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Swept Away

Episode Number: 53    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Wednesday February 16, 1994    Prod Code: 2393053
Reed plans to start over in Mexico after one last major drug deal. Jo knocks him overboard with a harpoon, but the boat runs out of gas. When Reed climbs on board and holds her at gunpoint, Jo is forced to shoot and kill him. She is arrested when the Coast Guard raids the boat. Alison accepts Billy's explanation about his date, but breaks up with him again when he wrongly assumes that she is moving to New York. He follows her back to Los Angeles and surprises her with a marriage proposal. Sydney presents her blackmail demands and moves in with Michael.

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Writer: Charles Pratt Jr.
Director: Nancy Malone
Star: Courtney Thorne-Smith (Alison Parker),  Heather Locklear (Amanda Woodward),  Grant Show (Jake Hanson),  Andrew Shue (Billy Campbell),  Thomas Calabro (Michael Mancini),  Josie Bissett (Jane Andrews Mancini),  Doug Savant (Matt Fielding),  Daphne Zuniga (Jo Reynolds)
Recurring Role: Laura Leighton (Sydney Andrews),  James Wilder (Reed Carter),  Lonnie Schuyler (Dr. Dave Smith)
Guest Star: Scott LaRose (Greg),  Granville Ames (Harbor Patrol Officer),  Garro Ellis (Officer),  Mik Scriba (Senior Officer),  Mary Wickliffe (Nurse Karen),  Jerry Guerin (Maitre D')

Notes

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Reed listens to "Get a Haircut" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers as he steers the boat. (edit)
Billy has the pianist play "As Time Goes By" from "Casablanca" before his proposal to Alison. (edit)
Lonnie Schuyler, who plays Dr. Dave Smith, later had a recurring role on Models Inc. as Ben, Adam Louder's treacherous drug-dealing sidekick, and also guest starred as a different character named Drew on the same show. He then returned to Melrose Place and took on another recurring role, as Matt's boyfriend Alan. (edit)

Quotes

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Jo: Are you going to kill me?
Reed: It's up to you, Jo. (edit)
Sydney: I'll just put all this in the bedroom, or will you go separate bedrooms, till you get used to the idea, us living together, I mean?
Michael: This is blackmail.
Sydney: And what you did to Kimberly, was murder... (edit)
Billy: Alison, I want you to be my partner for life. Forever. Will you marry me? (edit)
Billy: She means everything to me, and losing her would make everything else in my life insignificant.
Greg: I thought this was the kind of mush you only heard in chick movies. (edit)
Reed: You've already got your mind made up about me, don't you?
Jo: You locked me in a dark hole for two days. What do you expect? (edit)

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Sydney's blackmail note in Michael's locker: "Dear Michael, kiss MY ass. Love, Sydney." (edit)

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