Amanda leases Sydney's apartment to Kimberly, and sends Syd off to live in the beach house. Michael convinces Kimberly to lie about their affair in court. Eric decides to seize control of Amanda's agency. Ana Mercedes as Maria [ season 3 ] Megan takes a job waitressing at the jazz club after the medical practice lets her go. Jeffrey breaks up with Matt because he needs time alone to cope with his illness. The man's daughter gropes Billy under the table during dinner. He follows her back to Los Angeles and surprises her with a marriage proposal. Jennifer takes a waitress job at a strip club, although Megan warns that she may be in over her head. He talks her into resigning so that she won't be implicated when the feds raid the design firm. Alison turns into a tyrant at the office and alienates Jo during a photo shoot. Kimberly threatens Sydney when she tries to stake her claim on Michael. Amanda responds by removing Alison from the Microcomp account because she was romantically involved with the client. Eve, Becky, J.J., Sarah, Terry O'Brien, Nurse Amy, Nurse Lynn, Dr. Shulman, Dr. Visconti, Nurse Dena. He threatens to kill her if she tells anyone. rc: Michael decides to convince Peter that he has a disease called rage epilepsy. Michael begins pursuing Megan. This table includes only main cast characters, those who are listed in the intro title sequence. Sam secretly borrows money from Billy to help her father sneak across the border. Jane is determined to work off the weight from her pregnancy. Steve and Alison later share a kiss. Kimberly tells Peter that she is giving up her radio career to become a psychiatrist. Amanda convinces Kyle to visit Christine in New Mexico, and he asks her to tag along. She turns to Billy for comfort when Zack neglects her, but Billy reaffirms his relationship with Susan. rc: 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. Michael tells Amanda that Kimberly is a liar, and persuades the doctor to accept Amanda as a patient. Paul is mortally wounded in a shootout and confesses to his wife's murder before dying. Marcia Cross as Kimberly Shaw [ episodes 98 - 158 ] Brett's ex-wife, Lexi, comes to town to discuss their financial arrangement. She trails her to the apartment building's laundry room. ", "The CW announces fall schedule: 'Melrose Place' paired with '90210, "Tylo v. Superior Court (Spelling Entertainment Group, Inc.) 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Michael survives the hit-and-run, but suffers from amnesia. He has Amanda flown to the airport in a chopper so that she can stop Kyle from leaving. Lexi, Amanda and Eve are caught in a bank hold-up involving men in Santa Claus suits. rc: Sandy gets a swelled head after landing a part in a horror movie, and ends up moving out. Jake receives a surprise visit from Jess's ex-wife, Shelly. Sam is shocked by Jeff's impromptu marriage proposal. Anne-Marie Johnson as Alycia Barnett [ season 4 ] Michael and Kimberly break up the wedding, then tie the knot themselves. Samantha follows Billy back to Los Angeles. Billy and Jen get engaged--in front of Sam. He claims that Megan is still a hooker. Eve causes him great pain, and later ends her friendship with Amanda. Sam and Billy file for divorce. Jo talks to Jane on Richard's behalf, and learns that Jane doesn't love him. He sells the other half of the club to Eve so that he can buy Amanda's stake in their house. The parole board plans to send Eve back to prison for fraternizing with Jackie, but Amanda comes to her rescue. Kimberly takes Jo to the beach house and induces labor. Alison returns to work at D&D. Peter proves that he is not responsible for the death of Lexi's father, as Sterling had a pre-existing medical condition. Jo punches her. Lexi hits something with her car while under the influence of pills. Jane tells Jake about the rape in the hopes that he will kill Richard. Ryan goes to a boarding house in Poughkeepsie to visit his young daughter, Sarah. Billy isn't sure that Jake and Alison are ready for marriage. Emily offers Jo a ride to the airport, then drives off with the baby. Arthur Field gives his son, Craig, a job at D&D. Reilly grabs onto the steering wheel and forces the car to move at high speeds and swerve everywhere. Bobby declares his love for Amanda. Alison returns to work at D&D. Michael cuts off Megan's relationship with her clients. Michael asks Peter to recommend him for chief-of-staff, but Peter decides to apply for the job. Amanda apologizes for doubting Peter. She holds this information over Michael's head to stop him from making trouble at the practice. Brooke discovers that she is pregnant. Jake believes Billy is responsible, and assaults him when he and Samantha return from a date. Peter stifles Alycia's suspicions by claiming that his father was destroyed by the Parezis. Michael blackmails Peter, and Amanda calls on Matt to investigate both men. Joanna Cassidy as Kate Reilly [ season 6 ] Brian Bloom as Zack Phillips [ season 3 ] Billy and Brooke move into Alison's old apartment. Jake pushes Alison to give Billy another chance. Faced with eviction, she finally takes him up on his offer. Michael convinces Kimberly to have dinner with him. Arthur pays Amanda to keep an eye on Craig so that the business can stay afloat until he resumes control. Jennifer sleeps with Craig. Lexi discovers Peter's cover-up. She announces that she is quitting Hart-Mancini to concentrate on her own work. Sydney decides that she and Michael are getting married. Peter becomes increasingly abusive toward Taylor, and nearly hits her. Sherry lies about the identity of Jane's biological father, but later reveals that he was a producer with whom she had slept to win a part. Matt gets a date with a lawyer, but he turns out to be an egomaniac who only cares about material items. Peter continues to pursue Amanda. Remember the crazy Kimberly-Michael-Sydney drama? Audio Commentary by Series Creator Darren Star (season 2), Melrose Place: Meet The Neighbours (season 2), Melrose Place: Complex Relationship (season 2), Melrose Place: The Best of the Worst (season 2), Melrose Place: According to Jake (season 3), Melrose Place: Seven Minutes in Hell (season 3), Everything You Need To Know About Melrose Place (season 3). Billy files for divorce. He gets drunk during a fashion convention and sleeps with a stranger. Nick and Taylor bust Christine out of the hospital in the hopes of breaking up the wedding. Megan backs out of Michael's scam to discredit Peter. The new chief-of-staff institutes mandatory psychological testing for the staff. Amanda relents when she needs Jake's help with a plumbing problem. Billy follows Brooke's advice and persuades Alison to take the job. Katya leaves Nikki with Matt as she returns to Russia to care for her mother. Matt becomes suspicious of Dan's controlling behavior. The project was called In the Name of the Place, as part of the "Uncommon Sense" art show at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, California in 1997. They end up having sex in a closet, and miss their deadline. Craig drives Amanda to Peter's house, where she sees him with Taylor. Kyle tries to manipulate Taylor into revealing the truth about her scheme involving Christine. Taylor convinces Kyle that they should buy a restaurant in Los Angeles. Jane receives a videotape of the two together and breaks up with Robert. Kimberly tells Megan that she is dying, and asks her to take care of Michael. Syd spends a romantic weekend with Carter in San Francisco, but it is cut short when Carter discovers how to repair a glitch in one of his computer games. Amanda and Sam are involved in a helicopter crash. Matt is the victim of an attack outside a nightclub. Michael realizes that Peter's diagnosis is incorrect, but backs off after Amanda shares her history with Jack. Jack, who had swiped one of Brooke's business cards, arrives in Los Angeles. Jennifer, Colleen, David, Chelsea, Reilly, Det. Amanda sues Michael for the roof damages, tries to fire Ryan and Jane, and blames Lexi for everything. Belita Moreno as Gloria Bryan [ season 4 ] Ryan intercepts a drug delivery for Kyle and pushes his brother into flushing the pills. However, she was fired by Melrose Place producer Aaron Spelling prior to filming any episodes for the series, when she announced she was pregnant. She tells him that it is too late for them, and leaves. They have a candlelight dinner during a power outage. rc: Jane learns that she is pregnant, but doesn't tell Michael because he hadn't seemed thrilled by the prospect of having kids. Alison refuses to move to New York with Billy, and suggests they try a long-distance relationship. Sydney is smitten with Kyle. Jane has to cancel her fashion show because Richard has taken her designs. rc: She tries to stab Jake when he confronts her. Michael has the chance to push Syd off a cliff, but cannot go through with it. Taylor realizes that Peter is trying to turn her into Beth, but decides to go along with it to make him happy. Billy is stunned to see them kissing in the courtyard. She is considering the proposal when she catches him in bed with a groupie. "[33] In 1997, Mark Harris, who gave the soap's sixth season a D rating, stated: "Although the ever-game, deserves-better Heather Locklear still spits out even the worst lines with snappish authority, and the diabolical-doctor duo of Jack Wagner and Thomas Calabro at least try to look interested, they can't sustain a show that has lost its best asset — a twisted joy in its own trashiness. Sydney tries to bond with Bobby by getting him drunk and getting tattoos together. Peter is distraught to learn that Lexi plans to return to Ohio. Matt asks one of his medical school professors, pediatrician Dr. Dominick O'Malley, to look at Tyler. She seeks revenge after he leads her to believe he wants a relationship, when he was actually just looking for a one-night stand. Amanda rejects Craig, who seeks a relationship after their night together. Laura Leighton was nominated in 1995 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series for her role as Sydney Andrews. Billy tells Jennifer that he wants to be with her, and no longer trusts Samantha. Alison complains to the brass about Amanda's mistreatment of her. Sydney and Craig decide to quit D&D and start their own agency. He also mentions that he has come into a lot of money. While snooping through his father's files, he discovers that he holds a controlling interest in D&D. Ryan reveals that he was married as an 18 year old. Peter gives Bobby an ultimatum. Peter doesn't want to face the suit alone, so Lexi tries to goad Brett into staying. Jo is hired as photographer, but jeopardizes the account with her "alternative" photos. Brooke snoops in Amanda's office and discovers a Florida driver's license for Amanda Parezi. Michael steals an idea for a cauterizing glove from Brett. Dan Cortese as Jess Hanson [ season 3 ] Brett fires Craig, who attacks Jennifer. Jake learns that his mother has died. Chad Lowe as Carter Gallavan [ season 5 ] Megan, Craig, Arthur, Dan, Dr. Shulman. 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. James Janda as J.J., Upstairs bartender [ season 7 ] Amanda begins to worry about Kyle's drinking. She injects Peter with a paralyzing drug and has him committed to a mental hospital that she is temporarily running. Samantha convinces Jeff to send Billy a fax in which "Alison" expresses her love for him. Michael fears that Chris is after Jane's money. rc: Although Muldoon was not billed with the main cast (though he appeared in numerous promotional photos with them), he appeared in most of the fourth season's episodes and is also Melrose Place's longest recurring character (i.e. Jo is angry when Dominick behaves insensitively toward Matt. After Michael leaves Megan's house, Kimberly arrives to discuss their "arrangement." Kimberly violates her parole to take a job as a radio talk show host. However, Peter tells Amanda that he did kill his wife. rc: He is unable to call it off, and Amanda is kidnapped. Billy is alarmed to learn that Alison is drinking, but Jake isn't concerned. July 22, 2013. Billy goes on a date with Sam, but is still preoccupied with Alison. Megan catches a naked Terry kissing Ryan. Craig, Colleen, David, Carter, Nick, Josh. She returned to television for a new version of Melrose Place in 2009, though the show lasted only one season. She ignores tradition and asks him to be her best man in the wedding. Peter tries to distract Michael by throwing a bachelor party. In addition to the mentioned Shows above, please add Roswell TV Series and Beverly Hills, 90210 TV Series. Kyle realizes that Taylor has been lying to him. They later sleep together, and Billy tries to bully Alison into moving in with him. When Amanda tries to stop him, he accidentally throws her through a second-story window. Fielding, Dr. Stein. Amanda becomes annoyed when Peter neglects his job and begins hanging out at Kyle's restaurant and drinking heavily. Markus Flanagan as Harry Dean [ season 5 ] She later collapses in pain. Larner's wife tells Megan that her husband is influential, and that Brett is being asked to choose between the job and Megan. Jo struggles to prove that her son is alive. The demon tries to goad Kimberly into committing acts of violence against her enemies. rc: Priscilla Presley as Nurse Benson [ season 4 ] rc: Bottles behind the counter at Shooters bar are decorated with ads and documents chronicling the history of alcohol. Alison is furious to learn that Jake had aided Billy's pursuit of her. Eve beds Travis, the ex-prison guard who harassed her, but he refuses to do her dirty work. Sydney's antics break up a romantic dinner between Jake and Jane. Jake forces Palmer to confess to fraud on tape. She learns that she has an aneurysm, but refuses to undergo surgery. Kyle breaks out of rehab and goes ballistic, destroying everything in sight and trying to kill Peter. Megan catches Michael and Taylor together. Kimberly is ordered to appear before the medical board. Melrose took third with 138.850. Sartell’s Carter Larson finished first in 1:42.75 to set a section record. rc: The voyeuristic real estate agent closes a deal within two days, then sleeps with Michael. Michael bails her out, but breaks up with her. Rock Reiser as Ralph, employee of Sterling/Conway [ season 7 ] Kimberly serves Michael with divorce papers. Palmer and Brittany continue their plot against Jake. He shows up late for dinner with Amanda, sporting a black eye, and storms out when she lambastes him for defending Jo. Ryan visits with his daughter; but Terry O'Brien, her aunt and legal guardian, cuts short their time together. She and Peter are instantly drawn to each other. James Wilder as Reed Carter [ season 2 ] Amanda is wracked with guilt, and pushes Kyle away. Kimberly appears to Megan in a dream and warns her that Michael destroys his wives. Amanda is angry when Jack makes the final payment on the apartment building repairs. Amanda loses Tony's account because the commercial footage was destroyed. Parker Stevenson as Steve McMillan [ season 2 ] Linden Ashby as Dr. Brett Cooper [ episodes 166 - 199 ] Sydney loses all her assets, and Harry tries to convince her to help him stage accidents. Martin agrees to let her go, but he and Rikki pursue her and throw her into an underground pit. Peter shows up in Sterling's hotel room with a tape recorder in the hopes of proving that Sterling is to blame for their rift. Alison continues to receive threatening letters and phone calls. He threatens to run an X-rated video of Megan unless she turns one last trick for him. Amanda has suffered a broken back. Sydney vows that he will love her one day. Jake loans Billy his motorcycle so that he can surprise Alison in Palm Springs. Beata Pozniak was featured in the second season in 7 episodes as Dr. Katya Petrova Fielding, a doctor with a daughter from a previous marriage who befriends and ultimately marries Matt (for a green card), who becomes an endearing father figure for her child. Hayley, Richard, MacKenzie, Alycia, Mr. She rents Jo's old apartment. Amanda marries Peter in a jailhouse ceremony so that she won't have to testify against him. Megan discovers that her father suffered a crippling stroke years ago, which Mrs. Lewis claims is the result of the strain of learning that Megan was a prostitute. Jane and Michael call off the divorce, but face huge legal bills. rc: Jo gets very drunk at the engagement party, argues with Jane, and tells Richard the truth. Keith, Carrie, Mr. Kyle decides to run away to Boston. Billy convinces Connie to tell Sam that she is in love with her. She calls it off because she fears she would cheat on him in a few months (as if Michael's marriages usually last much longer than that). Billy fantasizes about Alison while under the influence of medication following a trip to the dentist. She calls the police when Michael shows up at her apartment, but Sydney gives him refuge. Keith returns to Los Angeles, completely obsessed with Alison. Jess explodes with rage when Jo breaks up with him. When she drops by his hotel room to pick him up, he tries to rape her. She wins the role and moves to New York. Amanda is nearly flattened by a delivery truck, and suddenly decides she wants a baby. She fires him when he continually exhibits strange behavior, but he lurks around the building and watches Amanda in the shower. She realizes that she is trying too hard to forget the miscarriage. Susan moves in with Alison when a chef job in Santa Barbara falls through. After Billy is a hit at the convention, Amanda sleeps with him. The goofy Billy Campbell approaches her and asks about the vacancy, but she turns him down. Jo believes Richard's claims of innocence regarding the pills. A frightened Amanda gets plastered at the Shooters Halloween party and sleeps with Peter. Locane was written off after 13 episodes and replaced by Daphne Zuniga as Jo Reynolds, a photographer running away from her abusive husband. Amanda sarcastically wonders if Billy would rather be with Alison. Jane is hired by Kay Beacon, the snooty designer who has just purchased the store where Jane worked. Richard, Alycia, Bobby, Alan, Dave Erickson, Nurse Amy. Jake meets his biological father, Vince Connors. Sydney and Carter are robbed at knifepoint, but Kyle punches the man out and chases him away. She suggests Syd push the two together to get it out of Michael's system, but the plan backfires. His mother says that she is going to run the store with Billy's sister Celeste. Jake postpones the ceremony. Wednesday: Dinner only Thursday: Lunch only CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS. Taylor learns that she is not pregnant. He later photographs the couple's late-night rendezvous at a golf course. Kimberly learns that she cannot have children because of injuries suffered in the car accident. Keith asks Alison to move to Seattle with him. Alison writes a note to Billy in which she professes her love, but Brooke refuses to give it to him. Michael warns Matt to get clean. When Megan convinces Michael to ignore a call from Kimberly and spend the night with her, Kimberly suffers a seizure. When Jo shows up at the beach house to take the baby, Kimberly insists that the boy is her child. Julie, Eve, Sarah, Tony, Terry O'Brien. She asks Billy not to date Amanda, as a break-up could hurt Alison's career. Amanda comes to the club to seek Kyle's forgiveness, but they break up for good. Peter again asks Kimberly to plead insanity. Jess is killed in the fall from the construction site, while Jake suffers only minor injuries. Sydney gets a waitress job at Shooters. Terry has a social worker take Sarah away from Ryan. When Reed climbs on board and holds her at gunpoint, Jo is forced to shoot and kill him. Jake catches Alison drunk and in the company of another man. Matt questions Rhonda's character after she reneges on a promise to help with a dinner at the halfway house. Alex shows up at the reception and leads Michael to believe that he slept with Jane. Jake insists that he doesn't want to reunite with Amanda, but Jo breaks up with him. Jasmine Guy as Caitlin Mills [ season 3 ] Fielding. rc: Billy claims that he only wishes to help Alison, but Jennifer fears that he still holds feelings for her. Billy and Jake look for a tree for the courtyard, and end up running into Jo and Alison. Bobby, Arthur, Teri, Brandi, Laurie, Tyler, Dave Erickson. Laura Leighton as Sydney Patricia Andrews (Mancini) Field [ seasons 3 - 5 ] Peter refuses to listen to her explanation, and trashes the restaurant. When Rhonda meets up with an old friend from her dancing days, she is haunted by memories of the injury she faked to avoid an audition. Paul asks Matt to go to his house to prepare dinner. He helps her escape a potential confrontation with Mrs. Marlin. Michael throws Billy a bachelor party at a strip club, unaware that Sydney is the entertainment. She responds coldly to Jake and Billy's advances, but strikes up a friendship with Alison when they take out their romantic frustration on a washing machine. Jo tries to break things off to avoid hurting Jake, but ends up getting naked with Jess in the alley behind Shooters. Dawn Radenbaugh as Amber [ season 6 ] Sydney feels guilty about blackmailing Michael, so she puts him on the payroll in exchange for certain favors. Peter develops a fear of surgery. Rae Dawn Chong as Carrie Fellows [ season 1 ] Kimberly changes her mind during the drive home, but Michael loses control of the car during their celebratory kiss. Elizabeth Weber as Becky, Amanda's assistant [ season 7 ] Lexi, Amanda and Eve organize a charity Christmas function. Jane decides to go home to Chicago for a while, and agrees to stay in touch with Sherry. Sydney's father comes to visit Craig, only to find a half-naked Jennifer in his apartment. She pushes him into spending more time with Colleen and David. Michael denies everything, but Jane later catches him at Kimberly's apartment. Craig and Sydney draw closer. Articles previewing the finale indicated that the episode would conclude with the return of Natalie Miller, the roommate who abandoned Alison at the beginning of the pilot. Sydney swipes Kimberly's suicide note. Michael is jealous of Jane's new working relationship with Alex. She slaps him. She tries to make nice with Amanda, but later admits that this is part of a scheme. Despite his new windfall, Peter decides to stay at the hospital to protect the interests of patients and staff. Billy loses the boy's trust when he tries to stand up to the absentee father. Eve hits her over the head and leaves her bound and gagged in the bathtub (in her underwear). She is arrested when the Coast Guard raids the boat. rc: They visit a Christmas tree lot, where a former prison guard recognizes Eve. Steven Eckholdt as Robert Wilson [ season 2 ] Michael receives a two-million-dollar settlement from the hospital. rc: Jane seduces Richard, much to the chagrin of his ex-wife, MacKenzie. Kyle throws him out of the building. Amanda abruptly sends Jane on a business trip to Chicago, where she works closely with Alex. She tries to seduce Billy. Megan (who has been hired as Burns/Mancini's receptionist) tries to use company money to pay for a private nurse. Amanda convinces Kyle to bury the hatchet. The visiting Meredith admits that she has never slept with a man because of the trauma of the childhood abuse.