Season 5

A TV newscast alerts Diana to Chip's identity; Mack and Karen put a wire tap on their phone; Gary considers buying a ranch; Val accepts a date from a globe-trotting stranger.

Diana is protected from testifying against Chip; Val and Gary finalize their property settlement; Abby schemes to get her hands on Gary's inheritance. William Devane joins the cast as senatorial candidate Gregory Sumner.

After Chip's incarceration, Lilimae needs psychiatric help; Karen regards Laura's business proposition as an affront to their friendship; Abby's plans go awry when Gary runs off to Val.

Karen begins to take pain killers; Abby decides to secretly develop Lotus Point; Gary receives his 10% share of Ewing Oil but also becomes obsessed with Ciji's lookalike, Cathy; Chip disappears from the hospital.

Gary introduces Abby to his new ranch hand Cathy; Mary-Frances surprises her father at Abby's office suite; Val checks Lilimae out of the sanitarium; Diana sneaks off to find Chip hiding at Westfork Ranch.

Chip's sister shocks Diana with some cold truths about Chip; Karen's drug dependency becomes apparent; Ben uses Laura to probe Abby's investments; Lilimae gets emotional over Chip’s passing.

Lilimae discusses Val's pregnancy with Ben, unaware he knows nothing about it; Abby gets an unsolicited bid on Lotus Point; Mack finds Karen unconscious.

Abby uses a clever strategy to get her through Gary’s audit; Val's new manuscript is accepted; Mack agrees to counseling sessions with Karen while she’s at rehab; Sumner asks Laura to work on his campaign.

Mack presses Laura about her involvement in Apolune; Abby’s unsettled when Diana shares news of the attack on Mack; Cathy is surprised by a visitor from her past; Ben asks Val to accompany him to Central America.

Abby faces financial embarrassment after Gary freezes the company's assets; Mack meets with the governor's aide about his future; bed rest is prescribed for Val as a runaway Olivia begs to stay with her.

Sumner reaches a dead end in trying to persuade Gary to unfreeze the assets of Lotus Point; Ray lurks at the ranch; Val drives out to see Gary for support when she's unable to locate Ben; Mack and Cathy hear a shot ring out.

After Gary's funeral, Abby tries to resume business as usual; Val is surprised when Ben returns home; Laura overhears Cathy's phone conversation; Karen discovers Mack's been lying.