The Hamptons is a limited run prime-time soap opera which aired during the summer of 1983 for 5 episodes on ABC. It was produced by Gloria Monty, the producer credited with turning General Hospital from a low-rated daytime serial to a soap phenomenon. The series is set in Manhattan and the affluent Long Island community referenced in the show's title.
The cast includes actors with previous experience in daytime and prime-time serials: Leigh Taylor-Young, Michael Goodwin, John Reilly Bibi Besch, etc.
The series was shot on videotape rather than film, which gave it a look consistent with most daytime soap operas. The focus of the series was on the wealthy Chadway and Duncan-Mortimer families, who co-owned the stylish Duncan-Chadway department stores. The Chadways were positioned as the noble family, while the Duncan-Mortimers were the schemers. The plots concerned power maneuvers to gain control of the retail corporation, and illicit sexual couplings.
Laura Santos returns to her parents’ gorgeous hotel in Barcelona, accompanied by her son Pedro, whom she hopes to set back on the right path. After the initial greetings, Laura is at odds with her mother Isabel once again. The longtime hotel manager accuses her daughter of selfishly going her own way years ago instead of committing herself to the family business. Today, the hotel is in poor shape with bleak prospects.
Inayah was forced to become Doso Joyodiningrat's fourth wife to pay off her family's large debt. She finally accepted Doso's proposal and was forced to live with her husband's three wives. However, the wives don't like Inayah's presence as they are worried that she will steal the love and wealth that will be inherited from Doso. With all their efforts, they tried to get Inayah thrown out of the house. On the other hand, Aryo, Doso's eldest son from his first wife, is secretly in love with Inayah.
Lew or Lawita a famous model became scandalous when news broke out that she was heartbroken from her boyfriend and tried to commit suicide. She survived that attempt but ended up having amnesia of the man she loved, like a part of her life was missing. This causes her to go and try to regain those memories back. She decides to go to Chiang Khan, a small town in northern Thailand where her and Traipob met and worked together. It was a quiet place where Lew was able to escape reporters bombarding her about her suicide attempt. That quietness turned into loneliness for her. She gets nightmares during the night and she feels deep down inside, danger is after her.
Tawan lives with Yuanjai, her aunt-in-law, and her daughter Yadfa as servants. Yhod, her uncle once made a promise to his friend Trong to arrange a marriage between their children. Yadfa refuses it, thinking that Tomorn, Trong's son, is a rustic and poor guy, who is also in a relationship with Bunlaeng. They don't make any money, just spend Yuanjai's money. One day, Tomorn gives his hand to pay a debt for Yuanjai, so she allows Tawan to marry him as Yadfa. At Tomorn's house, she's always bullied by Sawai, his mother, Gingkaew, the nanny of his sister and Sopit, his friend who has a crush on him.
The story is set in ancient Thailand. Kalong is the most beautiful girl in the village. She has been in love with Mai, a poor boy who grew up in the temple without any relatives. He intends to work hard in order to ask for Kalong’s hand in marriage from Mae Kloy, despite the fact that Mae Kloy does not want Mai as her son-in-law. She finds the fact that Mai is poor disgusting, so she forces Kalong to become Chote’s wife instead. Chote is known as a thug, he’s the son of Chuang, a rich elder in the village. Mae Kloy has debts that she owes Chuang from gambling, so when Chuang comes to collect them she suggests that Kalong become Chote’s wife to wipe the debt completely. But Kalong refuses to give up on her love, and no matter what, she will do anything to be with Mai forever.
Than Chai is married to Than Ying but also a mistress Mom Bulahn, who is pregnant with his first child. Than Chai is madly in love with Bulahn, but her existence is a pain in Than Ying’s hide who is consoled by her maid/nanny Fueng. One day Fueng who is very loyal to Than Ying drives away ,Bulahn who had giving birth to a boy Chai Daew unaware that she was pregnant with twins. Bulahn and her twin daughter Roong ends up in Pott Pannathorn's house whose wife dies on that day after giving birth to her second child Nurima and creates a bad impression in the mind of the her Chaat. But will the ghost of the now-dead Fueng allow anyone to stay happy?