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.

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.

Newly married Fielding, who is running for the state senate, takes his mistress to a campaign speech with him in Tallahassee.

Titus bugs rooms above Lute-Mae's bar for the purpose of blackmail. Lane runs into an old acquaintance familiar with her unsavory past.

Suspicions concerning the Weldon mill fire flare up again. Fielding learns a damaging secret about his political rival.

With his popularity at an all-time low, Fielding fortifies himself with drink before an election speech at a fish fry.

As the election nears, Sam asks Elmo to endorse Fielding in the state-senate race.

Constance finds Fielding and Lane locked in an embrace and asks Titus to run Lane out of town.

As Skipper prepares to leave Truro behind, his father is seriously injured in an accident that Skipper blames on himself.

A girl with a sordid past sets her sights on Skipper. Lane is terrified when an old acquaintance is killed in an "accident."

Constance is bent on destroying Skipper's new romance. A killer is tracking Lane.

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.

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.

Constance may never walk again after falling from the second-floor landing of Lute-Mae's.

Titus is reluctant to investigate when Lute-Mae is raped by the son of an influential Truro family.

Fielding campaigns aggressively to renovate the barrio, until he learns the identity of the slumlord.

Sam battles a ruthless tycoon who wants him out of the bidding for a valuable section of waterfront property. Claude catches Fielding in a restaurant with another woman.

Lane is distressed by the appearance of her long-lost father. Tyronne plans to buy and then demolish the Cuban barrio.

Tyronne tries to gain Fielding's support by showing him how easily he can ruin his political career. Claude wants to put Eudora in a mental hospital.

On Christmas Eve in Truro, Tyronne wants Titus to evict the Cubans from his newly acquired barrio property. Constance seeks the attention of Julio.

Angry over losing the barrio, Tyronne buys the local bank and forecloses on Claude's paper mill.

Titus faces tough competition for re-election when Elmo throws his hat into the ring. Constance has a tryst with Julio.

Fielding has the mill's books audited. Constance travels to Tallahassee to meet with prospective casino investors and rendezvous with Julio. Tyronne learns that Lute-Mae is Constance's natural mother. Alicia invites Skipper to dinner.

Julio is arrested for the theft of Constance's jewelry. Lane pressures Sam to marry. Tyronne takes Lute-Mae to the race track.

Titus decides to silence Elmo's newspaper before Skipper's editorials ruin his plans for legalized gambling in Truro. Sam and Lane elope.

Sam marries Lane. Skipper's blindness could be permanent. Titus frames Elmo for the explosion in the newspaper office.

Eudora smothers Skipper with maternal care. Constance has Julio spy on Field. Lane and Sam honeymoon in the Caribbean.

Julio proclaims his love for Constance to Field. Alicia eludes Eudora's guard and sees Skipper. Titus and Tyronne plot Truro's future in gambling.

Courtesy of TV Guide: Field gets the upperhand on Titus when he is given a record of the sheriff's crooked dealings; and Tyronne's real reason for being in Truro is revealed.

Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne moves to secure Field's support as the gambling bill nears a vote; Sande is depressed about her role as Field's mistress; and Skipper and Alicia take a big step forward in their relationship.

A plane carrying Sam and Field crashes in the Everglades under suspicious circumstances- they were returning from a fact-finding mission concerning Tyronne's private dealings in Nassau.

Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne uses voodoo to begin his destruction of the people of Truro- starting with his sister.

Courtesy of TV Guide: Lute-Mae goes gunning for Tyronne; and Field makes a surprising political move to stop the gambling bill.

Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne plots to drive Titus insane; Constance learns an awful truth; and gangsters are gunning for Sam.

Courtesy of TV Guide: There's a surfeit of suspects when someone takes a shot at Tyronne.