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  1. Welcome to the 17th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.

    Theme: Dueling Divas


    Answer: Olivia Spencer and Cassie Layne.


    Answer: Alexandra Spaulding

    Congrats to Dan who gets a total of 10 points from getting both questions correct!



    Answer: Billy Lewis

    Congrats to Dan again for getting the bonus correct. All together he recieves 20 points.
  2. Furious that his vengeful plan had flopped so badly, and feeling guilty than an innocent woman had become his unwitting victim, Kirk took action. He disguised himself as a kindly hospital orderly, Carter Wilson, and befriended an unsuspecting Annabelle. As Annabelle and Tony began to drift apart, yet again, due to his guilt, and her struggle to cope with being blind, Annabelle bonded more and more with Carter. To her, he was more like a confidante. Unfortunately, the madman became obsessed with Annabelle, and when she began to put the pieces together and determined his identity, he kidnapped her! Kirk fled to the Springfield city dam, where he planned on killing Tony and Rick once and for all. Again, Tony raced to Annabelle’s rescue, confronting Kirk on the edge of the dam. Tony nearly lost his life by nearly falling off the edge until Rick saved him. Tony and Rick were able to locate Annabelle, but Kirk got away before finally being apprehended in nearby Oakdale. Meanwhile Tony and Annabelle marriage began to improve, as the two were closer than ever now.

    Lillian started suffering from severe headaches and sought treatment from a young successful doctor named Craig Tourner (Wally Kurth). It was soon revealed that Lillian was suffering a brain tumor. As Beth and Lizzie rallied around their treasured matriarch, Craig operated on Ms. Raines. As Craig became her doctor, the two grew close and soon became lovers. Ed saw the relationship blossom between the two and was totally antagonistic to the idea of the two being together. This left Craig confused, and Holly mildly nervous at the fact that Ed was getting so upset over Lillian’s new relationship with a younger man.

    Craig helped Lillian buy half of Hawk Shayne’s bar; named Sarah’s (Lillian wanted to prevent Hawk from losing the bar to a vengeful Alan Spaulding.) Chuck Reynolds ended up floating Craig the loan, but Craig took all the credit for it, thus pushing Craig and Lillian closer. It was that night that the two made love. After Lillian became part owner of Sarah’s, Lillian and Hawk began to grow close while running the bar together. Craig’s true colors began to show over the following weeks when Craig grew increasingly jealous of the two and threatened Hawk to back away from Lillian. Hawk did not understand how serious Craig was until Sarah’s ended up getting vandalized and Craig hinted that he was behind it. Hawk backed off, but let the cops in on his suspicions. Despite Hawk’s reservations towards Craig, Gus and Harley shot down his idea that Craig was behind it, being that Mr. Tourneur was well respected doctor in town. Meanwhile Chuck was outraged to learn that Craig took responsibility of the loan he floated to him, and confronted him on it. This was when Chuck began to suspect that Craig was not who he said to be. (Meanwhile Ed was beginning to accept the fact that Craig and Lillian were together.) As Chuck began to focus his attention on his ex Lillian, Felicia began to feel as if Chuck was drifting away from her. In reality he was. He still harbored feelings for Lillian, and could not stand seeing her with another man, especially a man who was younger than him. Beth and later Ed warned him to back off, but Chuck would not listen. Then Chuck met Craig’s former sister in law Estelle Gardner. Chuck then learned form Hawk about his suspicions of the guy. Chuck decided to do a background check on the guy. He learned that his wife, Julia had been murdered in a supposed robbery gone wrong at their home. One of the things that were stolen was a rare jade statue. Chuck then paid a visit to Julia’s sister in the nearby town of Bay City and learned that she suspected that Craig was responsible for the murder of her dear sister.


    Meanwhile Bill would uncover the truth about Billy embezzling money from the pension fund of those that worked at Lewis. The city council had elected several nominees for businessman and businesswoman of the year. On the men’s end were Alan-Michael Spaulding, Joshua Lewis, and Bill Lewis. On the women’s end were Vanessa Chamberlain, Amanda Spaulding, and Holly Lindsey. The nomination couldn’t have come at a worst time for Josh, for he had kept mum about his brother’s embezzling from Lewis. So when Holly and Josh was announced the winner, Josh was falling apart inside. Then at the luncheon Bill had learned what his father had done and crashed the luncheon demanding to speak with Josh. Billy would arrive at the luncheon to hear a private conversation between Josh and Bill, where Bill expressed how much of a disappointment his father had always been to him. Storming out, Billy did not hear his son retract the statement after Josh showed him that Billy was trying to be a good father to him. Billy nearly ended his sobriety (and took his life) until Vanessa stopped him, and it was then that Vanessa and Billy began to grow close again. The next day, Bill and Billy came face to face, and Billy handed in his resignation from Lewis. The news got leaked to The Springfield Mirror, owned by Sebastian, Blake, and Alan-Michael. Sebastian curiosity was piqued at the news of this and decided to investigate.

    In 2006, Kevin and Jason Marler were shipped off to boarding school. Now both Kevin and Jason returned to Springfield after Kevin got into trouble at Lincoln Prep School. Though he was found innocent, he decided to enroll in Springfield High School where he met the sweet Tammy Winslow. Although Marina was deeply attracted to Kevin, his focus was on the alluring Tammy. As Marina continued to pine after Kevin, she met the handsome Spaulding stable hand, Peter Reardon and immediately decided that he was the one for her. The fact Peter was in love with another young woman, that young woman being Tammy, did not matter to Marina and she went after him. Meanwhile Kevin learned that Tammy had feeling for his best friend, who happened to be Peter. However unbeknownst to everyone, Kevin had come to town with every serious drinking problem, which only his brother Jason knew about. He almost died when he passed out drunk in his car and carbon monoxide fumes overcame him. Despite the seriousness of Kevin’s alcoholism, Jason kept quiet out of fear that Kevin would see this as a betrayal. Kevin’s turn into becoming an alcoholic came through with the help of Marina who wanted Peter for herself and Marina certainly helped to ply Kevin with alcohol and also encouraged Kevin to pick fights with Peter. Soon his problems got the best of him and he was arrested for drunk driving! Fortunately for Kevin, Blake sympathized with her son (much to Jason’s protest.) and convinced Ross help pay for bail. Meanwhile, Tammy was finding her life spiraling out of control, with her problems with Peter and Kevin going at each other, and now her father, Rob Layne, deciding to drop back into her life, culminated with the constant bickering that happening between her mom and dad, Marina convinced Tammy to run away to Chicago to escape these so called problems. In Chicago, Tammy got in trouble working for an unsavory man named Gavin Kruger. After an extensive search Tammy was located in Chicago at Gavin’s club. At first when Tammy saw the five people (Kevin, Jason, Peter, her mother, Cassie, and Ross Marler) she told them to get lost, but then one of the patrons, at Gavin’s “club”, started getting rough with her and then another started roughing up her mom, Cassie, Tammy started getting the feeling that her mom, Ross, Kevin, Jason, and Peter were all right all along and all she wanted to do was go back home. Unfortunately, the two patrons who roughed up both Tammy and Cassie started threatening Ross, Kevin, Peter, and Jason and started to pick a fight with them. Then Gavin out in the middle of the fight (which Ross, Kevin, Peter, and Jason were starting to get the upper hand in) and he tried to get them all to stop. Unfortunately, Peter’s fist went right into Gavin’s face and that about the end of Gavin! Ross also had a backup plan to help get Tammy back home. Ross had contacted the Chicago Police Department and they came and finally closed down Gavin’s “club” and also arrested him (apparently the District Attorney in Chicago had already been investigating Duke’s “nightclub”, suspecting that it was really a prostitution ring, especially designed for pimping out young virginal girls.)
  3. Sebastian hired an expert assassin to do his bidding, a woman in fact. This woman was Fiona Bradshaw, the very woman that Alan-Michael was carrying an affair with. Of course it was a ploy of hers to get close to Alan-Michael. It was until Alan-Michael began spilling out his entire soul and heart to her, that Fiona began to stray away from the original plan. Why? She had fallen in love with her victim! As she was having sex with Alan-Michael she was having meaningless sex with Sebastian Thorpe, who also had her charmed around his little thumb. When Sebastian learned of Fiona’s unwillingness to carry out their plans, he went ballistic. Meanwhile Dinah was trying everything to reconcile with Alan-Michael, when Sebastian revealed to her, her husband’s affair with Fiona. Sebastian used this fact to manipulate Dinah into having a total mental breakdown. Sebastian continuously manipulated Dinah by using this piece of information, he was egging her on to do what she had done to Hart; kill him! Sebastian then planned to frame Fiona for the deed. When a rally was held on 5th Street promoting Alan-Michael’s campaign, Fiona came upon Sebastian’s plot to have Dinah shoot and kill Alan-Michael. However to her dismay, she had gotten there too late; Alan-Michael had been shot! Nobody knew of the culprit but her, Dinah, and Sebastian. Dinah however was too out of it to realize what happened. She had gone into a catatonic state when she showed up on her mother’s doorstep holding the very same gun that shot Alan-Michael. As Alan-Michael hung between the balance of life and death, Fiona had one final showdown with Sebastian. Fiona was terrified to learn the true extent of Sebastian’s evil deeds, that included using her as a scapegoat for the crime as a way to get back at her. This forced Fiona to leave town, not before sneaking into Alan-Michael’s hospital room and sharing a tearful good-bye with him, even though he had been unconscious. Sebastian had carefully placed enough evidence to lead Harley into believing that Fiona was behind the shooting. Gus however remained reluctant, he believed that it seemed all too easy, however Harley was convinced. Dinah meanwhile was secretly shipped off to a mental institution in New York City by her mom Vanessa. When Billy learned of what Vanessa was doing, Billy protested but after Vanessa confided in Billy about the guilt that plagued her over this, regretting having ever given up Dinah for adoption, Billy understood somewhat. Ross wouldn’t be let in on the plan until later, and demanded that Vanessa do the right thing this time. Vanessa remained persistent in protecting her daughter. Meanwhile the word around town was that Dinah had suffered a mental breakdown after Alan-Michael’s shooting, distraught with grief. That couldn’t have been the furtherest thing from the truth. When Alan-Michael regained consciousness, although confined to a wheelchair for a few weeks, he grew bitter and cold, while heavily drinking. While a part of Alan-Michael believed that Fiona couldn’t have been the culprit, another one was confused and did not know what to believe anymore. Even worse was that Dinah was missing, but he chalked that up to Dinah running off with some man. Vanessa didn’t stop him from believing that either, she led him on to. As Ross grew more conflicted about hiding the truth from the police, he was also visiting his daughter Dinah in New York. Blake became suspicious, having not known the truth yet. A curious Blake tracked Ross to New York, and found him there with Vanessa! To her surprise, they weren’t there because they were involved romantically, they were there visiting a mentally ill Dinah! When Blake sneaked into Dinah’s room, she realized how truly ill Dinah was. Blake was shocked to see that Dinah was entirely unresponsive. That until she mentioned Alan-Michael’s name, and Dinah viciously attacked Blake! Ross and a few of the orderlies had to rescue Blake, thus blowing her cover. After apologizing to Ross for not trusting in him, he confided in her about how much he had failed as a father. Blake convinced Ross that he was the furthest thing from being a bad father. When Ross, Vanessa, and Blake returned to Springfield, Blake came face to face with Alan-Michael. Blake, going against Vanessa’s wishes, told A-M the truth. This caused a wedge between Ross and Blake, and made Vanessa forever resentful of Blake. When Alan-Michael paid a visit to Dinah he finally learned the truth from Vanessa about what Dinah had done. While alone with Dinah, Alan-Michael was there to witness Dinah’s first few words since going into an catatonic state. As he listened on in a conversation Dinah was holding with herself, he learned that she came upon the affair he had been having with Dinah, and she also mentioned Sebastian. Alan-Michael putting two and two together, he confronted Sebastian on all of his evil deeds. From revealing the truth to Dinah, to being the blackmailer, to even blackmailing Dinah into sleeping with him. Getting out of the wheelchair that had confined Alan-Michael for weeks, Alan-Michael violently came charging after Sebastian, and the two men went flying through a glass window at Towers and landed on the balcony outside. Alan-Michael would have beaten Sebastian to a bloody pulp if it hadn’t been for his uncle Ed and Ross. (This resulted in a unique scene between Ed and Sebastian in the stairwell of Towers, where Ed was repairing Sebastian’s broken nose. How ironic it was that Ed of all people had come to Sebastian’s rescue!) Alan-Michael returned to the mansion and finally received information regarding Fiona’s whereabouts. Unbeknowst to him, Gus and Harley were following closely behind, they still believed that Fiona was behind the shooting. Meanwhile back in Springfield, when Blake learned of what Sebastian had done to Dinah, for the first time she expressed how truly repulsed she was of her brother’s actions after having seen Dinah. Sebastian would pay a visit to Dinah himself, and while not showing how affected he was of the state she was in, deep down he began to show signs of guilt. When Ross arrived, he had violently slammed Sebastian against the wall of the room, suddenly Dinah showed signs of recovery by uttering “Daddy? Are you there?” Ross shared a heart breaking moment when Dinah returned to the catatonic state she was in. Meanwhile Alan-Michael had tracked Fiona all the way to the state of Minnosota where she planned on escaping to Canada. When Alan-Michael and Fiona came face to face the same way they had met the last time, in a bar, they two reunited. Fiona tried to convince Alan-Michael that he didn’t belong there, but A-M explained to her that he was there to stay. After explaining to her what happened back in Springfield, A-M and Fiona made love in the seedy motel room she was staying in. Despite this, A-M faced a terrible decision; turn in the wife who he secretly still harbored feelings for, despite her shooting him, or let the other woman who he loved take the fall. So far, Alan-Michael planned on going on the run with Fiona, and using this as a way to escape the prison that his life was. Meanwhile back in Springfield Alan was close to coming upon the truth that Dinah shot A-M, and wanted blood. Vanessa was desperate to keep Alan from finding out, not knowing that Alan was guilty of the same crime months ago.

    Back in Minnesota, Gus and Harley came face to face with Alan-Michael, and warned him about trying to meet with Fiona. This signaled A-M to get out of town, but when he returned to the hotel room, Fiona was gone! Ready to find her, Alan-Michael was confronted by Harley. Elsewhere, Sebastian was also in Minnesota, intent on finding Fiona before the cops did. Gus came face to face with Fiona who was preparing to leave on small charter plane. Fiona pleaded her innocence to Gus, but Gus insisted that he had to turn her in. When it seemed as if Fiona would give up, Fiona shot Gus in the shoulder and ran off. Arriving at the airfield, was also Sebastian who lurked around the hangers looking for Fiona, who he knew was there. Loaded in his pocket was a gun. Alan-Michael and Harley arrived at the hanger to find Gus shot, but still willing to find Fiona. Harley however insisted. As Harley was attending to Gus who was bleeding endlessly, Alan-Michael ran off in search for Fiona. Fiona was confronted by Sebastian, who was pointing a gun at her! At the sound of Harley’s voice, Sebastian grabbed Fiona and took off. However Fiona was able to escape him. When Fiona ran away from Sebastian, she had run into Harley. There to witness the confrontation, was Alan-Michael. Alan-Michael was on the verge of admitting the truth; that Dinah was the culprit but for some reason could not bring himself to do it. When Fiona had pulled out her gun and was pointing it at Harley, a gun went off nearly missing Harley. (This shot was fired by Sebastian in order to agitate Harley into shooting Fiona.) Fiona then ran off, trying to make it to the plane, but was shot by Harley. A-M rushed to her side, but unfortunately, she died in his arms. Alan-Michael was devastated, Sebastian the snake as he had always been, slithered away from this without a scratch. Fiona, having no family, was buried in Springfield, her funeral was paid by Alan-Michael. Alan-Michael would be the only one to attend her funeral, until Gus and Harley showed up. Harley tried to comfort Alan-Michael in all his grief, but he only lashed out at her and Gus. This was the beginning of Alan-Michael’s transformation into a cold and calculating man like his father. Alan learned that Dinah was his son’s shooter and was hell bent on getting revenge on Dinah, but a solemn Alan-Micahel coldly threatened his father about revealing to the public the truth about the mess involving Connor McCaskill. After hearing what he had done, Vanessa thanked Alan-Michael. In New York, Dinah was making progress in her therapy sessions, and on one sunny afternoon, Ross, Blake, Bill, Vanessa, Kevin, and Jason all were shocked to say the least to see a vibrant Dinah back to normal as if nothing had happened that last few months. To her nothing had happened, for she had blocked those months out. The Spaulding household braced for Dinah’s return.

  4. The Business Front in '06

    · MichaelGL · 05/07/2007 05:53 AM

    On the work front, Vanessa Chamberlain and Alexandra Spaulding rallied their forces to stop Damian Vocheck’s hostile take-over of Spaulding Enterprises. Joining Damian was Alan-Michael, who thought that Alex had wrongly taken the company from him. Many citizens of Springfield however were doubtful that Damian could take Spaulding. Damian however remained determined to seize control of Spaulding. Damian appeared in a face-to-face meeting with Vanessa on WSPR’s Market Street Week. Afterwards, the pair met privately and argued. The chemistry was instant and unmistakable. The fight turned to passion as Damian pulled his rival into a kiss. Vanessa responded. A new romance was born in Springfield.

    Vanessa refused to get wrapped up in an affair with Damian. (Their romance had remained a secret to the rest of the town, for the fact that Alex would not be satisfied in the least to learn that the Vice President of Spaulding was sleeping with the enemy. So when in public the two fought like cats and dogs, but behind closed doors the two made passionate love.) She believed that Damian was only sleeping with her so he could wrestle control of Spaulding. In order to prove her wrong, Damian appeared on Market Street Week again, this time announcing that his bid for SE was over, and he was making plans of moving Vocheck Enterprises to Springfield. Vanessa however remained reluctant, for a part of her still loved her ex Billy.

    Meanwhile a furious Alan-Michael went to war with Alex on his lonesome. Not known to A-M, Alex’s machinations were more complex than he thought. In order to regain her position at Spaulding, Alex sold her soul to the devil himself, Sebastian Thorpe. In return for his help, by spying and sabotaging several SE projects A-M had organized, he wanted Alex’s hand in marriage! Sebastian believed that by marrying Alex he would have all the power and wealth he ever dreamed of, just like his father. Alex agreed, however she intended on going back on her and Sebastian’s deal, no matter what the cost. She had already been married to one Thorpe before, and she would die before she was to marry another one. As Sebastian and Alex’s partnership continued, Alex used Sebastian to ruin her enemy Mindy Lewis. When Sebastian brought half of Mindy’s fashion company, it was Alex’s money that went into the company not his. As Mindy detested the thought of working alongside Sebastian, what she didn’t know was that it was her enemy Alex, a woman she despised more than anyone the face of the earth, more than Sebastian, was the owner of half of her company. As co-owner of the company, Alex plotted the company’s rise and fall, all with the help of Sebastian.

    While this fact remained unknown to Mindy, what she did know was that Alex was blackmailing her with information regarding the death of Eve Guthrie. If it was ever to get out, her fiancé Rick and his father, Ed would be tried for murder and would undoubtedly lose their medical licenses. Not wanting that to happen at the hands of Alex, Mindy complied when Alex demanded that Mindy vote for her at the upcoming Spaulding shareholders’ meeting.

    Elsewhere on the business front, Damian went to war with the Lewises, attempting to acquire their company in a hostile take over. Not only did this make Damian a rival of the Lewises, but it also made Billy and Damian enemies. Unbeknownst to Billy, Damian was carrying on an affair with his former wife Vanessa. When Reva came upon this secret, she told Billy, who came upon the pair in bed together. A hurt Billy complied when Vanessa begged him not to tell anyone for she would lose her job at Spaulding. Thankfully Reva was able to convince Billy to fight for Vanessa. In order to help Billy, Reva decided to cozy up to Mr. Vocheck and try to distract him from his affair with Vanessa, while Billy worked on winning her back. To Reva’s dismay, Damian knew what Reva was up, but decided to play along. As Reva’s plan continued to play out, Josh grew increasingly jealous of the two constantly spending time together.

    Damian would come upon Billy and Vanessa on the verge of a reunion. Knowing that Billy was about to propose to Vanessa, he decided to get the upper hand. Damian romantically whisked Vanessa off to Budapest where he proposed to her!

    Back in Springfield, Damian’s newly hired nurse (Damian had a rare blood disorder that took a toll on his health every so often.), Stacey Reardon, was intent on solving a mystery involving his new home, Thorneway Manor (A home where her mom and Quint had once lived). When Stacey was first hired to work there, Mr. Vocheck warned her not to set foot into the west wing of the manor, not giving a clear reason as to why. However, Stacey’s curiosity got the best of her and while her boss was away in Budapest, she wandered through the halls, and into the library. There she came upon a painting of a beautiful young woman. Even more mysterious was that there was a name plate on the bottom of the painting that spelled out “My Beloved”. Before Stacey could digest any of this information, Stacey was confronted by Damian’s loyal and longtime maid Olga, who demanded to know the reason why she was there. As Stacey was ready to explain, the sound of glass breaking came from the room above the library. However to Stacey’s surprise, Olga acted unfazed by the noise, acting as if she had not heard the noise. Stacey was certain that someone else was there in the west wing, but Olga insisted that they were the only two there. Olga warned Ms. Reardon not to return to this room again, and act as if she had not seen the portrait. Stacey complied, but confided in her friend and confidante Matthew in what she had seen.

    Matthew and Stacey had become quite a pair. Although their relationship had remained simply platonic, the thought of anything else was the furthest from their mind. Despite the fact that their fathers were mortal enemies (Quint Chamberlain and a back from the dead Mark Evans), Stacey and Matthew had formed a close knit friendship. Stacey was there when Matthew’s heart was broken by Michelle (A woman who she despised.). Matthew was there for Stacey when a much older Phillip Spaulding dumped her for the affections of his ex wife Beth. Now Stacey was pregnant with Phillip’s child, but had no intention on telling the father, Phillip, that she was carrying his child. When questions began to arise, as to whom the father could be, Matthew shocked Michelle and his sister Amanda by revealing that he was the father after a one night stand with her while he was in a relationship Michelle. Even after that, Stacey considered herself to be alone and pregnant, despite having family and friends there for her (Just as her mother considered herself to be when she was pregnant with her years ago.). This was when she decided to take the high paying job as being a nurse for Springfield’s newest resident, the wealthy Damian Vocheck. Now Stacey and Matthew had become involved in a mystery surrounding the west wing of Mr. Vocheck’s new home.

  5. Welcome to the 16th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.
    Theme: Sticky Fingers


    Answer: Jenna Bradshaw


    Answer: Ed Bauer

    Each question is worth 5 points. Congrats to Tishy and carlo112282 for getting both questions correct. They gain a total of 10 points each.



    Answer: Hart Jessup (Hart worked at Lewis as a security guard. It was one of main things that led to their hook up.)

  6. News Ticker: In the midst of Laura Wright's departure from GL, the show announced that they would be recasting the role with Cynthia Preston from GH. Weeks later the show would announce Signy Coleman's return as Annie Dutton for a 4 week stint. Shortly after Coleman's stint on the show was announced, it was announced that Kim Zimmer would be going on hiatus from the show for a unspecified amount of time. After Coleman's character, "Annie" killed off Zimmers' Reva, Zimmer would remain the show making sporadic appearances in flashbacks and as a ghostly figure to her children Jonathan, Marah, and Shayne. Months later the show dropped a bombshell on fans revealing that Cynthia Preston would not only be playing the role of Cassie Layne, but also Annie Dutton when the character returned yet again. Weeks later, Kim Zimmer was announced to be reprising the role of Reva Shayne Lewis on the show after a year and a half of doing flashbacks and appearing as ghost Reva to her character's children.

    Paul Taylor joins the show as Remy Boudreau.

    Amy Van Horne joins the show as Nurse Kimberly Lambert.

    Brian Gaskill (ex-Rafe PC) joins the show as Kirk Winters.

    Veronica Redd joins the show for a short amount of time as Ella-Mae Boudreau.

    Marcy Rylan joins the show as Lizzie Spaulding.

    Greg Marxx (ex-Tom ATWT) joins the show as Dr. Keith Sullivan.

    Annie Dutton, notorious for her last stint in Springfield, returned with a vengeance. Having seduced her therapist at the asylum Alan had set her up in. As time progressed she seduced her way out, and was released with a clean bill of health. Annie however was far from it. She made her way back to Springfield, ready to claim what she had lost to her nemesis, Reva Shayne. To her dismay, it wasn't Reva who she had to be threatened by; it was Reva's sister Cassie. As Annie lurked around Springfield, eager to stay under the radar, she plotted to get rid of Reva once and for all. One night as Josh was watching Reva head to her car, it exploded in front of the Lewis home. To his horror, they recovered Reva's remains, however they were beyond identification. Having lost Reva forever Josh retreated to a dark place in his life. Annie was slated to make her move at any moment now, but to her surprise Cassie beat her to it. As this was happening, Alan received a long delayed call informing that Annie had been released from the sanitarium. Alan began to suspect that Annie was back in Springfield. As time went by, Cassie and Josh began to slowly develop feelings for one another. Harley, having been in the same situation the last time Reva was presumed dead warned Cassie about her feelings. Cassie however ignored her warning, and during a heated argument between the two in which Cassie suggested Josh to get over Reva's death, the two impulsively kissed. It was the kiss to remember, for at the time Annie was witnessing it. As a new year began, Cassie and Josh began a secret affair. Seeing the two so happily together, Annie tried several times to kill Cassie, but the danger only pushed them closer together. Meanwhile Frank would reveal to Josh and Cassie that his investigation led him to believe that Annie Dutton was behind the explosion that had killed Reva months ago. He informed them that Annie had been released from the sanitarium weeks before Reva’s death. As the police looked for Annie, Annie stayed hidden seeking shelter at the lighthouse. After hearing an argument between Cassie and Tammy over her romance with Josh, Annie began to stalk Tammy along with Josh and Cassie. Annie adored Tammy, and believed if she could have a child she would want them to grow up to be Tammy (She even imagined the child that she and Josh had lost growing up to be Tammy). Annie obsession of Tammy stemmed from when Tammy was once taken by social services and put in foster care. Tammy had stayed with the Spauldings (at this time Annie was married to Alan). Amazed by how much that little girl had grown up, she longed to take the place of Cassie as her mother. Suddenly this gave her an idea. As a haughty Annie relished in the light of her new plan, Alan and Frank were hot on her heels. Realizing this, she fled from Springfield. Annie would soon arrive at her destination, Arizona. It was where her and Rick had met and had gotten married. It was also the place where she knew she could find somebody to help her; that man was Dr. Keith Sullivan. Keith had been a friend of Rick's. The two bonded over their knowledge of medical procedures. Keith was a doctor who specialized in plastic surgery. When Annie showed up on his doorstep, she showed him a picture and demanded that he make her look like the woman in the picture. Keith complied, as Annie held a disturbing and unknown fact about the doctor. Months later, Annie returned to Springfield, resembling Cassie Layne! Meanwhile it had been a year since Reva died, and his romance with Cassie had become public knowledge. Josh planned on proposing to Cassie. He planned to do it at a candle lit dinner he had prepared at the lighthouse. The night that Cassie was supposed to show up at the lighthouse, she was stopped dead in her tracks. Cassie was confronted by a woman who looked exactly her. Annie then kidnapped, and temporarily stashed Cassie at a familiar place, the carousel. She then headed over to the Lewis’s, put on a dress that belonged to Cassie and took her place at the dinner Josh had prepared for Cassie. It was Annie, not Cassie who Josh was proposing marriage to, and who graciously accepted! A few days later, a starved and dehydrated Cassie was apprehended by Annie when she attempted to escape from the carousel. At first Cassie thought it was somebody there to rescue her, to her dismay the masked assailant was none other than Annie; her look alike. Annie then drugged; stashed Cassie in the back of Cassie’s car, and took Cassie to the lighthouse. There inside of the basement, Annie stashed Cassie inside a cell. When Cassie awoke, she could not believe her cell mate was! To her surprise, it was a very much alive Reva Shayne Lewis! Later on Annie would explain to both of the Shayne girls how they had ended up at this point. After drugging a Dr. Thomas's wife (the therapist who she had an affair with), she placed her body in Reva's car which had been fixed to explode. When it did, she took an unconscious and mildly injured Reva to the lighthouse. She had been keeping Reva locked up for a year and a half. Annie jokingly added that when she left for Arizona she left her with a variety of junk food to last her for months. Annie did leave Reva with some departing words as she prepared to resume the life she had taken from Cassie. Annie left it up to Cassie to update Reva on how everyone was able to move on after her death. When Cassie explained, Reva already knew. Reva revealed that Annie had set up a camera in the Lewis house to rub Cassie and Josh's relationship in her face. A look of shock eclipsed Cassie's face. <To be continued.>

    When Eddie Rodriguez was hired to work for Danny Santos, he hoped to be working along side the big boys. To his dismay, Eddie was working beside Danny’s gardener. It was nothing Eddie expected. Elsewhere, a newly returned Lizzie, came face to face with an old rival of hers from boarding school, Eddie’s sister Sophia. Before the two could revive their rivalry, Lizzie met and became enamored with the handsome Seth Reardon, Tony and Annabelle’s second oldest son. Lizzie had met Seth one night on the lake. Was there romance on the horizon?

    Remy Boudreau and Billy Lewis’s club, “The Blue Orchid” was a major success. His grandmother, Ella-Mae, became his star singer.

    Alan Spaulding was apoplectic when his prize dog Lila ran off with Cooper mongrel, Jeffrey, and the two behaved like animals! Alan really lost his temper when Lila disgraced the family by becoming pregnant. She gave birth to two puppies Raoul and Scotty.

    A new arrival brought profound terror to Springfield. Kirk Winters was handsome, smooth, and smart. But not smart enough to stay away from his ex-wife, Nurse Kimberly Lambert who worked at Cedars. Kirk had just been released from prison after serving time for spousal abuse. He immediately began subtly stalking her, careful to lean on the right side of the law while he was doing his evil deeds.

    Tony Reardon and Rick Bauer kept a watchful eye on Kirk’s every move, hoping to catch him in the act. But Kirk was not going to be stopped! In a horrible act of revenge, Kirk set fire to Tony’s house with Annabelle trapped inside. Tony rushed in the burning house, and pulled Annabelle to safety. Doctors at Cedars, said that Annabelle, blinded by the explosive blaze, might never see again.
  7. Welcome to the 15th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary. Theme: Loose Ends


    Answer: The Lighthouse Gala


    Answer: Michelle Bauer and Drew Jacobs

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Josh and oakdalelover for getting both questions correct!


    Answer: Yes

    Congrats to Josh and oakdalelover on getting the bonus correct. It's an additional 10 points for the two of them.
  8. Welcome to the 14th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.

    Theme: Emmy Fever!!!!!!


    Answer:No. However she won for the following year.


    Answer: Ellen Parker

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Josh who wins a total 10 points.


    Answer: In the 30+ year history of the Daytime Emmy's, Guiding Light has won a total of 2 Emmys for Outstanding Daytime Series. Both while under the guidance of Douglas Marland and Allen Potter. For the years 1979-1980, and 1981-1980, GL won for Outstanding Daytime Series.
  9. Welcome to the 13th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.

    Answer: Lorelei Hills

    Answer: Mick (Miguel Jr), Danny, and Pilar.
    Ray and Tony are cousins to the Santos family.

    Each question was worh 5 points. Congrats to Actor 87 and Tishy for recieving a total of 5 points. Congrats to oakdalelover who recieves 10 points!


    Answer: Alan-Michael Spaulding (Father: Alan Spaulding; Mother: Hope Bauer)

    Congrats to Actor87, oakdalelover, and Tishy getting the bonus correct which was worth 10 points.

  10. Winners of the Weekend Round!

    · MichaelGL · 03/11/2007 11:49 AM

    Welcome to the 12th Round of Reader's Light. Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.


    Answer:Ed Bauer


    Answer: Prison

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Tishy who recieves 10 points! Congrats to DH23 for recieving a total of 5 points!


    Answer: Rick Bauer (Though this question has more than one answer to it!)

    Congrats to Tishy for recieving an additional 10 extra points!
  11. READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.



    Answer: Goshen


    Answer: Lillian Raines

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Actor87 for getting each one correct. That is an additional 10 points.


    Answer: Mike Bauer, Hope Bauer, and Cass Winthrop.
  12. READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.



    Answer: Maureen Reardon Bauer


    Answer: Claire Ramsey

    Congrats to Actor87, Dan, and Josh you get 10 points for getting each question correct!

    Answer: Five Points, Selby Flatts, and finally Springfield.

    Congrats to Actor87 and Dan who got this question correct. You gain another 10 points!
  13. READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.


    [

    Answer: Reva Shayne Lewis


    Answer: Rick Bauer and Ross Marler

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Josh and Actor87 for this round correct. SteveFrame also gains 10 points, but I have to add that I let him slip by for saying Ross Chandler (A character on AMC) and not Ross Marler.


    Answer: Eddie Banks

    Congrats to SteveFrame and Actor87 for getting the bonus correct! They recieve an additional 10 more points.
  14. READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.



    Answer: Alan Spaulding


    Answer: Harley Cooper

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to SteveFrame and Actor87 for getting these questions correct!


    Answer: The creation of Tony and Company. The plot involved a run away house on wheels colliding into the boarding house where Springfield's newest family, the Reardon's resided. In the end Tony decided to keep the new addition and turn it into a pub.

    SteveFrame and Actor87 get half for giving it a go.

  18. Winner of the Third Round!!!

    · MichaelGL · 02/22/2007 04:26 AM

    READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.



    Answer: Hunt Block


    Answer: Rick Bauer

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to SteveFrame, who gets 10 points for answering both questions correctly!
  19. READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.



    Answer: Billy shot the dastardly Roger Thorpe, father of Blake and Sebastian Thorpe.


    Answer: The Santoses

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Actor who gets 5 points for answering #2!

  20. Winner of the First Round...

    · MichaelGL · 02/21/2007 12:20 AM

    READER'S LIGHT: Celebrating Guiding Light's 70th Anniversary.


    Answer: Olivia cheated on Josh with Alan.


    Answer: Roxie, Rusty, and Reva.

    Each question was worth 5 points. Congrats to Josh for answering correct on Question #2.

    The next round will be up after Episode 41 of GL:TB is posted.
  21. NEWS!!!

    Introducing a new portion of Guiding Light: The Brotherhood we bring to you, Reader's Light. A series of games, and other tools of reader participation ready to sweep the GL:TB blog. It will include a game where fans will be put to the test using their knowledge of GL history(Coinciding with GL having turned a monumental 70 years old this year.). The bonus will include a question about that day's episode of Guiding Light: The Brotherhood.

    Included will be points awarded to the readers who respond with the correct answer. The tallies will be posted between the credits and SONBC Ratings.

    You've might have seen a prime example of Reader's Light inside MichaelGL's signature which features a "Connect the Dots" game. Reader's Light has already been in place with a few of the past episodes, featuring a Q&A under many of the posted episodes.

    Expect more to come....
  22. TOM joins GL:TB as Shayne Lewis
    Y&R vet David Tom joins GL:TB as Josh Lewis's prodigal son, Shayne Lewis. However when Shayne returns, things will not be as they seem. "Since leaving for Bosnia, Shayne has changed into a dark and cynical man, one reminiscent of Robert Newman's Josh Lewis under Douglas Marland's tenure. Shayne will become quite the man in the board room at Lewis as he gets more involved there." states EP/HW Michael Allen. Tom debuts in episode 36.

    OLTL vet Erin Torpey will debut in episode 36 as Reva and Josh's daughter, Marah Lewis. "Torpey takes on the role of Marah in the midst of her character joining the big boys at Lewis. There will be quite a storm brewing between Shayne and Marah in the upcoming months. Marah will also serve as one of Olivia Spencer's few friends in Springfield." teases EP/HW Michael Allen.

    With news of Torpey's arrival, insiders are hinting that Sam Spencer's return isn't far behind.

    Joshua Casaubon joins the show as Ji-Min's shady assistant, Trent Spencer. "He's the kind of guy that gives you goose bumps whenever you see him. He will not be good news for Olivia, who wants nothing but out of her new marriage to his boss." states EP/HW Michael Allen. Casaubon debuts in episode 36.

    GL is looking to cast the role of Benjamin "Ben" Reade. Unlike what occured GL, on GL:TB, Ben left for Baltimore to oversee the Stoddard Foundation, a foundation honoring his mother Maeve Stoddard. Ben will arrive in Springfield in quite the shocking way.

  23. Some Arrivals..AW Vet Joins

    · MichaelGL · 02/14/2007 03:35 PM

    -AW Vet, Christine Jones who made the role of Janice Frame joins the show as Holly's assistant station manager, Miranda
    Webber.

    -Esai Morales from ABC's defunct primetime drama, NYPD Blue joins as a cop on the SFPD, Diego Rodriguez. Diego will be a part of GL's newest latino family, the Rodriguez's.

    -Some departures are ahead.

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