KRISTIN SHEPARD. TWO WEEKS AFTER CONFESSING THAT SHE SHOT J.R., KRISTIN COMES UP AT CALIFORNIA TO MESS THE LIVES OF GARY, VAL AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. THE NEXT DAY "DALLAS" AIRED THE EPISODE "TROUBLE AT EWING 23".
6/19: STEP ONE
W: LORRAINE DESPRES
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
DIANA FAIRGATE is under pressure due to her school girlfriends, about getting closer with her date. She is confused and angry when her mother shows more interest in the schoolīs music number rather than her...
GS: DAN SHOR (BOBBY), WENDI JO SPEERBER (ELLIE), JOHN DUKAKIS (ROGER), ROSANNA LOCKE (DANIELLE) and HELEN HUNT as BRENDA. FIRST AIRED ON 1/1/1981.
7/20: BREACH OF FAITH
W: WILLIAM HOPKINS
D: HARVEY LAIDMAN
The friendship between GARY and the TRENTS has got GARY closer and closer to EARLīs wife JUDY. Behind VALīs back, GARY starts to meet often the hopeless woman...
RS: PAUL RUDD Y JANE ELLIOT. ESTRENADO EL 8/1/1981.
8/21: SCAPEGOATS
W: TIM MASCHLER
D: GABRIELLE BEAUMONT
MICHAEL, KAREN and SIDīs youngest son, has been behaving very agressively lately. Upset about the child, the FAIRGATES go to a specialist who reports them that MICHAEL suffers hyperactivity, a sickness that should be treated...
GS: STEVEN HIRSCH, ROBERT SYMONDS (DR. RONALD PHILLIPS), JOYCE DAVIS (ANN GILBERT) and LUISE HEATH as MRS. CRANE. FIRST AIRED ON 1/15/1981.
9/22: A FAMILY MATTER
W: DAVID PAULSEN
D: EDWARD PARONE
ABBY CUNNINGHAM, SIDīs sister, contacts J.R. EWING in order to get him help GARY to solve out a serious financial problem, which has even jeopardized his life. J.R.īs appearance overworries VAL, as ABBY is using her charms...
GS: STEVEN HIRSCH, LOUISE VALLANCE, PARLEY BAER (MAN) and LARRY HAGMAN as J.R. FIRST AIRED ON 1/22/1981. NOTE: FIRST CROSSOVER WITH J.R. ON THIS SEASON. THE NEXT DAY, GARY AND VAL PAY HIS VISIT BACK ON DALLASī LUCYīS WEDDING.
10/23: CHOICES
W: L. VIRGINIA BROWN
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
GARY and JUDYīs relationship is finally exposed by scheming ABBY. When VAL eventually learns everything, she makes her husband choose between her and JUDY, who is getting a divorce. GARY chooses VAL...though ABBY asks him at the very end:
"Are you ready for me now?"
GS: DENISE GALIK, PAUL RUDD, JANE ELLIOT, DANI MINNICK and LEW HORN. FIRST AIRED ON 1/29/1981.
11/24: A STATE OF MIND
W: ROBERT GILMER
D: ALEXANDER SINGER
JEFF CUNNINGHAM, ABBYīs ex-husband, resurfaces in her life under the excuse of watching the atmosphere their children are living in. But it wonīt take ABBY too long to know that JEFF has very complex reasons, connected with his personal situation...
GS: SAM WEISMAN (DAVID SOUTHER), BERNARD BEHRENS (MICHAEL MADDOX), CHIP FRYE (YOUNG MAN) and BARRY JENNER as JEFF CUNNINGHAM. FIRST AIRED ON 2/5/1981.
12/25: PLAYERS
W: SUSAN MISTY STEWART
D: JEFF BLECKNER
KARENīs marriage is endangered when an employee of her husbandīs at KL Motors, begins to seem too interested in her boss. LAURA rejects the advances of a workmate and ABBY puts an end to her affair with RICHARD...
GS: DENISE GALIK, FRAN MYERS and KALE BROWN as PAUL FAIRGATE. FIRST AIRED ON 2/12/1981.
13/26: THE LOUDEST WORD
W: JOSEPH B. WALLENSTEIN
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
GARY is very worried about VALīs upcoming tumor surgery and how the operation can go. All their neighbors try hard to encourage the couple and even BOBBY flies to California to support the twosome...
GS: ARTHUR ROSENBERG (DR. HARPER), PATRICIA MURRAY (SANDY), BARRY CUTLER (SALESMAN), HANS HOWES (WAITER), ROBETH JEAN WILLIAMS (NURSE 1), ISABEL WEST (CHIEF NURSE), ISABEL WEST (NURSE 2) and PATRICK DUFFY as BOBBY. FIRST AIRED ON 2/19/1981. NOTE: NEW APPEARANCE OF A STAR FROM "DALLAS" ON THE SPIN-OFF, NOW ITīS PATRICK DUFFYīS TURN, WHO EVEN MENTIONS MISS ELLIEīS MASTECTOMY. THE NEXT DAY, BOBBY WAS ARGUING WITH HIS WIFE ON EPISODE "EXECUTIVE WIFE".
14/27: MOMENTS OF TRUTH
W: ROBERT GILMER
D: JEFF BLECKNER
A gang of delinquents assault the EWING house while a party is being celebrated. DIANA makes her way out and calls the police. The assailants hold the women hostage inside the house. On a given moment, there is a showdown between LAURA and ABBY...
RS: RITA TAGGERT (ROSE), GARY GRAHAM (CAL), STANLEY GROVER (LIEUTENANT SPATZ), GLENN WITHOW (DANNY), JOEL LAWRENCE, MIKE FORTMAN, RICK GALLAVAN and DAN HAMILTON as DICK FOSTER. FIRST AIRED ON 2/26/1981.
15/28: MAN OF THE HOUR
W: SARA ANN FRIEDMAN
D: HARVEY LAIDMAN
GINGERīs sister JILL gets in a coma after smoking the marijuana that ERIC had taken to a party. ABBY, on her side, asks JEFF for explanations because she has reasons to think that he has intended to kidnap the children...
GS: BARRY JENNER, LISLE WILSON (DR. SIMS), CYNTHIA HARRIS (JANA KILMAN), SUSAN McCLURG (CINDY KILMAN), BRIAN PART (JAIME), MIKE DARNELL (FRED), JUNE HARRIS (CAROL), JILL COHEN (AMY) and ERIC STOLTZ as LUKE. FIRST AIRED ON 3/12/1981.
16/29: MORE THAN FRIENDS
W: CAROL ROPER
D: ALEXANDER SINGER
VAL is taking a Literary Creation Course and EARL has turned out to be her professorīs substitute. EARL comments a writing of VALīs at class and, in passing, he attacks its authoress. At the end, GARY apologizes about his ended affair with JUDY...
GS: JOHN CONSIDINE, PAUL RUDD, KATE ZENTALL (MARGIE), NICK ANGOTTI (HAL) and CHARLES STEWART as EDDIE. FIRST AIRED ON 3/19/1981.
17/30: DESIGNS
W: D. GOULD & R. GILMER
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
J.R. wants to become a partner of SID and patent an engine the latter has invented. After SID refuses, ABBY steals the designs of the engine and offers them to J.R., with fringe benefits and all. KAREN suspects that JEFF is planning to kidnap ABBYīs kids, but she doesnīt believe it...
GS: LARRY HAGMAN, BARRY JENNER, JOHN WYLER, JOHN VOLTAD and MARCIA SOLOMON as MARSHA. FIRST AIRED ON 3/26/1981. NOTE: THIS EPISODES INCLUDES THE SECOND J.R. CROSSOVER, THOUGH THE PLOT WILL NEVER BE REFERRED TO ON THE ORIGINAL SERIES.
18/31: SQUEEZEPLAY
W: JOHN PLESHETTE
D: J.B. WALLENSTEIN
JEFF hasnīt brought the kids back and ABBY begins to worry. Her worst fears confirm when she receives a tape on which JEFF confesses he has taken them away because she is a bad mother.
At the same time, FBI asks SID and GARY to collaborate in the arrest of some stolen parts dealers they were involved with. But they get the brakes of SIDīs car manipulated and, on his way home, with one of the agents in the car, he loses control and crashes over the side of an embankment down to the beach.
Oh my God!, a horrified SID says.
END OF SEASON 2
GS: LEN BIRMAN (SALMAGGIO), ALAN FUDGE (CONNERS), STEVEN HIRSCH and CAROL BRUCE as MRS. CUNNINGHAM. FIRST AIRED ON 3/26/1981.
NOTE: THIS EPISODE AND DESINGS WERE ORIGINALLY AIRED AS A SEASON-ENDING TWO-HOUR FINALE.
Soon, TRIVIA DOSSIER by Pamīs Twin Sister.
