Melrose Place

Amanda accompanies Rory to the Dominican Republic to marry him, unaware of his plan to murder her and get his hands on her money.

Peter tells Lexi that he still has feelings for Amanda. But Lexi later learns that she might take the fall for her late father's larceny charges.

Taylor chips away at Michael's contempt for parenthood while continuing to stay at his place. Michael also starts dating his new receptionist.

Seeking to get away from Taylor's constant interference in his life, Michael travels to his 10-year college reunion party in Chicago.

Michael tries to hide Taylor from Jane after she follows him back to Los Angeles. But she and Jane eventually find out about each other.

When Amanda is abducted -- and a $1 million ransom is quoted for her return -- Peter offers to help Kyle get her back safely.

After dropping off the ransom, Peter positions himself to be Amanda's hero. But she makes a break from the cabin with one of the hit men in pursuit.

Megan suddenly desires Michael again after Cooper leaves for Philadelphia. But Michael has other plans when he proposes marriage to Jane.

Michael follows Megan to her former home at a California horse ranch and meets her long-estranged mother and invalid father.

After Michael has a fist-to-face meeting with Alex, he decides to test Jane's fidelity. Megan goes to work for Lexi at her agency.

Lexi accompanies Megan to a dinner with Ryan and rattles Amanda with her business prowess. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to find out what Lexi's plans are.

After a heated confrontation, Michael admits his fidelity test to Jane, who then gives him an ultimatum: stop spying on her or the wedding is off.

After Jane temporarily moves back into the Melrose complex, Michael continues to keep tabs on her while she agrees to be Alex's model.

Amanda sends Jane to Chicago to help Alex keep his account at Amanda Woodward Advertising, but Jane vows to remain all business.

On Michael and Jane's wedding day, the devious Lexi tries to keep Ryan from the ceremony, and Jane has an attack of conscience.

Peter and Eve travel to Peter's hometown after the sudden death of his father, which prompts Peter to think carefully about his own life.

Kyle finally learns the connection between Eve and Amanda when they tell their story of the night they joined forces against Eve's abusive boyfriend.

Michael's real estate agent seduces him when he decides to sell his beach house. Elsewhere, Jane reminisces about her first meeting with Michael.

The Christmas holidays begin poorly for everyone when Peter, Michael, Kyle, Ryan and Louis Vicontti are mistaken for a group of bank robbers.

With help from Megan, Lexi decides to take a business approach to finding a relationship. Jane and Michael are saddled with legal fees.

Michael resorts to hustling the Wilshire's medical funds to invest in Perry's shady business deal -- but he later regrets it.

After being tipped off by a drunken Kyle about Eve's past, Peter travels to her home town in Oakdale to conduct his own investigation.

As Valentine's Day approaches, Kyle and Ryan's domineering and militant father, Mack, arrives in town for Kyle's birthday.

Kyle disappears after he torches the building site of his and Amanda's future home, where he reveals a surprising secret.

Amanda visits Kyle, who's now committed to a rehab clinic, but it doesn't go well. Later, rumors start to fly about Amanda and Peter.

While Amanda is in the hospital for her injuries, the rumors about her and Peter's alleged affair only strengthen, in spite of their denials.

Lexi launches a plan to break up Ryan and Megan by persuading Megan to propose to Kyle first in hopes that he'll panic and leave in a huff.

Shortly after proposing to Megan, Ryan makes a run for it according to Lexi's plan -- but not for the reasons she suspects.

Michael and Lexi join forces to investigate Ryan's secret and end up masquerading as a reverend and a nun, respectively.

A new conflict flares between Ryan, Megan, Michael and Lexi that makes Ryan think about getting closer to his daughter, Sarah.

Amanda reawakens her ruthless, take-no-prisoners attitude when she begins firing staff to finance Marlin's test commercial.

As Marlin sets his plan in motion to seduce Eve, he orders Amanda to run interference with Peter in order to keep him out of the picture.

After her finished film product for Marlin somehow gets destroyed, Amanda decides to shut down her company.

When Marlin accidentally dies from an overdose of Viagra, Lexi asks Michael to help her take Marlin's lifeless body back to his house.

Terry and Sarah survive the car accident, and Ryan finally makes amends between Megan and Terry, who agrees to leave town.

Craig blames Samantha for the accident that killed Sydney and her father. Later, a new surgeon joins Michael's staff at Wilshire Hospital.

Cooper moves into Matt's vacant apartment at Melrose and starts snooping into the residents' lives, including Michael's history with Kimberly.

When Taylor's so-called "pregnancy" hits a snafu, she approaches Michael to impregnate her and help prove that she's really pregnant.

Samantha confesses that she accidentally blabbed about Billy and Amanda starting their own advertising agency, while Craig concedes defeat.

Sydney's father arrives in Los Angeles to visit Craig. Later, Amanda Woodward Advertising opens with Amanda as the CEO and Eric as the backer.

Peter learns about Cooper's connection to the late Kimberly Shaw: He just so happens to be the doctor who treated her after the accident.

After Lexi seizes all of Cooper's financial accounts, he mistakenly blames Michael for telling her about his hidden assets.

Peter publicly declares his love for Lexi, and she moves in with him at his house. Jennifer helps Craig sell the Mancini Glove.

After Cooper is released from jail, Megan follows him around and discovers that Kimberly's mother is the one responsible for trying to kill Michael.

Cooper maintains a bedside vigil while Megan is in a coma. But a jealous Michael tries to bring a halt to the visits after sensing déjà vu.

Billy and Samantha go on their honeymoon to Hawaii, while Connie lands a temp job at Amanda Woodward Advertising and decides to stay in Los Angeles.

After rescuing Lexi, Peter returns to the scene of an accident and discovers a vagrant that Lexi unknowingly hit while driving Peter's car.

Cooper secretly intervenes in Michael's pursuit of Megan. Jennifer also gets Cooper to drop his lawsuit against Michael.

After hiding the jazz club's Christmas funds, Taylor takes Kyle for a weekend of gambling in Las Vegas, where they make a big dent in their debt.

Billy and Kyle pressure a rescue team to mount a search-and-rescue operation to find Samantha and Amanda, who may have suffered a serious injury.

Cooper and Megan agree to date, and Michael tries to do the same with Amber the stripper. Bob plays his hand with Peter to be with Lexi.

Lexi's father openly expresses disdain for Peter. Meanwhile, Craig threatens Jennifer after she learns of some less-than-legal cost-cutting.

Michael and Jennifer's mother arrives and immediately strikes fear into their hearts when Jennifer tells her mother that she was engaged to Craig.

Kyle and Amanda travel to Santa Fe to visit his former girlfriend. But complications threaten their wedding day when Christine arrives in Los Angeles.

Kyle and Amanda travel to Santa Fe to visit his former girlfriend. But complications threaten their wedding day when Christine arrives in Los Angeles.

Lexi moves in with Cooper at Melrose and continues to blame Peter for her father's death, despite evidence that suggests otherwise.

Peter unknowingly gets involved in the plan to break Amanda and Kyle up when Christine fakes suicidal tendencies, forcing him to have her committed.

After Nick and Taylor accidentally kill Christine, they place her body on the railroad tracks and make it look like a suicide.

Samantha and Billy feel guilty about their flings with Jeff and Jennifer. But lust throws them off again when Jeff pressures Samantha to leave Billy.

Michael considers drastic measures regarding his failing clinic. But a little intervention from a sympathetic Megan changes his mind.

After learning of Samantha's sudden reconciliation with Billy, Jennifer tries to jump-start things between Jeff and Samantha.

Cooper and Megan travel to Philadelphia so Cooper can apply for his new job, but Dr. Larner pressures Megan for sexual favors.

Richard torments Jane's conscience by leaving clues about the murder around her home and office. Detective Wylie tells Amanda that Peter is actually Dr. Peter Howell, who is wanted in Kansas City on charges of murdering his wife.

Jane suspects that Richard is still alive. Sydney suggests that they dig up the body to alleviate her sister's fears.

Jane and Sydney escape when Jane hits Richard in the gut with a shovel. As a deputy is driving Jane and Syd to meet Samantha, they see Richard come out of a grocery store. Richard is killed in a shootout.

Peter fires Sydney after learning that she sold his house (which he had listed as a company asset) to pay the practice's debts. Peter has to move into Amanda's apartment.

Jane saves Jake and Alison from the fire. Jane apologizes for her outburst, but later tries to seduce Billy to make the couple jealous.

Jane slashes Alison's tires. Jake catches Jane following Alison and him, and orders her to stop stalking them. Jane files a restraining order against Jake.

Amanda and Peter continue to fight constantly. Peter decides to stay with Michael and Kimberly for a while.

Taylor reveals that she is the younger sister of Peter's late wife Beth. She hangs out with Peter while Amanda is away on a business trip, and helps him pick out a ring for her.

Kimberly orders Megan to stop "servicing" Michael, but he refuses to stay away from her. Michael cuts off Megan's relationship with her clients.

Craig takes the reins of D&D. Arthur pays Amanda to keep an eye on Craig so that the business can stay afloat until he resumes control.

Kyle rejects Sydney and vows to make his marriage work. Jane also pushes Syd away as she searches for her birth mother. She learns that her mother is a former actress named Sherry (Larson) Doucette.

Kimberly rejects Michael's final attempt at a reconciliation. He decides to stay with Matt for a while, but Kimberly urges Megan to get Michael back. Dan pressures Matt to move in with him.

Sydney resents Jane's new relationship with her mother. Sherry lies about the identity of Jane's biological father, but later reveals that he was a producer with whom she had slept with to win a part.

Michael tries to reunite Peter and Amanda in the hopes that Peter will again make a contribution at the office. Kyle tries to play matchmaker at his birthday party, but Amanda isn't ready to talk to Peter.

Michael signs the divorce papers, and marries Megan during their trip to Las Vegas. Peter learns that Kimberly has a brain tumor, and breaks the news to Michael. Jane is robbed at gunpoint at the boutique.

Michael insists on spending time with Kimberly after learning of her terminal illness. She reveals to Megan that she will crash her car during the next rainstorm.

Kimberly pulls Michael from the wrecked vehicle while Megan calls for help. Michael experiences internal bleeding, and flatlines.

Megan becomes concerned by the amount of time Michael is spending with Kimberly. When Megan convinces Michael to ignore a call from Kimberly and spend the night with her, Kimberly suffers a seizure.

Kimberly persuades Michael to grant her dying wish by sleeping with her one last time. Amanda uses Craig's infatuation with her to trick him into giving her half of D&D. 

Megan is furious to learn that Michael has slept with Kimberly. She forgives Michael, but then stakes out the beach house and nearly runs over Kimberly.

Nick follows Taylor to Peter's house and witnesses a romantic encounter. He later photographs the couple's late-night rendezvous at a golf course. Megan discovers that Kimberly's illness is in remission.

Nick drops hints about the photos to Peter. Taylor drugs Nick while Peter removes the pictures from his apartment. When Kyle arrives home, Taylor pretends that Nick is attacking her.

Amanda rejects Craig, who seeks a relationship after their night together. Kyle realizes that Taylor has been lying to him.

Michael takes Megan back after learning that she has returned to the streets. A woman sues Sydney after she is injured by a display at the boutique.

Kimberly collapses during an argument with Michael. She learns that she has an aneurysm, but refuses to undergo surgery.

Kimberly's mother and Michael argue when Mrs. Shaw announces her intention to take her daughter back to Cleveland. Michael insists that Kimberly is too weak to travel.

Jake and Alison hit the road in the hopes of finding a place to get married. Their car breaks down in a small town, where they eventually tie the knot.

Sydney suffers broken ribs and a separated shoulder in her fall, but her pain is eased when she learns that she could receive five million dollars. Craig tells Amanda that he will take care of the lawsuit by seducing Sydney.

While having lunch with Megan, Jennifer hears Kyle's voice. She slaps him. Kyle visits her at the beach house, and apologizes for the way he broke off their Boston affair.

Amanda and Kyle seek divorces so that their spouses can't get a cut of the jazz club. Sydney decides to give up her lawsuit for a $50,000 settlement because she doesn't want to hurt Craig.

Michael decides to convince Peter that he has a disease called rage epilepsy. He and Taylor drug Peter, then tell him that he struck Taylor during a blackout.

The jazz club celebrates its grand opening. Amanda pushes Kyle away after he hires Jennifer as a bartender. Sydney undermines Amanda's authority at D&D.

Sydney and Craig decide to quit D&D and start their own agency. They steal all of D&D's clients and employees. Syd and Craig get engaged. A panicked Amanda tries to back out of the jazz club, as she needs the money to keep her agency afloat.

Amanda suffers a breakdown as she sees her agency slip through her fingers. Alison convinces David to get Jake to invite Colleen and him to move to Ojai.

Kimberly sets off her bombs, destroying half of the building. MacKenzie suffers a fatal heart attack. Billy breaks down Alison's door and pulls her to safety, although she is blinded by the blast.

Jane, Sydney and Jo get temporary roommates while the building is repaired. Jake goes on a drinking binge in the aftermath of his brother's death.

Alison regains her sight during a client party. Jane convinces her to keep the news to herself, as Brooke is only allowing her near Billy out of pity. Brooke snoops in Amanda's office and discovers a Florida driver's license for Amanda Parezi.

Brooke blackmails Amanda into giving her a promotion. Billy learns that Alison has regained her sight. Michael pretends to have reconciled with Sydney in the hopes of driving Kimberly over the edge.

Kimberly reveals that she is being goaded into violent acts by visions of a man named Henry. When Kimberly's mother learns of her daughter's plight, she plans to ship her back to Cleveland.

Jane and Richard announce that their engagement is back on. Jo is distressed when Jane reiterates the fact that she doesn't love Richard.

Amanda is incensed when Brooke secures Jack's cable company as a client for D&D. Michael hires a waiter and aspiring actor named Mark Paul to impersonate Henry.

Michael and Kimberly take their feud to national radio. Kimberly is furious when Peter neglects her in favor of Amanda. Alison agrees to move in with Hayley.

A frightened Amanda gets plastered at the Shooters Halloween party and sleeps with Peter. Matt barely fails the medical school boards, but Michael changes his results so that he can gain entry.

Jack dies following his tussle with Amanda. Sydney blackmails Amanda and Peter, demanding half of Amanda's share of the estate.

Alison and Hayley honeymoon at a luxurious hotel/resort in Cancun, which he owns. Jack's father orders his other son, Bobby, to "take care of" Amanda.

Kimberly's bed-hopping puts her life in danger when her latest conquest turns out to be Vic, a psychotic man who has made threatening calls to her radio show.

Kimberly tells Peter that she is giving up her radio career to become a psychiatrist. Amanda suspects that Bobby is going to kill her, but he says he came to Los Angeles to protect her from his family.

Brooke blames Alison for Hayley's death, and arranges for Alison to be taken in for questioning. Jake turns to a loan shark friend to cope with Shooters' crisis.

Brooke learns that she is not really pregnant, but doesn't share the truth with Billy. When Jane monopolizes Michael's time, Sydney slips tranquilizers into her drink.

Jane has suffered a stroke, and is left paralyzed on one side. Brooke asks Billy to meet her at the hospital, and says that she has suffered a miscarriage.

Michael moves out after Sydney accosts him for trying to take advantage of Jane. Monty asks Jake to collect from another of his "customers" to pay off his interest, but Jake cannot go through with it.

Alison tries to show some sensitivity toward Brooke, who responds by trashing Alison's apartment. Michael agrees to come home from Peter's if Sydney can get Jane out of the beach house.

Vince is furious when he learns that Bobby did not kill Amanda. Michael injects Kimberly with truth serum and gets her to admit that Sydney drugged Jane.

Peter pays Syd to accompany him to a party and try to win Bobby away from Amanda. Sydney warns Bobby that Peter is out to destroy his relationship with Amanda.

Michael learns that Vic has been mistakenly released from prison, putting Kimberly in danger.

Billy is haunted by nightmares about Brooke. Michael goes to great lengths to convince Kimberly to move back in with him.

Kimberly is hurt when she receives divorce papers, although they had been filed months before her reconciliation with Michael. Sydney sues Michael and Peter for sexual harassment, and they are forced to appoint her office manager.

Amanda agrees to give Billy a raise if he can win a prestigious airline account. He sleeps with a rival executive to get her to reveal their strategy, then uses it to undermine them.

Billy continues to irritate Alison with his win-at-all-costs attitude and boorish behavior. A distraught Matt gets drunk and sleeps with his friend Dave.

Bobby is arrested for assaulting Peter, but Sydney later convinces Amanda to have the charges dropped. Peter makes a deal with Billy's client so that he can pay off Alycia and escape her influence.

Billy uses underhanded means to steal the keynote speech at an ad convention away from Alison. Claire has been hired by Richard to break up Jake and Jane.

Peter, uses his key, to let himself into Amanda's apartment. Sydney daydreams that Bobby's father sends his hitman to convince his son to give up a large sum of money that he has hidden.

Teri threatens to expose Michael's actions to Kimberly unless he lets Peter take the fall for sleeping with Brandi. Sydney inadvertently becomes a porno producer when she invests money with an old acquaintance of Bobby's.

Amanda persuades Teri to drop the charges against Peter by making Brandi the spokesperson for a cosmetics company. Bobby's friend Jimmy tells Sydney that Alycia and Peter conspired to take Bobby down.

Kimberly injects Peter with a paralyzing drug and has him committed to a mental hospital that she is temporarily running. Billy asks Jake to help him win back Alison.

Michael and Amanda hit the road in search of Peter and Kimberly. Jane blackmails Sydney into participating in her plot to murder Richard.

Peter is saved from the lobotomy when Michael and Amanda break into the hospital, but "Betsy" captures them and locks them in the boiler room. Peter is arrested for Bobby's murder.

Peter is arrested for Bobby's murder. His alibi, Kimberly, drifts into a coma. Amanda marries Peter in a jailhouse ceremony so that she won't have to testify against him.

Michael survives the hit-and-run, but suffers from amnesia. Jane is released when she offers evidence that incriminates Sydney. Kimberly promises to serve as Syd's alibi.

Kimberly brings Michael home from the hospital. Sydney convinces Matt to visit her in prison, and tells him that Kimberly is setting her up. Sydney's father flies in from Chicago, but enrages his daughter by suggesting she seek a plea bargain.

Chris warns that his company will have to cancel his deal with Jane's firm if Michael does not sign off on it. Sydney calls Matt from the mental hospital and pleads with him to investigate Kimberly.

Sydney (claiming to be someone named Miranda) hangs around the beach house and attempts to seduce Michael. Michael regains his memory when he is nearly struck by a car in a restaurant parking lot, but doesn't

Jake's friends (especially Jo and Amanda) are shocked to learn that the Pretty Lady has exploded. The Coast Guard finds Jake clinging for life to a buoy, and he returns to the building safely.

Jo and Amanda argue over who is to blame for Jake's departure. Jake meets his biological father, Vince Connors. After they resolve some of their differences, Vince convinces Jake to return to Melrose

Jake uses his reward money to purchase Shooters. When Jake drops off some papers at the design firm, Chris mistakes him for a deliveryman and makes a lewd comment about Sydney.

Jake provides Sydney with refuge after learning of the attack. Amanda reveals that Jane and Chris have gone to Las Vegas, and Sydney realizes that Chris is planning to make good on his promise to marry Jane.

Sydney plans to leave town to avoid her problems with Chris, but Jake convinces her to stay and give their relationship a chance. Alison claims to have accepted Billy's relationship with Susan, but begins hitting the bottle.

The trial to determine custody of Jo's baby begins. The Carters' attorney raises many doubts about the character of Jo's friends and neighbors, but Jo shines on the stand.

Zack encourages Alison to buy an expensive new car and skip work. Billy and Susan confront Alison during Thanksgiving dinner, but she reacts angrily and storms out.

Alison is arrested for driving under the influence. She turns to Billy for comfort when Zack neglects her, but Billy reaffirms his relationship with Susan.

Bruce learns that D&D has been purchased by a consortium of doctors. Peter fires Bruce and appoints Amanda president. Amanda gives Billy a promotion and orders him to fire Alison, who has begun to experience blackouts.

Alison clashes with a man in her group meeting, NFL quarterback Terry Parsons. When Billy fails to show for a meeting featuring loved ones, Alison sneaks out to a bar and gets hammered.

Amanda is forced to confront her Scrooge-like behavior when Bruce appears to her in a dream and leads her in a version of The Christmas Carol. 

Peter hires an efficiency expert named Caitlin Mills, who proves to be a headache for Amanda. Alison neglects Billy as her romance with Terry blossoms.

Jo realizes that Austin's kidnapping was planned, and Kimberly admits that she told the Carters that the child was alive. Jo punches her.

Jake and Jo see the Carters arrive at the cabin with Emily and the baby. While Jake is calling the police, Jo disobeys his wishes and confronts the Carters.

Rikki commits acts of vandalism against Jo, Jane and Jake, who believe that Syd is responsible for the crimes. The isolated Sydney is forced to turn to Martin's cult for comfort.

Amanda and Michael clash over the treatment of her cancer, but she eventually realizes she must turn to him for support. Amanda shares her condition with Billy, but asks him to keep it a secret.

Martin lets Sydney out of the pit and talks her into staying. Jane and Jake drive to Tucson to rescue Syd, but she refuses to leave with them. They return the following day, and Sydney is alarmed when Martin asks her to shoot her sister.

Michael and Amanda fly to New York to try to get her into an experimental treatment program. Kimberly sabotages their chances by phoning the doctor and telling him that Michael has a personal agenda.

Alison goes to the Century Awards headquarters to submit Amanda's entry. An employee named Brooke Armstrong convinces Alison to also enter her own campaign.

Alison replaces Amanda as D&D president. Alison has a liaison with Billy in her new office, but quickly rejects him. Brooke gets an internship at D&D.

Kimberly comes home to discover that Amanda has been staying at her house. Amanda begins to recover from her illness, and asks Brooke to help her undermine Alison.

Michael is forced to call an ambulance for Kimberly when Sydney shows up at the beach house. Sydney swipes Kimberly's suicide note.

Kimberly works on her self-defense skills at a survival camp called No More Victims. While in a sweat lodge, she hallucinates about being taunted by Jo, Amanda, Jane and Sydney.

Amanda files a restraining order against Michael. Amanda and Brooke finally succeed in ousting Alison from D&D. Jake confronts Jo after Sydney tells him that she overheard a romantic encounter between Jess and Jo.

Jake throws Jess out of his apartment, and assaults him after his brother taunts him about Jo. Jess hires a thug to stage a robbery at Shooters and shoot Jake. Brooke convinces her father, Hayley, to offer Alison a job in Hong Kong.

Jake suspects that Jess is responsible for his shooting, and is unmoved when Jess keeps Shooters open in his absence. Brooke replaces Alison's love note with a letter in which she states that long distance relationships cannot work.

Peter bails Michael out of jail. He explains that he only served a few days of jail time, and asks Michael to testify on his behalf before the medical board.

Alison returns from Hong Kong, but is unable to dissuade Billy from marrying Brooke. Jo is disturbed when Jess continues to push her to marry him.

Amanda throws herself a housewarming party, but forces Alison to work late so that she can hit on Billy.

Billy remains wary of Alison's relationship with Keith. Alison agrees to drive Keith to the airport.

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.

Amanda threatens to fire Alison when her drinking gets out of hand. Billy forces her to confront her guilt over Keith's suicide.

Jake realizes that he accidentally burned the shop down. He flies into a rage and trashes Jo's apartment. She throws him out.

Billy and Alison cannot get Jake and Jo back together. Amanda forces Jake to work with Jo on a photo shoot, where they bicker.

Jane throws Sydney out, but Amanda leases her an apartment in the building.

Amanda's father offers Jake a high-paying job at his car restoration business. He refuses, but changes his mind after sleeping with Amanda.

Sydney gets a waitress job at Shooters. Kimberly catches Michael in bed with Sydney. She tells Jane, who rejects Sydney.

Jo, Alison and Billy go to Steve's ranch for the weekend. Billy is unhappy about Steve's attraction to Alison. Jo declines to sleep with Steve because she realizes that she hasn't gotten over Jake.

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.

Alison has to miss Thanksgiving dinner when Amanda sends her to San Francisco to check on the details for a presentation on Steve's account.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 attempts to kill Sydney during their honeymoon in the mountains of northern California, but fails twice.

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.

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.

Jake makes amends with Billy before leaving for a weekend fishing trip. Ted continues to creep around in the crawl space above Amanda's apartment. Jo realizes that someone is in Amanda's apartment; and she and Amanda catch Ted trying to escape.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

When Alison's roommate unexpectedly moves out, her "For Rent" ad leads to potential romances, bitter reprisals, and a sexy pool party for the residents of 4616 Melrose Place.

Billy and Alison work out the essential boundaries of their new roommate relationship.

It's time to read between the lines when Billy entrusts Alison with his particularly bad screenplay, and a daring Jane loses her wedding ring during a wild night at Shooters.

Alison suspects that Rick, one of the guys from mailroom, is interested in her. Jake takes a job at a coffeehouse, making espresso.

Jane receives some breathtaking, life-changing information, while Billy attempts a death-defying stunt in order to have an "experience" to write about.

Rhonda invites Matt to a dance performance that her long-time friend Theresa is in. Jake asks Alison for help in preparing him for his high-school equivalency examination.

Appearances can be deceiving when Billy invites Alison to meet his parents in Palm Springs, and Sandy lets a role in a horror movie go to her head.

Flirtation turns to frustration when Sandy finds herself being followed by a handsome young man named Paul after a particularly awkward date.

Sticking around for the long haul becomes a test of courage for Billy when he dates a hot single mother, while Jake and Sandy question whether they have more in common than a fondness for sex.

Rhonda makes it her mission to help Billy after he's attacked in South Central, while Jake has difficulty getting past old wounds when his mother suddenly appears at his birthday.

Sometimes bad thing happen to good people, and it's up to a rambunctious puppy and a friendly red-headed medical colleague named Kimberly to remind Jane and Michael what really matters.

Alison dives into a steamy new relationship with a passionate environmentalist, but when she comes up for air, she discovers that he may not be all he seems.

Friendly concern is misconstrued as meddling when Billy confronts the married man Alison is seeing and Jake urges Matt to get revenge on the hoodlums that attacked him.

The Melrose group faces difficult new beginnings as Keith leaves his wife for Alison, Matt sees a lawyer about his discrimination case, and Rhonda takes on the challenge of finding a new roommate.

Silence speaks volumes when an aloof new tenant, Jo Reynolds, moves in, and Jane and Michael suspect that their friend's wife is the victim of domestic abuse.

Jake and Jo become closer. Michael and Jane are discussing trying to have a baby.

Jake is emotionally unprepared when an old girlfriend announces he has a son, while Alison realizes she needs help in dealing with her serious medical problems.

Tis the season for surprises when Alison comes out of surgery with a romantic revelation and Michael makes his first baby delivery.

Jane receives a surprise visit from her sister Sydney, who has dropped out of college. Jane keeps the news from their parents, but is annoyed when Syd hangs around her workplace. 

Some relationships aren't made to last as Jo considers going back to her old marriage and Jane bursts at the seams over her sister's overly friendly behavior.

Advertising gets a whole lot sexier when Alison gets an unexpected job promotion, Amanda Woodward comes on board as her boss, and Jo takes some very revealing shots for an underwear ad.

Things heat up fast when Jake and Jo move their relationship to the next level, and Amanda is immediately attracted to Alison's roommate, Billy, after a game of Truth or Dare.

There's a little too much of mixing business and pleasure when Alison confronts Billy about his dates with Amanda, and Jo has an interesting solution to Jake's unemployment woes.

Alison is terrified when she's accosted after a theater performance, and her decision to find safety in Keith's arms has Billy packing his bags.

As both of their relationships take the fast track to commitment and compromise, Alison and Billy both begin to wonder if they're making the right move.

Billy is shaken by the sudden death of his father, but is even more surprised when both Amanda and Alison show up at the funeral.

It's a wicked game of "cat and mouse" when Alison begs Amanda for her old advertising job and Billy finds his padded resume gets him in more trouble than it's worth.

Things heat up at the workplace as Kimberly reveals to Michael that she wants to be more than just friends, and Billy finds himself doing too much "overtime" with his new boss, Nancy.

Money makes everything messy when Jo and Jake have a falling-out over taxes, Jane's new fashion assignment has her spending less and less time with Michael, and Amanda flaunts her higher poistion in the company.

It's a romantic evening to remember when Alison and Billy have their first "date" and Michael finds himself torn between two women on the night of their wedding anniversary.

There are no easy answers when Amanda announces she's pregnant with Billy's child and Jane agrees to let Michael sleep on the couch if they go to couple's therapy.

Melrose Place is for sale, and while Jane and Michael wonder if a new start might help their struggling relationship, Alison is afraid to leave her apartment after receiving threating phone calls.