I’m up to November 08, 1999.
Beth and Lillian (wow, it’s been a long time since seeing her!) have lunch and talk about Beth and Lizzie moving into Jim’s house. Lillian thinks it’s a bad idea because it might be too much change for both Susan and Lizzie. Beth says she doesn’t want to lose Jim because he’s the best thing to happen to her since Phillip, but Lillian makes a comment under her breath that Beth made Phillip happier than Harley has. Lillian then questions Beth about getting married. Meanwhile at home, Susan is annoyed and tells Jim there isn’t enough room for Lizzie and Beth, but Jim is adamant about not moving into the Spaulding mansion. He says eventually, when he saves more money, they’ll buy a new home. This makes Susan question if he plans to marry Beth, which angers her, but Jim tells her he’ll never love someone as much as he loved Susan’s mom. He promises Susan that if he ever decides to propose to Beth, she’ll be the first to know, which makes her happier. Beth then arrives and privately surprises Jim that she wants more than just moving in together, she wants to get married. Jim says this is coming out of left field, but Beth says if they’re making a commitment to each other, they should go the whole way. Jim says no, if those are the terms, he’s not going to marry her because that will send Susan a wrong message. Beth doesn’t take it well and says she needs more, kisses him and leaves, making Jim wonder if she just broke up with him. Outside, Beth starts crying, asking herself what she just did.
In San Cristobel, Richard is preparing for his press conference to announce the Spaulding project and how it will be prosperous for the country. Phillip and Harley show up and Harley continues to tell Phillip he thinks Richard is using this project to get closer to Reva, but Phillip says she shouldn’t worry. Richard greets them and is charming towards Harley and she finally acknowledges that she understands why women may be into him, which Phillip playfully gives her a hard time about.
At Cross Creek, Reva and Josh wake up, having slept in separate beds the night before. They talk about the old man and his advice, how Josh talked to HB before bed, and Reva turns her accent on a little and says they should consider getting back in crazy love with each other. Josh kisses her, says he needs her, they cry about it and finally have sex again. Afterwards, Josh goes outside to gather wood for a fire and Reva turns on the TV, and the San Cristobel press conference just happens to be on (haha). Richard announces the Spaulding deal, but a reporter asks about his engagement to someone from America and they keep pressing if he’s going to give the people what they want, a royal wedding, and Richard, under pressure, confirms that there will be a royal wedding. Reva is visibly shaken by this. Another reporter asks if the lady is Princess Catherine/Reva, but he says no, she’s happily married in America and he will announce it later, then ending the press conference. Richard privately tells Phillip and Harley that he was forced to make that announcement and doesn’t know who he will marry, which confuses Harley. Richard then sits alone, thinking back to his time with Cassie. At Cross Creek, Josh comes back inside and notices that Reva seems shaken and asks what’s wrong, but she changes and says she’s just so happy with how things are going. Josh tells her they’re going to be ok and they kiss.
Cassie gets her stripper job back and meets with an old friend to get some clothes from her. After the friend leaves, Olivia runs into Cassie and mentions she’s having a hard time finding a job in SF. Cassie mentions Richard, and Olivia comments that every time they talk now, Cassie always brings up Richard, which is odd. She eventually says she doesn’t blame her, because most women find Richard to be charming. They also see the end of Richard’s press conference on a TV and start to question who Richard could be marrying. Olivia calls Colonel Dax and asks who the fiancé will be and Dax says if she hurries to San Cristobel, she could be his new wife. Olivia tells Cassie she needs to go back to San Cristobel and leaves.
At Company, Drew tells Selena about her nice evening with Ben, how he’s changing into a thoughtful person and how great a father he will be. Selena says she’s happy to hear it, but Drew is the reason because she’s a great person. Drew keeps going on about how Carmen isn’t good for Ben, and Selena asks if she’s trying to get Selena and Ben together. Selena says that’s not happening and just wants someone easy, like Buzz. Drew tells Selena to make things with Buzz better and Selena says she doesn’t know how. Drew encourages her to talk to Buzz, who is there working, and Selena finally does. They talk a bit and finally admit they’ve missed each other and Buzz wheels her out of Company back to the firehouse to enjoy more time together.
At the Bauer cabin, Blake falls asleep while writing and dreams of Ross coming in and kissing her. She wakes up and keeps writing. Meanwhile, the column in the Journal is becoming a hit and Holly is getting more subscribers. Holly and Ross celebrate the success, but still want to find a way to reach Darlena, the writer. Blake, knowing she has to find a way to further this charade, calls Holly, pretending to be Darlena, using a fake Irish accent. Holly is excited to hear from her and Blake says she’ll get the next few chapters to her soon via email. Holly hands the phone over to Ross, saying her attorney needs to finalize contract details, and this throws Blake off. Ross says he really enjoys the story, and it truly touched him, which is too much for Blake to hear and she hangs up quickly, saying she needs to go. Blake gets excited to hear that Ross really enjoyed it and says to herself that she’ll love Ross forever. Riding a high, she finishes her next chapter and writes the Journal an email thanking her fans, but accidentally signs it Blake Marler instead of Darlena LaCross, and then sends the email to Holly! She quickly realizes it, freaks out and runs out of the cabin. She gets to the carriage house where Holly and Ross are, leaves Harley a voicemail for help, and watches Holly and Ross from a window. Ross is about to leave, but Holly starts to check her email one more time, and she says she has an email notification but there is an error and it won’t download. Blake then turns off the electricity from outside, and as Ross and Holly leave the living room to get matches to light candles, Blake sneaks inside and hides in the coat closet. As they’re trying to find the phone number for the electricity company, Blake sneaks out of the closet and hides behind the chair, but makes a loud noise. They assume it came from outside but Holly bangs her knee and they sit on the couch and Blake is able to make it back outside. She watches from the window as Ross massages Holly’s knee and she continues to assume they’re together. Holly then realizes her laptop is gone and she claims they’ve been robbed, and we then see Blake has it and runs off to her car. Holly calls the police and reports the burglary, and then we see Blake in her car, changing our the signature of the email she sent, and then a cop walks up to her car and asks if that’s her computer. She makes up a story that a scary man ran by, she called out for the cops and he dropped the computer and she picked it up. He takes the computer and she starts faking contractions and asks the police to take the computer back to Holly while she rushes to the hospital. The cop gives the computer back to Holly and Ross and tells them about a pregnant woman who ran off a teenage burglar, and they wish they could thank the lady. After the cop leaves, they talk about how bizarre the whole night has been. They laugh about how the cop assumed they were a couple and Ross questions whether they should explore that more, but Holly says they should call it a night.
At the Santos mansion, Carmen sees Ben and Pilar talking and tells Pilar to get dressed because her clothes are too revealing. Ben gets fed up and says he’s moving out until they figure out their own problems. Carmen gets upset, begs Ben to stay and tells Pilar that she’ll call a doctor to get her help. Pilar says just because she has feelings for Ben doesn’t make her crazy, and that Ben can stay because she’s the one that will move out. Still annoyed, Ben walks out and Pilar tells Carmen that one day Carmen will regret that she did all of this, and that Ben needs someone that can give him something that Carmen can’t. Pilar accuses Carmen of becoming just like Ben and then the grandma comes out and tells Carmen to leave (new actress playing the grandma - 11/08). The grandma tells Pilar she won’t allow Ben to take over her (dead) son’s legacy as head of the Santos family and vows to help Pilar break Carmen and Ben up.
Outside Company, Drew tells Jesse and Max that she plans to ask Ben to walk her down the aisle when she gets married. Inside Company, Michelle tells Bill about Teresa almost killing Danny with the Fantasy drug, and how Ben was behind it. They get angry, talking about all the bad things Ben has done and is behind. Michelle wants to put a stop to Ben once and for all, but Bill thinks they just need to move forward and avoid him. Vanessa shows up and she and Bill go outside to talk, with Vanessa asking Bill about attending university again, which is something Ben can’t interfere with. He says he’s not sure he wants to go back to school, and Vanessa starts to faint a little.
Ben shows up at Company and Michelle immediately confronts him about almost killing Danny at the hands of Teresa and the Fantasy drug. He denies it, so she impulsively grabs a steak knife off a table, puts it against his neck and asks him for one good reason why she shouldn’t kill him. Drew runs up and demands to know what’s going on and Michelle screams out that Ben tried to kill Danny. Danny then walks up, Michelle puts the knife down and they go outside. Danny asks if it’s true that Ben was involved and she admits it, but is afraid he’ll do something to Ben. Inside, Buzz and Selena, who is still dealing with a lot of pain, are there too and tell Drew to talk to Ben. Ben denies it to Drew, saying something is wrong with Teresa. He tells her he thinks he should put some distance between himself and Carmen and her family, and Drew says she’s on his side and supports that. They leave to have dinner and walk by Danny and Michelle outside. Drew tells Michelle that Teresa is trash and can’t be trusted and they need to trust Ben, but Michelle says she’s delusional. Danny warns Ben that it’s only a matter of time before he gets himself killed by someone in this town. Danny and Michelle then walk off and Drew hugs Ben. They have dinner and Drew gives him a present and things are very sweet.
Back in SF, Reva visits Cassie, telling her that she and Josh are back to normal and how she just wants to make peace with Cassie going forward. She invites Cassie to Thanksgiving and says it’ll be a great way for the family to all reconnect. A surprised Cassie says yes, but then Reva sees a packed suitcase and changes her tune, accusing her of leaving for San Cristobel to be Richard’s new bride to be that was announced on TV. They argue again, with Cassie saying Reva is too obsessed with Richard and she’s crossing a line (I agree). Reva says it looks like he’s essentially buying her since he’s paying her debts. The babysitter walks in and Cassie tells her if Reva comes close to her kids, call 911, and Cassie then leaves. We then see Cassie at the strip club preparing to work, and the suitcase she left with has her dancing clothes. Reva calls Abby and asks her to watch Marah and Shayne because she’s going to surprise Josh by visiting him in Tulsa where he’s at a quick business trip.
Olivia gets to San Cristobel and Dax ushers her into the palace to talk to Richard. He’s surprised to see her and she eventually says she wants to move back because she’s too lonely in SF. She offers to be his new bride and says they already have the wedding invitations created, they can just change the date. Desperate to make the citizens happy, since they’re more concerned with a princess over the new Spaulding company, he agrees to marry her, which makes Olivia excited. She talks about having children and the future (which comes across as desperate to me), and Richard starts to get cold feet already and tells her he can’t marry and then disappoint her again. She pleads with him, saying they used to love each other, but Richard said he always tried and thought he’d get there, but he just doesn’t and can’t, and a sad Olivia then walks away. Richard tells Dax that Olivia won’t work out and they put their heads together, with Dax continuing to suggest Cassie. Richard says she’d never do it because she’s too independent and wants to live on her own terms. We then see Cassie’s name called at the strip club and she convinces herself to go on stage as ‘Miss Shady Layne’ 😂. Later, when she gets back home, Tammy finds her stripper clothes and says they’re pretty, and Cassie freaks out, realizing she never wants Tammy to go through what she’s doing.
Minutes later, Reva magically teleports to San Cristobel and finds Richard at the palace, demanding to know where Cassie is. Richard tells her she’s not his fiance and she’s not there, but Reva doesn’t believe it. She demands to know who he’s marrying and he says no one, that it’s just a way to make the people happy. She says she feels partly responsible for making the citizens unhappy when she left (all about her!), and wonders if she can stay a bit and help. He tells her no, she’s no longer part of his life and she needs to move on. He asks her to leave and go back to her family, so she walks away while crying.
Josh and Billy are back from their quick business trip and Billy says he’s happy that Josh and Reva are back together and doing well. They walk into Company and see Marah and Abby, and Abby asks if he was surprised to see Reva. He’s confused and Abby says Reva asked her to watch the kids because she was going to surprise him in Tulsa. He assumes he just missed her and calls the hotel asking if Reva has checked into a room and they say no, leaving them all wondering where she is. Marah privately makes a call to the palace and asks if Reva is there, they say yes, and she angrily walks up to Josh and tells him that Reva is with Richard in San Cristobel. She says she hates how Reva is treating him, but Josh hugs her and tells her that she won’t have to worry about Reva and Richard anymore.
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