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May 1973 is a doozy, not only onscreen, but behind the scenes. A WGA screenwriters strike that began in March finally extends to soaps by mid-May. And hearings on a little thing called Watergate disrupted the daytime schedule. I pieced together the pre-emptions from info from the Another World Homepage synopsis (GH aired opposite AW), as well as newspaper TV listings, along with the VTR/Airdate schedule included in these papers. Summaries of scab scripts are noted. Enjoy! Tuesday, May 1, 1973: At dinner, Meg is distressed about Scott’s admiration for Lesley and is disturbed when Lesley asks about the pills she is supposed to be taking. Peter visits Jessie, who has called in sick; she tells him that Teddy and Carol have eloped; Peter suggests that Teddy’s discovery that Carol is an heiress might have influenced him. Wednesday, May 2: When Phil hears about Teddy’s betrayal he is irate; he deplores Teddy for taking advantage of Jessie, but quickly realizes that he did the same. Jim examines Tommy and tells Mrs. Andrews that heart surgery is essential; we see Jim take a drink when he is alone. Thursday, May 3: Jessie tells Lee about the $25,000 note she co-signed, which she is now liable for. Peter suggests to Lesley that she move in with Jessie. Friday, May 4: Jane discovers that Howie has started a savings account for Joanne, and she takes him back into her bed. Jim tells Audrey why he hasn’t talked about himself; he discovered his wife had an affair with a lawyer friend and his wife eventually took her own life. Mrs. Andrews, nervous, promises Tommy they will soon return to Chicago. Monday, May 7: At home, Jessie hurries in from her garage and is threatened by a tough, menacing man who forces his way in. Lee tells Lesley that Meg had a bad weekend, with tension and headaches; Lesley is puzzled why the medication isn’t working. At gunpoint, Harry the thug, forces Jessie to call in sick and says she won’t get hurt if she does what she’s told. Tuesday, May 8: Diana calls Peter to tell him that Tracy is sick. Lucille and Sharon speculate that Jessie has called in sick again because she is mourning the loss of Teddy and is humiliated. Lesley visits Meg and finds her blood pressure is still very elevated; Meg rejects the suggestion of a specialist. Peter tries to reassure Diana about Tracy’s illness. Harry tells Jessie he is fleeing the police and badly needs a fix. Wednesday, May 9: Jim tells Audrey about the child on whom he will do heart surgery; the boy reminds Audrey of her own son. Peter and Lucille discuss Jessie’s absence; Harry insists that Jessie call the hospital and tell one of the doctors to bring morphine. Thursday, May 10: Phil overhears Jane talking to Diana about Tracy’s illness; angry, Phil decides to go see Tracy for himself; Phil insists that Diana call a pediatrician; she refuses until she speaks to Peter. Harry forces Jessie to call Peter and ask him to bring morphine and syringes. Lee drops by to see Lesley about Meg’s continuing headaches. Friday, May 11: Peter gets the drugs and syringes; Diana calls for Peter in vain; Phil is furious that Diana won’t call a pediatrician until she talks to Peter. Jim slowly expresses his interest in Audrey, after which he takes a drink. Peter delivers the morphine to Jessie under Harry’s gun; Harry is about to give himself an injection. Monday, May 14: Harry gives himself the shot and passes out; Peter has substituted an anesthesia; Peter calls the police who come to take Harry away. Phil rages because Diana refuses to call a doctor until Peter comes home; Peter calls Diana, finds her hysterical, and promises to hurry home at once. Tuesday, May 15: Lesley wonders if Meg may be jealous and wonders how Lee will explain Meg’s having found Lee in Lesley’s office; Meg and Lee have a tense conversation. Phil threatens to take Tracy to the hospital over Diana’s objections; Peter examines Tracy and agrees he must be taken to the hospital; Peter and Diana order a furious Phil out of the apartment. Wednesday, May 16: Lee urges Lesley now more than ever she should move in with Jessie. Dr. Perkins tells Audrey he is doing tests on Tracy, who has a bad pneumonia. Jessie gets a letter from Steve wishing her happiness with Teddy and apologizing for his doubt; Jessie is delighted when Lesley and Lee propose she move in; Meg calls Jessie and discovers that Lesely and Lee were there together. Dr. Perkins reports on Tracy to Peter and Diana; Phil is wildly convinced that Tracy should have been brought in earlier; Diana hysterically gets Peter to take Phil away. Thursday, May 17: Pre-empted Watergate Hearings. Friday, May 18: Pre-empted Watergate Hearings. Monday, May 21 (scab script): Tracy’s condition is serious; Diana and Peter keep vigil in the waiting room; Diana defends Peter to Phil; Jim gets tough with Audrey, telling her to stop pitying herself; she walks out on him. Tuesday, May 22: Pre-empted Watergate Hearings. Wednesday, May 23: Pre-empted Watergate Hearings. Thursday, May 24: Pre-empted Watergate Hearings. NOTE: The WGA Screenwriters strike that began in March finally extends to soap opera writers. The following summaries are of episodes penned by scab writers. Friday, May 25 (scab script): Lesley moves in with Jessie; Peter and Diana still keep a vigil in pediatrics; Phil demands a consultation be ordered because Tracy is worse; Audrey comes in and tells them the doctor wants to speak to them. Monday, May 28 (scab script): Audrey tells Lucille that Tracy has died; Diana tells Peter that maybe Tracy would have been all right if she had called a doctor sooner; she is shocked by Tracy’s death. Lesley tells Lee she should resign from Meg’s case; Lee says Meg will suspect a relationship if she quits. Diana wants a short, simple service for Tracy; she doesn’t want to see Phil. Tuesday, May 29 (scab script): Steve returns to the news of Tracy’s death; he is still unaware of Teddy’s running away with Carol. Steve visits the Taylor apartment and then Jessie’s house; Jessie tells Steve about Teddy, the drug addict episode, and that Lesley is moving in. Wednesday, May 30 (scab script): Howie learns that Burt Marshall died in a car accident running from the police. Lesley asks Steve to put someone else on Meg’s case; Meg, Lee and Scott have lunch; Scott wants Lesley to administer a tetanus shot; Meg reveals her insecurities. DIana and Peter return from the funeral; Peter says he feels sorry for Phil, sending Diana into a spiral; Peter says she is hurting herself and asks if she wants to lose this baby, too; she says yes, then no, then begs for God’s forgiveness. Thursday, May 31 (scab script): Steve tells Jessie that she looks pale. Meg has a serious headache, but doesn’t want Lesely called; Meg is convinced she is losing her family to Lesley. Audrey tells Steve she is going to Mercy Hospital to visit Jim’s patient; Jim and Audrey talk about the child; Jim is moving to General and will have his own department; in Tommy’s room, Mrs. Andrews prays he will be alright.

Chugging along...April 1973! Monday, April 2, 1973: Meg reveals to Lee (and the audience) that she still is neurotically jealous of Lee while she discusses Lesley. When Burt doesn’t show up at the D.A.’s office, Det. Martin and the D.A. call Howie and Mamie Marshall; finding no clues, the D.A. orders Martin to go and bring Burt in. Tuesday, April 3: Martin questions Howie and finds that Burt and money are missing. Audrey receives a letter from Duncan saying he has taken a position in St. Louis because he knows their relationship was going nowhere. Howie reveals to Martin that he saw Burt at Brooke’s apartment the night of the murder. Wednesday, April 4: After a light baiting by Phil about women doctors, Steve tells Lesley a little about Phil’s background; Jane is inconsolable when she learns that Howie took Brooke out to dinner and bought her some jewelry. Thursday, April 5: Teddy and Carol call Jessie to say they will be home Monday. Lee suggests to Audrey that she be tough with Mrs. Andrews and threaten her with kidnapping charges should anything happen to Tom; Audrey goes on Bill Montgomery’s talk show; Mrs. Andrews watches and reacts to the threat. Friday, April 6: Jane cannot resume life with Howie on the old terms. Steve apologizes to Audrey for his advice against her going on television; Mrs. Andrews receives a visit from a neighbor who saw the program and believes the photos Audrey showed look like Tommy and Mrs. Andrews. Monday, April 9: Peter and Lesley meet and she gets a glimmer at his problems with Diana. Kent and Jessie prepare for the return of Carol and Teddy; Carol questions Teddy on his purposes; he reiterates his intention of marrying Jessie if she’ll have him, but reiterates his interest in her. Tuesday, April 10: Howie pleads with his mother, but she is on Jane’s side, and can’t get over his deceptions. Diana tells Peter she doesn’t want Phil to know she is pregnant. Teddy and Carol come home; Carol is cold and remote. Wednesday, April 11: Teddy cajoles Carol into sticking it out, to the point of kissing her. Lee comes to the hospital and meets with Lesley about Meg’s problems. In Chicago, Mrs. Andrews, having been recognized, packs up to move. Thursday, April 12: Audrey shows Steve letters the station received after her television appearance; they are of no help; Steve introduces her to Dr. James Hobart. Friday, April 13: Meg is suspicious of Lesley; Meg’s blood pressure rises after Lee surprises them by getting home. Teddy placates Carol, gets rid of her in time to be alone with Jessie and gets her agreement to marry him. Monday, April 16: Lesley reports on the findings of Meg’s blood pressure and what it reveals about her anxieties. Audrey and Dr. Hobart get acquainted over dinner. Tuesday, April 17: Steve is not pleased to learn Jessie agreed to marry Teddy; he tells Jessie he has discovered he has ulcers and may take a long rest. Jane and Howie are emotional with each other, but Jane cannot yet be comfortable sharing a bed. Kent is pleased to think that Jessie and Teddy may marry; Teddy reports on Carol’s reaction, and Jessie tells him she would not marry him at the expense of Carol’s happiness. Wednesday, April 18: Lesley examines Meg and finds that her medication for high blood pressure is ineffective. Peter tells Diana he told Lesley about the baby; Peter is puzzled when Diana begs him not to tell anyone who might tell Phil. Thursday, April 19: Steve tells Audrey he is taking a leave of absence; they have a touching scene where they promise to always be friends. Diana worries about how to conceal the baby’s birthdate from Peter; Phil comes to see Tracy and Diana is cold. Jim quizzes Audrey about herself and learns she will always wait for her baby; Mrs. Andrews panics when Tommy faints. Friday, April 20: Jane can’t quite forget Howie’s lie. Teddy gets Jessie to countersign a bank note for $25,000; he learns that Carol and Kent will each inherit half a million dollars when they reach eighteen. Monday, April 23: Steve leaves for Mexico. Lesley tells Lee she thinks Meg needs another doctor. Tuesday, April 24: Teddy tells Carol his wedding to Jessie is May 4; Carol explodes; Teddy talks Carol into running away with him. Jim questions Audrey about her feelings for Tom; Dr. Carter tells Mrs. Andrews that Tommy has pulmonary stenosis and is going to need surgery; he promises to try and find Dr. Jim Hobart, who is the best surgeon in the country in this field. Wednesday, April 25: Phil is outraged when Jessie tells him she is marrying Teddy. Meg decides not to take her medication because she suspects Lesley of trying to dull her senses so she won’t suspect any relationship between Lesley and Lee. In a parked car, Teddy and Carol plan their elopement and getaway for Friday. Thursday, April 26: Lucille tells Audrey that Steve’s ulcers are probably Audrey’s fault and that she doesn’t approve of her relationship with Jim; Jim receives a call from Chicago asking him to consult on a case of a small boy with congenital heart problems; he agrees not knowing the child is Tommy. Friday, April 27: Jessie calls Teddy to tell him she’ll be home late; he thanks her for countersigning the loan, tells he has the money and says goodbye; she suspects nothing. Peter tells Lesley about Diana’s tensions; Lesley believes that women get terribly involved with children and remembers in a flashback herself at the time of her baby’s crib death. Carol and Teddy are packed and tell Kent they are running away together; Kent is stunned; they leave him to explain to Jessie. Monday, April 30: Jessie tells Jane she plans to buy her wedding dress on the way home. Lee explains to Lesley that Meg wants to invite her to dinner and hopes she will accept in an effort to reassure Meg; Lesley accepts. Jessie comes home with her wedding dress and learns from Kent that Carol and Teddy have eloped.

May 21, 1973 is when Tracy dies according to a vital statistics sheet from 1974.

Thanks @FrenchFan! I am back on track with summaries beginning 3/13/73. Here's March which introduces a new doctor, Lesley Williams! A biography of Lesley was included in these papers. I am including the link to a pdf of the document: Lesley Williams Character Sequence Thursday, March 1, 1973: Carol berates Teddy over his pursuit of Jessie and has a tantrum; Jessie tries to console Carol, and when Teddy tries to discourage Jessie, she asks Teddy to try. Friday, March 2: Jane tells the detective that Howie was in the office the night of the murder…which is what Howie told Jane; without each other’s knowledge both Howie and Burt have claimed the same alibi. Monday, March 6: Howie is devastated to learn that Jane showed Fred Martin the charm he gave her, identical to the one he gave Brooke. Tuesday, March 7: Carol tells Teddy she is leaving; he kids her along, trying to josh her out of it; he kisses her lightly and she passionately responds. Wednesday, March 8: Fred reports to the D.A. that Jane has a charm exactly like the one they found in Brooke’s handbag. Monday, March 12: Howie lies to Det. Martin when he is questioned about whether he was in the office (as Jane had said) the night Brooke was killed; Howie does not answer when asked if he had dinner with Brooke that evening. Tuesday, March 13: Phil resents Peter’s asking him to stay away from Diana. Howie realizes the net he is caught in. An attractive woman doctor, Dr. Lesley Williams comes to interview with Steve. Jane and Mrs. Dawson quiz a reluctant Howie about his interview with the detective; they learn that Burt told the police he was in the office on the night of the murder; Howie can only say that he didn’t see Burt there. Wednesday, March 14: When Phil is cynical about women doctors, he and Peter exchange sharp words. Audrey is upset when she learns that Steve is hiring a replacement for Tom and accuses him of believing that Tom and Tommy are gone forever. Diana is scared and upset as Peter relishes his knowledge that the baby will arrive just at Thanksgiving, when it will really be much earlier. Thursday, March 15: Carol plots her getaway and convinces Kent to give her all of his money. The D.A. and Fred talk over Howie’s admission that he was out with Brooke the night of the murder. Audrey tells Duncan that Steve has given up on Tom’s ever returning; in Chicago, Mrs. Andrews (alias Mrs. Smith) explains to her neighbor that her son is dead and the baby she is caring for is her grandson. Friday, March 16: Peter confides in Jessie that Diana is pregnant but it’s still a secret because Diana feels it’s too early to tell people. Steve tries to comfort Audrey by saying she’ll get her child even without Tom’s bringing him back, as soon as they know where Tom is. Meg is suspicious about why Mary went back to Wade so suddenly; she thinks Wade must have threatened to tell her something about Lee or Mary, and Mary went back to him to keep him from talking…she intends to find out. Carol writes a note and takes a bus. Monday, March 19: The detective questions Howie about Burt’s wife, Mamie; Howie has no information as he has only seen her once; Howie needles Burt by saying the detective was only inquiring about Burt; Burt is scared stiff when Howie tells him he told the detective he was working in the office the night of the murder. Jessie and Teddy discover Carol’s note saying she’s left; Kent refuses to tell where Carol went; Teddy promises Jessie he’ll go after Carol and find her; she urges that he can have all the money he needs to bring her home. Tuesday, March 20: Audrey tells Steve that a reporter wants to interview her. Jessie tells Steve about Carol’s running away; Kent tells Teddy that Carol is heading home for Auburn. The reporter, Lou Larkin, suggests that Audrey appear on a T.V. talk show and appeal to Tom. Teddy reports to Jessie that Carol is heading to Auburn and that he is heading there; Jessie is terribly grateful. Wednesday, March 21: Henry and Sharon argue about the baby’s name. Mamie Marshall calls Burt and tells him she has an appointment with Detective Martin; scared, Burt tries to proposition Howie into cooperation against the police. Diana tells Jane she still feels miserable about the baby; Jane tells Mrs. Dawson about Diana, without mentioning names. Burt tries to get Mamie to keep her mouth shut with the detective; when she guesses Brooke was his girlfriend, he hits her. Thursday, March 22: Audrey consults Steve about the talk show and finds him negative about it; she agrees to ask Lee what he thinks. Scott talks to Meg about Mary and Brooke, rousing all her insecurities. Jessie tries to comfort Kent who feels guilty about squealing on Carol; Teddy finds Carol in Auburn, but she refuses to come home. Friday, March 23: Jessie is anxious because she hasn’t heard from Teddy about Carol. Howie terrifies Burt by saying he told the detective he had taken Brooke to dinner the night she was killed; did Howie know that Brooke had a date with him after that dinner? Teddy calls Jessie to report he found Carol. Monday, March 26: Mamie Marshall tells the detective that she called Burt at the office several times the night Brooke was killed and he was not there. Audrey has decided to go ahead with the plan to make a public appeal to find Tommy and Tom. Tuesday, March 27: Steve hires Lesely Williams as a new doctor, now confirmed by the hospital board; he sends her to see Meg; Lesley visits Meg, who has a bad headache, and finds her blood pressure elevated; Meg pours out her torubles. Jessie begs Kent to help her understand Carol’s unhappiness; Carol admits to Teddy that she likes him too much. Wednesday, March 28: Diana gives Phil the cold shoulder; she is frightened by his contention that she is gaining weight. Jane urges Howie to tell the police Burt is lying about his alibi; Burt learns from Mamie that she has told the police he was surely not in his office. Peter tells Diana he plans to see the doctor with her the next time she goes. Thursday, March 29: Steve tells an unenthusiastic Phil that Lesely has been hired and will share his office. The D.A. and Fred Martin plan to put the heat on Burt, hoping to get evidence against their chief suspect, who is Howie. Diana’s obstetrician refuses to lie about the baby’s due date. Friday, March 30: Teddy tries persuading Carol in a New York Bar. Howie questions Jo about what he told Martin; Burt and Howie quarrel as Burt suspects Howie of squealing on him; the detective orders Burt to appear in the D.A. 's office; sensing this is the end, Burt reserves a flight to Canada and empties the safe at work.

What a task it was piecing February 1973 together! Again, the information I have is limited, and I used @FrenchFan's February monthly summary to try and firm up the timeline. Audrey's story and Mary's story are sparse here, but nonetheless, here is what I could do: Thursday, February 1, 1973: Peter gives Diana a ring as a symbol of their new-found love; she reassures him her feelings for Phil have ended. Note: Wade Collins, Mary’s husband, appears in this episode and he must call Mary upon his release as a phone booth set is listed. Friday, February 2: Teddy tries to win Kent and Carol’s loyalty to Jessie by suggesting that she buy a car for them. Howie makes a date with Brooke for tomorrow evening, but doesn’t explain to Jane. Monday, February 5: At Jo’s Restaurant, Howie gives Brooke a four-leafed clover charm for her birthday; Brooke arrives home late where Burt Marshall was waiting for her; angry and jealous, Burt demands to know who she was with; Burt hits Brooke who falls, hitting her head on a table. Tuesday, February 6: Jessie tells Teddy she is afraid Carol has seen them embracing; Carol is unresponsive to all of Jessie’s attempts at friendship. Sitting in his car, a frightened Burt recalls killing Brooke; he has hopes of pinning the blame on Howie; Howie gives Jane a four-leafed clover charm identical to the one he gave Brooke. Wednesday, February 7: Steve returns to work, bringing the newspaper with news of Brooke’s murder; Jane is concerned by Howie’s intense reaction; Howie remembers seeing Burt at Brooke’s apartment; Burt fakes shock when he hears the news; Detective Fred Martin investigates. Thursday, February 8: No information. Note: We see Mrs. Andrews and baby Tommy in Mexico. Friday, February 9: Phil insults Teddy, asking how long he is going to live at Jessie’s house; Teddy tells Jessie it’s become painful to him to stay there in the given circumstances; when Jessie reveals her dismay of him moving, he suggests a way out would be for her to marry him. Lucille clams up for Det. Martin; she tells Jane he bullied her, but she didn’t reveal Brooke’s association with Howie. Monday, February 12: Burt cleverly threatens Howie with police exposure because of his relationship with Brooke; Howie remembers his date with Brooke the night of the murder. Steve explodes in anger when Jessie tells him that Teddy wants to marry her. Tuesday, February 13: The D.A. encourages Det. Martin to keep after Lucille. Wednesday, February 14: Jessie finds Kent friendly, but Carol is horrified by the idea that Jessie marry Teddy. Thursday, February 15: The detective questions Mr. Olson, the jeweler, where Howie bought the two identical charms; the jeweler identifies Howie. Steve questions Teddy who tells him to mind his own business. Diana tells Peter she may be pregnant. Friday, February 16: Steve warns Jessie that Teddy is on the take. Lucille tells the detective that Brooke was associated with both Howie and Burt; the detective questions Howie, who is relieved he wasn’t asked when he last saw Brooke. Monday, February 19: Diana learns from Dr. Warren that she is pregnant and is ten weeks along; she realizes it’s Phil’s baby. Howie tells Jane to butt out when she tries to help with the investigation. Tuesday, February 20: Phil tries to comfort Audrey telling her that he too has lost his son because Diana and Peter have taken the child from him. Miserable because Phil is her baby’s father, Diana tells Peter that the doctor has confirmed that she is pregnant. Wednesday, February 21: Detective Martin learns from Jo that Brooke and Howie were together at Jo’s Restaurant the night of the murder. Thursday, February 22: Jessie tells Teddy that she will maybe marry him. Fred Martin reports back to the D.A. Friday, February 23: Burt flounders when Martin asks him where he was the night of Brooke’s murder; Burt does his best to throw suspicion on Howie. Diana confides in Jane that she is pregnant by Phil. Monday, February 26: In Mexico, Mrs. Andrews is told that Tom has died from a serious illness; Mrs. Andrews tells Tommy she’ll never give him up. Tuesday, February 27: Carol urges Kent to lend her money and confesses she is planning to run away back home to Auburn. The D.A. and Det. Martin agree that both Howie and Burt are worth further investigation. Wednesday, February 28: Diana recalls her doctor telling her how far along her pregnancy is; Diana tells Phil never to visit her home again.

@Paul RavenFrom James Westmoreland's Website, in part two of "In Jim's Words": "This was a day to remember. I hadn’t worked in two years. To be honest, I was having so much fun playing golf and making plenty of money to last me I had forgot about my career. That was short-lived. When we got back to my house I checked my answering machine and I had a message from Ronnie Lief, my agent. I returned his call in the morning and he said the producer of “General Hospital”, Jim Young wants to meet you in his office as soon as possible. I asked Ronnie if tomorrow around ten in the morning would be okay. Ronnie called me back and said a pass will be waiting for me at the Prospect and Thalmadge gate for me. I was on time and I was ushered to his door and I met Mr. Young. We shook hands and he asked me to have a seat. He said, “Jim, I run a tough ship with my show and I expect you to be prepared.” “Mr. Young, don’t you want me to read a scene for you?” “Jim, I know your work and you’re hired. You start Monday. All I ask is that you arrive on set prepared and I don’t want you to be carrying a script to study while you’re on my set.” When I arrived on stage 3 the whole cast was there and Jim introduced me to all. I made sure Jim Young was watching me when I dropped my script into the wastebasket. I was put into a hospital bed because I was brought to the hospital ward because I had Serum Hepatitis that my character, Teddy Holmes, had picked up in Vietnam for shooting up with dirty needles. My scene was shot live with three camera’s rolling to catch all angles. I was in a delirious state of mind during the whole scene, and the twenty pages of dialog I had studied the whole previous evening paid off to the producer’s delight. From that day on I never carried a script with me because I always made sure I was prepared for that day of shooting. General Hospital was fun for me and the cast were all professionals and easy to get along with. Unfortunately after working on at least one hundred and forty shows I came down with a serious illness and I had to leave the show and the most wonderful part I had ever had came to an end."

I can narrow the gap, but unfortunately, I don’t have an exact date of the recasting. James Westmoreland is playing Teddy on December 11, 1972. The first listing I have of John Gabriel as Teddy is February 1, 1973.

@FrenchFanI will need you for February. I have limited summaries for February into early-March. The information I have is from character sequences for Jessie and Jane. The Brooke Murder, Mary/Lee/Meg/Wade story, the Audrey/Tommy story, and Peter/Diana/Phil story will have some gaps. I will try to piece together the information I have to match airdates. Would you be willing to DM me February's summary?

January 1973! Monday, January 1, 1973: Henry tells Jane that Sharon deliberately tried to make him jealous by going out with Howie to collect toys. Phil invites Diana and Peter out to dinner to celebrate the new year. Brooke stops by Burt’s office and he invites her on a “business” trip; Brooke says she can’t go and Burt suspects it’s because she’s still seeing Howie. Diana refuses Phil’s invitation. Henry punches Howie for spending so much time with Sharon. Tuesday, January 2: Scott writes a letter to Mary expressing his love for her to Meg’s distress. Peter comes home to find Diana miserable after a visit from Phil. Wednesday, January 3: Henry apologizes to Jane for punching Howie. Steve tells Duncan of Tom taking sleeping pills and arriving too late to care for his patient. Meg suggests to Lee that they really don’t need Mary working for them any longer. Audrey tells Duncan that she never really loved Tom and he is secretly relieved to hear it. At the ski lodge, Teddy dances with Carol who is rapturous. Thursday, January 4: Burt bawls Howie out for wasting time with Brooke. Steve asks Lee to publish word of a thousand dollar reward for information on Tom and the baby. Kent teases Carol about her new eyelashes; Carol reacts to Teddy’s charms. Friday, January 5: Mary is back at work and a puzzled Jane and Lucille speculate about her marriage; Mary tells Lee she doesn’t want to stay nights with Scott anymore. Diana tells Jane about the rape and Jane advises her to tell Peter at once. Duncan reassures Audrey that Tom can’t stay hidden forever. Monday, January 8: Mary tells Steve that her father-in-law is terminally ill and very worried about his son. Phil reverts to his hostile self in a confrontation with Peter; Peter is bewildered. Teddy continues to charm Carol. When Mary tells Meg she won’t be staying, Scott persuades her to stay at least one more night. Tuesday, January 9: Howie tells Brooke he is so mad at Burt he could kill him. After a visit from Phil, Diana tells Peter she wishes they could leave town. Steve suggests to Audrey that she get a quick divorce from Tom and marry him; Audrey says she can’t, for then she would never get Tommy back; in a Mexican shop, Mrs. Andrews buys a serape for Tommy. Wednesday, January 10: Mary tells Meg and Lee that her father-in-law has died; Meg is uneasy to learn that Mary doesn’t plan on returning to her husband when he is released on parole. Peter tells Phil that Diana has suggested they move away; Phil reacts violently. Thursday, January 11: Jessie returns to work; Teddy makes a playful play for Carol. Mary tells Lee her husband’s release should make no difference in her lifestyle. Friday, January 12: Lee reminds Jessie her divorce hearing is coming up. Diana worries about Tracy’s relationship with Phil. Teddy tells Jessie he loves her, but she protests saying she is too old for him. Monday, January 15: Steve urges Diana to have treatment; she begs for a little more time. The judge grants Jessie’s divorce; Teddy arrives to congratulate her and tells her he has a surprise for her. Diana becomes upset when Phil arrives unannounced; after he leaves she begins to write in the diary, but leaves it open when Tracy cries; Peter arrives and finds the open book, and reads the page that says Diana has Hodgkin's disease. Tuesday, January 16: Peter reacts to his discovery; he is distraught and concerned and insists to Diana that there is hope. Teddy plans to carry Jessie off to celebrate the divorce; Steve returns from the divorce hearing to Lucille’s tirade about Phil; Steve answers he is now worried about Jessie’s relationship with Teddy. Wednesday, January 17: Diana tells Jane she has Hodgkin’s disease; Peter angrily confronts Steve with his knowledge of Diana’s condition; they agree that a new biopsy is in order. Howie and Brooke agree that they are fed up with Burt and his indignities. Thursday, January 18: Phil discovers the order for Diana’s biopsy; Jane calls Diana to warn her; when Phil questions Diana about it, she refuses to tell him anything and they quarrel bitterly. Friday, January 19: Peter persuades Diana to begin treatments tomorrow; Steve shows Peter the results of the biopsy – it is negative; Peter leaves happily to tell Diana. Monday, January 22: Phil calls Diana, and she still refuses to tell him about the biopsy; Peter arrives with the news that the diagnosis was wrong and the biopsy was negative. Teddy tells Jessie that love and happiness have nothing to do with age. Tuesday, January 23: After much guessing, Sharon tells Henry she is pregnant. Brooke agrees to see Burt Marshall on her break; she rebuffs his passes and turns him down for a date, angering him; Burt takes it out on Howie. Duncan tries to make love to Audrey, but she tells him she is not ready. Wednesday, January 24: Pre-empted - President Johnson’s Funeral Thursday, January 25: Wade Collins, Mary’s father-in-law has left his money jointly to Mary and his son, provided they stay married; Mary tells Lee she can’t go back to Wade, Jr. no matter what is involved. Phil confronts Diana, hysterically professing his love for her; when he learns the biopsy was negative, he is relieved and hoping for her affection. Friday, January 26: Brooke tells Jane she feels sorry for Burt; Howie defends Brooke against his mother’s accusations that Brooke is not a “decent” girl; Burt prods Brooke until she finally relents and agrees to a date. Phil tells himself that it’s Diana he needs; Peter and Diana decide to have a baby. Monday, January 29: Sharon tells Al she’s pregnant. Jessie tries to comfort Audrey by telling her that Tom may return some day; Lee shows Audrey a letter he received from Tom saying that he and Tommy are fine, but it is useless to try and find them. Carol tells Kent she is fed up with Jessie’s involvement with Teddy. Tuesday, January 30: Brooke tells Howie she is going to cut Burt off; Jane suggests that Howie quit, but he insists on finding a new job first. Wednesday, January 31: Jessie tries to have a heart to heart talk with Carol with little success until Carol asks for money; she is delighted when Jessie agrees; Carol will not confide her next move to Kent.

Well! I'm not one to disappoint. I'll dig through 1973 and start posting this weekend!

Thanks, FrenchFan! I have summaries for 1973 and 1974, and part of 1975, but am unsure if posting would just be regurgitation of the information you've shared before. If we deem it not necessary to post the remainder of what I have, then 1972 concludes my posts. Thanks to all who read and I hope it helped shed some light on the early years of GH!

Finishing 1972! Friday, December 1, 1972: Henry accuses Sharon of gossiping about Tom and blames her for the rumors in the hospital. Jessie finds a letter from a “friend of Teddy” asking to borrow $3,000 (Teddy wrote the letter to himself); Jessie insists on lending him the money; Teddy kisses Jessie. Audrey confesses to Steve her fear that Tom may do something desperate; Mrs. Andrews, posing as Tom’s mother “Charlotte Smith”, and Tom posing as “David Smith”, leave with baby Tommy and head to Mexico. Monday, December 4: Peter tells Phil that Diana took Tracy with her to Minneapolis to visit her mother, but he refuses to give her phone number to Phil. Audrey comes home to discover Tom and the baby are missing; she finds a note saying Tom has taken Tommy away; Audrey collapses; we see Tom, Mrs. Andrews, and Tommy in a car, driving into the oncoming night. Tuesday, December 5: A frantic Audrey calls Lee for help; Lee tells Audrey that Tom has committed no crimes in taking his own child and suggests she hire a private detective. Meg is resentful of the conspiracy she senses when Mary arrives to sit with her on Lee’s request. Wednesday, December 6: Lucille is staying with Audrey and only making things worse; a quiet and comforting Steve arrives, but Audrey cannot be consoled. Jessie feels low and Teddy gives her a pinky ring as a gift; Carol sees it, is bitter, angry and jealous. Thursday, December 7: Bill Bingham, a detective, comes looking for information about Tom and Sharon sends him to Phil, who is at a loss. Diana returns home, and writes in her diary, swearing to face death with courage. The detective tells Lee he has found no trace of Tom. Friday, December 8: Carol remembers learning that Teddy gave Jessie a ring and tells Kent she wants to go back to Auburn; Jessie and Teddy suggest to the kids that they go skiing over Christmas. Steve tells Peter the chances of finding Tom and the baby are slim and wonders what to tell Audrey; Peter suggests that persuading Audrey to return to work might make the waiting easier; Steve tells Audrey there is a little boy facing heart surgery who needs her. Monday, December 11: Audrey comes back to work; Steve tries to comfort her. Howie tells Jane his boss, Burt, has it in for him and he suspects it’s because of Brooke. Steve tells Dr. Duncan Stuart, the surgeon who will operate on the boy Audrey’s caring for, that Audrey is on the case; Duncan promises to keep an eye on her. Kent and Jessie separately confide in Teddy their worry over Carol; Jessie asks Teddy to be more attentive to Carol. Tuesday, December 12: Steve tries to talk Diana into treatments and into telling Peter about her illness. Audrey collapses in tears over the pediatric patient’s plight and Dr. Stuart sharply bawls her out. Wednesday, December 13: Steve explains Audrey’s situation to Duncan, who agrees he was too harsh with her. Teddy makes a pitch for Carol in accordance to Jessie’s request. Diana writes about justifying her concealment of her disease for a while longer. Thursday, December 14: Howie furiously complains that Burt has blamed him for another mistake that wasn’t his fault. Meg and Lee discuss Mary, and Meg is determined that she will keep Mary on, if only to prove she is not jealous. Duncan apologizes for his harsh words, and Audrey finds him sympathetic. We see Mrs. Andrews buying milk in a Mexican grocery store. Friday, December 15: Phil overhears that Peter has to work late; Jessie brings a Christmas gift to Diana for Tracy and talks about Phil’s depressed mood. Howie tells Jane and his mother that if Burt finds out he didn’t contribute to the boss’ office Christmas gift, Burt would get even with him. Phil stops by Diana’s to leave a present for Tracy; Diana, out of pity, asks him to stay and talk; Phil becomes aroused and no longer impotent and rapes her. Monday, December 18: Audrey and Duncan have dinner together and are seen by Steve; an interested Duncan offers to share some of Audrey’s waiting for her son. A miserable Diana remembers Phil’s rape; Peter come home, finds her tense and trembling. Tuesday, December 19: Pre-empted - Apollo 17 Splashdown. Wednesday, December 20: Howie and Sharon work together to collect toys for the pediatrics playroom. Phil surprises everyone by his relaxed nature. Duncan’s surgery on Tony, the pediatric patient, is a success; he and Audrey share their relief. Phil comes to apologize to Diana, but she chases him away, saying she never wants to see him again. Thursday, December 21: Carol and Kent try on new ski clothes; when Teddy pays attention to Jessie, Carol pouts; Jessie urges Teddy to pay special attention to Carol on the trip. Peter is surprised by Diana’s vehemence when she insists she doesn’t want Phil around Tracy at Christmas. Friday, December 22: Henry is jealous when Sharon and Howie collect toys again. Mary gets a letter from her father-in-law’s doctor and learns he is ill; she calls Lee to report she may have to be away for Christmas; while Mary and Lee say goodbye, Meg argues with herself. Phil sympathizes with Audrey over the loss of her baby; Audrey learns that Duncan’s wife left him. Monday, December 25: Audrey asks Steve to tell the Christmas story to Tony; Steve tells the Christmas story to Tony and other hospital personnel. Tuesday, December 26: Jessie falls and twists her knee while practicing on skis; Teddy insists on taking her to the hospital for X-rays; Jessie tells the kids they will still go on the trip, even if she has to stay in the lodge. Meg is upset when Scotty tells her he gave her and Mary identical rings as gifts. Wednesday, December 27: Audrey is terrified by a newspaper article about a car accident death of an unidentified man, child and older woman; Steve tells her he will find out more about it. Thursday, December 28: Pre-empted - President Truman Funeral. Friday, December 29: Lee calls Steve and tells him the people in the accident weren’t Tom and Tommy. With Jessie resting upstairs, Teddy exerts his charms on Carol. Phil calls Diana about seeing the baby, and she is impressed with his gentleness; when Peter comes home he and Diana make love.

Up next is November 1972: Wednesday, November 1, 1972: Steve again tries to warn Jessie about Teddy, but inadvertently gives her the idea of hiring Teddy as a tutor for the kids; Teddy accepts the job and his first check. On Diana’s last day at work, Phil worries how he will see her and the baby. Thursday, November 2: Burt calls Brooke for a date; Brooke, dressed up to go out, finds that Burt has brought fixings with him, and is prepared for a romantic evening at home. At Lee’s birthday party, Meg is on every minute and tops everyone, especially Mary; her reprimands of Mary make everyone uncomfortable, and the party ends on a tense note. Friday, November 3: Steve asks Mary to dinner; Lee speaks to Mary about her discomfort at the party. Phil makes a passionate plea to Diana that her feelings must surely match his own. Audrey and Tom, enjoying a companionable dinner, are surprised to see Steve and Mary come in, their presence spoils the evening for Tom and Audrey. Monday, November 6: Meg confided to Lee her hope that Steve and Mary will be a serious match; when they return, Meg proposes a foursome, but Steve declines - gracefully; Meg’s attempts at probing Mary about the evening make Mary and Lee uncomfortable. Tom and Audrey discuss Mrs. Andrews and it escalates into a muted conflict of wills; Tom, aided by Mrs. Andrew’s flattery of him, states flatly that Audrey will have to get along with Mrs. Andrews. Tuesday, November 7: Diana comes to the hospital to consult Steve about Peter’s hope of another child. Audrey and Mrs. Andrews further disagree about the handling of Tommy; Audrey appeals to Tom for his support, but Tom maintains that as long as Audrey chooses to work, she will have to make the best of Mrs. Andrews. Wednesday, November 8: When Howie points out an accounting mistake Burt made, Burt gets angry and takes it out on Howie; Burt makes a date with Brooke. Carol complains that Teddy treats her too much like a child. Lee is upset when he discovers that Meg called Steve to encourage a romance with Mary. Thursday, November 9: Peter tells Phil he can visit Tracy, making Phil suspicious; Diana has a nightmare about Phil. Howie tells Jane that Burt seems to have it in for him. Friday, November 10: Howie tries again to warn Brooke about Burt. Audrey quarrels with Mrs. Andrews about Tommy’s bedtime, and Tom takes Mrs. Andrews’ side. Monday, November 13: Jane tells Howie that Brooke called in; Howie ties her absence with Burt being away, too; Jane warns him to keep out of trouble with the boss. Phil barges in while Diana is writing in her diary; they argue as Peter comes home; Phil stalks out, and Peter urges Diana to say yes to another baby. Tuesday, November 14: Steve and Mary compare notes about Meg’s matchmaking, and decide Meg’s jealousy may be the reason. Meg presses Lee about Mary and Steve and he tells her that Mary is married to a man now in the penitentiary for embezzlement; Meg is relieved to know Mary is married. Wednesday, November 15: Audrey and Mrs. Andrews quarrel. Lee is puzzled when Diana asks him if there is any way she can provide for Tracy’s custody after her death. Audrey wishes Steve love and happiness, and they agree they will have to make the best of their separate futures. Thursday, November 16: Teddy irritates Carol with teasing; Jessie tries to find out what is wrong and is surprised by the girl’s resentments. Meg quizzes Mary about her husband. Friday, November 17: As Diana struggles to decide whether she should leave Tracy with Peter or Phil, she imagines what might happen; in her imagination Lee, Steve, Phil and Peter act out facets of her dilemma. Tom tells Audrey that he’ll talk to Mrs. Andrews and make clear he’s sticking with Audrey as to how Tommy will be raised; Tom hopes this closeness will extend to physical expressions, and Audrey says that if he can be content with her pretending, she can do it; Tom is crushed and wants no part of it. Monday, November 20: Howie speculates that Brooke is off with Burt. Tom tells Jane that he will keep Mrs. Andrews for Thanksgiving because he and Audrey do not do well together alone; Audrey tells her troubles to Lee who is annoyed and disturbed at his brother. Tuesday, November 21: Lee calls Jessie to tell her the divorce hearing is scheduled for January 5th; Phil tells her he is getting nowhere with Diana and the baby. Teddy gets a threatening letter demanding $1700 and discovers a check to Jessie for $1000 in the same mail. Diana begs Peter to put off having a family until she feels stronger. Wednesday, November 22: Audrey and Mrs. Andrews quarrel, and Tom tries to placate Mrs. Andrews; she agrees to stay on the job for his sake…and for Tommy’s. Teddy, at a bar, pays off a fraction of a gambling debt to a sinister big-time tough; he lies to Jessie when he gets home. Thursday, November 23: Pre-empted. Friday, November 24: A letter from Brooke says she will be away from work until next week; Howie tells Jane this jibes with the fact that Burt won’t be back until next week; but Brooke has given herself away with the postmark on her letter. Phil tells Jessie that he’s really down at the idea of Diana having a family with Peter. Mary teaches Meg needlepoint and tries to keep Meg from questioning her more about her husband; in frustration Meg jabs herself with the needle. Monday, November 27: Howie celebrates his birthday with Jane, Mrs. Dawson and the baby, it’s the happiest one he’s ever had. Tom and Audrey agree that their marriage can’t go on in this way; she demands that Mrs. Andrews be fired, but Tom insists this isn’t the answer to their problems and refuses. Tuesday, November 28: Tom worries about a heart patient. Sharon protests having to go on night duty. Jessie denies to Mary that she is falling for Teddy; Teddy gets a threatening call from Louie the gambler about his debts. Audrey and Tom quarrel about Mrs. Andrews again; desperately tired, Tom takes some sleeping pills. Wednesday, November 29: Henry has Sharon call Tom about an emergency with his patient Paul Thompson; Audrey is unable to wake Tom; when he does waken, he insists on going to the hospital in his groggy state; Audrey calls Steve and Lucille; she arranges for Lucille to stay with Tommy; Steve arrives at the hospital and begins working on the patient; when Tom comes in groggy and bedraggled from a minor accident, Steve has to kick him out of the room; Audrey arrives and when Tom finds out that she called Steve, it is a final, bitter blow. Thursday, November 30: Brooke returns to work. Steve begins to bawl Tom out, but finds himself sympathetic in the face of Tom’s misery and Tom’s decision to quit; he goes to a bank and withdraws all the money he has; at home, Tom packs his clothes; Mrs. Andrews persuades him to take her and little Tommy with him, wherever he decides to go.

I apologize for the lapse in adding more summaries, work has been a huge time suck. I managed to get October together, hope you enjoy! Monday, October 2, 1972: Tom notices that Audrey isn’t wearing his ring and is hurt. Scott exults when he hears he will be going home and repeats that he wants Mady to come, to the embarrassment of Mary and Lee. Jessie denies to Teddy that there is anything between her and Steve. Audrey tells Tom she wants to wear the ring, but rebuffs him when he approaches her, thinking she wants to make up. Tuesday, October 3: Lucille and Al make much of Audrey’s ring, to her embarrassment. Steve cannot persuade Jessie not to take Teddy home. Scott leaves the hospital; despite her own misgivings, Meg insists to Mary that she will never be jealous again, sure as she now is that her own imaginings about Lee put her in the mental hospital. Wednesday, October 4: Steve urges Diana to enter Metropolitan Hospital for radiation treatments and chemotherapy but she demurs, preferring to stay close to Tracy; Steve reluctantly agrees not to tell Peter of her disease. Tom reacts resentfully when he sees Audrey and Steve together on the pediatrics floor. Diana writes in a diary she is keeping for Tracy. Thursday, October 5: Peter and Phil threaten each other with legal measures. Meg attempts to build bridges to Lee; they discuss the mistakes of the past; Mary reassures Lee that they will both help Meg; she watches with pain as Lee and Meg retire to their bedroom. Friday, October 6: Steve tells Jessie that Teddy is getting out today; when she tells the kids, they’re not too hot for the idea; Steve warns an unfazed Teddy not to hurt Jessie; Teddy is able to clarify for himself that the kids’ money is tied up; the kids are amazed when Teddy arrives that he’s not a total antique. Monday, October 9: Phil asks Jessie if she has thought more about a divorce; she is stricken, tells Phil she will start at once. Carol pouts when she does not get Teddy’s attention. Tuesday, October 10: Brooke tells Howie his boss, Burt Marshall, has asked her for a date; Howie does not approve. Steve meets Audrey in pediatrics and they touch on her unhappiness with Tom; a jealous Tom quarrels with Audrey about Steve. Wednesday, October 11: Teddy plans a surprise dinner, complete with flowers, and Jessie cannot help but respond to his charm. Hoping for a closer relationship with Scott, Meg asks Mary not to do the personal things: schoolwork, special bedtime treat; Meg then worries she may have offended her. Thursday, October 12: Phil tells Diana he is going to try to be a new man. Lee gives Mary the option of bowing out; she doesn’t want to. Peter consults Steve about Diana’s nervousness; Steve recalls how he tried to convince Diana she should get treatment and tell Peter; Diana writes in her diary; she tells Peter that Phil is a new man; he thinks she is letting Phil move in on her. Friday, October 13: Tom and Audrey argue when Tom assumes Audrey getting off the elevator on the wrong floor is an excuse to see Steve. Jessie gives Steve a progress report on Teddy. When Tom returns home, he tells Audrey the solution to their problem is to move west; Audrey will not agree, and Tom leaves the house angry. Monday, October 16: Steve preps for a new patient, a rich woman who is tempermental and whose donations are important to the hospital. Tom apologizes to Audrey. Meg continues to try to assert herself as Scott’s mother; Lee assures Steve he believes she is doing well, but Steve can see signs of inner tensions. Tuesday, October 17: Peter tells Jessie he fears for Diana’s health and she explains that Phil has asked her for a divorce. Carol pouts in frustration at Teddy’s attitude towards Jessie. Diana remembers Phil’s promise not to make trouble; Diana tells Peter that Phil opened a savings account for Tracy; Peter’s cynical interpretation leaves her in tears. Wednesday, October 18: Sharon tells Mary that if she were in her shoes she would pull out of the Baldwin house before the sky falls in; Meg suggests to Lee that soon Scott will not need night nursing; Scott has a nightmare and is glad Mary is there. Peter suggests Diana quit nursing until she feels more rested; Diana wonders why she is training to be a nurse when she knows she is going to die. Thursday, October 19: Brooke passes Howie’s office and while they are talking, his boss comes along, delighted to see Brooke; he gives her a big routine about dating him, and she tells him maybe; when Burt leaves, Howie warns her the guy is not for her. Tom arrives just as Steve and Audrey are enjoying time with Tommy in the hospital coffee shop; Tom tells Audrey he can’t forget the idea that Tommy was originally named for Steve. Friday, October 20: Jessie and Steve discuss their problems; Lee brings Jessie divorce papers to sign. Jane and Tom have their first meeting since Jane’s return. Steve comes to dinner at Jessie’s and meets Carol and Kent. While Jessie is out of the room, Teddy tells Steve how grateful he is to Jessie, but he does it in such a way that further antagonizes Steve. Monday, October 23: Diana meets with Steve, tells him she is leaving, but asks him to arrange it so the others think it is temporary. Meg compulsively fusses over making Scotty’s bed; Scotty tells her to take it easy and about his nightmare; in a controlled rage, Meg takes issue with Lee and Mary not telling her, and says she must know everything that has to do with her son. Tuesday, October 24: Tom tells Audrey he has a late meeting and imagines she will be asleep when he gets home as usual; Audrey decides to wait up for Tom, determined to be reasonable; when he approaches her, she freezes; he tells her it is difficult to stay no more than friends. Teddy goads Steve, who is trying to discourage him from asking Jessie out. Wednesday, October 25: Mary confieds in Tom her fears of Meg’s stability; Phil protests Diana’s quitting nursing; Peter is puzzled by Diana’s intensity over Phil’s reaction to her quitting; Meg suffers a sprained ankle and must stay off her feet; Mary and Lee agree that Mary must stay on as Meg will need he more now than ever. Thursday, October 26: Disturbed by Jane and Howie’s happiness, Brooke agrees to a lunch date with Burt Marshall; at lunch Burt flatters Brooke and makes passes at her while Howie, unseen by them, watches. Carol is jealous of Teddy’s attention to Jessie; after an expensive dinner, Jessie realizes that Teddy is broke and offers to lend him money, an offer he refuses. Friday, October 27: Sharon again advises Mary to get away from the Meg situation before it does her in. Tom and Audrey enjoy a companionable lunch, making plans for little Tommy’s Halloween; Tom brings Audrey home some flowers, but her delight turns to pain as she realizes they are identical to the ones Steve brought her on the night she told him she was marrying Tom; Tom is gentle with her, guessing the cause of her distress and realizing that each of them shares a similar heartache. Monday, October 30: Mary reminds Meg of Lee’s birthday, which Meg had forgotten, and they plan a surprise party; Audrey is a little startled that Steve has been invited as Mary’s date; Tom refuses to go to the party, and Steve finds Audrey crying in her parked car. Peter asks Diana if she wouldn’t like another baby. Diana is moved and upset, wonders to herself if having a baby is possible or desirable since she expects to die. Tuesday, October 31: Diana writes in her diary, vowing to live as normal as possible as long as she can conceal her illness. Howie warns Brooke to stay away from Burt, but she tells him not to bug her about it. Tommy performs for Tom’s movie camera in his bunny Halloween costume; Tom finds a handkerchief belonging to Steve and storms out in anger.

No problem! My goal is to get all of these docs onto a website, but in the meantime, I like sharing! I know Judy was a perennial student nurse/trainee. Maybe she eventually earned her cap, I’m not really sure. Her character seems like more of a talk-to than someone who moves story along.

@FrenchFanI took sometime today to look locate episodes that included Judy Clampett by name in the character listing. I'm including the dates of the episodes here, as well as notes if she was mentioned in the text of the episode summary. The last listing I have is in the 18 DEC 1969 episode, but that's not to say she isn't in later episodes (70-72), the character just isn't listed in the character listing of the summaries past that date (as far as I can see). 28 DEC 1964 9 JUN 1965 2 JUL 65 14 JUL 65 29 JUL 65 30 JUL 65 2 AUG 65 4 AUG 65 - Listed as “Judy Clampett (or some other trainee)” 13 AUG 65 16 AUG 65 18 AUG 65 20 AUG 65 - Listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 25 AUG 65 1 SEP 65 13 SEP 65 14 SEP 65 15 SEP 65 16 SEP 65 20 SEP 65 - Listed as “Judy (or other trainee)” 21 SEP 65 24 SEP 65 28 SEP 65 - Listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 8 NOV 65 10 NOV 65 25 NOV 65 29 NOV 65 10 DEC 65 13 DEC 65 14 DEC 65 16 DEC 65 21 DEC 65 23 DEC 65 27 DEC 65 6 JAN 66 17 JAN 66 18 JAN 66 26 JAN 66 2 FEB 66 - listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 4 FEB 66 - listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 8 FEB 66 22 FEB 66 24 FEB 66 28 FEB 66 - listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 6 APR 66 14 APR 66 15 APR 66 - “Lucille returns to work and is greeted by the trainees who have truly missed her.” 28 APR 66 25 MAY 66 - listed as “Clampett (or other trainee)” 1 JUN 66 29 JUN 66 30 JUN 66 4 JUL 66 - “Judy doesn’t think being a trainee is much fun…then witnesses, wistfully, the new doctor’s dating Meg for lunch at the Isle of Capri.” 26 JUL 66 - listed as “Trainee (Judy Clampett)” 27 JUL 66 8 AUG - listed but then crossed out and replaced with “Sharon McGillis” 22 AUG 66 27 OCT 66 8 NOV 66 21 NOV 66 1 DEC 66 - listed as “Judy Clampett (or other trainee)” 14 DEC 66 23 DEC 66 3 JAN 67 4 JAN 67 18 JAN 67 19 JAN 67 6 FEB 67 20 FEB 67 24 MAR 67 28 MAR 67 3 APR 67 19 APR 67 9 MAY 67 11 MAY 67 15 MAY 67 7 JUN 67 19 JUN 67 - “Sharon tells Judy she is going to play hard to get with Henry Pinkham.” 26 JUN 67 - “Sharon tells Judy she is going to play even harder to get, since Henry canceled their date for Saturday night.” 26 JUL 67 - “Judy tries to teach Henry Pinkham how to dance the modern dances, on hospital time, so he can surprise Sharon.” 7 AUG 67 - “Henry asks Judy to teach him how to dance before his date with Sharon on Saturday.” 10 AUG 67 - “Sharon and Judy are rivals for the privilege of teaching Henry Pinkham how to dance.” 15 AUG 67 28 AUG 67 4 SEP 67 - “Sharon has to work that afternoon as Judy agrees to go with Henry.” (my note: to a ball game). 5 SEP 67 14 SEP 67 19 SEP 67 - listed as “Clampett (or other trainee)” 28 SEP 67 3 OCT 67 12 OCT 67 16 OCT 67 18 OCT 67 30 OCT 67 1 NOV 67 11 DEC 67 14 DEC 67 15 DEC 67 16 DEC 67 5 JAN 68 15 JAN 68 22 JAN 68 23 JAN 68 26 JAN 68 7 FEB 68 19 FEB 68 21 FEB 68 22 FEB 68 4 MAR 68 5 MAR 68 15 MAR 68 22 MAR 68 27 MAR 68 16 APR 68 1 MAY 68 2 MAY 68 15 MAY 68 22 MAY 68 11 JUN 68 1 JUL 68 3 JUL 68 8 JUL 68 10 JUL 68 4 SEP 68 13 SEP 68 17 SEP 68 - listed as “Trainee (Judy?)” 4 OCT 68 9 OCT 68 1 JAN 69 9 JAN 69 4 FEB 69 18 FEB 69 14 APR 69 16 APR 69 3 JUN 69 11 JUN 69 30 JUN 69 1 JUL 69 11 SEP 69 19 SEP 69 1 OCT 69 14 NOV 69 18 DEC 69 - listed as “Trainee (Judy?)”

No problem! In the summaries themselves, Judy has been mentioned sporadically, more so in the late ‘60’s ones. In the characters listed for the episodes they usually say something like “trainee” or “nurse”. I’ve seen notes next to “trainee” that say “maybe Judy?”. She hasn’t been mentioned by name in the ones I’m transcribing now.

Took a little time to put September together... Friday, September 1, 1972: To Peter’s chagrin, Diana tells Phil that he will be away in London. Tom suggests to Mary that Scott might do better in a hospital; Lee tells Mary he will talk with Dr. Dalton before telling Meg about Scott’s illness. Diana and Peter say goodbye at the airport. Monday, September 4: Carol calls Jessie to say she and Kent are off on a motorcycle outing. Jessie is able to tell Amy that Walter’s pneumonia is improving; they are still not facing the reality of Walt’s surgery and still trying to protect each other from their fears. Carol and Kent come in at two in the morning to find Jessie frantic. Tuesday, September 5: Audrey barely speaks to Steve when they meet, but to Lucille she protests too much. Diana gets a letter from Peter telling her how he misses her. Howie comes in to report Jane is in labor, later Lucille reports it was false labor pains. Howie worries about his wife, and Mrs. Dawson tries to reassure him. Phil’s concern over Diana being alone is enough to make Diana nervous herself. Wednesday, September 6: Jessie encourages Mary not to worry about the hospital gossip; Steve advises Mary that Scott should be brought in. Steve tells Jessie that Walt’s x-rays show many tumors on his lungs; the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. Jessie tells Teddy about her problems with the kids. Steve finds the Douglases putting up an optimistic front when he tells them of the surgery. Mary insists to Lee she will stay at the Baldwin home as long as Scott needs her, gossip or no gossip. Thursday, September 7: Walt and Amy try to mutually not convey anxiety to each other; they decide not to tell their children in California about the operation until it’s over; Amy goes with Walt to the elevator, and kisses him on the cheek. Walt’s five hour surgery is complete, and Steve tells Amy the news isn’t good; they removed one lung and the other is inoperable; Steve is gentle, but says they must agree on what they are going to tell Walt, so their stories will match; Amy struggles toward comprehension and when it hits her, she is nauseous and cries; Steve comforts her. Friday, September 8: Steve tells Mary his opinion that Meg should be told about Scotty. Steve and Amy disagree that Walt should be told about his condition. Diana suffers a dizzy spell; Peter phones from London and tells Diana that the nurse should stay with her so that she will not be subjected to Phil’s pressure over her safety. Howie announces that Jane has given birth to a baby girl. Steve tells Walt they removed a lung but Amy keeps answering his questions for Steve, making Walt suspicious. Mary and Lee care for a very weak Scotty; Lee decides to call Dr. Dalton to insist that Meg be told; Dalton is opposed but finally agrees, adding that he will not be responsible. Monday, September 11: Diana is fearful about the causes of her continued dizzy spells. Sharon tells Steve that Walt is suspicious that the truth is being kept from him. Howie tells everyone Jane and the baby will go home Wednesday. Steve examines Scotty, and says the boy needs to go to the hospital; Steve and Lee agree that Audrey will be his private day nurse. Tuesday, September 12: Jessie learns from a truant officer that the kids aren’t attending school; Jessie faces the kids with the officer’s statement; they reluctantly agree to start attending. Scott is admitted and Audrey finds Steve in his room; Lee tells Tom he expects a call from Dr. Dalton about Meg’s reaction to the news. Tom is jealous and hurt when he sees Audrey and Steve together. Wednesday, September 13: Sharon is disturbed because Amy is still putting on the act and Walt is asking more questions; Steve and Sharon agree that Walt is going to find out and that it will be very bad for both Amy and Walt. Brooke goes to see Scott, and they discuss how much they’ve missed each other. Tom and Audrey advise Lee to call Dr. Dalton; Dalton frustrates Lee by saying he’s not prepared to make a comment or take a position. Thursday, September 14: Diana continues to have dizzy spells; she gets a letter from Peter and refuses to talk with Phil. Jessie tells Teddy the problem of the kids and school; he tells her he wants to see her when he’s out of the hospital, and snows her with kindness and compliments. Diana worries about her swollen lymph glands. Friday, September 15: Steve warns Jessie that Teddy is not to be counted on. Steve examines Diana and tells her she needs to have her lymph fluid tested; he urges her not to conceal the problem from Peter. Scott asks after his mother; Dalton calls Lee and tells him the shock of Scott’s illness has brought Meg back to reality and she will come home on Monday. Monday, September 18: Lee comes to tell Scott that Meg will be home this afternoon, and tells Brooke that Meg will need to be kept from worrying, hurting her. Howie comes to report about the baby with great enthusiasm, and Brooke finds this distasteful. Lee meets Meg at the airport, finds her unresponsive to him but deeply concerned about Scott; she is cool when she finds Brooke with Scott, but her concern over him leaves no room for anyone else. Tuesday, September 19: Howie apologizes to Brooke but it doesn’t make her feel any better. Mary meets Meg who is warm, grateful, and has no suspicions. Steve examines Walt, who persuades him to tell the truth; even finding out he has terminal cancer doesn’t keep him from wanting to protect Amy; Steve urges them to be honest. Lee tells Mary he can’t hurt Meg; Mary understands, but it is not really goodbye. Wednesday, September 20: Steve tells Diana that tests indicate she has early stage Hodgkin’s disease; Diana is devastated; alone, waiting for Peter’s return, Diana is full of fears for the future; her and Peter have a tender reunion and she gives him a watch, engraved “For all time.” Thursday, September 21: Peter tells Jessie he will be glad to see the kids to help her with the problems. Friday, September 22: Steve tells Jessie he doesn't think Teddy is on the level, and she is disturbed by their disagreement. Walt and Amy finally tell each other the truth and resolve to make the most of the time they have left. Teddy insists he will be able to manage his life when he leaves the hospital, but manages to maneuver Jessie into inviting him to move into an empty room in her house. Monday, September 25: Meg tells Steve she is conscious that everyone is over-solicitous of her and it shakes her confidence. Tuesday, September 26: Jessie tells Steve she has had an argument with the kids over cleaning the house; Teddy cons Jessie into repeating her invitation for him to live at her home. Mary listens unhappily, concealing her feelings, while Lee, Meg and Scott plan a vacation. Kent and Carol quarrel as they clean the living room; they both blurt to Jessie that they can’t stand living there; Jessie hopes Teddy can help. Wednesday, September 27: Steve urges Diana to tell Peter of her Hodgkin’s disease. Tom speaks sharply to Audrey when he sees her and Steve talking intimately. Thursday, September 28: Jessie tells Phil that Peter is going to come over tonight to meet the kids; Phil decides to take advantage of the fact that Peter won’t be home. Tom tries to make up with Audrey by giving her a diamond ring; she feels she can’t take the ring; disappointed, Tom tells her to do what she pleases with it. Peter arrives to meet the kids; when they come downstairs, they are dressed to go out, thinking that Jessie merely wanted to introduce them to Peter; Peter goes home. Diana is startled by Phil’s arrival; she tells him to get out; Peter interrupts the quarrel. Friday, September 29: Steve tells Lee, Meg, Mary, and Scott that Scott is showing great improvement and that they can begin to think about taking him home; Meg wishes to take full care of him, but is persuaded to agree to a night nurse; Scott insists on Mary. Steve quizzes Teddy on the novel; Teddy says it will be better when he is at Jessie’s leaving Steve dumbfounded and angry; Steve tells Jessie he is dead-set against Teddy moving in with her; she feels Teddy will be able to help her with the kids; Steve tells her she’s making a terrible mistake.

July and August '72 are jammed-packed with story! Enjoy! Monday, July 3, 1972: Heather Turner tells Sharon she is planning a surprise for Henry; Sharon is outraged, tries to conceal it. The D.A. tells Lee that on the basis of the evidence he has dug up, Arnold Nelson is being brought in for questioning. Diana and Peter plan a picnic for the Fourth of July; Phil calls asking to see the baby tomorrow; Peter takes the phone and angrily tells Phil he can not see the baby tomorrow. Tuesday, July 4: Sharon answers an emergency call from patient Carter Snow; she calls Henry in for help; Henry administers external heart massage; after they save Carter’s life, Sharon insists they celebrate. Lee tells Mary he is going to tell Audrey about Arnold Nelson today. Howie drops in on Mrs. Dawson, and she scolds him for his behavior; Jane tries to talk to him about the baby, but he is tired of talk. Wednesday, July 5: Phil tells Diana he and Jessie are separated; he will be free to see more of her and the baby; Jessie tells Peter about the separation; Peter is worried how Diana will react. The D.A. and Lee question Arnold Nelson; Nelson confesses, saying he killed his wife in self defense. Thursday, July 6: Lee tells Lucille and Tom that Audrey will be set free this afternoon; Tom insists he will not permit her to have the baby; Tom tells Jane he is ready to fight for his son; Lee and Lucille try to persuade Audrey not to see the baby at once, but to spend the night at Lucille’s apartment. Friday, July 7: Jessie gets a letter from her brother, Dave, telling her he is going to have surgery for a cardiac aneurysm; Phil offers to take her to the airport. Audrey phones Tom to tell him she wants to see Stevie; Tom tells Jane he won’t give the baby to Audrey. Howie comes to talk to Jane, but when he learns she is with Tom, he leaves. Audrey comes to Tom’s apartment to see her son. Audrey is furious when Tom refuses to let her take Stevie. Monday, July 10: Jane takes Audrey’s side; Tom describes his feelings to Steve. Howie comes to talk with Jane, but they quarrel when Brooke happens by. Tuesday, July 11: Heather demonstrates her dizziness by swaying into Henry’s arms. Phil receives a telegram that Jessie’s brother has died. Peter warns Diana that they can expect to see a lot more of Phil, now that he and Jessie are separated. Audrey is happy seeing Steve until she realizes he sympathizes with Tom. Wednesday, July 12: Audrey confesses to Lucille that when she saw Steve, he never mentioned getting married; Audrey calls Tom to tell him she is coming for the baby; Lee and Steve agree that a custody fight would be bad for everyone. Thursday, July 13: Henry deduces that Heather’s aplastic anemia was caused by fumes from her boyfriend’s race car. Peter and Phil have a hostile confrontation; it ends with Peter telling Phil that Diana is off-limits. Friday, July 14: Lee discusses the options Audrey has in getting Stevie back; Audrey tells Steve if she has to choose between him and her baby, she will choose the baby. When Howie can’t hide his jealousy upon learning that Jane is with Tom in his office, Brooke realizes Howie isn’t the one for her. Monday, July 17: Audrey tells Lucille she is afraid she and Steve are breaking over his attitude towards Tom’s claims; Audrey calls Tom who is unmoving in his insistence on keeping his son. Tuesday, July 18: Brooke challenges Jane to commit to divorcing Howie. Lee tells Mary that Meg has not improved, and that the doctors feel she will be better if Lee is out of her life. Audrey sees the baby; Tom will not give an inch; he tells her he is changing the boy’s name to Tom Baldwin, Jr. Wednesday, July 19: Phil reminds Diana of their life together; Peter tells Steve that he can hardly stand the sight of Phil Brewer. Jessie writes that she is bringing her brother’s children home with her. Thursday, July 20: Diana resists Phil’s advances; Peter gets a letter from Jessie in which she explains that she is bringing her niece Carol, age 16, and nephew Kent, age 15, home with her. Lee, Mary, and Scotty enjoy dinner, where Scotty talks about Meg. Diana tells Phil that Jessie is bringing her brother’s children home; Phil rejects the idea that they could be a family. Friday, July 21: Jane tells Tom she has decided to wait until after the baby is born to divorce Howie; Jane tells Howie her decision, and Howie mentions his belief that Tom is the baby’s father; Mrs. Dawson returns to find Jane in tears. Audrey urges Steve to talk to Tom; Steve appeals to Tom, who adamantly refuses to give up custody of Tommy, Jr. Monday, July 24: Lucille tells Jane that Jessie will return tomorrow, but the children will wait two weeks to join her. Lee brings papers to change the baby’s name to Tom to sign; Tom notices that Audrey hasn’t signed them and Lee tells him she will have to sign because she has no alternative; Steve tells Audrey about his conversation with Tom and reiterates his position that he doesn’t want their marriage to be a device to take the baby from Tom. Tuesday, July 25: Henry teases Sharon about Heather’s flattery of him, and Heather not knowing that Sharon is his wife. Jessie confides in Steve her fear of caring for two teenagers; Steve tells Jessie he can’t marry Audrey for the purpose of getting the baby from Tom. Howie tells his mother he believes Tom is the father of Jane’s baby; Mrs. Dawson is shocked he’d consider such a thing of Jane; Howie remembers the night he seduced Jane, and realizes he is the father of the baby. Wednesday, July 26: Heather shows Sharon a new negligee and tells her that she is having Henry for a caviar lunch date. Lee tells Mary he must see Meg and decide about the divorce. Audrey tears up the papers regarding the baby’s name change. Howie apologizes to Jane and they reconcile. Thursday, July 27: Henry chokes on Heather’s caviar, to Sharon’s delight. Jane tells Tom she and Howie are reunited. Audrey is shaken by Steve’s attitude, and is sure he can’t really love her as she thought; she recognizes the end to their romance. Friday, July 28: Jessie tells Diana she must live with her hysterectomy and plans to raise her brother’s children as her own. Audrey tells Tom she is ready to sign the papers, and when Tom questions her, he discovers that she and Steve are through. Monday, July 31: Tom asks Steve if it is true that he and Audrey have called off the wedding; Steve is terribly hurt that Audrey told Tom; Audrey tells Lucille she and Steve are through; Lucille is heartbroken; later, Tom proposes that he and Audrey re-marry for the sake of the baby; Audrey agrees to think about it. Tuesday, August 1: Sharon is still enjoying Henry’s bad experience with Heather. Tom tells Jane he’s asked Audrey to re-marry him; Tom calls Audrey to ask for her decision; she’ll tell him tonight. Mrs. Dawson is ecstatic over Howie and Jane’s reconciliation. Audrey tells Tom she will marry him. Wednesday, August 2: Audrey tells Lucille and Jessie she and Tom will be married on Friday; Tom tells Lee about the wedding; Audrey tells Steve who is shattered. Thursday, August 3: Sharon scares Jessie with horror stories about teenagers. Phil tells Diana he wants to take more pictures of the baby, and she begs him to let her consult Peter. Peter reassures Jessie about her teens. Phil comes unexpectedly to the Taylor apartment to take pictures of the baby; waiting for Tracy to wake up, Peter interrupts them and angrily stalks out. Friday, August 4: Jessie tries to console Steve; Lucille helps Audrey dress for the wedding; Tom and Audrey are married. Monday, August 7: Howie brings Jane a present and they plan happily for the baby. Kent and Carol arrive; they are polite and uncommunicative; Jessie is as scared as she feared she would be; Kent expresses only one interest: motorcycles. Tuesday, August 8: Sharon is annoyed by Henry’s attention to Heather; she tells Henry she thinks Heather is well and should be released. Howie meets Brooke for lunch; he is afraid she will berate him for not telling her of the reconciliation with Jane, but Brooke is understanding; he wants to remain friends, but they agree that Jane would be upset; Howie tells Brooke if she ever needs anything she should call him. Diana has placed Phil’s pictures of Tracy around the house, thinking Peter will be pleased with them…he is not. Wednesday, August 9: Steve tells Jessie to call when his new patient, Teddy Holmes arrives; Teddy has hepatitis, so he must be isolated; Teddy arrives on a gurney and Jessie calls Steve; Steve goes to get Teddy’s history, but he is not cooperative. Sharon consults her horoscope about being bugged by Heather, and it tells her to be noble and generous. Lee tells Mary he is going to see Meg on her birthday. Steve tells Jessie to take special charge of Teddy; when she goes in to see him, Teddy turns on the charm. Thursday, August 10: Steve is convinced that Teddy Holmes has serum hepatitis and orders tests; Jessie goes to see Teddy, who is beginning to lean on her. Carol and Kent are bored; Jessie is distressed by his request for a motorcycle that he wants to buy with his own money. Friday, August 11: Phil reports to Diana he has a new apartment – in her neighborhood. Lee confides to Peter his fears and hopes about Meg. Peter discovers Phil moved to their neighborhood, and he reminds Diana to be fair and square with him and that she can have her freedom anytime she wants. Monday, August 14: Henry is puzzled because Sharon no longer seems jealous of Heather Turner; Heather, bored with the hospital, tells Henry she will get a new doctor through her influential uncle if he doesn’t release her to go home; Henry reports to Sharon, who is furious. Teddy is curious about Jessie’s background, her family and money; Steve warns Jessie if Teddy really has serum hepatitis, it means he lied about his past. Tuesday, August 15: Phil overhears Peter tell Diana he has to work late and can’t drive her home; Phil offers to drive her to take advantage of Peter being late and see the baby; Diana agrees. Brooke and Howie accidentally meet at the coffee shop and realize how ridiculous it is for them to sit at separate tables; Howie joins her, tells her about his newly discovered interest as a father-to-be; Brooke is wistful, but happy for him. Phil and Diana are surprised by an early Peter; Peter is annoyed; after Phil leaves, Peter tells Diana there has to be an emotional reason for her being so tolerant; she denies it. Wednesday, August 16: Jessie gets a disturbing call from Carol, who tells Jessie she is going to an X-rated movie. Mary is happy to be staying with Scott while Lee is away; Henry tells Sharon that Heather wants another doctor; Sharon goes to Heather’s room and tells Heather her horoscope says for her not to make any changes. Jessie confides in Teddy her concern about Carol; Teddy gives her advice and makes her smile. Mary gets a call from Lee, telling her that the visit with Meg was no good; all Meg would say is that she wants a divorce; she didn’t seem like herself at all. Thursday, August 17: Peter suggests to Diana that they tell Phil he can see Tracy any hour while Diana is working; if Phil rejects this plan, it is not the baby Phil wants to see; Phil scornfully rejects Peter’s offer; Peter tells Diana it proves that Phil is after her…not the baby. Friday, August 18: Teddy has serum hepatitis and that means he has concealed something in his history. Heather admits to Sharon that she would have made a mistake if she had changed doctors and is grateful to Sharon. Phil forces Diana to admit the visiting hour plan was Peter’s and not hers. An irritated Steve tries to get Teddy to admit where he got serum hepatitis. Peter insists that Phil is interested in Diana, but she denies interest in him; Phil appears and angrily tells Peter that he and Diana will make decisions about the baby in the future. Monday, August 21: Steve still tries to get Teddy to tell him how he got sick; Teddy says he can’t remember; Teddy asks for Jessie and proposes she be his sounding board for ideas he has for a novel; she agrees. Tuesday, August 22: Howie and Brooke have coffee; at the next table, Howie’s boss stares at Brooke; Audrey finds Mrs. Andrews unsatisfactory, but Tom insists she stay and they quarrel. Wednesday, August 23: Audrey comes to the seventh floor to see Lucille; she meets Steve and both of them find themselves awkward; Tom breaks up their conversation and exchanges hostilities with Steve. Diana reports to Peter that Phil wants to take her and the baby to his apartment twice a week; enraged, Peter takes her to confront Phil and tell him that Phil’s plan is out of the question; Peter reminds Phil that he and Diana were never married and he is not the baby’s legal father. Thursday, August 24: Jessie comes home to find Kent drinking beer and Carol drinking wine; they try to put her down when she tells them she can’t condone this. Sharon is worried Heather is going to start her romancing of Henry again; when Heather’s uncle calls, she praises Henry; when Sharon hears, she is glad, because Heather has now locked herself in as Henry’s patient and Sharon can go to work on killing any romantic ideas Heather has about Henry; she decides to use the horoscope routine again. Friday, August 25: Mary tells Steve that Scott is running a fever; Steve promises to see Scott in the morning if he isn’t feeling better. Jessie tells Peter about the wine-and-beer episode; Teddy tells Jessie how he came to take drugs in Vietnam; she is bowled over with sympathy. Audrey convinces Tom to dismiss Mrs. Andrews. Monday, August 28: At Steve’s urging, Mary calls Lee about Scott’s illness. Teddy tries to involve Jessie in plotting his novel, mostly to find out more about her. Audrey shows off little Tommy for Al and Lucille. Tuesday, August 29: Steve tells Mary they are admitting a new patient, Walter Douglas; Walter is very sick with pneumonia; Mary tells Steve that Lee is coming home; Steve offers to check on Scotty. Mr. Douglas arrives with his wife, Amy. Peter tells Diana he will be gone to London for two weeks to attend a psychiatrist’s convention; she tries to assure him. When Mary gives Steve Mr. Douglas’ x-rays, Steve looks grim; he goes to the Douglases and after examining Walter, he talks with Amy separately; he tells her that Walter has tumors and will need an operation; Amy assures Steve she can handle the situation, but Steve can see the fear in her eyes. Tom examines Scott at Lee’s house; Tom warns Lee that Scott is extremely susceptible to infections; Mary agrees to stay there at night, but Lee is concerned people will talk. Wednesday, August 30: Jessie tries frantically to elicit responses from the kids. Lee asks Peter if Meg should be told of Scott’s illness; Peter suggests waiting to see if Scott recovers before consulting Dr. Dalton. Thursday, August 31: Heather is being released, to Sharon’s delight; Heather is taken to the elevator in a wheelchair and makes elaborate “goodbyes” to Henry, Jessie, Brooke and “Mrs. Pinkham”; Sharon has forgotten to take off her name badge. Steve tells Jessie that Walter is improving enough to be able to have the surgery; Amy doesn’t want Steve to mention anything about a biopsy to Walter; Steve reluctantly agrees, but is permitted to tell Walter he needs an operation. Audrey and Tom argue about her wanting to go back to work; she has very valid reasons, but Tom accuses her of wanting to be near Steve.

The preemption of April 27th shifted episodes forward by a day. I had initially posted the last episode in April in my previous summaries. The last episode of April was shifted ahead and is now correct in having aired in May. May-June 1972: Monday, May 1, 1972: Jane tells Tom about her ultimatum to Howie; Tom asks Jane to go to Audrey’s hearing with him, but she begs off. Jessie tells Steve about the annuity Phil bought; Jessie and Steve agree they share a special bond. Howie, charming and self-deprecating, apologizes to Jane for his behavior. Audrey is low and Steve tries to cheer her; the D.A. makes his rebuttal to Lee’s final argument; afterwards, he is summoned to an urgent call from Lt. Adams in Boston. Tuesday, May 2: Brooke confides in Sharon that Howie is a lot of fun, but she can’t count on him; Jane and Howie discuss what each wants out of life; Jane is surprised when Howie hints that what Brooke wants is commitment, too. Lt. Adams gets the D.A. to agree to ask the judge for a delay in his decision; the lieutenant has a “hunch” about Audrey’s baby. Wednesday, May 3: Lee calls to tell Steve that the judge wants to see him; while Steve waits, the D.A. persuades the judge to delay his decision. Mrs. Dawson bawls Howie out. Thursday, May 4: Diana tells Peter about Phil’s annuity for the baby; Peter reacts angrily; Jessie gets a call from an insurance agent about the annuity and must embarrassingly describe the situation; Phil finds her broken, and tries to console her. Friday, May 5: Steve learns from Lee that the decision in Audrey’s case has been postponed pending new evidence. Peter angrily relates to Jessie that Phil purchased the annuity. Audrey tells Lucille that she is Stevie’s mother; Lucille thinks Audrey has finally lost her mind. Monday, May 8: Lucille tells Jessie she’s afraid Audrey is cracking up; she begs Jessie not to let Steve know that Audrey is claiming Stevie is her child. Peter apologizes to Jessie for unloading on her; Jessie defends Phil. Lee asks Audrey if she knows what the new evidence might be; Lt. Adams reports to the D.A. and the D.A. realizes that Stevie is actually Audrey’s child. Tuesday, May 9: Lucille tells Steve of Audrey’s “hallucinations”; he now understands her obsession with the baby. Peter tells Jessie he cannot take any more and will assign Phil certain limited visiting hours. The D.A. convinces the judge that Audrey’s case should be reopened to hear the new evidence. Wednesday, May 10: Peter tells Diana his plan for restricting Phil’s visiting hours; Diana is concerned. Lee tells Audrey the judge has reopened the case; Audrey is frightened of testifying. Thursday, May 11: Sharon complains to Jane that Henry is giving her the silent treatment. Jane admits to Mrs. Dawson that she may be pregnant; Brooke resists Howie advances, but weakens. Steve and Lee meet with Audrey; Steve promises she will never lose him. Friday, May 12: Jessie and Diana discuss the problem of Phil visiting Tracy unexpectedly; Phil’s good mood changes to resent after Jessie tells him Peter might mind if he visits the baby today; Peter tells Phil about his visiting hours plan; Phil is furious. Monday, May 15: Jane admits to Sharon she is scared because she might be pregnant; Sharon and Howie lightly discuss women’s lib. Lee calls Mary and learns that her mother is still quite ill. The D.A. introduces the new evidence – the birth certificate of little Stevie – showing Audrey Hardy as the mother and the father as unnamed. Tuesday, May 16: Jane tries to console Tom who is feeling bitter and humiliated at Audrey’s naming the baby for Steve; Jane learns she is indeed pregnant.. Steve wonders why the D.A. reopened the case just to reveal the baby’s name. Wednesday, May 17: Tom is irate that Audrey named his son after Steve; Steve visits Audrey in jail; she admits to him that she did name her baby after him; Audrey admits on the witness stand that she registered as Audrey Hardy in Massachusetts General Hospital on January 15, 1971 and that she and her baby were released from the hospital on January 20; she admits that she told several people that the baby named Steven Hardy, died; she refuses to answer when asked if the child is still alive. Thursday, May 18: Phil angrily tells Jessie about Peter’s visiting hours restrictions. Audrey tells Lee that Stevie Nelson is really her son and begs for time to tell Steve herself before he hears it in open court. Friday, May 19: Jane tells an overjoyed Mrs. Dawson that she is pregnant; she makes her promise she won’t mention it to Howie. Lee calls Steve to tell him Audrey has agreed to testify, but she wants to talk privately with Steve first; the D.A. convinces Lt. Adams that it is better to have Audrey on the stand, even though Adams could give the same facts; Audrey confesses to Steve that Stevie is really her baby and why she kept him a secret. Monday, May 22: Jane tells Steve she is pregnant; Howie and Jane talk and he insists that he doesn’t want children; she tells him that she can’t be married to him under his conditions. Audrey admits on the stand that Steven Hardy and Stevie Nelson are one and the same child; Lee moves to dismiss the kidnapping charge, and the D.A. agrees, saying that he has new evidence to prove Audrey is guilty of murder. Tuesday, May 23: Tom remembers his rape of Audrey; Jane and Tom, both miserable, try to find a little comfort in each other; Tom tells Jane he will claim his son. The D.A. explains to Adams his theory that Audrey murdered Mrs. Nelson because she was blackmailing Audrey. Lee persuades Tom not to lay claim to the child until the trial is over and Audrey’s fate is determined; Lee tries in vain to probe Audrey’s memory for any evidence the D.A. may have found. Wednesday, May 24: Phil angrily tells Diana he sympathizes with Tom, identifies because they both were deprived of their sons; Jessie admits to Peter that she thinks there is nothing left of her marriage to Phil. The D.A. probes Audrey’s relationship with Mrs. Nelson, establishing that Mrs. Nelson came to know who Stevie’s real father was and that she disapproved of the lies about the child’s death and paternity. Thursday, May 25: It’s Audrey’s birthday and Lucille is miserable. Tom expresses bitterness to Steve at Audrey’s having deceived him; Steve visits Audrey. Friday, May 26: Phil notices how much both Diana and Jessie seem to be attached to Peter. Lee tells Steve that the D.A. has established that Audrey had the opportunity and ability to kill Mrs. Nelson, he is now trying to establish the motive. Monday, May 29: Sharon grouses to Henry about having to work on Memorial Day. Lee reads a letter from Mary, he calls her and they have a happy conversation. Jane tells Tom that Howie has moved out of the house. Tuesday, May 30: Phil asks Jessie if she loves Peter; she answers that she did until she discovered that Phil was still alive and that her marriage to Phil seemed more important; Phil avoids answering directly when Jessie asks if he is still in love with Diana. Jane tells Tom she is pregnant, and Tom proposes. Wednesday, May 31: Brooke tries to tell Jane she isn’t seeing Howie anymore. Lee explains to Steve that the D.A. is making a powerful motive out of Audrey’s fears; Tom tells Audrey he wants to get their child out of the children’s home, and she realizes he thinks she will be convicted; the D.A., in getting Audrey to admit on the stand that she was afraid Mrs. Nelson might expose her secret, establishes her motive for the murder. Thursday, June 1: Peter tells Jessie he received a job offer in Chicago and admits the best part of leaving would be getting rid of Phil; Diana reacts uncertainly. The D.A. offers Lee a compromise – if Audrey confesses, the first-degree murder charge will be reduced; Lee refuses the deal, and under cross-examination, Audrey denies murdering Mrs. Nelson. Friday, June 2: Mrs. Dawson urges Jane to tell Howie she is pregnant; Jane tells her she might marry Tom. Diana tells Phil that she and Peter may move to Chicago; Phil tells Jessie he is thinking about moving to Chicago. Monday, June 5: Steve visits Audrey, who has just about given up; the D.A. and Lee make their final statements, with the D.A. listing her lies and submits that Audrey had opportunity, means and motive to murder Mrs. Nelson; Lee’s defense rests on the fact that there is no evidence that Audrey actually shot the gun. Tuesday, June 6: Brooke guesses that Jane is pregnant; Howie makes a date with Jane; Tom warns Jane against reconciling with Howie; Jane remembers the night she got pregnant; Howie comes to ask for reconciliation, realizes she is pregnant and assumes it’s Tom Baldwin’s baby; he bolts, not learning the truth. Wednesday, June 7: Jessie is sure that Phil has forgotten their wedding anniversary; Peter gently reminds Phil; both Phil and Diana resent the reminder. Peter tells Diana he loves her; Jessie tells Phil she has had a dubious pap smear and must go into the hospital for a D&C. Thursday, June 8: Jane tells Tom that Howie has left her for good, and Tom renews his hope for their future. The judge reveals his decision that Audrey must stand trial. Friday, June 9: Mary returns; she and Lee have a happy reunion. Phil tells Diana that his concern about Jessie in no way overshadows his concern for his son; Phil helps Jessie get settled in her hospital room. Monday, June 12: Steve is skeptical of Lee’s plan to have a detective investigate Mrs. Nelson’s background; Lee talks to the detective, Herman O’Brian. Lee calls Mary and tells her he is going to check with the parole board about Wade’s release. Steve visits Audrey in jail. Jessie’s D&C revealed that she requires a hysterectomy. Tuesday, June 13: Tom tells Jane he is going to set up a household for himself and his son. Steve tells Jessie he must abandon his plans to marry Audrey because he can’t accept that Audrey deceived Tom about his child. Peter tells Diana about Phil’s possible reaction to Jessie’s hysterectomy. Jessie breaks down in Peter’s arms. Wednesday, June 14: Brooke resists Howie when he playfully stops the elevator between floors. Tom tells a very distressed Audrey that he intends to hire someone to help care for the baby. Thursday, June 15: Jessie is in surgery; Sharon and Jane discuss Jessie’s tough luck. Henry tells Sharon she can go to a lecture with him. Tom tells Jane he found a two-bedroom apartment; Jane suggests that Mrs. Florence Andrews might be a good nurse for his son; Jane tells Mrs. Dawson that she is going to divorce Howie and marry Tom; despite Brooke’s urging, Howie refuses to go back to Jane. Phil comes from Jessie’s surgery, he and Peter get into an argument over Phil’s claim on Tracy. Friday, June 16: Lee’s detective questions Audrey and gets nowhere. Diana and Peter decide to move to Chicago. Sharon is jealous of a lovely patient, Heather Turner. Howie is angry when Jane asks for a divorce. Jessie tells Peter she believes her crisis will save her marriage, but Peter has reason to doubt when he sees Phil talking ardently to Diana. Monday, June 19: Tom tells Steve he has notified Audrey of his intent to claim his son. The detective reports to Lee that he has found nothing of interest about Mrs. Nelson. Jessie proposes to Phil that they adopt a baby and is stricken with Phil’s refusal on the grounds that he would alway be comparing the child unfavorably with his own son. Tuesday, June 20: Sharon is annoyed because Henry is determined to have Heather Turner as a patient. Tom tells Jane that he is bringing Stevie home. Howie tells Brooke that Jane is divorcing him. Mrs. Andrews makes preparations for Stevie’s arrival at Tom’s new apartment. Wednesday, June 21: Jane and Tom admire Stevie; Tom presses her to get the divorce; Howie tells his mother that they will definitely divorce. Thursday, June 22: Henry can hardly cope with his jealous wife. Steve tells Audrey that Tom has the baby, and Audrey finds nothing left to live for. Mary reacts with uncertainty to Lee’s news that Wade’s parole hearing is in September; Lee finds the name Nelson in parole board release records for the previous year. Friday, June 23: Steve tells Audrey that he is going to Norway for a conference. Lee interviews the parole officer of an Arnold Nelson, and learns that he had a wife named “Margaret”. Steve tries to urge Phil that adopting a baby may be good for Jessie, but Phil refuses to consider it; Jessie hears their voices and hears Phil say he knows his duty to Jessie, she turns miserably and goes back to her room. Monday, June 26: Sharon is irked that Henry is so intense and serious about Heather; Sharon pays Heather a visit, and is irritated by her charm. Lee fills Tom in on what’s happened thus far with Arnold Nelson; Tom grimly admits the fact that if Audrey is released from prison she will want custody of their child. Jessie recalls Phil telling Steve he knows his obligations to her; she tells Peter she will give Phil his freedom. Tuesday, June 27: Tom finds Jane in the coffee shop and she responds to his happy talk with tears; it’s her and Howie’s anniversary. Audrey tells Lucille she is sure she will be in prison for life; the D.A. reports to Lee that the trial will begin July 10th. Wednesday, June 28: Jessie finds a picture of Tracy - and Diana - in Phil’s wallet; she tells Phil she thinks that they should split. Peter admits to Diana that he thinks things will be worse for them if Jessie and Phil split up. Thursday, June 29: Howie tells Jane the sooner they divorce, the better. Lee brings the D.A. the court records for Arnold Nelson’s conviction, demonstrating that Mrs. Nelson testified against him at the trial and was responsible for his 10-year prison term. Friday, June 30: Lee tells Tom about his lead about Arnold Nelson and the fact that Mrs. Nelson voluntarily testified against him; Lee urges Tom to let Audrey have custody of Stevie when she is released. Jessie, after some honest and painful soul-searching, suggests to Phil that it is time now for a definitive action on their marriage; almost relieved, Phil agrees to a separation.

Guys, I don't know if anyone is keeping track of airdates/preemptions, but I discovered an April preemption occurred on April 27, 1972. I've edited the March-April post to reflect that.

Thanks! I guess Audrey's hysterics were a big draw! March and April 1972, here we go! Wednesday, March 1, 1972: Lee tells Mary her husband’s parole hearing has been postponed. Jessie tells Steve she is at the end of her rope with Phil; Phil apologizes then loses his temper with Jessie. Steve gives Lt. Adams the $1000 reward to give to Mrs. Bailey. Thursday, March 2: Jane admits to Tom that she and Howie are still having a rough time; Jane tells Howie he is completely free. Tom visits Audrey in jail; Audrey begs him to take care of Stevie if she is found guilty. Friday, March 3: The D.A. makes his opening statement in the hearing; Audrey faints. Monday, March 6: Tom and Steve try to interpret the opening statement; Lee tells Steve the D.A. isn’t revealing much; Lee presents his opening statement to the court. Tuesday, March 7: Phil apologizes to Jessie and begs for a fresh start; he reminds her how much their daughter Nancy meant to him; Phil confesses to Diana that he is impotent, explaining his obsession with his son. Steve is interviewed by a sarcastic newspaper reporter, Dave Grammercy; he throws him out of his office. Wednesday, March 8: Lee tells Tom he is anxious to know what evidence the D.A. has; the D.A. points out to Lt. Adams that the murder weapon is their ace-in-the-hole; Lee admits to Mary that he is baffled about what evidence they have to charge Audrey with murder. Howie is jealous when Jane goes out with Tom. Thursday, March 9: Lucille and Jessie read a newspaper article about how Steve trapped Audrey by offering a reward. Diana tells Peter that Phil confessed he is impotent; Phil and Jessie argue when he suggests they turn one of their rooms into a nursery for Tracy. Friday, March 10: Jessie and Steve discover again that their relationship is unique and enduring…and the audience realizes again that they were made for each other. Mrs. Dawson tells Jane of Howie’s jealousy. The coroner testifies without cross-examination; Mr. Mallory, the building superintendent, testifies concerning Audrey’s appearance at Nelson’s apartment on the day of the murder. Monday, March 13: Lee tells Steve he had no choice in admitting that Audrey was at the murder scene; the D.A. instructs Lt. Adams as to his plan for calling him as a witness; the D.A. questions Adams about the investigation, and he accuses Audrey of not cooperating and lying to the police. Tuesday, March 14: Lee cross-examines Lt. Adams without denying the factual evidence he produced; the D.A. lures Tom into admitting Audrey’s obsession with the Nelson baby. Wednesday, March 15: Howie calls Brooke to tell him his cast was removed; Brooke is embarrassed because Jane overhears. Diana defends Peter to Phil; Jessie and Phil have another argument over Tracy. Thursday, March 16: Peter tells Jessie that Phil’s visits are becoming a nuisance; Phil and Diana argue over his right to see Tracy. Tom and Steve disagree over how each have “helped” Audrey; Mrs. Bailey is subpoenaed as a witness. Friday, March 17: Howie and Jane agree they will live together for now, but they are free to come and go as they please. Mrs. Bailey testifies that Audrey brought Stevie to her; Lee’s cross-examination gives her a chance to make things worse for Audrey. Monday, March 20: Lucille is subpoenaed to appear in court; the D.A. finds proof of Audrey’s instability in her testimony. Jane explains to Tom that she and Howie will stay married but are free to see other people. Tuesday, March 21: Lee is straight with Audrey, tells her that the problem lies in the fact that she didn’t tell the truth. Phi is irritated by Peter’s courting of Diana; to Jessie’s dismay, Phil accuses Peter of using Tracy as an excuse to stay married to Diana. Wednesday, March 22: Jessie tells Steve she is afraid that Phi is not only obsessed with his son, but also Diana; Peter admits he’s jealous of Phil. Thursday, March 23: Steve is subpoenaed; Lee tells Steve he thinks the D.A. is relying on Audrey’s love for the baby as sole evidence that she murdered Mrs. Nelson. Jane and Sharon envy Diana and her baby. Friday, March 24: Diana and Jessie talk about the mistakes they have made; they go to court to support Steve on the witness stand; the D.A. attempts to get Steve to admit that his experience in his marriage and recent relationship with Audrey has convinced him that she is eccentric and irrational; Steve doesn’t admit it, only says that she loves too well but not wisely; Lee cross-examines and establishes Steve’s confidence in Audrey; on rebuttal the D.A. throws his bomb about the gun. Monday, March 27: Al and Lucille react to the headline that the D.A. dropped the bomb about the gun; Steve confronts Lee who says he thinks the D.A. will not continue the offensive line of questioning; the D.A. explains his strategy to the lieutenant; the D.A. continues questioning Steve and reveals how little Steve knew. Tuesday, March 28: Lee tells Tom that Audrey never mentioned the gun. Howie and Brooke have dinner, and Brooke can’t believe the new arrangement is good for anyone. Phil tries to persuade Jessie to use her influence with Peter to reverse Diana’s decision to go back to work; Jessie is shocked he would even ask. Wednesday, March 29: Steve goes to visit Audrey, but she is unable to come to the visiting room; the lieutenant and ballistics expert establish the fact that the gun was found in Audrey’s apartment and the the bullet in Mrs. Nelson’s head bore marks from the same gun; they also establish the gun was purchased by Audrey and registered in her name on September 16, 1971. Thursday, March 30: Lee admits to Steve that it doesn’t look good for Audrey; he wonders what she is hiding. Sharon reads the newspaper story about the gun belonging to Audrey. Friday, March 31: Lee tells Audrey she must tell the whole truth on the witness stand. Phil tries to tell Diana and Peter that Diana should not leave the baby to come back to work; Peter rebuffs him. Monday, April 3: Mrs. Dawson tries to persuade Howie to give up his modern marriage. Audrey tells Steve how and why she acquired the gun and tries to explain why she hid it. Tuesday, April 4: Jessie again refuses when Phil asks her to speak to Peter about Diana working; Phil urges Diana to stop working and pleads for his rights with the baby; she does not give in. Steve tells Tom that Audrey explained about the gun. Wednesday, April 5: Mrs. Dawson tells Jane she wouldn’t blame her for seeing a lot more of Tom; Howie comes in, happy with the new arrangement. Lee tries to prepare Audrey for the witness stand. Thursday, April 6: Diana defers to Peter when Phil asks to take the baby out, Phil is furious; Steve discusses the possibility of trying to make some move to adopt little Stevie to give Audrey comfort; Lee says it's a bad strategy. Friday, April 7: Jessie tries to explain Phil’s reaction about Diana having to consult Peter before taking Tracy out; Peter feels that if they are reasonable there will be no problem; he probes Jessie’s fear that Phil really wants to be reunited with Diana. Audrey on the stand as the defense opens its case; when questioned about the birth of her and Tom’s child she becomes hysterical. Monday, April 10: Audrey continues to testify; Lee questions her about how she came to know Stevie Nelson, and tries to establish the kidnapping as an act of love; she testifies that she bought the gun because Mrs. Nelson asked her to, that she lent her the money for the cruise, and that she didn’t know about Stevie’s mother, but felt confident that she would be able to adopt him; she describes herself finding the body, taking the baby and the gun, but being afraid to call the police. Tuesday, April 11: Howie tells Brooke he thinks Jane is coming around. Phil finds Diana studying for her nursing exam; Peter tells Diana he will help her with work. Wednesday, April 12: Lee tells Mary that Dr. Dalton has suggested that he divorce Meg; Lee and Mary agree that he should not. Steve tells a frightened Audrey that he is proud of her and manages to encourage her for the ordeal of cross-examination. Thursday, April 13: Diana calls to say that she won’t be at work because Tracy is ill; Phil is upset to learn that the baby is ill; he volunteers to donate more blood when it is revealed Tracy is having a recurrence of hemorrhagic disease. Howie, lonely, comes to Jane’s room and seduces her. Friday, April 14: Lee urges Audrey to be courageous and answer the questions about the death of her own baby; Audrey says she can’t talk about it; Lt. Adams and the D.A. talk about Audrey’s hysterical grief about her child; the D.A. wants to use it to prove how irrational and unstable she is; the D.A. cross-examines Audrey who admits her lies but is incapable of testifying about her own child’s death. Monday, April 17: Lee admits to Tom that Audrey’s chances aren’t good. Tom upsets Audrey by reporting on news from the Home for Dependent Children. Lee questions Audrey on the stand, confuses her with his questions about Stevie’s mother. The D.A. closes by contending Audrey is not to be trusted in any of her statements. Tuesday, April 18: Phil, cocky and delighted, is pleased with Diana’s gratitude and his role in saving Tracy; Diana reports that Tracy is better. Jane realizes her renewed physical relationship with Howie has not changed his view on their marriage. Peter wonders if Diana is falling for Phil. Wednesday, April 19: Mary admits to Sharon that she has no future with Lee; Mary and Lee agree they can count on no more than the present together. Steve tells Jessie he understands Audrey’s behavior in trying to protect Stevie. Phil comes to check on Tracy, and tries to make Diana remember the good times; Peter tells Diana they must set limits with regard to Phil and the baby. Thursday, April 20: Jane tells Tom how humiliated she is by Howie’s affair with Brooke; Mrs. Dawson thinks things are better for Howie and Jane; Jane tells her they aren’t; Brooke is disturbed by Howie’s lack of commitment, and invents another suitor. Steve visits Audrey; she is convinced that no matter the outcome, she will never be permitted to adopt Stevie. Friday, April 21: Phil accuses Jessie of having more sympathy for Peter than she does for him; Jessie realizes that there may be only one thing left for her to do -- set Phil free. Steve and Tom discuss the possibility that Stevie may be adopted by someone else; Lee is baffled at Audrey’s total disregard for herself in her concern for Stevie; the D.A. makes his final statement; he points out Audrey’s deceptions and irrational behavior; he urges the judge to recommend a jury trial. Monday, April 24: Jane tells Mrs. Dawson she is calling it quits in her modern marriage; Brooke tells Howie she needs a commitment, but Howie walks out. Lee presents his final summation. Tuesday, April 25: Phil touches Diana when he tells her of his plans for their son’s future. Mary tells Lee she must leave because her mother is ill. Jessie asks Phil if she wants Diana as well as the baby and he denies it. Wednesday, April 26: Lucille wants to be optimistic about Audrey’s chances; Steve admits he was encouraged by Lee’s summation; the D.A. tells Lt. Adams that he is nervous since Lee’s summation; Adams suggests that he be sent to Boston to investigate the birth and death of Audrey’s baby. Thursday, April 27: Pre-empted. Friday, April 28: Jane tells Howie she wants a whole marriage or none; Howie tries to melt away her ultimatum with his charm and is hurt and shocked to find she isn’t backing down. Phil tells Jessie he bought an annuity for Tracy; Phil tells Diana and asks if she is in love with Peter; the answer is she is more than grateful to Peter and happy with him.

Jumping into 1972, luckily the episode summaries resume in the second week of January, so I will be able to crank these out more than a month at a time! Let's go! Monday, January 3, 1972: Mary, Brooke, and Jane recount how they spent New Year's Eve; Jane is devastated when she learns that Brooke spent it with Howie. Tuesday, January 4: Diana shows Peter a letter from Phil in which Phil inquires about "our son" and reveals an intense possessiveness about the baby. Wednesday, January 5: Mary confesses to Lee that she is married and that her husband, Wade Collins, is currently imprisoned for embezzlement. Thursday, January 6: Jane brings an ill Mrs. Dawson to the hospital; Jane locates Howie at Brooke's apartment, but he decides not to bother seeing his mother until morning. Friday, January 7: Another letter from Phil arrives for Diana, in which he says he will be back soon and can hardly wait to see the baby. Monday, January 10: Lt. Adams visits Mrs. Bailey with a picture of the baby; he learns that Audrey has claimed to be the baby's mother. Tuesday, January 11: Phil comes to see the baby; Peter suggests they cooperate to bring up the child without hostility. Wednesday, January 12: Phil angrily threatens to sue for his rights to partial custody of his child. The lieutenant reports to the D.A. that Audrey took the child to Mrs. Bailey a few days after the murder. Thursday, January 13: Lee will try to learn when Mary's husband will be paroled. Lt. Adams instructs Mrs. Bailey to advise him every time Audrey visits. Friday, January 14: When Audrey calls to let Mrs. Bailey know that she won't be around to see the baby until Monday, Mrs. Bailey notifies the lieutenant; he instructs Mrs. Bailey to tape record Audrey's visit as he plans to discover more about Audrey's guilt. Monday, January 17: Jane tells Howie that Mrs. Dawson can go home. Steve, who is leaving for Japan, tries to persuade Audrey to marry him before he leaves; she refuses; Mrs. Bailey asks Audrey questions she received from the lieutenant, and Audrey is terrified. Tuesday, January 18: Lee tells Mary that her husband will probably be paroled in a month; Mary begs Lee to understand that she pities Wade rather than loves him but plans to stand by. Phil comes to Diana's to take pictures of the baby; Peter is discouraged to find them together. Wednesday, January 19: Steve tells Jessie he is worried Audrey is on the verge of a breakdown; The D.A. and Lt. Adams listen to the tape. Thursday, January 20: Phil gives Diana the pictures he took of the baby, and tells her he intends to stick around and she and Peter will have to put up with him. Friday, January 21: Audrey says goodbye to Steve at the airport; the D.A. orders Lt. Adams to get a search warrant for Audrey's apartment. Monday, January 24: Mrs. Bailey notifies Lt. Adams that Audrey made an appointment to come visit; he asks Mrs. Bailey to keep Audrey busy; while Mrs. Bailey delays Audrey, Adams enters her apartment and discovers the gun. Tuesday, January 25: Lt. Adams shows the D.A. the gun; he tells Adams to keep quiet and find out where she got it. Wednesday, January 26: Lt. Adams reports to the D.A. that the gun is registered in Audrey's name and was purchased shortly before the murder. Thursday, January 27: Jessie visits Diana and they talk about their situations. Audrey looks for the gun and finds it missing. Friday, January 28: Audrey tells Mrs. Bailey that she plans to take Stevie away on vacation next week; Lt. Adams presents a ballistic report to the D.A. whish proves that Audrey's gun was used in the murder of Mrs. Nelson; the D.A. orders the lieutenant to arrest Audrey. Monday, January 31: Audrey tries to find out from the building superintendent who might have taken the gun; Adams arrives with a warrant for her arrest. Tuesday, February 1: Tom tells Jane the story of his romance with Iris. At the courthouse, Lee questions a terrified Audrey; she tells him about finding Mrs. Nelson dead. Wednesday, February 2: Lee tells Lucille that Audrey has been arrested; the D.A. tells Lee he is confident he has a watertight case. Thursday, February 3: Jane and Brooke have a confrontation; later, Brooke and Howie and Jane and Tom meet inadvertently in the coffee shop. Audrey is questioned by the D.A., where she denies kidnapping or murder. Friday, February 4: Jessie finds Phil remote and defensive. Audrey pleads not guilty; Lee argues for bail and the D.A. opposes the motion; the judge takes the matter under advisement, keeps Audrey in custody. Monday, February 7: Lucille visits Audrey, who begs her not to write or call Steve; Lee tells Audrey that the judge decided against releasing her on bail; Audrey refuses to tell Lee about the child, saying she is afraid the police will do something to take him; Lee warns her that they must already know about the child to accuse her of kidnapping; Audrey asks to see Tom. Tuesday, February 8: Phil can't persuade Diana to bring the baby for a ride in the country; Diane tells Peter about Phil's hope that the baby will call him Dad. Wednesday, February 9: Jane phones to tell Lucille she has to fly home to Wisconsin because her mother is ill; Mrs. Dawson makes another pitch for Jane with Howie; he suggests that Jane would be happier, too, if they split up. Tom visits Audrey in jail; she asks him to check on Stevie. Thursday, February 10: Tom visits Mrs. Bailey and discovers that Stevie was removed to a dependent children's home. Lee, leaving on a business trip, tells Lucille that the trial is set for February 29th; he bids Mary a sentimental goodbye Friday, February 11: Tom tells Lee that Stevie was put into a home for dependent children; Jessie asks Peter if he thinks Diana still loves Phil; Phil watches emotionally as Diana nurses the baby. Tom tells Audrey that Stevie is in the home for dependent children...and he's afraid that they have the goods on her for kidnapping; she is shattered. Monday, February 14: Howie gives Brooke perfume for Valentine's Day; his mother lectures him on making up his mind about Jane. Diana evades Peter's question about her feeling for Phil. Tom tells Jessie that Audrey has confessed to taking the Nelson baby. Tuesday, February 15: Steve returns and is stricken to learn that Audrey is in jail; he visits her and tells her that he is most disturbed because she concealed her knowledge about the Nelson baby from him. Mrs. Dawson tells Jane she said all the wrong things to Howie. Wednesday, February 16: Phil tells Jessie that Tracy is running a slight fever. Steve calls Lee in Washington, and is appalled to learn that Audrey hid the murder weapon in her apartment. Thursday, February 17: Lee telegrams Mary telling her it is Scott's birthday, and asking if she'll take care of it; Mary and Scott celebrate with a guitar and a camera and a call from Lee. Audrey feels like she has lost Steve's confidence, he promises to protect her. Friday, February 18: Sharon teases Henry about a patient of his that is a divorcee. Steve tells Jessie that Audrey is in despair and in Lee's absence he feels he must do everything possible to save her from the situation that will surely break her health; Tom tells Audrey he went and saw Stevie and the child seems subdued; Steve warns the D.A. he is making a mistake; the D.A. puts him in his place. Monday, February 21: Pre-empted Tuesday, February 22: Jane tells Tom that Howie had a ski accident and is being sent to the hospital; he has a cracked vertebra. Wednesday, February 23: Dr. Carter tells Jane that Howie definitely has a cracked vertebra, but that he can recuperate at home with traction; Brooke confesses that she was with Howie at the ski area. When Diana tells Phil that she hired a sitter, Phil tries to insist that she let him babysit instead. Thursday, February 24: Steve visits Audrey and makes her promise to always tell him the truth from now on. Friday, February 25: Phil gets angry when Jessie tries to reason with him over his eccentric behavior over the baby. When Steve questions Audrey about what she knows about Stevie's mother, she gets hysterical and has to be taken away by the guard. Monday, February 28: Phil is angry and defensive with Jessie, and Jessie is ashamed of his unreasonable insistence on his rights as a father; they both come to the conclusion that they are in an impossible situation. Tom questions Lt. Adams about Stevie's mother, urging that she is a natural suspect; Adams insists that they know nothing about her, and are confident that they can prove Audrey's guilt. Tuesday, February 29: Lee tells Tom and Steve that Audrey's hearing has been postponed; he reports that the police know Audrey put money down for a cruise for Mrs. Nelson; Lee urges Audrey to testify on her own behalf. Mrs. Dawson, caring for Howie, is stricken when Howie telephones Brooke.

Amazing! I appreciate this so much! I’ll start to do 1972 summaries this week, maybe tomorrow depending on work. Stay tuned!

1971 was quite the year for Audrey! You may be wondering what happened with Sharon and Henry, as they were pretty sparse in these write-ups. Unfortunately, the majority of the individual episode summaries for 1971 are MIA. I was able to pull these write ups from character sequence sheets for Audrey, Jessie, Lucille, Jane and Meg/Brooke. From what I can gather, Sharon had a very minor storyline that ran mid-June through early September. DeWitt Lovejoy, played by John Ragin, is apparently a patient in the hospital and the only idea that I have of what this story involved is from a single line in an episode summary from 26 AUGUST: "Sharon learns from Lovejoy that he hasn't heard from Hollywood, and she is disappointed, blames Henry." I know Lovejoy is a patient as the scene takes place in his hospital room. Now why Sharon blames Henry for Lovejoy not getting a call from "Hollywood" is anyone's guess. I just wanted to fill in the gap, if anyone wondered where Sharon or Henry were. If any one has any insight into Lovejoy and his quest to Hollywood, please share!