Knots Landing Season 4 Finale

Fantastic conclusion to the incredible 4th season-no over the top plot devices, just great storyline and acting for this finale.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Knots
• Landing
• Soap
• Gary
• Val
• Karen
• Joan
• Van
• Ark
• Donna
• Mills
• Ted
• Shackelford
• Michelle
• Lee

[schuyler10]

Valene is incorrect about Gary's behavior during his blackouts...or she's forgotten that he slapped HER during Season 1 while lunging for a drink...Val sported a black eye for days!

[campgalore]

True...and in the 1st season of Dallas Lucy was almost gloating over the fact that Gary used to give her momma a good whooping! I think they decided to drop that aspect of Gary and Vals relationship!

[vidhead85]

Joan Van Ark shines in her scene with Gary, she has been underrated as an actress because of her length of portrayal as Valene

[ncjuppiter]

Joan Van Ark is so on here-- this may be her best performance of the series. "Your giving up your life for hers means absolutely nothing" cuts so deeply.

[GeminiBandit]

The music was amazing!! Each fade from Abby, to Val and then Gary. The two women who love the same man had two very complete sides to them. The music intensified what is one of the best endings to a show I have ever seen! You wondered what each of these characters were thinking and feeling. I agree with the others who said Knots did silence better than any other show. I've seen others try to replicate this formula but don't even come close. I so miss this show!!

[Timmerjax]

This really was a good show. 

[MrJacMac1986]

@kirbyco1221 Richard Avery summed  up Season 4 best when he said to JR that Seaview Cir was more like a war zone

[MrJacMac1986]

@dokboy77 JR probably lied to her about her father

[DRG82100]

This was definitely one of the best of the Knots' season finales and the show really took off in the ratings and popularity after this season. This finale grew organically from the storylines all coming together and crafted very carefully and executed letter perfect by a terrific cast. I miss the show terribly.

[bluenail03]

JVA could give great perfomances one minute, then campy and over-the-top ones the next.

[ncjuppiter]

God I love this. Knots Landing season 4 is pretty much what any scripted drama should strive for. Perfect, natural, and not forced at all, but good, real, and consistent with the characters. And what a perfect conclusion to a terrific season. I have this season on VHS and need to rewatch it soon!

[vidhead85]

@stickyNsweet08 I have to say I liked Dallas and then got into Knots...what I liked about Dallas was that it was definitely a guys soap. Although it had its faults and all...the two were different in tone and storytelling...I can't wait for them to release all of the seasons here in the US!

[vidhead85]

@linny50 I really like that. They really did make the silence work for the situations

[linny50]

This is one of my all time favorite endings for KL,Valene's wise words to Gary,Karen's justified panic,and the way they show Val ,Abby and Gary in deep contemplation ending with a Gary freeze frame that mimics a newspaper picture,just pure excellence from the Writers directors and actors.Knots Landing did Silence better than any show I can think off.