Season 9

Abby scrambles to keep Peter's body hidden, but Karen and Gary interfere; Olivia crumbles under the pressure of a frightening secret; Paige demands the truth about her real father.

Abby covers for Olivia about Gary’s suspicions; Sumner suspects Abby is after Peter's inheritance; Jill takes a personal interest in her and Mack's investigation; a new acquaintance takes advantage of Mack's generosity.

Abby fights to retract her original story as new light is shed on Peter's murder; Jill has had it with Gary's many involvements; Laura's behavior baffles family and friends; Paige comes clean to Mack.

Gary, Greg along with Meg, and an interloper with designs on Lilimae all attend the twins' party; Gary's confession leads Lilimae to confront Val; Sumner hires a temporary nanny for Meg; Michael rescues a swimmer.

Lilimae considers Al's proposal with skepticism; Karen hastily prepares a reception at Lotus Point; Abby offers advice to Jill about Gary's involvement with Val and the twins; Sumner awaits news from Laura.

Jill flies into a rage when she sees her brother's ashes on Sumner's coffee table; Karen berates Mack for missing Laura’s funeral; Laura final messages are shared; Greg’s emotions release seeing Laura's videotape.

Three days with Meg take it’s toll on the MacKenzies; Abby's romance with Charles is put on hold after a phone call from his wife; Paige discovers Sumner's secret; a secretive woman and her daughter move into the cul-de-sac.

Mack and Karen are troubled by Sumner's duplicity; Charles refuses to be turned down by Abby; opportunity knocks for Johnny at Lotus Point; Val's confusion compounds with Gary's frequent visits.

Karen unwittingly becomes mired in a legal battle between Val and Gary; Johnny wheels and deals with reckless abandon, unaware of what he's gotten himself into; the Williamses seem to be losing control of their new lives.

Abby determines to learn just how important Lotus Point is to Charles; Karen and Mack's doubts about keeping Meg begin to surface; Frank becomes mired in his own doubts about adjusting to the new life forced upon his family.

Olivia becomes the unsuspecting pawn in a mob scheme; Gary throws in the towel at Lotus Point; Johnny competes with Sumner for Paige's affections; Karen vows to make good on her promise to Laura.

Karen is surprised - and complimented - by Manny's attentiveness; Val maintains a daily vigil by the mailbox; Abby tries to deter Harold's pursuit of Olivia by killing him with kindness.

A depressed Olivia refuses to talk to her mother after Abby forces Harold to leave town; Manny’s late-night activity at the Lotus Point marina arouses suspicions; Jill leaves Val another message from “Ben.”

Mack & Karen contact the authorities about Manny; Johnny’s forced to pave the way for completion of the Mexican highway project; Jill disposes of the answering machine recording she left Val of Ben’s voice before Gary can hear it.

Jill's enlightens Val on her plan to do away with her; Karen and Mack take their story to the press, while Gary and Abby deal with Manny; the truth dawns on Paige as Johnny shows his true colors.