Season 5 - Episode Guide

A scandal is revealed in Julia's past; Anna Rossini continues to plan the destruction of Falcon Crest; Lance mourns his wife with a return to life in the fast lane; Richard hires an attorney; Cole and Robin keep house for the jailed Melissa.

Angela fans the flame after Chase gets a deal that sparks discontent in Maggie; Melissa is released from jail; another Falcon Crest heir comes to the valley; Richard's life is threatened again; Angela overhears Cass express a need.

Angela recruits an old flame to battle Cass and Anna, and receives information that could halt their vendetta; Father Christopher and Maggie are the focal points of separate family affairs; Richard tries to find out who's trying to kill him.

Angela receives a proposal; Chase makes a champagne raid on Falcon Crest; Maggie's grandson stirs her memory; Reardon researches the Rossini fire and confronts Anna with his findings; Richard plays cat-and-mouse with his would-be killer.

Angela gets another new partner, and spoils wedding plans made by Terry; Cass gets her comeuppance, as does Richard's intended killer; Robin takes a fall; Father Christopher meets his mother; Lance meets an aspiring singer.

Angela must pay a steep price to regain Falcon Crest; Cass bears gifts for Chase and Richard; Chase and Lance each get new business partners; Father Christopher is warned about temptation.

Lance makes a deal with Richard, who makes a deal with Terry; Melissa declares her feelings for another; Angela hits on a new plan to drive Chase from the valley.

Angela meets Emma's new beau, and sends Lance packing after meeting the New Globe's new publisher; Terry offers to trap a crooked county supervisor; Father Christopher questions his calling.

Angela takes Lance and Richard to court, and wins the confidence of Robin; Terry ingratiates herself with Costello; Melissa hesitates to have her marriage blessed by the Church.

Melissa renews her wedding vows, while another marriage is proposed, and yet another is called off; two opposing lawyers reach a personal settlement out of court; Maggie gets a windfall; Lance feels threatened by Apollonia's ex.

Richard compounds a mistake he made with Cass; Reardon's political and social ambitions clash; Angela offers Dwayne an incentive to disappear; Maggie tries to stop publication of her novel.

Angela is stunned by Maggie's novel; Terry makes a surprising offer after learning of Richard's skimming from their race track; Apollonia makes a video; complications develop for Cole's new child; Father Christopher contemplates a leave of absence.

Terry gives Richard a deadline to decide on her offer; Falcon Crest's new tenant brings problems for Lance; J.J. offers an explanation for why Jordan holds a grudge against him; Maggie gets a clue to the identity of her novel's "mysterious stranger."

Terry decides to reopen her winery; Angela's business tactics are revealed to Father Christopher; Jordan reveals why she can't support her father's candidacy.

Robin disappears, while a winemaker reappears and stands up to Angela; Chase rejects an offer of alliance from Richard; Jordan and her father reconcile briefly; Emma and Dwayne set a date.

Angela's report to Cole hurts her family as well as his; Reardon learns Jordan's family secret and says goodbye to his running mate; Cole goes for a paternity test; Lance seeks information about Peter; Angela attempts to halt Chase's wine shipment.

Victims' friends and relatives arrive at the hospital; Jordan's mother places blame for her husband's troubles; Chase goes to his last resort to fight Angela; Cole and Melissa go to a resort hoping to save their marriage and keep Hope.

Chase and Angela compete at a wine tasting in Hawaii, while Lance finds Peter near Monte Carlo; Cole gets the results of his paternity test; Robin gets support in her battle to keep Hope.

Richard gets a line on his partner's hijacked wine; Chase stings Angela, who follows Lance to France; Dwayne and Emma look for Ursula in Mexico; Cole learns that his son's academic problems may stem from his troubled home life.

Maggie promotes her book in New York; Terry meets Jordan's alter ego; Peter has a reunion against his will; Hope's custody is decided; Chase finds his stolen wine and gets a lead to use against Angela.

Dwayne tips Chase and Richard's hand, putting Falcon Crest under new command; Terry puts a tail on Jordan; the split between Cole and Melissa moves Richard to try to replace Melissa's lost harvest.

Peter is suspected of withholding information about his alleged wife; Richard gets a new partner after Terry confronts Jordan with proof about "Monica"; Eric courts Melissa and her grapes; Jeff throws a pass at Maggie.

Reardon goes to court to challenge Peter, who stays silent about Angela's whereabouts; "Monica" spills more to Terry about Richard's financial trouble; Jeff makes another pass at Maggie.

After being treated in a "common" manner, Angela has a couple of special days; Melissa gets a partner for her winery plans; Jordan makes a call for help, but winds up in a new bed; Maggie gets a gift from the valley's new resident.

Monica leaves Jordan at Falcon Crest; Chao-Li's daughter arrives; Maggie learns more about Jeff, who seeks help from Angela in getting rid of Chase; Richard gives Julia hope of freedom.

Chase finds a clue to connect Richard to Angela's acquittal of the hijacking charges; the Giobertis get a court order prohibiting Jeff from contacting Maggie; Melissa and Eric break ground for their winery.

Jordan's mother meets Monica; Angela tolerates Peter's dinner guests; Li-Ying makes two major announcements; Cole tails Miss Jones, whose connection with Richard is inadvertently confirmed by Terry; Jeff  violates the court order.

Angela stops Emma's wedding in Reno; Cole goes to Boston in search of clues about Jeff; Lance tries to impede construction of Melissa's winery; Maggie's ultimatum to Jeff  has tragic consequences.

Another hospital vigil begins; Lance and Jordan have individual successes; Richard finds Cass and their offspring; a liberated Julia still stands on shaky ground, as do others.