DON MURRAY just stars in the first 2 episodes of this season.
Guest starring on most episodes are CLAUDIA LONOW, STEVE SHAW, PAT PETERSEN, and, from 4th on, also BOBBY JACOBY (aka ROBERT JAYNE), TONYA CROWE and JULIE HARRIS reprising their former roles.
1/32: THE VIGIL
W.: JOHN PLESHETTE
D.: JEFF BLECKNER
SID gets paralysed due to the car accident, and the FBI agent is killed. When SID gets into coma, KAREN stays by his bedside. GARY asks KAREN to forgive him, but she fires him instead. Eventually, SID awakens from the coma...
GS: CLYDE KUSATSU (DR. AKURA), ALAN FUDGE, MICHAEL DORN (MEDIC ASST.), RACHEL BARD (NURSE GODFREY), THOMAS BABSON (MAN), CYNTHIA AVILA (NURSE ROJAS), DANA HALSTED (NURSE KIMBALL), ADAM TAYLOR (GIL PATRICK), KEN MEDLOCK (POLICE 1), CHUCK LINDSLY (POLICE 2), MARK ANDREWS (YOUNG MAN), JOHN S. WEST (MEDIC ASST.), T.K. HARRIS (TOM HARRIS), MIKE J. SHAPIRO (INTERN), CHARLES WALKER (WAITER) and SUZANNE MONTGOMERY as the LADY in ADMISSIONS. FIRST AIRED ON 11/12/1981.
2/33: CRITICAL CONDITION
W: DIANA GOULD
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
SID has a blood clot, which will permanently paralyse him unless they operate. There is a 40% death risk, but he obliges KAREN to sign the authorization. Afterwards, KAREN and GARY make up. SID dies in the operating room after expressing his love for his wife on a tape...
GS: CLYDE KUSATSU, CYNTHIA AVILA, DANA HALSTED, BONNIE BARTLETT (DR. RUTH WEST), MICHAEL KELLY (CHUCK WILLIS), MALCOLM GROOME (DR. DANVERS) and BIRGIT WINSLOW as the RECEPCIONIST. FIRST AIRED ON 11/19/1981.
3/34: THE AFTERMATH
W: ANN & ELLIS MARCUS, and DIANA GOULD
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
The FAIRGATES are struggling to fit in the new situation, which they hardly do: KAREN is so scared that she gets angry with everybody all the time, incapable to talk about her feelings. When she visits GINGER´s baby, ERIN MOLLY, and is asked to be her godmother, she breaks to cry...
GS: HOWARD WITT (DR. PARKER), PEGGY POPE (MRS. ELLIS), MICHAEL CURRY (PREACHER), SUKEY SMITH (JANET), JOHN WELSH (ED WINTERS), TONY MILLER, PETER ELLENSTEIN and SARA JANE ROBINSON. FIRST AIRED ON 11/26/1981.
4/35: MOVING IN
W: ANN MARCUS
D: JOSEPH B. WALLENSTEIN
GARY and VAL watch a homeless-looking LILIMAE on TV, as she has helped to stop a thief. VAL invites her home, and, next day, she is arrested for shoplifting. The judge gives her 6 months probation, whenever she stays with her daughter...
GS: JAMES O´SULLIVAN (BRAD DUFFY), CAROL BRUCE, PETER HOBBS (JUDGE HARLEY SIMPSON), MICHAEL LAURENCE (STEVE SALT), JANE KLINT (MARCIA COLBY) and LEW HORN as BELLAMY.
FIRST AIRED ON 12/3/1981.
5/36: THE SURPRISE
W: ELLIS MARCUS
D: JOSEPH MANDUKE
Thanks to a postcard sent by OLIVIA, the kids are tracked down by a detective. ABBY goes there, manages to make JEFF fall in love with her again and agrees to marry him. The wedding day, a judge comes up and forbids him to see his children again...Later on, Abby says: "He hurt me. No one gets away with that!"
GS: BARRY JENNER, CAROL BRUCE, BERT ROSARIO (PEDRO DORADO), JOHN LEHNE, HEATHER HOWE and ARCHIE LANG. FIRST AIRED ON 12/10/1981.
6/37: ONE OF A KIND
W: SARA ANN FRIEDMAN
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
One of KAREN´s former boyfriends, TEDDY, calls on the Mackenzies´ certain that DIANA is his daughter, which KAREN denies. But when she learns that he went through the rejection of his own children, she lets him think that he might be her father. VAL and LILIMAE reconcile thanks to GARY...
GS: TERRY KISER (TEDDY BECKER), JILL COHEN (AMY), PETER WADE and JEANNIE CROWE. FIRST AIRED ON 12/17/1981.
7/38: SECRETS
W: JOHN PLESHETTE
D: GABRIELLE BEAUMONT
The AVERYS plan a romantic trip, but they have to cancel it off when he gets the assignment of holding a party. At his boss´s behind, he hires several prostitutes, and one of them is about to die. LAURA is still sleeping with SCOOTER and KAREN asks ABBY to stay...
GS: STEPFANIE KRAMER (MARNI), MURPHY DUNNE (CONTROLLER), EVE BRENT (ROSE KAPLAN), TAD HORINO (ASHE MATSUMA), IAN ABERCROMBIE (RAYMOND), BENNETT OTHA (DRA. YOSHIDA), BILL SAITO (KONOLONGI), GERALD JANN (OSHU), JOHN BRANDON (CROMWELL), MICHAEL ASHE (GRAYSON) and SHEILA ROGERS as Mrs. FLEISHMAN. FIRST AIRED ON 12/24/1981.
8/39: MISTAKEN MOTIVES
W: ROCCI CHATFIELD & RAY GOLDSTONE
D: JEFF BLECKNER
KAREN meets BILL MEDFORD, a widower whose spouse committed suicide. DIANA misunderstands their friendship and begins to date a hiker her mother can´t stand. When he and DIANA are arrested by the police, KAREN and her daughter have a big argument...
GS: DAVID ACKROYD (BILL MEDFORD), MICHAEL BOWEN (ROY THOMPSON), LISA CORI (TRACY), PEARL SHEAR (EDITH), MILT OBERMAN (DR. HARVEY), MALLIE JACKSON (LORI), NOEL CONLON (LIEUT. JIM WYMAN), JONATHAN ESTRIN (DR. GOLDEN), KAREN ANDERS (KATE) and, on the home movies, DON MURRAY as SID. FIRST AIRED ON 1/7/1982.
9/40: THE ROSE AND THE BRIAR
W: SCOTT HAMNER
D: ERNEST PINTOFF
LILIMAE is conned by a guy who promises to make her a star. After accepting to marry him and get an act at Las Vegas, the wedding is off. LAURA knows that SCOOTER has come back to his wife and VAL suspects of ABBY...
WS: BERT REMSEN (JACKSON MOBLEY), STANLEY BLOCK (MR. CARSON), BIFF MANARD and ALLAN MILLER as SCOTTER WARREN. FIRST AIRED ON 1/14/1982.
10/41: THE THREE SISTERS
W: DANIEL J. FRANKLIN
D: KIM FRIEDMAN
LAURA and her female neighbors go to check in a big house infamous for being inhabited by 3 sisters who lived there. At night, the ghosts try to make VAL their mother. LILIMAE eventually gets her daughter out of the trance and stops her from jumping off the roof...
GS: KEVIN HAGEN as the BUTLER. FIRST AIRED ON 1/21/1982.
11/42: POWER PLAY
W: JAMES BONNET
D: BILL DUKE
GARY and ABBY decide to invest on a Mexican factory for cars that work with Methanol. Therefore, he mortgages the house without telling VAL about it and travels to Mexico with ABBY and RICHARD, who warns against her. At KL, VAL still is concerned about GARY...
GS: O.C. SMITH (CHARLIE HART), BERT ROSARIO, CAROL CARRINGTON (TINA) and VINCENT ISAAC as the ENGINEER. FIRST AIRED ON 1/28/1982.
12/43: POSSIBILITIES
W: JAMES & MONA HOUGHTON
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
RICHARD and LAURA ease KAREN her first date but it doesn´t go well. KENNY is against GINGER´s new singing career instead of staying home taking care of the baby. She decides to do it anyway, even at her husband´s back...
GS: WILLIAM JOYCE (CHARLES LINDEN) and PHILLIP LEVIEN as ANDY MOORE. FIRST AIRED ON 2/11/1982.
13/44: REUNION
W: DIANA GOULD
D: J. B. WALLENSTEIN
A former college mate of KAREN´s, VICTORIA HILL, is collaborating with the KL women in a fund-raising fashion show. KAREN refuses an offer from VICTORIA to work at N.Y. LAURA wants to leave RICHARD for SCOOTER, but learns she is pregnant...
GS: JESSICA WALTER (VICTORIA HILL), ARTHUR ROSENBERG (DR. GOLD), RICHARD BALIN (ROGER THORTON), JOHN C. BECHER (MR. ROBINSON), AILEEN FITZPATRICK (BETTY SLAWSON), JAMES PARKES (ALAN SWANSON) and ALLAN MILLER as SCOTTER WARREN. FIRST AIRED ON 2/18/1982.
14/45: CRICKET
W: ANN MARCUS
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
KAREN´s brother JOE COOPER, college professor, stays at the FAIRGATES. VAL´s ex-boyfriend RUSTY, leaves her daughter CRICKET at her home, but the kid even tries to steal. At the end GARY locates RUSTY and VAL makes her change her mind...
GS: DON STROUD (RUSTY DANIELS), VIVEKA DAVIS (CRICKET), MARK DAVISON (DR. REYNOLDS), ANITA JESSE (MRS. WALLACE) and STEPHEN MACHT as JOE COOPER. FIRST AIRED ON 3/4/1982.
15/46: BEST INTENTIONS
W: JAMES & MONA HOUGHTON
D: RANDA HANES
LILIMAE passes on to ABBY a book written by VAL about the EWINGS, in order to know if it could be published, which infuriates VAL. An offended GARY goes with ABBY to close the Methanol deal. LAURA decides to get an abortion and divorce RICHARD, despite of the apparent change...
GS: MICHAEL McNEILLY (PUBLISHER) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 3/11/1982.
16/47: SILVER SHADOWS
W: R. GOLDSTONE & R. CHATFIELD
D: NICHOLAS SGARRO
ABBY needs 20.000 dollars for the Methanol deal and turns to movie director ANDREW DOUGLAS, who takes her for his late wife TERRY. When the old man is deceased, he lets his fortune to the latter instead of ABBY. Besides, ABBY´s partner is interested in KAREN...
GS: LEW AYRES (ANDREW DOUGLAS), WALTER BROOKE (HENRY), JOSHUA BRYANT (LARRY WILSON), ROBERT BURLEIGH (DR. LEONARD STONE)M GEORGE MARSHALL ROUGE (ACTOR IN FILM) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 3/25/1982.
17/48: LETTING GO
W: S. A. FRIEDMAN
D: ALEXANDER SINGER
ABBY, GARY and VAL travel to Sacramento to interview Senator RIKER. To VAL´s dismay, ABBY seduces him so he can legalize the Methanol. After listening JOE´s advices, KAREN decides to put her wedding ring off and assume SID´s death...
GS: JOSHUA BRYANT, JULIE COBB (LORAINNE), BRUCE GRAY (SENATOR RIKER) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 4/1/1982.
18/49: EXPOSÉ
W: L. VIRGINIA BROWN
D: HARVEY LAIDMAN
VAL´s book finds a publisher, but GARY doesn´t want it to spread his family´s secrets. VAL agrees, if he only sees ABBY at work. But GARY has an appointment with ABBY one night and VAL signs up the contract. RICHARD is fired for revealing the party affaire on TV...
GS: STEPFANIE KRAMER, TOM McFADDEN (CHRIS WILSON), CAROL JONES (LINDA MARTIN) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 4/8/1982.
18/50: NIGHT
W: JOHN PLESHETTE
D: ALEXANDER SINGER
RICHARD begs LAURA to call on him and, once she is there, he tries to persuade her back. When GARY intercedes, RICHARD points at him with a gun and holds LAURA as a hostage. The police surround the house and he is eventually checked into a mental hospital...
GS: OLIVER CLARK (CARL BERMAN), MICHAEL DANTE (CAPT. ALVIN), GINA ALVARADO (CAPT. SÁNCHEZ), ANN BELLAMY (MRS. NOONAN), BILL BURTON (CLAY) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 4/15/1982. 18/51: ACTS OF LOVE
W: JEFF COHN
D: HARVEY LAIDMAN
VAL makes a special supper for GARY, but he must leave to attend a business meeting. Concerned, she takes OLIVIA to spend the day at the mountain and the café owner makes an advance on her, unsuccessfully. GARY and ABBY finally sleep together, unaware of LILIMAE´s vigilante look...
GS: SONNY SHROYER (WILLIE McCOY), JAMES KAREN (MAX CRAIG), ANDY JARELL (POLICE 1), M. J. McDONOUGH (POLICE 2) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 4/22/1982. 18/52: CHINA DOLLS
W & D: J. B. WALLENSTEIN
RICHARD believes himself ready to go home, but LAURA doesn´t want to act out of pity. GARY puts an end to his affair, but VAL notices something and questions ABBY: “I am just saying that I can have him anytime I want…" After hearing this, VAL slaps on her...
GS: EDITH ATWATER (DR. McCARY), BARRY CTLER (NICHOLAS), JOHN C. BECHER (MR. ROBERTSON), EDDY C. DYER (EDDIE), EVE McVEAGH (MRS. GREEN) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 4/19/1982. 18/53: LIVING DANGEROUSLY
W: ELLIS MARCUS
D: LORRAINE SENNA FERRARA
RICHARD tries to get his old job back and, when LAURA finds a suicide note in the garbage, she decides to return home. VAL´s book will be titled CAPRICORN CRUDE. GARY, dating ABBY again, refuses to attend the book´s presentation.
LILIMAE blackmails GARY to make him go, saying that she has watched him and ABBY coming out of a hotel. But ABBY stops him and KAREN goes for him, followed by VAL. When she comes up and understands what is going on, she leaves to pack up. Letting behind a desperate GARY, VAL gets into her car and drives off away from home...
END OF SEASON 3
GS: BURR DE BENNING (NEAL HENNING) and STEPHEN MACHT. FIRST AIRED ON 5/6/1982.
Soon, TRIVIA DOSSIER by Pam´s Twin Sister and SEASON 4 SYNOPSES
