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I’m up to September 15, 1998. Phillip finds Harley and rushes her to the hospital, while a mysterious person is still watching from a telescope. Rick tells Phillip that someone injected the poison in the apple which was a herbicide, but not enough to kill her, just hurt her. Harley wakes up and keeps telling them it’s her client, Don Minyard, but Phillip admits he made that guy up and wanted to get her business started with money so she would move into a better office/house. When Jenna and Teri arrive, they think about the nursery rhyme and Harley assumes it’s Beth. Phillip privately tells Frank it might be Annie since she’s emailing Alan now, and Frank then tells Teri. Teri goes to Alan Spaulding and questions him about Beth’s whereabouts, but also asks about Annie. She tells Alan she knows about Annie emailing him, how she knows she tried to kill Harley before, and questions his motives behind still wanting to be involved with her. Before leaving, she finds a book of nursery rhymes in his study, leading Teri to believe Beth is involved. Alan claims Beth reads Lizzie nursery rhymes before bed and it means nothing, but Teri warns him that people can reach their limits and Beth has reached hers. The next morning, Harley receives a letter allegedly from Beth that says sorry for doing what she did, but there’s nothing she won’t do to protect her child, so let this be a warning! Ross helps Holly move back into her house now that Blake is back home and they don’t need a full-time babysitter. As they enter her house, Holly notices things have moved around and finds a half-eaten apple (hmm), so she’s afraid there’s an intruder. It happens to be her brother, Ken! He said he’s sane now and has been in SF for two weeks. Ross calls the hospital and confirms he was released and didn’t escape. Holly decides to let him stay in the basement, where we see him potting soil/herbs/flowers/etc, which was filmed in a creepy way, leading us to believe he might be the one who poisoned Harley (the herbs, the apple he was eating, etc). Jesse plays more poker and ends up losing everything and can’t take Michelle on her fancy date anymore. The guy he loses to, Mick, who is secretly working with Drew to make Jesse lose his money, winds up being the guy who has Ben/Blake’s videotape! He’s the mystery man who lured Ben/Blake to the docks and he knows all about their story from the news. He taunts them both and lets them bid on the tape, best offer gets it. He wants at least $50K which they both scoff at and he leaves. Blake/Ben vow to bring each other down from there and they leave. Back at home, Blake tells Holly what’s happening and they try to figure out how to come up with the money, which Ken overhears. Later Ken admits to Holly what he heard and tries to talk her into stop drinking and get a hold of her life, and she then pours out her liquor bottles in the sink. Ben goes to the docks to meet Mick with the money, but Mick has been beaten up and says a man jumped him and stole the tape. We then see Ken go to Blake’s house and he gives her the tape. He tells her what he did, including threatening to kill Mick if he didn’t give over the tape. He comes across pretty insane/unstable though, but she’s overjoyed and says he’s saved her life. Ross shows up first and then Ben, who starts demanding that she give him the tape. Ken walks in and Ben immediately accuses him of beating up Mick and having the tape, since he matches the description Mick gave him. Blake/Ross both say it would be impossible for Blake to have been at the docks since she’s in a wheelchair, but Meta, overhearing the conversation while babysitting the boys, confronts Blake alone and asks why she’s lying about being at the docks since she took her there. Blake begs her not to say anything, but Meta seems unsure. Later, Ben comes back and as Blake tells him she’s going to testify against him in court, he slowly bends down to kiss her as she keeps talking and they kiss for a long time. Holly gets another letter from Fletcher telling her that Meg is doing well, but that makes her spiral and she wants to take a drink. She calls Ross to help and he takes her home, where dead flowers have been delivered with a ‘Roses are Red..’ note that says she should be dead and Meg is better off without her, signed by the Don Minyard name! Frank comes by to investigate and they realize that Harley got her note on Daisy’s birthday and Holly got hers on Meg’s first day of school. Beth comes back home and Harley and Phillip confront her about poisoning Harley. She admits to writing that one letter, but says she had nothing to do with a nursery rhyme or poisoned apples and thinks it’s all ridiculous. She’s taken to the police station for questioning, but Ben shows up and takes her out of there and back to his place where they have casual sex to get their minds off things. The next day, Beth tells Phillip that any love she ever had for him evaporated when he accused her of poisoning Harley, and she’s moving on. Phillip apologizes to her and says he’ll always have love for her and they hug and agree to be friends. Alan and Lizzie open a package that was delivered and inside is a doll wearing a wedding dress. They find a card that says it’s from Annie, and Alan realizes the doll is wearing the wedding dress Annie was wearing on their wedding day. Lizzie then tells Phillip and Harley about the doll. They notice a tag on the doll that says it’s handmade right there in SF and they suspect Annie may be back in town. Phillip now thinks Annie has done everything and not Beth. Harley goes to the dollmaker’s house and she confirms it was a custom doll ordered there in person by a lady with long brown hair and glasses. Cassie is starting to have dizzy spells so Sean takes her to the hospital. Rick runs tests and tells her she’s pregnant! She’s not overly excited, because she’ll be having a baby at the same time as Dinah now. She runs into Hart/Dinah during Lamaze classes and it upsets her knowing she’ll never have Hart’s full attention. She lashes out on Hart and doesn’t tell him she’s pregnant. Reva calls from her vacation and Cassie tells her the truth and Reva advises her to tell him and to push on finalizing the paternity test with Dinah’s baby. Dinah invites Vanessa to lunch and apologizes to her about the way she’s behaved (blah), and they agree not to talk about Hart or her relationships and only focus on her baby. Vanessa then invites her to babysit or play with Maureen anytime so she can get experience having a baby. Later, in the park, Vanessa runs into Cassie and realizes she’s pregnant. Cassie denies it, but ultimately comes clean and begs Vanessa not to tell anyone, especially Hart or Dinah. Jesse ends up taking Michelle on the fancy date and will figure out how to pay for it later. Michelle had such a wonderful time and tells Dahlia about it the next day, but Dahlia is sad because she isn’t seeing much of Marcus anymore since he’s busy touring on the road. She starts to think maybe he’s seeing someone else. David shows up and introduces himself to Dahlia, and she starts asking him for help in figuring out what’s going on with Marcus. Elsewhere, Drew tells Jesse she bought a bar and wants to make it a nightclub, but he doesn’t think it’s a good idea. He later goes to the diner and asks Buzz for money. Buzz is suspicious but gives him the money and Jesse promises to pay him back. As Jesse is about to pay back the loan shark, Mick jumps him from behind and steals the money. Selena thinks Drew is involved, so she goes to Drew’s new bar and threatens her to leave Jesse/Michelle alone. I will say, Drew finally has come alive to me when she’s opposite Selena. Both actresses are more interesting and expressive together, when fighting each other, so I’m here for that.

Cosign this! The site is so much faster and less buggy with the ads for me. Makes me very happy.

Ahh thank you... I'm just going to keep believing that Adam is Skye's real father LOL.

I don't know if I want to even open this box, but how was Skye no longer a Chandler?? I vaguely remember Rae Cummings (blah) and she was revealed to be her mother, but I can't remember the Adam Chandler side of this story. Did they just change that history, say he wasn't her father, and Alan was?

Hahaha I love Phoebe!

This was a great read, thanks for posting! I love that she got all that support. I wonder why Laura Wright, specifically, got her so anxious. Is she known for being difficult or intimidating to most? Or was it just more of an admiration for all the years she's been working thing... I'd be intimidated by Maurice for sure.

I love that man! So happy to see Genie and Jonathan together like this.

OMG - I'm so sorry to hear that, what a horrible experience to live through. I'm glad you haven't heard from her in years now, but I know that'll be something you never forget. I'm glad your family is so close and supportive. And that pillow is so weird, why would anyone want a pillow with their own face on it. Thanks for sharing your story. ❤️

Me either, but that's fine, I can live with it - thanks, Errol!

YES! Eva is so beautiful and I remember even my Dad was really into her when she joined AMC. So sick how people can go from finding someone attractive to stalking and threatening their lives.

Hahaha good 🤗

I've noticed that too and don't love it...hopefully an easy fix!

Right?? So chilling.

Haha, I didn't know how old Beth really was, but I assumed it was a cheap shot for sure and didn't make sense. Vanessa really didn't like it though LOL. I totally agree with you on the paternity thing. To change history for a quick, silly plot point is just rude. You invest in months or years of story and then it just changes on a dime because they think it's cute... no thanks. If we're in on it from the beginning, then that works.

Ugh that last OC reunion episode was hard to stomach. I'm team Tamra - I just don't believe she would have leaked everything. I listen to Two T's podcast and she's always the first to say housewives that leak storyline ahead of a season ruin it for fans, ratings, etc. She would never do that, and I agree this has Slade written all over it. Gretchen really did ruin this season for me. I actually liked her in the past, but this season and her grudge against Tamra really ruined it. Here's to Season 20 getting back to it's roots and away from bloggers!

I’m up to August 31, 1998. Jesse is starting to play poker more often now with Bill and his friends, and he starts to win some money. Drew is working with a guy named Mick and is secretly trying to get him to lose, in hopes that he’ll have to lean on her more to get his drawings into more art studios for money. Jesse tells Michelle he’s getting a new apartment and wants to take her to a fancy dinner at the Towers, but she gets suspicious about all this new money he has. Rick secretly does bloodwork with Kevin at the hospital and does a paternity test. With Abby, he reads the results and breaks down because Kevin isn’t his son. This was a great performance by O’Leary; so very sad. Ross and Blake, however, have conceded and want to proceed with Rick getting more custody over Kevin because they don’t want to lose him completely. Rick suggests they draw up papers allowing him to always be the father regardless of biological tests, which Ross agrees to, but when Abby enters the room, Rick finally tells Ross the truth - he’s Kevin’s real father. Ross is conflicted with emotion and ultimately asks Rick to still be part of Kevin’s life because he’s been an important figure so far, which was sweet to see. I’ll say, Rick accepted this very quickly; I’m surprised they didn’t draw this out for a long time. At the same time, Ben is telling Blake the truth that Ross is his real father. Blake is ecstatic, but slaps him when he says he’s known the truth ever since Annie left town. She’s so disgusted at Ben that she says any guilt she had for liking him or accusing him of rape is gone and she hopes he rots in hell. He warns her that she’s never seen him as her enemy and she should be careful. After he leaves, Ross reunites with Blake and they revel in the truth. Holly stops by and they tell her too and they’re all happy, but still stunned. Holly tells them she went to her first AA meeting, which makes them happy. Holly leaves, but she takes another sip from her flask and tells herself she isn’t an alcoholic. Vivian hosts a dinner to suck up to the Spauldings. She wants to bring David and Vicky together in hopes they’ll start dating, but Vicky brings Griffin as her date which upsets both Vivian and Griffin. David yet again reminds his mother that he’s not interested in dating Vicky. At the party, Vanessa coldly requests that Vicky start her career at Spaulding as her assistant (so Alan/Vanessa can keep a close eye on her). As Vicky and Griffin are dancing, she accidentally breaks a necklace and breaks down, saying it was from her mother who is dead. She had no siblings that she knew of, so she’s now all alone. She and Griffin then kiss, with David watching from the side. The Coopers host a party at the firehouse to welcome Frank’s new partner, Teri, to town. We finally get to see Eleni after several months of being offscreen, but it’s still very brief. Marina has also aged a bit now. Teri notices Harley’s engagement ring and mentions she was once engaged, but it didn’t work out. Drew shows up (Jesse is there, because he’s friends with Buzz), and Selena clocks her for trying to flirt with Jesse. Drew calls her a hooker (because she’s a former prostitute) and Selena almost decks her before she’s stopped. Teri leaves the party and thanks everyone, and Selena makes it known to Harley that she doesn’t trust her or women cops, which seems ominous. The next day at the diner, Eleni starts to seem a little jealous of Teri and Frank working so much together, and voices her concerns to Selena. While Vanessa and the Spauldings are all at their respective parties, Beth is alone and Matt comes to show her his sketches of the playhouse he’s building for Lizzie. They have a glass of wine and discuss life, but Matt accidentally spills his wine on himself when his watch alarm goes off and Beth tries to help dry him off just as Vanessa and Alan walk in from their party. I have to say, Matt and Beth have very awkward chemistry, but I guess they’re testing it out. So far, it isn’t working for me. Vanessa seems unbothered by it at first, but as Beth is trying to make things better, she makes a comment that she’s only old enough to be Vanessa’s daughter. Later at home, Matt ribs Vanessa and claims she’s a bit jealous which turns him on. That age line really upset Vanessa though, but they end up kissing and enjoying their evening. Ben goes to Beth and tells him everything that happened with Blake. He’s upset and realizes he messed up and Blake will never love him. He wants to bury his pain by sleeping with Beth, but when he tries to forcefully kiss her, she keeps yelling no and pushes him off. He apologizes and they move through it, but he tells her how Annie told him about Kevin’s real father and she reacts the same as Blake - very upset with Ben for holding that information. He then asks Beth to tell him everything she knows about Blake’s checkered path and all the men she’s slept with in SF, because he’s gearing up to take her down (gross). Later, because Frank and Teri are still investigating Ben’s rape charge, Ben threatens Frank about going public with his sexual past with Blake. Teri then warns Eleni about what Ben is planning and Eleni, not being worried about it, tells Frank she knows and wants to help him beat Ben. Later at home, Ross takes some videotapes back to the video store and Blake realizes the tape of her and Ben was in the stack, so she freaks out. Holly tries to get the tape back, but someone has already rented and bought it, and we then see a faceless man open the tape at their home and play it. The mysterious man later calls Ben’s office and cryptically tells him he has something that he would find very interesting. Jenna and Harley visit Vanessa at her new office at Spaulding (with a new big set), and baby Maureen is there. Harley holds her and out of the blue starts to become upset and thinks back to the baby she gave up for adoption (Daisy, with Dylan). You’d think Harley would have felt this way with Lizzie, but anyway, they reassure her that she did the right thing by giving the baby up so she could live a better life than Harley could have given her at the time. Later at a Second Chances meeting at Blake’s house, Harley continues to be upset about her daughter’s birthday coming up and wondering if she had a nice life so far. Beth gives her a nasty dig about how at least she still has a daughter, even if she (Harley) blew up her marriage (ouch). Blake then becomes unhinged with the group, telling them about Ben’s plan to expose all the men she slept with in SF, which includes many of their partners in the room. Beth pushes her to tell the truth that Ben never raped her, which upsets the group. Alan gets an email from Annie! The email says she’s surprised he still cares about her, but he needs to stop looking for her. She will be found when she wants to be found… interesting! He gets a second email later that says she’s considering returning, but it’ll take money. He tries to reply to her email later, but it says it was undeliverable. Later, Vicky arrives and tells Alan and Phillip that she’s moving into the Spaulding mansion. Phillip is mad and lashes out about it, but Harley gets him to rethink his feelings and Phillip apologizes to Vicky. Harley said she wishes someone from her family would show up and want to be with her (like Vicky is doing), and of course she’s talking about Daisy. Later, Harley wants to have lunch with Lizzie, which happens to be the same day as Daisy’s birthday, and Beth tells Phillip she thinks Harley is trying to steal Lizzie and use her to replace her own daughter. She refuses to let Harley around Lizzie now and takes Lizzie on a quick vacation so she won’t be around. Abby tries to comfort Rick and plans a romantic night for them, and tells him she’s ready to have a child. Rick is still sad and tells her that he just can’t move on that quickly. The mysterious man with the tape then calls Blake and says he has the tape and she needs to meet him at the docks. Blake, still bound to a wheelchair, struggles and needs Meta’s help to get there. Ben shows up and she thinks he got the tape again, so he taunts her and makes her feel him up searching for it. He leaves and her wheelchair rolls off the docks out of control, but he comes back to save her. Generally, I think this is pretty awful to change 1-2 years worth of storyline (the twins’ parentage) just to prop Ben’s storyline and Annie’s ultimate return. Reva isn’t taking Dolly’s death well, and starts to lash out at Josh and can’t make love to him. She also wears Dolly’s wig and says she wants to feel what it was like to be in her shoes, which concerns Josh. Reva then sees Dolly’s spirit, who tells her basically to move on and she’ll be ok, so Reva finally comes to her senses and reconciles with Josh. Josh then takes her on a romantic trip to a cottage where HB and Martha honeymooned. We see someone is watching them from outside the window, hmm, could this be Annie? Ugh, come to find out, just a big man with a gun who says he owns the place and they’re trespassing, so they quickly leave and head back home. On the plan ride home, she has a throwaway line about being a grandma because of Dylan (which plants another seed for Daisy’s upcoming return). Harley and David picked up a new client a few weeks ago who paid her $25K to do easy tasks, but come to find out through Holly’s research, this person doesn’t exist and now she’s concerned about what’s going on. She later gets a fruit basket delivered to her home with a nursery rhyme note (A-Tisket, A-Tasket) signed by the mystery client, Don Minyard, and then we see someone spying on Harley with a telescope. She eats an apple from the basket and we later see her collapsed on the floor unconscious, hmm!

You can NOT miss 1991-1992, so don't skip that! LOL Honestly one of the best years ever. You don't want to miss Hayley's arrival (Nov 1990), Janet throwing Natalie down the well, and Dimitri/Wildwind introduction. Edmund's introduction. Then you get Kendall's introduction. Then Maria at the same time...LOL You really can't miss any of that. McTavish gets a lot of hate around here, but I really thought her best work was on AMC when she was head writer 1992-1995. Maybe I'm biased because that's the era that got me into soaps generally when I was younger, but it was fantastic TV - and AMC was always in the top 2 or 3 in ratings during that period, so that should tell you something.

LOL - same! ETA: Oh he fixed it for us, thanks @Errol !

Y'all - do we like having the first post of each topic at the top of every page? Not sure that is needed... if there is a way to fix that @Errol :)

WAIT a minute... I had no idea Jill Larson, my lovable Opal on AMC, was on OLTL... let alone named Ursula! How funny. That clip is so camp - there's no way that older man could wheel that chair so fast and furious that two grown women are thrown out a glass window haha. So what happens next - is that what kills Ursula and gets Jill over to AMC??

AMEN to that 😛

DAMN! Ugh, this is sad. I was just going to say, she mentioned him in her speech at BravoCon, thanking him... so maybe they're at least ending on good terms. They really needed to have Kandi back on this season that just wrapped, but I get that she's so busy and wasn't going to let up waiting on the show.

No, I think she was a bartender at Company. I haven't seen that era of GL, but this character spotlight gives you a good idea of who Lola Fontaine was. She seemed like a pretty prominent character while she was there. Oh OMG that unpublished book of hers is WILD. Must-read, even if overly embellished (from what I assume).

This is a great idea!

Ugh, that ending was eye-rolling... it's just icky what they're trying to make us believe with Vernon/Sharon.