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Martin was responsible for Andre's parents death? As soon as we saw the nightmare scenes and it was established Andre's parents had died in a car accident...

Thanks as always @janea4old Looking at the GCAC set I wonder why they didn't include an elevator near the stairs. Are guest supposed to haul their luggage up the stairs? And how does it work as ahotel? Where is reception? Maybe the hotel lobby/elevator is on the first floor?

Contra Costa Times, 2 January 1977 The three major TV networks are revving up for a daytime programming race. It promises to be an especially exciting one to watch,and an absolutely frustrating one as well for serial soap opera viewers. Eyebrows were raised when NBC announced that Its new serial starting Monday “Lovers and Friends" would be berthed in the 11:30 am time dot on Channels 3 and 4 against Nielsen ratings lion “Search For Tomorrow" on CBS Channels 5 and 10. NBC - TV has not had a late morning serial in its daytime line-up since the early 1960s. And to pit a new aerial against established shows is in the words of NBC vice - president of daytime programs Madeline David “a very courageous aggressive daring and I hope long term creative move" It's also audaciously calculating because the men who developed the new show are writer/ creator Harding Lemay and producer Paul Rauch. This team forged “Another World" into NBC's top rated and artistically successful daytime program. David states that "Nobody expects this or any other serial to do well overnight. A serial takes a year and a half before it begins to make any headway before it can develop a loyal following. But she is so enthusiastically positive about “Lovers and Friends" that it doesn't appear to faze her a bit that ABC programmers pulled a last minute surprise by shuffling the time slots of “AIl My Children" and "Ryan’s Hope" recently before NBC debuts its new product. On paper “RH” and “LAF" have similar formats - the interactions between a wealthy family and its less - well off neighbors. Identlfiable locales — New York and Chicago respectively. extensive locations shootings and an emphasis on exciting attractive young talent. The ABC move may put the double whammy on the soap simply because of "RH's” already tested and hopefully assured audience loyalty. On the other hand Lemay and Rauch's skilled efforts could very well steal the audience in this time period. ABC's move is also geared for the expected expansion of "All My Children" to an hour format in the spring

Contra Costa Times, 2 January 1977 Meanwhile CBS and "Search For Tomorrow" have not been idly twiddlng their creative thumbs This week and next pop singer Melissa Manchester will be making guest appearances on the show. Miss Manchester's stint was one of those feckless larks that came about at what turns out to be a most propitious time While filming the CBS musical special "With Love” last month in Hollywood Michael Nouri (Steve Kaslo on "Search") and his wife photographer Lynn Goldsmith passed a dressing room where Melissa was preparing for a nighttime TV guest shot. Lynn and Melissa are chums from way back when but as they were having a reunion Melissa whispered Into Lynn’s ear "You won’t believe who's standing right behind you in the doorway. It's Steve Kaslo I watch him every day". Lynn nonchalantly answered “I know he's my husband". The singer Immediately pumped Michael about future plot developments on the serial while he quizzed her on her music. They joked "Wouldn't It be a goof for Melissa to appear on ‘Search’ since Michael's character la an aspiring musician - composer? She could play herself an artist interested In the career of a fellow singer" Search" producer Mary-ElIs Bunim took the suggestion seriously and voila Melisa Manchester comes to Henderson USA and convinces Steve Kaslo to go on a concert lour with her. During her appearances Manchester will sing a number of songs written by Michael plus material from her latest album "Help Is On The Way”.

The very first post of this topic dealing with ATWT being dethroned as weekly winner.

Thanks @kalbir Looks like once the Corringtons left, Search struggled. National City Star-News, Volume 104, Number 18, 2 March 1986 Domini Blythe finds soap acting quite challenging By Nancy M. Reichardt English-born actress Domini Blythe Is a veteran of the finest classical theater companies In England, Canada and the United States, but her American television debut came only five short months ago when she accepted the role of Estelle Kendall on the NBC soap "Search for Tomorrow." Miss Blythe Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company In England when she was 18 years old. She did several films. Including "Tutankamun,” which was filmed In Egypt, then moved to Canada, where she eventually became a member of Canada’s Stratford Festival Company. Miss Blythe decided to seek work In the United States after she embarked upon an American teaching tour with the Royal Shakespeare Company. "After working between England and Canada for several years and expanding a lot of energy trying to keep a career going in both countries, it suddenly seemed to make much more sense to work li North America,” says Miss Blythe. "I landed a one-day role on 'Search for Tomorrow,”' she remembers “The feedback on that role was very good, and the producers said that they’d find a role for me, and the did with the role of Estelle. Asked why she agree to do a sopa opera role after her extensive credits I classical theater, she replied, "It seemed to me that this was the very best thing one could do upon coming here. Doing a soap provides a relatively stable Income with terrific exposure. "There's a challenge I playing a part that has no beginning and no end. It's so unlike anything else I’v ever done. I love the idea that a soap is a collaborative effort between you as an actor and the writer: which Is completely unlike performing the works of Shakespeare or any other playwright who's dead." Miss Blythe describe Estelle as a “survivor'' an adds that she’s please that Estelle Is "a strong woman who can deal easily In a man’s world while she also has a very vulnerable side. "I like the fact that Estelle Is neither all good nor all bad like all hums beings,” Miss Blythe say "I find the Intricacies of the character interesting. Rather than dealing with murders, I'd prefer to deal with a corporate struggle. That’s something that can relate to more easily.

Desert Sun, Volume 43, Number 248, 23 May 1970 Soap Opera Queen A Real Homebody HOLLYWOOD (UP!)—Denise Alexander is unknown to nighttime-only television viewers but she is one of the queens of soap opera in her role of Susan Martin on the daily “Days of Our Lives’’ strip. The auburn haired beauty moved here from New York 12 years ago and into a Beverly Hills apartment she has furnished with antiques from a shop she opened and later closed. Her potpourri antique store was a modified success. Modified because Denise “tried to find good homes’’ for her merchandise. As a result many an ancient chair or table rests in her home, some with price tags still on them. A regular with “Days of Our Lives” for four years, Denise leaves her four-room diggings—bedroom, kitchen, dining room and living room—at 6: .10 a.m. every day for morning rehearsals at NBC. At noon the show is taped and by 1 p.m. the cast runs through the next day’s episode of the soap opera. “We can’t ad lib because the camera shots depend on word cues,” Denise says. “So we’ve learned to memorize our lines quickly.” Denise’s boy friend is actor David Hartman who stars in “The Bold Ones” for television. They are together almost every evening. Most often David takes Denise to dinner, and then perhaps a movie. Other evenings Denise broils steaks in her apartment for her “fella,” as she calls him. At the moment they haven’t any marriage plans. The actress prefers gourmet dishes and few chefs prepare veal cordon bleu better than she. Her swiss steak with wine sauce is also a treat which Hartman relishes. No Discotheques Their social life revolves around small dinner parties with friends and dancing at secluded, romantic places. They abhore discotheques. Weekends for the couple are devoted to tennis, sailing and restful days at the beach sunning and surfing. Then again, Hartman may stop by ,and the two will spend the day reading, with a little background music. Denise opened her door one day and an enormous white cat walked in, hopped onto a chair and staked a claim. She named the intruder “Cat." and he has been a member of her household ever since. Unlike the Sue Martin she portrays on the show, Denise is very much with it. Sue wears a conservative wardrobe. Denis prefers sophisticated, chic outfits from boutiques. She dislikes shopping but loves clothes. The problem is solved by periodic shopping sprees during which she purchases enough outfits to see her through for six months or more. When she feels out of style, back she goes to the smart shops.

Could it be a way to get the schedule back on track? The preemptions meant Fri cliffhangers were airing on other days, right? Or has that already been adjusted?

ONE LIFE TO LIVE Richard Abbott Luke Reilly 1977-79 Keith Langsdale July 1977-May 1980 Robert Gribbon May 1980-81 Jeffrey Byron 1986-87 Steve Burke Bernard Grant Dec 1970- 1975

Again, I think the budget is playing a big part in how the show is constructed. A lot of the actors are on low guarantees so they can't be on too much,there no extra sets available etc.That's why stories like Mariah/Tessa are on for a few days and basically a retelling of offscreen events. Also, having characters sitting at a table for most of the episode means less need for rehearsal, thus saving time and money.

GH 1976 Pt 5 Cam portrays the betrayed-and-long-suffering husband magnificently, telling Diana that emotional infidelity is as bad as the other kind. He then broodingly tells Diana that if he’s found gone over the balcony of the penthouse, it won’t have been suicide—Leslie will have pushed him. Or, more likely, she would find a less obvious method. But he can handle both their problems, he assures Diana. He reaches for the phone and in moments arranges for a plum job offer for Peter as a psychiatric consultant at one of Cam’s West Coast companies, with a lucrative salary to go with it. When Diana assures him that Peter won’t accept the position, Cam insists that it’s up to Diana to see that he does, for the sake of her marriage. After a harrowing night with their patient, whose suicide attempt followed the loss of a baby, Leslie breaks down from both her patient’s agony and her own. But, as she tells Peter, she has to see Cam and end it now. She confronts him in the apartment and tells him that his actions were designed to take Laura from her and his complete disregard for her feelings have ended their marriage. Cam insists that he found Waverly out of love for her, which she doubts. But he manages to convince her that he’ll sleep in the den, |so she won’t have to move to a hotel. He hopes this minor concession will give him time to make her realize what she’s about to give up. But in the morning he sees that she’s still adamant as she tells him things have to be his way or no way. Ironically, this is the day Men and Women Magazine hits the stands with their cover feature story “A Unique Medical Team,” with Leslie and Peter on the cover. Diana, badly upset at Peter’s overwhelming concentration on Leslie’s problems, commiserates with Cam, who points out that the article “makes them sound like they’re married!” To Terri’s relief, Jeff is finally able to overcome his resentment of his brother and makes up with Rick. He reminds Rick that it is he, Jeff, who is the winner he has Monica, and she loves him. With Rick back on surgical service, Monica decides to specialize in surgery. Jeff is hurt when he learns that Steve has approved her transfer to surgical service, as he feels that Rick’s surgical success magnifies his own failure as a surgical candidate. To compensate, Jeff deliberately fondles Monica whenever Rick is around, as if to remind him that he won in the long run. But Rick can only suppress so much, and when Monica loses a young patient and cries in his arms, Rick kisses her with great passion and confesses he never stopped loving her and wanting her. Monica, in turn, explains that she fell in love with Jeff only out of her grief over Rick, and has never stopped loving him. Monica is frantic when Rick tells her they can’t hurt Jeff and he’s moving out of their apartment because he can’t sleep twenty feet from her and his brother without someday having the situation explode and destroying Jeff. Heather Grant, a young girl who followed a General Hospital intern to Port Charles after he told her he was a doctor on a singles’ cruise, sees the answer to her determination to “better herself” when she recognizes Peter from the magazine cover and learns that his wife has just lost her baby-sitter. With references her mother helped forge, Heather gets the job, and immediately she promotes a live-in position by claiming her mother will insist she go home otherwise. Peter, initially reluctant, comes to see the advantages and agrees. With her emotional problems solved, Audrey decides to accept her friends’ advice and look to the future. She goes to Steve’s office and tells him she loves him. To her joy, he replies, “I’ve always loved you, and never more than at this moment. And this time we’re going to live happily ever after.” But their happiness is shattered when, moments later, Steve falls down a flight of stairs and suffers an occipital skull fracture and internal injuries. Audrey,constantly at his bedside, knows she never stopped loving him but just didn’t realize it. Steve comes to after twenty-four hours, but finds he has no feeling in his legs and can’t move them. Dr. Marriner, chief of neurosurgery, finds that Steve has a fracture of the seventh thoracic vertebra and surgery is almost impossible due to the risk to the spinal cord. Explaining that these things sometimes heal themselves, he suggests that Steve accept confinement to a wheelchair for a year, to see what happens. Audrey optimistically insists that their wedding will go off as planned, but Steve informs her that he won’t marry her unless his full functions are restored, including his ability to perform sexually. Since Steve was a good friend of their father’s, Rick and Jeff’s relationship is totally restored in this crisis, leaving Monica to feel that their closeness shuts her out. To keep them both close to her, Monica begs Rick to change his mind and not move out, but he assures her he’s not a masochist and won’t subject himself to more of this for anything. When none of her machinations can prevent Rick from leaving, Monica decides she’ll find him an apartment and set it up as a love nest for the two of them. Cam has to fly to New York, as embezzlement has been discovered in his corporate books, and Cam is shocked to learn that his right-hand man, Mac, is the culprit. When Cam fires him without severance or recommendation, Mac warns Cam that he will someday get his just reward. Cam, angry and bitter, arrives home to find Leslie packing to leave him for good. When he accuses her of never having been a real wife to him, Leslie retorts that he too is admitting there is no marriage. Furious, Cam informs her that she doesn’t respond to patience and gentleness, and then he rapes her. Afterward, he forces her down to the car and shoves her in, driving off toward their mountain retreat. When Leslie begs him to let her go, he tells her he never relinquishes what he owns.He explains he’s going to make her ‘into the kind of wife he wants and she will respond —in ways she never dreamed existed. When she asks if rape is part of his instruction plans, he savagely replies, “If necessary.” In terror, Leslie grabs for the wheel, and they struggle as the car, out of control, crashes. Leslie is later found dazed and in shock, wandering in the woods. At the hospital she is able to remember enough coherently to send the police to the area. They find Cam dead in the wreckage at the bridge. When Peter tells her Cam is dead, Leslie immediately blames herself, claiming that she killed him. Peter reminds her that she was in the hands of an evil and dangerous man.

At the time SFT was changing writers regularly (yet maintaining good ratings) all the other CBS shows were steady. Beginning in 75 All My Children was moved to 12.30-the first time there was soap competition.And then later Ryan's Hope was moved opposite Search. Did that impact the ratings? ATWT-Soderbergs, TGL-the Dobsons,Y&R-Bill Bell, EON-Slesar. Only LOL was swapping out writers ,and it's ratings were low.

It hardly touches on EON. It's all about her spiritual journey where she tries just about everything on offer-past life experiences, spirit guides, various therapies-you name it-she's up for it. Everything except just using some common sense to deal with her issues(which aren't that different to most of us). She comes across to me as sweet, but nutty.

Maybe JFP is back to help sort out production issues and a way of managing budget/taping that makes better use of the set situation. Because something needs to be done. When an episode begins and we see a character walk into empty Crimson Lights a feeling of dread creeps in , only increased by the next scene set at Society... Compounding the issue is the fact that the conversations taking place are hardly compelling.

God knows why...all 3 characters have been trashed. Chelsea should go and Sharon and Adam should not be involved again. That ship has sailed.

BTG beating GH in households and demos. Onward and upward!

The term 'funeral home' has been mentioned. And someone should tell Traci that larger older women are no longer are limited to wearing ugly floral long line tops and sporting sensible matronly hair-dos.

Why was there such a turnover of writers/producers in that era? You would think they would be looking for stability but each new team that came in changed direction , seemingly for no good reason instead of tweaking what was there. A lot of the new characters had little chance to get established before they were gone. Surely some of them had potential to be used by subsequent regimes? And what about bringing back writers familiar with the show ? Would Ann Marcus, the Corringtons, Henry Slesar or Peggy O'Shea been approached or interested?

So another week goes by w/o Dumas appearing. I'm pretty sure it's Billy Flynn. Dumas was said to be a fake name so will he be someone from the past? Having reactions to the Abbott redo is not a storyline or worthy of being in the previews-just proves how lackluster the stories are. At this rate, they can have anyone who has ever visited the Abbott house pop in and give their verdict to Diane.

Wouldn't the plan have been to pair Denny and Steve for a Steve/Denny/Carrie triangle and try to recreate the Tess/Bill dynamic from their time at Love of Life? Or was it just a short term thing like her role on ATWT? Maybe Toni wasn't interested in contract gigs?

Gail was around months before. I think she was added by the Elmans, who introduced Scotty and David Hamillton, Lamont and Katie Corbin and Alan Quartemaine, all characters Marland worked with and developed. The Ellmans were only around for 6 weeks or so but introduced some major characters. Unlike other writers who come in and have mass cast changes, Marland worked with what was there.

The Hollands obviously had long term story in place for Lee/Caroline/Bobby etc but when the Pollocks arrived they quickly wrapped it up with the new diagnosis and sent them packing. That could have been it for Lee but I think the Elmans brought Lee/Scotty back in their short stint. Somebody must have regretted dumping Lee.I'm sure Peter Hansen was happy to get the call to return.

Jibre/Jacob is moving to the top of my list. Such a likeable presence. Give Jacob/Naomi a home set! Ted's jacket ... Stating that Derek/Ashley have been together 2 years kinda undermines the story. If it had been say 6 months, then problems might be arising-but after 2 years?? The ATWT reference was cute-but of course Dr Nicole only knew about the show through patients-God forbid she ever watched it herself! Might have been cuter had she said she got hooked through patients and ended up taping it herself and watching it at home to unwind.

OLTL 1976 Pt 2 Dorian throws an elegant party at Llanfair, the Lord mansion, and unveils in the library a portrait of herself painted by the same artist whose painting of the late Eugenia Lord, Viki’s mother, had always hung in this spot. The next day Victor brings her mother’s picture to Viki’s home, saying that Dorian thought she would want to have it. When Viki demurs, explaining that the portrait seems to belong at Llanfair, Victor points out that it should be wherever Eugenia’s memory is revered. When Tony questions Pat about the party at his father’s house, she notes that he’s quite interested for someone who insists he doesn’t care at all. Pat then accuses Tony of hatching his scheme to open a topless singles’ bar within view of Llanfair, just to embarrass Victor. When he asks why she’s interested, Pat replies that she cares what happens to him. Joe’s reaction to her pregnancy is so incredibly joyous that Viki can’t bring herself to spoil it by telling him the bad news. This upsets Larry, who warns her that if Joe learns the truth from another source, he’ll never forgive her. Viki defensively insists that the baby’s heart will be perfect and Joe won’t have reason to blame her for keeping silent. But Viki has nightmares about the birth of the baby, and tells a concerned Joe of a dream having to do with Dorian being the doctor. When he tells her he’d like to name the baby for her father if it’s a boy, Viki tells herself ‘she can’t destroy it for him; she has to risk keeping silent. She then informs Larry that she will tell Joe but plans to wait until she’s past the point of considering an abortion. When Larry tries to shake her conviction that she knows the baby will be perfect, she admits that it may not be, but adds that it’s enough that she has to carry the fears and worry. If the baby’s affected, there will be enough time for Joe to suffer afterward. Vince, who has had to deal with the realization that his days with the police department are over because of a lack of funding for city services, fears he’ll spend the rest of his life at his present security-guard job, which he hates. He is stunned to find Jenny wearing Tim’s engagement ring, and warns Tim that God will punish them for this. Tony is bitter when his liquor-license request is turned down, and Victor quickly admits that he arranged it to protect the Lord name and reputation from embarrassment. Tony threatens to use Victor’s highhanded tactics to cut him out of the Chronicle job in retaliation, but Victor decides to let Tony go ahead with his club. Pleased that his chances for success now seem assured, Tony asks Cathy to marry him, but she asks that they just let things go on as they have. Cathy is stunned to learn of Viki’s pregnancy—everything always works out for Viki. Pat’s husband, Paul, is killed in a police shootout in a burning building, and Pat, having brought her son Brian to Llanview, where she’ s rented the house next door to the Craigs’, is horrified when the school children taunt him by calling him the son of a criminal. When Tony tells Pat he’s been turned down for a development loan, she suggests that he offer Victor the chance to back him as a business proposition. Tony refuses, saying all that Victor has given him is the conviction that he would never abandon a child of his own. As he muses over his life and his lack of family, Pat tells herself she can’t tell Tony the truth that Brian is his son. Dorian, having extended her power base by persuading Victor to name her to the Banner’s board of directors, uses lip service to encourage Tony to reconcile with his father, but privately tells Victor that Tony is adamant about having no improvement in their relationship. Dorian loudly broadcasts her desire not to be informed of the changes Victor makes in his will, but manages to overhear much of the conversation with his attorney. She learns that his lawyer’s main concern is assuring that the reappearance of his son and his recent marriage to Dorian don’t affect existing trust and direct bequest provisions, that the will be as airtight as possible. Victor explains to the attorney that if he had the time, he could have trained Dorian to take over the complex Lord Enterprises at his death, but now it’s too late and he has decided that the corporation should remain under the direction of the Lord Foundation trustees, with Viki to be executor of the will. When Victor tells Dorian this, she asks if Viki actually wants this responsibility. Victor replies that she can handle it with Joe to help her. Viki accepts the appointment, pleasing Victor, who notes to Dorian, “Accidents do happen, my dear.”

1976 Pt 8 At the trial, Ron’s lawyer, Mr. Lawrence, tries to get Chris to admit that she led Peggy to identify Ron because she, Chris, wanted to get him. But Chris replies that she actually commented to Peg that she “hoped to God it wasn’t him.” Lawrence then tries to shake Peggy’s identification by pointing out that she asked all the lineup participants to speak, thus seeming unsure even right after meeting Ron in the corridor. He adds that she admitted on record that she’d kept her eyes closed during the attack and tried to block it from her mind. Peggy can’t explain why she didn’t identify him immediately but insists she saw her assailant and it was Ron, she’s sure of that. Since he feels the prosecution’s case is not proven, Lawrence tells Ron he shouldn’t testify and rests the defense. But Ron insists upon making a statement. He brings up Nancy’s illness and Chris’s prejudice against him for concealing his prison record, saying Chris had believed him about that incident. Everyone notices how convincing Ron is indeed, Peggy says if she wasn’t his victim, she might believe him. During the wait for the verdict Jack asks Peggy to marry him, saying that Joanne is strong enough now and he can be free. Peggy puts him off. The verdict is in and the court is reconvened. The jury foreman explains that they were instructed to return a verdict that upheld the facts in this case. Because of this, they couldn’t agree that Ron is guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. Though they morally feel one way, they must find him “not guilty.” Peggy, at first incredulous, is then outraged. She rails at the judge, the jury, and Ron, vowing he will pay for this. She berates the jury for knowing he’s guilty and letting him off because of a legal technicality. And then she’s frightened, realizing that Ron is now free to roam the streets again. Ironically, Mrs. Ralston arrives to help, but is too late. She tells Chris the real story: She met Ron in the bar and invited him in for a drink, and then he did rape her. Fearing humiliation, she didn’t press the rape charge, and now she is not proud of that. She adds that he then harassed her with phone calls for months. Chris takes Sharon to meet Nancy while Ron is out with Karen. They tell Nancy that Ron is a violent and dangerous man, but she refuses to listen, informing them that they’re leaving town to get away from Chris’s interference in their lives. But Ron later tells Nancy they’re staying put he’s not letting them all run him out of town, and he has unfinished business here. When Chris begins to receive obscene phone calls she tells Nancy this is what happened to Sharon — after Ron’s attack, but Nancy refuses to consider it possible and believes Ron’s claim that they’re all against him. Peggy has gone into virtal seclusion in her room since the verdict, upsetting her parents greatly. Brock Reynolds visits her and asks her to marry him. She» later goes to the Allegro to ask why, since they hardly know one another. By late afternoon, when she returns home, she tells her father she now knows why. Brock loves everyone and did this to give her a reason to leave the house; they spent the afternoon walking together. Brock tells Jack he proposed to Peggy and she hasn’t said no. Jack presses Peggy for a commitment to him, but she can’t give him one. She explains that she doesn’t know if she loves Brock but she need his friendship. She adds that she does love Jack. While visiting Lance, Laurie sees Vanessa's door move, and when Lance is later occupied with business, she investigates and finds herself face to face with a veiled woman, who, she discovers with astonishment, is Lance’s mother. Vanessa quickly lets Laurie know she knows all about her and has no intention of letting her have Lance, Laurie goes back to meet Lance, not mentioning her meeting with his mother, but, knowing that Vanessa can see and hear her, she accepts Lance’s invitation to accompany him on a business trip to Rome. Laurie returns home to find that Leslie is on her way home and Brad intends to have his confrontation with her as soon as she arrives. Laurie wants to be there for him but doesn’t want to back down on the trip with Lance or it will be a victory for Vanessa. But the problem is taken out of her hands when Vanessa announces to her son that she’s ready to start the long trip out of seclusion by accompanying him to Rome. Lance then tells Laurie he can’t take her as planned; he must take someone who needs complete privacy. Laurie realizes she’s lost this round to Vanessa. But Vanessa becomes ill, and Lance’s trip is called off. When the doctor who attends her asks why she’s never had plastic surgery, she explains that her weak heart wouldn’t stand the strain of surgery. Despite Vanessa’s constant attacks on Laurie’s character and motives and her equal, diligent efforts to convince Lance he’s actually interested in Leslie, not Laurie, Lance buys Laurie a ring, and, after giving her a choice of fingers to wear it on, they decide they are engaged. Upon learning this, Vanessa calls Laurie, telling her there will never be a wedding. Brad spends the days before Leslie’s return memorizing everything in their apartment and rehearsing his confrontation with her so that he can continue his charade. Seeing him in their home upon her return gives Leslie false hope that he’s come back, but he soon tells her he’s there to discuss a divorce. Leslie is hurt by this confrontation but later, remembering his letter, is still not convinced that he no longer loves her and decides she must see him again. But finally Leslie is convinced he no longer loves her and agrees he can get a divorce. She won’t use her baby to bring him back. Snapper is now aware of what Brad’s doing but is bound on both sides by doctor-patient confidences and can say nothing.