Plot

The Sheffield family deals with home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion with the family's ghosts ever-looming. The curse lives on and more tragedies are in store.

The Dollanganger Saga continues into the early 1990s. After undergoing psychiatric treatment in his teens following his encounter with his now-deceased grandmother Corrine Foxworth, Bart Sheffield has become the sole heir of her estate. He has rebuilt and moved into Foxworth Hall and legally changed his surname to Foxworth. The estate is legally being managed by Bart's mother Cathy's third husband, Christopher Sheffield, until Bart turns 25 as stipulated in Corrine's will. Bart gathers his entire family to celebrate this important birthday--on which an extra clause in Corrine's will is to be read as she had instructed. The family includes: his parents Chris and Cathy Sheffield, whose incestuous relationship disgusts Bart; his older brother and sister-in-law, Jory and Melodie Marquet, who are both renowned ballet dancers; and his adopted teenage sister, Cindy Sheffield, who is openly exploring her sexuality. Bart has pushed his family away since his psychiatric treatment, especially Chris, whom he no longer wants in his life, and Cindy, whom he has never viewed as his sister. An unexpected occurrence at the party sequesters the entire family at Foxworth Hall indefinitely. Bart has become fanatically religious like his great-grandparents, Malcolm and Olivia Foxworth, whom he idolizes. Malcolm's spirit lives in Bart and compels him to dictate his family's actions and act on his warped view of the female gender based on his parents' relationship as he tries to reconcile his own animal urges with his/Malcolm's religious beliefs.—Huggo

GP Christopher Sheffield and his incestuous wife Catherine (Cathy) hope in vain that their family might return to normal on the estate that has been restored and is now managed by their ambitious businessman son Bart, who has changed his name to Foxworth. Bart is a complicated person, possessed by the evil spirit of his cruel, misogynistic, long-dead great-grandfather Malcolm Foxworth. Bart is about to turn 25 and expects to come into full possession of the business empire he successful runs but remains formally in Christopher's charge. Bart has a tense relationship with his gentle brother Jory Marquet, a gifted ballet star like their mother Cathy and Jory's own late father; Jory has also married a talented ballerina, Melodie. Bart wants Jory and Melodie to put on a dance performance at his big birthday soiree; Jory agrees but he and Melodie explain that Melodie cannot participate, and the couple announces to the whole family that Melodie is in the early stages of pregnancy. Jory and Bart's beautiful 16-year-old adopted sister Cindy agrees to step in and she does well, but the show abruptly with a horrific occurrence that threatens to end Jory's ballet career--but was it really just an unfortunate accident? And what will happen when Bart's grandmother's will is read?—KGF Vissers