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Episode 1: "Pilot" (recap)
Original airdate: 7/8/1992

Alison agrees to let Billy move into her Melrose Place apartment so she can split the rent and avoid getting evicted. Kelly won't stop dropping by Jake's apartment to ask why he hasn't called her. Rhonda goes on a bad date with a vitamin salesman.
Episode 2: "Friends and Lovers" (recap)
Original airdate: 7/15/1992

​Alison gets miffed when Billy starts up a romance with a clingy woman.
Episode 3: "Lost and Found" (recap)
Original airdate: 7/22/1992

Jane goes out clubbing and loses her wedding ring. Jake breaks up with Kelly in the most cowardly way possible. Billy writes a terrible screenplay.
Episode 4: "For Love or Money" (recap)
Original airdate: 7/29/1992

Alison gets miffed at her co-worker for stealing her creative ideas. Jake re-hooks up with an old girlfriend and gets involved in a money scam. Rhonda lets Matt down when she bails on cooking chicken for the homeless.
Episode 5: "Leap of Faith" (recap)
Original airdate: 8/5/1992

Jane learns she's pregnant, and decides to keep the news from Michael for much of the episode.
Episode 6: "Second Chances" (recap)
Original airdate: 8/12/1992

Alison helps Jake study for his high school equivalency test. Rhonda reconnects with an old friend, who urges her to audition for a dance troupe. 
Episode 7: "My Way" (recap)
Original airdate: 8/19/1992

Sandy lands a role in a horror flick and lets it go to her head. Billy introduces Alison to his parents as his girlfriend, and agrees to work in his father's furniture store.
Episode 8: "Lonely Hearts" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/2/1992

​Sandy goes on a date with a dork who turns out to be a stalker. Alison tries to sell her shitty car.
Episode 9: "Responsibly Yours" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/9/1992

Billy dates a single mother and does his best to befriend her hostile young son. Jake and Sandy attempt to date without hitting the sheets.
Episode 10: "Burned" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/16/1992

Jake's estranged mother comes to L.A. for a surprise visit. Billy is traumatized after getting his windshield smashed in by gangbangers in the 'hood.
Episode 11: "A Promise Broken" (recap)
Original airdate: 9/30/1992

Jane is saddened when an ultrasound reveals that her spawn has no heartbeat. Alison gets angry at Billy for clowning around with her bra in the laundry room. Michael becomes buddies with his new colleague, Dr. Kimberly Shaw.
Episode 12: "Polluted Affairs" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/21/1992

Alison jumps head-first into an ill-fated romance with Keith Gray. Billy faces a debt crisis when a collection agency catches up with him. Jane struggles to lose five pounds.
Episode 13: "Dreams Come True" (recap)
Original airdate: 10/28/1992

Alison comes to the realization that she must dump Keith. Matt is attacked by homophobic street thugs. Sandy scores a role on a soap and leaves Melrose Place forever.
Episode 14: "Drawing the Line" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/4/1992

Alison breaks up with Keith after his wife unexpectedly comes to town. Matt hires a lawyer to file a lawsuit against his former employer. 
Episode 15: "House of God" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/11/1992

Michael confronts a colleague who's beating his wife. A snooty photographer named Jo Reynolds moves into Melrose Place. Alison mopes around in the aftermath of her breakup with Keith. 
Episode 16: "The Whole Truth" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/18/1992

Jo partially opens up to Jake about her mysterious past. Matt reaches a settlement with the halfway house. Jane gets a new job working for a bitchy fashion designer.
Episode 17: "Jake vs. Jake" (recap)
Original airdate: 11/25/1992

Jake learns from an ex-girlfriend he has a bio son he never knew he had. Alison freaks out when she's diagnosed with a fibroid tumor, but has no health insurance to cover the cost of the surgery. Billy seeks employment as a department store Santa.
Episode 18: "A Melrose Place Christmas" (recap)
​Original airdate: 12/16/1992

Alison returns home after her surgery and is cared for by Billy. Jake and Jo spend Christmas Day together and find new meaning in the holiday. Michael is bummed when a young gunshot victim admitted to the ER dies.
Episode 19: "Single White Sister" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/6/1993

Jane's sister Sydney arrives in L.A. for an indefinite stay. Alison has difficulty finding a date to a ball. Jo gets freaked when her estranged husband attempts to track her down.
Episode 20: "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/13/1993

Jane gets fed up with Sydney and kicks her out of her apartment. Jo confronts her boozy soon-to-be ex-husband.  
Episode 21: "Picture Imperfect" (recap)
Original airdate: 1/27/1993

Alison risks her new job as Account Executive when she shows clients nudie pics Jo took of an underwear model. Rhonda decides her engagement with Terrence is moving too fast and ends the relationship.
Episode 22: "Three's a Crowd" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/3/1993

Billy and Amanda become smitten with one another during a weekend getaway. Jo and Jake hit the sheets for the first time and have mind-blowing sex. Rhonda gets re-involved with Terrence.
Episode 23: "My New Partner" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/10/1993

Alison resumes her relationship with Keith, while things heat up between Billy and Amanda. Jake accepts 50K from Jo to invest in a new motorcycle shop.
Episode 24: "Bye Bye Billy" (recap)
Original airdate: 2/17/1993

Alison is traumatized after being carjacked at gunpoint. Amanda invites Billy to move in with her. Rhonda is dismayed when she learns that her former deranged roommate is Terrence's interior decorator.
Episode 25: "Irreconcilable Similarities" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/3/1993

Alison quits her job at D&D and moves to Seattle with Keith. Billy tires of Amanda's bitchitude and ends their toxic hookup. Michael gets angry at Jane for not telling him about a kiss she got from his buddy Sam.
Episode 26: "End Game" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/24/1993

Billy is mildly devastated when his father dies of a heart attack. Kimberly flirts with Michael when he comes over to her apartment to repair her plumbing. Alison decides that Seattle isn't for her and returns to L.A.
Episode 27: "The Test" (recap)
Original airdate: 3/31/1993

Jake learns that an ex-girlfriend has AIDS and that he (and Jo) may have been exposed to the virus. Alison is elated when she gets her job at D&D back. Billy writes up a fraudulent resume and gets hired at a magazine.
Episode 28: "Pushing Boundaries" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/7/1993

Billy confronts his new boss after she sexually harasses him. Matt goes out on a date, but finds the man distasteful. Michael and Kimberly take their flirtation to the next level.
Episode 29: "Pas de Trois" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/21/1993

Alison is aghast when she witnesses Michael and Kimberly kissing in the hospital parking lot.
Episode 30: "Carpe Diem" (recap)
Original airdate: 4/28/1993

Alison and Billy hit the sheets together during a D&D retreat. Jane catches Michael in the act of cheating with Kimberly.
Episode 31: "State of Need" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/12/1993

Michael agrees to couples counseling in an effort to win back Jane's trust. Amanda tells Billy she's pregnant and is keeping the baby.
Episode 32: "Suspicious Minds" (recap)
Original airdate: 5/26/1993

Alison and Billy are secretly relieved when Amanda loses her baby. Michael tells Kimberly he wants to secretly continue their affair. Keith Gray makes a creepy return to Los Angeles.