The BEST episodes written by Lisa Seidman

#1 - Denials

Knots Landing - Season 13 - Episode 17

Claudia wants Alex to move out. Alex flirts with Vanessa and they almost kiss when Kate walks in. Paige asks Anne to hire Kate at the radio station. Vanessa comes by and sucks up to Anne big time, so Anne hires Vanessa to be her assistant. Val meets with Greg about her book, and Greg is bemused by her earnestness. Pierce tries to ruin Greg's business deal, but it doesn't work. Pierce screams at Greg in a restaurant and is thrown out. Pierce buys a rifle. Paige has dinner with Anne and Greg at his ranch. As they leave, Greg sees Pierce. He pushes Anne and grabs Paige as Pierce shoots.

#2 - Love and Death

Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 5

Kate comforts Gary and the twins about Val's death. Gary and Kate start to kiss, but he says he can't. A memorial service is held, and Betsy runs out, not believing Val is dead. Karen's upset over Val's death. Greg appoints Bill Nolan, an ex-baseball player to his commission. Bill antagonizes Paige, but she agrees to go out with him, and to back the sports complex. Anne confides in Mac that she isn't pregnant, but is taking fertility pills. Mac thinks she should tell Greg, but she doesn't. Anne wants Paige to attend the wedding, but she won't, because she still loves Greg. Before the wedding, Greg tells Carlos he feels like he's going to prison, and has a better idea. Greg lets himself into Paige's apartment, but sees her in bed with Bill. Greg then decides to go to the church and marry Anne.

#3 - Farewell, My Lovely

Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 13

Back from Florida, Gary tells Karen that Mary was really Laura's aunt, and Laura's mother died in childbirth. The police drop the charges against Mac, and they let Joe go. Joe meets with Nick, who tells him he wasn't supposed to have murdered Mary. Then Joe is found dead. Nick tells Vanessa he doesn't want Treadwell coming to town. Nick has Claudia open a bank account for "Edward Messinger" and gives her a briefcase of money. Paige asks Mac for his shares of Sumner group, but he says he doesn't care. Kate comes on to Gary again. He says he's not ready and she's pushing him. Mac hires Toni to work with him and says Frank moved to Chicago. Karen is upset that Mac didn't tell her about Florida or hiring Toni. He says talking to her is an inquisition. She decides to leave him and stay with Diana in New York.

#4 - Little Girl Lost

Knots Landing - Season 13 - Episode 22

Val goes to Florida against Gary's wishes, where she learns that Mary Robeson was Laura's real mother, and Greg had her set up and sent to prison. She calls to alert Karen, but they can't find Meg. Greg meanwhile, has threatened Mary to stay away from Meg and leave town. Greg decides to quit, and gives 13% of his company to Claudia, 13% to Paige, and 13% to Meg, with Mac and Karen as her trustees. Alex sleeps with Kate and tells Claudia and Vanessa he genuinely has feelings for Kate. Claudia fires him, but Paige rehires him, so Claudia threatens to tell Kate about his affair with her and Vanessa. Greg sleeps with Paige, but then pulls away, and says he'll be around. He decides to get away for awhile. Anne wants to get back together with him, and tries to find him when she discovers she's pregnant. Gary decides to build low-rent housing in Michigan. He's mad at Val and tells Karen if she doesn't return in time, he'll leave without her. Claudia puts out a memo to limit Paige's power. Fur

#5 - Just Like Old Times (1)

Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 18

#6 - Lovers and Other Strangers

Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 2

Gary decides to go to Florida to look for Val. Kate asks Vanessa to leave, because Alex is moving in with her. Kate catches Alex and Vanessa in the shower together and kicks them both out. Anne says she is going to keep the baby, so Greg says that in that case they should get married. They return home. Mary decides to bring the MacKenzies to court, so Karen and Mac ask Greg to help. He tells them he'll take care of it. Anne tells Paige that Paige dropped the ball with Greg, and now she is going to marry Greg. Paige breaks down and cries.

#7 - Some Like it Hot

Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 9

Kate helps Gary hire a housekeeper, and tells him that she has feelings for him. Vanessa's upset that Anne won't give her money. Anne tells Greg she was never pregnant, but that she'll be a good wife. Greg tells her it is a marriage of convenience, and she is never to bring up Paige to him. Karen finds a tape Mary made of her meeting with Mac. She hides it and calls police. They put Tom Ryan in charge. Mac burns the tape, but Mary had sent a copy to Toni, which she gives the police. Tom wants to know where he got the money. Claudia tells Tom that Mac filed papers with her for "Pacific Preservation Co." and forged her signature to get a million dollars. Police find Mac's fingerprints on the ashtray that killed Mary, and they arrest him for her murder.

#8 - Uncivil Wars

Silk Stalkings - Season 5 - Episode 15

Holly and Mike investigate the death of Kelly Shepherd--the wife of record producer Mack Shepherd. All evidence points to Bobbie Bodine, an aspiring young singer whose daddy Lucien "Bayou" Boudreau has been using the record company to launder his mob money. Meanwhile, Kate Masters, Michael's ex-fiancee, arrives in Palm Beach to tell Mike that she has left his brother to come back to him.

#9 - Sweet Revenge

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 7

After Richard rejects Carlton Travis's offer of a truce, Travis kidnaps him and Angela. After Maggie hires an old friend to plan a birthday party for Richard's son, Angela brings a puppy as a gift to the party. Melissa spirits her son away for a picnic and becomes lost in the Australian bush. Dina's nurse gets her to sign Lance's half-million-dollar check over to her. Lance suspects that Frank Starr tampered with his car.

#10 - Key to Angela

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 24

Richard sends the children to Emma while Maggie dries out. He's mulling over what to do about Melissa's plan to get into Hobart now that she's decided not to spy on Lance for him. He takes turns with Emma watching over Maggie, who painfully weans herself of alcohol- until she gets a letter from Vickie, delivered by Emma. Maggie is shocked to find that her daughter is in jail in Switzerland and that her husband is responsible. She goes to call Geneva but finds that the telephones have been removed. Furious and frustrated and feeling totally deceived by her husband, Maggie reaches for a hidden bottle of brandy and pours herself a drink. Richard comes home and finds Maggie seated with a glass of brandy. She tells him she knows where Vickie is and what he has done to put her there. He begs Maggie not to take the drink. The smell of it alone makes her sick, Maggie tells him. She pours the brandy into a nearby planter and says, ""A toast to my daughter in Switzerland."" Richard can't find a th

#11 - Burn Out

Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Season 2 - Episode 21

A victim of job burnout, Lee is removed from field duty; and a former agent offers to cut him in on a deal.

#12 - A Madness Most Discreet

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 16

Maggie and Richard decide to try again, while Angela proves uncharacteristically supportive. When Lance moves back into the manor house, Angela joyfully greets him with the news that Carly will be staying for a few days. In a misguided attempt to help Emma, Curtis digs dirt on Richard. At Lance's instigation, Melissa enters into an elaborate masquerade to rescue Emma. In his effort to break the codicil to Chase's will, Richard enrolls some dangerous assistance. When Gabrielle returns to the valley on the anniversary of Chase's death, she gives Maggie some hopeful news.

#13 - Paradise Lost

Dallas - Season 13 - Episode 20

Arlen Ward seems very happy with Hutch's death. James and Shelley discover their building can't be used for night-time entertainment. J.R. devises an ingenious plan to rid Cally from his life. Shelley makes a deal with Carter McKay. Bobby spends some time with April's family. Ellie and Clayton smell a rat with Arlen.

#14 - The Decline and Fall of the Ewing Empire

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 21

Michelle is arrested for Hillary Taylor's murder. Cliff and J.R. jockey to take control of Ewing Oil. Jory heads back to Malilbu after her mother's funeral. Carter McKay and Dusty Farlow give J.R. a little payback. With Southfork feeling lonely and forever changed, J.R. drinks himself to oblivion and contemplates life...

#15 - Farewell, My Lovely

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 19

James and J.R. clash. Clayton comes back to the States to settle some business with the boys. John Ross and Chistopher plot to leave Dallas for Europe. J.R locates Cally but decides to leave her to live in peace. Hillary Taylor comes looking for Jory.

#16 - Heart and Soul

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 6

James is stonewalled attempting to take down J.R. Bobby tries to cope while Michelle swears revenge, blaming him for April's death. J.R. is delighted when John Ross comes back to Southfork, with Christopher and Clayton. James takes Sly's notes to use against J.R. Bobby goes after Foley Petrotech, and gets Cliff to help him. Vanessa Beaumont returns to J.R.'s life. Johnny Dancer butts heads with Cliff, Liz Adams and Carter McKay. Dancer turns up dead in his hotel room.

#17 - Designing Women

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 12

LeeAnn's scheme to sabotage J.R. and Vanessa's engagement works, and Vanessa heads to Vienna. McKay is released from prison and vows to pay back J.R. James and Michelle reunite. With revenge in hand, LeeAnn exits for South America and relinquishes ownership of Ewing Oil to Michelle Stevens.

#18 - Smooth Operator

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 14

J.R. rekindles some of the old Southfork traditions. Bobby positions himself to capture Hilary Taylor. James and Michelle clash in the midst of their scheme. Pulling strings again, J.R. orchestrates a new plan of action.

#19 - One Last Kiss

Dallas - Season 14 - Episode 3

J.R.s doctor prescribes him with heavy drugs. Sly makes a plea for Cally to contact her. Bobby makes a daring attempt to rescue April. Cally visits J.R., delivers his release papers, and says a tearful farewell. As he leaves, he has some surprises for his fellow inmates. Sheila makes her final moves with Bobby, with the help of Jordan Lee. As J.R. gets back to work, he starts his plan of revenge, starting with Sly.

#20 - Fathers and Other Strangers

Dallas - Season 13 - Episode 7

Vanessa says that she came looking for James, and J.R. and Cally make her feel welcome. James dates Sly Lovegren but she plays hard to get. Bobby and April have another fight with Cliff and Michelle. J.R. and Vanessa reminisce about old times. Miss Ellie and Clayton meet Sarah Ewing and her Jewish family whom Jock saved during World War ll. Bobby takes James around the refineries. Tension between J.R. and Cliff rises and J.R. wants to buy Cliff out. Sarah Ewing gives Ellie a letter from Jock to his son, written 45 years ago. McKay is told that his tanker is in serious trouble. At the Oil Barons, everybody at the table is completely stunned, most of all J.R., as James makes his shocking revelation.

#21 - Proof in the Pudding

Murder, She Wrote - Season 10 - Episode 12

When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case.

#22 - Ep. #9473

Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 44

PREVIEW: Roman questions Shawn about Colin's murder, while Bo questions Tony; Sami tells Brandon she knows he slept with Lexie. SUMMARY: **from SoapCity.com** Bo is concerned when Hope tells him that she still isn't sleeping well, she hasn't picked up Zack, and is constantly distracted. He calls Marlena and implores her to come and see Hope; after Bo's gone back to the station, Marlena reveals that Bo called her because he's worried. Hope insists she is coping, but she's distracted by Larry's voice in her head as Marlena brings up the possibility that Hope may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. As Marlena and Hope take down the Christmas tree, Hope breaks an ornament and is hit with a memory of a body on the ground at the Kiriakis Mansion, but the body isn't Colin -- it's Larry... Shawn and Belle arrive at the police station so Shawn can be questioned about the night of Colin's murder. Belle can see Shawn is nervous and tries to reassure him. As Roman asks Shawn if

#23 - Ep. #9489

Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 60

PREVIEW: Bo overhears Hope's startling confession; Sami gives Brandon an ultimatum. SUMMARY: Marlena and John discuss the possibilities of what they may discover if they return to the DiMera Island compound. John has difficulty even considering that Marlena could be a mother to the Twins and he persuades her that the answers they need have to be on the island. Although they don't have to rush since Tony is temporarily out of commission, he urges Marlena to be ready to leave soon... Tony/Lexie share their anger toward Stefano; Tony lashes out at Rolf, who swears he didn't know the Twins could be offspring of Tony's and he claims ignorance about the details of the Twins' mission and breeding. Tony asks Rolf to summon Stefano's private physician, Dr. Ash; Lexie does a sensory test on Tony, who feels the pin prick in his foot... Bo is stunned to find the bloody towel in the garbage can and becomes more distraught when he overhears Hope confessing to Jennifer that she killed Colin. Bo i

#24 - Ep. #9495

Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 66

PREVIEW: Belle bids Salem "adieu" for Paris. SUMMARY: At the Harley house, Belle is finishing up packing for Paris. She realizes that she has too many clothes and not enough room. In the hall, Cassie runs into Shawn as she is bringing more luggage for Belle. He tells her that he is more nervous, but she insists the pills probably haven't kicked in yet. They go into Belle's room, but Belle is not sure what to think when she sees Shawn. Cassie leaves to give them some time alone. They aren't alone long when Shawn gets a call from his dad. Belle realizes it's Bo and tells Shawn she is going to get her laundry and leaves. Bo explains to Shawn about the possibility of Larry still being alive and Shawn flies off the handle. Bo tries to calm him, but Shawn says he's going to kill him, and Bo says that this is a police matter. Shawn is upset because "that will be the day" and hangs up on Bo. He then moves restlessly around the room, eventually putting his fist thru the window. Belle comes

#25 - Ep. #9500

Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 71

PREVIEW: Bo and Hope rush home after a call from Alice; a letter from Stefano is unearthed on the island. SUMMARY: **from SoapCity.com** Shawn returns from the airport and takes another pill to ease the pain of missing Belle. Alice sees him pop the pill and he covers; she senses that something is wrong and calls Bo and Hope, who are still enjoying their romantic getaway at Green Mountain Lodge. Bo sees Hope's concern and they go home. Larry, still in the basement, overhears Alice/Shawn talking and realizes Shawn is taking the poison pills. When Bo/Hope get home, Shawn loses his temper that Alice called them; they think he's so frazzled because he couldn't stop Belle from leaving. Bo gets called away to the station with urgent news about Larry; his prints were on the matchbook that Bo found, proving that Larry is indeed alive. Alice seems to be out of sorts a bit (because of the gas) and Hope tells Alice she should stay the night... Belle is stunned to see Rex on the plane and lea

#26 - Ep. #9502

Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 73

PREVIEW: Belle and Hope fight for their lives when Larry reveals himself! John and Tony fight in a fencing duel. SUMMARY: **from SoapCity.com** Belle sees Larry and tries to knock him out, but he catches her and forces her to nail the windows shut as gas continues to spread throughout the house. Larry disables all the door locks and Hope succumbs to the gas and passes out. Larry handcuffs Belle to the staircase and makes his way back to the basement, but finds himself trapped in with the deadly gas. Meanwhile, Shawn is brought into the trauma center and Craig discovers that Shawn is taking drugs. He informs Bo, who is horrified; Cassie and Rex arrive, also very worried about Shawn. Bo learns the pills weren't Hope's original prescription and realizes Larry must have switched them. Roman overhears Shawn as he finally confesses to Bo that he shot Colin. Kate arrives and tries to comfort Roman, who now had to choose between his family and his job. He sends Cassie and Rex home, whil

#27 - Obsession, Possession

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 2

A French woman and a mercenary soldier from Chase's past intrude on the lives of Angela and Maggie and force them to face unpleasant consequences. Angela's wiles work on Chao-Li. Emma believes she is embarking on a new life as a businesswoman. After Lance moves in with Dina amid Melissa's accusations that he cares more for his car than he does for her, Melissa attempts to make peace with Lance.

#28 - Channing Vs. Channing

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 20

Maggie recovers from her drunken fall and decides to throw away all of the alcohol in the house so she won't be tempted to drink again. Lance continues to investigate Curtis's allegations about Richard's underworld activity. Richard finds him rifling through Emma's office at the New Globe and warns him to stay away from Maggie. Lance tries in vain to enlist Maggie's support, but she denies Lance's accusations and tells him to stop before anyone else gets hurt. Frank and Melissa ride out to Hobart, California using Frank's antiquated map. Melissa accuses him of selfish motives, but when Frank raises his gun and shoots a rattler lying close to her, Melissa is embarrassed into silence. Frank tells her that he is dying and has no desire of cheating her out of her legacy. When they get to Hobart, all they find are abandoned buildings from an old mining community. On further inspection of a shack, Melissa falls through the crumbling flooring into a hole below. Frank attempts to rescue Meliss

#29 - As Tears Go By

Falcon Crest - Season 7 - Episode 27

Maggie creeps out of bed early to meet with Senator Ryder in hopes of getting Richard granted immunity for the remainder of the hearing. Alone in bed, Richard is drugged by a gloved hand. He regains consciousness to find the dead body of Madame Malec next to him. Richard shudders. It could have been Maggie. Maggie meets with Senator Ryder and wins immunity for her husband. Meanwhile, Richard has given up trying to convince anyone in Washington that The Thirteen exists and is responsible for Madame Malec's murder. Maggie persuades vitriolic Vickie to keep her trap shut about Richard at the hearing. Later Vickie blows off her husband outside the hearing room. She's helping her mother now, the brat tells Eric. With Frank out of the hospital, Melissa attempts to convince Angela to let her into Hobart to look for her heirloom. Angela is opposed to the idea. Frank tells his niece to stay put. Next, Melissa enlists Lance in her scheme to get into the fenced-in ghost town from Richard's proper