Dangerous Women (1991)

Debut: A Serial Drama about six female ex-convicts who try to begin new lives at a lakefront inn. First Up: Holly starts her new job as a live-in nursemaid for the Walkers and is raped by Mr. Walker; The next day Holly is fired and accused of kidnapping the Walker's child; Holly is taken to Women's State Prison and becomes acquainted with the women in Maria's english class; Maria remembers a conversation she had with her mother regarding her abusive husband; Crystal is arrested again for prostitution and has a friendly chat with Warden Grayson; Faith hides a tape that was given to her; Holly has a panic attack and runs hysterically through the corridor; Faith confides in Cissie that she might be killed when she is released from prison and gives her the tape; Warden Grayson scolds Holly for her behavior; Faith daydreams of her meeting Harry at a beautiful inn; Rita confronts Holly in the yard; Crystal is processed and put back inside where she gets reacquainted with her old prison mate

Jerry and Chief Carson investigate Faith's murder; The inmates hear of Faith's murder, prompting Cissie to come forward with incriminating evidence; Patricia offers to buy the Cedar Lake Inn; Maria refuses a lawyer's help to appeal her sentence; The girls discuss Holly's plans to escape from prison; Crystal flirts with Randy; John visits Holly based on Maria's recommendation; Rita complains to Cissie about her husband and his girlfriend; Crystal finds a way to talk to Randy in private; Fisher uses an act of kindness in order to get an opportunity to rape Holly; Cissie and Rita discover that Holly was raped; Cissie gets paroled; Rita makes it clear to Fisher never to touch any of the women again; The girls wish Cissie farewell; Lorainne rejects Cissie and leaves her homeless.

Cissie finds a halfway house to stay at; The girls have fun gossiping while playing cards; Cissie goes to Ray's house to see Debbie; Cissie informs Rita that Ray will bring Debbie by for a visit; Patricia and Joe discuss the inn's future; Gloria pays Crystal a visit; Patricia moves the money Harry kept hidden; Crystal tries to get a loan; Randy visits Crystal; Rita worries when her daughter doesn't show up for their visit; Rita sees Warden Grayson about Debbie; The girls fake a riot so Crystal and Randy can have sex in the attic of the prison; Warden Grayson investigates the riot; Patricia is interrupted from hiding the money in the cellar; Joe and Jerry inform Patricia that she can soon open the inn because of the Faith Cronin case being closed and Ben sent to prison; Cissie visits Cedar Lake to mourn the loss of Faith; Cissie meets Patricia.

Cissie and Patricia get acquainted; Rita continues to panic over Debbie; Patricia offers Cissie a job as the inn's cook; Rita learns that Debbie has been hospitalized for taking a drug overdose; Crystal and Randy fawn over each other on the telephone; Rita visits Debbie at the hospital; The girls await the parole list and make plans for their possible release; Rita begs Warden Grayson to use her influence to get Rita on the parole list; Cissie visits Rita; John Randell pushes for Maria's parole against her will; Cissie discusses prison life with Patricia; Maria ruins her chances for parole and thinks back to the moment she murdered her husband; Rita gets paroled; Patricia goes away on a business trip; Rita obtains a gun; Joe and Cissie get acquainted; Rita goes home and shoots Ray.

Rita disposes of the gun; Joe gets further acquainted with Cissie over breakfast; Rita begins her frantic search for Debbie; After Rita's failed attempts to find Debbie, she takes refuge at the inn; During mail call in prison, Crystal receives blackmail from Gloria; Rita and Cissie discover that the police found Ray and are searching for her; Joe offers Brad a job at the inn; Crystal and Randy get closer as Crystal's financial troubles are discussed; Fisher scoffs at Maria's attempt to protect Holly; Joe and Brad hear of Rita's problem; Rita convinces Brad to help her find Debbie; Lil flirts with Randy; Crystal is forced to pay back money she owed to Maria and Lil; Rita finds Debbie; Crystal makes up a lie that Randy proposed; Fisher finds Gloria's blackmail letter while going through Crystal's things; Randy finds out about Crystal's lie; Debbie is brought to the inn; Cissie offers Rita a job as housekeeper and a permanent room to stay at the inn; Cissie informs Patricia of the new wom

Cissie is thrilled when Patricia reveals her true identity, but is upset about her discretion; Captain Goddard tries to convince Joe to sell him the inn; Rita and Debbie discuss their future; Patricia explains to Cissie her reasons for wanting Rita fired; Crystal fantasizes about marrying Randy; Patricia offers to let Rita and Debbie stay on a trial basis; Joe and Patricia discuss the inn's promising future; Debbie tries once again to befriend Brad, but to no avail; Tony Osorio and Captain Goddard argue over the inn being sold to Patricia instead of the syndicate; Patricia runs into Brad in the cellar and checks to see if the money is still safe; Debbie tries to win Brad over with a glass of lemonade; Goddard tries to scare Rita away from the inn with a ghost story about Faith; Nell catches Fisher harrassing Holly; Randy officially proposes to Crystal in a letter; Holly receives disturbing news that she is pregnant with Fisher's baby.

Maria informs Warden Grayson of Holly's pregnancy; Holly begs Dr. Armstrong to give her an abortion; Warden Grayson questions Fisher about Holly's rape and pregnancy; Maria informs the girls of Holly's condition; the warden decides to have a guard watch Randy in case he is the rapist; Minnie leads Crystal to believe Randy is the father of Holly's baby; Crystal and Sharon fight; Crystal snubs Randy in the corridor; Maria checks up on Holly; Sharon and Kath try to get Minnie in on their drug smuggling scheme; Rita asks Joe about nearby schools for Debbie; Captain Goddard tries to persuade Patricia to let him buy the inn before the deal goes through; Patricia discusses her payment plans for the inn with Cissie; Patricia catches Rita snooping around her livingroom and badgers her about her prison record; Rita questions Cissie about Patricia's knowledge of her past; Rita and Captain Goddard hang out and have a beer at the baitshop; Warden Grayson continues to investigate on who the father o

Maria is pulled to safety by Fisher; Dr. Armstrong gives Maria a good diagnosis; Maria makes Holly promise not to go near the roof again; Nell and Warden Grayson discuss Holly's suicide attempt and the prison's persistant drug problems; Maria informs the girls of the situation on the roof; Holly tries to persuade Dr. Armstrong to let her out of the infermary; the guard let's Randy talk to Crystal for a moment; Debbie continues to attempt befriending Brad; Randy questions Warden Grayson of the rules against him seeing Crystal; Kath gets a visit from Brad; Rita, Cissie, and Debbie talk about boys; Randy visits Crystal; Patricia lets Joe down softly when he makes advances towards her; Brad breaks off his relationship with his mother; Cissie receives a visit from her son-in-law; Patricia gets upset when she hears Rons offer to Cissie; Brad and Joe talk about mothers; Holly plots to kill herself and her baby with drugs; Sharon gets out of the infermary and tries to convince Nell to let her

Jerry organizes a search party to find Andrew; Crystal persuades Kim to testify on Maria's behalf; Maria tells Fisher of Sharon and Kath's plan to smuggle drugs into the prison.

Holly shows up at the inn after escaping from prison; Debbie learns the truth about her father's shooting; Patricia makes a startling discovery.

Patricia suspects both Tony Osorio and Rita of stealing her money; Maria throws out Kath's heart medication assuming the pills are illegal drugs; Crystal and Randy face tough times.

Patricia becomes paranoid that Tony knows her true identity; Crystal makes a deal with her boss so that she can get paid in advance.

Patricia, Rita, and Cissie continue their charade to scare Tony away from the inn; Dr. Gardener brings Crystal to the inn; Randy finds out where Crystal is; The women enjoy discussing their making Tony nervous; Crystal tries to avoid Dr. Gardener's advances; Rita pretends she's trying to poison Tony at the bar; Randy's car breaks down on the way to the inn; Dr. Gardener continues to unsuccessfully lunge at Crystal; Patricia makes it clear to Rita that her customers deserve their privacy; Cissie runs into Crystal as she brings room service up to ""Mr. Smith""; Joe unwittingly scares Tony with an offer to go hunting; after Crystal explains her situation to the girls, Patricia tells her and Dr. Gardener to leave her inn; Crystal explains the facts of life to Dr. Gardener, and he fires her; Cissie and Rita discuss Crystal's strength; Dr. Gardener storms out of the inn and leaves Crystal stranded; the girls offer to let Crystal pay for the room and get bus faire by participating in the charad

Crystal informs Cissie that Tony is dead; Patricia and Rita argue over where the scream came from; the girls go in Patricia's living room and discuss Tony's death; The discovery of Tony's dead body creates chaos and suspicion at the inn; Jerry is confused when Holly begins to avoid him; Rita finds the tapes Tony made from the bug in Patricia's room, but finds one tape missing; Crystal and Patricia go to the cellar to find the missing tape; Patricia and Cissie question eachother over Tony's murder; Jerry gets nervous when he discovers Frances made reservations for dinner at the inn; Rita is suspicious of Cissie when she discovers burnt rolls in the oven; Rita and Patricia fight in the kitchen when more questions come up involving Tony's murder; Rita discusses her temper with Cissie; Jerry breaks off his engagement with Frances; the girls begin to panic as Joe goes in the cellar for wine; the girls make plans to move the body; Jerry expresses his love for Holly as he tells her he broke u

Jerry promises to prove Holly's innocence; Crystal covers up Tony's absence when Goddard gets persistant; the girls get anxious as things keep getting in the way of their plans; Jerry brings Holly back to the inn; Goddard flirts with Rita while looking for Tony; Cissie gets nervous when Jerry doesn't leave; the girls explain their situation to Holly; Goddard finds out that Tony hasn't been to the bait shop; Jerry works on Holly's case; Rita covers up a phone call to Tony by saying he checked out; Frances interrupts Jerry and Holly's conversation at the diner; the girls dispose of Tony's belongings and clean up the room he stayed in; while visiting Jerry at the police station, Frances discovers Holly's prison record; Patricia and Cissie try to keep Joe from going into the cellar; Crystal continues the cover up to throw Goddard off; Rita plans to get Joe's keys away from him; Frances passively harrasses Holly while she's working; Fisher questions Maria about her wanting to stay in prison

Ricky questions Crystal about his mother; the girls put pressure on Crystal about her not keeping up with work; While in solitary confinement, Holly fantasizes about Jerry; Jerry begins investigating the Walkers themselves; Debbie whacks Ricky in the head with a frying pan, thinking he's a burglar; Patricia discusses her history with Ben to Cissie; Maria finds out that Ricky is Crystal's son; Holly informs Randy of the truth regarding Crystal's situation with Dr. Gardener; Jerry extracts important information from Eileen concerning Holly's case; Maria arrives at the inn to see Cissie and is surprised to find Rita and Crystal as well; Patricia offers Maria a job and a room to stay at the inn; Patricia and Joe become romantically involved; after finding Patricia and Joe in a seemingly compromising position, Rita confides in Cissie that she's attracted to Joe; Ricky flirts with Debbie; Randy makes up with Crystal; Crystal tells Ricky that she is his mother.

Ricky gets angry with Crystal and threatens to leave; the rest of the girls find out about Crystal being Ricky's mother; Randy finds out the news from Ricky; the girls give Crystal advice; Crystal gains Ricky's friendship but loses Randy as a result; Brad returns to the inn; Maria helps Brad get temporary visitation with Kath; Holly is released from prison; Goddard informs Rita that the syndicate is still interested in the inn; Holly gets treated to a ""welcome home"" party; Jerry and Holly celebrate her release with a marriage proposal; Patricia has second thoughts about Joe; Jerry informs Patricia and Cissie that Ben Cronin has been released from prison due to a lack of evidence.

Patricia discusses her concern for Joe with Cissie; John Randell discusses prison reform with Maria; Brad shows Debbie a picture of her he had published in a magazine; Cissie is informed that Ron has been in a serious accident; Debbie gets upset over Brad's apprehensiveness; Crystal gives Debbie bad advice about men; Maria applies for a job as a prison guard; Debbie flirts with Ricky to make Brad jealous; Lorainne and Cissie make up during their visit with Ron in the hospital; Debbie and Ricky go for a bike ride; Ron comes out of his coma; Patricia is introduced to Ben Cronin; Ben interrogates Captain Goddard about the wherabouts of the money; Ben threatens to harm Cissie's family unless she informs him of the missing money and Faith's whereabouts; Goddard and Rita find the missing money in Tony Osorio's boat.

Ben insinuated that he caused Ron's accident and continues to threaten Cissie's family when he doesn't get answers; Crystal and Rita become worried when Ricky and Debbie don't come back from their ride; Rita and Goddard make plans to go to Rio with the money; Patricia worries that Ben will see through her disguise as he continues to pursue her; Rita and Crystal continue to argue after Ricky and Debbie return; Fisher tries to get Kath in trouble in spite of her attempts to be a model prisoner; Officer Patterson informs Warden Grayson of Fisher's cruelty to Kath; Debbie is pleased to see Brad and Ricky fighting over her; Maria becomes a prison guard but rejects John Randell's attempts to get closer; Rita has second thoughts about the money after finding out Cissie's connection to it; Patricia comes up with a plan to get Ben off Cissie's back; Ray comes to the inn after finding Debbie's picture in the magazine; Ray sabotages Rita's plans to take off with Debbie by informing the police of

Ben receives information about his missing money; Al tells Ben the money is missing; Rita is taken back to prison to await trial for shooting her husband; Debbie and Brad make up after their fight; Ben forces both Captain Goddard and Al to find the money; Al takes off, leaving Goddard to deal with Ben; Ben discovers that half the money is missing; Cissie is arrested for harboring a fugitive; Cissie and Kath get into a debate over position of top dog; Patricia comes up with 10,000 dollars to bail Cissie out of jail; Joe and Patricia discuss letting go of their pasts and make love for the first time; Karen goes to the inn; Patricia discovers that Karen is Joe's wife.

Karen tries to reconcile with Joe; Joe and Patricia have a discussion about secrets; Cissie gives Holly the day off to spend time with Jerry; Joe reveals to Karen that he's in love with Patricia and wants a divorce; Debbie talks to Brad about the plans that got ruined; Rita watches happily as Kath backs down from Fisher during an argument; While spying on Patricia, Ricky runs into Goddard in the cellar; Goddard sells the bait shop to Patricia; Karen and Frances make plans to get together; Karen threatens Patricia in order to win Joe back; Ricky gets advice from Crystal; Ricky and Debbie make up; Karen decides to do a story on the connection between the inn and the mafia; Cissie receives a call from Ben Cronin; Cissie collapses after arguing with Patricia over money matters.

Joe and Patricia inform everyone at the inn that Cissie is alright and will be home the next day; Patricia tries to get Cissie to avoid work and get some rest; Cissie questions Patricia about a gun she found in her desk; Karen receives the information she sent for and now begins her investigation; Maria convinces John to represent Cissie; Patricia offers Brad a job at the bait shop; Ricky tells Crystal that he wants to run the bait shop instead of Brad; Frances and Karen decide to use their viper tongues to upset Holly; Karen tries again to reconcile with Joe; Fisher pulls Kath's hair during an argument; Crystal gives Ricky more advice on how to get closer to Debbie; Ricky asks Debbie out to a movie; John works on Cissie's case; Brad gives Debbie a lecture after seeing her and Ricky return from the movies; Maria turns down John's advances; Karen finds out that Holly is saving herself for her wedding night; Karen and Frances go on a shopping spree; Frances offers herself to Jerry in cas

Maria and Debbie talk about Ricky's attitude toward Crystal; Brad and Ricky have a heart to heart at the bait shop; Kath and Rita get into a fight; Maria tries to explain Crystal's point of view to Ricky; Rita shares with Nell the fact that Fisher pulled Kath's hair for no reason; Karen humiliates Holly in front of Frances; Cissie comes up with a plan to get even with Karen; Warden Grayson questions Fisher's conduct in the prison; Karen blames the girls for stealing her engagement ring while cleaning her room; Rita puts Fisher in his place by puting a sign on his back that says ""Beware! Rapist!""; Crystal goes shopping for a new image; Patricia finds Karen's ring; Karen convinces Joe and Patricia to let her continue staying at the inn; Karen and Frances discuss the investigation over lunch at the diner; Crystal tries to make up with Ricky; Karen sneaks into Patricia's livingroom and goes through her things; Patricia reveals to Cissie how she became Patricia Meadows; Karen makes her roun

Maria informs the girls that she's going to Women's State for her first day at work as a guard; Kath tries to set Rita up by puting a knife inside her matress; Maria finds the knife and covers for Rita; Fisher refuses to keep his agreement with Kath, causing an uprising at the prison; Maria accidently shoots Rita during the prison riot; Joe sees Crystal's new look and confesses to Patricia that he thinks Crystal would ""look sexy in a tent""; Ricky upsets the others at the inn when he plans to storm out without talking things out with Crystal; Karen involves Ben in her scheme to break up Joe and Patricia; Ricky gets an unexpected present; Cissie and Debbie learn of Rita's condition; during Debbie's visit at the hospital, Rita notices she can't feel her legs; Ben tells Karen to stay out of his business; Karen tries to find more information on Patricia.

Karen finds very little information from her news crew about Patricia; Randy comes back to the inn to discuss things with Crystal, only to find out she just wants to be friends; Patricia is concerned about Crystal's desire to be the perfect mother; Ricky decides to talk things out with Crystal, and their relationship improves because of it; Karen finally puts two and two together while interviewing Warden Grayson; Crystal and Cissie visit Rita in the hospital; Maria feels guilty about the shooting; Patricia and Cissie cook up a scheme to get Ray in trouble and Rita off the hook; Maria discovers that Rita can walk; Fisher gets suspended from work; Karen informs Patricia that she knows her true identity and threatens her to back off from Joe; Karen storms out from the Clarke family estate when she doesn't get the results she wants; Ray comes back to the inn and falls for the girls' scheme to help get Rita out of prison; Holly finds Fisher in one of the cottages by the inn.

Jerry threatens Fisher to stay away from Holly; the plan to force Ray to confess backfires; Brad refuses to service Fisher at the bait shop; Ray gets arrested for assaulting Cissie with Patricia's gun; Rita begins pushing Maria by forcing her to do favors to keep up the front; Fisher gets an unwarm welcome at the inn; Patricia considers buying the cottages so she can evict Fisher; Patricia discovers that Fisher had just purchased the cottage he is staying at; Holly is disturbed by Fisher's decision to buy a cottage next to the inn; upset, Holly goes for a walk and discovers Fisher is trapped in a rockslide; Holly happily returns to the inn to discuss plans for her engagement party.

Holly fantasizes about her engagement party; Joe and Cissie discuss Fisher's behavior patterns; Fisher's health deteriorates but Holly refuses to help him; Minnie begins to annoy Rita; Maria meets Michael Torres; Rita's secret is exposed after pushing Maria too far; Maria informs everyone at the inn that Rita can walk again; Holly takes pleasure in torturing Fisher; Maria and Nell discuss work and Michael Torres while at the diner; Much to Rita's dismay, Minnie becomes her new roommate; Maria becomes annoyed at Michael's womanizing; Randy gives Ricky a makeover; Holly and Jerry have their engagement party; during breakfast Crystal finds out that Randy wants to put off their engagement; Randy discusses his financial problems with Crystal; Brad and Sharky find Fisher; while suffering from a hangover, Patricia discovers that Fisher has been found and is and recovering at her inn; Jerry questions Fisher as Holly watches, grinning.

Fisher decides to stay the inn a little while longer to recuperate; Brad discusses the inn brochure with Joe and Patricia; The disappearance of two more people from Cedar Lake prompts a manhunt; Lil tries to get Rita all ""dolled-up"" for her trial; Maria decides to testify at Rita's trial; Fisher begins to annoy everyone at the inn while resting on the couch in the diningroom; Rita's trial turns out to be a disaster; Debbie visits Rita and tries to comfort her; while complaining about the judge with Maria and Lil, Cissie drops by to visit Rita; Maria tries to explain the female prisoner's point of view to Michael; Patricia and Joe discuss their concern for Debbie; Crystal tries to get Fisher to leave the inn by letting Sharky piss on him; Joe and Patricia finally make Fisher leave; on his way out, Fisher meets Rita's twin sister Roxy.

everyone at the inn has the pleasure of meeting Roxy Lawrence; Fisher offers to let Roxy stay at his cottage; Ricky and Debbie help Brad with the inn brochure; Rita worries that her twin sister Roxy will try to manipulate Debbie; Jerry informs everyone that the Finley's were found dead in their walk-in freezer; Debbie feels uncomfortable with Roxy; Holly and Jerry take over in helping Brad with the brochure; Jerry turns down Holly's advances in order to keep his promise of celibacy to her; Maria refuses to accept Michael's apology; Rita tries to tell Debbie to stay away from Roxy; Crystal and Roxy talk about Las Vegas; Randy informs Crystal that he got evicted and is broke; Cissie thinks Maria might be attracted to Michael; Crystal discusses celibacy with Holly; Debbie talks with Cissie over concerns between her mother and Roxy; Roxy and Debbie go for a jog; Crystal discovers that one of the lottery tickets she bought from Fisher is a winner; after her jog with Debbie, Roxy relaxes and

Fisher sees through Roxy's charade; Crystal and Randy fantasize about what they might do with their new found wealth; the charges against Cissie for harboring a fugive get dropped; Patricia expresses her suspisions about Roxy to Cissie; Randy and Crystal find out they only have several thousand dollars instead of a million; Ben suspects that Cissie or Patricia may have his money; Patricia admits to Cissie that she has the money, which puts a strain on their friendship; Crystal, Ricky, and Randy move into the apartment above the diner; Rita takes her anger out on Lil; Michael continues to flirt with women in front of Maria; Debbie and Roxy spend time together; Roxy buys Debbie a car; Michael checks in to the inn; Roxy sneaks into the inn's cellar only to be followed by Fisher; Roxy decides to cover up looking for the money by sleeping with Fisher in the cellar.

While Roxy and Fisher are in the cellar, everyone has a nice, quiet evening upstairs while discussing Holly's wedding reception; Roxy and Fisher discuss each other's motives while back at the cottage; Cissie discoveres that Roxy and Fisher had sex in the cellar; Joe discoveres Karen's whereabouts; Patricia confronts Roxy with the earring Cissie found in the cellar; Cissie finally understands Rita's point of view about Roxy and agrees to help her keep Debbie safe; while Maria enjoys her day off reading by the lake, Michael goes skinny-dipping right in front of her; Patricia discovers that Roxy is using several stolen credit cards; Rita has a dream that she shot her sister; When Patricia doesn't give in, Joe threatens to wait by Karen's bedside until she recovers so he can find out Patricia's secrets.

While on their morning jog, Debbie explains to Roxy about the ""Tiger scavenger hunt"" and school dance that is coming up; Roxy's influence over Debbie concerns Rita; Joe's niece Kimberly comes to the inn; Jerry is confused by Holly's refusal to testify against Fisher.

Roxy visits Rita at the prison and reveals her plan to corrupt Debbie; Patricia's past threatens her future with Joe.

The teenagers discuss intimate details of their lives while trapped inside the cave.

The townspeople form a search party for the kids; Joe pressures Cissie to tell him about Patricia's past.

Joe and Jerry find the kids and return them to the inn.

Joe confronts Patricia about her secretiveness; Debbie has a new appearance.

Fisher throws Rita into solitary; Roxy persuades Joe to let her stay at the inn while Patricia is away.

The plans to break Rita out of prison are put into motion; Holly and Jerry get married; Ben finds out that Patricia has the money and threatens to kill her.

Faith holds Ben at gunpoint while she explains her sudden disappearance; Holly's past haunts her.

Joe is disheartened when Patricia leaves him to go after Rita.

Debbie unwittingly takes off with the money, leaving Rita and Patricia to fend for themselves.

Rita and Patricia resort to robbery while on the run; Brad goes to Las Vegas to help Debbie.

Patricia and Rita find shelter while on the run; Joe brings Karen to the inn to help her recover.

Patricia tries to persuade Rita to get rid of Hal; Brad and Debbie return to the inn and give the money to Cissie.

Joe plans a murder-mystery-weekend to encourage business at the inn.

Conner questions Rita and Patricia about their involvement with the mob.

Debbie visits Rita at the prison; Tommy Lee continues to follow Crystal.

Chief Carson questions everyone at the inn; Maria feels responsible for the attempt on Michael's life.

Conner offers Patricia a chance to be cleared of criminal charges; Joe considers moving to Chicago.

Holly attacks Fisher with a knife; Warden Grayson attacks Michael at the hospital; Patricia donates the remainder of her money to a non-profit organization; Conner informs Patricia that he knows her true identity.