Air Date Feb 17, 1997. Jake returns to Los Angeles where he seeks another chance to get Alison back. Meanwhile, Nick threatens both Taylor and Peter after snapping a few compromising photos of them together. Michael is forced by Kimberly to choose either her or Megan. Carter continues to enjoy his view of the real world. But when Carter learns that he's a part of a competition for Sydney, he realizes that the world is not for him and decides to go back to his reclusive business world. At the...

Air date Feb 10, 1997. After taking a punch from Billy, a frustrated Jake hits the road and ends up in a small town visiting his former girlfriend Colleen and her eight-year-old son. Back in Los Angeles, Alison has Billy as company when she hears her unborn baby's heartbeat. Meanwhile, Carter, wanting to get away from his solitude life, moves in with Sydney and begins looking for a new job and finds one... in Kyle's restaurant. Michael's personal care for Kimberly works wonders for her when...

Air Date Feb 3, 1997. In this two-hour episode, Kyle and Nick have a boys night out that ends in jail for both of them when they get into a barroom brawl at Shooters. Meanwhile, Taylor supplies Peter with valuable news about the hospital's new chief of staff's intimate involvement with his employer, Dr. Ilene Shulman, which enables Peter to seize the title for himself. Amanda uses Craig's lust after her to her own advantage to have him sign some papers so she can finally take control of his...

Air Date Jan 27, 1997. When Samantha is threatened with eviction from Melrose, Billy suggests legal help, but regrets it when the lawyer, Kenny, turns out to be an old boyfriend of hers. Meanwhile, Taylor takes a dim view toward Kyle's short-tempered, former Marine service buddy, Nick, who shows up out the blue and asks to stay at their place. Amanda visits Peter's new home and makes a move to reconcile. Carter takes Sydney on a private getaway to a ranch near San Francisco to show her where...

Air Date Jan 20th, 1997. Michael runs to Kimberly's side after learning of her health condition, but she runs away. Meanwhile, Amanda plays her hand with Craig and his father and during a hostile confrontation, Field suffers a fatal heart attack. Sydney moves in with Samantha and takes over Jane's boutique shop after she moves away and learns that it's in financial straits. Sydney then goes to Kyle for a loan, but help comes from another mysterious source: Carter. Peter takes action after he...

Air Date Jan 13, 1997. A rejuvenated Peter tries to reconcile with Amanda, who proves more difficult than he thought, while Dan tries to do the same for Matt. But Dan's further abusiveness results in him injuring Matt again. After Jane's boutique shop is robbed, she turns into a recluse which makes Sherri wonder if she has failed as a mother. Then a surprise visit from Jane's parents makes her realize that she wants a fresh start on life and she decides to move back to Chicago with them, and...

Air Date Jan 6, 1997. Kyle unsuccessfully tries to get Peter and Amanda back together during his birthday party at his restaurant. Peter continues to sulk about his sagging medical career which drives a further riff between him and Amdanda. But later, Peter gets an emotional boost when he saves the life of an elderly woman from a collapsed wind pipe at a traffic accident. Meanwhile, Sydney visits Carter Galivan at his house again during a formal fund raiser where he gives her a new sports car...

Air Date Dec 16, 1996. Amanda persuades Peter to start seeing a therapist when he starts acting insanely jealous and manic-mannered, especially when he creates an ugly scene at a business dinner with Craig. Meanwhile, Jane persuades Sherri to spend the Christmas holiday with her, where she tells Jane more about her past. Samantha goes to an art gallery auction to try to recover one of her paintings that Sydney sold to Kyle and pocketed the money, and Billy tries to get another painting away...

Air Date Dec 9th, 1996. Jane finally meets her biological mother, Sherri Doucette, a mysterious ex-actress who's not what she appears to be. Craig threatens to reveal some long-kept secret about his father if he won't stop harassing him at work. Meanwhile, Michael is hesitant about moving ahead with his future with Megan. Dan asks Matt to move in with him at his house after Michael moves into Matt's apartment. Peter considers dumping medicine for golf and later loses a bet with Kyle on the...

Air Date Dec 2, 1996. Sydney's romance with Kyle eludes her when he tells her that their tryst in the restaurant was a one-time thing and that's it, and Sydney suffers further unhappiness when she learns Jane's news who then decides to track down her real biological mother. Megan expresses doubts to Kimberly about Michael's true feelings for her. Meanwhile, Billy gives love-life advice to Alison, who then decides to accept Jake's business offer. On another diner date, Matt meets one of Dan's...

Air Date Nov 25, 1996. Jane goes to Chicago to visit her parents and later gets a big surprise when she accidentally discovers that she has been adopted. Back in Los Angeles, Craig flexes his new muscle at D&D after learning that he was willed the majority of D&D's stock. Meanwhile, Kimberly tells Megan her secret that she's dying from a brain tumor and sets a plan for Michael's future which she asks him for a quick divorce. Peter returns to work, but has a hard day in surgery when he...

Air Date Nov 18, 1996. Michael campaigns to become the new chief of staff at Wilshire Hospital, as does Peter, and as does Dr. Irene Shulman, the overachieving chief resident. Meanwhile, Kimberly meets with Megan thus revealing that Kimberly hired Megan to seduce Michael to get him sexually active again. Kimberly orders Megan to end the charade with Michael, but Michael refuses to back away from Megan. After Amanda saves Craig from botching an account, he reluctantly agrees to tell her about...

Air Date Nov 11, 1996. While Amanda is out of town on business, Taylor confronts Peter and reveals that she happens to be Victoria (formerly Vicki) Taylor Davis, the younger sister of his long-dead first wife and she has had strong feelings for him all along which explains why Taylor settled in Los Angeles. But Peter does not want to say anything to Amanda because he knows that she will naturally get jealous and paranoid to this turn of events. Michael wants to know more about Megan and when...

Air Date Nov 11, 1996. manda struggles to maintain control of D&D and her marriage to Peter when he moves out of her apartment and in with Michael and Kimberly after a heated argument. Meanwhile, Jane continues to stalk Jake and Alison, and he gets frustrated at not being able to do anything when Jane goes to the police first and charges HIM with harassment. Matt tells Dan that he wants to leave rehab because he has feelings for him. Billy and Samantha try to move forward with their...

Air Date Nov 4, 1996. Alison and Jake debate the issue of whether Billy or Jane is behind their resent mishaps. Meanwhile, Billy takes Samantha on a picnic trip who learns about his past from Jane. Amanda tries to stay ahead of Craig at D&D after his father positions him to get close to her to strike, and Billy learns of their plan to take over D&D all for themselves. Michael wrestles with the temptation of his new beach front neighbor, Megan Lewis. Matt tries to leave rehab, but...

Air Date Oct 28, 1996. After Jane inadvertently torches Alison's new apartment, she slowly goes crazy and begins to stalk and harass both Alison and Jake. Meanwhile, Amanda is in Santa Barbara on her honeymoon with Peter, while Taylor continues to peruse him. At D&D, Arthur Field, the ruthless chairman of the board, hires his equally ruthless son, Craig, as a junior associate and puts Billy in charge of showing him around. Michael becomes frustrated after Kimberly won't return his sexual...

Air Date Sep 30th 1996. Despite his feelings for Alison, Billy asks Samantha out on a date and later blabs about Alison and Jake's romantic involvement in front of everyone to ruin Jane’s grand opening. Peter fires Sydney after she sells his house to keep the business afloat while funding Peter's legal defense, and she immediately gets another job at Jane's boutique store. Meanwhile, Kimberly turns in her medical license when the hospital board has in inquiry about her. Taylor continues to be...

Air Date September 23rd, 1996. Jane and Sydney's confrontation with Richard comes to a shocking end when Richard is killed by a policeman before he can kill them. At Peter's pre-trial hearing, Taylor is in attendance when Peter takes the witness stand after Kimberly's testimony falters, but she regains her memory at the last moment and Peter is free. Meanwhile, Billy organizes a surprise going-away party for Alison, but gets a bigger surprise when he learns of her and Jake. Also, Michael is...

Air Date Sep 16, 1996. Jane and Sydney continue to be harassed by Richard, who eventually confronts them at his burial site. Meanwhile, Alison and Jake continue to keep their affair a secret from Billy while she decides to move into her own apartment away from Melrose. Kyle McBride arrives in Los Angeles and reluctantly approves Taylor's decision to move into Melrose to expand their restaurant chain. Amanda tries to force Kimberly to remember when she kept Peter locked up, while a drug...

Air Date Sep 9, 1996. The day after Jane and Sydney's attempt on Richard's life, Jane files a missing persons report on him. But she becomes nervous when the not-really-dead Richard begins to harass her. Meanwhile, Jake and Alison decide to become a couple, but they must hide the news from Billy. Amanda travels to Kansas City to talk to Mrs. Davis, the mother of Peter's long-dead first wife, to find information about him. In Boston, a shady woman named Taylor McBride, the wife of restaurant...

Air Date May 22, 1996. In the two-hour season final, Michael and Amanda put themselves in danger when they break into the Willowbridge asylum in an attempt to rescue Peter from Kimberly/Betsy, only to end up as captives themselves. Then, during a struggle to escape with Nurse Benson's help, Kimberly falls from a balcony and is once again put in a coma. Back in Los Angeles, Alison becomes attracted to Jake when he attempts to get her and Billy back together. Dr. O'Malley proposes marriage to...

Air Date May 22, 1996. In the two-hour season final, Michael and Amanda put themselves in danger when they break into the Willowbridge asylum in an attempt to rescue Peter from Kimberly/Betsy, only to end up as captives themselves. Then, during a struggle to escape with Nurse Benson's help, Kimberly falls from a balcony and is once again put in a coma. Back in Los Angeles, Alison becomes attracted to Jake when he attempts to get her and Billy back together. Dr. O'Malley proposes marriage to...

Air Date May 13, 1996. In the Willowbridge, Peter charms Nurse Benson to plan an escape before Kimberly/Betsy has surgery to be performed on him, while Amanda and Michael continue their search for Kimberly and Peter. Meanwhile, Jo and Dr. O'Malley become more close, but Matt's sudden collapse due to meningitis from the tainted needle drives a wedge between them. Billy fails in another attempt to get Alison back. After accidentally learning from Michael that it was Sydney who poisoned her...

Air date May 6, 1996. Peter finds himself in a living hell when he is charged with Bobby's murder and shortly after, he's taken captive by the schizophrenic Kimberly who places him in a remote insane asylum and subjects him to electro-shock treatment headed by the Nurse Benson, the head clinic nurse, and her brutal orderlies. Meanwhile, Amanda and Michael search for Peter after he misses his appointment with the police to turn himself in. At Jake's urging, Jane sees a prosecutor regarding...