2nd Season 1993

  1. "Much Ado About Everything"
    rc: Kimberly, Keith

    Amanda throws herself a housewarming party, but forces Alison to work late so that she can hit on Billy. Alison continues to receive threatening letters and phone calls. Keith picks her up at work and takes her to the party. He slips something into her drink and tries to take advantage of her, but Billy interrupts. Keith purposely injures his head and claims that he was attacked. Billy doesn't seem to believe him. In order to dodge suspicion, Keith pays a homeless man to make an obscene phone call to Alison while Keith is present. Jane files for divorce. Michael moves in with Kimberly. Jake brings a bimbo to the housewarming party to make Jo jealous, and Jo agrees to live with him. They argue about everything. Matt loses his job when the halfway house shuts down.

    b: 8 Sep 93 pc: 2393033 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Nancy Malone

    NOTE: Heather Locklear becomes an official cast member (or rather, permanent Special Guest Star) as Amanda Woodward.
  2. "A Long Night's Journey"
    gs: Randee Hiller [ Det. Altman ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Keith

    Billy remains wary of Alison's relationship with Keith. Alison agrees to drive Keith to the airport. When she drops by his hotel room to pick him up, he tries to rape her. She kicks him in the groin and escapes. Keith is arrested, but released due to lack of evidence. Billy follows him back to Seattle. Jo fears that Amanda has set her sights on Jake. Michael convinces Kimberly to lie about their affair in court. Jane throws the wedding china at Michael. Sydney returns to L.A., and Michael seeks her friendship.

    b: 15 Sep 93 pc: 2393034 w: Frank South d: Charles Correll
  3. "Revenge"
    gs: Lyman Ward [ Vincent ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Keith

    Billy shows up at Keith's work site and assaults him. After Alison tells Keith that she hates him, he commits suicide while on the phone with her. Alison begins drinking and is sent home from work. Amanda tries to convince Jake to model for a beer campaign. Sydney caters to Michael's every whim, despite a warning from Jane. Matt is hired by the hospital's social services department.

    b: 22 Sep 93 pc: 2393035 w: Darren Star d: James Frawley
  4. "Fire Power"
    gs: Rob Estes [ Sam Towler ], Thomas Ryan [ Charlie Harris ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya

    Amanda threatens to fire Alison when her drinking gets out of hand. Billy forces her to confront her guilt over Keith's suicide. Amanda hires Jo for an evening photo shoot, then takes Jake to dinner to discuss "business." On her way out of the bike shop, she accidentally knocks over a blowtorch. The shop burns to the ground. Jo is placed in danger because she believed Jake was still inside the building. Jake is suspected of arson and insurance fraud. Sam returns to town for a construction job and has dinner with Jane. Sydney tells Michael about the date; and he confronts Sam at the job site, much to Kimberly's annoyance. A female doctor has a crush on Matt.

    b: 29 Sep 93 pc: 2393036 w: Kimberly Costello d: Barbara Amato
  5. "Of Bikes and Men"
    gs: Jack Aprea [ Steve Bryant ], Terri Ivens [ Arielle Bryant ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya, Robert

    Jake realizes that he accidentally burned the shop down. He flies into a rage and trashes Jo's apartment. She throws him out. He later breaks up with her for failing to trust him. Alison tags along when Billy travels to a beautiful hotel to interview the reclusive owner. The man's daughter gropes Billy under the table during dinner. Michael accuses Jane of infidelity. He shows up at Jane's favorite supermarket to spite her, so she rams her cart into him and dumps spaghetti sauce on his head. Kimberly breaks down during a court hearing and admits her affair with Michael. Matt tells his friend Katya that he is gay, and learns that she has a five-year-old daughter.

    b: 6 Oct 93 pc: 2393037 w: Allison Robbins d: James Whitmore Jr.
  6. "Hot and Bothered"

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya, Robert, Nikki

    Billy and Alison cannot get Jake and Jo back together. Amanda forces Jake to work with Jo on a photo shoot, where they bicker. The Mancinis' divorce is finalized. Michael fears that Jane is stealing his friends, so he throws a party at the beach house. Jane goes drinking with Alison and Jo; then sleeps with her lawyer, Robert. Kimberly is irritated when a drunken Michael flirts with every woman at the party. Sydney passes out drunk and spends the night on Michael and Kimberly's couch. Jake tries to invite himself to Amanda's apartment, but she slaps him. Katya asks Matt to marry her so that she and her daughter Nikki won't be deported.

    b: 13 Oct 93 pc: 2393038 w: Dee Johnson d: Paul Lazarus
  7. "Flirting With Disaster"
    gs: Richard Marcus [ Lacey ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya, Robert, Nikki, Steve

    Jane throws Sydney out, but Amanda leases her an apartment in the building. Alison travels to a ranch to make a presentation to millionaire computer exec Steve McMillan, but it does not go as planned. Matt decides to marry Katya. Michael sleeps with Sydney while Kimberly is out of town at a conference.

    b: 20 Oct 93 pc: 2393039 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Bethany Rooney
  8. "No Bed of Roses"

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Palmer, Robert, Steve

    Amanda's father offers Jake a high-paying job at his car restoration business. He refuses, but changes his mind after sleeping with Amanda. Jo is devastated by the news, but cheers up when Steve asks her on a date. Sydney prevents Michael from breaking up with her by threatening to expose their affair. Jane decides to take things slowly with Robert.

    b: 27 Oct 93 pc: 2393040 w: Frank South d: Nancy Malone

    NOTE: Doug Savant does not appear in this episode.
  9. "Married to It"
    gs: Jonathan Penner [ Joel ], Richard Roat [ Mr. Wilson ], Richard Marcus [ Lacey ], Bette Ford [ Mrs. Wilson ], Gina Gershon [ Ellen ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya, Robert, Nikki, Steve

    Sydney gets a waitress job at Shooters. Kimberly catches Michael in bed with Sydney. She tells Jane, and says that she did her a favor by breaking up her marriage because "that man is sick." Kimberly moves out when Michael refuses to leave the beach house. A drunken Michael interrupts Jane's dinner with Robert's parents. Matt gets a date, but is distracted when Katya and an ailing Nikki have to move into his apartment to fool an immigration official. Alison is jealous of Steve's relationship with Jo.

    b: 3 Nov 93 pc: 2393041 w: Darren Star d: James Frawley
  10. "The Tangled Web"

    rc: Kimberly, Palmer, Steve

    Jo, Alison and Billy go to Steve's ranch for the weekend. Billy is unhappy about Steve's attraction to Alison. Jo and Steve break up because she hasn't gotten over Jake. Jo confronts Alison after learning of Steve's feelings for her. Steve and Alison later share a kiss. Jake suspects that Palmer is engaging in fraud. Kimberly refuses to take Michael back.

    b: 10 Nov 93 pc: 2393042 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Chip Chalmers

    NOTE: Doug Savant and Josie Bissett do not appear in this episode.
  11. "Collision Course"
    gs: Stephen Nichols [ Carl Canin ], Gina Gershon [ Ellen ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Katya, Robert, Lauren

    Michael convinces Kimberly to have dinner with him. When she rejects his marriage proposal, he becomes very drunk. Kimberly changes her mind during the drive home, but Michael loses control of the car during their celebratory kiss. The car flips off an embankment, leaving Michael paralyzed and Kimberly in a coma. Michael blames Syd for the accident. The police suspect that Michael was driving under the influence. He pleads with Matt to change the results of his blood alcohol test. One of Sydney's co-workers takes her to a party. She makes a date with a director, unaware that he is under the impression that she is a hooker. Jo gives Alison the cold shoulder, and warns her that she is on the verge of destroying her relationship with Billy.

    b: 17 Nov 93 pc: 2393043 w: Frank South d: Richard Lang

    NOTE: Kristian Alfonso (Lauren) is best known for her portrayal of Hope Williams Brady on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives.
  12. "Cold Turkey"
    gs: Sam Anderson [ Agent Hill ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Palmer, Steve, Lauren, Mrs. Shaw

    Alison has to miss Thanksgiving dinner when Amanda sends her to San Francisco for a presentation on Steve's account. Billy, aware that Steve will try to romance her, threatens to break up with Alison if she makes the trip. She ignores his ultimatum. A suddenly sympathetic Amanda urges Billy not to give up on Alison. He calls her room, but hangs up when Steve answers the phone. The FBI orders Jake to assist them with a sting on Palmer. Jake skips Thanksgiving dinner (or in Jo's words, "Amanda's tribute to the men in her life") to hang out on the stairs and talk with Jo. Jane offers Sydney a holiday truce, but Syd decides to dine with a madam named Lauren and her girls. Kimberly's mother has her daughter shipped home to Cleveland.

    b: 24 Nov 93 pc: 2393044 w: Kimberly Costello d: Paul Lazarus
  13. "Duet for One"
    gs: Nicholas Walker [ Ken ], David Kagen [ Roger ]

    rc: Sydney, Katya, Robert, Nikki, Lauren

    Michael learns that Kimberly has died. He is transferred to a rehab hospital, but manages to convince Jane to take him in. Robert is enraged by this development. Billy breaks up with Alison and moves in with Jake. Sydney becomes a prostitute. Katya leaves Nikki with Matt as she returns to Russia to care for her mother.

    b: 1 Dec 93 pc: 2393045 w: Allison Robbins d: Victoria Hochberg
  14. "Strange Bedfellows"
    gs: Sam Anderson [ Agent Hill ]

    rc: Sydney, Palmer, Steve, Celia

    Alison learns that Steve is leaving for Europe in a few days. He gives her a new jeep and confesses his feelings. Alison joins him for a weekend on his ranch, but suddenly dumps him because she wants to reconcile with Billy. Billy's bitterness about Alison clouds his judgment on a writing assignment. Jake forces Palmer to confess to fraud on tape. Palmer convinces Amanda that Jake set him up, so she dumps Jake and plots to evict him. Michael falls out of bed, and Sydney refuses to help him until he apologizes for his past actions. Jo rejects Jake's thinly veiled advances, but Billy and Amanda sleep together.

    b: 15 Dec 93 pc: 2393046 w: Dee Johnson d: Nancy Malone

    NOTE: Doug Savant does not appear in this episode.
  15. "Under the Mistletoe"
    gs: Marianne Muellerleile [ Nurse Colleen ], Lynn A. Anderson [ Ticket Agent #1 ], Rick Hurst [ Sydney's Client ], Jennifer Zuniga [ Ticket Agent #3 ]

    rc: Sydney, Robert, Nikki, Lauren

    Billy manages to sneak out of Amanda's apartment without detection. Alison asks him for a reconciliation, but he turns her down. Matt promises Nikki a Christmas party. Billy and Jake look for a tree for the courtyard, and end up running into Jo and Alison. Billy tries to fly home for Christmas, but can't get a flight. He plays Santa at Nikki's party. Alison finds him sneaking a present into her stocking during the night. They apologize and renew their relationship. A temporary nurse prompts Michael to reflect on his behavior. He apologizes to Jane and Robert. Sydney goes to confession and gives up hooking. Nikki returns to Russia.

    b: 22 Dec 93 pc: 2393047 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Chip Chalmers
  16. "Reunion Blues"
    gs: Richard Green [ Cop ], Beau Billingslea [ George ], Kassie DePaiva [ Betty Benson-Chappell ], Joseph Whipp [ Contractor ]

    rc: Sydney, Palmer, Robert, Reed

    Billy tells Amanda that he and Alison are back together. Amanda responds by removing Alison from the Microcomp account because she was romantically involved with the client. Amanda moves forward with her plans to evict Jake, but Jo refuses to testify against him. Amanda relents when she needs Jake's help with a plumbing problem. Palmer confesses his guilt to Amanda and skips town. She goes back to Jake. Jo goes to her ten-year high school reunion and runs into Reed, an old boyfriend who has just been released from prison. He later turns up at her apartment. Michael has a breakthrough at a physical therapy session, and regains the use of his legs. Sydney is busted for prostitution. Michael bails her out and agrees to keep quiet if she helps him break up Jane and Robert.

    b: 5 Jan 94 pc: 2393048 w: Frank South d: Jefferson Kibbee

    NOTE: James Wilder (Reed) later played Adam Louder on the Melrose spin-off Models Inc.
  17. "Michael's Game"
    gs: Famke Janssen [ Diane Adamson ], Beau Billingslea [ George ], Nick Eldredge [ FBI Special Agent #1 ], Ted Haler [ Man ], Jay Kopita [ John ], Terrence O'Connor [ Woman ]

    rc: Sydney, Robert, Reed

    Alison complains to the brass about Amanda's mistreatment of her. After the FBI shows up with questions about her father's disappearance, Amanda is ordered to take a vacation. She heads to Hawaii with Jake, but returns because she fears that Alison is after her job. She goes to Billy and threatens to expose their one-night stand unless he gets Alison to back off. He refuses to cave in, although Alison ends up apologizing to Amanda anyway. Sydney sets up a hooker with an unknowing Robert during a business trip. Jane receives a videotape of the two together and breaks up with Robert. Reed and Jo sleep together. He later decides to start a charter boat service.

    b: 12 Jan 94 pc: 2393049 w: Darren Star d: Marty Pasetta
  18. "Arousing Suspicions"
    gs: Diana Castle [ Prosecutor ], Lawrence Dobkin [ Judge ], Paul Eves [ Young Man ], Scott McCray [ Defense Attorney ]

    rc: Sydney, Nancy, Celia, Reed, Jeffrey

    After Michael shuns her, Sydney tells Jane the truth about her involvement with prostitution and Michael's scheme against Robert. Jane blames herself for Sydney's problems, and throws Michael out. Sydney is acquitted because of an incompetent prosecution team. Jo is angry when Reed approaches Amanda as a potential investor in his charter boat service. Jake confronts Reed about his intentions toward the two women in his life. Billy wins a promotion, but learns that the job requires a move to New York. Matt is annoyed by the bizarre behavior of his new love interest. He learns that the man is a closeted Navy officer.

    b: 26 Jan 94 pc: 2393050 w: Kimberly Costello d: Steve Dubin
  19. "The Young Men and the Sea"
    gs: Chris Lang [ Ensign Joe ], Robert R. Ross Jr. [ Ensign Adam ], Nancy Sullivan [ Nurse ], Anthony Winters [ Policeman #1 ], Ken Zavagna [ Marshal ]

    rc: Sydney, Reed, Jeffrey

    Amanda and Jo invest in Reed's business, and Jake is hired as chief mechanic. Jo displays a lack of trust toward Reed after he leaves a suitcase of personal possessions in her care. Michael becomes addicted to painkillers. Jane files a restraining order against him. She calls the police when Michael shows up at her apartment, but Sydney gives him refuge. After Michael talks Syd into getting him more pills, she finds him passed out on his bathroom floor. Alison refuses to move to New York with Billy, and suggests they try a long-distance relationship. Jeffrey fears that his relationship with Matt could jeopardize his career.

    b: 2 Feb 94 pc: 2393051 w: Allison Robbins d: Charles Correll
  20. "Parting Glances"
    gs: Kelly Hu [ Andrea ], Scott LaRose [ Greg ], Esther Scott [ Nurse ]

    rc: Sydney, Reed, Jeffrey

    Jake and Amanda pull out of Reed's business when Jake discovers some inconsistencies in his story, but Jo accuses him of jealousy. Reed picks up a shipment of drugs on the boat while Jo is sleeping on board. When Jo discovers drugs stored in a compartment below deck, Reed assaults and kidnaps her. Sydney overhears a semi-comatose Michael babbling about his plea for Matt to change his blood alcohol results. She lays the groundwork for a blackmail scheme. Frustrated by her inability to get in touch with Billy, Alison flies to New York to surprise him. She is stunned to find him having drinks with another woman. Jeffrey is transferred to the east coast after coming out of the closet.

    b: 9 Feb 94 pc: 2393052 w: Dee Johnson d: Bethany Rooney
  21. "Swept Away"
    gs: Scott LaRose [ Greg ], Granville Ames [ Harbor Patrol Officer ], Garro Ellis [ Officer ], Mik Scriba [ Senior Officer ], Mary Wickliffe [ Nurse ]

    rc: Sydney, Reed, Dr. Smith

    Reed plans to start over in Mexico after one last major drug deal. Jo knocks him overboard with a harpoon, but the boat runs out of gas. When Reed climbs on board and holds her at gunpoint, Jo is forced to shoot and kill him. She is arrested when the Coast Guard raids the boat. Alison accepts Billy's explanation about his date, but breaks up with him again when he falsely assumes that she is moving to New York. He follows her back to Los Angeles and surprises her with a marriage proposal. Sydney presents her blackmail demands and moves in with Michael.

    b: 16 Feb 94 pc: 2393053 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Nancy Malone

    NOTE: Lonnie Schuyler, who plays Dr. Dave Smith, later had a recurring role on Models Inc. as Ben, Adam Louder's treacherous drug-dealing sidekick. He then returned to Melrose Place and took on another recurring role, as Matt's boyfriend Alan.
  22. "With This Ball and Chain"
    gs: Stephen Furst [ Benjamin Skyler ], Matt McCoy [ Benson ], L. Scott Caldwell [ Unknown ], Charles Carroll [ Mover ], Sandra Ellis Lafferty [ Jail Matron ], Alan Woolf [ Desk Officer ]

    rc: Sydney, Celia, Kovacs, Dr. Levin

    Jo faces murder charges following Reed's death. Jake is angry when Amanda refuses to help Jo because she could be implicated through her financial ties to Reed. She later has a change of heart, hiring her accomplished family attorney to represent Jo and putting the apartment building up as collateral for her bail. The charges are eventually dropped; the D.A. knew that Jo's crime was self-defense, but wanted to press her for information about Reed's associates. Alison accepts Billy's proposal. Billy tells Amanda that he wants to tell Alison about their one-night stand (but doesn't follow through), so Amanda confesses to Jake. At the engagement party, Jake decks Billy after being asked to serve as best man. Amanda explains the situation to Alison. Alison is stunned by the news, but forgives Billy. Sydney decides that she and Michael are getting married.

    b: 23 Feb 94 pc: 2393054 w: Frank South d: Jefferson Kibbee
  23. "Otherwise Engaged"
    gs: William Bogert [ Unknown ], Dennis Howard [ Minister ], Robert Munns [ Ring Salesman ], Robyn Peterson [ Unknown ], J.D. Roth [ Jack ]

    rc: Sydney, Celia, Bruce, Mrs. Andrews

    Sydney and Jane get into a catfight in the pool after Syd tries to take Jane's wedding dress (a family heirloom). Their mother comes to town, but cannot talk Syd out of the marriage. Michael and Sydney are married at the beach house, with only Matt in attendance. Inspired by a dream, Michael decides to take Syd on a honeymoon and murder her. Jo learns that she is pregnant with Reed's child, and plans to have an abortion. Amanda is jealous of the amount of time Jake is spending with Jo, until she learns about the pregnancy. Jo decides to have the baby. Billy's co-worker Celia and Alison lay a guilt trip on him until he buys Alison a more expensive engagement ring.

    b: 2 Mar 94 pc: 2393055 w: Darren Star d: Chip Chalmers
  24. "Love, Mancini Style"
    gs: Tracey Walter [ Ed ], Michael Ensign [ Sheriff ], Dan Frischman [ County Records Clerk ], Biff Yeager [ Auctioneer ], Brian George [ Unknown ], Mary-Pat Green [ Nurse ], John Minch [ Hiker ], Dominic Oliver [ Man ]

    rc: Sydney, Reed

    Michael attempts to kill Sydney during their honeymoon in the mountains of northern California, but fails twice. Matt pursues them in the hopes of preventing the crime. Michael has the chance to push Syd off a cliff, but cannot go through with it. Sydney vows that he will love her one day. A guilt-ridden Matt tells Jane that he altered Michael's blood alcohol records after the accident. Jane uses a signed confession from Matt to blackmail Michael and Sydney into staying married. Jo is haunted by visions of Reed, and is angry when she learns that Jake has decided to start a charter service on Reed's boat, the Pretty Lady. He convinces Jo to face her guilt head on, and she visits Reed's grave site to offer her forgiveness. Amanda erupts after seeing Jake comfort Jo. Alison decides that she and Billy won't sleep together again until after the wedding.

    b: 16 Mar 94 pc: 2393056 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Charles Correll
  25. "The Two Mrs. Mancinis"
    gs: Ben Browder [ Adam ], Gerard Christopher [ Gregory ], Kurt Andon [ Mr. Parker's Friend ], John Ingle [ Unknown ], Patrick Montes [ Mover ], Michael Ryan Way [ Jeff ]

    rc: Sydney, Kay, Mrs. Andrews, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Parker

    Billy ignores Alison's wishes and tags along when she heads to Wisconsin for her father's fiftieth birthday party. He is furious when Alison refuses to share the news of their engagement. When Alison's ex-boyfriend Adam serenades her during the party, Billy announces the engagement. Adam warns Billy that the Parker family is "weird." Alison is haunted by nightmares after returning to L.A. Jane and Sydney's grandmother dies. Jane learns that she is to inherit $100,000, and decides to start her own design firm. Her plans are complicated when Syd and Michael seek a cut of the money because it is willed to "Dr. and Mrs. Michael Mancini." Michael confronts Matt about his confession to Jane, and they duke it out. Jo's potential romance with a model is quashed when he learns about her pregnancy.

    b: 23 Mar 94 pc: 2393057 w: Allison Robbins d: Marty Pasetta
  26. "In Bed With the Enemy"
    gs: Christopher Gartin [ Ted Ryan ], Erich Anderson [ Dr. Tom Miller ], Christine Devine [ News Reporter ], Lindsey Haun [ Young Alison ], Wendle Josepher [ Sandy Nicholson ], Michael Mitz [ Kevin Curtis ], Tonya Offer [ Crickett ], Bonnie Urseth [ Rev. Edith Styles ]

    rc: Sydney, Lauren

    Alison turns to a psychiatrist for help coping with her nightmares, but Jo warns that she seems to be developing romantic feelings for the man. Amanda resolves Jane's financial dilemma by making Michael her business partner. Jane asks her accountant to falsify the design firm's financial records to keep Michael and Syd from cutting into her profits. Sydney takes over Lauren's operation after the madam is arrested. Amanda hires a young man named Ted Ryan as building manager. She fires him when he continually exhibits strange behavior, but he lurks around the building and watches Amanda in the shower.

    b: 6 Apr 94 pc: 2393058 w: Stevie Stern d: Parker Stevenson
  27. "Psycho Therapy"
    gs: Christopher Gartin [ Ted Ryan ], Erich Anderson [ Dr. Tom Miller ], Eileen Barnett [ Mrs. Levin ], Elena Statheros [ Ingrid ], Ted Henning [ Unknown ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Dr. Levin, Dr. Smith

    Jake makes amends with Billy before leaving for a weekend fishing trip. Jo discovers that Ted is a peeping tom, and she and Amanda catch him sneaking around in the crawl space above Amanda's apartment. Amanda refuses to allow Jo to call the police until Amanda has tied up Ted and emotionally tortured him. Billy warns Dr. Miller not to interfere in his relationship with Alison. Alison ends their sessions, but not before Dr. Miller makes an astute observation about her relationships with men. Michael learns that Dr. Levin is a client of Sydney's "escort service," and uses this information to blackmail his boss into appointing him chief resident. Michael tells Sydney that he wants to give their marriage a chance. As they kiss on the deck, Kimberly observes them from the beach below.

    b: 20 Apr 94 pc: 2393059 w: Kimberly Costello d: Charles Correll
  28. "The Bitch Is Back"
    gs: Susan Lee Hoffman [ Sheila ], Jay Kopita [ Assistant ], Dan Martin [ Unknown ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Bruce, Hillary, Sarah, Chas

    Michael is astonished when Kimberly pays him a late-night visit. She reveals that she was in a coma for months, and that her mother claimed that she had died to keep Michael away from her. Michael dumps Sydney without explanation. When she brings a police officer to the hospital to have Michael arrested for manslaughter, Kimberly enters the room, prompting Syd to faint. Kimberly is plagued by headaches, and removes a wig in the bathroom to reveal a nasty scar on the side of her head. Amanda fires a model after learning that she is from the agency Models Inc., and is reprimanded by her boss. She reveals that her estranged mother, Hillary Michaels, is the head of the agency. Amanda rejects Hillary's overtures, but Jake later convinces her to give her mother a chance. Alison takes back her decree about not sleeping with Billy until their wedding night. Alison's parents hire an obnoxious wedding planner, but Billy and Alison fire her and decide to marry in the courtyard of the apartment building.

    b: 27 Apr 94 pc: 2393060 w: Frank South d: Nancy Malone

    NOTE: Linda Gray (Hillary) and Cassidy Rae (Sarah) were cast members on the Melrose spin-off Models Inc. They appeared in five episodes of Melrose Place to introduce their characters to the public.
  29. "Imperfect Strangers"
    gs: Thom Bierdz [ Hank ], Debbie James [ Tina ], Marty Rackham [ Unknown ], Amber Van Lent [ Renee ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Lauren, Bruce, Hillary, Sarah, Chas, Dr. Levin

    Kimberly threatens Sydney when she tries to stake her claim on Michael. Syd's business party is crashed by a newly freed Lauren, who breaks their earlier agreement and demands $15,000 by the end of the week. When Jane refuses to help her, Sydney takes a job as a stripper. Kimberly is still disturbed by Michael's marriage to Sydney, and makes plans for revenge. Alison is annoyed when Amanda hires her mother's fiancé, Chas. He refuses to take his share of the work, and ingratiates himself with Amanda by helping her smooth things over with Hillary. Alison later catches Amanda and Chas kissing in a conference room. Jo conducts a photo shoot with her model friend, Sarah, aboard the Pretty Lady. They are forced to stay overnight when the boat experiences engine trouble, and Jake and Jo nearly rekindle their romance. Sarah seeks refuge at Jo's apartment after her visiting boyfriend Hank attacks her. Hank shows up at Jo's doorstep and tries to come after Sarah. When Jo steps between them, Hank throws her down the stairs.

    b: 4 May 94 pc: 2393061 w: Dee Johnson d: Chip Chalmers
  30. "Devil With the G-String On"
    gs: Stephanie Romanov [ Teri Spencer ], Richie Allen [ Patient ], Joe D'Angerio [ Surly Man ], Antonia Jones [ Admitting Nurse ], Fran Montano [ Driver ], Marty Rackham [ Unknown ], Nancy Sullivan [ Floor Nurse ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Lauren, Hillary, Sarah, Chas, Dr. Levin, Dr. Smith

    Amanda is furious when Jake skips work to hold a bedside vigil for Jo. Jo is not seriously injured, and learns that her baby was unharmed. Billy warns Alison to keep quiet about Amanda's rendezvous with Chas. Jake tracks down Hank at a pool hall and beats him up. He shows up late for dinner with Amanda, sporting a black eye, and storms out when she lambastes him for defending Jo. Michael throws Billy a bachelor party at a strip club, unaware that Sydney is the entertainment. When she sees Michael, she runs out of the club and is fired. A drunken Billy accidentally tells Jake about Amanda and Chas. Jake breaks up with Amanda, who fires Chas and vows to destroy Alison. Jake admits his feelings for Jo, and she agrees to take him back. Kimberly alters the chart of one of Michael's patients, prompting him to unwittingly commit an error that nearly kills the man. He is stripped of the chief resident position. Kimberly bullies Jane into turning over the $5000 in profits she had kept from Michael. She tries to use the money to hire a hit man to kill Michael, but settles on doing the job herself.

    b: 11 May 94 pc: 2392062 w: Charles Pratt Jr. d: Paul Lazarus

    NOTE: Stephanie Romanov was also a series regular on Models Inc.
  31. "Till Death Do Us Part (1)"
    gs: Ty Miller [ Rob ], Wendle Josepher [ Sandy Nicholson ], Emma Louise Moore [ Emergency Room Nurse ], Spice Williams [ Hooker ], Time Winters [ Unknown ], Pamala Tyson [ Girl #1 ], Denise Lynn Roberts [ Girl #2 ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Bruce, Hillary, Sarah, Chas, Chris, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Parker

    Jo is certain that Amanda will not gracefully bow out of her relationship with Jake. Hillary refuses to believe that Chas tried to seduce Amanda. Chas files a $10 million sexual harassment suit against Amanda, and the agency does not support her. She turns to Jake for consolation. Sydney is assaulted by three hookers when she invades their turf. Kimberly comforts her and pays her rent. She convinces Syd to participate in her plot to kill Michael, and they plan the crime over ice cream. Michael stands in the way of Jane's plans to expand her business. Billy's college friend Rob comes to town to serve as his best man, and gets along well with Matt. Billy is stunned to see them kissing in the courtyard.

    b: 18 May 94 pc: 2393063A w: Darren Star and Frank South d: Chip Chalmers

    NOTE: The scene in which Matt and Rob kissed was edited in the wake of a possible advertiser boycott.
  32. "Till Death Do Us Part (2)"
    gs: Ty Miller [ Rob ], Josh Cruze [ Cop #2 ], Lindsey Haun [ Young Alison ], Wendle Josepher [ Sandy Nicholson ], Time Winters [ Unknown ]

    rc: Kimberly, Sydney, Kovacs, Hillary, Sarah, Chas, Chris, Meredith, Dr. Smith, Mr. Parker, Mrs. Parker

    Jake sleeps with Amanda. Jo catches him coming out of her apartment half-dressed. Jake insists that he doesn't want to reunite with Amanda, but Jo breaks up with him. Amanda tries to make nice with Alison in the hopes of convincing her to not to testify on Chas's behalf. Kimberly drugs Michael, and she and Syd leave him in his car with the engine running. However, Jane revives him when she and client Chris Marchette come over to discuss a business deal. Before the wedding, Michael refuses to sign off on Jane's business proposal, so she threatens to kill him. Kimberly steals Jane's car keys. As Alison is about to walk down the aisle, her father's words of reassurance trigger a repressed memory. She realizes that her father molested her during her childhood. He threatens to kill her if she tells anyone. Alison fails to emerge for the ceremony, and Jane and Billy discover that she has fled through the window. She seeks refuge at her sister Meredith's San Francisco home, unaware that her father has followed her. Chas's lawsuit is thrown out after Hillary and a maid overhear him taunt Amanda and admit that his accusations are false. As Michael steps into the hospital parking lot, Kimberly (wearing a short blonde wig) plows into him with Jane's car. Jane is arrested.

    b: 18 May 94 pc: 2393063B w: Darren Star and Frank South d: Chip Chalmers

    NOTE: Daphne Zuniga and Grant Show appeared briefly in the pilot episode of Models Inc. on 29 Jun 94. Tracy Nelson (Meredith) was once married to William R. Moses, who played Keith.

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