Melrose Place: Season 5

Detective Wylie tells Amanda that Peter is really Peter Howell, a man wanted for his wife’s murder in Kansas City. Amanda travels to Kansas City and learns that Peter’s ex-wife Beth had terminal cancer. Beth’s mother says that while Peter was originally charged with a mercy killing, Beth’s recently-uncovered diary reveals that she killed herself because Peter couldn't do it. However, when Amanda visits Peter in jail, he confesses to killing Beth. Kimberly wakes from her coma but disappears from

Peter tells Amanda why he killed Beth, and Kimberly tells Amanda she can't remember her dinner with Peter. After Peter is injured attacking a sheriff’s officer in frustration, he tells Amanda that he'll kill someone if he's not released from jail. Kyle surprises Taylor in Los Angeles and agrees to both expand their Boston restaurant to Los Angeles and rent an apartment at Melrose Place. After Jane tells Sydney about the dirt in her bed, they visit Richard’s burial site and find a note demanding

During her testimony, Kimberly confesses that she doesn't remember the dinner. Peter later testifies on his own behalf, which resurfaces Kimberly’s memory of a second waiter, who is located and corroborates Peter’s alibi. Peter is released from jail but expresses his depression to Amanda, who reminds him of her love. Both Kyle and Amanda become suspicious of Taylor’s attendance at Peter’s court hearing. Jane and Sydney escape from Richard and encounter a National Park Service police officer, who

Peter and Amanda quarrel about moving in together until Peter finds out that Sydney sold his house and car while he was incarcerated. Peter fires Sydney, but she gets hired by Jane. Later, Peter and Amanda take an impromptu honeymoon. Taylor schedules a doctor’s appointment to meet Peter and apologizes to Amanda for attending Peter’s court hearing, while also divulging that Kyle had an affair in Boston. Billy rejects Alison’s apology. Later, he cuts short a date with Samantha after being unable

Jane saves Alison and Jake from the fire, but Sydney and Alison both question Jane’s role. Jane pretends to reconcile with Alison and Jake and later fails to convince Billy to help break them up. On her own, Jane throws a brick through Jake’s window and frames Billy, leading Jake to threaten Billy. Billy and Sam connect on another date. Sydney offers some of Sam’s paintings to Kyle, and things get flirtatious in the kitchen. After overhearing Peter and Amanda’s honeymoon plans, Taylor convinces

Arthur asks Amanda to let Craig attend pitch meetings and instructs Craig to set up Amanda with a youthful pitch to a bottled water company. Amanda agrees to give Billy his position back if he shares his information on Craig, leading Amanda to steal Craig’s pitch. Afterwards, Craig tells Arthur he can bring down Amanda on his own. Elsewhere, Amanda and Peter continue to clash over his relationship with the McBrides and laziness. When Amanda cancels dinner with Peter for a pitch meeting, he ends

Peter moves in with Michael and Kimberly to defuse his feud with Amanda. When Amanda and Craig get sent to San Francisco for a pitch, Peter spends his time drinking at Kyle’s, and when he spends a night sleeping on the McBrides’ couch, Taylor kisses him. Upon her return, Amanda rents out Kyle’s for a private dinner with Peter and they reconcile. Later, as Peter leaves the hospital, Taylor reveals herself as Beth’s younger sister. Michael continues to sleep with Megan, but she rebuffs his efforts

Taylor tells Peter to keep their family relationship a secret. While Amanda is on a business trip, Peter and Taylor spend time together and Peter buys Amanda an engagement ring. Sydney sees Peter showing Taylor the ring. When Peter gives Amanda the ring upon her return, she tells him to return it for financial reasons. Kyle tells Sydney that Taylor’s been weird and admits to an affair in Boston. Michael persists at uncovering information about Megan and finds out she is a sex worker. Kimberly le

Craig agrees to give Amanda the minutes from a D&D meeting in exchange for not telling Arthur about his disastrous pitch. Later, Craig learns he owns a controlling interest in D&D. Sydney tells Amanda that she saw Peter show Taylor the engagement ring. Peter tells Amanda that nothing is going on and they later apologize to each other. Kyle questions Taylor’s involvement with Peter, and Taylor asks Peter not to disclose their familial relationship. Peter throws his hat in the ring for chief of st

Peter tells Amanda he's in the running for chief of staff, but his confidence plummets after the first surgical patient since his incarceration dies and he suffers a panic attack in the OR. Kyle walks out on Taylor after repeatedly observing her spend time with Peter. At D&D, Craig assumes control of day-to-day operations and moves into Amanda’s office, while Arthur enlists Amanda to rein in Craig. Craig and Sam reconcile and she gifts him a painting for his office. Elsewhere, Kyle kisses Sydney

Amanda learns from Craig that Arthur has a dark secret. Peter opens up to Amanda about his panic attack, but they later argue over his golfing and her dinner with Craig. Kyle tells Sydney that their night together was a one-off occurrence and warns Peter to not get physical with Taylor. Sam rejects another date with Billy, and Craig rents a loft for Sam to use as an art studio. Jane returns to Los Angeles to find her birth mother and begins to push Sydney away. Later, Jane learns that her mother

Craig threatens to go to the police with Arthur’s secret, leading Arthur to tell Amanda that she no longer needs to snoop on Craig. Amanda and Peter argue after he doesn't get the chief of staff job and loses $1,200 in a golf bet to Kyle, although Taylor convinces Kyle to return the money. Taylor takes time off from the restaurant, leading to Sydney’s hiring as a part-time hostess. Later, Taylor convinces Peter to light a candle with her on the anniversary of Beth’s death and confesses that she

Peter is frustrated after Amanda schedules a therapy appointment for him and Craig picks up Amanda for a business trip to Santa Barbara. Taylor tells Peter that she loves him, but he tells her to leave him alone. After Peter confronts Amanda and Craig at a restaurant, Amanda returns home and changes the locks on the apartment, leading Peter to confront Taylor for coming to Los Angeles. Sam returns the loft keys to Craig, who refuses to return her courtyard painting. Later, Billy poses as the D&D

Feeling guilty for their problems, Kyle invites Amanda and Peter to his birthday party, where they fail to reconcile. Peter regains his confidence after performing an emergency tracheotomy on a car accident victim, while Craig watches NFL on Fox with Amanda. When Jane refuses a phone call from Mrs. Andrews, Sydney confronts Sherry for destroying her family, leading Sherry to leave Jane’s apartment. When Jane goes to Sherry’s apartment, Ed tells her that Sherry never got over giving up Jane, and

When Jane’s boutique is robbed at gunpoint, Jane tries to take comfort in Sherry but finds her advice unhelpful. On Sydney’s urging, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews arrive in Los Angeles, where they express their love to Jane. After Jane announces her plan to return to Chicago, Sherry and Jane express their love for each other. Sherry accepts Ed’s marriage proposal. Jane says goodbye to her friends at the airport and leaves for Chicago. Michael signs the divorce papers after Kimberly and Megan invent a cov

After learning the severity of Kimberly’s illness, Michael says that he won't let her die alone and makes dinner plans with her. Michael asks Megan to keep their marriage private to protect Kimberly’s feelings. When Michael returns for dinner, he finds a suicide note. Elsewhere, Kimberly tries to jump from a pier but fails. Instead, Kimberly rents a motel room and summons Megan to share her plans to commit suicide in a Mulholland Drive car accident during the next storm. When Megan awakens to a

Kimberly and Megan pull Michael from the car accident wreckage. At the hospital, Megan tells Kimberly that she told Michael about their plans. When Michael wakes up, Megan tells him to spend time with Kimberly until she dies, leading to a reluctant agreement whereby Michael will sleep at the beach house. When Sydney evicts Sam from Jane’s apartment, Billy suggests that Sam seek legal counsel, which she does in the form of her ex-boyfriend, Kenny. Over dinner, Billy is frustrated by Kenny, who la

Megan becomes concerned by the amount of time Michael is spending with Kimberly. When Megan convinces Michael to ignore a call from Kimberly and spend the night with her, Kimberly suffers a seizure. Taylor discovers that the new chief-of-staff won the job because he is sleeping with Dr. Shulman. Peter uses this information to blackmail Dr. Shulman. Nick becomes suspicious of Taylor's relationship with Peter. Nick and Kyle are arrested in a barroom brawl at Shooters. Kyle offers to host Jake's ba

Kimberly persuades Michael to grant her dying wish by sleeping with her one last time. Amanda uses Craig's infatuation with her to trick him into giving her half of D&D. Craig learns that his father cut him out of the will. Peter is appointed chief-of-staff. Taylor offers to cook him a celebratory dinner, but he stands her up to go to a dinner party with Amanda. A drunken and depressed Craig shows up on Amanda's doorstep, and she lets him sleep on the couch. The next morning, Craig leads Peter t

Jake visits Alison at D&D and trashes the office before taking a road trip to Sutter’s Creek, where his ex-girlfriend Colleen and son David live. Later, Jake opens up about Alison to Colleen and discusses running away from problems with David. Alison hears her baby’s heartbeat for the first time and shares her anticipation with Billy, as Sam observes them hug. Nick questions Taylor about her night out and moves into his own apartment at Melrose Place. Michael walks in on Peter and Taylor making

Nick observes Taylor and Peter being intimate, but Kyle tells Nick that he trusts his wife. After seeing Nick’s truck outside Peter’s house, Taylor calls Peter to warn him, and he confronts Nick. When Nick overhears Taylor and Peter making phone plans to meet at the golf course, he follows them and photographs them making out. Later, Nick confronts Taylor with the photos and threatens to injure Peter if she doesn't end things, while separately giving Peter an ultimatum to stay away from Taylor.

Amanda rents out an apartment to Craig. Taylor invites Nick over under the pretense of an apology but spikes his drink with morphine (provided by Peter), allowing Peter to break into Nick’s apartment and steal his photos of his golf course rendezvous with Taylor. When Nick offers to show proof of Taylor’s affair to Kyle, he finds the photos missing, causing Kyle to fire Nick. Later, Nick taps Taylor’s phone and records her talking dirty to Peter. Working with Nick, the next morning, Craig drives

Taylor is angered after Peter says Amanda saw them together and he failed to tell her. Kyle learns from his chef that Amanda punched Taylor and confronts Taylor over her false alibi. Later, Kyle visits Nick for more information, and he plays back the recording of Taylor and Peter’s phone sex. Angered, Kyle kicks Taylor out of the restaurant. Elsewhere, Nick demands $5,000 from Taylor in order to prevent an assault on Peter. In the hospital parking lot, Nick beats up Peter despite Taylor’s arriva

Alison is ordered 2 weeks of bedrest due to an incompetent cervix. Later, Alison overhears Taylor tell Kyle that Peter is her brother-in-law, and when Alison tells Jake, he warns her not to tell Amanda. When Kyle cuts his finger in the kitchen, he ends up in the ER and Taylor walks in just as Kyle admits to Peter that he slept with Sydney. Kyle signs an agreement dividing the restaurant’s operations and profits with Taylor. Jake tells Amanda that Taylor is Peter’s former sister-in-law, leading a

Kimberly suffers an aneurysm after Michael tells her that he's staying with Megan. Megan is hired as the Burns-Mancini receptionist and uses practice funds to hire a nurse for Kimberly. When a disbelieving Michael visits Kimberly to confront her over her illness, he realizes the severity of her condition and summons her mother to Los Angeles. Matt and Sam search for Chelsea and eventually find her at Covenant House, where she agrees to return home with Matt. Later, Matt lets Chelsea move in perm

Mrs. Shaw arrives in Los Angeles and butts heads with Michael over her plan to bring Kimberly back to Cleveland. When Kimberly asks Megan for a ride to visit Michael one last time, Mrs. Shaw catches them leaving and erupts in anger, triggering a fatal medical episode in Kimberly. Despite his reservations, and at Megan’s urging, Michael pays his respects to Kimberly as her coffin is loaded aboard a train to Ohio. Sydney bungles her attempt to record Hilda faking her injury and later has her asset

Hilda’s lawyer, Harry, gives Sydney a taste of easy money when he pulls her parking brake during a car ride. Kyle hires Sydney as a waitress and they eventually share a kiss, but Kyle tells her he's not ready for a relationship. After seeing Kyle and Amanda together, Sydney decides to target D&D with a phony lawsuit. D&D wins an award for their ad for Kyle’s restaurant and Amanda announces a cocktail party to celebrate. At the D&D party, Harry removes the skid tape from a stair tread and Sydney

Having accidentally deferred staircase repairs required by D&D’s insurer, Craig decides to be nice to Sydney so she will drop her lawsuit. Amanda and Kyle discuss their dreams at an art museum, and Amanda later offers to invest in Kyle’s jazz club idea. Michael’s younger sister Jennifer arrives in Los Angeles, having graduated from Boston College early. Jennifer bombs her D&D interview on purpose and lies to Michael that Amanda was rude to her, while Michael and Megan discuss the Mancini family.

Over dinner, Jennifer recognizes Kyle and later confronts him over their affair in Boston. Jennifer moves out of the beach house after Michael learns she failed to graduate. Amanda and Kyle become partners in Kyle’s jazz club, and Taylor later informs Amanda of the Kyle/Jennifer affair. Michael agrees to help rein in Peter after Taylor becomes uncomfortable with his increasingly violent sexual fantasies. Craig gives spa vouchers to Sydney, and when he invites her to dinner, they discuss their pa

Kyle is frustrated when Amanda asks for a contract for their jazz club partnership, so he conditions it on their respective divorces. Later, Peter and Taylor sign divorce papers, although Peter is reluctant. Michael gets inspiration from a rage epilepsy patient as he schemes with Taylor to bring down Peter. Sam admits to Billy that Jim escaped from prison, and Billy forces Sam to say goodbye to her father. When Jim shows up at Sam’s job, she tells him that she can’t help him anymore. Billy lies