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Knots Landing/Eric Fairgate
| Eric Fairgate | |
| Knots Landing | |
| Actor | Steve Shaw |
| First Appearance | 1x01- Pilot |
| Last Appearance | 11x20- Wrong for Each Other |
| Series Billing | |
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Eric Fairgate is a fictional character from the series Knots Landing. Eric Fairgate is the eldest child of Sid and Karen Fairgate. He was portrayed by actor Steve Shaw from the pilot episode until 1990.
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Character History
Eric Fairgate was born in Knots Landing, California. He had some relationships, but there was one that stood out most to him, Ginger Ward's sister, Amy. One evening, Amy took drugs and went to drown in the ocean. Eric saved her but everyone thought that it was Eric who had gotten drugs to her. Eric was disappointed that Sid does not believe him, and they fought. When the young girl came out of a coma, she cleared Eric and he and Sid made up.
Eric was devastated when Sid died. Although he appreciated Mack, Karen's new boyfriend, he had difficult moments when Mack and Karen got married. Indeed, Eric thought that Mack took the new role from him which was his since the death of his father: that of household head. But little by little, they managed to get along. He had a relationship with Greg Sumner's daughter, Mary Frances, when she came to live with them for a brief time.
After having obtained his degree, Eric worked full-time in Knots Landing Motors, the garage of his father but it was not very happy there. He spoke about it with his mother who agreed to engage a new manager and named her son as assistant editor of the operations at Lotus Point. After he fell sick by arsenic poisoning, Eric decided to leave and found work at the university.
Over there, Eric met Linda which he very quickly married much to the dismay of his mother. At the end of his college career, he accepted a job in Saudi Arabia and Linda went to live at the MacKenzie's home. When Eric returned, he found that Linda had fallen in love with Michael and wanted to divorce.
After a violent argument with his brother, Eric and Linda agreed to a divorce. Eric decided to return to Saudi Arabia after he and Michael reconciled their differences.
