In the series premiere, Fielding Carlyle, the deputy sheriff of Truro County, takes his new bride, the wealthy Contance Weldon, on a honeymoon yacht cruise. But they are taken hostage by a drug smuggler, who was double-crossed by Fielding's boss and mentor- the corrupt Sheriff Titus Semple.
Courtesy of TV Guide: This series picks up where the 1980 TV-movie left off, as 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, Lane Ballou, to a campaign speech with him in Tallahassee.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Titus bugs rooms above Lute-Mae's bar for the purpose of blackmail; and Lane runs into an old acquaintance familiar with her unsavory past.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Suspicions concerning the Weldon mill fire flare up again; and Fielding learns a damaging secret about his political rival.
Courtesy of TV Guide: With his popularity at an all-time low, Fielding fortifies himself with drink before an election speech at a fish fry.
Courtesy of TV Guide: As the election nears, Sam asks Elmo to endorse Fielding in the state-senate race.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Constance finds Fielding and Lane locked in an embrace and asks Titus to run Lane out of town.
Courtesy of TV Guide: As Skipper prepares to leave Truro behind, his father is seriously injured in an accident that Skipper blames on himself.
Courtesy of TV Guide: A girl with a sordid past sets her sights on Skipper; Lane is terrified when an old acquaintance is killed in an ""accident.""
Courtesy of TV Guide: Constance is bent on destroying Skipper's new romance; and a killer is tracking Lane.
Courtesy of TV Guide: A mysterious killer draws closer to Lane; and Field is involved in an auto-accident that could ruin his political career.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Constance seeks revenge on her estranged husband by having an affair with Sam.
Courtesy of TV Guide: A chemical leak threatens to close down the mill and could impoverish the town unless Field persuades the state senate to allow them more time for a clean up.
Courtesy of TV Guide: The killers tracking Lane seek refuge from a hurricane in Lute-Mae's place.
Courtesy of TV Guide: The second season picks up where the first left off: Constance may never walk again after falling from the second-floor landing of Lute-Mae's.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Titus is reluctant to investigate when Lute-Mae is raped by the son of an influential Truro family.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Field campaigns aggressively to renovate the barrio- until he learns the identity of the slum-lord.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Sam battles a ruthless tycoon who wants him out of the bidding for a valuable section of waterfront property; and Claude catches Field in a restaurant with another woman.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Lane is distressed by the appearance of her long-lost father; Tyronne plans to buy- then demolish- the Cuban barrio.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Tyronne tries to gain Field's support by showing him how easily he can ruin his political career; and Claude wants to put Eudora in a mental hospital
Courtesy of TV Guide: On Christmas Eve in Truro, Tyronne wants Titus to evict the Cubans from his newly acquired barrio property; and Constance seeks the attention of Julio.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Angry over losing the barrio, Tyronne buys the local bank and forecloses on Claude's paper mill.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Titus faces tough competition for re-election when Elmo throws his hat into the ring; and Constance has a tryst with Julio.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Field 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; and Alicia invites Skipper to dinner.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Julio is arrested for the theft of Constance's jewelry; Lane pressures Sam to marry; and Tyronne takes Lute-Mae to the race track.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Titus decides to silence Elmo's newspaper before Skipper's editorials ruin his plans for legalized gambling in Truro. Meanwhile, Sam and Lane elope.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Sam marries Lane; Skipper's blindness could be permanent; and Titus frames Elmo for the explosion in the newspaper office.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Eudora smothers Skipper with maternal care; Constance has Julio spy on Field; and Lane and Sam honeymoon in the Caribbean.
Courtesy of TV Guide: Julio proclaims his love for Constance to Field; Alicia eludes Eudora's guard and sees Skipper; and 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.