S4 Ep9 Knots Landing :Best Kept Secrets- The "Side Chick, Main Chick, New Lies &,Old Schtick" Episode

A single check on a cutting board tells you everything you need to know about who’s really in charge. We’re back in the West Coast chaos of Knots Landing Season 4 Episode 9, “Best Kept Secret,” and we can feel the gears turning as Abby Cunningham stops pretending she’s just “helping.” From Daniel’s restaurant to Gary Ewing’s beach house, the power plays are subtle, the smiles are practiced, and the consequences are loud. We break down Valene Ewing’s full-on success glow up, from fan mail and radio buzz to the way confidence changes how people treat you, including your ex. We also sit with Karen Fairgate’s emotional whiplash as her relationship with Mac takes a hard left, all sparked by one badly timed apology and one very suspicious robe situation. The show’s genius is how it makes miscommunication feel like fate, especially when nobody says the one sentence that could clear it all up. Then there’s the music plot: CG’s big night at Daniel’s, Kenny’s growing fear of being replaced, and Jeff Munson’s arrival as the kind of super producer who can change careers with a phone call. Add Gary’s increasingly flirty energy around CG, Abby’s uncanny ability to stay cool when money is on the table, and Ginger’s top-tier dry hate, and you’ve got a soap opera recap packed with betrayal, ambition, and that uneasy feeling that the real “secret” is who benefits most. If you love classic prime time soap opera drama, Knots Landing recaps, and character-driven chaos, hit play, subscribe, and share this with a friend who misses the golden age of TV. After you listen, leave a review and tell us: is Abby the villain, the hero, or the only adult in the room?

Transcript

Welcome Back To Soap Lore

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome and welcome back to Soap Floor, the official gathering place for newbies, novices, and OG diehard fans of the golden age of prime time. I'm your host, Jen, viewing and reviewing one of the more interesting storylines of 1983. We are back on the West Coast, per usual doing the absolute most. So whether you're new to this or true to this, sit back and enjoy. Tell the kids it's time to play outside or out of sight. No questions, suggestions, or concerns for the next 25 to 35 minutes. Everyone else on aircoming to be full quiet all the way out. We are watching our story. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is the floor. Hello, boys. Welcome or welcome back to another full field edition of Snowfloor. I hope your day is shaping as well. Baby, at the time of this recording, it is after 5 p.m. I had a stupid work day today. It was absolutely bonkers. And I just really need to unwind. So your girl is stepping outside of the norm, and I'm going to have me a grown woman drink today. There's something brown in here. I don't even know what. But we're gonna have a good time. I hope you're ready for a fantastic episode of Knott's Landing. I definitely am. There is so much going on this one. I think this is the birth of Abby's out and proud supervillain era. I'll explain here in a little bit. But before we get into all that, let me let you know the particulars. We are on season five. No, pardon me, season four, episode nine, Knott's Landing called Best Kept Secret. Don't mind the Super Bird convention that is playing outside my window. It is what it is. Also, don't mind the ceiling fan because it is, y'all, it is too hot for breasts. Let me just say that. I wish I had a summer pair and a winter pair. Pardon me if that's too much information, but it is what it is. We are grown here. I need some sort of cooling system on your girl, or else I might just perish. Before I do, I promise you I will fight tooth and nail to complete the recording of this here podcast, and I will leave strict instructions with my family

Fan Mail And The Drink Choice

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to put it up per usual. But before we jump into today's episode, I do have a little bit of fan mail. Shout out to Angelina in Cincinnati. She says that she is expecting her fourth child girl. Congratulations. Hope you and the baby are good. She says, Jet, I've enjoyed listening to your podcast. I started watching Knott's Landing about 10 years ago, but I never really watched it in sequence. I am going back to make sure I get the full effect of the story and I'm having a great time. Because of my current situation, I am, of course, drinking alcohol-free champagne. Thanks for introducing me to Toast. Thank you for drinking it. I wish I had a little sponsorship. I'm gonna holler at them again, see what they can do for us. See if we can send you some for the new baby. Um, she goes on to ask me if I am a teetotaler and that's why I drink non-alcoholic champagne. I am not a teetotaler, I am very much open to alcohol. I just don't drink it a lot. Seems like around Christmas and the holidays, there's just more around. So I do indulge if it's like a birthday, we go out to dinner, just kind of depending on it. It's not something that I have around all the time, but I'm definitely not opposed to it. Thank you for that question. Not at all opposed to it. But I um I tend to record early in the day. That's where I find the pocket. It's like while people are at work or while kids are at school. If I have I'm working from home that day, I try to find quieter pockets of time. So it's just fun at this point. I can't even do this show without having a beverage in hand. And usually it's non-alcoholic, and I like it. I like it a lot. So congratulations to you on baby number four. I hope you're doing well, girl. I hope you're staying out of this heat. And I think it's really cool that you were going back to watch these in sequence. I guess I didn't think about that. If you have the soap opera, what is it, soap opera network? There's a couple different channels I've seen it on at this point. I don't know if it's because of the algorithm, but you're not the first person who said that they sort of watched it in college casually. So I am glad you're watching it in order. And yeah, it's a great show. Let's go on and jump into it. Sorry, one more thing before we jump into. Shout out to my friend Bob who dropped a beautiful article on me. Guess who go together real, real bad now? These are people. God, I talk about everybody, that's not much of a clue. I'm just gonna tell you bad boy turned semi-good guy on Falcon Crest, is now dating one of the most iconic baddies in soap opera history, who is currently, I think, on Dynasty. Actually, hadn't seen her in a in a while. Sammy Joe and Lance Thompson, aka Heather Lockleer, and Lorenzo Lomas are a couple. Isn't that good? I I love when hot people get together. It kind of surprises me that that hasn't happened before, but maybe they never ran into each other. It's very easy to assume that people who are in similar industries on similar types of shows would run in the same circles. But if I remember correctly, I think she was very heavy into she likes a rock star, right? She's married to some rock guy for a really long time. I don't know much about her dating life other than that. And I may be confusing her with Valerie Bertinelli. Hell, who knows? I'll look it up here when I'm done. But yeah, they go together now. I think that's cute. I know he didn't have 50, 11 wives, but I

A Quick Soap Star Dating Detour

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ain't gonna say too much because, like I said, I do want to interview him. Anyway, Knott's landing, best kept secret. I suppose they are talking about Richard's little secret. We're gonna start with the book ends and a bit player. Valen Ewing has never looked better. Success looks so good on her. I don't know who in the wardrobe department said, I'll be damned if there's a whimsical ponytail this episode. Absolutely not. This is a successful woman, and I I love everything they did. She's in this like dark chocolate caped, weird dress number, but it works. She's giving Falcon Crest style on this episode on her way to the radio station. She looks amazing. She's booked on some radio station, has some interview to promote her smash hit of a book. She's got an answering service now. She's got fan mail, and we know that because her and Karen are cackling before she heads down to the radio station. Valen's like, girl, I never get to see you anymore. Why don't you come and hang out with me while I'm down here doing this interview? Karen says, No, girl, I can't do that because my boo is coming over. Mac is coming over in a little bit. So they start to have this conversation about date the night

Val’s Book Glow Up Sparks Talk

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before Karen and Mac's date, the night before how he talked too much, but she still had a good time. The whole time she's saying this, she's basically glowing. There's like this big bright smile all over her face. And Val says, Wait a minute, hold on. I can see all of your teeth. You're in love with him. Karen's like, girl bye. Ain't nobody in love with nobody. Why are you tripping? The phone starts to ring, and Karen's like, oh good, I have an out. But Valene says, uh-uh. I'm rich now, baby girl. Ha ha. I got an answer in service. Don't worry about it. Matter of fact, I'm about to get me an assistant. So I'm gonna have all the time in the world to hear this tea. Tell me how much you love Mac. Unfortunately, Karen doesn't really have time to do all that. She just smiles like a little schoolgirl. Val's like, all right, girl, I'm gonna go ahead and go down and do this interview. When I come back, we're gonna go to lunch. Karen's like, bet. Karen is all in love and ish. But what she doesn't know is that today might not only be the first day that she's ever admitted that, it might also be the first day that she regrets it. At the tip top of the show, several things are happening. Eric and Michael staged some sort of intervention for Dirty Diana over a video game, but we'll get to that here in a second. At the top of the show, we see Abby and Richard having a casual argument. Abby is telling Richard that he needs to go ahead and give CG a little more time on the microphone because now his restaurant is making money and they're making money after people are eating. Richard is like, okay, I understand that, but also this is a restaurant. People are still eating. This is still a restaurant, this is not a nightclub. I'm not trying to turn this into a nightclub. Abby says, look, I understand how you feel. We know this is your passion project or whatever, but now that the books are green, you need to keep them that way. He says, Fine, I'll move the dinner hour up an hour and it'll give her one more hour, but that's as far as I'm gonna go. Now, as all this is happening, Laura enters the very busy kitchen. There are chefs, there's Richard, there's Abby, and she decides this is a perfect time and place to arrange a fall floral arrangement right on the cutting board with all the rest of the food and stuff that's not about to be served to the restroom. She hears a tail end of the conversation, and Abby brings up this guy named Jeff Munson. Laura, did I say Karen? I'm sorry, y'all don't know why I get them so confused. Laura says, Who is Jeff Munson? Jeff Munson, let Abby tell it, is a guy who years ago had 5,000 dollars and turned it into an $80 million record company. Even though the record company record business is stumbling and failing and crumbling all around them, he seems to have the minus touch and he suddenly has interest in CG. He'll come over tomorrow night to watch her perform. So Abby is basically acting as a side manager, trying to make sure that there's enough time for him to really soak in the greatness that is CG. It's all fine, well, and good until later on in the episode, where Laura finds a check written out to Abby Cunningham. She's like, What the hell is this? She goes to Richard, he continues to play dumb. Oh, yeah, it's just a check. She's like, I know what a check is for, which is why I burst into this kitchen. Why is there a check written to Abby Cunningham? What is going on? She's replaying this whole argument that he had with her argument slash conversation. Originally, Richard played it off as saying, Abby just has great ideas. I need to listen to her. It felt more like uh Abby's trying to make sure CG has a bigger stage moment. But now Laura's like, wait a minute, but now there's a check, that's why. Because Abby dropped this little dime. She says, Well, the better your restaurant does, the happier Gary and I will be. It's easy to misconstrue that statement if you don't know the full story, but now this check in hand, story's looking real different. Laura says, Richard, stop playing with me. Why do you have a check written to Abby? He goes, Well, I borrowed a little money. She's like, Is that why she's all up in your business? You borrow money from me. Note that comment. You borrow money from me, as in we're not equals. And you borrowed money from Karen, but neither one of us are telling you how to run your business. Why does Abby? And then it hits her. Is there is there a lien on this restaurant? Is there some sort of clause within something? Richard admits finally that yes,

Abby’s Deal With Richard Turns Dark

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he signed a contract and that if he didn't pay, Abby would say the loan was defaulted and she would foreclose on this restaurant, basically taking it over. Laura is pissed, so pissed that she goes to this high-dollar psychiatrist she's been paying for and she demands answers. She's laying everything out. I'm starting to get sucked back in a little bit. I'm starting to have a little bit of feelings when it comes to Richard, but now I'm uncertain because I don't know who I'm getting. One day he's cool, some days he listens to me, some days he's ignoring me. The doctor is listening patiently as she should, and she starts asking, Well, how do you feel about that? Are you in love with him? Do you want to stay? Do you want to go? Laura turns into a 2000s Karen and says, I pay you to shrink me. Tell me what to do. Tell me what to do because I don't know what to do. The doctor reminds her of what her job is and why she studied many, many moons to be a doctor and says, I that's kind of how this works. I have to ask you questions. You draw out the answers, and then you're able to come to a conclusion yourself. I guess Laura never gets it together because you never see her again on this episode. Meanwhile, back at the cul-de-sac, the Fairgate kids, aka the Fairgate boys, stage an intervention sister. At some point before this intervention, Diana's attitude has been rubbing everybody the wrong way. Everybody in the house likes Mac except Diana. Everybody accepts that. But she's turning down tickets to shows that her brothers know she wants to go to. So I am convinced they talked quietly over breakfast and decide, okay, we're gonna loosen her up with video games and we're gonna let her know she needs to chill out, let mom be mom. Everybody's happy, just be cool with it. And they do as much. Diana is putting Belt to behind as far as video game goes. Seems like she's stomping a mud hole in both her brothers. But Eric, the middle one, the mustachioed one, says, Sister, why is it that you can tell mom who she can date, but you don't like it when Mac tells you who you can date? Don't you think you're being a little hypocritical? She's like, Listen, I know y'all like him, and that's fine. I'm not trying to change your mind about anything, but I just I'm not feeling him like that. They convince her further, like, yo, you're you're kind of messing up a good thing for mom. Can't you just be cool? We're not saying you gotta love him, but you could ease it up. You're messing up the vibe. And she's like, dang, you're right, you're right. Okay, so this is what I'm gonna do. It's Saturday night. I'm not gonna go over there tonight. I'm gonna show up unannounced tomorrow morning on Sunday because I know he's a bad Irish Catholic. He's not going to church early in the morning or mass. Or maybe he's a bedside Baptist and he listens to the radio. I don't know, but I know he ain't gonna be nowhere tomorrow morning, so I'll stop by there and I'll make amends, I promise. She keeps her end of the bargain. She shows up to his house looking like a 37-year-old college professor divorcee in a full turtleneck and jacket, knocks on his door. He comes to the door in a blue robe, which is not unusual. She lets herself in, which is unusual. No manners. She immediately begins to apologize for missing the show. And I'm sorry I've been making you uncomfortable, and I really, really want us to be friends. I think I'd love to start over. But before she can finish, the sound of the bathroom door opens. And to my surprise, and also Diana's surprise, but not Mac's surprise, out walks a woman with auburn hair and a negligee. She just brushing her hair. She got on lipstick. I'm not gonna lie. My first thought was, oh, that must be his sister or something, or maybe he has an older, I don't know, maybe he has a daughter, I don't know. She looks to be about his age, so I thought sister. But he's just sitting there wiggling his eyebrows, looking all uncomfortable and stuff. Diana turns and gives him the nastiest look. Like, you trifling mother. And she makes the face, maintains eye contact, and slinks out the door. The lady with the auburn hair continues to brush her hair. She's looking all expecting, like she was waiting on breakfast or pizza or something. Like, okay, hey, who was that? Again, no reason. I'm not really questioning it because the woman doesn't seem uncar uncomfortable. She's not acting like she was caught. Let's talk about Abby Geary and taking on the brand new Chin Kenny. The Jeff Munson character I talked about earlier is a super producer. Think like a Quincy Jones, Mark Ronson title. If Jeff Munson is on a CG record, it is a Jeff Munson record, not a Kenny new chin, no name ward record. Kenny, his penny loafers, his butter yellow slash chartreuse sweater, and his socks feel away about this. We know this because he is on the balcony with Gary talking about this as a scene opens up. Why are y'all bringing in a new producer? There's no way Jeff Munson doesn't do co-producers. Gary's like, no, it'll be good for you. Like it'll it'll raise your star, it'll raise your credibility. We're not taking you off of anything. The guy wants to see CG. What can we say? Well, Abby walks in right about this time. It's kind of hard to hear this over the ocean, but she explains, or basically, she she basically gaslights Kenny. Kenny,

Diana’s Apology Meets A Shock

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what are we supposed to do? Kick him out of Daniels. He read about CG. He wants to see what she's about. It's gonna raise your credibility. Kenny is like, okay, yeah, that's cute. Y'all ain't really listening to me, and I don't really feel supportive right now. Matter of fact, I feel away. Matter of fact, I want to know why he would even call you in the first place. Something about that statement resonates with Gary. His eyebrows start to twitch, and he's kind of like, Yeah, that is kind of interesting. Abby is quick on her feet. She says, Well, he knows that Gary owns CG's record, so it's obvious. He called the office, the secretary was there. I just happened to be there. I answered the call. Boom, boom, boom. I invite him out. What's up? That's how money is made, baby. That's what it is. Kenny is not feeling this, and he and his penny loafers and his chartreuse sweater decide it is time to bounce. Mind you, I said this is a sweater by the ocean in LA. But we'll we'll move past that. Gary appears to be cool while Kenny is there, but once he leaves, Gary and Abby take their fight into this three-story house and have a knockdown, drag out fight in front of Olivia and her little friend. Olivia and her little friend are in the sunken living room, amen, playing Monopoly. And Olivia is giving the audience and her friend the tea. This is an interesting twist. I don't think they've ever done this on this show, not quite like this. On Dynasty, we have a cleanup on aisle 5-4, whatever the season is, where they over-explain everything. I've seen on Dallas last week where Gary jumped out and gave a really brief synopsis as to why he's here and why things are the way they are. Just real brief. But Olivia hits this from a totally different angle. So the background, the background noise is Gary and Abby arguing over business. But what Olivia does is explain to her little friend a few particulars. I don't call this a cleanup on all four. This is more like an infomercial on channel four. Olivia lets her little homegirl know that my mom sold our house at the cul-de-sec and moved in with Gary. This is Gary's house. We live with him. He don't live with us. No the distinction. The little friend is like, oh, that's crazy. So what's up with Val? Olivia says, Val is lovely. You know that's my girl, but she and Gary are incompatible. He's lovely, she's lovely. They're just not compatible. Her little friend's like, well, what does compatibility mean? Olivia points to the obvious. Her mother and her, I guess, soon-to-be stepdad or playdaddy, I don't know what he is. She points to them and say, They're compatible. You see, they're arguing, but they're working it out. People who love each other have knockdown drag out fights in front of seven or eight, twelve, however old these kids are. You're old, they don't give a damn about having company because this is 1982. So people who care about each other have these knockdown drag out fights. My mom and Gary work things out, they're just passionate people. Her friends are like, okay, girl, that's interesting. Cool. Olivia then hustles her girl out of Park Avenue or something. Her friend's like, oh my god, girl, why would you do that to me? She says it's just business. She is very much her mother's daughter because that's the vibe I get from Abby this entire episode. Well, while Olivia is wrapping up this explanation of how life works and how it ain't fair and it is what it is. Hate the game, don't hate the player. Gary manages to storm up the stairs and outside while Gabby, Abby, excuse me, floats downstairs and goes into a sunken bedroom. This house is dope. And you guys know me, I love the cost of living information, especially the cost of living of a go. And the interwebs told me that a beach home in LA County, circa 1982, that was three stories at least, would cost you anywhere between $600,000 and a milling. Remember, Gary is getting a million dollars a year, so he can very much afford this. Also, factor in the fact that it was just much cheaper to live back then. Just for reference sake, I won't harp too long on this. Rent on a four-bedroom or a one-bedroom in LA, 1982 was about $300, two-bedroom about $450. Medium home price, $119K. Gas was between $1.20 and $1.35. Utilities about $55 a month. Milkbread and all that's less than $10. So you know they were fine. He can afford this house, even if he does nothing else. He's gonna be okay. So plenty of money to buy little boys' extra large shirts to squeeze into. He's gonna be just fine. I will say this. Kenny didn't call them Tweedle Double D and Tweedle Dumbbell, but he almost did. He's very upset by this. This feels like a betrayal, and it actually feels like a rift in the story to me. This has got to be the precursor to a fallout. It has to be. So the rest of this episode puts Daniels, the restaurant, front and center. We're gonna start with Mac, who decides he's gonna go to Karen and just explain everything to her before Diana has an opportunity. Actually, correction. He goes to speak to Diana, only she's not there. Karen answers the door, and he begins to explain only for a man who lives and works in litigation, he is surprisingly very poor at words. The Mac that we have seen up until now, word vomits. This episode, it's like word gurgling. It's low, it's weak and useless. So he goes to try to explain that Diana came over. I need to talk to her because she misunderstood something. Karen's like, Oh, well, what does she misunderstand? Well, uh she came by to talk to me, and when I answered the door, she came in and she saw a lady come out of my bathroom, my neighbor. I saw someone come. He says lady, but Karen doesn't catch it the first time. She's like, Oh, okay. Well, I mean, what is what what yeah what else happened? He goes, Well, when she saw her, she got the wrong idea and she left before I could explain. Karen's like, oh. Okay. So she came out, she, a woman, came out of your bathroom, and Diana got the wrong idea. I think she asked him what the woman was wearing, and he's like, a robe. She's like, okay, why don't you get the wrong idea and go on and get out of my house? He just kind of bumbled, tells him to kick rocks. Valen stops by later to see if she's ready to go to IHOP and get her eat on. Anybody who can tell me what movie that's from, I'm gonna send you a prize. Karen goes on to tell her about Mac and how she told him to kick rocks and about the lady in his house and whatnot, and how Diana saw it and got upset and left. Val starts playing devil's advocate. Well, I mean, did you let him explain? Maybe there's a good explanation for this. Karen's like, who are you? I thought you were valing you. And since when do

Kenny Feels Sidelined As Abby Schemes

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you co-sign cheating husbands? Val's like, okay, now on this technicality, I'm on his side simply because he is not your husband. He's just the dude you know. You know what I'm saying? Y'all ain't never said one way or another what you are. And Karen's like, okay, I see what you mean. I don't want to talk about this right now. We missed lunch. I'm still hungry. Why don't we go to Daniel's tonight? We'll listen to CG, we'll get our eat on. I'm gonna make sure Richard don't charge us for it because he's broke anyway. Like, let's go get our eat on. Val's like, okay, I mean, I uh you can tell she's thinking, well, Gary's gonna be there, Abby's probably gonna be there. But she's like, you know what, girl? It's time that I I gotta face the truth too. I'm gonna go ahead and go with you. Yeah, let's let's make it a date. Tonight we're gonna go eat. And Daniels. Val has given her very good friend some very good advice. At least hear the man out. You owe it to your heart to see what he's going to say. But this good advice on a whack person turns out to be a very bad idea. So Mac come Mac is waiting for Karen when she gets back from this beach walk. We see a lot of the beach this episode. Mac is waiting on the couch with Eric playing video games. Karen doesn't flip out, she doesn't act a fool, she keeps it real cute in front of the kids, and she's like, okay, if you want to talk, we can go ahead and talk. Mac's first coherent thought is we never define this relationship. We never uh agree to have a commitment. And she gets a little bit uncomfortable. She's like, Oh, um, well, I thought when we, you know, when we were hooking up in my marital bed with my ex or dead husband, I thought that meant we was kind of cool. Not only that, though, I feel like this is such a weak argument on his part, but whatever. I you can't expect much from him, right? It's one thing to be like, we never had a commitment, but dude, you taking me on camping trips, you're eating at my house every other night, you're hanging out with my kids. What do you think she thought this meant? He continues. This is the thing I've talked about loving about Knott's Landing, but it was a little bit frustrating this episode because nobody is really saying anything. He just says, Karen, you don't understand. Like, it didn't mean anything. She gets mad, she flips. What do you mean it didn't mean anything? Let me tell you something. I've had the best. Sid Fargate would never. Mac's like, I'm not Sid Fargate. She basically obviously. She starts to storm upstairs. She basically says, I've never taken this from anyone. I didn't take it from Sid. Nobody's ever done this to me. I'm definitely not gonna settle for this now. She starts storming upstairs, and Mac yells after her, Karen, you're not listening. I said it didn't mean anything. This is where this could be misconstrued. I can understand where he might be saying it didn't mean anything with Patrice, the Auburn-haired lady from across the hallway. Karen is hearing you and I didn't mean anything when we bumped Uglies. When she tells him, I've had the best, Sid Gift Faregate would never, she could be saying, You suck in the sack. Or she could be saying, I had the best man ever, and he would never upset me. It's open to interpretation. I think we, the audience, get that he is saying it probably didn't mean much with Patrice. It's like a casual thing, and she was saying, Well, I had someone treat me the best, and I simply won't settle for less. But because nobody is really saying anything, we see Karen storm up the stairs. Mac looks defeated at the foot of Karen's stairs. Fight is a great way to clear your mind and decide what you want to do moving forward. And while Karen seems to be rushing up the stairs to go lie in bed and be sad, which is perfectly fine, perfectly healthy. Abby ain't gonna waste a good fight and risk losing any money. She decides she needs to go ahead and put some plans in place for Mr. Jeff Munson. Only it's 1982, so there is no Wikipedia, there is no LinkedIn, there's no Google. She doesn't know what he looks like. So she bursts into his office and she starts talking to the first person she sees in a suit jacket, going on about how she's Abby Cunningham and she works with CG and ill na na na na. Well, she doesn't notice that the dude with the readers looking over top of his readers is actually Jeff Munts. And so she says to him, Jeff, I'm Abby. I know you're coming to see CG tonight, but listen, CG is attracting a whole lot of unsavories, a whole lot of hangers on. I don't want her head filled up with a bunch of gas. So this is what I want you to do when you come tonight. If you have a good time, I'm gonna reach out to you afterwards. You let me know how good a time you had, and if you think she's got something. If not, that's cool. Jeff Munson is a reasonable man and he's not at all offended that she didn't know who he was. He's like, I'll tell you what, if I like your girl, I'll call you. And she's like, Bet, but just make sure you don't talk to anybody but me, talk to just me. And he's like, Cool, I can do that. Speaking of CG, Gary, after the fight, heads over to Daniels to listen to CG rehearse. Now, this is all very confusing because if Daniels is a restaurant during the day, I don't know when she would have time to be singing and carrying on, but there seems to be a lull unless this is like at noon and they don't open up till five. I don't know. He goes over to watch her practice, and it's it's a good thing he did because CG's in a little bit of a pickle. You see, she's free because Diana was upset after she stopped by Max's house. She goes straight to Daniels so she can talk to Chip. Now, because Diana is a transportation leg of his hatchery, Chip is required to appease and oblige her with attention whenever she requests it, lest she take his automobile away. So Chip ends up taking Diana to the beach where they can roll up their pants and talk. And then Diana goes over to Abby's house while Chip has to stay in the sand and wave and look jovial

Mac Explains Badly And Karen Snaps

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because I mean, what else is he gonna do? He can't lose his car. So this is all fine, well, and good, but it leaves CG without a ride home. And she needs a ride home so she can go home and get ready, pick out an outfit to wear to her gig tonight. Enter Gary Ewitt. CG makes a comment as she and and Gary are leaving Daniels. It's the middle of the day, some poor guy sweeping the parking lot, and CG's like, hey, if you see Chip, tell him I said this. No, no, no, no, tell him I said that. Tell him I said this. And then she's like, you know what, don't tell him nothing. The dude's like, man, do I look like I ain't relaying nothing? I don't give a damn what you say. You ain't chip. I don't even see you. Gary not only offers a ride in his little two-seater that he bought with his million dollars, he lets CG drive his car that he bought with his million dollars. They drive over to CG's house and they had a real good time. Oh my god, girl, you're crazy behind the wheel. I had the best time, Gary. Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. So they're staring at each other. And this is when I realized she looks like Heather Lockley a little bit. I was like, okay, I see this. Well, Gary, I'm not the best hostess. Would you like to come up? This mother lover says, I thought you'd never ask. It's the first time I considered his age. I don't think there's anything wrong with a grown woman. CG's like, what, 24? I believe you guys told me Gary's about 36. It's just weird. She just reminds me of Lucy, but whatever. It's the first time I found Gary to be flirtatious with CG. So they go up to her apartment and she's pulling all of her little cheap dresses out of her closet and like, oh, this one is designed by dry cleaning only. Do you know that Gary is standing there smiling, ogling, just oh my god, I'm having the best time ever. CG begins to put on a little fashion show for him, and by that, no, she doesn't step into the bathroom like a good girl. She begins to disrobe right there in front of him. And they both got a look on their face. Again, not slanting in telling me what's happening. I'm confused. I kind of don't think anything happened, but also I I don't know. I really don't know. So later that evening, Val and Karen head into Daniel's. Val is embracing her new baddie status, and she looks killer in this black asymmetrical sleeveless number. Looks stunning. Hair up in a bun, looks really good. Karen and she are walking in, and as they're walking in, Abby, Chip, and Diana show up. And Abby and Diana are dressed like the double men twins because Diana had gone over and talked to Abby about what she had saw. Abby basically said, okay, just give your mom a second, tell her the truth, she can handle it. Or you don't have to say anything. Like you really don't even have to drop that bomb on her. She's a big girl, she can handle herself either way. Diana sees her mom gets cold feet and she runs off. Abby's like, Karen, give the girl a break. She's had a really rough day. Karen's like, yeah, I know, we've all kind of had a rough day. Abby didn't like that comment for some reason. And she says, Well, I'm just glad I got to be there for her. Like giving Karen a knowing look, like, wow, you weren't even a good mom today. I really wanted Karen to say, girl, your kids are at my house right now. Your kids are with me so much the school calls me if they get sick. I'm the one signing field trip slips. I'm the one bringing the punch to the class party. I'm the one who gives them book fair money. Do not do me. You do not get to be mother of the year for a 14-minute conversation. Girl bye. Girl bye. Karen doesn't take my advice or take my attitude. She goes and she smooths things over with Diana, like, yo, I know what happened. I wish I would have listened to you. And Diana is actually very pleasant this whole episode. I liked her this entire time. She's like, she just basically upset that her mom is upset. She's like, I just really want you to be happy. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry this happened. I don't want to be right. I want you to know I take no pleasure in being right about this. So while she's smoothing things over with Diana, Mac is at his house sulking, being very bad company with his very platonic, very casual sex friend from across the hall, Patrice. They sitting on the couch and Patrice is like, Oh, you must have feelings because you're acting all salty and whatnot. He's like, I don't have feelings, I don't have feelings about anything. She's so difficult, blah, blah, blah, blah. Patrice is like, you're acting really weird. I think you might need to explore that. Well, it's like it hits him like a ton of bricks. He decides he's gonna go over to Daniels and he's gonna profess his love to Karen. How he knows she's there, I'm sure I don't know, unless, of course, one of her kids ratted her out. We need to have a conversation about that with the boys. He pulls Karen aside

Abby Finds Jeff Munson By Accident

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and tells her, I love you. I've never cared enough before, but I love you. She's like, Oh, I don't feel that way about you at all. Bye. So this is where it gets really, really interesting. Abby already knows that Val is there, but they don't really have a lot of words. They're not hateful, they're not looking at each other funny. It is what it is. Abby is sitting at her seat. I can't remember if this is right before, it must be right before CG is about to go on, but she's sitting in her seat and she looks over and she sees Gary and CG, and something is just a little bit different today. They're fun, they're flirty, they're close, they're laughing, they're giggling, they're touching each other in a platonic but suggestive way. She's looking like, huh, that's interesting. So she saunters over to Gary and she gives a masterclass in being the perfect new girlfriend. I don't often quote Taylor Swift, and I certainly won't begin to do it after this, but she has a song that I like. Um, what's the one? Um I'm gonna go down in my whatever that oh, blank space, I think is what it's called. Blank Space. There's a line where she's like, um, I'm gonna screw this up, but basically, I'll be the girl you want for a month, and then all of a sudden I'm gonna flip, and you're like, oh my god, who is she? This is what Abby is giving. She's observing the situation, she's clocking that there is something a little warmer than friendship brewing just under the surface. So she goes up to him and she's like, You were with CG this afternoon, and she's got this smile, but it's it's it's women, we know what she's doing. You want to know what he did, but you gotta be cool. Oh, okay, he's with CG. But they there's a look that exchanges between him. He has kind of a like like I'm giving you all the faces if you can see it. That kind of look where you just put your shoulders up like, oh, you're caught me. But I'm I'm too adorable to be a mad at to be mad at. And she's looking like, oh, shucks. But I can tell she's kind of biting her inner lip, like, I'm okay, I'm note that. Note it, note it. But instead of flipping out, she says, I missed you all afternoon. Let's not fight anymore. And they hug and embrace or whatever. But here's the thing: Knots Landing is not saying nothing. It could very easily

Gary And CG Get Too Flirty

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be implied that he and CG had an afternoon, like they they had an afternoon. They hooked up. And Abby's like, Oh, you're just being a bad boy. I understand you gotta sew your wild oats, or it could be, oh, you were with her to make me jealous. You're such a silly boy. I don't really know what to make of this. And I can't wait to watch the next episode. But either way, Abby was irritated when she sat down and saw them together. She plays it cool with him because what she's not gonna do is mess up no money. She's already talked to Richard, she's already got CG more airtime, she's already talked to a super producer, she's already kind of pushing Kenny out of the way. She is making money moves. Well, she goes back to her seat to have a seat, and by this point, Val is seated. Val is seated. Gary goes to check on whatever the hell he does. I don't know what he's doing. But he hits that Kona and he sees Val and you. And like I said, success looks so good on Val. Hair did dress expensive, fully paid for. Like she said, she's got fans, she's got an answering service, and now she's about to get her eat on because she didn't get to go to iHop earlier. She looks up and sees Gary, and it's oh god, like stomach drops. What do I do? What do I do? Let me be cool. He's here with his girl. Abby's clocking us from across the room. In a total turn of events that I did not see coming, in walks Jeff Munson. Now he must smell a bad bee from outside because he makes a bee line to my girl, Valen the Vidalia Onion Queen. And he says as much. Valen the Vidalia Onion Queen. My God, girl, you're wearing that dress, baby. And she's like, oh my God, Jeff, hey, how you doing? He's like, listen, listen, I'm so sorry. I finally got to sit down and read your book, baby girl. I couldn't put it down. Paige Turner, like a mother lover. Flip-flop, flip, flop. I read it two, three times. I don't know if he says that. Just indulge me for the moment. You get what I'm saying. Jeff Munson is one of them fans we were talking about at the top of the show. Valen's like, oh my God, thank you. Yeah, yeah. He's like, oh, you look so good. You look stunning. Valen is still a Southern bell. She turns and she's like, Hi, Jeff, have you met Gary Ewing? Not her saying his name, but like she's at the doctor's office. Uh Garai Wan Ewing. Who is it? E Wing. Gary. Yes. This person is Gary Ewing. Munson's like, how you doing? How you doing? Anyway, baby girl. Um listen, I'd love for us to get together and have dinner real, real soon. And she's like, oh my God. Yeah, totally. I couldn't be happier. It's the best. Your ex is there with his new girl, but he was so drawn to you, he had to come over and check you out and say, hey. And you can see Gary having the nerve to be upset, a little bit uncomfortable. Probably because his shirt actually fits this episode. But that's neither here nor there. Anyway, CG comes out looking like a cross between Judy Jetson and a wide out for a futuristic San Francisco 49ers. Mini dress is mini dressing, and she brings down the house. She is hollering and hooting and singing down with these gold

Daniel’s Night Brings Everyone Together

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futuristic shoulder pads and this burgundy or red dress. It's all good. Everything is going well. While CG is a love school. That's me. While CG is hooting and hollering and bringing the house down, everyone is sort of meditating on the current state of their relationship. Abby and Gary are close. You know, it's love, but I feel like she got her mind on her money. She's hella focused this episode. Karen is about to combust into just depression and all sorts of things. She is almost hyperventilating, trying to hold it together. Diana is looking longingly, like, just like, God, CG, why are you singing this rock ballad? This is devastating. Stop. Mac is out in the parking lot, I assume, but I gotta be honest. I find Mac attractive. He gives me Justin Timberlake's cousin or something. I like what I see. I don't mind the jerry curl or the dry curl, whatever it is. But yeah, you gotta do better with your words, homeboy. And how dare you, how dare you carry on casually with this woman next door? Y'all seem a little more than friends, but this is a soap opera. This is to be expected, right? I save the best for last. And it's almost a throwaway moment if you're not paying attention. Kenny, you remember I told y'all him and his chartreuse sweater and his penny lopers were really upset about this new guy coming in? Well, he still wants to support CG. He's been working with her night and day, day and night. He discovered her. So, like, yeah, he well, he didn't discover her. I guess Gary did. He's been coaching her. They've been working together and they seem to have a really great platonic working relationship. He decides he's still gonna go support her and he says, Ginger, why don't you come down to the show with me? Y'all know how Ginger feels about CG, but if nothing else, she's gonna show up just so she can dry hate. And if I don't enjoy anything else about season four knots landing, it is the dry hate. Coming from Ginger, Ginger's not getting a lot of airtime this season, but oh my god, it gives me such joy. It is literally my favorite part of this episode. Her showing up and she tries to be cute, but you can tell she's like, mm, mmm. Why she dressed like that? Yo, it smells like sushi in here. Why is she even doing it? She is such a hater, and I love it. She gives the best eye to eye. End scene. Well done, Nod's landing. You've done it again. They have started something. I don't quite know what it is. I don't know what's going on with Gary and CG. Again, it is implied that they hookedy hooked it up. Or at the very least, he has seen her in her drawers in her house, in her bedroom. Yeah, there's that. I don't know. Maybe CG, I don't know. Maybe she has a bunch of scissors. She didn't really care. She didn't catch the, she didn't read the room. Abby is playing chess, not checkers, and I don't think anybody really knows that. I think Gary has inklings, but also what's he gonna do? Also, does this dude have any self-control? He's gotta be the hero and everything, right? That's his thing. Okay, uh, Chip is still on his P's and Q's, so he can keep driving that automobile. I don't know how he's putting gas into that, I don't know. But listen, gotta do what you gotta do. Karen is heartbroken but strong and dirty. Diana was right. Can't say I'm too terribly surprised, but we will join them again very, very soon. All right, guys, that's it. That's all for this episode of Soap Lore. I hope you enjoyed yourself. Remember, you can always send me a text if you're listening on your mobile device. Check the show notes. There is a link that says send it a text. Send me a text. Let me know what you thought of the show, whatever's on your mind, what you're watching this summer. I want to hear all about it. You can also leave a voice note. I'm excited to play one for you next episode. Or you can send me an email at soak lorepodcast at gmail.com. That's S-O-A-P-L-O-R-E-E-O-D C A S T at Gmail.com. Almost podcast. In the meantime, in between time, don't answer the door on the time anymore.

Final Thoughts And How To Reach Us

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You know you don't invite nobody up and nobody's selling anything. It is always the wrap, always and forever. Should have gone to mat. They hydrate it. All of your drama on the other time.