The Namesake

Summary

Richard schemes to buy a piece of county property earmarked for a park, on which he plans to build a memorial to Douglas Channing on one small part and plant a vineyard on the rest. While Chase vehemently opposes the plan, Richard plants a bomb in Nick's truck and successfully intimidates Nick to vote his way at the board of supervisors meeting. Leaving her prescribed bed rest in order to win Cole back from Katherine Demery, Melissa collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she delivers an unhealthy, premature baby, whom she names Joseph Angelo Cumson, after Lance's great-great-grandfather. After Cole moves out of Katherine Demery's house, he moves back into his parents' house.

Guest stars

• Michael C. Gwynne as Steve Barton
• Joanna Cassidy as Katherine Demery
• Roger Perry as John Costello
• Shannon Tweed as Diana Hunter
• Roy Thinnes as Nick Hogan
• Richard Eastham as Dr. Howell
• Katherine Justice as Sheila Hogan
• Fernando Escandon as Dave Herrera
• Ned Wilson as Max Hartman
• Maggie Cooper as Lori Stevens