Monday, January 23, 2012

Pilot

Knots Landing
Season 1 Episode 1
Air Date:  December 27, 1979

Recap:  Bobby is bringing Val and Gary to their new house in California. They meet one of their new neighbors, Karen Fairgate, she invites them over for dinner, that night. Gary wants Bobby to stay overnight, but Bobby says he can’t, because of JR.
   Sid, Karen’s husband comes home early and finds his daughter in his bed with a boy.
   Bobby says goodbye to Val, she wants him to tell Lucy something, but she remembers that they don’t want her to know that they got remarried yet, they want to work on making sure that they are going to stay together this time. Gary leaves Val to take Bobby to the airport.
   Val meets another neighbor, Richard, he seems kind of a jerk, he goes into her house with her and offers her a light bulb, but doesn’t get back to the house until Gary come back. He invites them to dinner, but they tell him they are already going to Karen’s, he tells them to come over for drinks after, and to bring the Fairgate’s along too. Richard asks Gary if he's related to those Ewing's. He thinks that Gary is going to be opening a branch of the family business in California, which Gary denies.
   At the Fairgate's, Karen tells Sid that she invited the new neighbors to dinner, she wants him to send his daughter, Annie back to Philadelphia, but Sid tells her that she is staying for the two weeks that have been planned for.
   Over dinner Val and Gary tell the Fairgate's how they just got remarrie after so many years apart.
   Annie gets home and goes to Kenny and Ginger's house, Ginger leaves for Richard's leaving Kenny and Annie alone together
   Richard, is bugging Gary about the Ewing's, he tells him that he's going to look for a job the next day, Sid offers to give him a job at his car dealership. Ginger tells Karen that Annie is talking with Kenny at her house, Karen leaves and finds Annie in Kenny's arms, she sends her home and tells Kenny to keep away from Annie, or else Sid will come over and make him not so good looking.      
   At Richard's house Annie makes a scene, Val tries to talk to her, telling her about Lucy, but it doesn't work. Sid tells Annie to go home.
   Later, as they are all walking back to their houses, Annie drives up and hits their other car, she is drunk and Sid and Karen's daughter, Diana is with her. They fight with all the neighbors watching, Karen tells Sid that Annie has to go.  
   Val tells Gary that she doesn't think that they belong there. He tells her that he could feel her watching him at the party to see if he would take a drink or not. He tells her he knows that he can't drink, and that he really wants her to give this place a chance.
   Karen wakes up and finds Annie packing to run away. She tries to stop her, but Annie smashes a mirror and runs from the house. Sid goes after her.
   The next morning Annie calls Val, and she goes to get her. Gary goes over to the Fairgate's and Karen tells him that Sid isn’t' home, but that he should be back soon. When Sid gets back he remembers he promised Gary a job and says that as soon as he gets dressed they can go in to town.
   Annie was arrested for hustling, she tells Val she isn't going back, but Val tells her that she has too, but that they can go to the beach first. Val leaves her keys and wallet in the sand and runs into the waves, Annie asked her why she trusted her. Val tells Annie about Lucy, and explains why she doesn't live with her.
  They get home as Sid comes back out of the house. Sid asks Annie were she's been, she tells him about being arrested. She runs into the house. Karen thanks Val for bringing her home.
   Val tells Gary that she wants to leave again but he tells her that this is his last chance to prove to himself that he can make it.
   Sid tries to talk to Annie, he wants to make things good between them, and he wants her to want to come back.
   Karen finds Sid working on his car in the garage, he tells her that Annie wouldn't have run away if she hadn't got to her, he thanks her and they go for a ride in his car.
Final Thoughts:   This was a interesting pilot episode, you meet everyone, and get an idea of who everyone is.  I decided to start watching this now since I'm watching episodes of Dallas that were playing around the same time, so in case anything crosses over story wise then it will make sense.
Best Outfit:   I had to pick this just because of the medallion, take the vest off and it looks like anything you might see now, maybe with different shoes.
Guest Stars:  Karen Allen
                       Patrick Duffy
Fight Count:  3 (Sid vs Karen) (Karen vs Annie) (Sid vs Annie)










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