Alyssa Milano | Melrose Place | Season 5

"The Dead Wives Club"

Michael's devious younger sister, Jennifer Mancini, arrives in town from New York to stay, and moves in with him and Megan at the beach house and soon shows her true arrogant colors when she meets with Amanda for a job at D&D. Meanwhile, Craig thinks romancing Sydney will solve D&D's legal problems after she follows Harry's advice to sue the agency. Alison has an uncomfortable meeting with Colleen, Jake's former girlfriend and mother of his son, who arrives for a visit and makes Alison vulnerable to fall off the wagon again. Matt tries to stop Chelsea from going to Paris with Denise. Samantha secretly uses Billy's money to finance her father's next move after she learns that he has actually escaped from prison and asks her to hide him long enough for him to leave the country. Amanda goes out with Kyle to various art gallery exhibitions, and Taylor tries to fulfill Peter's fantasy of making herself as his dead wife Beth.

"Deja Vu, All Over Again"

Amanda becomes Kyle's new silent partner to help him finance his dream of owning his own jazz club above his restaurant. Meanwhile, Jennifer becomes acquainted with some of the residents from Melrose which include Kyle and a very hostile Taylor when it's revealed that Jennifer was the young waitress from Boston that Kyle had an affair with years ago which almost broke up his marriage. Craig continues to romance Sydney who accepts his offer of pampering at a posh health spa in Palm Springs. Amanda blames Alison's mistake at work on her return to drinking and she and Billy try to convince an oblivious Jake about her problem. Jim keeps asking Samantha for more money, and Chelsea and Denise plot against Matt so that he will lose the coming courtroom fight for custody of Chelsea. Also, Taylor worries about Peter whose obsession with her as her sister is becoming more twisted.

"All Beths Are Off"

Jennifer gets a job as a waitress/exotic dancer at a strip club which worries Megan fearing that Jennifer will follow down the path of prostitution as Megan did when she first started out that way. Meanwhile, an adoption agent interviews Jake and Alison about a possible adoption plan, which falls apart due to their increased drinking. Amanda demands a documentation on her investment with Kyle and later they both meet with Peter and Taylor to talk about divorce. Craig continues to woo Sydney and finally gets her to soften her stance on the lawsuit, but the greedy Harry is not pleased and threatens Sydney. Billy learns the truth about Samantha's father's escape from prison and soon finds himself in trouble when two detectives question him about the whereabouts of Jim. Taylor complains to Michael about Peter's increasing obsession about making her as his late wife. Matt and Denise agree to schedule shared custody of Chelsea for a while, but Denise secretly asks Chelsea to be less kind to Matt in the journal she is keeping of his movements. 

"Ultimatums and the Single Guy"

At Megan's request, Kyle rescues Jennifer and lets her stay in his apartment at Melrose until she can find a more decent job. Shortly thereafter, Amanda takes Kyle for a vacation to the Caribbean where thoughts of romance fly between them as they prepare to proceed with their divorces. In Los Angeles, Taylor reluctantly approves Michael's plan against Peter to psychologically break him down by making him think he's a violent epileptic. Meanwhile, Jake and Alison plot to move from Los Angeles to start their lives over. Sydney's lawsuit against D&D is settled after Craig threatens Harry and then makes her a job offer she cannot refuse. Also, Jim threatens both Billy and Samantha after the police put a surveillance team on them.

"Going Places"

At Megan's request, Kyle rescues Jennifer and lets her stay in his apartment at Melrose until she can find a more decent job. Shortly thereafter, Amanda takes Kyle for a vacation to the Caribbean where thoughts of romance fly between them as they prepare to proceed with their divorces. In Los Angeles, Taylor reluctantly approves Michael's plan against Peter to psychologically break him down by making him think he's a violent epileptic. Meanwhile, Jake and Alison plot to move from Los Angeles to start their lives over. Sydney's lawsuit against D&D is settled after Craig threatens Harry and then makes her a job offer she cannot refuse. Also, Jim threatens both Billy and Samantha after the police put a surveillance team on them.

"Secrets and Lies and More Lies"

Michael and Taylor's scheme to bring down Peter takes off when Taylor drugs Peter and fakes an attack she claims he made on her, claiming he was in an epileptic seizure at the time, and Megan mistakenly thinks that Michael and Taylor are having an affair after learning about time Michael is spending with Taylor. Meanwhile, Sydney is hired by Craig as the new efficiency consultant at D&D and together they immediately begin to challenge Amanda's authority. When Jake's ex-girlfriend, Colleen, comes to Los Angeles for a visit again with Jake's son, Alison gets drunk and confronts Colleen about her feelings for Jake. Samantha learns that Jim wants to take her with him out the country and finally agrees with Billy to cooperate with the police to track him down. While Amanda and Kyle prepare for the opening of their nightclub called The Upstairs Jazz Club, she becomes jealous when Kyle decides to hire Jennifer as the bartender. Also, Matt has a talk with Chelsea about the situation between her and Denise who continues to conspire against Matt.

"Who's Afraid of Amanda Woodward?: Parts 1 & 2"

Alison begins her plan to push Jake away when she tells Colleen that Jake really loves her and she should not give up with him. Jake then settles in Ojai and opens his own restaurant, while Alison moves to Atlanta... alone, both leaving Melrose for good. Although Amanda has strong feelings for Kyle, she refuses to seek comfort with him when she sees him with Jennifer. As Craig and Sydney plan their wedding, Amanda suffers an emotional breakdown after she's unable to keep D&D clients from leaving for Craig's new company. After Michael forces Peter to give up his position as chief of staff at the hospital, Peter wises up to Michael and Taylor's scheme after he makes his own MRI scan and finds out that he does not have epilepsy. Peter then attacks and severely injures Michael's hands and plots to murder Taylor for betraying him. Megan then confronts Michael about him using her to bring down Peter and tells him that they are finished. Matt's court case for custody of Chelsea comes to a close with the bias and pompous judge ruling in favor of Denise. But a short while afterward, Denise approaches Matt and tells him that Chelsea is better staying with him. At the end, Jim takes Samantha hostage from her supermarket job while on the run from the police, leading to a high-speed chase... which ends when the car coincidently hits Sydney after her wedding.