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July Peggy identifies Ron as her assailant, then - screaming out in agony - she attacks him, but is restrained by Stu and Chris. Although Chris denies having any influence over Peggy, Stu and Jen are not convinced. Jen points out the since Peggy never really saw his face, how could she identify her attacker? Stu mentions the fact that Ron approached Peggy before the line up to express his condolences, though Chris sees it as a fantastic bluff. Peggy could have been highly influenced by Chris' prejudice. While Stu and Jen express their concern for the Becker family, Chris is adamant in her belief in Ron's guilt. Nancy is adamant about her husband's innocence, she comes to the Brooks and begs for their help. She knows Chris has disliked Ron ever since learning of his past, but he is innocent, and with his new job, they had their first chance for a normal life. Stu and Jen are at a loss for words. Guilty or innocent, Ron must be held in custody because he cannot post bond. Leslie plays the benefit, her music more wonderful than ever due to Brad being in the audience, Brad prays his sight doesn’t fail him before the night is over. He has made up his mind; he is going to leave her tonight. In his farewell letter he tells her of his love, but not the real reason why he is leaving. He merely asks her to trust him this once more. His departure is stalled by Lorie, who guessed what he was planning. She is determined to protect Leslie and to stop Brad from completely devastating her. Although she feels as if she's betraying her sister, Lorie takes Brad to her apartment. Leslie, humming to herself, opens Brad's letter. Jill begins her first day in the Baker Hotel barbershop as a manicurist. Just as she is being propositioned for the second time that day, Snapper arrives, grabs her hand and takes her home. She protests, but he quietly explains about compromise and says, "All you have is you. If you compromise that, you don't know who or what you are!" Tearfully grateful, Jill admits she was very glad to see him there. Peggy is having doubts, and is torturing herself with thoughts of what Nancy and Karen will do without Ron. Although Chris urges her to put those doubts behind her, Peggy can't. Nancy visits Ron in Jail. They are both pained by their inability to comfort each other. Ron, tearfully, tells Nancy to divorce him so that she - with Karen - can start a new life. He is a born loser who has just lost the only chance he ever had. Nancy refuses to give up. Stu expresses his concern about the Beckers to Chris, and says that some people can never get out from under. Nancy learns on top of everything else that her mother has died. Lorie begs Brad to change his mind and it doesn't work, she then concocts a plan, she has learned of a wonderful doctor in San Francisco who might be able to help Brad, but he feels it is useless to try another doctor. To convince him, Lorie forces him to hear for himself what pain he is causing Leslie. She gets Les to the apartment and goads her into screaming out that her only chance of retaining her sanity is to believe that Brad will come back to her. That does it. He will let Lorie take him to Dr. Spencer. Lorie tells Lance she must go to San Francisco. He pensively agrees to ask her no questions, as he holds the ring he has just, impulsively, bought her. Leslie continues with the fiction that Brad is visiting his mother, who is ill. Lance wonders where Lorie is - and with whom. He pretends her mystery is intriguing, but Lorie's sudden departure has hurt him. Lance and Vanessa are now at the summer home at Lake Geneva. When he remarks that it is an ideal time for entertaining, she is disconcerted. She has elected to live in seclusion and she regards his statement as an indictment. Does her son regard her as an encumbrance? Lance assures her he does not. JoAnn is emerging as a woman in her own right. In one afternoon she is able to accept a dinner date, and also to tell Johnny that he can stay at the apartment or move; it doesn't matter any more. Nancy, trying to use psychology, asks the Brooks to care for Karen while she goes to her mother's funeral, but Stu feels it would not be fair to Peggy. Jen wonders how sure Peggy can be of her identification if Karen’s presence in the house can cast doubts on it? Although it is painful for her, Peggy must testify at a grand jury hearing that will indict Ron. Tormented by her doubts, she hopes that Chris will be there soon to help her. Chris is in Denver, trying to find out exactly what happened that night six years ago. The woman who claimed to be raped, and who has kept her past secret from her husband, will not tell Chris anything more than that she did not testify against Ron because her past was not very clean. Despite Chris' pleas, she will say no more. Brock is of more immediate help. Visiting Peggy, he recites some beautiful prayers to her; the one which says that with God's help we can all face any problem, is the one that goes straight to her heart. She is able, then, to look at him and say that she now knows she cannot blame all men for her misfortune. Brock has also aided Jill. With his help she is able to get a better perspective of herself plus a good job in a beauty salon. Lance does his best to take care of Leslie during what he thinks is merely Brad's absence, and he makes sure she sees a doctor after a fainting spell at his summer home. Later they share one dazzling, bewildering kiss and Leslie suggests they not see each other again. Leslie then learns from Snapper that she is pregnant. She wants no one else to know about it yet, but she is thrilled to be pregnant with Brad’s child. Nancy inherits $9,000 from her mother and uses the money to arrange Ron's bail. Jeff Lawrence will defend Ron, and during their interviews the lawyer finds enough cause to petition the court to drop the charges. Because Ron introduced himself to Peggy before the line-up, and because of the influence exerted by Chris, it is possible that there is no evidence to convict Ron of his heinous deed. Whatever doubts Peggy may have harboured in her heart about her identification of Ron, as her attacker, they disappear when she hears of the action taken by Ron's lawyer. She is now convinced of his guilt. Chris is also convinced - that Ron cleverly planned the introduction before the line-up. Lorie and Brad return from San Francisco. There is, apparently, no known cause for his blindness. Brad is determined to stay out of Leslie's life. He has no ready answer when Lorie, after her offer to accompany him in his flight is rejected, asks him how he expects to manage? Jack, at loose ends because Peggy is not ready to see him, asks JoAnn for a date. He is unpleasantly surprised when she turns him down because she has a date for that night. She also has a new hair-do: and a new young woman is beginning to emerge, confident and pretty. Brock has good reason to be happy for the part he has played in Jo's "recovery."

June At Chris’ request, Stuart did what he can to help Ron get a job. When he did a routine background check he found that Ron had a prior for burglary and possible rape. Chris meanwhile told Ron to deliver the table he made to Chris’ place, telling him Snapper would not be home and to wait for her. Brad can’t handle the web of lies he has created to keep Leslie from the truth of his blindness, he once again decides to leave the woman he loves, as he did with Barbara. Barbara enlists the help of Lorie, she tells Lorie about Brad’s blindness. Leslie can no longer stand Brad’s secretive behaviour and refusal to share what is going on in his life, she confronts him and he tells her he is not the same man she married, she is better of without him. Leslie is stunned. Jo is appalled by her recent suicide attempt. Brock comforts her and tries to convince her of her own worth, even kissing her and asking her to go on a date with him. Jo politely refuses, telling Brock she is still in love with Jack and couldn’t think of being with anyone else. Jack visits Jo, and feeling guilty about his part in Jo’s misery, tells her he has been inconsiderate and selfish. Jo tells him her suicide attempt was not to try to hold onto him, she loves him too much to hold onto him if he is miserable. Jo wonders how two people so in love, could end up as strangers. Peggy realises the three way affair can’t continue because it will soon destroy them all. She goes to Jack and tells him it is over, Jack is upset, but Peggy states that their love cannot be right if it causes so much pain. Lance flies Lorie home with the ulterior motive of seeing Leslie, the love of his life. Lance tells Leslie that he wants nothing more than to make her happy and give her the world. Leslie reminds Lance that she has Brad for that. Snapper asks Brad about his condition. Brad is sure he will be blind within the next two months and he won’t inflict that on Leslie, he tells Snapper about his plans to leave town. Snapper points out that Brad is running away from his inability to face his problems. Stuart tells Chris about Ron’s priors. She immediately heads to see Ron and confront him, but he is out. Nancy tells Chris that Ron met a woman a few years ago and went up to her apartment only to have her change her mind and accuse him of rape, when he went to trial the D.A pushed him to take a deal and he served time for burglary which he did not commit, Nancy says that Ron feels he was rail-roaded since the woman in question refused to testify. Feeling distressed over ending her relationship with Jack, Peggy heads to Chris’ place using the spare key Chris gave her to let herself in. Ron arrives home still carrying the table. He tells Chris that he had the wrong address so decided to come home instead. He is relieved to have his past out in the open because Chris has been so good to them. Chris returns to her place to find Peggy cowering in the corner crying. Chris soon realises that Peggy has been raped and though she has visions of her own rape, she moves past it and comforts her sister. Kay is no match for her son and housekeeper, she is coerced into attending a dinner party Liz is throwing to introduce her to bachelor Ralph Olsen, a plumber and friend of Liz. Kay is astounded that although Ralph is socially beneath her, he is well spoken and a recovering alcoholic who understands her torment. Despite Kay’s snobbery, she allows Ralph to drive her home, once there she makes a bee line for the liquor cabinet, but Ralph stops her and makes her see the suicide in it. They instead share a ginger ale together. Jack, not able to see Peggy, meets with Jo at The Allegro. He is surprised by the change in her, especially when she tells him she has had enough, if he wants to be with Peggy, that’s where he should be. Jack tries to visit Peggy, but the family won’t let him, instead of calling, he tries again, unaware of the tragedy he will have to face. Ron gets a job as a woodworker and at Nancy’s insistence he tells them about his prior record and is happy when they don’t mind. For the moment at least, The Becker’s are happy. After being questioned by police, Chris realises the intended victim of Peggy’s attacker was her; she begins to believe that Ron was the one who raped Peggy. After Peggy’s harrowing recount to the police and painful examination at the hospital, Chris decides to confront Ron about her suspicions. Jack is on his way to try to see Peggy, filled with thoughts of happiness and joy, while Peggy is being comforted by her family. Her life has changed forever. Vanessa, it seems received her scars saving Lance from a fire. He tries to convince her she has his love and gratitude. Kay begins to realise how lonely she is and decides to make the first move with Ralph by inviting him and the Foster’s to dinner. Liz arrives without Bill, who has just had another attack, despite this, Liz is happy to help Kay plan and cook dinner. Stuart tries to keep Jack away from Peggy, but Jen tells him it is better that they see each other. Peggy is too ashamed to talk about love with Jack and it may be a long time before she gets back to that place. Chris confronts Ron, who denies the accusations; she pushes him into going into a line up to help Peggy identify her assailant. Chris tells Snapper of her suspicions, he reminds her that there is no hard evidence against him, but Chris remains adamant. Ron plans to go to the police, but hesitates, as it is his first day on the job, a job that has taking six years to get. Chris reads his delay as an admission of guilt. When Chris receives a call to say the line up is going ahead, she assumes that Ron has another trick up his sleeve. Despite her inclination to cancel, Leslie goes ahead with her benefit concert, knowing that Brad will finally be in the audience. Snapper tries to convince Brad not to leave town, while Lorie, unaware of Brad’s plans, tells him if he hurts her sister, she will tell the truth about his illness.

May Brock urges JoAnn to learn from her ordeal, and to fight for her husband. He says that if Johnny didn't feel something for her, he would have left her for this other woman. Brock is surprised to learn from Chris that the other woman is Peggy. Peggy tells Jo that she intends to fight for Jack, but she wants it to be fair. She urges Jo to become, once again, the vibrant, assured, attractive and interesting person she once was, it may bring Johnny back to her. Leslie has realized that Brad is in Chicago, fearing that he may be with Barbara. Brad, still in hospital, is reliving his past with Barbara. He looks at the man he used to be, how cruel and heartless he was to her. Barbara takes him to see their son's grave, he weeps, knowing that his son had needed him, had asked for him, he despises what he did to Barbara's life. Bill tells Liz to marry Sam, though she was undecided. Kay was flabbergasted that Liz (of all people) should receive two proposals, she sees a chance of snaring Bill for herself. Kay tells Liz how dependable Sam would be, and how she would have all the things she always wanted. And Bill, with not long to live, would have...his friends. Kay's campaign has some effect. Liz says, rather cryptically, that she has made up her mind. Liz's decision is to re-marry Bill. A renewal of their vows takes place in their home, performed by the same minister who first married them. After the ceremony, Stu and Jen come by with a token of their love and affection, a week in Hawaii. Kay comes out of herself enough to send them flowers. Jill is determined to get Kay to stop her drinking. At first resentful and perhaps fearful, Kay is convinced of Jill's sincerity by her avowal to stay out of Kay's life forever, as soon as she has helped Kay face life soberly. Jill must make a new life for herself and the baby, and she wants to do it with a clear conscience. She must make up for the wrong that she did. Despite her protests, Jo is taken clothes shopping by Peggy and, after a special purchase, even Jo is convinced she is pretty. She is changing, and even Johnny is aware of it. Through Legal Aid, Chris becomes very involved with the Becker's, a young couple faced with insurmountable problems. Nancy collapses in a diabetic coma; Karen, her child, has no one to take care of her. Ron is in jail, accused of rape. Chris takes Karen to Jen to look after her. Brad insists on leaving the hospital in order to be home when Leslie returns from Mexico City. At the same moment his doctor arrives to tell him the prognosis. Leslie decides to delay her departure until the next day to give Brad a chance to go home first - from whatever he was doing in Chicago. Nancy, in the hospital, is being treated by Snapper. She will be all right, but the Becker’s are penniless and friendless and she begs Chris to help Ron all she can. Against her revulsion and despite Snapper's warning that the guy who raped her also pleaded his innocence, Chris makes an effort to help Ron, at least to talk to him. She goes to the prison to visit him. Waiting for him to be brought in, however, she relives every agonizing moment of her own dreadful experience and, by the time Ron is sitting in front of her, all she can say is that she cannot believe his cries of innocence; she has heard it all before. She has too many scars, wounds that have never healed. She cannot cope with this. Chris is stunned when Nancy Becker calls the Brooks to say that all the charges against Ron have been dropped. Chris at first finds it difficult to believe her instincts could be so wrong, but then she is filled with remorse for condemning Ron in her mind. In an effort to atone, she offers the Becker's all the help she can manage through Legal Aid and Jen steps forward to take care of Karen while Ron looks for work. Brad's doctor can find no cause for his sight problems. Brad declines Barbara's offer to care for him. It is obvious to her that he will soon be completely sightless. He leaves for home, but Barbara begs him to tell Leslie. At home, awaiting Leslie, Brad is visited first by Lorie and then by the Maestro. They each voice their concern for Leslie, but their pleas that he confide in his wife go unheeded. When Leslie comes in the door, he is unable to focus properly, so he cannot rush to sweep her into his arms, as he so desperately wants to do. He then complicates matters more by admitting he had seen Barbara (whom Leslie has found out about) but insists it was not the way Leslie thinks it was. As she presses him, he says he is due at the office. Barbara, when Leslie phones her to get at the bottom of this, keeps her word to Brad. She tells Leslie nothing. It is increasingly clear that Brad will not long be able to keep his secret. Even Stu notices him stumble into a desk. Peggy comes down very hard on Jo, forcing her to wear the new dress, to make tonight the beginning of a new romance between her and her husband. Peggy even breaks a date with Jack to ensure he will be with Jo. The evening is very sweet and they dance and dine by candlelight. Johnny tells Jo how proud he is of her, how she is beginning to become her old self. While he sleeps, Jo basks in her thoughts of the evening and impulsively touches his shoulder, saying aloud how much she loves him. He stirs, and still more than half asleep, replies that he loves her, too, but he calls her Peggy. Jo is devastated. Lorie receives a copy of her new book, published under a pseudonym. It is entitled "Out of My Sister's Shadow." Lorie hopes her life will now be proof of it. While Lorie muses on the unknown depth of Lance, and how little is actually known about him, the man in question is talking to Vanessa Prentiss. Vanessa, who covers half of her face with a veil, is indeed a figure of mystery. She is half of the business, Lance says, and how surprised his many associates would be to learn that half of the decisions are made by her. He chides her for working too hard, but work is life to her, she thrives on it. Although Lance carefully declines to say how much he cares for Leslie, he does tell Vanessa about her - her music, her life, after, like Vanessa – she emerged from a deep emotional trauma. Vanessa replies that it takes great courage to face the world when rejection by it, is what one fears most. Lance is her tower of strength. Brad can tell Leslie about his worries only in his imagination. In the cold light of day, he is unable to share his problems with her, under the misguided impression that he is shielding her, no matter how desperately Leslie begs for the chance to help him. He wants her to have the security of her career; and she wants only the security of knowing she has all his love. She wonders if a child would be the answer. Jo tells Peggy that Johnny made love to her the night before; what she does not tell her rival is that Johnny was drunk (he remembers nothing about it) and thought she was Peggy. Peggy confronts Jack with this news and then completely rocks him to his foundations when, to prevent him from demanding a divorce from Jo, she tells him of Jo's suicide attempt. For once he is truly at a loss. He does not know what to do.

April Liz and Brock try to undo the evil Jill has done to Kay. Kay will accept the truth from neither of them. As a last resort, Brock takes Kay for a walk and leads her to Philip's grave. Kay reads the words on the tombstone and collapses sobbing. Les and Brad entertained Lance and Lorie at dinner after telling each other of their afternoon adventures. After dinner, Lance and Lorie are off to Rome and Stu has arrived at Brad's with Jen. All discuss Lorie and Lance and hope something will come of that relationship. Stu also mentions that Peg is off visiting a girlfriend in Madison. Lance continues his rude game with Lorie en route to Rome. The washroom door jams. Rather than help her, Lance suggests Lorie use some pots from the galley. Lorie is furious, Lance relents and asks Skip to fix the door. Later, the door jams on Lance, and Lorie delights in offering him the galley pans. Gwen has prayed for guidance and admits to Reverend Mother that she must leave the order. All Gwen can think of is Greg, and wants nothing more than to be a wife and mother. Snapper, worried about Greg and Gwen suggests that they not see each other. Gwen eases his mind when she tells him of her plans. Reverend Mother receives the release papers from the Archbishop for Sister Magdelene to sign. After Sister completes the severance formalities, she will be free to leave. Gwen would like to see the children once more before she leaves, but Reverend Mother refuses. Greg enters the convent with Ramon, a young mute boy who has been hit by a car, Gwen calls Snapper and holds the boy and prays, when he recovers he speaks for the first time and utters her name. As Ramon had never spoken before, Gwen is convinced this is the sign from God for her to keep her vocation. Gwen tells Greg she will now take her final vows and soon be on her way to nursing school in St. Louis. Brad has another attack, more severe than the last, but keeps it hidden from everyone. Brad tells Leslie he can’t accompany her to Mexico for her concert as he needs to visit a family member in Chicago who is getting serious tests done. Brock has urged Jill to put aside her hatred and help Kay instead. Jill visits Kay, who is still confused but knows that Jill has a baby, though thinks Brock is the father and that Jill and Brock are still married. She begs Jill to bring her grandson to her. Jill agrees, after Kay promises to have a cheque waiting for the baby. Snapper is concerned about Bill being left alone to care for Phillip. He reminds Liz of his condition, adding that Bill is aware of this and plans to donate his organs when he dies. Liz confronts Bill and asks how a decent funeral can be held with parts of him missing. He tells her he doesn't want people staring at him in a casket. Lorie finds an eminent couturier displaying his designs on live models for Lance. Lance lets Lorie believe that the designs he buys are for Leslie. Lorie is furious and demands a ticket home. She relents when the dresses arrive as a gift for her, from Lance. As they're having an intimate moment in her suite, Lorie admits to wanting more from Lance than friendship. Bored and restless because of her clerical work at Legal Aid, Chris accepts a modeling job, despite Snapper's misgivings. The session seems to go well, but Chris is upset to realize that the photographer has locked the studio door and keeps a two-way mirror in the models' changing room. Snapper arrives, to Chris' great relief, to take her home. At home, Snapper tells her that anytime she needs him, he will be there. Though they spar quite a bit, Lorie and Lance are closer by the time they reach Mexico to see Leslie. Leslie's music is being affected by her concern for Brad. She inadvertently learned that Mrs. Eliot is not sick after all, but she has not learned the reason why Brad was unable to accompany her to Mexico. Stu and Jen are each concerned about Peggy and her involvement with Jack. Stu is hoping that Peggy will find a way to be happy without Jack. When they discuss the issue, she is non-committal. Jack tells Peggy that once JoAnn has lost weight and has more self esteem he will leave her, she will be better off without him by then too. Brock offers to arrange the work schedules to suit JoAnn if she will go back to school as her husband suggested. He even offers to set up a loan to pay for her tuition. She decides, hesitantly, to discuss it with Jack who, she thinks, still loves her. Jill's baby is hurt during an emotional scene between a spiteful Jill and a drunken Kay. Later, Jill seems to resolve to put the baby's welfare above all else after Snapper tells her Phillip will be okay. In a desperate attempt to prevent Kay's self-destruction being laid on Jill's conscience, Bill begs Kay to stop drinking and smoking, he feels she is attempting a slow suicide. It may be the last thing he will ever do, but he is determined to succeed. Taking Chris's advice, Bill proposes marriage to Liz. Liz is a very proper lady, and perhaps she feels he is a stranger; he is certainly a different man from the one who deserted her nine years ago. At the Chancellor house, and with Kay listening in, Bill tells Liz of his love and his fervent desire that they make a fresh start and begin a new life. Too stunned to answer, Liz makes no reply. She is further rocked on her heels later when Sam Powers visits. He asks her again to marry him, and for the second time that day, she is unable to voice a reply. Leslie is able to sublimate her intense worry about Brad, and plays the best music of her career. Her thrilling success is, for her, hollow without Brad. Brad is in the hospital. He must undergo further tests to find out what the problem is. Barbara Anderson visits. When Brad explains that he cannot tell Leslie of his medical worries because he is trying to protect her from all the hurt, Barbara tells him that his love for Leslie is a wonderful, beautiful thing. Peggy and Jack decide to have one wonderful, glorious night out to celebrate their plans to marry. They refer to it as the night they will always remember. JoAnn overheard them in his office, and immediately went home to take an overdose of pills. Brock, coming to tell her that his mother will lend her the money to return to school, arrives in time to get Jo to the hospital, where she is pulled back from the brink of death. It is a return she makes unwillingly. Jack and Peggy, meanwhile, are at the same restaurant as Stu and Jen. Peggy's father is unhappy with her avowal to marry Jack. Later, Stu is informed of Jo's attempted suicide and he rushes to the hospital. Jo asks him not to let Johnny know; she wants his love, not his pity. Peggy, furious at finding her parents waiting up for her, is horrified when Stu tells her that JoAnn tried to take her own life.

March Lorie finds herself remarkably comfortable with Lance on their trip home. She’s accused him of having inherited his wealth, and happy to learn he is a self made man, driven by the need to succeed. Lorie tells him about her soon to be published book and her needs for success. Lorie then owns up to her jealous rivalry of Leslie, Lance tells her Leslie would be happy with any success Lorie has. After telling him about her short relationship with Brad, Lorie asks Lance to stay in Genoa City for a few days, but Lance takes a rain-check. Stuart tells Brad of Peggy’s involvement with Jack, but defends Jack. Stuart believes that Jack unwittingly got caught up in the situation and is having great trouble removing himself from it. Brad tells Stuart that if Jack isn’t prepared to tell Peggy he is married, then Stuart must do it. Peggy is set to apologise to her father for her anger about him seeing Jack. Jennifer convinced her that Stuart was being a typical father who worries about his daughters. Stuart tells her that Jack isn’t the man for her, she presses for a reason and he finally tells her that Jack is married. Peggy refuses to believe it and runs off to confront Jack. Chris apologises to Jack for telling Stuart about his marriage. She explains that she was concerned for Peggy, but even more so for JoAnn as she doesn’t have the loving family that Peggy does to support her. When Peggy turns up later, Jack tries to explain he never meant to hurt her, Peggy doesn’t believe him and screams that he never gave a damn about her, and crying, she leaves. Jill is shattered to hear Brock tell the court that Kay offered him money to marry Jill, not realising he is doing it to help her. Brock is deeply angry with Kay for hurting Jill and her family. While in recess as the Judge makes a ruling, Brock tells Kay she will be the loneliest woman in town as he plans to never see her again if she wins this case. Greg’s fears were justified. Jill looses her case against Kay. Jill blames her loss on being poor and feels Kay won because of her wealth and influence. Jill vows revenge on Kay. Brock goes to Kay and tells her he will no longer be apart of her life, he will use the money she gave him to support Jill and the baby. Kay informs him that she has closed the account in retaliation to him testifying against her. Jill arrives at Kay’s place and holds a paper bag with what looks like a weapon inside over her head and aims it at Kay. Kay begs for her life. Jill forces her to admit that Phillip Sr is the father of her son and frightened she concedes. Kay begs her not to hurt her, Jill sneers that she won’t, Kay will do that for her. She places the bag down and leaves. Kay opens the bag and is horrified to see a bottle of vodka. Peggy visits JoAnn who tells Peggy she knew about the affair, but begs Peggy not to tell Jack that she knew. Peggy agrees and tells JoAnn that she has no intention of ever seeing Jack again. Lorie tells Peggy that if she truly loves Jack she should fight for him. True love is hard to come by in this life. Peggy questions her about Lance, Lorie tells her that the only reason nothing happened is because Lance is clearly in love with Leslie. While visiting with Brad, Lorie voices her concerns again about Lance and Leslie. Brad tells her there is nothing to worry about. Lance loves Leslie like any fan does. Lance later calls Brad and Leslie to invite himself for a visit and Leslie immediately plans to get Lorie and Lance together again. Lorie then sees her mother and tells her she will never let her forgot the pain she has caused her. Jennifer believes the success of her book will keep Lorie busy enough to forget about her mother, but Lorie plans to never forget and never let her forget either. Gwen is having a crisis of faith as she prepares to take her final vows. She can’t stop thinking about Greg. Snapper examines Gwen at the Mother Superior’s request and tells her that Sister Magdalene is heading for a nervous breakdown. Jill orders more vodka and has it sent to Kay. She then waits until Kay is inebriated enough and visits her, acting as if the last two years had never happened. She tells Kay that Phillip is still alive and is very upset with her. She tells her there is no baby, that things are as they were when Jill worked at the Chancellor estate. Liz learns that Jill sent alcohol to Kay and tells Jill to show some pity on the woman, but Jill refuses. She wants Kay to suffer as she has suffered. Lorie tries to get Brock into bed, but he refuses and tells her everything he does now, he does for God. Lorie tells him “What a waste” Lance and Leslie had a dress-up candlelit dinner, interrupted by Lance’s phone call asking if they’d like to accompany him to Rome on a business trip. Leslie told him they couldn’t make it. While she was talking to Lance, Brad began having severe head pains, but recovered by the time Leslie returned. Lance then called Lorie and asked if she would come with him to Rome. Lorie, needing a distraction, agreed. Bill’s condition is improving, and while he can’t work, he would like to look after Phillip Jr. as other family members do. Snapper tells him it isn’t a good idea, he later berates him, for not listening and giving up smoking, when he talks about donating his organs so his life won’t be a complete waste. JoAnn tells Stuart that she is happy that Peggy has decided to stay away from Jack, she couldn’t live without him. Little does she know that Peggy has taken Lorie’s advice and she has resumed her affair with Jack. JoAnn feels motivated to start dieting again and makes an effort to get slim for Jack, not knowing that he and Peggy are getting closer and closer with each day and the possibility of JoAnn and Jack reconciling is becoming less and less. Snapper examines Brad but can’t find anything wrong with him physically, but tells him to discuss his problems with Leslie. Brad refuses, especially on the eve of her tour. To cheer Lorie up, Brad buys her a smashing gown to wear for her trip to Rome. Lorie gives him a kiss for his efforts. He notes that the kiss was a little more than a sister in law should be giving and Lorie notes the dress is much sexier than a brother in law should be buying. Lance stops buy to see Leslie and she tells him she is planning a dinner for him and Lorie, and not to tell Lorie he stopped by. Lance does accidentally and hurt, Lorie gets out the dress Brad bought her. Lorie planned to cancel her trip with Lance, but without any encouragement from Brock she decides to go ahead. Lorie decides the only way to handle Lance is to be indifferent to him. Lance decides the same thing about Lorie and tells Leslie. Leslie knowing that her sister can’t stand to be ignored is fascinated by the outcome of their European trip. Gwen becomes more confused about her vocation. The more she sees Greg the more confusing it becomes. Greg is still in love with Gwen and convinces her to put off taking her final vows. Gwen goes to Mother Superior for advice and she tells Gwen not to go to God with half a heart. Jill is almost about to get what she wants from Kay, but Liz discovers what Jill has been up to and accuses her of trying to drive Kay insane. Jill tells her if she doesn’t exact her revenge on Kay she will be the one to go insane. Liz is appalled at her daughter’s behaviour, while Jill is appalled that her mother has returned to work for Kay.

These are from SOD, but I didn't write them verbatim, also I am Australian, so some words will be spelt slightly differently. 1976 January Leslie is having an exciting time in Paris with Lance and her concerts are well received by critics and audiences. Leslie has to remind herself that she is married. Brad encourages Leslie to see Paris, unaware that Lance is her guide. Lorie visits Brad and he tells her he figured out her connection to Mark. Lorie then learns from Stuart that Mark is working in a clinic in Cleveland and goes to see him. He is surprised to see her and that she knows they are brother and sister. She tells him they could still marry, if they don’t have kids. Mark tells her their love would have changed into something obscene and it is better they are apart. Greg and Snapper try to get Bill to Arizona, he changes his mind when he hears about Jill’s deal with Kay. He rushes to the hospital and begs her to break it. Jill refuses, she has taken the money and signed the papers, they will all be better off. He then goes to Kay, but she refuses, the baby is her whole life now. Unknown to Kay, Jill learns the baby has a fever and cannot leave the hospital. Snapper urges Jill to leave him, but she won’t until she knows he is out of danger. JoAnn excitedly prepares for her date with Jack. Brock has given her money for a new dress. She is showing it to Brock when Jack calls to break the date. Peggy has called to ask Jack to help her prepare for an exam, though he mentioned having other plans, he agrees to cancel them to help her. Peggy is not surprised; she told Chris earlier that Jack is an honourable man. He even turned down her offer to go home with her. Chris tells Peggy to be careful, as she seems to be very vulnerable right now. Peggy has no idea that Jack is married even though at this moment he is readying himself for bed with his wife JoAnn. JoAnn wants to make love to Jack. He tells her he is tired and has to get up early in the morning. She tears up an old photo of her slimmer self and gorges herself. In the morning when Jack sees what she has done he tells her she needs to lose weight for herself, no one else. Leslie and Lance say their goodbyes as he parts for Athens, she thanks him for making Paris so incredible and hopes that he will meet her husband Brad and sister Lorie someday. Stuart tells Brad how kind he is to encourage Leslie’s career as not many men would. Jill finds out her baby is fine and will be released the next day. She heads home and tells her father to take the money and go to Arizona. Liz accuses Bill of standing in the way of Jill’s happiness. Jill tells him the discussion is over and never to mention the baby again, she then calls Kay and tells her to come by the hospital tomorrow to get the baby. When Jill is at the hospital the next day and the nurse puts the baby in her arms, Jill realises she can never give him up. Jill brings the baby home and her family is delighted. Kay then turns up and demands she hand over the baby. Jill tries to make Kay take the cheque back, but she refuses and threatens to take Jill to court. Kay calls her attorney and leaves a message. Greg tells Jill that Kay has no case and could wind up being charged for trying to buy a baby. As Bill and Liz have started moving into their new place Kay’s attorney tells her the same thing Greg told Jill. Kay stops payment on the cheque and Bill and Liz lose their house. Kay blames Jill, Snapper and Greg for their parents’ loss. Kay plans to start drinking again, but Brock tells her the only way to let go of the pain and emptiness is to help the Foster’s. Chris feels left out of Snapper’s life and feels rejected when she brings up the idea of starting a family. Chris wonders if she would be better off going back to school. Brock comforts JoAnn who is heckled by two men at The Allegro. Brock tells JoAnn at least she is on her way to losing the weight, but JoAnn admits she has put it all back on. Brock tells her he will find a way of making sure she knows how beautiful she is. Peggy meets with Jack and is upset she got an -A on her test, she was told by a classmate that whenever Jack is in love with a girl she always gets an A. Jack explains that he didn’t grade her paper and assures her that he is in love with her. Jack warns Peggy not to fall for him, but she tells him it is too late. Jill has hocked all her jewellery that Phillip gave her and asks Greg to initiate a lawsuit on her baby’s behalf for Phillip’s estate. Chris goes to the convent hoping to get the mother superior to sign a petition to get a crossing outside the local primary school. She is surprised to see Gwen Sherman, now Sister Magdelaine. Gwen explains she chose the name as Jesus found it in his heart to forgive Mary Magdelaine her sins. Chris tells her how wonderful she looks, Gwen explains that she is about to take her final vows and hopes that Sister Magdelaine is a better person than Gwen Sherman was. Chris tells her that Gwen was a very special person to begin with. Liz goes to Kay and asks for help as the family is struggling to pay the bills. She begs for her job at the Factory, but Kay offers her the job as her assistant instead, and needing the money Liz agrees. Kay also gives her money to pay for the bills that are overdue. Brock tries again to convince Kay to help the Foster family. This time he gets through to Kay and she decides to help. Kay plans to send Liz and Bill to Arizona, pay for a nurse to help Jill with the baby and give her a monthly allowance as well as set up a trust fund for the baby. Brock asks her if she still feels lonely, but Kay admits she has never felt more wonderful in her life. Greg draws up the papers for Jill and has them delivered to Kay who is furious and feels like a fool for thinking she could be accepted into the Foster family. Brock races to tell Jill what has happened, panicked she tries to get in touch with Kay as Bill curses his daughters impulsive actions.

They forgot David Mallory, he was a man who received, I think, a cornea transplant, donated by Jill's father William who died the previous year (1976) Jill was engaged to him in 1977, just before she went back to work with Derek, which ended her engagement to David. I didn't realise, but apparently the Derek storyline started in 1976, but was abandoned and they tried it again a year later with Joe LaDue in the role. There were two other Derek's who only lasted a few weeks each in 1976. Does anyone know who played David Mallory, I have never been able to find that out, he is never listed in cast lists for that year. Also from what I remember Keith ended his relationship with Jill because Kay told him that Jill would never marry him, Keith then proposed and Jill took forever to give him an answer, he was convinced Kay was right and dumped Jill, she confronted Kay who felt somewhat guilty about what she had done and agreed to let Jill stay with her. I have synopsis for Y&R from 1976 from SOD, all months except February. I can share if anyone wants. If someone has Feb which would be in the May issue, feel free to add it.