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June 1974, enjoy! Monday, June 3, 1974: Owen suffers a medical crisis - his heart stops. Henry is concerned that the man who searched in Mai-Lin’s room might return. Peter has a happy time watching Martha. Joel tries desperately to get his brother’s heart to function again; Diana is by his side being reassuring and effective; Owen’s heart starts beating and he awakens, reaching for Diana. Tuesday, June 4: Steve discovers the story Kira did on the government being involved in Mail-Lin’s case was in the morning paper before Kira’s broadcast; Steve realizes he may have been too hasty in criticizing Kira; Jessie reluctantly tells Lesley that she is afraid that Kira might be a disruption to Steve’s life; Steve apologizes to Kira. Joel tells Diana that Peter and Owen are unfair competition for her affections. Wednesday, June 5: The ballet troupe manager angrily insists that Mai-Lin be released before the troupe leaves the country. Steve scolds Howie for having gone to the press about Wallace Baxter. Lesley tries to clear the air with Augusta, but the hostility between them isn’t easily resolved; their attempted honesty and friendship won’t work. While sitting with Owen, Peter tells Diana he loves Martha; Diana is greatly moved, but Owen wakes up and tells her how much he needs her as Peter looks on. Thursday, June 6: Jim has an attitude of false bravado when he tells Lee he is trying to prove that he can survive no longer being able to do surgery; he says he is giving up alcohol. Joel tells Diana he loves her. Friday, June 7: Howie tells Steve that Thornton wants a second opinion on Mai-Lin if she isn’t released. Audrey asks Joel to invite Jim to assist in surgery; Joel is reluctant. Diana tells Lee she would like to stop the divorce action. Monday, June 10: Howie sees Jane and Lee together; Steve tells Howie he has no plans to release Mai-Lin. When Peter asks Lee when the divorce will be finalized, Lee tells Peter to speak to Diana – she swore Lee to secrecy; Peter assumes that the divorce will be finished very soon. Steve recalls a night he kissed Kira. Tuesday, June 11: Joel tells Diana he suspects she has been avoiding him since his declaration of love; she denies having deliberately stayed away from him. Augusta, seeing how glum Peter is, tries to cheer him; when Diana enters Peter’s office to tell him she stopped the divorce, she sees them together and is disturbed. Wednesday, June 12: Peter overhears Joel raving about Diana; Peter tells Jessie that he wonders if Joel is part of the reason she is pressing for the divorce. Steve tells Mai-Lin he is trying to find a safe place for her to stay, but warns her of the risks involved in defecting to America. Thursday, June 13: Owen asks Joel his chances with Diana; Joel says he has a chance with her as much as anyone. Diana swears Lesley to secrecy and tells her that she called off the divorce; Lesley urges her to tell Peter immediately as Augusta is trying to make inroads with Peter. Jim learns that there has been no significant change in his hand; he automatically pours himself a drink. Friday, June 14: Audrey comes home to find Jim defensive and falsely cheerful; he admits he almost took a drink, and insists that if he was an alcoholic he would be sneaking liquor. Kira uses a dictation machine to record her thoughts on Mai-Lin’s case; Steve calls and asks her for her help; when Kira asks if it’s about Mai-Lin, Steve says he doesn’t want to discuss it over the phone; Kira promises that whatever he says she will keep confidential. Monday, June 17: Lucille becomes worried when Audrey calls and tells her Jim is insisting Lucille come over for a drink. Kira offers to find a way for Mai-Lin to stay safely in the country; she is pleased Steve trusts her. Tuesday, June 18: Kira asks Steve questions about Mai-Lin in order to plan for getting the girl out of the hospital. Peter tells Lesley he is low because Diana is proceeding with the divorce; Lesley urges him to tell Diana how he feels; Diana later finds Peter with Augusta and is uptight about it. Joel tells Diana that Owen is not making progress; Owen tells Diana how glad he is to be alive and credits her for saving him. Wednesday, June 19: Joel asks Jim for his opinion on Owen’s case. Lesley tells Lucille she needs a nurse to assist her, but would like anyone but Augusta; Augusta overhears and is bitter; she challenges Lesley, saying that personal feeling ought to be overlooked among professionals. Jim reports to Joel that surgery is necessary for Owen to improve; when Jim volunteers to assist in the surgery, Joel refuses, leaving Jim offended. Thursday, June 20: Howie finds Jane looking at the want ads for an apartment. Kira makes plans for Mai-Lin’s release; she tells Steve she can’t tell him where she is taking Mai-Lin because too many people will be asking questions. Joel tells Diana there is a good chance Owen will never recover without surgery; Diana is very upset. Friday, June 21: Steve tells Mai-Lin she is being released tonight. Peter tells Lesley he has come to his senses and is going to ask Diana to stop the divorce. As Jessie is helping Mai-Lin leave her room, Henry encounters her and kisses her goodbye; the bodyguard realizes Mai-Lin is gone. Monday, June 24: Jessie is bombarded with questions from reporters about Mai-Lin. Peter tells Lesley he is going to talk to Diana on Friday. Joel wonders if all of Owen’s work and sacrifice for him has contributed to his heart problem; he tells Lesley that telling Owen what lies ahead is the hardest thing he’s ever done. The bodyguard angrily tells Steve he will find Mai-Lin. Tuesday, June 25: Peter overhears Joel ask Diana to go to the lake on Friday; she accepts. Audrey thanks Joel for including Jim in the medical consultation on his brother; Joel makes it clear that Jim is not to be in Owen’s surgery. Joel optimistically tells Owen about the options he faces; Owen suspects he is not being told the whole truth. Wednesday, June 26: Peter tells Diana he has an important reason to see her on Friday; she tells him she will try to change her plans with Joel. Howie has a press conference to address why Mai-Lin was released at midnight with no forewarning. Audrey is worried when Jim tells her that Dr. Daniels wants him to assist in Owen’s surgery; Jim says Joel has no choice in the matter. Thursday, June 27: Joel tells Audrey that someone penciled Jim’s name on Owen’s surgery roster; he says he’s going to make sure it is clarified that Jim is not to be present in the operation. Howie comes home and lets it be known that he is not in the mood to celebrate his and Jane’s anniversary. Joel gives it to Jim straight - under no circumstances is Jim to participate in surgery on Owen. Friday, June 28: Diana tells Joel that Owen distrusts Joel’s optimism on his future. Kira reassures Steve that Mai-Lin is safe and well; Kira notices a man sitting at a nearby table and wonders if Steve was followed; we see a dragon tattoo on the man’s hand. Peter comes to Diana’s and they play with Martha; he sits down and tells her that he has something to tell her.

I should have said amazing acting chemistry. Like DT has with most actresses (except BK, oddly enough), I think AP and NAC just have a natural rapport that comes across. I still feel like NAC's scenes with TA are awkward and clunky.

AP and NAC have amazing chemistry.

Jump back in time and check out what was happening in May 1974! Wednesday, May 1, 1974: Wallace Baxter from the State Department meets with Steve and tells him that a secure area was breached and it might have been American radicals trying to send government secrets to China; Kira begs Steve to give her information, and that she saw Baxter in the hospital; when he objects that it might be an interesting news tidbit on her broadcast, she promises to say nothing if he has dinner with her; he agrees. Diana turns Joel down for a date; Augusta asks Diana if she minds if Augusta has Peter over for dinner; Diana has to pretend she doesn’t mind. Thursday, May 2: Further lab tests show there is nothing physically wrong with Mai-Lin; Steve tells Henry he has no choice but to release Mai-Lin; Mai-Lin is startled and distressed, and Steve realizes she understands English; Kira is surprised to learn that Steve was born in China; she wonders if it was just a coincidence that the dancer ended up in his care. Jim tells Audrey that Howie returned his letter he wrote to the hospital board; Jim learns from a friend in Boston that Joel’s family has a history of hereditary heart problems. Friday, May 3: Mrs. Dawson is stricken when Jane tells her she is moving out of the apartment. Joel receives a phone call from his brother, Owen, who is having a heart attack. In the x-ray room, Mai-Lin speaks to Steve; she tells him she will die if she has to return to China. Monday, May 6: Henry goes to Mai-Lin’s room and confesses she is the best thing to happen to him since Sharon; embarrassed, Henry adds that he is glad she doesn’t speak English. Jessie encourages Peter to attempt to get to know baby Martha. Jim tells Audrey he wants to make Joel take a physical exam to test his heart. Tuesday, May 7: Joel tells Diana that he is hopeful that his brother can be transferred to General Hospital by the end of the week. Peter tells Jessie he will try to get to know Diana’s baby, but he wants to do it when Diana isn’t around. Jessie is surprised when Steve tells her that Mai-Lin’s father, Jung Lu, was Steve’s best friend as a child; he also tells her that Mai-Lin wants to defect to the United States and that he doesn’t know how to help her. Wednesday, May 8: Jim arranges for Joel to have a physical with Lesley. Lesley tells Jessie she is excited by her work to set up the free clinic. Joel is annoyed when Jim orders him to have the physical. Thursday, May 9: Henry learns that Mai-Lin hasn’t been released and Steve can’t elaborate as to why; Kira is upset when Steve turns down her invitation to dinner; Kira’s mother tells her that Dr. Hardy isn’t one to come running when she calls. Diana meets with Lee and admits that she still has hopes for her marriage and asks if it is possible, should she ever want to, to stop the divorce. Mai-Lin meets secretly with Steve in his office; she tells him her family is Christian, and that she carries the Bible that was once Steve’s father’s; it is her faith that lets her know that Steve will help her. Friday, May 10: Owen Stratton arrives at the hospital and Joel introduces him to Diana; when Peter learns that Diana is working overnight, he decides to go to her apartment to hold Martha; when he finally has a chance to get acquainted with her, Peter can’t resist the baby’s charms. Jane dreams of Lee, and Howie wakes her; she feels guilty, and Howie senses her reluctance to tell him about it. Monday, May 13: Audrey defends Jim when Joel lets his hostility of Jim show; Lesley examines Joel; he refuses a heart stress test. When Peter tells Lesley that he went and saw Martha and they bonded, Lesley kisses him; Augusta witnesses and misinterprets. Tuesday, May 14: Diana is gentle when Owen tells her of some of the hardships of his life. Steve tells Jessie that Mai-Lin’s father supports her desire to stay in America. Jim tells Audrey that he is annoyed that Joel refused the stress test. Wednesday, May 15: Lee joins Jane and Mrs. Dawson in the coffee shop; Mrs. Dawson notices that Lee’s presence flusters Jane. Audrey confesses to Lee that drinking seems to ease Jim’s hand pain and that she is worried that he is going to become an alcoholic; Peter visits with Martha again and accidentally leaves his watch behind; meanwhile Joel confesses to Diana that he’s never quite felt about anyone the way he feels for her; Diana is sensitive to him, but keeps it light. Thursday, May 16: When Audrey suggests to Jim that he assist Joel in some surgery, he angrily asks Audrey if she expects him to crawl to Joel and ask. Alone with Steve, Mai-Lin gives Steve the Bible, with a record of his family history; when he begins reading his favorite passage, Mai-Lin finishes it from memory; Steve promises that he will find a way to help her. Friday, May 17: Lesley urges Diana to give Peter another chance. Henry is mortified to learn that Mai-Lin speaks and understands English. Steve admits to Kira that there are things about Mai-Lin he doesn't want her to know; she says she wished he trusted her enough to confide in her. Diana finds Peter’s watch and is pleased, but makes Mrs. Morgan, the babysitter, promise not to tell that she knows Peter was there. Monday, May 20: When Joel interrupts Peter and Diana, so that Diana can go check on Owen, Peter tells Augusta he would like to go an art exhibition with her; Augusta brags to Lesley that she is going with Peter, and Lesley shares her concern over Peter and Diana; Augusta suspects there is more self interest to Lesley’s concern. Owen is very grateful to Diana; he asks about her life and notices her wedding ring; she tells him she is going through a divorce; we get the impression Owen likes her. Tuesday, May 21: Kira learns from Jessie that Steve was once married to Audrey Hobart. Peter reassures Lesley that he and Augusta are just friends; Lesley urges him to tell Diana that he has bonded with Martha; Diana decides not to return Peter’s watch, as she doesn't want to reveal she knows he has been to see the baby. Wednesday, May 22: Joel tells Jim why he didn’t need to take the stress test, that he is physically fine and expects to be around for quite awhile. Mai-Lin asks Steve why Henry hasn’t been in to see her; Steve reminds Henry of his obligation to check Mai-Lin; when he goes in to see her, he is brisk and efficient to cover his embarrassment over her understanding things he's said to her; she is saddened by his change and tells him; Henry says he said things he shouldn’t have and she tells him she wishes he meant all he said. Audrey, without consciously intending to, refutes Lee’s points as to why it isn’t likely that Jim will become an alcoholic. Thursday, May 23: Mrs. Dawson asks if Jane is interested in another man; Jane denies it; Howie returns home and manages to irritate Jane. Jim is very low and tells Audrey he doesn’t think he’ll ever perform surgery again; she tries to cheer him up, but is less than successful. Friday, May 24: Lucille and Al give Audrey a birthday present - a photo of Tommy that Al has taken. Owen is low and afraid for his life; he tells Diana that no one really cares about him; she tells him she cares. Kira tells Steve that the longer that Mai-Lin is in the hospital without explanation, the more problems there will be; while she is asleep, Mai-Lin’s room is searched; she is awakened in time to see a man leaving. Monday, May 27: Steve and Henry speculate how the intruder got into Mai-Lin’s room; Steve tells Mai-Lin nothing was taken. Jane and Lee have lunch; she feels guilty about her feelings for him and tells him she doesn’t think she will be able to see him for lunch anymore. Lesley sees Augusta tying a necktie on Peter in the medicine room; Lesley points out that it’s a good thing Diana didn’t see; Augusta points out that’s nothing compared to the kiss Lesley gave Peter. Tuesday, May 28: Jim finds Owen’s chart and is interested to learn that he had a heart attack. Mai-Lin asks Henry questions about Sharon; he is tentative and shy. Wallace Baxter talks to Steve and learns of the intruder who searched Mai-Lin’s room; he reminds Steve of the radicals trying to pass secrets to China; when Steve off-handedly asks Baxter’s opinion on Mai-Lin defecting, Baxter warns that it would be unfortunate to have anything happen to jeopardize American-Chinese relations. Wednesday, May 29: Jessie admits to Steve that she answered some of Kira’s personal questions about Steve; Steve tells Jessie that it is possible that Mai-Lin may be involved in a conspiracy to pass government secrets, and that Mai-Lin may not be aware. Jim talks to Joel about Owen and offers to look at him; Joel refuses the offer. Peter asks Diana if he can come to the apartment to bring Martha a toy; Diana is delighted; Audrey reports to Diana that Owen is asking for her; she finds Owen disturbed, with a rapid pulse; he tells her he doesn’t feel well and that he needs her. Thursday, May 30: Joel tells Lesley he will find time to work in the free clinic once a week; Joel jokes that Owen is lucky and that he wouldn’t mind being sick if Diana was his nurse and Lesley his doctor. Kira tries to call Steve to warn him of a report she is going to give on her news broadcast; he is unable to take the call. Howie joins Lee and Jane in the coffee shop and Howie notices that Jane is embarrassed and uncomfortable. Steve remembers the time he told Kira he was starting to trust her; he turns on the television and watches her broadcast; Kira reports about Wallace Baxter having talked to Steve; angry Steve calls the studio and accuses Kira of betraying him. Friday, May 31: Joel complains that Diana doesn’t take him seriously. Jane gets angry when Howie asks if Lee Baldwin is the other man in her life. Peter finds his watch at Diana’s apartment; she tells him that she found it in the crib and didn’t tell him because he didn’t want her to know he’d been there; Joel calls, interrupting them; Owen had gone into a crisis; Diana leaves Peter with Martha.

31 December 1973 is the first episode I see with Bridget being credited as writer alone (previously she was credited with her parents or sister Deborah Hardy). She is credited with Jerry from 23 August 1974 up to 7 July 1975, the last summary I have.

Per the Santa Barbara Blog Facebook page, via Jerome Dobson, Bridget Dobson passed away a few days ago. RIP

Are we then assuming that Brooke Anne Smith’s Molly being on crutches was fallout from HP’s assertion that she was in a “minor” accident? Because Holiday Mia Kriegel could have continued in that capacity and acted on crutches. I still say they did LA wrong outside of the Pullos fiasco. I’m not saying KM isn’t a strong Kristina, I just haven’t seen anything that LA couldn’t handle, yet.

Amazing article! Thanks for sharing a look into the process! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is April '74! Monday, April 1, 1974: Jane speculates that Howie may want a divorce. Steve tells Jessie he hopes a night at the Chinese ballet will somehow shed light on the mysterious mail; Steve remembers the game he used to play with coins in China; he thinks that whoever sent the coins knew him or his family in China; an unidentified pair of hands (distinguished by a small dragon tattoo on the inside of the right thumb) unpack a woman’s suitcase, finds a tattered, old Bible, and pastes a page into it; they then return the Bible and contents of the suitcase to their original position. Tuesday, April 2: Lucille is skeptical when Audrey tells her that she thinks that Jim will be performing surgery again soon. Jessie tells Peter that Diana was terribly afraid that she upset him; Peter tells her to stop matchmaking. Jane admits to Mrs. Dawson that she gets queasy when Howie touches her. Jim reminisces with Audrey about the exhilaration of performing surgery; Audrey urges him to start with simple procedures. Wednesday, April 3: Jim arranges to do surgery Friday. Diana and Joel have lunch outside of the hospital. She reacts angrily when he urges her to enjoy life more. Jim tells Audrey his hands don’t bother him as much when he drinks. Audrey, concerned, suggests that maybe he isn’t ready for surgery yet; he asks her not to lose faith in him now. Thursday, April 4: Audrey tells Steve she is afraid she urged Jim into surgery before he was ready; Steve talks to Jessie and they both agree that the Hobart surgery is more important than their night out at the Chinese ballet; Steve gives the ballet tickets to Henry. Henry invites Augusta to go with him to the ballet. At Jessie’s suggestion, Peter and Diana meet in a patient’s room in an effort to reassure her; the patient is going to have a hysterectomy, and both Peter and Diana agree that their personal experiences with hysterectomy made no difference in their feelings for each other. Friday, April 5: Audrey asks Lucille and Al to babysit Tommy so she can be at the hospital for Jim’s surgery. The Dawson’s have dinner; Mrs. Dawson urges Howie to be gentle with Jane; when Mrs. Dawson retires, Howie tries to become amorous with Jane; Jane admits that when he comes near her she gets queasy; Howie tells her he’ll be more than happy to stay away from her. At the ballet, Henry and Augusta are seated; the dancers come down the aisles; one of the dancers, Mai-Lin, bows and slips a note to Henry; he reads it and it says “Dr. Steven Hardy - please help me.” Monday, April 8: Peter is in high spirits, while Lesley is low; they decide to go to dinner; at the last minute, Lesley changes her mind. Audrey is angry when Lucille asks if she is worried about Jim’s surgery because he has been drinking.; Steve offers Jim his assistance; Jim is defensive; Audrey asks about Jim and Steve says he is tense; Audrey insists that she will wait at the hospital until the surgery is over. At the theater, Mai-Lin faints in front of Henry. Tuesday, April 9: Peter is pleased with the results of the meeting he had in the patient’s room. Henry starts emergency first aid on Mai-Lin; he asks Augusta to get his medical bag and call Steve; he takes Mai-Lin to the lobby as the theater manager tries to calm the audience. Peter goes to Diana’s apartment, hopeful that they might have reached an understanding; when she questions him, she realizes that his only commitment to Martha is a feeling of responsibility; hurt, she asks him to leave. A nurse reports to Steve that things are going well in Jim’s surgery; Steve gets the call from Augusta, who tells him about the note and the ballerina who fainted; he tells her he will send an ambulance right away. Wednesday, April 10: Al finds Jim’s large liquor supply and is impressed; Lucille frets about Audrey and decides to go wait with her at the hospital. In surgery, Jim is irritable, he finally asks Boswell to relieve so he can rest his hand. Henry and the ballet troupe manager argue; Henry wants Mai-Lin taken to the hospital, the manager doesn’t want her to go; finally, after Henry asks if he is willing to take responsibility for her having a subdural hematoma, the manager agrees to let her go - - with a bodyguard. Thursday, April 11: In the back of the ambulance, with the bodyguard watching, Henry tries to reassure Mai-Lin. Steve is frustrated when he tries to examine Mai-Lin under the watchful eye of the bodyguard; Henry shows Steve the note; Kira tries questioning Steve about the dancer. Peter admits to Augusta that he is feeling low after seeing Diana; Augusta tries to cheer him, without success. Steve gets a call from the surgical nurse who tells him that Jim is having problems; Steve calls Joel and asks that he come to the hospital in case Jim can’t finish the procedure. Friday, April 12: Steve points out to Jessie that the handwriting on the note is similar to that on the envelopes he received. Steve tells Joel to scrub and go into surgery with Jim. Howie tells Jane that their marriage isn’t going to work; Jane is upset; she tells him that he is selfish. Jim is sweating, angry and scared; Joel enters and Jim is outraged; he lets Joel take over, angry and embarrassed. Monday, April 15: When Augusta asks Peter for change to take the bus home, he offers to drive her. Jim, angry and defensive, waits for Joel outside surgery; Jim is annoyed to learn that Steve sent Joel in in the middle of the operation; he is irked that Audrey is there; he tries to convince them that he could have finished without Joel; Audrey urges him to come home, but he refuses; he has a few things he wants to say to Joel. Augusta invites Peter in and she starts to make him feel relaxed. Tuesday, April 16: Audrey calls Lee because she is afraid of what the disappointment may do to Jim; Lee advises her not to anticipate problems; Joel and Jim argue; Jim accuses Joel of wanting to show Jim up, while Joel accuses Jim of thinking of himself more than the patient. Kira stops to see her mother after Steve refuses to see her; it is apparent that Amy doesn’t approve of the way Kira lives. Jim comes home inebriated; he says he feels as if he let Audrey down. Wednesday, April 17: Steve won’t talk to reporters about the Chinese dancer; Jessie tells him that she has arranged for privately run tests on Mai-Lin; Kira tries to get more information out of Steve; she wheedles and charms, but Steve admits nothing; he agrees that if there were more, he wouldn’t tell her. Audrey tells Lee she doesn’t know how to cope with Jim. Thursday, April 18: Diana tells Lesley that things are no better for Peter and her; she has gotten her hopes up for the last time. Jane and Lee have lunch. Howie watches himself on television, after having held a press conference on the Chinese dancer case; he is pleased; Jane is less than enthusiastic, and it irritates him. Steve is furious when he watches Kira’s newscast and hears her say that Dr. Hardy admits there may be more to the case than what has officially been released to the public. Friday, April 19: Steve calls Kira because he is angry over her news broadcast; Kira is pleased that Steve is thinking about her. Henry goes to see Mai-Lin and tries to make her smile. Joel annoys Jim by telling him that he thought Jim did a good job in the part of the surgery he was able to perform; later, Jim talks about quitting; Audrey boosts his spirits and he promises he won’t go off and get drunk; to celebrate his newest resolution, he pours a drink; to stop him, Audrey throws herself at him and begs him to take her; he succumbs to her invitation. Monday, April 22: Lesley is annoyed when she witnesses Augusta flirting with Peter. Mai-Lin’s tests reveal no physical problems. Lesley recalls how Augusta stole her husband from her; she admits to Jessie that she thinks Augusta is ruthless. Steve is reviewing the envelopes, the coins, and the note from Mai-Lin, then he gets an idea; he and Jessie go to Mai-Lin’s room where he plays the game he learned as a child with Mai-Lin. Tuesday, April 23: Audrey is worried when Jim shows her a letter he has written to the hospital board about Joel; she advises him to show it to Steve. The manager of the Chinese dance troupe insists Mai-Lin be released from the hospital; when he and Steve go to visit Mai-Lin, Steve realizes that the girl is disturbed by the manager’s presence; the troupe manager tells Steve he is going to have his doctor check Mai-Lin; Henry tries to reassure her. Jim and Steve argue over the letter; Jim gets angry when Steve suggests it is unwise to send it; Jim says that both Joel and Steve are against him, that Joel wants his job, and Steve wants his wife. Wednesday, April 24: Jane tells Mrs. Dawson that she is considering moving out of the apartment. Augusta finds Peter responsive to her flirting; Jessie observes; Peter tells Jessie that Augusta is merely a distraction from the breakup of his marriage. Jim’s uncertainty that he could have finished the surgery himself makes him angry. Thursday, April 25: Mrs. Dawson meets Howie and tells her about Jane wanting to move out; Jane and Lee have lunch; she admits that Howie and her are not getting along and begins to cry. Kira finds Steve hostile; she urges him not to hold a grudge over the newscast. Friday, April 26: Steve tells Henry that the lab tests on Mai-Lin indicate no physical problem. Joel invites Diana out for a date and she turns him down. Jim admits to Audrey that Steve agrees with her that he shouldn’t send the letter. Joel surprises Diana with dinner at her apartment; he tells her about his brother, Owen. Monday, April 29: Lesley tells Jessie she is going to set up a free clinic. Lucille is in a dither because she has to leave suddenly to take care of her cousin’s sick child. Lesley warns Augusta not to interfere with the Taylor marriage; Augusta tells her she would prefer Lesley allow her to run her own life. Tuesday, April 30: Audrey admits to Lee that she is worried about the letter Jim has written about Joel. Steve, the troupe manager, and the troupe doctor go to Mai-Lin’s room; after examining her, the doctor suggests that she should be released in his care; Steve refuses. Jim senses Audrey’s disapproval over both his drinking and of the letter he wrote; he tells her he needs her support now more than ever.

Thanks! I saw this was posted, but didn’t have time to scrub for possible GH!

Hi everyone! Here is March 1974 GH summaries. Friday, March 1, 1974: Augusta gives Henry a birthday kiss. Joel invites Diana to dinner, and she awkwardly turns him down. Jim is annoyed when Lucille mentions that they knew of Joel’s assistant coming and that Audrey didn’t tell him. Monday, March 4: At the risk of losing Chamberlain’s annual contribution to the hospital, Steve decides that Lesley will stay on the Grey case. Wyatt finds Florence extremely upset, not wanting to live; he’s baffled not knowing she knows the truth about Lesley and Gordon. Tuesday, March 5: When Audrey tries to tell Jim not to be uptight about the situation with Joel, she immediately regrets it. Lesley finds Florence hostile and incommunicative. Joel and Jim have a confrontation with Jim telling Joel he was foolish for bringing in the assistant surgeon; Joel says he’s not going to let Jim’s ego interfere with his having the best surgical team. Wednesday, March 6: Peter hints to Jessie that he misses Diana more than he thought he would; Diana admits to Jane that she is lonely without Peter; Peter arrives and tells Diana he would like to come over and pick up some of his things. Howie is indignant when Jane tells him that she sometimes worries about his being with other women. Thursday, March 7: Joel apologizes to Audrey for the conflict between him and Jim; Joel tells Steve that if Jim insists on him using a different surgical assistant, he won’t comply. Florence tells Peter she doesn’t trust anyone, including him and refuses to talk to him further. Peter arrives at Diana's and finds her in her robe; he finds her very appealing, but his mood is interrupted by the baby. He is still not fond of her, and leaves; Diana is bitterly disappointed. Friday, March 8: Lesley refuses to see Gordon. While looking for the keys to the car in Jim’s coat pocket, Audrey finds a small bottle of whiskey; Jim is defensive, and tries to cover his annoyance. Gordon comes to see Lesley at night; she tells him that it is no longer possible for them to have a life together; Florence calls Wyatt and begs him to come pick her up from the hospital. Monday, March 11: Steve asks Jim if he can attend the meeting in which Joel and Jim will decide whether or not to perform the difficult surgery. Augusta suggests that Henry ought to have more fun in his life. Florence sneaks out of the hospital; Wyatt tries to convince her to return to her room; Florence accuses him of lying to her about Gordon’s affair and begs him to help her escape; as Gordon and Lesley continue their talk, he tries to kiss her and remove her robe; she slaps him; Jessie calls to tell Lesley that Florence has disappeared. Tuesday, March 12: Jane tells Howie that she is miserable about their marriage, particularly her part in it; Howie gets a call from Jessie in which he is told that Florence has disappeared; Howie talks to Steve and tells him that if Florence isn’t found, heads are going to roll; Wyatt is angry at Florence; Lesley calls Wyatt and he admits that Florence is with him. Steve, Jim, and Joel argue in the coffee shop about the difficult surgery; a reporter, Kira Faulkner, overhears and takes notes. Wednesday, March 13: Jim is extremely upset that Joel refuses to do the surgery. Kira annoys Steve with questions and her suggestion that the conversation she overheard would be interesting for a community interest news telecast; he finds her charming. Steve tells Jim that it is Jim, not Joel, who is putting the cardiac patient’s life in danger; Jim tells Joel that if he gives him permission to use his assistant for the surgery, it is a one-time-only deal; Joel agrees; Jim tells Audrey the surgery is underway; he tries to cover his anger, and leave to go get drunk. Thursday, March 14: Lesley is afraid that Florence knows the truth. Joel emerges from the surgery happy, but exhausted; he tells Diana of the tension and asks her to celebrate; she accepts. Kira’s mother suspects that Kira is out scalp-collecting; Kira and Steve get better acquainted and she does her best to get a news story out of him. Wyatt refuses to allow Lesley in the house to check on Florence; she enters anyway, and learns that Florence knows about the affair; Wyatt forcefully removes Lesley from the house. Friday, March 15: Audrey finds Jim drinking. Augusta tells Lucille she is lonely. Joel and Diana return from their night on the town; Joel asks Diana if there is room in her life for someone new now that Peter is out; Joel tells Diana he hopes to get Jim’s job; he kisses her goodnight. Jim admits to Audrey that for one fleeting moment, he hoped that Joel would bungle the surgery. Monday, March, 18: Augusta jokingly suggests that Henry take her to the Chinese ballet; she tells Jessie that the carefree unattached life isn’t for her. Lesley tells Jessie that Florence knows about the affair and that she is going to draft a resignation letter. Gordon tries to see Florence, but Wyatt refuses to admit him to the house. Jessie suggests to Audrey that she talk to Lee about her concerns over Jim’s drinking. Steve refuses to let Lesley resign and he won’t be bullied by Wyatt. Tuesday, March 19: Howie tells Jane that Thurston is about to blow his stack over the Grey case. Gordon asks Lesley to help with Florence; she goes to Florence and tells her that she did love Gordon once, but the circumstances are different now; Florence’s hostility wanes, but she continues to refuse medical help. Jane pleads a headache when Howie wants to make love; he walks out, telling her a healthy marriage should be a lot different from theirs. Wednesday, March 20: Joel asks Peter if he minds if he dates Diana; Peter, annoyed, says she is free to do whatever she wants; Joel asks Diana for a date, but she turns him down. Steve and Mr. Thurston argue over the Grey case; Steve says he will resign if Lesley is removed from the staff. Diana dreams of Peter and Joel. Thursday, March 21: Steve tries to explain to Audrey why he had to intervene between Joel and Jim; Audrey admits to Lee she is worried about Jim’s drinking; Lee and Jane have lunch. Jim asks a doctor friend in Boston to nose around and see if he hears anything about Stratton. Steve receives a letter addressed with unusual handwriting. Friday, March 22: Gordon sees Florence and begs her to let him return; Florence goes into shock and is rushed to the hospital and into emergency surgery. Diana agrees to go out with Joel. Monday, March 25: Wyatt can’t bear to hear Florence say she wants to reunite with Gordon; Wyatt finds Lesley and threatens that if something happens to his daughter, he will see to it that she will never practice medicine again; Lesley tells him to save it and go and pray for his daughter’s life. Peter, waiting at Diana’s, sees Diana return with Joel; he watches as Joel kisses her goodnight. Tuesday, March 26: Lucille notices another letter for Steve with the same unusual handwriting. Florence is brought from the ICU, and Wyatt and Gordon are grateful; the old hostilities are swept under a flood of relief. Jim begins to get the feeling that if he doesn’t perform surgery again he will be disappointing Audrey. Gordon thanks Lesley for saving Florence; this is the last time he will see her alone. Steve opens the envelope and discovers it contains three coins. Wednesday, March 27: Howie tells Steve that all of the wrinkles have been ironed out in the Grey case, and that Wyatt pledged $50,000 to the hospital. Jane admits to Jessie that she and Howie aren’t close and that she feels sick when he comes near her. Peter admits to Jessie that he waited for Diana and that she came home from a date with Joel and it was extremely awkward. Thursday, March 28: When Lee cautions Audrey not to push Jim into returning to surgery, she pooh-poohs him. Howie tells Augusta that he and Jane are having problems, but it’s Jane that’s the problem, not him. Friday, March 29: Another letter arrives for Steve; Kira invites him to have lunch with her and her mother; he is unable to go. Diana receives her R.N. pin tomorrow; she tells Jessie she enjoyed kissing Joel. Augusta senses that Peter is feeling low; she makes an effort to cheer him. Steve opens the envelope, this time it contains four coins and two tickets to the Chinese ballet; he and Jessie speculate as to what it all means.

February 1974... Friday, February 1, 1974: Lucille tells Audrey the more she gets to know Jim, the more she likes him; Audrey is embarrassed by the lavish fur coat Jim gave her. Lesley tells Peter she met Gordon in Florence’s room; ashamed, she admits that she’s afraid she was secretly hoping for the meeting; Florence is slightly hostile to Lesley; Lesley promises to have lunch with Gordon on Monday. Monday, February 4: Lesley hopes that her meeting with Gordon will solve the problem; Peter has his doubts, but doesn’t express them to her. Diana tells Lee she is considering a divorce, that she must build a life of her own. Gordon and Lesley meet at a sidewalk café; they reminisce, enchanted by their memories, neither one noticing that it is snowing. Tuesday, February 5: Florence is hostile with Peter. Joel joins Diana for coffee and is slightly disappointed to learn she is married; Peter joins them, making it awkward; Diana tells Peter she has met with Lee about getting a divorce. Wednesday, February 6: Howie tells Augusta he got the job; Howie gives Jane a gift of a low-cut dress. Lesley explains Florence’s condition to Wyatt; Wyatt surprises her by calling her by her maiden name; Lesley wonders what else he knows about her; Florence dreams of Lesley and Gordon. Thursday, February 7: Steve returns. Joel tells Audrey that he hopes the changes he is making to operating procedures won’t offend Jim. Peter fills Steve in on Florence’s condition and that Diana sought out Lee about a divorce. Under questioning from Florence, Wyatt admits that Gordon had an affair years ago. Diana tells Peter that she wants the divorce. Friday, February 8: Jane tells Jessie about the dress Howie gave her and that they are planning a night on the town; she admits the dress isn’t her style and that it takes courage to wear it. Steve compliments Lesley on how she handled some cases while he was gone; Steve admits he isn’t happy with how the Grey case has gone, but says he doesn’t blame Lesley. Howie is romantic after his night out with Jane; Jane isn’t; she pleads that she doesn’t feel well. Lesley tells Jessie she would not have changed her romance with Gordon if she could go back; Gordon shows up at the front door, saying he is glad to see Lesley alone for once. Monday, February 11: After performing a surgery that went badly, Joel confides in Augusta. Howie is excited about his new job. Under persistent questioning from Gordon, Lesley stuns him by admitting that she was pregnant with his child when she left him. Tuesday, February 12: Steve talks to Jim about the failure of the surgery on patient Nancy O’Brien; Jim is outraged and blames Joel; Jim is furious when Audrey tells him that she’s invited Joel to dinner. Gordon admits to Florence that he had an affair with a student while they were separated; she is relieved when he tells her it was over when he returned to her; when he leaves, Florence thinks to herself that she won’t have to worry about Lesley. Jim is not eager about having Joel to dinner; Jim and Joel get into a heated argument over the failed surgery. Wednesday, February 13: Jane admits to Jessie that things aren’t going well for Howie and her and she feels that she is the problem; Lesley confides in Peter that she told Gordon she was pregnant when she left; Peter tells Lesley his entire apartment reminds him of Phil, and he can’t forget what happened. Diana tells Peter she is moving out and he is flooded by a mixture of emotions; he tells her he will move because the place reminds him of Phil, and that sometimes he imagines Phil raping Diana in their bedroom. Thursday, February 14: Steve, Jim and Joel meet to discuss the O’Brien failure; Steve doesn’t take sides, but when Joel suggests an assistant, Jim says it’s needless; Steve says that the surgeon is allowed to choose his team; when Jim communicates his annoyance to Audrey, she accuses Steve of not supporting Jim. Jane and Howie return from a successful evening out with Mr. and Mrs. Thurston; Jane again rejects him, leaving him frustrated and bitter. Friday, February 15: Audrey overhears Joel speaking with a colleague from Boston; he invites the man to come to General to act as assistant surgeon. Audrey comes home to find Jim drinking; Jim tells her that he won’t allow Joel to shuffle the cardiac staff around as long as he is in charge; she doesn’t tell him of Joel’s inviting the assistant surgeon to come. Gordon comes to see Lesley; he can’t stay away nor get the thought of their baby out of his head; Wyatt interrupts them and suggests that Gordon go to his wife; when he leaves, Wyatt stuns Lesley by telling her he knows of the affair, and insists she never see Gordon privately again…there are barely veiled threats that if she does, Wyatt will use his influence to cause her problems. Monday, February 18: Audrey admits to Lucille that Joel Stratton has become a threat to Jim by trying to replace the assistant surgeon. Florence explains to Peter that she is more optimistic since Gordon admitted the affair and that it’s over, and she feels this is a new honesty in their marriage. Diana tells Lee to proceed with the divorce. Audrey is indignant when Lee asks if she is worried Jim will go off the wagon. Audrey appeals to Steve to protect Jim from Stratton’s threat; Steve assures Audrey that the final decision on the cardiac team is Jim’s; Steve feels that Audrey must love Jim deeply to make this appeal to him. Tuesday, February 19: Diana tells Peter she’s instructed Lee to go ahead with the divorce; Pete says he will move his clothes out tonight. Lesley checks Florence, who confesses that her husband’s honest admission has given her new hope; Gordon comes to visit Lesley, who refuses to go into detail about their child; she tells them the future is not for them, and that he needs to protect Florence who is threatened with surgery if she doesn’t improve. Peter packs; Diana sees him and realizes this is the end of something wonderful. Wednesday, February 20: Gordon and Wyatt meet at the country club to play golf; Wyatt tells him he has something important to discuss after the game. Joel joins Audrey for lunch and tries explaining why he invited the assistant to come to General Hospital; she can’t help but understand Joel’s position. Wyatt tells Gordon he knows that Lesley is the woman he had an affair with and insists that Gordon not see her again. Gordon is defiant, angering Wyatt. Thursday, February 21: Jane admits to Jessie that maybe she should try harder with Howie; later she overhears Howie telling Mrs. Dawson that he thinks something is bugging Jane; Jane starts to go to him, making an effort to have it turn out differently, but she gets cold feet. Lucille tells Jessie that Wyatt has asked to see Steve; Lesley feeling lonely, asks Jessie how she combats loneliness; Jessie tells Lesley that Wyatt has asked to see Steve, causing Lesley to remember Wyatt’s threats. Friday, February 22: Diana asks Peter if he is comfortable where he is living; she urges him to attend a meeting with Lee this afternoon. Henry reminisces sadly about Sharon. Wyatt tells Steve he wants Lesley removed from Florence’s case; when he leaves, Steve feels vaguely threatened. Lee gives Diana and Peter forms on initiating the divorce; Peter says he has no intention of contesting any action; Lee hesitates, wondering if these two people really want a divorce. Monday, February 25: Howie trouble-shoots for Mr. Thurston by asking Steve to take Lesley off of the Grey case; Jane admits to Mrs. Dawson that the trouble between her and Howie is her fault. Lesley is forced to tell Steve about her affair with Gordon when Steve discusses the pressure brought by Wyatt. Tuesday, February 26: Steve has a further talk with Lesley about the present meaning of her relationship with Gordon; Lesley insists she likes Florence and has been concerned since she learned Gordon is Florence’s husband; Steve says there is no justification for removing her from the case and rejects her offer to quit. Steve remembers it’s the anniversary of his marriage to Audrey; he looks at a photo of her and is reminded of a happy time with her. Wednesday, February 27: Steve asks Florence if she wants to continue with Lesley as her doctor; she does. Lee tells Peter what it is like to be without a wife; Peter is grim, says that Diana was everything he wants in a wife except one thing: someone he could trust. Steve tells Howie he will not replace Lesley as Mrs. Grey’s doctor. Diana seeks Jessie’s support in the divorce, but finds Jessie sympathetic but not supportive. Thursday, February 28: Lucille upsets Audrey when she tells her she has met the man that Dr. Stratton has brought in from Boston. Jim’s secretary tells him that the assistant, Dr. Dillon has arrived; Jim refuses to see him. Howie is waiting for Jane when she comes home, having had three beers; he traps her by making sure that she feels good, has no headache; he insists on sex, and she acquiesces.

Hi everyone! Looking into the 1974 summaries, I realized some were missing, so again I had to resort to character summaries to complete January. Enjoy this look at what was happening! Tuesday, January 1, 1974: Inga Jorgensen, an 18-year old girl, is brought up from emergency; the girl has been seriously injured in an auto accident; Jane pages Henry. Lucille is ignored as Al watches football; Audrey asks Lucille to stand up with her on her wedding on Thursday; Lucille reluctantly agrees. Jane cooks for Henry, who is feeling better because of a good report on Inga; Henry calls Sharon asking to see her before the divorce, but Sharon has no desire to see him. Wednesday, January 2: Steve convinces Jessie she should take the responsibility of being co-chairman of the nursing seminar. Lesley admits to Jessie she is still worried about running into Gordon at the hospital. Diana tells Jessie she feels trapped at home with the baby and that the baby has come between her and Peter. Howie tells Jane he’d like to come back, but when Jane isn’t immediately receptive, he becomes belligerent. Thursday, January 3: Steve is privately dismayed when Lucille tells him that Audrey will be married in a simple ceremony today. Howie asks Henry about the possibility of getting his vasectomy reversed. Jim and Audrey are married. Friday, January 4: Peter tells Jessie he cannot be pushed into loving Phil’s baby; Diana decides to take the baby and go away for a while. Lesley tells Steve she would like to be taken off the Grey case; he tells her that he feels personal feeling shouldn’t interfere in a professional relationship. Jim is frustrated by not being able to use his hands. Monday, January 7: Steve asks Jessie if she knows what Lesley’s problem with Florence is; Jessie refuses to break Lesley’s confidence. Florence is physically worse, but Steve cannot pinpoint the reason; he asks Lesley if she has any idea what could have caused the setback. Diana, frustrated, packs for a trip to her mother’s; when Peter tries to urge her not to rush off, she says she needs to try and find herself again. Tuesday, January 8: Steve suggests to Lesley that Florence talk to Peter. Audrey and Steve both feel pain in recalling an amusing incident from their early marriage; Jim practices tying surgical knots, with Audrey timing him; he is dismayed to find out how poorly he executes them; Audrey finds it difficult to reassure him. Wednesday, January 9: Arnold Thurston, the hospital’s chief administrator, tells Steve he must find a replacement for Jim. Peter finds Florence mildly distressed; her father, Wyatt Chamberlain, brings her a fluffy peignoir set; he meets Lesley, and worries her, because he seems anxious to know her maiden name. Jane tells Mrs. Dawson that Howie wanted to come back, but Jane feels nothing has changed between them and that she isn’t sure she wants to be married anymore. Thursday, January 10: Peter reports to Steve that Florence’s setback is emotional. Steve tells Audrey that Jim is to be replaced. Mrs. Dawson tries to keep Howie from making a mistake by telling him of the mistake she made with his father year’s ago. Audrey tries to comfort Jim when he learns he is being replaced. Friday, January 11: When Peter talks to Florence, he finds her unwilling to discuss her marriage, and comparing herself to Lesley; Florence lets herself remember times in which it seemed that Lesley might know Brad (Gordon). Howie tells Jane he has made an appointment to see if he can get the vasectomy reversed; he again asks her if he can come back to her and seems sincere. Monday, January 14: Florence talks to Peter and he senses she has a less than satisfactory relationship with her husband; Lesley is reluctant to talk to Peter about Gordon; when Peter leaves, she remembers the day when Gordon told her he was married; Peter returns unexpectedly and finds her in tears. Jane tells Lucille she doesn’t know whether she wants to remain married to Howie. Tuesday, January 15: Augusta finds Howie hard at work and learns he is trying to find a new job; she surmises that since he is married he doesn’t want to be seen with her; Howie tries to make peace with Jane by giving her a peace charm. Wednesday, January 16: Peter tells Lesley that Diana will be returning the first of the week; Peter reports to Steve on the Grey case. Steve tells Peter about the new doctor coming tomorrow. Thursday, January 17: Lesley tells Peter she wants to be removed from the Grey case; she admits that Gordon Grey is Florence’s husband and Peter agrees that she should get off of the case. Lucille tells Jane that Augusta mentioned that Howie and Jane had gotten back together and that Howie is getting a new job; Jane talks to Augusta and learns that Howie is doing everything he can do to get a new job, and Augusta thought that ‘everything’ included getting back together with Jane. Friday, January 18: Jane tells Mrs. Dawson that she is not convinced that Howie has really changed. Augusta reports to Lucille that she heard that the new doctor, Dr. Joel Stratton, performed an operation brilliantly; Lucille is reserving judgement on the new doctor. Peter and Lesley go to tell Florence that Lesley will be replaced on her case by Henry; Florence is so hurt, that Lesley agrees to stay. Monday, January 21: Peter goes home to welcome Diana, but she isn’t there; he calls her mother and learns that Diana won’t be back until tomorrow; he is unsure about his own feelings. Jessie returns from the nursing seminar. Tuesday, January 22: Lucille wonders to Jane if it was very smart that Steve delegated authority to Henry while Steve is away. Howie calls his mother and plans to come home for dinner; Howie urges Jane to take him back; later, Jane admits to Mrs. Dawson that she is disappointed because Howie didn’t say anything about loving her. Diana returns with high hopes of a happy homecoming; her hopes are dashed when she learns Peter still wants to sleep in a separate bedroom. Wednesday, January 23: Diana again explains how badly she feels about what she did to Peter, then tells him that she can’t continue living this way. Lucille asks Henry for permission for a new refrigerator, but gets turned down; Al suggests that Henry order new magnetic cabinet catches and Henry agrees. Thursday, January 24: Diana tells Jessie things aren’t going well at home, and asks about returning to work; Joel bumps into Diana, causing her to drop her purse, breaking a mirror; he tells her not to believe the seven years bad luck superstition. Audrey and Jim are invited by Lucille to come over for sports and beer; Audrey is evasive, but finally admits that she isn’t sure whether Jim is drinking these days or not. Friday, January 25: Augusta apologizes to Jane for telling Lucille that Jane and Howie reunited. Gordon and Lesley come face to face. Monday, January 28: Augusta goes to Howie to congratulate him; he thinks she means on his new job, but she meant on ending his separation. Jessie tells Peter that Diana is planning on starting work again; he admits he isn’t surprised, but didn’t realize it would be that soon; he adds that every time he sees the baby he feels robbed. Tuesday, January 29: Diana is welcomed back. Augusta flirts with Henry, who doesn’t know how to deal with her brand of flirtation. Peter is disturbed to find Florence upset, refusing to talk with him; Gordon visits with Florence, finds her bitter and curious about his reaction to Lesley; after he leaves, she wonders if he told her the truth that Lesley’s face was merely familiar. Peter is happy to see Diana working, but senses it is the beginning of the end for them. Wednesday, January 30: Joel tells Audrey he feels badly that Jim was on the sidelines watching him operate; Jim gives Audrey a fur jacket; although she is stricken at the expense of the gift, she tries to reassure Jim. Lesley tells Jessie about her encounter with Gordon; when Gordon arrives, he expresses his love for Lesley, who tries to maintain her composure; she tells them it is over between them and that they are now different people. Thursday, January 31: Diana tells Jessie she desperately wants to get her RN degree and have an independent income. Jane tells Lucille that her and Howie are having their first night together after having reunited; Howie is exuberant of his potential new job; Jane moves away when Howie tries to kiss her neck. Wyatt visits a distraught Florence; she confesses that she is afraid that Brad had an affair he never got over -- with Lesley; privately Wyatt recalls that Brad had a relationship with a girl named Lesley.

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We are getting close to the last of the daily summaries that I have (for now)...enjoy December 1973! Monday, December 3, 1973: Jane is afraid her marriage might be on the rocks; Mrs. Dawson urges Jane to tolerate Howie until he changes his mind; Howie feels like the women are ganging up on him and explodes; he storms out. Lucille is disturbed when Lee agrees to stand up for Jim at the wedding; after Steve rebukes Lucille for listening to hospital gossip about Jim having alcohol on his breath the night of his accident, Lucille accuses Steve of not being a fighter; she is horrified by what she has said. Tuesday, December 4: Al bawls Lucille out for interfering with Audrey and making Steve angry; Lucille tries to apologize to Steve, but manages to make things worse. Jim tells Audrey he knows her friends disapprove of the marriage; he insists that she must want him for herself…not as just a father for Tommy; Jessie joins Lee, Audrey and Jim for dinner; Audrey is puzzled when Jim says no to an offer of wine, saying he’s given up drinking; alone, Lee remembers Steve’s suspicions of Jim. Wednesday, December 5: Peter is worried about Diana when Phil calls and upsets her; Peter consults with Lee about how Phil can be kept from interfering in Diana’s life; Lee says a court battle would bring much difficulty; Peter threatens Phil to little avail. Lesley remembers her romance with Gordon; Gordon comes to visit Florence; Lesley misses seeing him. Thursday, December 6: Jane tells Augusta that Howie hasn’t returned home; Howie comes home to collect some clothes; Mrs. Dawson tells Jane that Howie visited; Jane is still torn between anger and sorrow; Howie goes to see Augusta who is sympathetic. Friday, December 7: Jane tells Augusta that Howie has moved out. Lesley and Florence chat about college and Florence discovers that Lesley attended Ivy State where her husband once taught; Lesley realizes that Florence’s husband Brad, is Gordon Grey, whom she was once so deeply in love with. Peter enlists Steve’s aid to protect Diana from Phil; when Phil is confronted by Steve, he insists he is standing by to help Diana is she needs him. Monday, December 10: Lesley worries about whether she dares see Gordon again, face to face; unable to stay away, Lesley questions Florence about her husband. Lucille tells Audrey about the liquor on Jim’s breath the night of the accident; Audrey is furious at Lucille for repeating vicious gossip. Tuesday, December 11: Jane tells Jessie her and Howie have separated. Lee encourages Diana to fight for her marriage. Jessie goes to see Lucille and hears the story of Lucille telling Audrey of Jim’s drinking. Peter gently urges Diana to go out more; after he has gone to bed, she enters his room in a nightgown, but he rejects her. Wednesday, December 12: Lucille gets little comfort from Steve when she tells him she told Audrey of Jim’s drinking on the night of the accident; Steve seeks Audrey out to tell her Lucille is sorry; Audrey and Lucille make up. Jim goes to see Lee, who lectures him on Audrey’s problems; Jim says he can try to make her happy. Thursday, December 13: Diana tells Peter that she cannot go on living in a marriage that is meaningless. Lesley visits Florence, who gives her a gift; Lesley catches glimpse of Gordon and barely avoids being seen. Phil tries to persuade Diana to leave Peter; when he attempts to see Martha, Diana hurls a heavy pan at him, hitting him in the head. Friday, December 14: Henry tells Jane he went to visit Sharon, and is alarmed that Sharon has reconnected with an old beau. Steve shows Jessie a lovely Chinese good-luck figurine he has bought for Audrey. Alone, Jim takes the last drink in a bottle and swears he will never take another and smashes the glass. Monday, December 17: Augusta sympathizes with Henry when he tells her Sharon may leave him. Audrey is moved deeply by Steve’s gift; the guests arrive at the apartment for the wedding; Audrey collapses in the middle of the ceremony. Tuesday, December 18: Phil, with his head bandaged, tells Lesley he is ready to give up on Diana. Lesley goes to see Florence; Jim, Steve and Lucille make special effort to revive Audrey; she wants to continue with the ceremony, but the others refuse; Lucille whispers to Al that this delay is what she has prayed for. Wednesday, December 19: Steve tells the staff that Audrey fainted and the wedding has been postponed; Jim is kind with a very apologetic Audrey. Diana tells Peter about hitting Phil with the pan; Peter is more amused than upset. Phil tells Steve he is quitting and leaving town. Thursday, December 20: Lesley is astonished to see Phil’s things are gone from the office; Steve explains; Lesley tells Peter that Phil has left; Peter is relieved. Augusta tries to cheer Howie, while Jane tells her troubles to Henry. Lesley tells Jessie she has seen Gordon, the man she loved and realized he is Florence’s husband; when Gordon leaves after visiting Florence, Lesley freezes; he does not see her. Friday, December 21: Jane asks Henry to come help her decorate her Christmas tree. Jessie and Steve discuss the many things that have happened over the past year; Jessie tries to persuade him to tell the Christmas story; a nurse from pediatrics asks Steve to come tell the story to the children; Audrey will bring Tommy; with assistance from Scott, Steve tells the Christmas story. Monday, December 24: Henry calls Sharon, who tells him she has filed for divorce. Augusta asks Jane if she minds if she tries to cheer up Howie; Jane can hardly say yes; Augusta teases Howie into having a beer with her; Henry comes to the Dawsons with an ornament for the tree; Howie returns with a gift for Jane, sees Henry and leaves in a huff. Tuesday, December 25: Lee comes to the hospital and tells Lesley that he and Scott are having a tough time on this first Christmas without Meg; Lee shows Peter a will he has received from Phil, leaving everything in his estate to Martha; Peter tells Diana about the will; she hopes that Phil is gone for good. Wednesday, December 26: Lucille bawls Howie out. While Florence is in the bathroom, Lesley answers the phone…it is Gordon; he finds Lesley's voice familiar. Henry comes to Jane with a present for Joanne just as Howie arrives; Howie walks out when he sees Henry. Thursday, December 27: Lucille presses Audrey about her wedding plans; they quarrel; Al warns Lucille, telling her to butt out. Over lunch, Henry and Jane find comfort in each other; Howie and Augusta find comfort in each other, too. Steve worries about Audrey; Jessie and Steve share their thoughts about Phil. Friday, December 28: When Lucille suggests to Audrey that perhaps she unconsciously does not want to marry Jim, Audrey is furious. Howie tells Augusta he is thinking of going skiing; later, Augusta tells Jane she is thinking of going skiing with Howie, which hurts Jane. Lee asks Audrey her wedding plans and Audrey reveals her uncertainty. Monday, December 31: Jessie is invited to be co-chairman of a nursing seminar at the university. Peter tells Diana he won’t be home for New Year’s Eve; she is hurt. Florence shows Lesley a huge bouquet that was sent from her father and how he spoils her; she tells Lesley she is determined to make a better go of her marriage. Jim resists champagne until Audrey decides on a wedding date; he uses it as an excuse to go off the wagon.

Fifty years ago this month! Take a look at what was happening on the 7th floor. Thursday, November 1, 1973: Pre-empted by V.P. Ford confirmation hearing. Friday, November 2: Lesley finds that Peter still hasn’t gone home; he is unable to face Diana. Audrey visits Jim and realizes that he either does not know or is concealing the fact that his hands may be badly damaged; Audrey asks Steve about Jim, and Steve realizes her great concern, asks if he himself is out of the picture and if she intends to marry Jim; she doesn’t know. Peter returns home, exhausted; he and Diana do not have a showdown, but he tells her that he knows about the baby; he plans to sleep on the couch. Monday, November 5: At their apartment, Peter refuses Diana’s breakfast; he says he will support her and the child and that she can stay in the apartment; and he agrees to stay temporarily. Howie hurts Jane when he takes an adamant stand against another baby - - - in front of Augusta; Augusta is ready to take Howie’s side. When Peter arrives at the hospital, Lesley begs him to do nothing drastic. Tuesday, November 6: Howie checks with Henry on the doctor he’s selected for his vasectomy; Henry is dubious of Howie’s not telling Jane. Jim tells Steve he will never do surgery again; Steve is sympathetic; Steve tells Jessie he is worried that Audrey will marry Jim out of pity; Jim is bitter and depressed; Audrey tries to help, and is obviously moved by great pity. Wednesday, November 7: Diana rocks the baby, and mourns the fact that the baby reminds Peter of Phil. Audrey consults Lee about her possible marriage to Jim; Lee warns her that pity and gratitude do not add up to love. The nurse who was on duty when Jim was brought in from his accident tells Steve that Jim had alcohol on his breath. Thursday, November 8: Howie tells Henry that he had the vasectomy. Lesley pleads Diana’s case to Peter. Audrey tells Steve she will stick with Jim to the point of marriage; Steve is devastated and afraid for Audrey. Friday, November 9: Jane tells Lucille and Jessie that she is not pregnant. Steve seeks out Lee to talk about Audrey; they are both worried for her future; Steve tells Lee that Jim had alcohol on his breath the night of the accident. At dinner, Audrey suggests to Jim that they get married, but Jim won’t hear of it until he is well again. Monday, November 12: Al tries to get Lucille to stop worrying about Audrey. Jane tells Howie she is not pregnant and is surprised to find his relief mixed with discomfort; privately, Howie admits to Augusta about the vasectomy. Audrey tells Lucille she is going to marry Jim. Diana and Peter realize their old spark is gone. Tuesday, November 13: Phil tries to explain to Lesley that he wants to protect Diana, but Lesley only hopes that Diana and Peter can get together again. Jane wonders to Mrs. Dawson if Howie’s peculiar reaction to her not being pregnant means he is disappointed; when Howie tells Jane he had a vasectomy, she is devastated. At Peter’s urging, Lesley tells him the story of her love affair with her English professor, Gordon Grey; Lesley (through flashback) recalls that they met in poetry class, where he impressed her with his sensitivity and understanding. Wednesday, November 14: Lesley continues her story, remembering passionate commitment to the young professor. Audrey warns Lucille not to tell Steve of her plans to marry Jim; Lucille confides in Jessie; Jessie tries to tell Steve how she needs him and leans on him, but finds herself in tears, to Steve’s bewilderment; Audrey tells Tommy she thinks she found a daddy for him; Jim arrives, happy with the progress he’s made in his left hand, and agrees that he and Audrey should marry. Thursday, November 15: Diana tells Jane how miserable she is in spite of Peter’s kindness. Phil tries to get Jessie to understand that he wants to love and protect Diana, but Jessie tells him that he does not understand Diana’s feelings. Audrey goes to Lee with her plans to marry Jim, and Lee is concerned it is based on pity; she admits she hasn’t had the nerve to tell Steve; Steve finds Jim optimistic. Friday, November 16: Audrey, realizing Steve is hurt because she is avoiding him, asks him to dinner. Phil asks Peter his intentions regarding Diana, and Peter tells him to bug off. Howie tries to explain why he had the vasectomy to Jane, but Jane resents his doing so without consulting her. Lesley continues her story, telling Peter how she discovered she was pregnant by Gordon, and then found he was married; she went away to have the baby, and that the baby was born dead. Before Steve can propose to her, Audrey tells him she is marrying Jim. Monday, November 19: Lucille and Audrey quarrel; Lucille defends Steve. Howie tells Henry that his vasectomy is breaking up his marriage. Diana tells Lee her troubles and asks if he thinks she should divorce Peter; he advises her to give her marriage time to recover. Jim is convinced that Audrey is marrying him out of pity; she insists she is not and they set December 14 as the wedding date. Tuesday, November 20: Jessie asks around what Diana and Peter have named the baby, but no one has ever heard what it is. Jane tells Lucille of the vasectomy; Lucille is irate. Steve congratulates Jim on his forthcoming marriage. Mrs. Dawson defends Howie to Jane in regard to not wanting a large family, but when Jane tells her of the vasectomy, Mrs. Dawson is stunned; Howie arrives and suffers Mother’s indignation. Diana asks for help naming the baby, but finds he would rather not. Wednesday, November 21: Al coaches Lucille on what not to say to Audrey, but of course when Audrey comes, everything goes wrong; Audrey tells Lucille nothing will change her mind. Lesley tells Peter about her disastrous second marriage that followed her affair with Gordon and the death of their love child; Steve asks Lesley to check a new patient, Florence Grey. Jim comes to show Audrey that his bandages have been removed; he is optimistic about their marriage and gives her an enormous ring. Thursday, November 22: Pre-empted. Friday, November 23: Pre-empted. Monday, November 26: Diana tells Jane she is thinking of naming the baby Martha, and that Peter isn’t interested. Jessie asks Steve to Thanksgiving dinner. Peter asks Lesley why she never went back to Gordon; Lesley meets Florence, but does not connect her to Gordon. Diana asks Lesley for Thanksgiving dinner; hating to be alone with Peter; when Peter hears of the plan, he tells Diana he would rather not. Tuesday, November 27: Steve tells Lesley that Mrs. Grey is fond of her. Lee and Audrey talk about her marriage. Tommy reassures Audrey by his reaction to Jim, calling him “Santa Claus”. Wednesday, November 28: Jane tells Phil that the baby’s name is Martha; furious, Phil confronts Peter; Peter tells Phil that Diana chose the name. Peter tells Lesley she is partly responsible for the tragedy of her affair because she deliberately disappeared without telling Gordon where she was going; Lesley and Florence make friends, and Florene tells Lesley of her husband, whom she calls Brad; she wants Lesley to meet him. Jane urges Diana to keep trying with Peter. Thursday, November 29: Audrey shows off her ring; Jessie persuades her to invite Lucille to the wedding; when Audrey does, Lucille weeps but agrees to come. Howie hits the ceiling when Jane suggests they adopt a baby; they quarrel and Jane walks out. Lucille tells Steve she prays something will happen to stop the wedding; Steve recalls the nurse telling him of the alcohol on Jim’s breath; Audrey invites Steve to the wedding; he accepts and assures her he will always be standing by if she needs him. Friday, November 30: Lesley persuades Peter to go home for dinner instead of staying at the hospital; Diana tries to rouse Peter’s affection for Martha, but it doesn’t work. Florence is eager to have Lesley meet Brad; Lesley will not be in the hospital this evening; the two talk about marriage, Florence claiming hers has stability but little passion, which is how she likes it.

Bridget Dobson and Deborah Hardy surely got things back together upon returning from the WGA strike. October 1973 is firing on all cylinders. Take a look! Monday, October 1, 1973: Jim calls Steve to tell him that his car broke down on the way to the mountains; asks him to reschedule a budget meeting; Audrey and Jim share a happy time at the mountain lodge, though she doesn’t believe Jim’s contention that Steve suggested her getaway to keep her from him; Peter tells Diana she will probably have to have a hysterectomy; Diana is stricken. Tuesday, October 2: Augusta snubs Phil and reserves her attentions for Peter. Jessie tries to reassure and console Diana. Jim is furious that Steve continued on with the budget meeting for the cardiac unit without him; Jim accuses Steve of intervening on the meeting out of jealousy. Wednesday, October 3: Diana is scheduled for surgery; Lesley visits and finds Diana distraught; Diana confesses her fall wasn’t an accident; Peter slips into the nursery and examines the baby, and finds that she is perfect in all respects. Thursday, October 4: Lesley hypothetically asks Lee if a woman is pregnant after being forced, does the man have rights to the child; Lee answers that the man would not, and is guilty of a crime and could be prosecuted. Phil comes to Diana’s room to get her to admit that the baby is his; Diana, near hysteria, admits nothing. Friday, October 5: Jane tells Howie how badly she feels for Diana; Howie makes Jane agree that they will have no more children until they have jointly decided to. Phil pressures Diana, who finally admits the baby is his; Peter finds her hysterical and she refuses to have the surgery. Monday, October 8: Diana’s doctor tells Peter he cannot be responsible if Diana does not have the surgery; Diana tells Lesley that she told Phil he is the father of her child and that she refused the hysterectomy because having Peter’s child will be the only way she can make it up to him; Peter storms into Phil’s office, accusing Phil of upsetting Diana to the point of refusing the surgery; Phil tells Peter he is the baby’s father, but Peter refuses to believe it. Tuesday, October 9: Dr. Blake tells Peter that Diana’s condition has worsened and that surgery without delay is essential. Howie and Henry compare notes on babies and wives; Howie, nervous about Jane wanting more children, sees an article on vasectomy in a medical journal. Peter quizzes Dr. Blake, and discovers the baby is full term; he realizes that she cannot be his child. Wednesday, October 10: Audrey returns from her vacation; Steve is disturbed to learn that Jim visited her twice. Jessie tries to explain to Peter what Diana has gone through, including the fact that Phil raped her; Peter is anguished; he conceals his pain, tells Diana he loves her and pretends to believe the child is his; Diana agrees to the surgery. Thursday, October 11: Jessie praises Peter for persuading Diana to have the surgery; Diana is doing well. Howie privately asks Henry about vasectomies. Diana is serene; Peter repeats his love for her, but does not tell him he knows Phil is the father of her child. Friday, October 12: Sharon and Henry battle over who should do the night shift with the baby; Lesley admits to Peter she knows that Phil is the father of the baby. Audrey is uncertain when Jim suggests she transfer to the cardiac unit. Diana realizes that Peter has changed and fears he knows the truth. Monday, October 15: Jessie gets a note from Olin, her friend in Europe, and is dismayed to hear he is not well. Sharon tells Jane she spent the night up with the baby. Diana tells Lesley she is concerned Peter knows the truth. Jane finds Howie reading about vasectomies; she is hurt and angry. Tuesday, October 16: Henry is tired, Sharon triumphant; she lured him into taking the night shift with the baby by threatening to invite her mother for a visit. Audrey is uncomfortable when Steve asks her if she wants to move to the cardiac unit; she tells him she is happy on the seventh floor and he says that’s enough for her to stay. Phil traps Augusta and apologizes; she is cold and critical, goads him into telling her that Diana’s baby is his; this diminishes her regard for him. Wednesday, October 17: Sharon tells Jane that if she wanted a baby, she would just forget a few pills; Jane and Howie quarrel about him having a vasectomy. Phil finds Diana home alone and tries to talk reasonably to her; when Diana tells him she will not acknowledge his claim on the baby and insists he not tell Peter the truth, Phil almost tells her that Peter already knows, but she insists he leave before he can. Thursday, October 18: When Jim learns that Audrey has refused to sign the transfer forms, he is incensed. Lesley hears Jessie’s report about Diana and is furious with Phil; she confronts him, and tells him he is despicable; he says he is only trying to be reasonable, and she tells him that rape is not reason; Phil is startled by the concept of rape applied to his action. Friday, October 19: Sharon gets a letter from home asking her to come and help since her mother has broken her leg; Henry doesn’t protest. Phil tries to explain to Lesley that he hopes to befriend Diana and perhaps marry her; Lesley is disgusted. Neither Jessie or Lesley can think of a way to help Diana. Monday, October 22: Steve tells Audrey how happy he is that she is staying on the 7th Floor; Steve is disappointed to learn that Audrey is going to have dinner with Jim; Lucille tells Jessie that Steve would do better to be more aggressive in his pursuit of Audrey; Steve feels like giving up, and that Jim is not good husband material; Jim tells Audrey that he would be a bad marriage risk, she disagrees; Jim begs her to marry him anyway, and kisses her. Tuesday, October 23: Phil tells Jessie he hopes to make a place for himself in Diana’s life. Sharon and Henry come for Sharon to say goodbye; Linda flirts with Henry. Mrs. Dawson is shocked by Howie’s idea of a vasectomy. Phil calls Diana, who threatens him with the police. Wednesday, October 24: Audrey calls in sick; Steve goes to visit her and brings flowers; Tommy is unfriendly with Steve, but when Jim arrives, Tommy runs to him happily; Steve is hurt. Lesley tells Jane that Peter is aware that Phil is the baby’s father. Diana consults with Lee about Phil; she won’t file rape charges. Thursday, October 25: Lee tries to get hold of Phil, but can’t reach him; Lee confronts Phil and threatens him with felony prosecution; Phil is not scared. Friday, October 26: Linda continues to flirt with an unresponsive Henry. Lee reports to Diana that Phil did not scare when he threatened him with prosecution for rape; he tells her that Phil hopes to build a life with her, and she swears she will run to the ends of the earth before she consents; when Phil calls, Diana hangs up on him. During a thunderstorm, Audrey waits for Jim, who is coming to settle things once and for all; Steve arrives instead with the news that Jim has had an accident and is in surgery. Monday, October 29: Jane tells Howie her period is late and he explodes at the thought of her being pregnant. Diana gets a tense wire from Peter who will return tomorrow. Phil pleads his case with Diana. Audrey and Steve wait for news of Jim. Tuesday, October 30: Jane tells Jessie and Lucille about Howie’s reaction to her maybe being pregnant. Steve tells Audrey that one of Jim’s hands was seriously injured. Peter returns and tells Lesley he can’t see a future for his marriage. Wednesday, October 31: Howie tells Henry that Jane might be pregnant, and he plans to have a vasectomy for sure. Lee finds Peter in the coffee shop and urges him to be forgiving with Diana; Peter cannot promise he will. Phil admits to Diana that he told Peter about the baby; she is broken and bitter; Phil pleads for her to plan a future with him.

The last listing of Kent (Mark Hamill) in the cast is 30 April 1973, the summary for that episode says that Jessie returns home to learn from Kent that Carol and Teddy eloped. No mention is made of what became of Kent in the summaries after that date.

September 1973, Lesley's past begins to come to the forefront! Enjoy! Monday, September 3, 1973: Augusta tells Phil that Diana is due in November, but he is unimpressed when he realizes her information comes from Peter; Phil urges her to ask Diana directly. Jane and Howie quarrel about going out to dinner with Augusta; Jane doesn’t want to leave Joanne, though she urges Howie to go. A hysterical Diana comes from the doctor’s office and tells Jane that she will be giving birth within a week; Augusta notices Diana is flustered when she asks her when the baby is due. Tuesday, September 4: Jim is irritated to find out Steve asked Audrey to lunch; at lunch Steve asks Audrey for another chance at a relationship, but Jim interrupts and breaks up the luncheon. Phil asks Lesley when Diana’s baby is due, but she manages to avoid answering; Phil speculates to himself that he is the baby’s father, and he won’t let Diana cheat him again; Augusta reports back to him about Diana’s hysterical reaction to her questioning of the due date. Wednesday, September 5: Pre-empted by Nixon Presser. Thursday, September 6: Augusta thanks Lesley for her recommendation to Steve; She tells Lesley that Brian knew the breakup of their marriage was his own fault; when she asks about Diana’s baby, Lesley clams up. When Phil asks Steve about Diana’s due date, Steve is furious at Phil’s constant intrusion into Diana’s life. Friday, September 7: Mrs. Dawson tells Jane that she would just as soon see Augusta move on; when Augusta comes home, she asks Jane about Diana; Jane refuses to answer. Jim tells Audrey she is making a sissy out of Tommy; they quarrel, but he kisses her roughly at the end. Monday, September 10: Steve questions Audrey on her feelings for Jim; Audrey will only admit gratitude. Diana gets hysterical when Phil shows up at the Taylor’s apartment; Peter forces Phil out the door, and although Peter isn’t aware, Diana has her first labor pain. Tuesday, September 11: Peter angrily reports to Steve about Phil’s pushing his way into the apartment. Without telling it right out, Phil hints to Lesley about his situation with Diana, not realizing that Lesley knows the whole truth; Steve bawls Phil out over his behavior. Diana deliberately throws herself to the ground, hoping Peter will believe the labor is premature; Peter finds her, and she tries to hide the labor pain. Wednesday, September 12: Peter brings Diana to the hospital; he tells Lesley that Diana has fallen and has some pain; after an examination, Dr. Blake tells Peter that the baby will probably arrive that evening. Lesley confides in Lee that she fell in love with a professor when she was in college and became pregnant by him; when he told her he could not marry her, she went away to have the child alone; the baby was born dead. Thursday, September 13: Jim rushes Audrey away as Lucille is telling Steve that Audrey is working too hard; Steve coms to the coffee shop just as Jim grabs Audrey’s hand. Peter and Lesley wait for news of Diana; Dr. Blake comes to announce a girl, but that Diana is hemorrhaging and may need surgery. Friday, September 14: Peter sees Diana; she is groggy and terrified. She urges Peter to go check on the baby; he returns and reports everything is fine, making her weep. Steve reports that Jessie is returning tomorrow. Monday, September 17: Steve leaves to go pick Jessie up at the airport; Jessie tells Steve she achieved great peace of mind, and Steve admits she looks beautiful; they will see x-rays of her chest tomorrow. Lesley persuades Peter to go home for a while. Diana is terrified that Peter will guess about the baby. Tuesday, September 18: Phil comes back from a two-day meeting; Augusta is eager to tell him about Diana’s baby, but Lesley doesn’t give her a chance. Diana begs Jessie to keep Phil away from her. Augusta catches up with Phil, tells him the baby has been born; Phil is eager to talk to Diana, but finds Peter barring the way. Wednesday, September 19: Steve is gentle with Jessie, whose test results haven’t arrived yet; Jessie tells Steve her concerns about Diana, and Diana’s fear of seeing Phil. Phil admits to Steve that he tried to see Diana, and Steve bawls him out. Augusta pumps Jessie about Diana’s baby and gets nowhere. However, Jessie does mention Diana’s misdiagnosed illness the previous winter. Phil sees the child, wonders if it is his and if he will ever be sure. Thursday, September 20: Augusta starts to put things together when Peter tells her that he and Diana had no physical relations when they thought she had Hodgkin’s disease. Peter reassures Diana about their future; Dr. Blake’s report worries them. Steve tells Jessie her tests are clear and the two share a quiet moment of celebration. Friday, September 21: Augusta teases Phil about her secret that she won’t tell him. Lesley worries what may have to be done if Diana’s hemorrhaging doesn’t stop; Diana tells Lesley that Peter seems happy with the baby, and she hopes that he never guesses it is Phil’s child; Lesley urges Diana to tell Peter. On a romantic picnic, Jane tells Howie she would like another baby; he is not romantic enough to go along with that one. Monday, September 24: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Tuesday, September 25: Jessie gets a chain from a man she knew in Switzerland; she tells Lesley of him and his philosophy; Lesley tells Jessie about her affair with her college professor, her pregnancy and the death of the child. Wednesday, September 26: Augusta turns Phil down when he asks her out to dinner; she accepts quickly when he suggests the next night. Peter reports to Steve that his daughter is healthy even though she came two months early; Peter and Diana talk about a name for the baby; Steve looks at the Taylor baby and is surprised that she is so fully developed; Steve is shocked when Dr. Blake tells him that the baby wasn’t premature. Thursday, September 27: At dinner, Phil asks Augusta about her secret; she slips that the secret is about Diana; Phil suddenly tightens his grip on her, causing pain, and forcing her to tell him the secret; Phil loosens his grip and Augusta leaves, furious. Steve tells Jessie what he learned from Dr. Blake; Steve and Jessie agree it is sometimes better to leave questions unanswered. Friday, September 28: Jane is curious why Augusta is avoiding Phil. Dr. Blake tries to get in touch with Peter. Jim tells Lucille he is taking the day off to spend the afternoon with Audrey in the mountains. Jane tells Mrs. Dawson that she wants another child, but Howie objects. Steve is disturbed when Lucille tells him that Jim is going to visit Audrey. Augusta tells Peter about Phil’s curiosity about the baby, but they are interrupted by Dr. Blake who brings news that Diana is still hemorrhaging and will require a hysterectomy.

Scab scripts wrap up mid-August. Here's what was happening: Wednesday, August 1, 1973 (scab script): Jane and Audrey discuss what could be wrong with Jessie. Al and Lucille’s double surprise goes off as planned. Thursday, August 2 (scab script): Lucille is worried by the new living room decor, but is touched. Augusta confides in Audrey about the suicide of her lover. Friday, August 3: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Monday, August 6 (scab script): Audrey volunteers to help Lee write thank-you cards for flower-senders; she finds pills Meg did not take in a desk. Tuesday, August 7 (scab script): Jessie tells Lesley she is going to Europe for a month, will have time for medical evaluation when she returns; Steve urges her to have more medical attention before she leaves; she refuses. Diana comes to Jessie’s going-away party; tells that she is redecorating Tracy’s room and alludes to suicide again. Lee tells Lesley of the pills Meg didn’t take. Augusta tells Mrs. Dawson she is going to meet the wife of the man she was in love with. Wednesday, August 8: Pre-empted by Agnew press conference. Thursday, August 9 (scab script): Jessie tells Lesley that Augusta is coming to the party; Lesley explains that Augusta and her husband had an affair before he committed suicide. Steve joins Jim and Audrey in the coffee shop and realizes he is too late to offer to take Audrey to Jessie’s party. Lee and Scott plan to interview for a housekeeper. Steve gives Jessie the names of European colleagues. Lesley and Augusta introduce themselves. Friday, August 10 (scab script): Jim tells Audrey that Tommy is doing well. Augusta is thinking about joining the staff at General. Peter talks to Steve about a runaway boy who was brought to the hospital after being hit by a bus. Monday, August 13 (scab script): Lee and Lesley discuss the memorial plaque on the new cardiac unit for Meg; Lee asks Lesley for help in choosing a housekeeper. Lee and Scott interview Mrs. Mackintosh, who Scott feels is too eager to take Meg’s place; Lee decides to hire her. Tuesday, August 14 (scab script): Steve and Peter go see the runaway boy, Mark Simpson; he is bitter with his parents who did not tell him he was adopted. Lee asks Audrey to come to the cardiac unit dedication ceremony. Peter tells Diana that Martha Harbison told her husband the truth about her baby. Wednesday, August 15 (scab script): Mrs. Mackintosh tells Scotty she doesn’t mind snakes. Lesley and nurse Linda Cooper discuss Linda’s boyfriend. Thursday, August 16 (scab script): Al hangs the plaque that reads “In Memory of Margaret Baldwin”; Steve and Scott speak at the ceremony. Augusta tells Steve she would like to start at the hospital tomorrow. Phil tells Steve he needs some time off; a neurologist says he may have traumatic damage. Friday, August 17 (scab script): Sharon returns to work and talks to Lucille about baby Pamela Jane and Mark Simpson. Steve examines Mark and tells him he will need to be in the hospital for a few more days; Peter talks to him about being adopted, but Mark assures him he has things figured out. Monday, August 20 (final scab script): Phil and Augusta talk about Phil’s past and Tracy's death; Phil later tells Lesley that Augusta is an understanding woman. Jim and Audrey talk about their past marriages. Tuesday, August 21: Steve invites Audrey to dinner, who tries unsuccessfully to break a date with Jim; when Steve tries to make some suggestions to Jim about the cardiac unit, the men argue. Lucille and Sharon speculate on why no one has heard from Jessie. Wednesday, August 22: Pre-empted by Nixon press conference. Thursday, August 23: Peter tries to get through to Mark, who rebuffs his attempts. Steve tries to warn Audrey that Jim drinks too much. Friday, August 24: Diana panics when she thinks that Peter has guessed that the baby is coming in September and cannot be his; Lesley reassures her, but persuades her to promise to tell Peter the truth. Lesley wins Mark over by telling him she is also an adopted child. Diana is terrified when Peter suggests that they go away on a vacation in mid-September, just when the baby is due. Monday, August 27: Henry reports a change in Mark’s attitude and Steve credits Lesley. Lee is surprised to learn that Steve warned Audrey about Jim; later, when Jim shows up at Audrey’s, he wants a drink. Tuesday, August 28: Lesley visits Mark again and finds him worried about his parents’ reaction to him coming home; she is reassuring. Diana is unable to bring herself to tell Peter about the baby. Wednesday, August 29: When Augusta asks Phil to intervene for her to get a permanent position at the hospital, he agrees; she kisses him enthusiastically; Lesley tells Augusta she can get past the hurt Augusta caused her; Augusta is relieved. Phil gets angry when Steve isn’t sure if Augusta should be made permanent; Steve will ask Lesley for her opinion. Lesley tells Lee the story of how Augusta stole her husband and drove him to suicide; Lee tells Lesley her judgement on recommending Augusta should be on her qualifications as a nurse. Thursday, August 30: Phil encounters Diana and notices how far along she is. Lesley brings Steve a letter from Jessie; she tells him that she is unable to say anything negative about Augusta professionally. Augusta finds Phil concerned with Diana’s due date, and although he doesn’t tell her why, she volunteers to find out for him. Friday, August 31: Lucille sizes up Augusta and calls her a “maneater”. Peter, realizing Diana’s size may be abnormal, suggests she consult a doctor; she is in a panic. Steve hires Augusta on a permanent basis. Augusta quizzes Peter on when the baby is due and he says around Thanksgiving.

Yikes...if any of you dislike the current scab writer material, be glad you didn't see the episodes by the scabs of July '73. Enjoy? Monday, July 2, 1973 (scab script): Meg thinks Audrey should be told about Tom’s death; Lee says not yet; Meg storms out. Jessie and Augusta visit Audrey; Augusta again refuses to live with Audrey because of Tommy; Audrey is mystified. Tuesday, July 3 (scab script): Jessie has an appointment for a check-up with Dr. Edwards. Jim tells Steve he is transferring to General and that he is taking Tommy to Audrey. Phil wants to explain to Diana why he wasn’t at Tracy’s funeral; Jessie tells Diana that Peter has to be told the truth; Diana asks Jessie to help her obtain an abortion. Mrs. Andrews arrives at Audrey’s as she and Jim are celebrating Tommy’s return; Mrs. Andrews tells Audrey that Tom is dead and pleads for forgiveness. Wednesday, July 4 (scab script): Steve agrees to take over Meg’s case from Lesley. Audrey is shocked by Tom’s death. Dr. Edwards urges Jessie to quickly get lab work. Thursday, July 5 (scab script): Martha Harbison confesses to Peter that she was forced by a business partner of her husband; Peter urges her to tell her husband. Friday, July 6 (scab script): Audrey and Augusta discuss a service for Tom; Steve gives Audrey condolences. Jane and Howie discuss Tom’s death; when they refer to Augusta and Lesley both being from Chicago, Augusta reacts. Monday, July 9 (scab script): Diana confides in Lesley that Phil is the father of her baby. Lee tells Lesley that Meg is getting worse; Lesley tells Lee she is a widow. Tuesday, July 10: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Wednesday, July 11 (scab script): Phil tells Steve he needs to get Mrs. Harbison, a woman who is pregnant by someone other than her husband, out of the hospital. Lesley tells Steve that Meg needs to be institutionalized. Dr. Edwards tells Jessie he needs more X-rays. Lee and Meg quarrel over her paranoia and she blacks out. Thursday, July 12 (scab script): Lee calls Steve and tells him that Meg collapsed and he can’t rouse her; Steve sends an ambulance and calls Lesley; Lesley calls the hospital to say that Meg is being brought to intensive care; Jessie tries to comfort Lee, who blames himself; Lesley tells Audrey that Meg had a stroke. Friday, July 13: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Monday, July 16 (scab script): Lesley, who is staying with Scott, tells him he can’t go to camp because of Meg; Lee learns that Meg is still in a coma; Steve urges him not to leave the hospital; Meg dies; Steve tells Lee the news just as Lesley arrives with Scott. Tuesday, July 17 (scab script): Lee and Scott return home; carnations arrive; Peter and Steve are angry that they couldn’t save Meg. Augusta confides in Jane that she fell in love with a married man who committed suicide. Lee and Scott plan Meg’s funeral. Wednesday, July 18: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Thursday, July 19 (scab script): Jim confesses to Audrey that his frequent visits have not all been just to check on Tommy; Audrey says she is not ready for a relationship. Phil realizes that Diana is pregnant; Diana tells Jessie she never could have gone through an abortion; she tells Jessie that Phil knows she is pregnant and that it is only a matter of time before they both know, but she will be dead. Friday, July 20 (scab script): Jim tells Lee he wants to name the heart unit at General after Meg. Peter tells Martha she has to leave the hospital; Peter dictates her case history and Diana overhears; Phil arrives and Diana faints into his arms. At the Floating Rib, Jim confesses to Lesley that his wife committed suicide; Lesley confides that her husband also committed suicide a month after their son, Jeremy, died in a crib death. Monday, July 23 (scab script): Henry comes in with news that Sharon gave birth to a 7-pound girl. Jim asks Audrey to work in the new heart unit. Dr. Edwards goes over Jessie’s X-rays with Lesley - there’s a shadow in the lobar area; he urges Lesley to get Jessie to come in for further tests; Lesley recalls hearing cries for help from her suicidal husband. Tuesday, July 24: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Wednesday, July 25: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Thursday, July 26: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Friday, July 27 (scab script): Lesley asks to consult with Phil about a terminal emphysema patient; Phil refuses; Lesley tells Jessie that Dr. Edwards wants her to see a specialist; Jessie says she wants to wait. Lesley brings dinner to Scott and Lee; she tells Lee that she felt a total failure when her husband, Bryan, died of an insulin overdose. Monday, July 30 (scab script): The Weeks’ double surprise is predicted to be a disaster by Jane and Caroline. Audrey tells Lee that she wants Tom’s ashes to stay in Mexico. Jane reveals to Jessie and Audrey that she has invited Augusta to the Weeks’ party and that Augusta’s lover committed suicide. Tuesday, July 31: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings.

Life gets in the way! I will be trying to resume the 1973 synopses soon. Sorry for the delay!!

@slick jonesThe irony that I posted my opinion and you and @Liberty City both agree is not lost on me. Needless to say, I don’t watch the other soaps, and GH is pretty much white noise, but glad you’re enjoying what they’re churning out!

June...What can I say about June 1973? It's a mess. Enjoy! Friday, June 1, 1973 (scab script): Meg invites Jessie to lunch; Jessie realizes that Meg is well over the edge; Meg tells Jessie that Lesley and Lee are having an affair; Jessie doesn’t believe it and Meg asks her if she's in on it with them. Lucille tells Audrey about a surprise party for Al; Audrey tells her about Jim’s heart patient; Jim scrubs for surgery on Tommy. Monday, June 4 (scab script): A new patient, Martha Harbison, meets with Peter; Martha is Diana’s age and pregnant, suffering from nausea and headaches; Peter suggests that her issues might be mental, and she gets very upset. Mrs. Andrews is worried about Tommy who has been moved to the recovery room; Audrey enters Mercy Hospital just as Mrs. Andrews is leaving. Tuesday, June 5 (scab script): Steve and Jessie talk about Teddy, and Jessie coughs; Steve suggests a checkup. Al and Howie go to a bar where Howie only has ginger ale; Al is planning to redecorate the living room as a surprise for Lucille. Audrey tells Jim she knows she’ll find her son again; Mrs. Andrews and a nurse talk about Tommy. Wednesday, June 6 (scab script): Peter visits Martha, who says she is 4 months along; Peter thinks it is more like 6 months; he thinks she doesn’t want the baby; she admits she is 6 months along and doesn’t want her husband to know she’s pregnant by another man. Jane introduces Augusta McLeod to Peter and Lee; Augusta is a single former nurse. Lesley, Peter and Lee discuss Meg needing psychiatric help. Lesley and Jessie have dinner at home; Lesley is about to open up to Jessie about her past, but it’s too painful; Jessie tells Lesley about Teddy; she also tells Lesley about urging Augusta to work at the hospital; Lesley is shocked at the name “Augusta” and says she has only known one Augusta in her life. Thursday, June 7: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Friday, June 8 (scab script): Diana confesses to Jessie that the child she’s carrying is Phil’s; Jessie offers to tell Phil. Scott tells Lee that Meg threatened to spank him; Lesley arrives; Meg refuses to see her and asks Lee why he doesn't take Lesley to a motel room. Monday, June 11 (scab script): Peter believes Martha is sick because she hasn’t told her husband about the baby. Lee apologizes to Lesley for Meg’s behavior; says he’s sending her to a spa; Lesely says she ought to be going to a psychiatric facility. At Mercy Hospital, Mrs. Andrews is not allowed to see Tommy; Audrey arrives and catches a glimpse of Jim and Mrs. Andrews; she calls for security. Tuesday, June 12 (scab script): Audrey is complaining about Mrs. Andrews to Jim; she insists that Tommy Smith is her baby; Jim is skeptical, half promises to let her see Tommy tomorrow; Audrey calls the police and tells them Mrs. Andrews will get away before she is apprehended; Audrey tells Jim to look for a mole above Tommy’s sternum, but Jim says he can’t tamper with Tommy’s bandages. Wednesday, June 13 (scab script): Phil returns from a brief break to recover from Tracy’s death. Audrey calls Lee to tell him she’s found Tommy; Jim tells them he has not permitted Mrs. Andrews to see the child. Lee tells Lesley that he told Meg he thinks she needs psychiatric help. Thursday, June 14: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Friday, June 15 (scab script): Lee tells Jessie she is going to have to pay for Teddy’s $25,000 note. Mrs. Andrews has disappeared. Martha is smoking to make her baby smaller. Al Weeks consults Millie about surprising Lucille with a living room makeover. Monday, June 18 (scab script): Henry asks Jessie if she is feeling alright; Jessie admits she hasn’t been feeling well. Jim and Steve discuss Jim’s transfer from Mercy; Steve asks why Jim won’t allow Audrey to see Tommy; Jim says Tommy’s recovery is his priority. Phil wonders it Tracy would have lived if was brought to the hospital sooner. Augusta tells Jessie she is working as a private nurse for a few more weeks; Jessie suggests to Lee that she take care of Tommy. Tuesday, June 19 (scab script): Lesley is adamant that Meg needs psychiatric help. Jessie worries as her cough is getting worse. Jim allows Audrey to see Tommy, who is relieved that it is her son. Wednesday, June 20 (scab script): Jim tells Audrey it won’t be too long before Tommy can go home. Jane suggests that Augusta move in with them; Howie has a strong reaction. Thursday, June 21 (scab script): Caroline O'Connell, a snippy new student nurse, annoys Lucille. Augusta refuses to live with Audrey. Harvard Brewster, a decorator, looks over Lucille’s apartment. Meg returns home from the spa and is suspicious when no one is there. Friday, June 22 (scab script): Peter advises Martha to tell her husband about the baby or she’ll stay sick. Meg answers the door to Mrs. Andrews who tells her that Tom died in Mexico of typhoid; Lee explains to Meg that he asked Steve to take over from Lesley as her doctor; Meg tells Lee of Tom’s death; Lee refuses to tell Audrey. Monday, June 25: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Tuesday, June 26: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Wednesday, June 27: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Thursday, June 28: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings. Friday, June 29: Pre-empted by Watergate Hearings.

The show is utter crap and I'm not one to wish cancellation on the genre, but something's going to have to change.

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