bob639 This was undoubtedly the best TV series EVER!!! Great characters, great stories, witty scripts, fantastic acting, fantastic theme tune, the list is endless.I watched all 344 episodes throughout the show's 14 year run (15 if you lived in the UK). I watched it grow from an average suburban series set in a Californian cul-de-sac to an international phenomenon that perhaps didn't reach the same heights as 'Dallas' or 'Dynasty', but make no mistake, this series had a devoted following all across the world - such was it's enduring appeal.Who could forget the night Sid was driven off a cliff? Talk about a Cliffhanger!!! Who could not feel sorry for "Poor Val" when her babies were kidnapped at birth or when the evil Jill Bennett (played convincingly by Teri Austin) attempted to kill her by forcing pills down her throat? Add to that those heartbreaking scenes when Laura (played by the wonderful Constance McCashin) died of a brain tumour and 'Greggy' was left all alone to raise their child.Then there were all those wonderfully complex stories involving all the cul-de-sac's residents united to fight against a common enemy. Wolfbridge? Treadwell? The list is endless. Knots had that unique ability to tell a good tale. It carried on telling such 'good tales' for 14 amazing years - never once really dipping in quality.In the finale, Kevin Dobson told how it was a quality series - the type of quality that television needs. How right he was! Television didn't see such quality prior to the series' launch in 1979, and sadly it hasn't seen it since.A fantastic production in a bygone era. The likes of which we will never see again...

floydsmoot I've always found it a bit disingenuous of (creator) David Jacobs and (executive producer) Michael Filerman to claim that "Knots Landing" was about real-life, middle-class American life. As much as I enjoyed the series as a whole, and feel that it is an excellent example of the prime-time soap genre, that description really only applies to the first 4 years of the show, when the focus was on the 5 families who lived on Seaview Circle. After the arrival of William Devane's Greg Sumner at the beginning of the 5th Season, "Knots Landing" started coming up with outlandish, ridiculous storylines (the Wolfbridge Group? Val's Babies? Empire Valley, anyone?) rivalling anything on Dynasty or Falcon Crest. "Dallas" in California is the best way to describe the show's transformation during this time. I found the 1983-87 years to be heartless and dreary as a whole, and the series reclaimed its footing only with the arrival of the Williams family (Larry Riley, Lynne Moody, and Kent Masters-King) on the cul-de-sac. Their presence helped to refocus the show back to its roots. The show's best storyline was the Chip/Ciji story in the 1982-83 season. My only complaint with that year was that John Pleshette, Kim Lankford, and James Houghton's characters were phased out by the end of it, and the wonderful Joanna Pettet was sadly underused as a sympathetic police detective. As wonderful as most of "Knots Landing" was, I still view it as a missed opportunity to side-step the conventions of the 1980s prime-time soap genre.

lessers this was good, Here is a spoiler giving you my comments. Karen is great. The Fairgates were the best. When Sid died Karen and the kids stayed the same. One big mistake: Mack Mackenzie. Karen's character was ruined when she married him. I turned on Episode 1 one day to see Sid yelling at Karen and taking off down the stairs. Karen chases him down the stairs in blue pyjamas, hair flying. Cool. It's good when he yells at her, she just looks him right in the eye and says nothing.But when they make up is the best part. One other mistake: Kill Sid. They should have moved the family away.

cooper-29 I grew up with this show and watched it the entire run.So much better and alittle more down to earth then the other shows, Knots was a show with Great characters and characters you either loved or loved to hate. I wish they'd bring it back for more Movie specials.