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On 8/31/2020 at 4:13 AM, jam6242 said:

Both mention GL moving to the west coast.  Was that once a plan?

 As Bill has mentioned, GL actually did move to Hollywood from 1947 until 1949.

 

21 hours ago, Bill Bauer said:

Although I don't think Ross and Mary got married. Ross just moved off by himself. I'm not 100% sure about that.

I've read that they eloped, but I think you also could be right that they didn't marry; that 'elope' might mean in the sense that they sort of ran off together. Mary apparently later persuaded Ross to return to Selby Flats to testify at Meta's trial.

 

3 hours ago, Bill Bauer said:

When production started up in New York City, it was pretty much the exact same show just with different voices (a new Papa, a new Bert, etc.). 

Yes the Bauers had been around for about a year when the show moved to New York and they were all recast except for Bill it seems. However I could be wrong, but I don't think Bert was introduced until around the time of the move. The original actress wasn't replaced by Charita Bauer until the following year.

37 minutes ago, Franko said:

There is nothing I would have loved more than the Campus Disco to have become the Campus Honky-tonk or something like "PCGBs." Even if Georgia doesn't approve.

 

Well it was really only New Wave that Georgia objected to (probably should have made that clearer in my summary) so Georgia may have had no problem with the Campus Honky-tonk lol.

 

 

August 19 & 20, 1981

 

Tiffany, Alex and Corinne plan to go on another sunbathing expedition, this time joined by Noel. Tiffany persuades Mikkos to give her permission to separate from the rest of the group (and Kemo's watchful eye) for a while by claiming that she needs to sunbathe topless. When Tiffany is alone, she meets with Robert. Tiffany tells him about that they are staying underground and that it is hidden by a rock and wonders if Robert is as wacko as the people down there. The meeting is cut short as Alex has decided that she doesn't want to get burned. Back at the compound, Tiffany considers telling Victor about her meeting with Robert, but he is more interested in making love.

 

Sarah denies helping Heather with her many escapes, but Joe is persistent and manages to get her to confess to helping Heather. Sarah still won't give up the location of the gun which is hidden behind a grate in the wall of her room. Meanwhile, Heather is busy looking for Joe. Heather visits a recuperating Bobbie at GH and Bobbie suggests that Joe may have gone to his office. Heather heads to Lee and Joe's office where the secretary tells her that Joe has gone to Forest Hills. Later, Joe has dinner with the Hardys, Anne and Jeremy. Heather turns up, claiming that she needs to talk to Steve about her marriage to Jeff. Joe wants to make a quick exit but Steve and Audrey persuade Joe to take Heather home, much to his annoyance.

 

Noah checks Bobbie's bandages and Bobbie notes that her sight is slowly starting to return. Later, they have dinner in Bobbie's hospital room, followed by moon gazing. Bobbie says that she will never take her sight for granted again.

 

Luke and Laura continue building the hut and end up horsing around, and then relaxing in the pond. When Robert returns, Laura pulls him into the water. Robert tells them about his meeting with Tiffany. Later Laura fails to return to camp. The alarm goes off and Luke wants to go an find Laura, but Robert stops him. Fortunately Laura returns and reports that there are guards everywhere. The trio run into the jungle to hide. It turns out that it was Nigel who set off the alarm since he went for a moonlit stroll without permission. Luke, Laura and Robert overhear the guards tell Nigel that the alarms are triggered in a 100 foot perimeter around the entrance to the underground compound.

 

At the Lobby Nurses station, Steve, Audrey and Georgia (with Stacy in the background) mention how hot it is outside. Dan brings Steve a newspaper report about Hutch and the bombing at the hospital. They wonder why Burt hasn't yet arranged Hutch's transfer. A large bouquet of flowers arrives for Bobbie. Stacy reads the card and is pleased that they're not from Noah. Later, Monica spies Corrigan flirting with Stacy. Stacy asks Corrigan if it is true that the Disco is going to close, Stacy says that Disco is on it's way out anyway and wonders if it will be replaced by a Country and Western club or New Wave. "Heaven forbid!" Georgia interjects. Corrigan wonders what the new Italian place, Dinos is like and Stacy says that she heard that it is great. He heads off to a meeting with Alan. In the background, Monica doesn't look too happy (Jealous much?).

 

At the waterfront clinic, Noah offers his services to Rick as a volunteer. Rick is somewhat skeptical. Lesley arrives and makes another comment about the hot weather. Noah offers to watch over the clinic while they go for their meeting with the Harbormaster. The Harbormaster is able to tell them that someone resembling Luke did meet with him on the day the yacht left. Later, Lesley and Rick have returned to the clinic. Noah and Lesley discuss the hot weather again. Slick arrives and tells Rick and Lesley that he has set up a meeting with the guy who took the luggage  onto the yacht.

 

At Kelly's Heather drops a pile of dishes when Martha mentions that Joe muttered something about a Sarah. Rose confronts Heather about her behaviour, but an agitated Heather claims that Joe is manipulating her (Until this scene I never realised how tall Robin Mattson is compared to Loanne Bishop, so Heather looks quite intimidating but Rose manages to stand her ground). Mike's grandmother arrives and tells Rose that Mike will no longer be allowed to visit Hutch as she has read the newspaper article about the bombing. Later, with Rose at the hospital; Heather walks out on her shift despite Martha's protests. Heather heads to Forest Hills and practically barges into Sarah's room before Sarah can say that she doesn't want to see her. Heather tries to manipulate Sarah, but Sarah doesn't fall for her lies. Heather threatens Sarah instead, saying that Sarah is an accomplice. Heather begins searching the room for the gun when Sarah won;t tell her where it is.

 

Bobbie gets her eyes checked again and the doctor tells her that her eyes will be as good as new. Ruby, Bryan and Audrey visit Bobbie. Audrey brings Bobbie a giant 'get well' card.

 

Hutch is disappointed when Rose tells him that Mike has been banned from visiting him and also notes that Luke and Laura are no longer around either. Later, Steve, Dan and Lee deliver the news that his parole has been denied. Rose attempts to comfort Hutch.

@titan1978 I've sent you a DM

August 14, 17 & 18 1981

 

Dan and Jessie tell Steve that they regret missing the lecture about Carbonic snow. Lee and Edward arrive for the hospital board meeting; Lee learns from Steve that the rest of the board are still adamant about having Hutch removed from the hospital. Lee promises to try and put forward Hutch's side.

 

Rick and Lesley arrive home. They notice that Alice is behaving strangely. They update Bobbie by telephone about their various meetings in Washington. Later, Rick confronts Alice about her strange behaviour. Alice admits that she is upset about Heather and that she doesn't trust her own daughter. Bobbie arrives at the Webber house in person. Rick and Lesley tell her about the formula in the base of the Ice Princess statue and confirm Bobbie's suspicions that Robert is a secret agent.

 

To Robert's surprise, Tiffany tells Robert not to make a sound and runs off back to Kemo. Later, Robert returns to the waterfall and tells Luke and Laura about his encounter with Tiffany, that she was pleased to see him and that she didn't alert Kemo to his presence. The trio wonder if this is a sign of disagreement with the Cassadines.

 

Audrey tells Alan that the board members are still up in arms about Hutch. Just then, Jessie receives a call from Lesley, who asks to speak to Alan. Lesley asks to meet with Alan concerning her trip to Washington. After the call, Alan agrees to walk Audrey to the meeting. While Jessie is on the phone, a suspiciously behaving orderly gets into the lift.

 

Ruby comes to clean Hutch's room. Ruby and Hutch talk about Luke and Laura's disappearance. Ruby thanks Hutch for telling Bobbie that Robert was a secret agent. The suspect orderly momentarily comes into the room to offer Hutch some water. Hutch declines it. After he is gone, Hutch reassures Ruby that everything is going to be fine.

 

Tiffany returns to the beach in a much better mood, claiming that she saw a monkey. Kemo announces that time's up, so Corinne and Alex pack up. Tiffany pauses for a moment, and the other two women tease her. Robert is determined to speak to Tiffany again and gets Luke to shimmy up a tree to spy on the beach. The beach is deserted. Robert later realises that the alarm system was turned off when the women came above ground. Meanwhile, the yacht guests have champagne while waiting for Mikkos.  Mikkos arrives and begins a demonstration. Mikkos drops a capsule of Carbonic snow into the champagne fountain. The room temperature starts to drop. Nigel attempts to give a long-winded explanation of the process, but Alex complains. Mikkos tells the guests that they know have the ability to freeze all living entities. To prove his point, he picks up a shard of ice from the fountain.

 

Luke, Laura and Robert start making a hut and continue to discuss Tiffany. Robert suggests that Tiffany is their way to get to the other guests. Laura starts to notice a chill, Robert notices it too, so the three gather around the fire. Later, the trio think that a storm is coming in, so set about putting a roof on their hut.

 

Stacy hassles Bobbie about her trip to New York with Noah. Bobbie gives her short shrift and Bryan congratulates her for standing up for herself. Steve, Dan and Lee arrive fresh from the board meeting. Lee tells Bryan that Hutch will have to leave the hospital. The suspect orderly overhears this and makes his way down a corridor, passing Ruby on the way. Ruby looks at him suspiciously for a moment but heads to see Bobbie about Luke. Later, Lee gives Hutch the bad news. The suspect orderly comes with a wheelchair to pick Hutch up  for therapy. Later, the orderly returns to Hutch's empty room and plants a bomb (complete with an analogue clock face timer!) under his bed.

 

Lesley is frustrated and tells Rick that she has decided to research the Cassadines. Lesley says that she'll also ask Alan about them; Alan won't lie to her as she and Alan have a special bond (since Rick and Monica cheated on them both). The mood turns awkward for a moment but Rick is understanding of Lesley's feelings.

 

Mikkos outlines his plan to rule the world, free of war, crime and sickness etc. Alex is stunned and says that Mikkos is insane. Mikkos tells Alex that he will bring the world out of an age of darkness. Max, Caluga and Victor think the plan is great, but Alex and Tiffany (who is surprised to agree with Alex for once) think the plan is insane. Corinne also thinks it is a little farfetched. Alex doesn't believe the plan will work but Mikkos shows them the fountain which has totally frozen over. Meanwhile as Luke, Laura and Robert attempt to put their hut together, they start to notice that the ground is freezing beneath them.

 

The suspect orderly returns Hutch to his room. Meanwhile Bobbie tells Ruby that she blames Alex for the whole caper and that it is much worse than the caper with Hutch and Frank Smith. Gail overhears them talking about Hutch and Ruby tells Gail that Hutch is depressed. After Ruby leaves, Gail notes that Hutch didn't go to therapy, but Bobbie corrects her, saying that an orderly took him to therapy. Gail is alarmed, since no orderly was assigned to Hutch and rushes to his room, only to find Hutch safe and sound. The two agree that the situation with the orderly needs to be investigated. Gail asks Hutch if he would like to take a walk with her. Hutch declines, saying that Steve wouldn't like him walking around the hospital. Gail leaves, promising to find out more about the orderly.

 

Alex demands that Mikkos show her how to reverse the freezing process. Mikkos beckons the guests to join him in the forbidden room, showing them the control room and the 'dust room' where his freezing experiments take place. He explains to Alex and the others that his plan is to try and force cities around the globe to capitulate to him by starting the freezing them and reversing the process when they comply.  After the others leave the room, Tiffany hangs back and stares at the dust room for a moment. Victor comes, shuts the door to the dust room and leads Tiffany out of the room. Meanwhile, Luke, Laura and Robert attempt to keep warm. Luke and Laura wonder if Tiffany told the others about their presence and speculate that they could be attempting to freeze them. Later, with Robert off scouting the island, Luke and Laura attempt to keep warm. Laura notes that Hutch told her that Luke would take care of her and starts to wonder where Hutch is now...

 

Hutch is too paranoid to eat his dinner, suspecting that it may have been poisoned. Gail rushes in again and is relieved to find that Hutch hasn't eaten as it was the fake orderly who sent him the food. Gail finally persuades Hutch to go with her to the nurses' station (accompanied by the police guard) where Audrey, Bobbie and Ruby are. Bobbie reports that there are no records of the orderly, while Audrey reports that no orderly has been hired in over 7 months. Ruby brings Hutch a fresh supper. As Gail and Audrey direct Hutch to a place where he can sit down, Bobbie is suddenly knocked over by a blast that hits the nurses station.

 

Gail directs the Police guard to take care of Hutch while she, Audrey and another nurse attend to Audrey. Gail phones Georgia to tell them about the explosion and then directs Zack and Stacy to check on the other wards. Ruby arrives and tries to reassure Bobbie as she is taken from the 7th floor down to Emergency. Bobbie says that she can't see Ruby. Later, Audrey explains that there has been an explosion in Hutch's room. Noah arrives and learns that Gail is treating a victim of the explosion. He rushes off before learning that it is Bobbie and is shocked when he finds Ruby and Gail with Bobbie.

 

Luke and Laura continue to snuggle up but Robert returns and tells them that their camp is the coldest place on the island. Luke later notices that the ground is starting to warm up again. Meanwhile, Tiffany tells Victor that Mikkos is mad. Victor tries to convince her that Mikkos' plan is for the best, but Tiffany calls Victor a brainwashed slave like fool and compares Mikkos to other madmen who tried to stuff their utopias down people's throats. Victor tells Tiffany that Mikkos only wants to show his force, not use it. He tells Tiffany that she'll come around eventually. Victor asks Tiffany what she was about to tell him earlier; Tiffany has a flashback of her encounter with Robert and says that it was nothing at all.

 

Audrey comforts Ruby, while Dan explains that no one else was hurt and the other patients have been evacuated. Ruby blames herself because she saw the fake orderly earlier and didn't say anything but Gail reassures her. Steve gives Ruby an update on Bobbie's condition. Meanwhile Noah is by Bobbie's side and has a flashback of a conversation they had in New York. Ruby arrives just as Bobbie wakes up and says that she wants Luke. Meanwhile Luke is on sentry duty. Laura sees him about to fall asleep and offers to take over. Luke declines, but Laura stays with him, remarking that their current situation is a lot like when they were at the Whittaker's farm. Laura and Luke start talking about they house (their hut) they have built together, but Robert interrupts and reminds them that it's his house too - "Mother, Father, and your adopted child", he says. Laura suggests building Robert a guesthouse. The trio then note that the ground is continuing to warm.

 

Lee tells the police commissioner about the explosion and the commissioner is certain that it was meant as a hit on Hutch.

 

Claudia is with Mike at the clinic as he waits for his grandmother's appointment with Lesley to finish. Rick arrives and asks Mike's grandmother if Rose can take Mike to see Hutch at the hospital. Mike's grandmother gives the ok, so Mike stays behind with Rick and Lesley. Rick and Lesley mention to Mike that they are trying to find out information about the big yacht (The Titan) that was once in the harbour. Mike points out that they should ask the Harbormaster and adds that if he doesn't know then someone else on the docks will as someone nearly drowned on the day that the yacht left. Rose arrives to pick up Mike, before Mike leaves he offers to find out more information for them when he returns from the hospital. Rick says that Mike appears to have better connections than the WSB.

 

Rose and Mike visit Hutch at the hospital. Hutch blames himself for the explosion but Mike is able to cheer him up. Hutch tells Rose that he's planning to ask to be moved out. Hutch tells Mike about the bomb and explains that he has hurt a lot of people. Hutch tells Rose and Mike that he doesn't have much to live for but Rose says that they care of him. Lee, Steve and Dan arrive and tell Hutch that he'll have to stay at the hospital while his transfer is arranged. Later, Hutch apologises to Ruby for the explosion, but Ruby says that she has also been blaming herself. Ruby says that she's glad that Luke isn't here to see what's happened to Bobbie, but adds that she misses him and wonders where he is. Just then, Audrey brings Ruby and Hutch the good news that Bobbie's sight will return.

 

Slick visits the clinic and Rick and Lesley tell him about Mike's ideas of contacting the Harbormaster and finding the guy who almost drowned. Rick, Lesley and Claudia are somewhat amused when Slick falsely claims to have had the same idea. Slick heads off to check those leads out for Rick and Lesley, while Lesley heads off to see Alan. Lesley meets Alan at Dinos, the Italian restaurant. Lesley tells Alan about how Luke, Laura and Alex have gotten mixed up in something. Alan is unable to help, so Lesley pleads with Alan to talk to Edward, but much to Lesley's frustration Alan is unable to help. Lesley returns to the clinic and tells Rick that she got nowhere with Alan, adding that the Quartermaines are one of those families who fight in public but when an outsider approaches they band together like glue. She says that Alan was like his father.

 

Joe visits City Hall and gets a positive ID that Heather was the woman who posed as Shelly Vernon in order to pick up an award. Meanwhile Sarah writes "I Joe" (with an actual heart shape but not colored in) over and over again and is excited that Joe is coming to see her. Joe later arrives at Forest Hills. After questioning the head nurse there, Joe begins to wonder if Heather escaped via the fire escape but realises that someone would have had to have let her back in. Joe then talks to the laundry lady about the missing nurses' uniform. The laundry lady says that it was returned and suggests that one of the patients wanted to play nurse for a few days. Joe then talks to the guard who mans the gates. He says that Shelley Vernon used to come and go several times during her shifts but the head nurse disputes this, saying that Shelly never left her shifts. Joe suggests that an impostor was the one using Shelly's car. The guard agrees that an impostor could have used the fire escape.  Joe then visits Sarah and realises that she has a clear view of the parking lot from her room. He says that they need to talk...

All going to plan, Nicole and Maeve will become the first same-sex couple on Shortland Street to marry onscreen.

 

*Maia and Jay had a civil union, while Jack and Matiu's wedding was offscreen long after they had left and only mentioned by the characters.

 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Wasn't Meta introduced using another name (Jan Carter) as a mother who had given up her child?

Had Ray Brandon and his wife adopted that child?

That was Chuckie and Meta reunited with Ted the natural father?

She  went back to her family and that's how the Bauers came to be?

Yes I believe that's correct I believe and to add (based on soapcentral):

 

Around the time that Ray and Charlotte were married, Ray's son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and ex-wife all seem to have been written out.

Charlotte became a radio star. Ted White was the advertising exec at the radio station she worked at.

Meta/Jan lived in the same apartment complex as Ray and Charlotte. Meta had a roommate Mary Leland who was a doctor; when Meta fell pregnant to Ted, Mary helped arrange Ray and Charlotte's adoption of Chuckie, though Ray and Charlotte didn't know it was Meta's child at first.

In a soap coincidence, Mama Bauer was one of Mary's patients. Meta had run away from home years earlier.

Meta finally went back to her family on her parent's 25th anniversary and told them everything; Meta also told Ted in the hopes that he would marry her. When Ted refused, both Meta and Ted launched custody suits against the Brandons.

Charlotte eventually came to believe that Chuckie was better off with his natural mother, so Meta won the custody case.

Mama Bauer lived long enough to see her son Bill marry Bert. Mama passed away while Bert and Bill were on their honeymoon.

Ted formed a plan to marry Meta and try to prove that she was an unfit mother. Despite the fact that Meta was involved with Ross Boling (whom her sister, Trudy also liked), she married Ted after family pressure; the marriage was a disaster and Meta and Ted separated.

Ross ended up dating (and eventually eloping with) Mary, his colleague from Cedars.

Ray represented Meta in another custody battle, and Meta won primary custody of Chuckie. Ted had Chuckie on the weekends.

Ted forced Chuckie (Now SORASed to kindergarten age) to take boxing lessons. Chuckie had an accident and died.

Meta was enraged and shot Ted...

Ray represented Meta in the trial and helped get her acquitted. Ray and Charlotte ended up fostering (and later adopting) two orphaned kids before being written out.

 

I got a bit carried away there, but I think that's basically how the show transitioned from the Brandons to the Bauers.

 

The Bollywood dance from Boyd and Zara's recent wedding (filmed sometime during the two month period between June and August when the country was only under Level 1 restrictions).

 

 

@slick jones Yes, I think you're right, thanks!

 

I thought she was new since I only recently noticed her and also from something Rose said to Gail but after I saw your post I went back and listened to that particular scene a bit more carefully. Rose actually tells Gail that now she has both Heather and Martha at the diner she has more free time; the extra staff member giving Rose more free time would actually be Heather, with Martha having been there longer.

1 hour ago, allmc2008 said:

Does anyone know the air-date for when Luke raped Laura?

 

Friday, October 5, 1979 according to both Curlyqgrl and Luke and Laura unrevised.

 

August 12 & 13, 1981

 

Heather attempts to reconcile with Joe, but he remains frosty towards her. A customer attempts to ask Heather out; Joe intervenes when the man grabs Heather and kicks him out of Kelly's. Joe leaves and the other waitress (I've never caught her name, but I believe Rose hired her so that she'd have more free time and thus be able to volunteer at GH) remarks that Joe is one guy that you want to have on your side. Heather agrees and the other waitress lets Heather leave Kelly's for a while, provided that she is back before the lunch rush.

 

Steve and Audrey show Anne and Georgia a letter that they have received from Tommy at summer camp. It seems that he has met a girl named Lana and she is a perfect 10 with exclamation marks. Dan comes in complaining about Hutch still being present at GH and that he'll have to explain that to the board.

 

Rick and Lesley meet with Ballantine in Washington. Ballantine continues to deny that Luke and Laura are involved in the caper with the Cassadines. Things get heated and Rick accuses Ballantine of lying. Rick and Lesley threaten to go to the papers about the WSB, so Ballantine is forced to tell them everything, including the purpose of the WSB, everything that the WSB knows about the Ice Princess and that noone at the docks will cooperate with the WSB investigation. Later, Rick tells Lesley that they could question the inhabitants of the docks themselves. The two decide to go to dinner in Georgetown and discuss visiting the Lincoln Memorial.

 

Alice is on the phone to Lesley and Amy wants to know the news about Laura. Amy gets sulky when Alice tells her that there is no news and leaves for GH. Heather turns up to see Alice and Heather asks if Jeff and Anne are still planning to get married. Heather demands to know where Jeff is and says that she needs him to protect her as Joe and Burt are trying to frame her for Diana's murder. Heather insists that she didn't do it and begs her mother to help her; Alice gets upset. Heather attempts to look for Jeff's details in Alice's address book but Alice doesn't have them. After Heather leaves, Alice pours herself a drink, gulps it down and says "What have I done".

 

Burt is happy because another witness, Harry Greg who could identify Heather has just arrived in town. Joe and Burt go over to Elizabeth Turner's house where they meet Harry. I'm sure Harry has been on before but I've only just realised HARRY IS MIGUEL FROM Y&R!!! Harry positively identifies Heather as the woman who posed as Shelley Vernon. Later Heather visits Joe and finds Joe holding a Polaroid of her in the line-up. The two argue and Heather taunts Joe about him falling in love with her. After Heather leaves, Joe contacts Forest Hills to request a visit with Sarah.

 

Monica gives a lecture to an audience including Steve, Audrey, Bryan, Georgia and Amy. Monica reveals that her convention in Houston was about the medical uses of carbonic snow. Monica says that carbonic snow could be useful in plastic surgery and skin grafts. After the lecture, Amy asks Audrey if she can be reassigned from Hutch's case, explaining that she can't treat the man who once tried to kill her sister.

 

Robert sets off by himself on a mission to determine the extent of the island's radar detection. Meanwhile, Mikkos insists that Kemo accompany the women on their trip outside to the beach. Later, Mikkos is furious when Max attempts to bring Noel to a meeting and Noel is forced to leave the meeting. Max protests, saying that he and Noel operate as a team; Mikkos tells him that that will not be the case anymore. Mikkos then lays out some of his plans for world domination and adds that Nigel (who is not yet present at the meeting) doesn't know the true purpose of their plans. Mikkos snaps at Max when he makes a snide remark. Nigel then arrives for the meeting. Nigel gives the men an update on the diamond making factory, Mikkos announces that this means that they now have the power to make carbonic snow. Mikkos raises a toast to "Our glorious new world".

 

Kemo accompanies Alex, Corinne and Tiffany outside. Meanwhile Laura attempts to give Luke a shave with a shell. They are unaware that Kemo and the women are nearby wandering around the island on their way to the beach. After the shave is done, Luke and Laura end up fooling around in the pool under the waterfall. Laura changes into a sarong she made from some curtains they found on the yacht. The two end up making out, though Luke is reluctant to take things further as he is worried that they will be interrupted by either Robert or the guards. Meanwhile on the beach, Tiffany and Alex argue and insult each other about Tony and Victor. Alex calls Tiffany a tramp; Tiffany slaps her, Alex slaps her right back as Corinne and Kemo watch on and prepare to intervene. Tiffany runs off and Kemo goes to look for her. Luke and Laura's make out session is disrupted when they hear Kemo calling out for Tiffany. The couple quickly pack up their camp and hide from Kemo. At the same time, Tiffany continues running through the jungle. She encounters Robert who just stares at her...

 

 

August 7, 10 & 11

 

Luke, Laura and Robert learn that Victor is planning to search the crew, so plan to swim to the island. They watch as the guests head to the island via boat and note that the island does not seem to have any infrastructure. Luke, Laura and Robert swim to the island; when Robert goes off by himself to explore the island, Luke and Laura are frightened by the birds. Meanwhile, the Titan guests are taken to the vast Cassadine bunker, which lies underground where they are greeted by Albert. Tony is also there and tells Victor that Alex still thinks that the plan is to manufacture diamonds.

 

Noah takes Bobbie to his Uncle Martin's penthouse. She is amazed by the view from the terrace. The butler informs her that the maid has drawn a bath for her. After her bath, a towel clad Bobbie chats with the maid. Noah visits Bobbie. Noah tells Bobbie that he will be sleeping in the adjoining room and invites her to sleep with him. Bobbie declines, saying that she isn't ready.

 

Monica, having returned from Houston, thanks Gail for picking her up at the airport. Monica informs Gail that Susan is pregnant with Alan's child. Alan walks in and insists that Gail stay for dinner. After dinner, Monica tells Gail that Alan has changed since she left, he's no longer morose. Kathy arrives, and Gail leaves. Kathy tells Monica to call Corrigan. Corrigan tells Monica that Alan has hired a PI of his own to find Susan so all they have to do is

 

Noah, Bobbie and Martin have dinner on the penthouse terrace. Bobbie brings up the subject of Luke, which leads to Martin asking questions about her family, learning that Bobbie did not 'debut' (as a debutante) and was raised by her aunt Ruby and starts to talk about one of Noah's exes. Bobbie manages to change the subject back to Luke and Martin promises to contact the WSB. Later, Noah tries his luck with Bobbie again but she is still not ready.

 

Luke, Laura and Robert have dinner on the island. Later, Luke and Laura snuggle and Laura invites Luke to make love to her but Luke is reluctant as they might be disturbed. Robert interrupts and tells them that he's detected a signal coming from the island. Later Luke has to go on sentry duty, while Laura and Robert sleep.

 

A party is held in the underground bunker and Mikkos finally introduces himself. Tiffany wants to take a walk on the beach with Victor but Alex snidely tells her that she doesn't know the rules. When Tiffany asks Mikkos if she can go above, Mikkos tells her that no one goes up to the top.

 

At GH, Jesse thanks Dan for taking her to a concert the previous night. Rick and Lesley arrive and Dan tells them that they missed a great concert. Rick and Lesley are still worried about Laura. Rose arrives and tells Jesse that is she concerned about Rick. Lesley meets with Alan and notices his good mood. Lesley asks Alan to take over the running of the clinic while she and Rick go to Washington. Alan hesitates, saying he has to go to New York, but then changes his mind.

 

Tiffany and Victor argue about Mikkos. She is furious about being locked down. Victor snaps when Tiffany describes Victor as Mikkos' 'yes man' but Tiffany stands firm and tells Victor that she'll be going up to the beach if she has to blow up the entire place to do it. At breakfast Tiffany is still mad. Noel and Max talk about how great the bunker is, but Tiffany says they are prisoners. After Tiffany storms out, Noel and Max reveal to Victor that they 'know everything' but Mikkos doesn't know that they know. Victor warns them that they don't know his brother very well.

 

Laura and Robert are concerned when they find Luke is missing. However, before long Luke is back with food. Luke tells Laura and Robert that the Titan has sailed away. Later, Robert walks in on Luke and Laura fooling around again. After Luke notes the irony of them ending up in a tropical sweat box while chasing after something called the Ice Princess, Robert gives Luke and Laura more information about the formula, sying that it can be used to create some kind of energy. Later Robert and Luke are trying to explain Laura how to use the explosives when they realise some guards are drawing near. The trio quickly pack up their camp and run away from the guards. They end up near the entrance to the bunker and Robert notes a high radioactivity count with his Geiger counter, indicating that something is being protected by an alarm. The trio later set up camp by a waterfall.

 

Amy takes Hutch's temperature and is still not happy to be treating him. Joe visits Hutch, followed soon after by Rose who returns Hutch's watch. Joe notes that it's nice that Rose and Hutch are talking now. Rose and Hutch talk privately and Rose offers to accompany Hutch to therapy as Mike won't be there today. Later, Rose and Hutch talk and Rose admits that she wanted to see him.

 

Bryan and Gail are having lunch in the cafeteria when Lesley and Lee arrive. Bryan departs, and Lee gives Lesley lots of contact numbers. Steve and Rick arrive. Steve has agreed to cover for Rick at GH. Then Jesse tells Rick and Lesley that Bobbie has some good news for them. Later, Bobbie arrives and tells Rick and Lesley that Martin Drake has agreed to make inquiries about Laura.

 

Mikkos informs Tony and Victor that Nigel has the plant running at full capacity. Victor tells Mikkos that Max has told his wife everything and Tony says that he doesn't trust Max. The three brothers argue, but Mikkos says that he still trusts Max and that one of the crewman must have stolen the formula. Victor appeals to Mikkos to let the women outside, Mikkos isn't pleased. Tiffany later pleads her case to Mikkos with Corinne and Alex present. Mikkos agrees to relax the restrictions but not until he's certain that they weren't followed to the island. Later Alex plays chess with Victor and starts asking him lots of questions. Alex admits that she's starting to lose respect for Tony as she doesn't like being kept in the dark. Alex threatens to bring down the house of Cassadine, but Mikkos arrives and menacingly warns her not to threaten the house of Cassadine again. Meanwhile, Robert tells Luke and Laura an anecdote of some caper with Alex. Luke and Robert end up fighting over whether Robert snores. Soon afterwards, Robert finally works out that the Cassadine base is underground.

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Lust4Life76 said:

So I am trying to think who Cricket all else had...was it Phillip, Chase, Danny and Skip?

I don't know about Skip's intentions but Derek Stuart was also interested in her; which led into the date rape storyline.

On 8/20/2020 at 12:36 AM, Paul Raven said:

Melody Thomas Scott mentions in her book that her first soap gig was GH playing  a babysitter to Laura (Genie Francis version).

That must have been in 76 or 77?

Likely 1977. Genie didn't start airing until February 77.

20 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

Carbonic snow might be the stupidest thing ever.  But these recaps and many of the scenes from the story I have seen are a lot of fun.  I can see why the show was really building to peak attention at this point.  Robert, Luke and Laura are fun as a team.

I really like the attention to minor details (Such as how the trio launder their clothes and get food) that I think today would be glossed over. And the show certainly took the opportunity to have fun with them.

 

I've also enjoyed Rick and Lesley going around town trying to piece together the mystery of Laura's latest disappearance while reconnecting as a couple.

Early August 1981

 

Victor and Max play chess. Victor wins. Tiffany, Corinne and Max’s wife Noel tease Nigel after he complains about his sunburn. Later, Laura is sent up to Tiffany’s room as a maid to search for Victor’s copy of the formula. Laura, using her old moniker ‘Lucy’ searches the room while Tiffany applies her make up. Tiffany is in a good mood because Alex is gone and ends up trash talking Alex to Laura. Laura agrees with her sentiments. Tiffany warms to Laura right away and admits that her actress personality is basically an act. After Tiffany departs, Laura continues to search but does not find the formula. Instead, Laura finds Victor’s secret hiding place. Meanwhile Robert creates a listening device for Luke.

 

Slick arranges for Rick and Lesley to meet Emma (though in the end Rick is unable to make it because the clinic is too busy). Lesley asks Emma about the Ice Princess and Emma explains that she sold it to Alex. Slick tells Emma that it was Charlie, not Luke, who stole the statue from the auction. This makes Emma willing to set up a meeting between Charlie and Lesley. Later, Slick, Rick and Lesley meet with Emma and Charlie at the bucket of blood. Charlie denies knowing anything. Rick intervenes when Charlie tries to drag Emma away and gets punched by Charlie for his trouble, leaving a shiner  that several characters will comment on over the course of the next few episodes.

 

At Kelly’s, Joe denies trying to avoid Heather after the other night. Rose interrupts their conversation and asks about Hutch. Meanwhile, Hutch is being massaged by Nurse Stacy. He gives her a warning when she becomes too flirtatious with him. Joe arrives followed soon after by Amy. Amy invites Stacy to the disco. Hutch asks Amy about Laura and Amy says that Laura can take care of herself. Stacy and Amy leave. Joe tells Hutch that the parole board is dragging its feet about his case. Joe then meets with Audrey in the cafeteria; Audrey is upset after receiving a package addressed to Diana Taylor (the nurses’ uniforms). When Joe returns to Kelly’s, he ends up in an argument with Heather.

 

Luke is planting the listening device in the radio room when Victor walks in. Victor is suspicious of ‘Thor’ (Luke’s name when posing as a steward) and questions him about his background. Max arrives and Luke subtly plant seeds of doubt in Victor’s mind about Max. Luke later tells Robert and Laura that Victor has the formula in his wallet. Victor later tells Tiffany that he suspects ‘Thor’ may be working for Max. Victor notices that his hiding place has been disturbed but Tiffany says that only the maid has been in the room. Victor wants to fool around but Tiffany prefers to read her book.

 

Robert, Luke and Laura go topside. Robert breaks into Tiffany and Victor’s room and attempts to get into Victor’s secret hiding place. However, a radio alarm suddenly blares, waking Victor and Tiffany up (turns out it was set for 11pm not am). Robert is forced to hide while Victor and Tiffany decide to make love. Once they are asleep again, Robert searches their room for the formula since he didn’t find it in the hiding place. Outside, Max is bemused to see Luke and Laura kissing and tells them to continue doing what they were doing. Robert eventually leaves without the formula, waking Victor and Tiffany up. Victor is convinced Max broke into their room.

 

It seems Monica’s PI, Larry Corrigan was successful in his bid to fill in for Susan as manager of the disco. He uses his new position to continue to spy on Alan.

 

The next day, Luke and Laura spend some time on the deck making out while the rest of the boat is asleep. Later Laura visits Tiffany again. Tiffany tells Laura that the Titan will arrive at its destination the day after tomorrow and that there is going to be a broadcast of the Royal wedding (Charles and Diana) on the yacht. In the salon, Victor is explaining what will happen when the Titan arrives at the island to Max and Gen but notices that Luke aka ‘Thor’ is there and orders him to leave (as Victor is convinced that ‘Thor’ is working for Max). The incident fuels Victor’s distrust of Max. Later, Luke searches the room for the formula and spots one of the radio guards sneaking drinks. This gives Luke an idea to spike his drink to get into the radio room. Laura returns to Tiffany’s room while Victor is there and listens as Victor tells Tiffany about his suspicions of Max. Laura returns to Luke and Robert with a suitcase full of food. The three have dinner. They are forced to hide when a crewman and a maid come looking for some luggage and are bemused when the crewman attempts to seduce the maid.

 

Ruby tells Jesse that she is worried about Bobbie. Zach invites Bobbie to the Disco and Ruby warns her that she will lose Noah if she doesn’t stop playing silly games. Stacy excitedly informs Bobbie and Jesse that Noah has invited her for dinner.

 

Mike and Hutch spend time together during a hydrotherapy session. Gail shows Rose around on her first day as a volunteer and Rose learns that she will be helping Hutch. Rose reminds Mike that Hutch is a criminal.

 

Now that the Baldwins and the Webbers have reconciled, the four have dinner. Lee offers to help Rick and Lesley find out more about what is going on with Luke and Laura. Lee brings congressman Sterner to meet with Rick and Lesley. After hearing Rick and Lesley’s story, the congressman tells them that he will get in touch with Washington. Later, Congressman Sterner brings a man named Ted Ballantine to meet with them. Ballantine tells the Webbers that Laura is not officially involved in anything but requests more time to figure out what is going on.

 

Luke drugs a drink and the radio room guard drinks it and passes out as he planned. Robert attempts to contact the WSB via the radio. However, they are interrupted by Victor and are forced to leave. Victor finds absinthe and assumes it was Max who broke into the radio room as Luke and Robert planned.

 

Rick and Lesley are frustrated by the stonewalling they faced from the WSB and look to Hutch for answers since Robert visited him when Luke went missing. Hutch tells them that Robert Scorpio is for real and that it seems that the WSB is involved in keeping world peace. Rick and Lesley also talk to Georgia who them Robert’s ID number as she heard it the night that O’Reilly died. Georgia also remembers that O’Reilly made Robert promise to get on the boat. Rick and Lesley later confront Congressman Sterner about the WSB and threaten to expose the organisation. Sterner says that he didn’t know anything until Ballantine got in touch with him and gives Ballantine’s contact details to the Webbers.

 

Bobbie is jealous when Noah brings Stacy to the Disco. Zach, Amy and Kathy are also there. Bobbie eventually admits to Noah that she is worried about Luke. Noah and Bobbie end up ditching the others to go and find Rick and Lesley. Rick and Lesley give them an update and Noah reveals that his uncle is a senator so could also be able to help. Ballantine calls, and Rick tells him that he is willing to go to the press. Ballantine agrees to meet with Rick and Lesley in Washington. Back at the Disco, Kathy has a brief chat with Corrigan about any updates in the investigation into Alan while Stacy has a hissy fit as Amy teases her about being ditched.

 

The Titan guests prepare for the broadcast of the royal wedding. Since the crew are also invited, Luke, Laura and Robert plan to steal the formula while the guests are distracted by the wedding. Actual footage (with sound) is shown of Charles and Diana’s wedding vows. Luke and Laura are so engrossed by the wedding and in each other that they forget their part of the plan (to turn on the air conditioner so that Victor will remove his coat). Robert is forced to steal Victor’s wallet while he is still wearing his coat. Robert also gets Tiffany’s attention and she later asks Laura about him.

 

Later as Luke, Laura and Robert toast to the fall of the house of Cassadine, Victor has noticed that his copy of the formula is missing. He contacts Mikkos’ communications person; blaming Max and ‘Thor’ for the theft and saying that he will organise a search for the formula when they reach the island.

21 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

Currently watching At Home With the Braithwaites.  Allison Braithwaite wins 38 million in the lottery and decides to create a charity and give the money to folks who need it.  Problem is, she has a husband and 3 kids she doesn't tell about the money.  The family is lower middle class and a few of its members would love to live a bit better.  Dad has an affair but breaks it off before he even learns about the money because he wants his wife and family, so who's worse here.  Mom or dad? 

That's a really good show. Need to have a rewatch at some point.

1 hour ago, Franko said:

One other point of interest with the guest list: Melanie Vincz, who played Corinne, the general's girlfriend, went on to play the adult version of D.J. in that episode of Full House where the guys imagined themselves as henpecked senior citizens.

Thanks, that's another character I now know the name of

 

1 hour ago, Franko said:

And I love Tiffany and Laura's upcoming first scene. Sharon Wyatt somehow knew how to play affected just right.

I'll watch out for that. Hopefully it is in the playlist.

 

24 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

In hindsight it really hurt Laura not having her after the show got rid of Tiffany and Sean.  She just didn’t really have many people that were friends and had that past connection at that point, especially when Mary Mae Ward died. Everyone was more tied to Luke.

Yes, Laura always seemed to be a bit friendless when I watching in the 90s. Even Monica, who would have been Laura's oldest friend, stayed in her own storylines (and their friendship cooled after Monica's affair with Rick anyway).  At least in current episodes, Laura has built strong friendships with Curtis and *surprise surprise* Carly.

 

41 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

It’s not like she could confide much in Amy, unless she wanted it to go everywhere.

I remember asking my friend once why Laura wouldn't tell Amy that Stefan was blackmailing her to leave town (When Genie Francis was going off on that long maternity leave) and she explained to me that Amy would probably blab to everyone in town! And in the 1981 episodes the first thing Amy does after Lesley gives her a stern telling off for gossiping is to gossip about Laura and Susan to half the disco!

46 minutes ago, Franko said:

Yay, you're back! That particular guest is Nigel Penny-Smith (Bernard Fox, channeling his likable bumbler character "Col. Crittenden" from Hogan's Heroes). Fox would later reprise his Bewitched character, Dr. Bombay, on Passions.

Thanks! it's hard to keep track of all the guest characters introduced on the Titan lol. There's soooo many!

 

Oh and I have been here all along; just had a minor boradband internet issue back in February which meant I stopped watching the clips initially only for a few days but for some reason (not COVID related lol) never resumed until the other day when I noticed some of the episodes had been deleted from the playlist.

 

Late July 1981

 

Slick drove Rick and Lesley to several places around Port Charles, humorously explaining to them what he knew about the Ice Princess caper (and providing a recap for the audience). Rick and Lesley eventually confronted Edward at the Q mansion. Edward stonewalled them. After Rick and Lesley left, Alan who had overheard, questioned Edward about Laura. Edward shut Alan up by bringing up the subject of Alan’s child.

 

Rick and Lesley updated Amy on some of what was going on with Laura. Amy then told Rick and Lesley about Susan’s pregnancy. Lesley explained that she and Rick already knew about it and Lesley gave Amy a tongue lashing for gossiping. This did not deter Amy, as she later told Bryan, Claudia, Kathy and Zach about  Susan’s pregnancy at the Disco. Monica’s PI, Larry Corrigan, overheard and beckoned Kathy to join him and they decided to inform Monica. Kathy rang Monica and passed the phone to Corrigan who broke the news to Monica. Monica was devastated.

 

Luke, Laura and Robert managed to launder their clothes and waited in the sauna where one of the yacht’s guests joined them and said it was great that the staff are allowed to use the facilities.

 

Burt learned one of his officers, officer Woods, recognised Heather as the woman he saw on the night that Diana Taylor was murdered. Burt sent Officer Woods to Kelly’s to confirm that Heather was the woman he saw. Meanwhile, Heather was alarmed to learn that Sarah was recovering and the she would be allowed to be out on day release.

 

Noah put his foot in it when he said that it was good that Toby had recovered and was being released (genuinely meaning that he was happy that Toby had recovered and forgetting that Toby would be sent back to prison). Toby asked Noah if there was anything he could do to keep him at the hospital but Noah was unable to help.

 

Some partial and missing episodes follow, mainly focussing on the Ice Princess and Hutch storylines.

 

Rose accompanied Mike (who had broken his leg) to some sort of hydrotherapy session. Rose was concerned when she saw that Hutch was also there, undergoing the same therapy. Joe later arrived and spoke to Rose after speaking to Hutch. Rose was unforgiving as Hutch was in the organisation that killer her husband, Joe’s father. Gail later suggested that Rose volunteer at the hospital and Rose accepted the offer but finished the scene glaring at Hutch.

 

Alex is upset by Tiffany’s presence on the Titan but Tony explains that she is with Victor and that Mikkos allowed Tiffany’s presence. The two were packing because Mikkos had requested that Alex and Tony join him at the island in advance of the others. Alex wanted to know why the plans had changed but Tony and Victor wouldn’t tell her. Meanwhile, Luke, Laura and Robert raided the fridge for food. Later, Laura snuck on deck while the guests were having a party. Luke and Robert attempted to tap into the yacht’s communications. When Laura returned, they were mystified to hear a seaplane headed for the boat. Robert, successful in tapping into the yacht's communication lines, learned that Alex and Tony had departed the Titan for the island; that Victor has one of the copies of the formula; and that the Cassadines do not trust Max, one of the guests who apparently controls five countries in the third world. A crewman arrives and Robert is forced to knock him out.

 

Missing from the partial episodes was a confrontation between Stacy and Bobbie over the hospital’s new nurses’ jumpsuit uniform. Later, Anne gave Bobbie some advice on how handle Stacy's obvious pursuit of Noah, suggesting that she ignore her.

 

Gail suggested Rick and Lesley seek Lee’s help in talking to the commissioner. Gail was hopeful that this would thaw relations between the Webbers and the Baldwins (they’ve been estranged for over a year). Lee was happy to help but was left mystified when he called the commissioner and the commissioner wouldn’t help. Rick and Lesley eventually manage to meet with the commissioner, but he denies anything is going on. Rick and Lesley later had dinner and mysteriously started speaking German with completely different voices  (JK - this particular episode was cobbled together from several different sources including the German dub).

 

Now that Tony and Alex have departed the Titan, Luke is able to go topside dressed as a crewman since Victor doesn’t know who he is.

 

Summer madness by Kool & the Gang played as Heather removed her blouse (but was still wearing a slip and a dress) and attempted to seduce Joe during a game of Solitaire at Kelly’s. Joe wasn’t having it with her flirty behaviour though and took off upstairs. Heather angrily pushed the cards off the table. Joe returned to his room definitely looking like he needed to take a very cold shower.

After six months I've resumed watching 1981 episodes of General Hospital. I won't be doing detailed summaries as I found doing that to be a bit too much. Sadly in the interim a number of the episodes from the playlist were deleted so we lost about two weeks or so in July, skipping the fallout of James Duvall's murder, O'Reilly's murder and Victor Cassadine's introduction.

 

Some highlights so far:

 

Alexandria finally convinced Emma Lutz to give her the Ice Princess in exchange for a $3k donation made to GH in Emma's name. When Luke, Robert and Slick found out from Emma that Alex had the statue, they headed over to the Q mansion to search the place, upsetting Stella and causing (the unseen) baby AJ to cry from the disturbance (None of the other Qs were home). Meanwhile, Alex relayed the good news to Tony and gave him the statue's copy of the formula. Alex later met with James Duvall at Laura's apartment in an attempt to get him to hand over his copy of the formula. James was suspicious and opened the base of the statue finding the statue's copy missing. James and Alex argue when he realises that she's with Cassadine; she ended up hitting him with the Ice Princess and he was killed instantly. Alex was very upset but managed to compose herself enough to find James' copy of the formula.

 

At the exact same time the fourth of July picnic was being held. Most of Port Charles attended, including the Qs and Jesse (who was out of her nurses uniform). Mike (later Mike Webber) was introduced pretty much as a random kid. Mike and Jeremy won the three legged race. Bobbie ended up having a flashback of the previous picnic when Luke got her to light fireworks for him so he could run off and do something without anyone suspecting. Meanwhile Laura and Slick waited for Alex to show up at the picnic (Alex arranged for Laura to meet her at the picnic, but it was a ruse to ensure her meeting with Duvall would not be interrupted. When Alex didn't show, Laura gave Slick the slip and went off to her apartment. When she arrived she found the door ajar...

 

We then unfortunately skip all the parts where Laura finds the body, is triggered and finally tells Luke about what happened with David Hamilton. The playlist picks up with Robert, Luke and Laura already on the yacht.

 

Hutch and Toby recovered from poisoning at GH. During the missing episodes, The GH staff (except for Amy - who pointed out that Hutch was a hitman who'd been after Luke and Laura - and Dan) had apparently become quite fond of the two cons. Dan and the hospital board were not happy about their presence in the hospital and Dan tried to convince Steve to release Toby since he was sufficiently recovered. Audrey strongly came into bat for Toby and pleaded that he couldn't be sent back to prison while his life was in danger. However Steve felt he had no choice but to release him. Lee met with an old friend to discuss Hutch's case. Meanwhile Gail was showing Zach, a new intern, around the hospital. Zach was interested in Nurse Stacy (but I think Stacy is still interested in Noah).

 

Susan has fled town and Alan has finally told Edward that she is pregnant with his baby. While Edward was supportive of Alan having a mistress, he was furious about the pregnancy and declared the child illegitimate. Monica's PI attempted to talk to Alice about Susan, but Alice wouldn't tell him anything. Amy later eavesdropped as an upset Alice declared out loud her feelings that she had failed both Heather and Susan. Amy was most surprised to learn that Susan was pregnant and she quickly crept upstairs before Alice could see her.

 

Heather and Joe grew closer and shared a kiss. Burt organised a line-up but the woman failed to be 100% sure that it was Heather that she saw on the night Diana Taylor was murdered. Anne was upset by Joe and Heather's growing closeness and warned him about Heather yet again.

 

Now that several characters are on the yacht en-route to the island, Victor Cassadine and Tiffany Hill has finally become apart of the cast.

 

 

2 minutes ago, OzFrog said:

 

Isn’t that how we all get into soaps though?

Pretty much lol

 Mr Mom's coverage of the Victor/Nikki/Kevin triangle.

 

 

 

It's funny how at the end even the kids want to know who the father of Nikki's baby (Victoria) is

 

"Kevin's a skunk!"

"Kevin gets all the girls!"

"Sure got Nikki!"

 

On Y&R, Nate's nanny, Julia was always getting caught up in Olivia's marital problems lol