Season Four
In episode 63, Joseph commits suicide. Kirby is devastated. Blake explains that Joseph had tried to protect him by attempting to kill Alexis, and when he failed, he shot himself. Kirby suspects there is more to the story, and in episode 65 she confronts Alexis and winds up trying to strangle her. Blake manages to stop her.
In episode 70, Jeff learns that Kirby is pregnant with Adam's child and in episode 71 he attacks Adam. When Adam learns why, he tells Kirby that he wants to be a father to their baby. Kirby plans to leave Denver in episode 71, but Jeff stops her. However, she suggests that they divorce in episode 71.
In episode 73, Adam insists that Kirby will tell her child that he is the father, but when he learns that she is divorcing Jeff; he proposes. In episode 75, Kirby accepts his proposal. Kirby is diagnosed with hyperreflexia and must be hospitalized. She suffers from seizures and convulsions and doctors are forced to operate. In episode 77, Adam learns that Kirby's baby has not survived. Adam and Kirby decide to proceed with their wedding plans.
To prevent them from marrying, Alexis offers Kirby a job in Paris. When Kirby refuses, Alexis tells her the real reason Joseph tried to kill her: to prevent her from revealing that Kirby's mother didn't die when Kirby was a child - she had been institutionalized. Kirby is shocked. In episode 82, she visits the institution and learns that her mother died a few years back. Investigating further, Kirby finds her father's suicide note in Blake's desk in episode 83. Learning how vicious Alexis is drives Kirby to the brink. She buys a handgun. In episode 85, Kirby tries to kill Alexis herself, but is interrupted. In the season finale (episode 88), she pulls a gun on Alexis but cannot bring herself to shoot. Alexis agrees not to press charges if Kirby leaves Denver. Kirby abruptly breaks off her engagement to Adam and leaves.
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