Aired: 1/6/1981
Sheriff Titus Semple hardens his grip on Truro by double-crossing a drug dealer, who takes revenge by abducting Semple's deputy Fielding Carlyle and his new bride Constance.
Aired: 1/13/1981
Newly married Fielding, who is running for the state senate, takes his mistress to a campaign speech with him in Tallahassee.
Aired: 1/20/1981
Titus bugs rooms above Lute-Mae's bar for the purpose of blackmail. Lane runs into an old acquaintance familiar with her unsavory past.
Aired: 1/27/1981
Suspicions concerning the Weldon mill fire flare up again. Fielding learns a damaging secret about his political rival.
Aired: 2/3/1981
With his popularity at an all-time low, Fielding fortifies himself with drink before an election speech at a fish fry.
Aired: 2/10/1981
As the election nears, Sam asks Elmo to endorse Fielding in the state-senate race.
Aired: 2/17/1981
Constance finds Fielding and Lane locked in an embrace and asks Titus to run Lane out of town.
Aired: 3/3/1981
As Skipper prepares to leave Truro behind, his father is seriously injured in an accident that Skipper blames on himself.
Aired: 3/9/1981
A girl with a sordid past sets her sights on Skipper. Lane is terrified when an old acquaintance is killed in an "accident."
Aired: 3/10/1981
Constance is bent on destroying Skipper's new romance. A killer is tracking Lane.
Aired: 3/17/1981
A mysterious killer draws closer to Lane. Fielding is involved in an auto-accident that could ruin his political career.
Constance seeks revenge on her estranged husband by having an affair with Sam.
Aired: 4/2/1981
A chemical leak threatens to close down the mill and could impoverish the town unless Fielding persuades the state senate to allow them more time for a clean up.
The killers tracking Lane seek refuge from a hurricane in Lute-Mae's place.
