Paige Matheson

Paige Matheson^[1] is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera Knots Landing, a long-running serial about middle class life on the fictional cul-de-sac known as Seaview Circle in Los Angeles, California. She was played by actress Nicollette Sheridan between 1986 and 1993. She debuted in the penultimate episode of the seventh season and remained in the series until the final episode in 1993. The character made her last television appearance in 1997, when she appeared in the Knots Landing reunion series Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.

Storylines

Paige arrived in Knots Landing in 1986 on the MacKenzie's doorstep claiming to be the daughter of Mac.^[2] Paige moved in with MacKenzie's and had an affair with her step-brother Michael. It was later discovered by Karen that Paige had fled from her mother Anne, by faking her death. Anne turned up reunite with her daughter and to get Mac back into her life but she failed. Out of spite she told Mac and Paige that Greg Sumner was her real father. Her true paternity was later confirmed to be Mac when it was discovered they were both allergic to cantaloupe. Paige was employed at Lotus Point where she met Peter Hollister and they began relationship but during an argument, Paige accidentally stabbed Peter to death.^[2] Paige began to work for Greg where they had an affair and she fell in love with him but Paige was later crushed when Greg married Abby Cunningham.^[2] Paige met dirty cop Tom Ryan and their relationship resulted in a marriage proposal. However, on their wedding day, Paige was left at the alter. Unknown to her, Greg had blackmailed Tom to leave Paige.^[2] When Paige discovered this, she and Tom briefly rekindled their relationship.^[2] Paige meet Pierce Lawton and they worked with Gary Ewing on the tidal energy project. This relationship took a scary turn when Pierce shot Paige and later kidnapped after she had recovered. During this time, she and Greg fell in and out of love again.^[2] A while later, Greg left shares of the Sumner Group to Paige, his daughter Meg and to his sister Claudia Whittaker, where the two women fought over control of the company. Eventually, Claudia sold her shares back to Greg and Mac sold Meg's shares to Paige, where she gained full control.^[2] Paige and Greg finally got together but after a few years they broke up once again when Greg refused to have children and so Paige moved to New York.^[2]

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References

• Curran, Barbara A. (2005). Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-Time Soap. Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 978-1581824728. 

External links

• Paige Mathseon at KnotsLanding.net
• Paige Matheson at the Internet Movie Database