The Best of Everything

Season

1970

USA

8

Based on the novel and 1959 motion picture of the same name, this daytime soap focused on three career girls, who became friends at powerful Manhattan publishing company Key Publishing. April, Linda, and Kim soon discovered that achieving "the best of everything" was a difficult prospect, as they faced failed romance, life-threatening intrigue, and bitchy publishing magnate Amanda Key in the Big Apple.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Episode #1.1

A new weekday dram series on at 12:00pm EST taking place in New York City. The show focuses on 4 young woman working as secretaries at a publishing firm. In the first episode we meet the four girls, Linda Warren, April Morrison, Kim Jordan and Barbara Lamont. We also meet the ruthless head editor at the firm, Amanda Key as well as Kim's mother Violet Jordan.

S1 • E112

Episode #1.112

Barbara visits with Violet and says she has second thoughts about returning to Ken. Barbara promised Johnny that he would come home from the hospital to live with both his parents. Barbara said these things thinking Johnny was n his deathbed. Now, that Johnny is recovering from the LSD trip, Barbara does not want go back living with Ken. Ken at the hospital asks Eddie if there will be any long term effects from the LSD that Johnny took. Barbara shows up at the hospital and argues with Ken about she and Johnny living under the same roof as Ken. Ken brings up that while Barbara and Johnny were living without him, she was at fault that Johnny at the candy that was laced with LSD at the Jordan home. Ken gives Barbara an ultimatum; either she and Johnny come home with him or Barbara will have a custody fight if she and Johnny move back in with the Jordan's. Johnny is furious when Barbara tells him that since he is being released they are going back to the Jordan home. Vi informs Kim that the district attorney is going to prosecute Kim. Kim says that she wants to testify before the grand jury and Vi warns Kim that is the wrong thing to do. Squirrel decides to attend Randy's funeral because he knows Kim will be there. Squirrel plans on murdering Kim after the funeral since she is the sole witness to Squirrel killing Randy.

S1 • E113

Episode #1.113

Squirrel imagines that that Randy is alive and back visiting him at his apartment. Squirrel tells Randy that Kim knows that he concocted the LSD with the chemistry kit at the Jordan's. Vi offers to go with Kim to Randy's funeral, but Kim says she would rather go alone. Kim tells Josh that she should be testifying today for the grand jury, but Josh is convinced that Mr. Craig knows what he is doing. Vi feels bad that she and Josh can no longer foot the bill for April and Dexter's wedding because of the rising lawyer bills for Kim. Josh assures Vi that Amanda will put on a great wedding for April and Dexter. Fred plays a tape recording of Dexter and April where they are discussing April's pregnancy and Dexter's mother, Amanda does not suspect a thing. Amanda wonders what she is going to do with the tape. Amanda is not sure April is really pregnant or just trying to snare her son Dexter as a husband. April is concerned that she will have been pregnant for two months at the time of their wedding and that people will figure out that is why they rushed into marriage. Vi and Josh continue talking about Kim's trial not knowing that Fred has the whole house bugged for Amanda. Mr. Craig visits Vi and Josh and tells that Kim is being indicted. Randy's funeral begins with Squirrel eyeing Kim.

S1 • E114

Episode #1.114

Kim gives her condolences to Randy's mother at the funeral. Barbara gives Violet an update on her situation with Ken and what happened at the hospital. Barbara asks Violet if she thinks Kim will watch Johnny in the afternoon since Barbara has to go back to work. Vi is thrilled that Barbara trust Kim after all that has gone on. Barbara tells Vi she knows Kim did not make that LSD. While Vi is watching Johnny he has a late LSD reaction thinking that Vi is on fire and that the walls are coming down. In a panic Vi calls Eddie for help. Eddie advises Barbara that Johnny had an "echo phenomenon". Vi is concerned that Kim has not come home from the funeral. Eddie calls the funeral home and tells Vi that the funeral was over 2 hours ago. Vi and Eddie are concerned and now realize it has been over 4 hours since the funeral ended and Kim is still not home. Vi worries that Kim may have run a way knowing that she is being indicted. Josh arrives home and he argues with Vi on whether or not to tell Mr. Craig that they fear Kim has run a way. In an empty store Kim is lying in a pool of blood not moving.