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Oh do you know which clip number is this ?

Yes. I was a teenager when I started it. I was looking for a name of a town. Indeed, I wrote a few soaps ... a complete line up ah ah. "Savannah", "Biloxi" and "Destiny". I still write some Biloxi from time to time.

I don’t mind « Biloxi » is the name of the town

Mine is « Biloxi ». As my English is not as good to write dialogue, I only wrote summaries of the episodes ahah.

For those asking about Marc Mergeron, indeed he had two contract stints on the show (Jan 84 - Dec 84 / Sept 87 - Aug 88) so roughly 2 years. Marc Mergeron was first seen in Rome in January 1984. He saved Ashley Abbott, who was on a business trip, from a masher. They flirted without knowing who they were. Marc arrived in Genoa City in February 1984. His late father, Marcel, was married to Dina Abbott, Ashley’s mother. She was very unhappy to see him in town. He immediately flirted with Julia Newman, who was looking for a candidate to be her baby’s father. Ashley was shocked to learn who Marc was but felt attracted to him despite being engaged to Eric Garrison. Dina arranged for Eric to see Ashley and Marc kissing. Getting drunk to overcome his betrayal, Eric slept with Julia who became pregnant. Ashley and Eric ended up back together and Julia kept mum about the one-night-stand. Marc admitted to Ashley he thought Dina had forced his dying father to give her control of the family company, Mergeron Corp. He was also sure Dina and John Abbott were not legally divorced thus making Dina and Marcel’s marriage invalid. When he realized Dina’s son, Jack Abbott wanted to take over Mergeron Corp., he blackmailed Dina. She would give him her shares of the company if she wanted him to keep secret she was still legally married to John. Meanwhile, Ashley realized she was too attracted to Marc and broke her engagement to Eric. Jack told Ashley that Marc could destroy the Abbott family if he revealed the truth about Dina and John being legally married and Ashley was torn between her attraction to Marc and her loyalty to the Abbott family. As her marriage to John became rocky, his new wife, Jill, became sexually frustrated and tried to charm Marc. They eventually slept together but Marc kept on trying to dig dirt and wanted to know why Dina deserted her family years ago. He was unawared that Victor Newman also had an interest in Mergeron Corp. Dina was shocked when she saw a man from her past, Brent Davis, in Genoa City. He assured her he would not stay but she spent money to track him once he left. Marc learned about it. He was suspcious and questioned Ashley about it. Meanwhile, he decided to go to court against Dina to control of Mergeron Corp. Victor questioned Marcel’s former maid, Monique Morrel, who was sure Dina didn’t force Marcel to give up his company. Marc learned Dina had an affair with Brent years ago. When Monique told Marc that Dina didn’t force Marcel to give her the shares, he decided to respect his father’s wishes and sold Victor his few shares of the company. He left for Paris just before Christmas 1984. Ashley was shocked when three years later, Marc visited her. He told her he hadn’t forgotten about her but Ashley was clearly no longer interested in the French playboy who caught the attention of JoAnna Manning. He used his charm on JoAnna who convinced John Abbott to fund Marc’s new suntan project for Jabot. Soon after, Marc and JoAnna became lovers. Marc admitted to JoAnna he was financially strapped and she loaned him money. Lauren Fenmore, JoAnna’s daughter, didn’t trust Marc and was sure he was only using her mother for money but JoAnna wouldn’t listen. While JoAnna bought a flat for Marc in her building, he tried to charm Nikki Newman hoping she would sell him her Mergeron stock she got from Victor. Marc tried to ally with Jack and both began looking for money to buy Nikki’s shares. Victor gloated when he revealed to Marc and Jack that Nikki didn’t own the stock legally. Marc sold his suntan formula to Jack and tried to doublecross him. JoAnna was shocked when she learned. Marc then offered to Jill to market her new Male Line to Europe without John’s knowledge. He left for Europe for a professional tour and when he came back, he asked for a raise but Jill refused. JoAnna proposed to Marc who didn’t want to get married. Jack then fired Marc who left for Europe never to be seen or heard again.

I'm still watching some 1983 clips. If any clip contains closing credits with the cast being listed (there were 2 in early 1983), could you tell me? I am very interested in them !

Yes, but it will be during Marc's second stint in 1988-1989.

Eric Garrison first appeared in March 1983 when Jill learned that Jack had contact with this French businessman about selling Jabot. Jack was very interested in selling but Ashley was shocked when she learned. Eric was instantly interested in her and he kissed her despite her giving the cold shoulder as he wanted to buy Jabot. John argued with Jack as he didn’t want to sell Jabot and he suffered a heart attack. As the sell was postponed, Eric was supposed to go back to Paris but he decided to stay in Genoa City to be with Ashley. He visited his boss in Paris, Madame Dina Mergeron – secretly John’s ex-wife and mother of his children – whom he had an affair with. Dina said she didn’t want to buy Jabot anymore and wanted to keep Eric in Paris. Eric wanted to back to Genoa City however and Ashley admitted she had fallen in love with him. They finally made love while Dina planned to come to Genoa City to close the deal. She saw Eric and Ashley together but didn’t realize the woman Eric was kissing was Ashley. When Dina revealed herself as John’s ex-wife who gave up on her family years ago, Ashley was hurt. Eric swore he didn’t know about Dina’s real identity and he immediately ended his romantic involvement with Dina. Eric left Mergeron and John offered him a job at Jabot when Ashley asked him to. Dina was very hurt to realize that Eric was in love with her daughter. Eric proposed to Ashley. Dina offered Eric to run the American branch of Mergeron which was a very interesting business offer. Ashley was worried that Dina was trying to come between she and Eric. Eric finally turned down the offer and stayed at Jabot. When Ashley found a portrait of Dina that Eric painted, she was surprised and Eric confessed he had an affair with Dina in the past. Shattered at first, Ashley finally forgave him. Despite the forgiveness, Ashley couldn’t really forget about the past affair and she couldn’t make love with Eric. He agreed to be patient with her. In January 1984, Ashley left for a trip in Rome in order to sort her feelings for Eric. She was saved from a masher by a mysterious gentleman. When Ashley came back to Genoa City, she accepted Eric’s marriage proposal which made Dina fuming. The mysterious gentleman arrived in Genoa City, he was Marc Mergeron, Dina’s stepson. Marc was flirting with Ashley who got confused. She kissed Marc. Dina arranged for Eric to see Marc and Ashley kissing. Eric got drunk and slept with Julia Newman. Ashley and Eric then reconciled. Soon later, Julia realized she was pregnant from Eric. Ashley, meanwhile, was involved in Dina and Marc’s quarrel. Marc told Dina she tried to keep him from his father and strained their relationship. When the day of Ashley and Eric’s wedding arrived, Ashley got a panic attack and realized she couldn’t go through with the ceremony. On his way to the ceremony, Eric had a car accident. At the hospital, Eric told Ashley the would plan for another date and Ashley didn’t know how to tell Eric that she couldn’t marry him as she had fallen for Marc. When Eric pressed Ashley for another date, she finally told him about Marc. The wedding plans were cancelled. Meanwhile, a very pregnant Julia told Eric she was looking forward to the birth of her child but he had no idea he was the father. She even lied about the baby’s due date to be sure Eric would not be suspicious. When Julia gave birth to a little girl, Jaime, in November 1984, Eric finally asked her if he was the father. She admitted it but both Eric and Julia decided they could only be friends and Julia left for Paris with her daughter just before Christmas. Eric tried to revive his romance with Ashley who was not interested but JoAnna Manning, Lauren Fenmore’s long-lost mother, caught the eye of Eric who helped her get a job at Jabot. JoAnna thanked Eric with a passionate kiss. They started a passionate affair which embarrassed Mary Wiliams, whose son Paul was married to Lauren. But JoAnna was jealous when her ex-husband, Neil, was seen dating Gina Roma. She avoided Eric’s bed and was very interested in her daughter’s plans to keep Neil away from Gina. Eric vanished from town in May 1985 and was not mentioned again.

Yes I once paid for Videoland. It was great service indeeed but I also used a VPN. Quite a lot of money and when my subscription ran out, I didn't renew it.

My pleasure ! I was very interested in how General Hospital was totally revamped. It was great under the Dobsons with the Phil Brewer murder story but the Hollands very not good: they wrote out so many characters and brought their pets. The Pollocks immediately erased these new characters and brought their own with the Webbers and we know it would work.

I wonder if Brock was living at the Allegro as he was the manager.

APRIL 1976 All My Children Written by : Agnes Nixon Produced by : Bud Kloss On the night of a Medical Association dance which Dr. Joe Martin and his wife Ruth planned to attend together in hopes of making the evening a start toward resolving their estrangement, Tara, Joe's daughter, called to summon Joe to attend his grandson little Philip, who had had a severe asthmatic attack. Some days later, at home, Joe expressed to Ruth a wish that they could go to St. Croix where his brother Paul and his wife Anne, newly rewed, were honeymooning. When he hinted that Ruth and he no longer needed occupy separate bedrooms Ruth told him that she was not ready to resume marital relations - Ruth had fallen in love with hospital aide David Thornton, a former physician who gave up practicing medicine when he couldn't save the life of his younger brother under combat conditions in Vietnam. Ruth alone, in Pine Valley, knew of David's past life and he had told her that with her help he could resume his dedication to surgery. – When Joe pressed her for a date for their vacation plans so that Dr. Charles Tyler could set up a staff schedule he asked her to consider taking a trip to Europe which they had been talking about over the years. He told her, "we need to get away together" to "get back what we've lost these past few months." Ruth replied that she believed that it would only heighten the tension between them. Dr. Martin insisted that something had changed between them and that although Ruth assured him that the missed opportunity of their evening out together wouldn't matter he was aware that "something" had happened and that they were "right back in the middle of that stupid stalemate." He admitted that his attitude was largely responsible for their estrangement. Ruth agreed that they would take the same time off as usual but suggested that they spend their vacations separately. When he asked if she was sure that they were doing the right thing, she replied, "I can't pretend to something I don't feel." As a result of little Philip's latest attack, Tara had consented to take him to Arizona to a dude ranch for asthmatic children. Both she and Philip Brent, little Philip's natural father, accepted Dr. Chuck Tyler's offer to finance the trip for the sake of the boy's health, though Phil stipulated that Chuck's offer be considered a "loan." - On the eve of Philip's leaving for Vietnam, he and Tara, unable to find a minister or a Justice of the Peace to marry them, exchanged vows in a small chapel. Philip was mistakenly reported killed and Tara, pregnant with Phil's son, accepted Chuck Tyler's offer to marry her and raise her son as his own. Chuck and Tara were then divorced. – Upon hearing of Tara's prospective plans, Erica Kane Brent remarked to Tara that she "can't help wondering if all this is necessary or if you're just trying to keep my husband – Philip - impoverished." Goaded, Tara told Erica that Chuck would be paying, - Tara and Philip were planning to marry when Philip was free until Erica announced that having lost a lucrative modeling job she decided to cancel her plans for divorcing Phil. - and Erica remarked admiringly, "a clever woman never has one fish out of the frying pay without another on the hook," but added, "Watch out. This kind of manipulation takes an expert where men are concerned. You have a lot to learn." When Erica overheard a conversation between Kitty and Lincoln Tyler to the ef-fect that although Kitty still was determined not to remarry Lincoln she still cared for him and she felt he was vulnerable and should be aware that Erica might be trying to promote herself, with Phoebe Tyler's blessing as the next Mrs. Lincoln Tyler, Erica, furious, ordered Kitty out of her house. Later Erica apologized to Linc and he offered to represent her in her efforts to seek support from Philip based on the "friendship" that Erica was always referring to, and out of sympathy for the fact that Erica was not working. He added that he would tolerate no further interference in his and Kitty's affairs and warned her that she might wind up representing herself in court. He told her he was on his way to a trip out of town, and, for the present, did not intend to think about her or her case. Linc’s trip to check out the possibility of establishing a law practice in King's Row was based on his decision to move from Pine Valley, out of the sphere of his mother's influence, in the hopes that Kitty would join him in the future. He received a visit from an angry and indignant Kate Martin who told him that Phoebe had made a concerted effort to undermine Kitty's self confidence as manager of Anne Tyler's Boutique and had spread the word that due to Kitty's inaptitude the Boutique had gone down hill and was featuring second rate selections. Nick Davis, although sympathetic to both Kitty and Linc, had been moved to tell Kitty to whom he was once married: "You and Phoebe Tyler have a lot in common — both set yourselves up as a judge of what's best for Linc." Moved by a visit from a woman seeking her runaway daughter, "Jane Doe" made a collect call to Chicago. The call was not completed because the woman who answered was drunk and incapable of realizing the significance of the call. However, by tracing the number given, the staff of Pine Valley Hospital knew the identity of their mystery girl, "Donna Beck." Later a frightened Donna received a phone call of her own from the man who beat her and threw her from a moving car, who told her "Tomorrow sure, your poppa's comin to see you, sugar." Waking from a nightmare Donna cried out and Chuck held her and tried to calm her down. She said that she had to get away because "this time he's really gonna kill me" but refused to talk about who "he" is or describe him. Chuck warned her that if she tried to walk her leg might never heal and promised to spend the night outside her room. After another call, in a panic, Donna, attempted to leave the hospital and Carolyn Murray, R.N. found her at the bottom of a flight of stairs where she collapsed and fell. She telephoned Dr. Frank Grant as he and his wife Nancy celebrated belatedly their sixth anniversary. Social worker, Nancy Grant, prevailed upon by her husband, agreed to talk to Donna. When she asked Donna how she lived in Center City, Donna answered, "Oh, come on, you know what I am”. She said she came from a home with a drunken mother, a step-father who attempted to seduce her; that she ran away from home when she was thirteen, "and I've been a hooker ever since." When she told Nancy, "the pay's good," Nancy asked, "how much of that is yours?". Nancy talked about the possibility of finishing her education at night school and told her that if Donna wanted to change, something could be worked out. As she left, Nancy told Donna, "You really aren't alone — please try to remember that." Nancy told Frank that what everyone on the staff surmised - except Chuck - was true and that the man Donna was so afraid of was most likely one of her Johns or a pimp. Just then Caroline Murray came up to tell Frank that there was a man in Donna's room who refused to leave – the man, "Ty" brought Donna a fur trimmed neglegee, and an offer to make her his "top woman", shruggling off her attempted murder with: "You know the rules. You don't talk to the competition" – Frank threatened to call the police suggesting "impairing the morals of a minor" as a possible charge and Tyrone who insisted he was "family", just visiting a friend and intended to come back, told Frank, "cool that temper before you do any doctorin' on that little girl there. Wouldn't want to slap you with a malpractice suit." Later Donna equated Chuck's profession - of medicine - with her own. "You've got something people need so you sell it to them for a price. It's the same with me." When Chuck suggested that Donna could have Ty prosecuted she said she wouldn't do that: "I'm not afraid of him. He's a friend of mine, who 'lent' me money when I needed it." Ty, she insisted, had put every cent she had ever made into a savings account for her, "in my name," and "spends his own money on presents" - for her -. Caroline Murray entered Donna's room to find her wearing the negligee from Ty. After Caroline told her that she didn’t think it was very healthy for a young girl to associate with a man like Ty, Donna said: "I don't care what anyone thinks. He's my man and I love him." Later with Frank in the room, Caroline brought in an enormous basket of flowers. Donna told them "I told you he wouldn't forget me." Frank asked her how she could go on deceiving herself and told her that Ty was only concerned that she didn’t press charges against him. He told Chuck that the police had confirmed Donna's age. She had just turned seventeen, and after her hospitalization, she faced a home for juvenile detention. He warned Chuck that Ty could seek to become Donna's nominal guardian and asked him, if he were Donna and had a choice between going back to Ty and going to the Juvenile Detention Center, "what do you think" she would do? Kitty Shea Tyler stood up to Phoebe Tyler to the extent that when Phoebe telephoned her and told her to "make it your business to come to a conference at the Tyler home" Kitty replied that, if it was important to her, she could come to see Kitty at Mona Kane's. After Kitty heard of Linc's plans to leave town, she called him. When Kitty mentioned Nick's re-marks about the two of them trying to run Lin-coln's life, he told her he thought Nick was right. He told her that both he and Kitty were acting like a couple of fools and allowing his mother to stampede them into something neither of them wanted. He told her that his plans for a partnership in King's Row couldn’t be acted on till mid-summer, and they agreed to stay in Pine Valley for the time being and try to work things out, with Linc promising not to push or pressure Kitty. Another World Written by: Harding Lemay Produced by: Paul Rauch Liz Matthews had continued to badger Jim Matthews about his attentions to Cory housekeeper Beatrice Gordon and neglecting her roommate, Jim's long-time friend, Helen Moore. Jim took Helen to lunch. He told Helen that he was looking forward to sharing his life with Beatrice, eventually. Hurt, but always a lady, Helen wished him success. Helen arranged a cruise. Liz was furious with Jim, unaware of his deep feelings for Beatrice. Liz felt Beatrice was beneath Jim. Jim told her to mind her own business. Rachel Cory, recuperating in the hospital from the loss of her baby and the unsuccessful emergency C-section, wais finally al-lowed out of bed, with assistance. She found walking very painful - Rachel's husband, Mac Cory, arrived home from a visit to his daughter, Iris Delaney, to find Rachel hemorrhaging on the floor – premature separation of the placenta. He blamed himself for the loss of their baby because he didn't get to Rachel soon enough. Rachel had called Mac when the pain struck, but Iris, who had answered the phone, deliberately failed to tell Mac of the call. – Clarice Hobson, Iris’ husband Robert's former mistress, finally told Mac, her employer, she was pregnant. He promised to hold her job, give her maternity leave, and pay her expenses. Mac was grateful because Clarice saved his marriage to Rachel when Iris trumped up an affair between Rachel and a riding instructor. Mac asked about the father, and Clarice told him the father wasn't to know. Finally, it dawned on Mac that his new son-in-law was the father. Mac said he understood why Iris and Robert were married so suddenly. Mac maintained Robert should be told because Robert was a decent man, who would want to do the right thing. Robert had to go to Washington to begin preliminary work on a project he was designing for Lowell Pendleton. He was disturbed, however, by his step-son Dennis's avoidance of Iris and him. He suggested Iris not accompany him and re-establish her relationship with Dennis. Iris refused. She was afraid Robert would see his ex-wife Lenore, who then lived in Washington. Robert asked housekeeper Louise Goddard if he had had a call from Scott Bradley, Iris's lawyer, but Clarice's friend. Iris demanded to know what he and Scott would be meeting about. Robert said he didn't know, but Scott said it was confidential. Iris asked to be at the meeting. Appalled, Robert refused. Iris called Scott to find out what he wanted with Robert. Scott refused to tell her. Iris was in a snit. At home, Scott warned Rachel not to trust Iris. Rachel knew not to. Besides, Rachel didn’t want Mac to find out about their mutual dislike because Mac would only blame himself. Things were at a stalemate and Rachel wanted to leave them that way. Rachel continued to be depressed and despondent, refusing to resume sculpture or to do anything that would remind her of her lost baby. Ken Palmer, her tutor accused her of wasting his time and her talent. Rachel’s son, Jamie and Dennis attended a party given by Marianne Randolph to introduce Molly Ordway, Jamie's cousin, to some people. Dennis was smitten by Molly. Jamie found Marianne attractive and was jealous of other people who take her attention away from him. Iris didn’t approve of Molly at all, since she was just a farm girl from Oklahoma, beneath Dennis. She refuses to let Dennis bring Molly to the house, so Dennis met her at the Corys' to give her riding lessons. While in Washington, Robert told Iris he would be going directly to Chadwell for final consultations on the Frame Memorial Library he was designed for there. Iris was miffed he would make such plans without consulting her. Home again, Robert brought up having a family. Iris put him off. She complained constantly that he was neglecting her, and gave him a hard time about working late at night on projects. Finally, overhearing an argument between Iris and Dennis about Molly, Robert told Iris to stop dominating people's lives. He and her father could handle it, but Dennis couldn’t, and he wouldn't let her ruin Dennis's life. Iris learned Tracy DeWitt, privy to her secret about Rachel's call and that she rushed Robert into marriage to "save" him from Clarice, had told it all to Scott Bradley. Iris tried to convince Scott that Tracy was just spreading lies to hurt her because Iris broke up Tracy and Mac years ago. Scott wasn't bluffed, telling Iris he was verified Tracy's story. Iris suggested she would drop him as her attorney, if he didn’t tell her how he verified it. He told her he would take great delight in explaining to everyone why Iris dropped him. Cornered, Iris went to see Clarice, telling her Robert was the one who insisted they be married so quickly. Iris told Clarice she would remind everyone in town about her past, but if Clarice left town, Iris would support her and her baby. Clarice refused. Clarice asked how Iris found out she was pregnant. Iris told her that Rachel told her. Clarice didn't believe her. Becoming desperate, Iris said Mac wanted to pay Clarice to leave town, but she persuaded him to let her handle it. Clarice was devastated. Iris left an envelope with cash on the table as she left. Meanwhile, urged on by Mac and Rachel's mother, Ada, Ken Palmer told Rachel he would tutor her for nothing if she wouldresume her lessons. Rachel was genuinely surprised he thought so much of her talent. She gave in. Scott found Clarice packing. When he found out about Iris's visit, he immediately took Clarice to Rachel to clear the whole thing up. Aware Rachel knew the real reason she married Robert, Iris offered to finance a studio for Rachel, who accepted reluctantly, unable to explain why she didn’t want it as a gift from Iris. Rachel felt Iris was using the studio as a bribe for Rachel's silence. Shortly thereafter, Iris found Clarice still hadn't left town. She confronted Clarice alone in Scott's office. Clarice returned the money. In a rage, Iris told Clarice she would have her declared an unfit mother after the baby was born. Scott overheard Iris screaming she – Iris – wouldn’t be a laughingstock because everyone knew Robert was the father of Clarice’s illegitimate child. Scott quit as Iris's attorney. Rachel confided to Scott that she didn’t want the studio from Iris. Scott told Rachel Iris was afraid of her because Iris knew about the phone call Rachel made the night she collapsed. Rachel hadn't been sure she had made the call. She was stunned. Scott told Rachel he would use the call against Iris if he had to to protect Clarice. Rachel slided into depression again, this time torn as to whether or not she should tell Mac. Rachel told Mac she didn’t want the studio from Iris, because Iris reminded her of the past. Mac said it was hard to turn away from one's own child, but it had crossed his mind. He felt he couldn’t abandon her because he was responsible for what she had become and he was afraid Iris would destroy herself. Rachel told Dr. Dave Gilchrist she knew she made the second phone call. Tearfully, Rachel said their baby would still be alive, if not for Iris. Dave wanted Rachel to tell Mac because Mac felt the loss of the baby was his own fault, and it might be a way to keep Iris in line. Later, Rachel told Iris she didn’t want her as a friend. She told Iris she knew about the call Iris neglected to tell Mac about, “the call that could have saved my baby." Iris tried to convince her there was no call. Rachel told Iris she wanted her out of their lives. Iris was never to see Mac again or she would tell Mac about the call and why Iris rushed Robert into marriage, then tell Robert about Clarice. Iris accused Rachel of blackmailing her. Rachel replied she had forgotten all about blackmail, until Iris brought it up. Robert noticed Iris’ agitation and asked the cause. Iris told Robert that Rachel was insanely jealous of her and didn’t ever want her to see Mac again. Robert told Iris it was time she made some choices — let Mac go and concentrate on their marriage. Iris felt she had to protect Mac. Robert suggested Mac might not want or need her protection. Iris said Rachel was going to take everything from Mac and then cast him aside. Robert's defense of Rachel fell on deaf ears. Iris warned Robert to stay out of it, not to mention anything to Mac. However, when Robert took sketches for Rachel to approve, he did mention the rift to Mac, who promised to discuss it with Rachel. After Robert left, Mac asked Rachel about it, asking if Iris could have misunderstood. Rachel said no. Mac asked for an explanation. Rachel blurted out the whole story, in tears. Rachel told him Scott could confirm the story. Mac was devastated. He promised Rachel would never have to see Iris again. Mac confirmed Rachel’s story with Scott, learning Tracy ws the source. Mac trusted Tracy. He confronted Iris. Mac got angrier and angrier as Iris evaded his questions about the phone call. Finally, he placed a call to Tracy in Washington. Iris said Tracy just wanted to hurt her because she broke them up years ago. Bitter, Mac said he blamed himself for her behavior all her life because he felt guilty for neglecting her as a child. He continued that Iris had used that guilt to always get her way with him. No more. He told her she was no longer welcome at his house and started for the door. Iris, almost hysterical, begged him not to go, and blurted, "Rachel didn't tell me she was ill." Mac left, saying he no longer had a daughter. Iris collapsed in hysterics. Louise tried to calm her. Finally, Liz Matthews arrived. Iris told Liz her side of the story. She also told Liz about Louise and Rocky, the Coreys' stableman - Rocky and Louise had a romance going. - Iris told Liz she had forbidden Louise to see Rocky any more. Liz suggested she change her mind because that way Iris could keep tabs on the Corys. Mac was disturbed at the time Rachel was spending on her sculpture at Ken's studio. He was relieved to find Ken's seldom there. Mac mentioned how much he disliked Rachel's immersion in her project. Ken offered to speak to her. Mac backed off. Ada was concerned, too. Iris had Louise and Rocky steal Rachel's bust of Mac from the Cory house, telling them Rachel promised it to her. As she caressed the bust, Iris said since Mac wouldn’t visit her, she would at least have a replica. Russ Matthews and fiancée Sharlene Watts agreed to let Alice Frame, Russ's sister, give them an engagement party. John Randolph had left wife Pat because she hadn’t told him their daughter Marianne had an abortion. John concluded he had no part in their lives anymore, and turned to his law as-sociate Barbara Weaver, assuring Barbara Pat and he'd agreed to split up. John had never talked to Pat. Pat hoped for a reconciliation until she found out about Barbara. Barbara, finding out John lied to her, left town. Pat began to build her own life, without John. Pat was dating Dave Gilchrist and hunting for a job. Her son, Michael, aware of John's affair, encouraged Pat. Marianne, unaware of the whole story, resented Dave, feeling her parents could reconcile if Dave were out of the picture. After Barbara left, John decided he wanted Pat back, and Marianne agreed to help him. They went to the house to wait for Pat to return from Russ and Sharlene's engagement party at Alice Frame's. John sent Marianne home and waited alone. Pat returned, with Dave. Pat told Dave, unaware John was standing in the next room, that she was not going to waste any more years on a man she shouldn't have married in the first place. Dave replied that he would like to be a part of her future years. The following evening, as Pat served dessert to Dave, Mike, and Glenda Toland, Marianne dropped in. Unaware of what happened the night before, Marianne tried to get an explanation. Marianne refused to accept Pat's new life or Dave. Mac gave Pat Clarice's old job as recep-tionist at the Complex. Pat asksed John to remove his things from the house. He and Marianne arrived as Dave, Pat, Mike and Glenda were about to leave for dinner. Mike sent the others ahead, saying it was time Marianne knew the whole story. Mike told Marianne John was carrying on with someone else, and asked John to confirm it. John confirmed he and Barbara were having an affair. Marianne rushed out. Marianne hid away in her apartment, until Darryl Stevens, her friend, forced her to let him in. Marianne told him she was "losing respect for everyone I've always loved," and she couldn’t face it anymore. Darryl forced a confrontation between John and Marianne. They reconciled; however, Marianne refused to see or talk to her brother. Marianne told Darryl she was not ready to get serious about anyone at the moment. He guessed it was because of Chris Pierson. Marianne refused to discuss it, but later she was irked when Darryl used another girl as a model. Mike told Dave he was not going to get involved with anything that could blow up in his face without warning. Dave replied that he once made the same decision and found himself cut off from a lot, "until now." Mike softened his attitude towards John, especially when he realized it was hurting Pat. Pat didn’t want to reconcile with John. Dave provided the companionship she seldom had with John, who worked late all the time. Sharlene's boss, Carol Lamonte gave her the afternoon off for her engagement party. Willis Frame, Sharlene's brother, and Alice's brother-in-law, visited Sharlene at home. Again he threatened to expose her B-girl days to Russ. Willis threatened to bring someone who could prove his story - Willis, the late Steve Frame's younger brother, was determined to take over Frame Enterprises, no matter who or what he had to use. Sharlene had vowed to stop him. Thus, Willis was trying to drive her away. - When the guests assembled, Emma Ordway, Sharlene's older sister, went to get her. Sharlene was gone! Humiliated, Russ left. Emma guessed Willis was behind it because he drove Sharlene away before, which was why Emma was there — to protect her sister. Emma told Willis his plans wouldn’t succeed because she would stop him. If he didn’t watch his step, she would tell Alice how she had to borrow money from Steve to keep him out of prison, and if others knew his history with other people's money, he wouldn't be sitting in "no fancy office." Alice, responding to pressure from Willis and Carol, reorganized the firm, giving Willis equal authority with Vic Hastings. Willis and Vic hadn’t got along because Willis didn’t always do business above board. Willis let costs overrun on a project Carol designed, but Carol covered the expenses. Willis also negotiated for his present hi-rise project without consulting anyone. To show his good faith, Willis dictated a letter to his assistant Pam Sloan, telling Jamison that Vic was to receive copies of all correspondence on the hi-rise. Later, Pam found the letter — unsigned and unmailed. She reported it to Vic while Angie Perrini was there. Angie, long in love with Willis, although she was engaged to architect Neil Johnson, told Willis. Willis arranged for Pam to take another job at the Randolph office. Emma suggested Alice made too many allowances for Willis. Alice replied that she was just trying to make things up to Willis, as Steve did. Emma disapproved. Angie took Pam's place as Willis' assistant. Afraid of being so close to Willis, Angie agreed to marry Neil immediately. Russ found out from Emma that Sharlene was in San Francisco. He flew out, found her, and married her. Sharlene tried to tell him what Willis was holding over her. He refused to listen. When they told Alice, she offered to give them a party. Sharlene approved, provided Willis wasn't invited. Willis, meanwhile, was moving to get Emma and her daughter Molly out of Alice's house. When Emma made it clear she was not budging, Willis tried to get others to intervene, but they refused. Carol suggested they work on Molly, who was unhappy about being so far away from her high school friends at Alice's house. Willis found out about Alice's party. He and Carol went; Sharlene and Russ left. Willis told Sharlene to stay out of his business, because it was harder to lose a husband than a fiance. When Pat told Sharlene that secrets could destroy a marriage, Sharlene told Pat she had a "secret" to tell Russ, but Russ wouldn’t listen. Carol and Willis began estimated on Jamison project. They were having trouble, so Carol suggested they consult Vic. Willis refused, surprised Carol would suggest it. Carol, vaguely aware Willis was using her and would dump her for Alice or Angie, replied she had more to lose and she wouldn't be able to cover overruns on such an enormous project. Willis said they were protected: Vic saw only what they wanted him to through special codes on drawings and he intercepted Vic's mail. Carol asked if Angie or her replacement wouldn’t tell Vic. Willis replied that Angie was on his side. Willis told Carol Angie might not be getting married - Willis had cornered Angie and told her he had never got over her. Angie admitted her deep feelings for him, but insisted she would marry Neil, until Willis kissed her. – Angie had disappeared. Neil asked Willis if he knew anything. Willis made snide remarks about Neil's manhood, considering Neil couldn’t keep track of his girl. They fought, pulled apart by Vic and Carol. Angie was with Clarice. She avoided Neil. Neil confided his problems to Robert, who suggested one solution might be for Neil and Angie to move away after they were married. Neil liked working for Robert. Robert told him he would be opening a branch in Washington to handle the Pendleton project and Neil could have the job. Neil was delighted. He told Ada about it. Ada counseled against forcing Angie. Neil said Willis was wrong for Angie. Ada said he, too, might be wrong for Angie. Ada counseled time and patience. Willis gave Angie a watch, claiming it was from the firm, in appreciation of her work. Convinced Willis loved her, Angie broke her engagement to Neil, who was devastated. She went to Willis' apartment to tell him. As they were kissing, Carol came out of the bedroom. Stricken, Angie fled to Clarice's apartment. Angie told Clarice she kne Willis just wanted to keep her in the office to use her as a buffer between Vic and him. Clarice suggested Angie play his game until she learned for sure. Carol didn’t trust Willis, despite his assurances he only wanted Angie to believe he loved her so she would help him take over the company. Neil told Clarice he was leaving town to forget Angie. He would be in Chadwell to finish the library for Robert and then go to Washington to manage Robert's office there. He gave Clarice his apartment and promised to help her fight Iris, if necessary. As The World Turns Written by: Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer Produced by: Joe Wilmore Joyce Colman continued to improve after Dr. Bob Hughes convinced her that life was worth living if you took it just one day at a time and found something worthwhile in that day. Bob asked Ellen Stewart to visit Joyce at the hospital since she had no friends in Oakdale - Joyce tried to commit suicide by driving over a cliff after the Ellisons were given permanent custody of the son she gave up four years ago. - Ellen hesitated because she knew that Nancy Hughes and Lisa Colman were very much against Joyce because of all the trouble she had caused between Lisa and Grant - Grant and Lisa were then separated because Grant felt he had to help Joyce after her surgery. Lisa warned him that their marriage could not tolerate any more interference from Joyce. - When Ellen did visit her she was surprised to find she offered Joyce a place to convalesce because she couldn’t bear the thought of a sick person recuperating alone in a hotel room. Dick Martin, Joyce's attorney urged her to accept. Ellen told David, her husband, what she had done and hoped that Joyce would turn the invitation down. Joyce was happy that she did accept Ellen's offer when she met her daughter, Dawn. Joyce found that conversation with Dawn was interesting and gave her something other than herself to concentrate on. Dawn was going through her unsure teenage years where she found the advice of a woman older than herself, but younger and more understanding than her mother, just right for each situation. Joyce used several excuses to lure Grant to her bedside, but Grant was immune to Joyce's charms. Dawn was at the romantic age where she felt Grant was pulled to Joyce. Dick Martin had been seeing Lisa since her separation from Grant and told her that he needed to know where he stood. Lisa told him that Grant killed all her feelings for him. Mary Ellison called Grant from Laramie, Wyoming to ask if he would advise Brian if he should need help making the decision to give up his job with the telephone company to manage a ranch. Mary was not sure she wanted to give up the city life, but Brian felt it would be good for Teddy. Several days later Mary called to tell Grant that they were moving to the ranch and she would keep in touch. Later that day Mary called again hysterical because the tractor overturned pinning Brian under it. He was in critical condition. Grant made arrangements to fly to Laramie immediately. Tom Hughes, a lawyer in the Colman law offices, told his mother of the accident. Grant's secretary informed Joyce that Grant was out of town. Joyce called Lisa because she was convinced that Teddy was hurt also. Lisa assured her that no one had lied to her. Grant called Lisa to tell her that Brian had died. Mary had told Teddy, but she was afraid that Teddy could be taken from her. Grant told her that Teddy was legally hers. Friends had been very good to Mary, emotionally as well as materially. Grant helped Mary get all Brian's papers in order after the funeral. There were a few bills, but there was enough money to take care of Mary and Teddy for a couple of months, and by then she hoped to have a job. Grant was flying back to Oakdale, but would be aprised of their status by frequent letters from Mary. Sandy Garrison, manager of the Wade Bookstore, had taken a short-term modeling job in California to help pay off some of the debts incurred by her late husband Norman. In her absence Lisa had taken over, glad for something to fill her time. One day a woman from Kilborne, Pennsylvania recognized Lisa's daughter-in-law Natalie and Lisa overheard her accuse Natalie of being responsible for two tragedies. Natalie told everyone that her first husband, Ralph, died of an overdose of drugs, but Lisa was concerned about the other tragedy. Lisa told Dick Martin the story and asked him to look into it. An investigator found that Ralph Porter committed suicide after finding out that his wife was having an affair with his married brother Luke. Natalie left town immediately. She was concerned that Lisa overheard, but Lisa was very good at covering it up. Lisa had to wait several days for Bob to return from a medical conference before asking his advice. Natalie was so tense that she asked Jay Stallings to meet her because he was the only person who could understand how she got into such a situation. Bob and Lisa decide that Natalie had to be the one to tell Tom before anyone else did. Natalie asked Bob to give her a little time. Natalid tries several times knowing that Tom would hate her and finally picked an evening after dinner to tell him. Tom listened and then asked why she lied about Ralph's death. She could only say that she felt it was right at the time. Tom left the house saying he had to think when he found that the reason she had told the truth was because his parents knew. Tom had a long talk with his father and after Bob explained that he could forgive and forget if he loved her enough, Tom returned home to found that Natalie was gone. Knowing that Jay’s wife, Carol, hads gone to New York for her father's birthday, Natalie went to Jay's apartment. She blamed him for saying everything would work out. Jay said she caused this when she started playing around with the Porter Brothers. Furious at his remark, Natalie started hitting Jay. He threw her purse on the couch when he grabbed her and she ended up in Jay's arms, her lips seeking his. Natalie returned home and found Tom there willing to forgive her. He said that he loved her enough, that the past was behind them and the important thing was that they not keep any secrets from each other. When Natalie looked for the car keys she missed her wallet, remembering that it probably had fallen out at Jay's. Jay called Natalie telling her that she left her wallet on his couch the previous night. Natalie asked him not to call because things had changed since then. Tom picked up the extension when it rang and heard the conversation. Natalie admitted that she went to Jay's apartment because Tom had given her no indication that he was ever coming back. She said she never was happy with Tom and didn’t need him. Tom gave Natalie twenty-four hours to get out of the house. Tom went straight to Jay's office, where he grabbed Jay by the throat and was only brought back to his senses by Jay's secretary, Lori. Tom told him to take Natalie and get out of town, but was informed that there was nothing between Natalie and him because it had always been Luke Porter that she had wanted. Tom said he would ruin Jay's business, but thought better of it when Jay asked Tom if he wanted to do it at Carol's expense. Lisa visited Natalie and got the whole story from her and then asked Bob to meet her, but had to shorten the story, when Tom said they couldn’t tell anyone because Carol would be hurt. Jay returned Natalie’s wallet to find her packing to go to Luke. Jay said he would not tell Carol what happened and Natalie said he would know what it was like to spend his life living a lie hoping that Carol wouldn’t find out. Dr. John Dixon started drinking heavily and blaming everyone else for his problems. A few times his estranged pregnant wife Kim helped him, but decided that this was a ploy for sympathy and she would not fall for it again. She told Grant, her lawyer, that she was positive that she wanted a divorce with no support from John. She didn’t want to feel tied to him, but would ask for financial help if she should need it. John started coming to the hospital drunk late at night. Nurse Pat Holland told Susan Stewart, John's one friend, but he turned on Susan, saying that she was spreading lies about him. Betsy Stewart was able to arrange one meeting between her Uncle Dan and her friend Kim Dixon, but both still believed that the other one ended their relationship. Dr. Dan Stewart had an emergency victim who crashed her plane landing in the fog. Dan admitted Valerie Conway for observation, but she checked herself out several hours later only to be brought back when she passed out. She admitted to vision problems and after tests Dan told her that he wanted to operate on a blood clot. Valerie was a dare-devil, but refused this operation until Dan convinced her that she had already had two errors in judgment. Landing in the fog and leaving the hospital without being released. Valerie agreed. She had mentioned Kim Reynolds and Dan asked if she would like to see Mrs. Kim Reynolds Dixon, but Valerie didn’t. Hearing that Valerie was at the hospital, Kim asked at the nurses' desk and was not surprised that Valerie asked that Kim not be admitted to her room. Kim confided in a puzzled Bob that Valerie Conway was her sister-in-law. She couldn’t explain why Valerie refused to see her because she would have to break a promise to her late husband Jason, Valerie's brother. Valerie ran into Kim, who was at the hospital for her monthly obstetrical checkup, but answered cooly when she was greeted. Kim tried to explain that she was only trying to protect Valerie, even though she resented it. Valerie said that nothing had changed since the last time they spoke at her brother Jason's funeral. Valerie was very good at getting information from others; Susan, Bob and Dan without giving any facts about herself other than that she was here to inspect and sell the Conway farm that she received through her divorce settlement. Dr. Bob Hughes was rather impressed with Valerie Conway and made a date to take her to her property, the old Conway farm, where he used to play as a young boy. Kevin Thompson was so at home with Susan Stewart that he also took Susan's daughter, Emmy, and niece, Betsy, with them to dinner. Susan was surprised to find that Kevin and Valerie know each other. Valerie was surprised that Kevin had stayed in one place this long. Days Of Our Lives Written by: Pat Falken Smith Produced by: Betty Corday Bob Anderson had befriended Adele Hamilton, whom he had discovered was an old high school friend. Bob was unaware that Adele's daughter, Brooke, was his, the result of an idyllic summer spent together after he finished grad school and before he married his ex-wife Phyllis. Adele became an alcoholic, which caused Brooke to invent a fantasy world in order to avoid facing the pain of her mother's condition. Thus, as Adele was an habitual drinker, Brooke was an habitual liar. Brooke had recently learned who her father was, but unlike herself, had kept the secret her mother had also kept all these years. Bob, unaware alcoholics sometimes were irresponsible about necessities when they had money for booze, gave Adele money because she and Brooke had none. Adele spent it on cheap wine and got drunk again, despite her knowledge that she had cirrhosis of the liver and each drink was a nail in her coffin. Brooke took the remaining money and threw it in her half-sister Mary's face, saying the Hamilton women didn’t need the Andersons' charity. Angry that his daughter was thus humiliated, Bob confronted Brooke, who wasted no time explaining the alcoholic facts of life to Bob, humbling him. Mary dropped by to offer her help to Adele. Adele asked forgiveness for Brooke, explaining the awful life Brooke had had as her daughter. Brooke, at wit’s end over her mother's refusal to seek help, went to Paul Grant, a recovered alcoholic. Paul suggested that Brooke go to self-help meetings alone, to help her gain perspective. Brooke and her mother needed money, but Brooke refused to accept a job from Bob Anderson. Bob asked Robert to give Brooke a job, offering to pay her salary. Coincidentally, Doug Williams had just instructed Robert to find a cocktail waitress. Bob promised to take care of Adele. Brooke accepted the waitress job, and tried on her costume, an attractive, but brief, dress. When David saw her at lunch, he was furious. He demanded Brooke find some other work, which she explained she had tried to do. Later, David told Mike Horton he still felt responsible for what happened to Brooke - Brooke aborted David's baby rather than bring it up in a forced, loveless marriage. – Meanwhile, Bob took Adele to lunch. He told her they both suffered from the disease of loneliness and asked her to spend time with him to help ease the hours. Bob blamed Brooke's father for the mess they were in. Adele told him Brooke's father never knew about Brooke. Bob was appreciative of her love for "that man," but told Adele the man didn’t deserve it. Brooke received an advance in her first paycheck so she and her mother could pay the rent and buy groceries. Brooke gave the money to Adele to take care of the bills. Adele returned from the store with groceries — and two bottles of wine. Afraid of Brooke's disappointment, Adele decided to return the wine. She met the landlord at the door. He asked for the rent. She went to her purse to get it. It was gone! In her confusion, Adele knocked the wine over, and it broke on the rug, infuriating the landlord. Brooke returned in the middle of the confusion. Adele insisted the money dropped out of her purse. The landlord, claiming too many complaints from neighbors, asked them to leave soon. Brooke refused to believe Adele lost the money, or that Adele was taking the wine back, hurting Adele. – Brooke became aware that she had lost David to Val. Down on love, Brooke left Adele to go tell Bob she was his daughter, so she would, at least, have money. Adele asked Helen Grant to help her stop Brooke. When Brooke confronted Bob, she was still unable to call him father. Instead, she demanded money, which Bob gave with alacrity. Johnny Collins, former lover of Rebecca North, Doug Williams’ housekeeper, had returned from an art scholarship in Paris, upon hearing Rebecca was pregnant. However, he was suspicious that the baby might not be his, and had made nasty insinuations that Doug was the baby's father, refusing to believe Rebecca's story that the baby was his - Ironically, the baby was Doug's, but it was conceived through artificial insemination when Doug, sure he had lost Julie forever, advertised for a host mother to give his daughter, Hope, a sibling. Doug was unaware that Rebecca was the host mother. Only Rebecca and Neil Curtis knew. Rebecca used the $5000 fee to send Johnny to Paris. - Finally, Johnny realized that he loved Rebecca and gave her an engagement ring. Neil Curtis urged her to tell Johnny the truth about the baby before three lives were ruined, but Rebecca couldn’t face losing Johnny. Finally, she decided it was the only fair thing to do, but just as she started to tell him, Johnny exuberantly told her his love for her and the baby was so great he didn’t care if the baby wasn't his - confident, however, that the baby was his -. Rebecca decided to live with the deception, but was stricken each time Johnny daydreamed about how his kid would look. Susan Peters had reentered therapy with Laura Horton to overcome her frigidity. Susan was nervous and embarrassed because Laura had asked Eric Peters, Susan's boyfriend to see her about Susan - Eric was the brother of Susan's ex-husband, Greg. Susan and Greg had established a warm friendship since their divorce, and it was Greg who finally persuaded Susan to face her frigidity and get help. - Eric confided to Laura that when he returned to Salem from a screenwriting job in California, he thought he was to blame for Susan's and his disastrous attempts at lovemaking. He asked Laura if he was the cause of Susan's problem - Lonely, confused, looking for any sign of affection or caring from anyone, Eric and Susan had met in a park years ago. Susan "came to" after their encouter, sure she had been raped. She conceived her daughter Anne that night and later married Greg. Laura had helped Susan to see the encounter for what it was, and all charges of rape against Eric were dropped. - Laura assured Eric that Susan's problems went much deeper, probably stemming from her first sexual encounter with David Martin and her disastrous marriage to David. Susan later told Laura that David used to insult her sexuality and her womanhood, causing her to doubt herself. Laura explains that David felt trapped and was trying to punish her. Laura thinks Susan could benefit from a sex-therapy clinic. Susan was horrified! She couldn’t understand why Laura would want her to go to one of "those" places and participate in what, to Susan's mind, was nothing more than pornography. Laura assured her she was grossly misinformed. When Laura and Greg suggested Susan take Eric as her partner, Susan walked out. When Susan confided her feelings to Eric, he asked if she was concerned about their problems or about what people would think. He felt they should go. Greg reinforced Laura's idea. He advised Susan to let go of her fear of the sex clinic and just do it, as she owed it to herself and to any future man she might marry. Amanda Howard moved her husband's grave to Salem so she wouldn’t be alone - Amanda had a brain lesion. Fearing it was the same as the one her mother died from, Amanda had refused all treatment or tests, preferring to live without hope than to die as her mother did. To forget her problem and to leave something behind, Amanda was using her inheritance from Jason to build a surgical wing onto the clinic. - Amanda, finding strength and courage in a diary her mother wrote for her, finally agreed to treatment. Tests showed the lesion had grown, requiring Amanda subject herself to angiography for a more precise diagnosis: tumor or slowly leaking aneurism. Her chances during the angiography, a surgical procedure, were 50-50. When Amanda fainted in the hall of the clinic, Greg Peters, who had asked Amanda to marry him, took her home. He told her he had known about her condition all along, despite her wishes nobody knew. Neil Curtis, Amanda's former lover, was left at the clinic in tears. His step-daughter, Mary Anderson, offered her sympathy - Mary distrusted Neil, at first, fearful he was after her mother's money. She took every opportunity to try to convince her mother Neil was still playing around with Amanda, especially when she found him with Amanda when he had told Phyl he was with a terminal patient. Mary had since learned about Amanda's condition, and realized Neil and Amanda only shared a deep friendship. - Mary offered to cover for Neil, if he wanted to spend the evening with Amanda. Amanda sent Neil away, saying she wanted to be alone. Neil went to Doug's Place and sent Julie to Amanda. He sad with glamorously attired Maggie Hansen. Phyl and Mary arrived. Phyl was overwhelmed with jealousy. She felt betrayed, that Mary was right about Neil all along. She created a scene and Neil walked, after telling Phyl to grow up. He headed back to Amanda's, where he met Julie, who told him Amanda needed to be with a man who loved her. Phyl insulted Maggie, who was saved by Julie. Phyllis started searching for Neil, against Mary's advice. Phyl knew Neil was with Amanda. The following morning, Phyl went to Don Craig and asked him to file for a divorce. Don urged Phyl to take a trip and think it over. Mary told Phyl that Neil spent the night with a patient, "a patient who's facing exploratory surgery that could kill her." When Phyl realized the implication of all this, she was horrified at the fool she had made of herself. She decided to take Don's advice, leaving Neil a note that suggested they talk when she returned. Mary was proud that Phyl could be so generous—to give Neil and Amanda this time together. When Don told Neil about Phyl's visit, Neil was unmoved. Amanda got Bill Horton to promise that if they found a brain tumor, they wouldn’t operate right away. She wanted a week. When Amanda found out about Phyl was leaving, she was moved by Phyl's generosity. Amanda then asked Neil to leave, saying she didn’t trust herself. Neil put her to bed and promised never to leave her. Amanda arrived at the hospital. Julie urged her to take and use the time Phyllis had given Neil and her. Everyone was delighted when James Stanhope, the man Trish Clayton's mother, Jeri named as Trish's father, arrived in Salem. Stanhope and Trish went to her apart-ment to talk. He said he didn’t know who she was and denied he was her father. He explained that he wouldn’t have his life ruined by a blackmailer. Trish was incredulous. She told him she just wanted him as her father. Stanhope told her that was impossible. Trish, beaten, asked if he realized he was making her mother a tramp. He asked her to sign a non-binding document that denied his paternity, leaving it with her. Trish showed it to Don, who explained it was worthless. Trish was bitter - Despite his protestations that he never knew Jeri Thompson Clayton, Stanhope remembered her. He didn't believe her when she told him she was pregnant. - Don visited Stanhope. He told him he was destroying Trish by convincing her her mom slept around so much she didn't know who got her pregnant. Jack Clayton, Trish’s boozing, musician step-father, returned from a gig, broke. Trish gave him money, because after all, he was all she had got for family, since her mom disappeared. Julie persuaded Stanhope to say goodbye to Trish. Humbled by Don and Julie, he tore up the document, and told Trish he misjudged her. Seeking someone to be close to, Trish visited Mike Horton in the hospital. She explained how nice it would be to have him around the apartment again. Mike, absorbed by his own dreams of being with his father, Mickey Horton, again, told Trish he and his dad would probably go back to the farm in Brookville. Trish then had no one. Trish opened her act at Doug's Place that night with the song she and her mother used to sing. Jeri returned! Trish asked why her mom told her about Stanhope, not letting Jeri know she found and was rejected by him. Jeri replied that she was afraid — Stanhope might not want them and she didn't want to interfere in his life. Jeri asked Trish's forgiveness for walking out on her and gave her an expensive brooch. Later, Jeri told Julie she had to leave because she couldn't face the disillusionment in Trish's eyes when Trish learned of her illegitimacy. Jeri told big stories about the singing engagements she had had while away, but confided to Doug it was a mess of one-night stands and second and third billing. She was broke. Julie assured Trish that Jeri came home because she loved her daughter. Trish was skeptical. Neither would level with the other. Trish finally forced Jeri to tell her the truth about the year Jeri was gone. Julie Anderson, awaiting her divorce from Bob, was still trying hard to stand on her own, without help from anyone. Doug told her nobody was that strong. Julie was determined to be more than someone who turned men on. Doug told her he wanted to make love to her. She refused — divorce not final. Julie was worried about hurting Doug and Hope and about being a three-time loser at marriage. Later, Julie slipped from a ladder while helping Doug redecorate, and ended up in his arms. He kissed her passionately and she responded enthusiastically. But she pulled away, refusing to be rushed. She said men had always treated her like a sex-object and she was not going to jump into bed with just any man. Doug invited her to spend the night, but she couldn’t with Hope in the next room. Hurt, Doug retorted that it didn't bother her when David was a baby. Julie slapped him. After Don took her home, Julie called and apologized. The following day, they ended up at her apartment, but she still refused him. Later, Doug agreed not to pressure her until her divorce was final. After a glamorous evening with Maggie at Doug's Place, Julie let Don take her home, afraid of Doug. Doug went by later. Julie told him she didn’t feel she was wife material. He said he never heard any complaints. She threw herself into his arms and said it felt so good to have him there. Doug told her he could hold her without taking her to bed, if that was what she needed. Don called about business. When Doug answered the phone, Don was furious. He went to Julie's apartment, arriving after Doug had left, and told her never to do that to him again. Julie told him it was none of his business, when he asked if she and Doug made love. He kissed her roughly, saying it was so she would know what she was missing. Julie, at Phyllis’ request, went to the Boutique to retrieve the portrait she painted of Amanda, which Phyl had been unsuccessful in selling. As Julie arrived, Sharon Duval, one of Salem's social elite, wass trying to buy the portrait, for half price. After meeting Julie, Sharon paid the full price and commissioned Julie to do her portrait. Sharon liked Julie and her work. Julie’s divorce became final. She got the news from Bob. They parted in great sadness and as friends. Julie's son, David, took her to Doug's to cheer her up. She accepted Doug's offer to take her home. Julie and Doug were interrupted by a call from Rebecca. Hope was hysterical. Julie tried to explain Hope didn’t really need him, but Doug left. Hope was asleep when he got home. Doug commented that Julie was trying to tell him "you can't let your children run your life." Julie refused to answer her phone. David was upset when his "buddy" Valerie Grant arrived with intern Jerry Davis - David had been living with the Grants since a horrendous argument he had with Julie in which he condemned her morals and her mothering. The Grants, a close-knit black family, had shown David what love and caring were about. - Doug and Julie sensed vibes between David and Valerie, that the kids were unaware of. During an argument at home, David came close to kissing Val. Paul interrupted. He was then aware that there was more than friendship between the two. Mickey Horton was in Bayview Sanitarium, committed involuntarily after trying to kill his brother Bill when Mickey found out Bill, not he, was Mike Horton's father. In an extraordinary move, Laura Horton had been given per-mission to treat Mickey, her ex-husband. Mickey was pushing his lawyer, Alan Quinn, to get a write of habeas corpus. If Dr. Powell, Sanitarium director and Tom Horton didn’t reply, they would be guilty of a misdemeanor. Don Craig pleaded with Powell not to let Mickey out for the sake of the Horton family. Mickey did appear to be improving. Meanwhile, not reassured about Mickey's condition or the reasons for his commitment, Mike felt Laura was not the proper psychiatrist. Mike even began to think Mickey was dead. Mike tried to get out of his hospital bed - Mike's chest was crushed when a loaded hay wagon fell on him.- Bill asked his mother Alice Horton to see Mickey and convince him to contact Mike. While at the sanitarium, Alice received word that Mik had got out of bed, fallen, and incurred his third concussion. Alice stunned Mickey into remembering her. Alice convinced Mickey to go to Mike, even though Mickey knew Mike wasn't his son. Alice told him he was the only father Mike had ever known. Reluctantly, Powell allowed Mickey to go to Mike. Mickey sat at his bedside all night, holding Mike's hand. He was taken away only after Mike saw him and was reassured. Bill Horton was having trouble with the arm where Mickey wounded him, suffering occasional numbness in his hand. His father and brother Tommy were concerned about possible damage to the radial nerve. Back at the sanitarium, Mickey had given a new room without surveillance apparatus and was allowed to roam the halls and use the day-room. Mickey met Barbara Randolph, who also maintained she had lost her son, although her son was alive. Mickey maintained he had no son. Bill wanted to tell Mike the truth, that he was his father. Tom agreed it was time, but felt Mickey might need Mike's love to come back. Tom went to see Mickey about whether it was all right to tell Mike. Mickey said O.K.: "I have no son." Tom explained that fathering was more than procreation; it was teaching values, loving, caring. Mickey maintained his son was dead to him. Tom felt sorry for him, saying, "A wife and children —what else does a man have?" Bill wanted to hear it from Mickey. Meanwhile, Mickey wrote two letters to Mike. In one, he coldly told Mike he was not his father. In the other, he told Mike how good it felt to have a son. Mickey discarded both letters. Bill arrived, and Mickey told him to go ahead and tell Mike the truth: he didn’t care. Bill replied that the news would hurt Mike and Mike would never accept him as anything more than a step-father. Mickey told Bill he had learned he hated Bill's guts, but he no longer wanted to kill him. Mickey left. Bill found the letters and knew Mickey cared. Mickey still thought Laura, not Maggie, was his wife. Deciding Mickey needed a son as much as Mike needed a father, Bill and Laura decided not to tell Mike Bill was his father. Mickey told Powell he wouldn’t let them take his son, because a man couldn’t live with nothing. Powell told Tom that Laura had to be removed from the case - Mickey might turn on her and she was losing objectivity. Bill gave Mike Mickey's second letter. Mike told Bill that as long as his real father was alive, Bill could never be more than "Uncle Bill." Maggie had admitted Janice, an orphan she hoped she and Mickey would adopt someday, to the hospital. Janice couldn’t walk, claiming paralysis. Extensive tests, however, couldn’t find anything wrong. Bill and Greg were puzzled about the lack of consistency in Janice's responses to tactile tests. Maggie moved in with the Hortons. She was trying to make herself into a "proper" wife for Mickey. He rejected her, wanting Laura as his wife. The Doctors Written by: Margaret DePriest Produced by: Jeff Young At dinner at Matt and Maggie Powers' house, Mike told his father that he had been measured up against some kind of super human standard. Wound up, Mike went on to say "You can't judge me. I'm out of your house. As it happens I'm getting out of your profession." - After having been fired by Matt from his position on the staff of Hope Memorial hospital, Mike had decided to pursue a career in Police laboratory work. - Stunned, Matt replied "Mike that's a high price to pay for revenge." He accused Mike of wanting to hold him up to public ridicule. Matt reminded his son that he abandoned his family and Mike answered, “I came back. Don't hand me the same routine as when I was a 16 year old kid." Maggie tried to cool them off but Matt told her: "We started—we might as well finish." To Mike he said: Agreed?" Mike replied: "Agreed. This might be our last chance." As they continued, Maggie frightened warned: "You're both getting in so deep that you're not gonna be able to climb out of this." Mike relentless, said they could agree on one thing at last. That they "tear each other apart when we're together" and they "don't know how to stop it." But, Matt told him, "I've loved you every day of your life." At Mike's cry of "Don't!", Matt asked: "Can't I say that to you? Isn't that all right? It's true." Mike answered, "I know it's true — I love you, Dad and I'm really sorry." To Maggie he said, "Tell Toni - who was not in the room through this - to meet me in the car." Alone with Maggie, Matt asked her if she thought Mike meant it. He told her he sounded sure and Maggie replied that Mike always did. When Maggie remarked that Matt was rubbing his arm and asked if it pained him, he said his "arm's just old — like my mind is old." He told Maggie he felt like he did when Mike's ship blew up and they thought he was dead: "Inside me it's like he died — something did." Maggie, I've lost my son," Matt said and doubled over with pains in his chest and his left arm. Maggie called the Trauma Unit. Later, on the phone to Mike, Maggie told him that Matt was O.K.; that it wasn't a heart attack - At her first call, Mike insisted that he was coming to the hospital, but Maggie told him firmly, "Don't come over. I'm running the show now." - When Maggie told Mike she thought the attack was due to stress Mike said: "You must hate my guts for what happened tonight" and Maggie answered, No, I don't but I'm gonna tell you something. It's never gonna happen again 'cause you two guys are gonna have to get past me." Mona Croft, who had instructed her lawyer Scott Conrad to begin divorce proceedings against her husband Winston, because "My husband tried to come between me and my family. No one comes between me and my family" received a call from Ann Larimer. Ann told Mona that Carolee Aldrich's cousin M.J. was in Steve's office on behalf of Carolee's family who were all worried about Carolee's disappearance. She told Mona to call Steve - Mona's son - home and break up the meeting. Mona obliged and Ann told Steve that Mona was having trouble with the preparations for his son Erich's birthday party. Steve left forestalling M.J.'s proposal that if he couldn’t do something about finding Carolee, maybe the family should - Carolee Aldrich had disappeared after finding her husband Dr. Steve Aldrich and Dr. Ann Larimer together. Steve and Ann's deception was the final humiliation for Carolee, coming after a long period of unhappiness and misfortune for the Aldrich family including a custody battle and the kidnapping of Steve & Carolee's son Erich. Carolee had sent a tape asking Steve not to look for her but promising to return and make a home for the children, "when I can". – At his party, Erich asked his older brother Billy if he could call the airport so they would know when the planes from New York were landing - Erich had convinced himself that Carolee would return in time for his birthday. - When a marvelous young entertainer after the fashion of a pied piper arrived to delight the children with magic, music and patter - and balloons! - Erich asked if Stacy sent him and then if his Mother did. The young man said that he was sent by a "friend" and that he made a promise not to tell. But although Mona and Steve tried to quiet him, Erich was dogged and Billy seeing that he was upset persuaded the young man who agreed that he would do anything to get the little boy laughing and said that he was sent by Ann Larimer. Billy told the entertainer that he was sorry, "You were real good; but the party's over." He turned on Mona when he picked up her implication that "Mom didn't give a present and Ann did." He shouted that Ann was "trying to get into this house any way she can and I'm sick of it." When Billy confronted Ann at her office, Ann asked him to listen to her as he had had his say and said that it was partly her fault that his mother left, but that Carolee had been gone a long time and not a further word. "A person doesn't just vanish unless she wants to." She said that she didn't mean to be unkind any more than Billy did when he sent the clown away. "We are all unkind to one another, that's why we shouldn't judge each other so harshly." Billy exploded at that saying: "This is where I get off. You make me sick. I'm watching you so I can get you out of our lives." Ann asked: "Is that a threat?" and Billy replied, "Yeah, it's a threat." Later, Billy came home to find Ann there. Mona gave her a book that Steve was working on. "Carolee," she said, "wasn't interested; take it home and read it." Billy said, "Never give up, do you? You guys are in it together." Mona insisted that Ann was one of her friends and she was just trying to be fair to everyone. Billy said, "O.K. I'm leaving but something's gotta give around here." After Billy's exit, Ann said: "I want Steve, Mona and I'm not going to let him go no matter what." Mona replied that she hoped that wass still possible. Ann, saying: "leave it to me," thanked Mona for the book and went. After trying without success to persuade Jerry Dancy to steal a Chemistry Exam for her, Penny Davis made the attempt herself and was caught. Nick Bellini went to Penny after she had asked Althea in the hospital to intercede for her with the board which ordered her suspension and was turned down, and told her that she was asking her mother to sacrifice her integrity just because Penny threw hers away. He told her that first of all he wouldd like for her to be "a little bit ashamed for what she did." When Penny talked to Jerry Dancy about wanting to transfer and asking Althea for a loan, Jerry told Penny not to hassle her mother; "Lying in a hospital bed she's got nothing to do but worry — Don't you ever think about anyone else for a change?" Though Penny did ask Althea for the money she later told Jerry that she felt so sleazy — that she wouldn't even admit what she did was wrong. - Penny characterized the theft variously as "dumb" and "stupid." - After Jerry took Penny to the hospital with a high fever he was unable to take her home as he promised, because his mother had arrived by bus from the airport to see her "Joanie." Mrs. Dancey who worked as a maid for a couple named Peterson, had left her job in the middle of the night without notice and flown home the minute she saw the stories about the Peterson Case in the newspapers. Eleanor Conrad, on a visit to the hospital, told Althea Davis that her daughter Wendy didn’t seem to have any feeling for her at all beyond doing her duty. - Eleanor was a recovered mental patient, hospitalized for fifteen years following a post-partum depression, which led to a psychotic break from reality. Her behavior was a mixture of sweetness and gratitude alternating with anger and chaotic destruction, often directed toward her daughter. Eleanor was not aware that Althea and her husband Scott Conrad had been lovers. - Of her husband's wariness toward her although he had told her that he loved her, Eleanor said: "When I was ill, I just blocked it — I didn't want to think it. Why wouldn't Scott have another woman, or even possibly several women." Althea said, "I don't believe that thinking about his past can help you now. I don't know what to do." Althea got upset and refered tearfully to people "thinking I have all the answers." After talking with Penny Davis, Wendy tried to assure her mother that she would help her. She prepared dinner. She told her, when Eleanor remarked that they were like a houseful of related strangers living under one roof, that: "At this point I can probably handle things better than you or Dad" and that she wanted to do everything she could to help them both. Later, when she told her father that he might not realize that he was drinking more than usual, Scott told her, "If I'm doing it, Baby, believe me I realize it." Billy Aldrich went to Greta Powers' house to tell her that he was afraid that he had gone too far by telling off Mona and Steve, that he, "may have pushed them so far that they're gonna push me right out of the family." He told Greta that because he was not adopted, but a foster child, "any time they want to get rid of me they can just say so." Stacy Wells asked Rico Bellini to marry her, telling him that she could change, but he answered, "Maybe, but don't call me till then." He told her not to hang around the hospital or call him there adding: "I don't want to see you anywhere!" - Stacey and Rico were in love, but her refusal to follow through on counselling for serious emotional problems had decided Rico to break off with her. – When Stacy told her uncle, Steve Aldrich, that she was quitting college, he told her that her desire to just drift was wrong; that she was, "gonna live a long time, one way or another." Jerry Dancy told Penny Davis he was looking for a job as a law clerk and intended to ask Matt Powers for a character reference. Jerry insisted that Matt was smart enough to know "that just because I don't do things by his standards doesn't mean I'm a worthless bum." The Edge Of Night Written by: Henry Slesar Produced by: Erwin Nicholson Recent testimonies in Serena's trial had proved beneficial to her innocence. The court had received abundant evidence that the person of "Josie" was separate from the person of Serena, and therefore, Josie committed the murder of Mark Faraday completely unknown and uninvolved from Serena. However, suspicious were arising among the people directly involved with Serena — suspicions that Josie was again coming to the surface. Nancy Karr, the guardian of Timmy, had told her husband Mike and his law partner Adam Drake, Serena's lawyer, of several recent incidents where Josie had emerged. Timmy had confided to her of Serena laughing as Josie once did, and she called him "kid," a title only Josie used. Also, Serena called Nancy to her hotel room demanding she bring Tim. Nancy went, alone, and was faced by Serena - who had her hair hidden in a towel, explaining she had cut it -. Serena grabbed a pair of scissors, repeating the threat Josie had made on Nancy with a file, and brashly said "the only mistake Josie made was that she didn't use the file." - This was brought on by Serena's fear that Nancy was stealing Tim from her. – Adam Drake visited Serena who purposely missed a trial session. He mentally tested her changes in personality and advised her to take extensive therapy upon the trial completion. This triggered Josie, she replied "I'm not sick — I'm Josie. Mark I've got something for you — it's a message from your sister .. . BANG!" She continued as Josie, "Don't you see my darling Adam, Serena is gone and has been since the custody trial, I killed her just as sure as I killed Mark!" With the knowledge that Josie was seeping into the subconscious mind of Serena, Adam called Serena to the stand. Serena carefully explained her blackouts and admitted they were the cause of her marital rift with Mark. She remained calm and in control until Adam harassed her about being Josie. He asked who she really was — she refused to answer. "Why is your hair still long, you told Nancy you cut if?" Adam demanded. At that exact moment, Adam whiped off the Serena blonde wig and exposed Josie's short, black hair. Josie/Serena screamed hysterically. Adam told Josie she became Serena because she knew they - the jury - wouldn't send an innocent person to jail. Tranquil, Josie confessed all to Adam. She admitted she took Gerald Kincaid's - underground mobster leader she was involved with - gun and shot Mark with it, an easy target. She said everyone lived in prison, and Serena lived in prison, her ma is her jailer. Her pa is a lunatic. He beat her and burned her with cigarettes. Josie would inhabit Serena's body and protect Serena because she wouldn't defend herself. “Mark wanted to hurt me” - by taking custody of Timmy -. Adam said this was Josie's plan for Mark. Josie would shoot him and wake up as the innocent Serena. Josie replied she was an actress, and she fooled everyone. Adam told her she was not acting then — where is Serena? Josie answered, "in hell I hope, it's all her fault we got beaten and burned by my father." Adam asked if she blamed Serena because she couldn't stop her father. She replied that she – Josie - had to fight, no one would ever hurt her again. The trial ceased. It was unanimous, Josie/Serena was guilty of murder by insanity. In the judge’s chambers, Josie, shaking beyond control from this extreme emotional release, commented, "Funny, Mark is dead. Serena is dead, and they won't charge me with murder." As she said, the actress Josie took over once again disguised as Serena. She visited Timmy under the watchful guard of Adam. She told Timmy that she was going to a hospital because she was sick and that was why she killed his dad. With Tim out of the room, Josie pulled off her Serena wig and turned to Nancy Karr. "Watch the kid, he's a nice brat, if you like kids." She exited the house leaving the sick atmosphere of Josie lingering in the air. Nicole Drake was becoming more upset and depressed over the fact that Brandy Henderson was wearing the engagement ring Adam had given her - Adam assumed his wife dead after an explosion on their honeymoon yacht trip and had since become involved with and engaged to Brandy. Upon her return, Nicole filed for divorce out of fairness to Adam to enable him to choose the woman he wants and loves on even grounds. – Brandy went to Adam's barn uninvited, but had since shown regret for her attempts to win Adam's affections, as he refused her advances. Further aggravating Nicole, Brandy admitted to her that it was her idea, not Adam’s, to go to the barn, but when Nicole questioned if she stayed over night, Brandy ignored the question. A mystery had developed around Nicole's life. First a stranger had followed her - unknown to Nicole - and frequented the New Moon Restaurant where she worked as hostess. When questioned by Police Lt. Chandler - on owner Johnny Dallas's request -, he walked out immediately. He then showed up at the Whitney mansion where Nicole was living, and questioned John the butler about Nicole. John gave this stranger no information. Secondly, Nicole had experienced the same nightmare several times. She dreamed of a black islander in a jungle surrounding facing her, and laughing continuously. As she explained to Dr. Jordan - her doctor from Paris - there was no malice in this man's face but he was holding a machete. She thought perhaps it was a subconscious symbol signifying her ties with Adam being severed. The third enigma occured when Nicole felt sham pain in her hand exactly when she was talking to Tiffany about the loss of her wedding rings. She laughed if off as voodoo. It occured again several times including when Adam visited her and upset her over his refusal to accept her divorce petition. Dr. Lacey witnessed Nicole's pain attack. In discussion with Dr. Lacey, she learned that this physical torment could be a result of her overwhelming guilt because the yacht explosion - meant to kill Adam - was her fault due to her father's underworld connections. Curiosity compelled Lt. Chandler to search for a mug shot of the stranger following Nicole. He was identified as a small time hood by the name of Joe Randy. Just hours later, Bill Barceau was called to the morgue and identified the suspected, gangland-murder victim as Joe Randy! Since Geraldine Whitney’s complete explanation and Tracy Micelli's subsequent acquittal from the murder attempt on Geraldine's life, her marriage to Danny had faltered. This was due to the mistrust Danny had built up because of Tracy's sordid past being exposed. Once he realized she was sincerely trying to "be straight" in her life and marriage to him, he forgave her and they made up affectionately. She began her new job as waitress at the New Moon, the restaurant co-owned by Danny and her brother Johnny Dallas. Geraldine was recovering from her accident very well, but couldn’t help her concern for her daughter-in-law Tiffany Whitney Douglas. Tiffany was depressed since the separation from her husband Noel - he was the attempted murderer of Geraldine -, and forced herself to make an appointment with divorce lawyer, Warren Hubbell. At his office, alone, Tiffany awaited his return. When Warren returned, he saw Tiffany had supposed left. She was found several hours later dead apparently from falling out of Warren Hubbell's tenth floor office window. Geraldine was notified by Police Chief Bill Marceau of Tiffany's death, and took the news very badly, as Tiffany was the only family she had left and loved her as if she were her own daughter. Suspicion had been aroused as to whether Tiffany's death was accidental, suicidal or perhaps murderous, Noel Douglas being the chief suspect. The police began an investigation to find the precise location of Noel when Tiffany went through the window. Noel was cleared, however, when it was found he had been registered in a hotel for one week in Vancouver, Canada. General Hospital Written by: Robert & Eileen Mason Pollock Produced by: Tom Donovan After having custody of her daughter Laura for nearly two months, Dr. Lesley Faulkner had made the difficult decision to return Laura to the Vinings, the parents Laura had known and loved since birth. Lesley was forced to return Laura despite her fight to gain permanent custody because Laura became extremely ill as she was not emotionally able to cope with the choosing of one mother over another. - When Lesley gave birth to her daughter thirteen years ago, she was told that her daughter was stillborn, and the baby was presented to Barbara Vining who with her husband Jason, raised Laura from infancy, with only the knowledge that Laura was their natural child. Recently, Lesley came to find out that Laura was alive and was the child she gave birth to. Lesley pursued Laura's custody, and for two months Laura lived with Lesley and Cameron Faulkner. At the end of this period, Laura herself was to make the decision which parents she would continue to be raised by. – Upon her return, Laura seemed ecstatic to be home. However, within a few days she had an asthmatic attack, and Barbara called Lesley to help her daughter. Once calmed down, Laura confessed that she concealed her true feelings towards Lesley because of Cam's prewarning to not hurt Lesley by admitting her love for her, and had felt guilty about it ever since. Lesley assured Laura she understood and Laura was not to worry about it anymore. Barbara commended Lesley for her strength in giving up Laura and suggested that Lesley see Laura on a regular basis for the benefit of both of them. In the meantime, Cam had surprised Lesley with a new penthouse residence at the Top of the Towers and a planned vacation in Europe. All this was to help her heal from her sorrow in giving up Laura. Unknown to Cam who was in New York on business, Lesley hads agreed to see Laura regularly and had offered to pay for her complete education. Cam’s expectations of his future with Lesley were temporarily shattered when he returned home to learn of Lesley's renewed visits with Laura, who once again had taken first priority in Lesley's life. Cam had planned a large business merger celebration in Hong Kong on May 5, with Lesley as his guest of honor. She asked him to change the date as that was the day that Laura played the lead in her school play and Lesley promised she would be there. Cam refused to change his plans, they had a heated argument and he left for New York in anger. After talking to her friend Terri Arnett about this, Terri made Lesley see the light and realize that her husband and his interests should come first. Lesley called Cam in New York - who was sharing a hotel room with his secretary, unknown to Lesley -, to apologize, and told him she would tell Laura that she couldn’t be at the play. Drs. Jeff and Monica Webber had been accepted for the "Mr. and Mrs. Intern Team" post at General Hospital. Dr. Steve Hardy, recently made Chief-of-Staff welcomed them to the staff. He expressed his enthusiasm to them both, but could see resentment in Jeff's face whenever Jeff's brother Dr. Rick Webber was praised in the conversation. - Rick was an excellent resident at General, however, he was reported killed in a plane crash while on a medical project in Africa. At that time, he was in love with Monica. Since his reported death, Jeff and Monica were married. Unknown to everyone, Rick was alive and had been held prisoner for ten months under the suspicion he was a spy. His plane crashed two miles from the secret staging area of the revolutionaries. – Steve reassured Jeff that he was hired on his own medical credentials and not because he was the younger brother of an excellent doctor. With that hangup solved, Jeff began to accuse the resident superintendent, Dr. Rex Pearson, of making passes at Monica and of her accepting them - which she had not -. This disagreement had caused Monica to ignore Jeff for over a week. Rex was still needling Jeff about his recent medical error in prescribing penicillin to a patient. Jeff defended himself rightfully, but when Rex continued on and on and made a catty remark about Monica, Jeff, pushed to his limit knocked Rex down with a punch in the hospital corridors. Audrey Hobard, RN, had recovered physically from her recent suicide attempt - She took an overdose of sleeping pills immediately after her third husband Jim left her and accused her of trying to castrate all three of her husbands. - Emotionally, however, Audrey still remained in a deep depression. Steve Hardy tried to snap her out of this by ordering her to return to work, but Audrey felt all the staff knew what she had done and felt too humiliated to face them. Her first day back to work and attempt to adjust to everyday life was ruined when a patient Audrey treated for a slashed wrist blurted out how her husband left her and all she wanted to do was end it all. Audrey, reminded of her own suicide attempt, broke down and the patient grabbed a pair of scissors and threatened to kill herself once again. Steve came in and prevented the accident from occurring. Realizing she truly couldn’t cope with a nurse's responsibilities, Audrey told Steve she needed and would take a leave of absence. When Tommy, Audrey’s son, returned from school, she told him of her separation with his step-father, Jim, and she would be going out of town by herself. Tommy, unstable because he had known no real father, cried to Audrey "you got rid of my dad, now you're trying to get rid of me." She scolded him and he ran away while she was at the store. His was later found at Steve's office. Steve consoled a panicked Audrey and offered the job as supervisor of nurses. Steve refused to take Jessie Brewer's advice and confess his love for Audrey, fearing she would reject him, mistaking his love for pity, ruining any further chance of getting her back. Dr. Peter Taylor’s former psychiatric patient, Pat Lambert had taken on a complete change in personality since she had realized there was an opportunity to deliberately destroy his happy marriage to Diana. Once bitter and resentful, she then appeared cheerful to all. She used Diana’s sister, Beth, as her decoy. Beth was perfect bait since she had just suffered from a jilted love affair and her attitude towards all men was total mistrust. Her plan began as Beth agreed to sit for Pat who was a talented artist and sculpturer. Beth was already suspicious of Pat's interest in Peter because she walked into Peter's office only to see him in close contact and laughing with Pat. She immediately reports this to Diana who brushed it off because of her complete trust in her marital relationship with Peter. Proceeding with her plan of attack, Pat secretly stole Peter's gold penknife from his office desk — a sentimental anniversary gift from Diana. She then set up Beth who was at her studio for a sculpture sitting. Sending Beth to her desk, Beth saw Peter's initialed penknife and just as Pat predicted, she rushes off with Pat knowing Beth would relay to Diana the suspicious story of the missing penknife. Diana hearing all of this had her concrete trust in Peter shaken, but refused to admit it to Beth. Diana found a reason to borrow the knife and Peter had to confess he had "lost" it which ignited Diana's anger and completely baffled Peter because of her drastic reaction. Pat, then assured she had stirred up ill feelings in Diana's marriage, returned the knife to Peter's office, unknown to him. She dropped it on the floor while his back was turned and in the same moment picked it up and announced she had found it. When Peter presented the "found" knife to Diana, she was ecstatic and loving to him once again, until he told her it was Pat's findings. This news immediately upset Diana and she was again cold to Peter —thoroughly confusing and angering him. After Diana’s explanation of her anger about the knife being seen at Pat's studio, Peter confronted Pat about the knife. He asked if she "borrowed" it since Beth claimed she saw it in her studio. He was playing right into Pat's hands as she bought an identical knife and had the initials "PT" engraved on it. She had her answer all ready for Peter, as planned. She told him it was a knife she had for a special friend, Peter Talbot, and instead of using it for opening her paint tubes, she hysterically announced she should cut her throat with it and ran out of his office. Peter reacted again according to plan and relayed this story to Diana, belittling her for her lack of trust in his faithfulness to her. As she began to apologize for her foolishness, Pat called him and acted out a sad hysterical threat that she was going to end it all. Peter ignored Diana and rushed to be at Pat's side ... causing more aggravation to Diana. The grand opening night of "Terri's Place" - new nightclub in Port Charles owned by Terri Arnett, financed by Cameron Faulkner - was filled with great sentiments for all who attended. Diana met Pat Lambert in the powder room. Diana, already distressed with Pat's invasion on her marriage, could no longer cope with the situation when Pat told her she had returned as Peter's patient. She tearfully told Peter she was going home, Peter did not let her leave without him. Cam came to the opening direct from New York, elated with Lesley's decision. He presented her with a diamond bracelet to celebrate their happiness and was again dejected when Lesley told him she couldn’t break Laura's heart and would remain in town to attend Laura's play. The greatest event occurred when Terri received a telegram from Africa — her brother Rick Webber was alive! Guiding Light Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson Produced by: Allen M. Potter With Rita Stapleton’s guidance, Dr. Ed Bauer had emotionally accepted the fact that he would never be able to practice neurosurgery again - Due to a shooting accident, Ed's arm became paralyzed and a neuroma operation was unsuccessfully attempted to recover the use of his arm. Ed became very desolate after this shock as neurosurgery was his life's ambition. - He continued to see Rita on a platonic basis and a warm friendship develops. Ed calmly accepted the news that his estranged wife Holly had begun preliminary divorce proceedings. - Ed and Holly separated when Holly confessed that Roger Thorpe was the father of her infant daughter Christina—not Ed as he had believed from the day of her conception. – Rita had refused a date with young re-sident Dr. Tim Ryan, only to make spontaneous plans to make dinner in her apartment for Ed Bauer that same night. Dr. Steve Jackson informed Tim he was the number one choice as chief resident at Cedar's Hospital. Tim rushed to Rita's apartment to share his good news only to find her not alone but entertaining Ed for dinner. As Ed was leaving for a neurology seminar the following day, Rita loaned him an Indian arrowhead, a good luck charm of hers. Tim later apologied to Rita for showing up unexpectantly and confessed his love for her. Despite her attempts to discourage him, he proposed marriage to her, but she politely refused and suggested to keep from further hurting him, they stop seeing each other. This rejection had deeply hurt Tim and affected his efficiency in surgery. This forced Steve to warn him if he didn’t improve, he would lose his chance as chief resident. Barbara Thorpe had been thoroughly tested for the cause of the excruitiating migraine headaches she had recently experienced. Dr. Sara McIntyre told Barbara's husband Adam that Barbara's headaches were psychogenic. She recommended psychiatric treatment, but Barbara firmly refused. To help her overcome her depression, Adam surprised Barbara by inviting Barbara's daughter Holly for a visit on their anniversary. - Holly moved to Santa Monica recently to begin a life of her own with her infant daughter Christina - Barbara knew of Christina being Roger Thorpe's child and not Ed Bauer's, and this fact was the true cause of Barbara's illness. – Adam’s persisten questions to get the reasons behind Barbara's headaches and very irritable personality had finally compelled Barbara to tell him that Roger, his son, was the natural father of Holly's daughter. In telling Adam this, she had broken her promise of silence to Holly. For this reason, she couldn’t and wouldn’t allow Roger or his bride Peggy to enter her house. This news had completely overwhelmed Adam, but he still remained confused about Barbara's extreme emotional upset to this. He became distant to Holly and she tried to explain it was not only Roger's mistake, but hers also and he shouldn't blame Roger. Roger and Peggy had returned from their European honeymoon. Their excitement was short-lived upon hearing of Barbara's illness. Roger went to see his father and when confronted that he knew the truth about Roger and Holly and their child, Roger could only admit the truth and said he was so sorry for the damage his one night of weakness had caused to all involved. Adam couldn’t forgive Roger for his dishonesty and carelessness, and ordered Roger to get out! In another meeting with his father, Roger told him he was a changed man and hoped his father would, in time, understand and forgive him. Roger told him that he loved him and didn’t want to lose him. Still deeply upset by Roger's actions and all the people he had hurt, Adam couldn’t bring himself to give Roger the forgiveness he so desperately needed. Roger confided in Peggy, his sorrow in upsetting so many lives and suggested they leave Springfield. She did not want to leave. When Barbara asked Adam what he and Roger had to say to each other, he commented to her how she had put all the blame on Roger and had not considered Holly's guilt in the matter. He appalled Barbara by saying, "I can accept the truth, why can't you?" Attorney Mike Bauer was continuing to track down the whereabouts of his client Ann Jeffers’ son, despite the constant friction from his wife Leslie. The search for Ann's young son Jimmy and husband Spence had taken Mike to Alaska, which Leslie resented very much. Ann realized Leslie did not enjoy her husband's absence and expressed her regret for causing him to be away. She also told Leslie what a lucky woman Leslie was to be married to such a special man. Leslie apologized to Mike for her resentment but admitted to Dr. Joe Werner that she feared Mike was unconsciously becoming involved with Ann. Mike received a lead that Spence Jeffers could be in Redding, California. He went to Redding to find him and located a man by the name of Clint Pearson who was newly married, but whom Mike had assumed was Spence. This man denied knowing of or being Spence, but warned Mike with a subtle threat to stop his investigation. Extremely disappointed in Mike's news, Ann insisted on going to Redding alone to make a positive identification of Clint Pearson. -Mike and Ann have concluded two coincidences about Clint and Spence. 1) Spence and Clint were both boxers, 2) they both had a habit of rubbing the back of their neck. – Mike sensed danger because of the threat Clint made to him and would not allow Ann to go alone. After reassuring Leslie that he and Ann have a client-lawyer relationship only, she hesitantly agreed that he must go but openly expressed her fear for his safety. In Redding, California, Mike and Ann Jeffers waited for Spence Jeffers in a restaurant he and his new wife co-own. He at last came in and a frantic Ann identified him — he was the man she was married to, and the father of her son. With this confirmation, Mike called Spence to make an appointment to see him "on an important matter." In his office, Spence still continued to deny his true identity, even when Mike informs him Ann's interest was for the custody of her son only. He walked out on Mike and in the corridor was stunned to see Ann standing there facing him. Pam Chandler had replaced Hope Bauer as a waitress at the Metro Restaurant. While working there she met Mike Bauer's former client, Ben McFarren. - Ben was re-cently exonerated from a crime he did not commit, but 15 months in prison has embittered him. - Ben immediately took a liking to Pam and asked her for a date. She refused explaining she did not know him well enough. He then confessed all to her and they gradually became friendlier. After having a drink with her at the Metro, Ben asked Pam to his apartment. She again refused his advances until Dr. Tim Ryan and his frequent date Rita Stapleton came in for dinner. Pam, who was fond of Tim and jealous of his relationship with Rita, then turned an about face and accepted Ben's offer — only to make sure Tim saw her leave the Metro in the company of another man. - Tim had no interest in Pam other than a platonic acquaintance and being the doctor who delivered her baby. - At Ben's apartment Pam did not respond to his affections, and realizing the only reason she was there was to impress Tim Ryan, an angry Ben took her home. At her residence, Bert Bauer's house, Pam introduced Ben to Bert and her granddaughter Hope. Ben left immediately, but seemed interested in knowing Hope better. Love Of Life Written by: Paul & Margaret Schneider Produced by: Darryl Hickman Ben Harper had shown lawyer Jamie Rollins the fake divorce papers and planned on getting Betsy out of Rosehill before the truth came out. Jamie received a cable informing him that the judge used on Ben's divorce papers died before the date of their divorce. Ben pleaded for time to tell Betsy himself because her doctor had said she didn’t have to have any stress during her pregnancy. This lie worked well because Jamie was Betsy's friend and Diana Lamont, Jamie's lover, lost her child due to a shock. Meg, his mother, confronted Ben with her knowledge of his marriage to Arlene and agreed to help him out of the mess he was in. Meg had arranged for a divorce and told Ben that he had to convince Betsy that they should restate their vows for their first anniversary. Ben tried every way he knew to get Betsy to go to Europe for awhile, but she was concerned with setting up an apartment of their own and staying close to her doctor during her pregnancy. When Meg found out that Rick had known about Ben and Arlene for a long time she pulled her support from the ski resort they were planning. Although Rick couldn’t fault her his dream seemed to have gone down the drain. Arlene Lovett Harper was trying to get enough money together to get Ben out of town. She finally decided to blackmail Meg for fifty thousand dollars then and more later. Ben told her to cash the check and meet him. He was very upset that she only brought a thousand dollars with her. - He was planning on using the money to take Betsy to Europe. - Ben tried to stall for time, but Arlene said two hours was plenty of time to leave a note for Betsy. Arlene told Rick Latimer that she would be leaving her job at the Piano Bar that night. Fearing prison, Ben decided that the only thing left to do was to run away with Arlene. He wrote a long letter explaining to Betsy that he had married her to get the five hundred thousand dollars his mother had promised him, but later fell in love with her. At the edge of town Ben stopped the car realizing that he couldn’t leave Betsy. He told Arlene that he had fallen in love with Betsy and wanted to be there when the baby was born. He got out of the car and walked to the gas station to call for a cab to take him to face up to his responsibilities. Arlene decided that if she couldn’t have him no one could. She barged in on Betsy and told her that Ben had committed bigamy and she was his wife. Meg arrived and tried to shut Arlene up claiming she was crazy. When Ben got there he didn’t deny Arlene's story. Betsy locked herself into their bedroom and then found Ben's letter which verified everything Arlene had said. Betsy called her brother Tom, a resident in a Baltimore hospital, asking him to come to Rosehill right away. When Betsy came downstairs, Ben was very truthful. He admitted that Meg picked her and she was a part of his plan to get the money, but she had changed his life. Money didn't mean to him what it did before. All he wanted was her and his child. When Tom Crawford arrived, Meg tried to explain that Betsy was overwrought and things could be straightened out. Tom insisted on hearing the facts from Betsy herself, who by this time had had a chance to calm down and could present the facts clearly. She was concerned about how her parents in England would feel. She knew that her father had been concerned about Ben's preoccupation with money before their marriage. She was not sure that she wanted to have this baby. Carrie Johnson had told Meg that she was Arlene's mother and didn't realize until a short time ago that Ben and Arlene were involved. Meg came to the conclusion that money couldn’t buy the important things in life. She called Cal's apartment to ask Rick to come over to console her. Rick told Cal the story. Cal stood up for her friend Betsy against her family and offered the use of her apartment. When Meg found out that Cal had told her aunt, Van, Meg's sister, she again felt that she was on the defensive. When the divorce came through Ben took the papers to Betsy, hoping that she would give him another chance, but Betsy had been hurt too much to expose her feelings again. Tom became enraged when he found Ben at Cal's and tried to beat Ben up until Betsy became upset. Jamie had drawn up a statement of facts that he wanted Betsy to sign so that Ben and Arlene could be punished for what they had done to everyone. Jamie finally had to explain to Betsy why he had been out to get Ben for months - Ben and Arlene blackmailed Jamie with some trumped up photos which eventually fell into Diana's hands and prompted her to go into premature labor. – Ben packed his things, telling his mother that he would never make anything of himself or get Betsy back as long as he stayed under her roof. He went to see his grandmother, Sarah Caldwell, who was the only one who had given him any advice that was good for him. She advised him to leave Meg's and when Ben told her that he had left, but had no place to stay and no job, she offered him the room in the back of the florist shop and work as a general handyman. Meg insisted she would be able to get Betsy back for Ben if he stayed, but Ben told her that she had done enough damage already by trying to keep him under her thumb with her money. Meg pretended that she was looking for Cal, but got around to asking Betsy not to sign a statement accusing Ben of bigamy. She asked Betsy to go home with her so that they could care for her grandchild properly. Betsy told Meg that this never was and never would be her grandchild in the eyes of the court. Meg brought up the matter of the trust and what it could do for Betsy's baby, but Betsy refused Meg's help because her child would not be spoiled and corrupted by her money like Ben. Dr. Joe Cusack was concerned about Lynn Henderson, a sixteen year old alcoholic whom he had seen in his free clinic, because she broke the rules at the halfway house in which she was staying. They got the residents council to give her another chance, but Lynn seemed to be determined to get into trouble. She tried a sob story on Van Sterling, but Cal walked in and warned Lyn not to put the bite on her friends or relatives. One day Cal found her hustling drinks in the Piano Bar and took her back to her room where she told her how much trouble she could have gotten into if she had been picked up by the wrong kind of guy. Cal wanted to get hold of Lynn's parents, but Lynn claimed that no one had ever cared what she had done. She was amazed that Cal wanted to be her friend. Cal told Tom that Joe Cusack, who went to medical school with Tom, ran the clinic in town. Over coffee, Joe and Tom rehashed the old days and when they discussed Tom's future, Joe told him there was a position open at the hospital. Tom hated to leave Betsy alone when he had to return to Baltimore, but was seriously considering the position at Rosehill General. Betsy had decided that she was old enough to learn to take care of herself and the baby. Carrie had been having pains in her side and finally decided to see a doctor. Joe Cusack told her that they could be caused by stress and Carrie decided that this was probably the case. Arlene was having a hard time coping with the fact that Ben loved Betsy. Carrie suggested that they go away and get jobs as waitresses, but Arlene said the piano was the only thing she knew and she was not leaving Ben while there was a chance he would go to jail. Carrie claimed that Ben walked into this with his eyes wide open. One day a special delivery envelope arrived containing her copy of the official divorce decree. Carrie was convinced that this was the best thing that could happen to Arlene. Carrie tried again to get Arlene to leave Rosehill, but Arlene said one town was like another. She was not staying to see Ben; it was just that wherever she went she would play the piano and get mixed up with the wrong guy. Charles Lamont had reconciled himself to the fact that he would be in a wheelchair and had to depend on others for some help. He had decided that he would wheel himself from the hospital. Charles' biggest problem was Johnny's reaction to the fact that his grand-father couldn’t walk. Charles smoothed over the shock of the wheelchair by asking Johnny to help build a ramp over the entrance stairs. Felicia was overworking herself so much that she was having nightmares about her father's death again. Van told Eddie that she was concerned about Felicia's health and wished he could convince her that she needed some help. Felicia said Charles wouldn't have anyone else waiting on him, but all the men in her life had been older and she had ended up with them becoming dependent on her. One Life To Live Written by: Gordon Russell Produced by: Doris Quinlan When Jenny heard of Tim's accident she insisted that they be married right away and the ceremony is performed in the hospital room. Although Tim was seriously injured he appeared for a time to be out of danger but his condition worsened and as Tim's wife, Jenny told his mother Eileen Siegel that he would have to be operated on by a neurosurgeon for subdural hematoma. She tried to reassure Eileen and they comforted each other. In the hospital chapel Jenny, a former nun, prayed and in the course of her prayers said: "If he can't live, I don't want to live either. I know that's wrong but that's the way I feel." When she saw Tim he tells her "If I don't make it you go on. I don't want you sitting around grieving over me 'cause I love you too much. You're free now — live a good full life." Jenny told him he would get well: that they would go to their apartment and drink wine - the wine they never finished -. She cried: "You have to believe that." Tim cried out "Oh God, I want to" and died. In the waiting room a couple of hours before the scheduled operation which was never to take place, Eileen, playing cards with Anna Craig said: "I could have stopped Vinnie from coming over" but Anna who had been trying to distract Eileen, told her that no one had ever been able to stop Vince Wolek from doing anything he had made up his mind to do. She told her, "No more mea culpa ... Please — it's boring." - Vince Wolek, making one last attempt to convince Tim that he was wrong to think of marrying Jenny even though she had left the Order, followed Tim from the hospital cafeteria and tried belatedly to apologize, when Tim at the head of a flight of stairs swung on Vinnie and missed and fell. - Just then Jenny and Larry Wolek came into the waiting room and Eileen saw Jenny's face. She cried out: "Oh God — Oh Anna, Anna —Oh Anna." Later Larry said that the specialist who arrived didn’t think an operation would have saved Tim. At Tim’s funeral, Vinnie touched Jenny's shoulder when he entered for the services and Jenny touched him back. Julie, Tim's sister was seated on Eileen's left and Joe on her right. Joe read a poem that Tim had asked him to. "When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me ..." At Anna’s house, Eileen told Jenny that she wanted her to know that "you're my daughter and you always will be" and they embraced. Jenny left to go off and sat by herself. Joe asked Julie if it was absolutely necessary for her to go back to Florida. - Jim had told Dr. Peter Janssen that he was worried about Eileen, "She seems too self-controlled." Peter told Jim: "She may have more strength than we realized." - Julie asking to stay told Eileen that “I need you as much as you need me." Eileen told her that she wanted Julie to go back to the life she had created for herself. When Julie asked if she would let her stay for a few days Eileen told her that she had to go back — that saying goodbye again would be too hard later. Eileen was looking at a notebook from Tim's law classes when Jenny came by. Eileen offered to give Jenny some of his things but Jenny said she would always carry Tim's memory around with her. She told Eileen that she appreciated the offer but didn’t want his things. Eileen said her saying that had helped to "keep me from falling into that trap." Viki Lord Riley again had promised her brother-in-law Larry that she would tell her husband Joe that there was a possibility that the baby she was carrying could be the victim of an heriditary heart defect - Viki had been withholding from Joe her knowledge that his and Cathy Craig's infant daughter Megan was the victim of a serious heart ailment inherited from Joe and that though Megan was killed in an automobile accident as Viki was rushing her to the hospital, she would, in any case not have survived childhood. - Viki had written Larry a note to the effect that she intended to tell Joe the truth when Tim's death occurred. - Tim was Joe's only nephew. - Viki told Larry when he refered to the note that she had decided to take a chance on not telling Joe after all that had happened, "and that's that." Angered when Viki told Larry that she wished he wasn't involved, he told her that to him she was "not exactly just a sister-in-law either." - Larry was in love with Viki.- Joe had told Viki that he wanted to be in delivery when the baby was born. Viki asked him what he would do if he knew about something in the future, something sad. Joe told her "No one knows the future," that was "part of the Master Plan." After Tim died, Joe told Viki: "If it's a boy, maybe we could name him Tim, and this Tim will live a long and healthy life." Pat Kendall believing that Tony was in love with Cathy Craig had not been able to bring herself to tell him that Brian was his son – Tony had told Pat that the only thing he'd got out of his relationship with Victor Lord was the firm conviction that "If I ever have a son I'll never abandon him." Tony believed that Pat's husband Paul Kendall, a member of a revolutionary group killed in a police siege was Brian's father. - Talking with Cathy, Pat heard her say that she didn't mean to upset Joe with references to Tim's death but that she didn't want Megan forgotten, Pat said: "Maybe you feel more for him than you realize." She told Cathy "If you are gonna insist on dwelling in the past and never facing up to the future you're never gonna be happy." When Cathy saw an ad for Tony's Opening night and suggested that they all go together, Pat asked her why she didn’t just pick up a phone and call Tony. Surprised at her tone, Cathy asked why Pat was so angry and Pat replied, "I don't know. There's so much misery in the world, I don't understand why you have to make yourself unhappy." Opening night at Tony's Place was a huge success. Tony sang an upbeat number "Only One Life To Live" and an oldie "I've Been Alone Too Long." Afterwards, at home, Pat Kendall tearfully recalled Tony was singing that same song to her years before. At Tony’s opening, Dorian maneuvered Victor Lord into leaving early with the story that she had a "headache." - Unknown to Tony, Victor had been responsible for the change in attitude toward his loan on the part of a leading banker -"call Breckenridge," Victor told his lawyer, "and tell him to go ahead. He – Tony - would never accept it from me." - When Tony called to ask about Victor the folllowing day he was told that Victor chose to leave early because he had an appointment the day after. Tony called at Llanfair to see his father and Dorian told him that Victor was not well enough to bear the excitement of a visit from Tony and that she was worried about the possibility of stroke. Tony meft a note to be given to Victor and Chapin, the Lord butler saw Dorian tear the note up. Dorian told Chapin that Tony was not to be allowed to see Victor and when he told her that he had strict orders to tell Mr. Lord any time Tony called or tried to make contact, she countermanded those orders for the sake of Victor's "health." When Victor asked Dorian to "go a little easier on Chapin" telling her that Chapin had complained to Viki, Dorian after Victor had left the room, sent for Chapin and said "It has come to my attention that you are not happy here. Is that true?" Chapin knew the formula and of course replied that it was not true and Dorian followed with "If Mr. Tony Harris – Lord - should come here today, he is not to see Mr. Lord. Is that clear?" Chapin muttered, "Yes, Madam." Victor and Dorian Lord gave a small dinner party at Llanfair to celebrate the success of their efforts to have special legislation passed enabling Peter Janssen to practice medicine in this country, and the following day when Tony asked about Victor's health, Jenny told him that he seemed fine. Tony left Pat Kendall's house, determined to force his way into Llanfair, if necessary, to "show my father what a conniving hypocrite she – Dorian - is." When he finally saw Victor, Tony told him that Dorian and Matt McAllister both knew that Tony was Victor's son and had tried to get Tony to leave town. Victor told Tony that he refused to believe that Dorian had been betraying him. After Tony left, Victor questioned Chapin and was told that Mrs. Lord took Tony's note. Victor tried to get in touch with McAllister and was told that he was away for the weekend. When he confronted Dorian, she told him he was being "most irrational" and refused to continue the conversation. However, when Victor called Elliot Chambers concerning his will, Dorian rushed into the room and accused him of having passed judgement on her. Victor told her that he believed Tony and she exploded: "All right! — Yes I knew Tony was your son." She went on to say that Tony was a threat, that after she was dismissed from the hospital staff, she was determined to get money, power, and control of Llanview. She said that she had given Victor life, hope and a future, and, "Because of that I deserve to be secure — Because I have paid." Victor said, "Dorian, don't say anymore." He sat down on the couch —and slumped over. Wanda Wolek had been unmasked by Vinnie. as the "Lana-Sheen Lady" and he was furious that she had been working for some time "making a fool out of me." He told her that marriage was supposed to have trust and mutual respect. Wanda acknowledged that she was completely wrong to deceive Vinnie about her working and that she would "never do it again as long as I live." At one point Vinnie went into the bedroom and locked the door and Wanda asked him, "Isn't it about time we started communicating with each other a little bit and grew up?" Vinnie told her that she was right and that he learned from Tim's death. However, when she wanted to discuss her working he told her that there was nothing to discuss. She told him very deliberately that he should think before he spoke, realize how very important this was to their marriage, and went downstairs to see a client leaving him to mull it over. When she came back he told her that it seemed that everything he ever believed in was wrong but Wanda told him, "just some things." When he told her that he thought he knew what was right for Jenny and Tim but that he realized that she was not the kind of person who lied and that it was his fault that she did. Wanda told him her job didn't and wouldn’t interfere with their lives. Vince told her that he was worried about her going from door to door in strangers' houses and Wanda sprung on him the offer she got to work for Tony Lord. He roared that Tony was a wolf with a broad under every table. Calmed down Vince finally agreed to go to Tony's Place and saw that Wanda had a great many useful suggestions to contribute to the running of Tony's business. Tony tpmd him that he needed Wanda — that in a business such as his the employees could “rob you blind”. When Wanda asked what he thought, he said "I think he's – Tony - a pretty nice guy." She told him that she was so tired of selling cosmetics and needed a job she could find challenging and Vince grined and said, "O.K.." Ryan’s Hope Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer Produced by: Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer & Robert Costello Struggling for her life, Faith Coleridge stabbed Kenneth Castle in the shoulder with a paper knife. When Faith's father Dr. Ed Coleridge was killed in a fall from the roof of their apartment building trying to capture Kenneth, Maeve Ryan helped a terrified Faith decide to attend services for her father by having Lt. Bob Reid and Dr. Pat Ryan give her assurances of safety. - Maeve was concerned that if Faith did not attend she might be troubled, later.) However, when Faith looked at the casket she cried out, "What are you doing? What are you all doing? Why do you all want me to think my father's dead?" That evening pretending to be sleepy, she sent her sister Jillian out of the room and asked the officer on duty outside her bedroom at the Ryans’ where she was staying, to get her a cup of coffee, and left for her apartment seeking her father. She fainted when she came upon Kenneth crouched behind a door. When she came to, Kenneth went after her, and to her pleas not to hurt her he said "You did more than hurt me, you destroyed me. You should be with your father, Faith!" They struggled at a window and it was Kenneth who falls. Kenneth was alive when the ambulance took him away, but Faith's inability to face the death of her father caused extreme concern for her sanity. Mary Ryan, sister of Councilman Frank Ryan had been told by her boss at Channel R, Sam Crowell that he had succeeded in getting her a raise to $125.00 a week and allowing her full time coverage of the story they were preparing on Gilcrest Manor Nursing Home. He asked her to read some news copy, told her to go get some hairpins, and announced that there was, "no reason to wait for a break in the nursing home story, you're going on the air tonight." - Sam Crowell had told Renee Szabo that he wholesaled in the sale of Marijuana and signed her on as a "go-for," Mary's former job. He had told Renee that Mary was useful as a cover but that he needed Renee to do some dealing for him. – Serena “Renee” Szabo, daughter of Nick Szabo whose chain of funeral homes was in an effective business cover for numbers-running and various illegal enterprises, had consented to go home to live with her father temporarily upon her release from Riverside Hospital. She made it clear that she intended to make a play for Dr. Bucky Carter and told her father that she was convinced she could carry off a very proper courtship, adding sarcastically that she could just see introducing her father to the Buckminsters and the Carters of Boston and hear him reply: that it was "an honor to meet someone big in shoes." She asked, "Dad, how would you like to take a trip around the world?" and then quickly apologized. Nick told her that she was probably right; only telling the truth. "You start mixin' with those people, I'll keep out of the way." Delia’s absence was not noticed in the uproar following Mary's broadcast when Jack, who had been baiting Johnny to the point where Ryan took a swing at him and misses, connected with a punch to the stomach and Johnny went down. Witnessing this Mary slapped Jack's face and told him, "You're not on the docks anymore and my father is not one of your Neanderthal buddies." At Jack's apartment Mary confronted him. He told her that he wanted to speak his mind for a change. It was enough she moved in with him but that he couldn't meet any more demands. - Jack had never told Mary that he was uncomfortable with their living arrangements pretending that his efforts to get her to return home after the first night they spent together was for the sake of peaceful relations with her family. - Telling him that they were through, Mary left to spend the night and the next few days with Jillian Coleridge. At Roger’s apartment, Delia allowed Roger to talk her into leaving little John in the living room for a moment which stretched into minutes as he tried to distract her with frivolous lover's games. Little John momentarily forgotten, reached for the cord of an electric coffee pot and Delia was frozen by the sound of her baby's screams. As Roger rushed to give the baby first aid, Delia doubled over in fright and guilt begged: "Oh God! Please don't let my baby be badly burned." Roger and Dee rushed the baby to a hospital emergency room. Thanks to Roger's quick action the baby was found to have sustained only one small spot of 1st degree burns on his shoulder and more painful but less serious scalding on his back. Delia called Frank from the hospital but he had just left a meeting and in the time afforded to them Roger tells Delia the story she had to give Frank. Delia asked that Roger not stay even to wait with her and when Frank came she told him of being distracted only for a moment at her friend, Sheila's apartment, Sheila's understandable oversight not being used to having children about, and that she remembered that cold water was the treatment for burns. Frank was sympathetic to her very real distress and comforted her, commending her for her quick thinking. The doctor in attendance at the emergency room told them that there probably would be no scarring and together they took little John home. Jack Fenelli went to see Jumbo Marino for a drinking session and told him that he was miserable without Mary. Jumbo suggested that Jack buy Mary an engagement ring. Laughing he remarked: "I gave Teresa three rings in twelve years. " Sobering, Jumbo added: "only thing is — you can't do that to Mary unless you really marry her." Jack had heard what he wanted to and the following day he went to see Sr. Joel who told him when he asked if he had her blessing to make it a short engagement. He insisted that with this step, if Mary agreed, they would have a nice block of time in which to "work things out." Sister Joel told him that talking about engagement wasn’t the answer to his problem. She stressed "rings, plural." When Jack insisted that they would take things one step at a time, Sr. Joel asked "Are you just looking for a way to hold on to Mary because you need her; because you cannot bear to let another woman out of your life?" - Jack was orphaned at a young age and formed a deep attachment for Sr. Joel who was transferred to head a home for girls. – Jack turned up at Channel R armed with a ring obtained at a very late hour thanks to Jumbo's "contacts." After making love to Frank for the first time in months, Delia told him that on awakening she was, "scared, we'd both be mad at each other" — that it was the first time she woke up in the morning feeling safe. Dee and Frank laughingly made plans for Delia to meet him at a subway entrance where he was campaigning and "do some handshaking." Roger arrived at the door and told Frank he was there to thank Maeve for her kindness to his sister Faith. When he and Delia were alone, he told her he was wild about her, wanted to throw caution to the wind. He tried to kiss her. Delia told him, "You don't do that; not in my house." Promising that she would see him again, she got Roger to leave and telephoned Father McShane. When her confessor arrived, she told him that she couldn’t ask for absolution but wanted to talk to him in confidence. She told him that she and Frank had made love but that she had lost all hope of a reconciliation and had found someone else who didn't treat her like an object. She told Fr. McShane: "In a way I love him — he needs me." She told the priest that she didn’t want to hurt this man but "Frank is paying attention to me and that's all I've ever wanted." When the priest urged her to give up the man and do everything in her power to help the healing process in her marriage, she told him she didn’t know if that process would continue and this "other person loves me just as I am." She said she had been fighting all alone for years and in any case, "I'm not so sure he'll let me give him up." Renee Szabo had made her first pick up and delivery at the Brooklyn Docks and returned to Channel R exhilarated over the apparent ease - spiced up with danger - of the operation. Sam told her he was building himself a nice "nest egg" and warned her not to think in terms of anything heavier because "the larger we get the more vulnerable we are." He told Renee, "Mary Ryan is a very clever girl, so don't take any chances around the office." Seneca Beaulac had been arrested and charged with homicide in the death of his wife Nell. Jill Coleridge protested to prosecutor Levine that the step was unnecessary as she was prepared to have Seneca surrender voluntarily. Levine insisted that an overzealous detective acted on the bench warrant and assured her that he had no self-seeking motive with regard to the case. When Seneca returned to his position on the Riverside Hospital staff, Roger Coleridge protested to Marshall Westheimer that Seneca should be dismissed at once for his "crime against humanity." - Seneca disconnected life support apparatus when an operation he performed on his wife for an aneurism left her alive but with no trace of higher brain function and unable to continue to live without such support. - Westheimer replied: "I happen to believe he's an asset"; that the "law can take it's course" but that while it did, he intended to "stand behind him in every way possible." Johnny Ryan told his barman Kevin, who had come across him working out with a light punching bag in the kitchen at Ryan's Place, that he intended to "stay in shape just in case anything goes wrong with the engagement." Later, out front, after some genial bantering with Seneca, Jill, Maeve and the happy couple, referenced to a block party to celebrate Mary's wedding in style get everyone carried away, and Mary responded with delight to Johnny's question whether she'd like to be a June bride. Snowballing, a reception at Ryan's was proposed and Jack, who had been entering into the spirit of the occasion himself moments before said, "Don't I get a vote?" When Mary asked him if he was all right he said, "Let 'em have their fun — we'll talk about it later." Search For Tomorrow Written by: Peggy O’Shea Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim Ellie Harper had decided that she couldn't stand the competition for Stu Bergman and had decided to leave Henderson. She was going to live with her sister, but didn’t have the nerve to tell Stu that she was leaving for good. She pretended to be going to California for a vacation. Connie Schultz, Ellie's competition, moved in before Ellie was gone. She planned to take over the bookkeeping while Ellie was away. Stu became worried and irritated when Ellie didn’t write. Stu finally received a letter from Ellie telling him that she was not on a vacation, but had left Henderson for good. He was upset when Jo told him that she knew before Ellie left that she wasn't coming back, but had tried to contact her at her cousin's in Chicago to find that she had gone and left no forwarding address. Stu was determined to find her. He gave Connie strict instructions not to change any of Ellie's methods, when Connie said she was going to update things as Ellie wasn't coming back. Eunice Wyatt overheard Stephanie's name and assumed her husband John was having an affair with her, but when he was confronted, John could honestly say it wasn't true. John and Eunice made up and their life seemed to get back on an even keel. John had broken off with Jennifer Pace Phillips because all his friends seemed to know of the affair. Jennifer was angry enough to want to hurt someone after having been thrown over for the man's wife. She called the motel in California asking them to send her a letter proving that they stayed there for her insurance company because she seemed to have lost a diamond earring there. She identified herself as Mrs. John Wyatt. Jo Vincente, Eunice’s sister, asked John about his affair because it had, affected her relationship with Eunice. John assured her that it is over. When the letter 0arrives addressed to Mrs. John Wyatt John tried to say that it was a mistake, but Eunice pointed out that the dates were correct, the room number was right, and they sent it to their address. John refused to comment further, Eunice called and was told that Mrs. Wyatt was registered on that date also. John confronted Jennifer, but she denied having talked to the motel in California about an earring. She claimed there was probably an error somewhere and also denied telling anyone else the details of their trip. Eunice told Jo about the letter and asked her advice. Jo said the affair was over and then Eunice realized that all her friends knew about it and that was why they acted so peculiar. Jo refused to tell her who the woman was. Eunice took Janet Collins to lunch and pried at her, insisting that she tell her who the woman was until finally Janet gave in and told her that it was Jennifer. Eunice confronted Jennifer and then John with the fact that she knew whom he was having an affair with. Stephanie Collins had been blackmailing John with the knowledge of his infidelity to insure herself a job at Collins Industries. Although she was a major stockholder, neither John or Wade Collins, who had controlling interest, felt that Stephanie was qualified for a position there. Wade was willing to give Stephanie a job to keep from telling Eunice about Jennifer, but how that she knew Stephanie is no longer a threat. When John informed Stephanie that he and Wade felt she was no longer qualified and they were rescinding their offer, Stephanie threatened to tell Eunice, but John said that not only did Eunice know that Jennifer was in California the same time he was, but why she was there. With the wind knocked out of her sails Stephanie was so angry that she took her anger out on her daughter, Wendy, and then saw how unfair she was to the child. Jennifer barged into John's office and told him that she was humiliated when Eunice confronted her at the hospital in front of others. John chastised Eunice for making a scene and was thrown out of the house. John was then staying at the Hartford House. David Sloane, the bartender at Hartford House and unbeknownst to others, the watchdog for Christopher Miller, kept telling Stephanie Collins that their relationship had to have no strings attached, so later when Stephanie began to ask questions about his past and present, David called it off. Of course she was not satisfied and insisted on talking things over with him. She suggested the reason he broke things off was because he got too involved. She also suggested that he played it cool because he was hiding. Christopher overheard David tell her that he had been hiding from his wife since a big fight, but their relationship had made him think of her. He had called his "old lady" and she would be at the inn in a couple of days. Chris asked about David's wife and was told he had none. David had got the word from his associates that he and Christopher were to leave, but after Chris flatly refused he was told that they reconsidered. Christopher's involvement with Jo Vincente had certainly made David's job harder. Bruce Carson was concerned over the privacy with which Christopher seemed to surround himself. Bruce enlisted Stu's help in getting his fingerprints after it was found that although Mr. Miller claimed to be a writer he had no books listed in the library of congress. The FBI had no record of his fingerprints, but Bruce only thought this was odd after Stu said Chris had mentioned being in the service. When David realized that Bruce was going to photograph Chris he asked to see Bruce's camera and then removed the film. Bruce accused David of taking it, but could think of no reason why he should have. He apologized. Christopher told Jo that he would appreciate it if she would ask Bruce not to harrass him. She did, but after asking Stu's opinion of Chris after Bruce had enumerated his facts for her Chris found her very cool. A man had come to Henderson flashing a picture of Christopher Miller claiming to be a private detective looking for an heir. When he asked Janet and Eunice they did not recognize him because they were very engrossed in their own problems. When he asked Stephanie he could see that she had information, but was very closed mouth. He showed identification claiming that he was a police detective and if she didn’t cooperate he would take her to the police station. She told him that the photo appeared to be a man staying at Hartford House, an inn ten miles outside of town. Stephanie told David that a Mr. Raymond was asking about Christopher Miller, after which David confined Chris to his room. Chris swore to Jo that he was not a criminal, but people were looking for him. Although Steve Kaslo had been hospitalized and given chemotherapy after it was found that he was no longer in remission, his condition was steadily getting worse. Dr. Luria, the famous surgeon who performed bone marrow transplants on leukemia patients, held little chance of Steve surviving until his sister Amy, the only compatible donor, had had her baby. Dr. Luria wouldn’t prep Steve for the surgery until he was sure that Amy had given birth safely and the lowering of all Steve's defenses would take a week. After many arguments with Dr. Luria, Dr. Gary Walton, Steve's doctor, and Dr. Brown, her obstetrician, Amy finally got them to agree to take her baby early by caesarian section and then to take her directly to surgery from the delivery room. They were all against it, but Steve was in such bad shape that they prepared for surgery. Steve was placed in a sterile room and allowed no visitors. Amy saw Bruce before her surgery and although she had refused to marry him asked that he would take care of her baby if anything should happen to her. Amy's baby was small, four pounds and ten ounces, but in very good health. Mike Kaslo was so upset waiting for news of his brother and sister that he couldn’t control himself and blamed Bruce for all his family's problems because he got Amy pregnant. He was afraid he would lose both of them. The strain was too much for Liza, Steve's wife, and finally she gave in to it. She was rocking the cradle Steve made for Amy's baby and pretending to be holding Steve's child. Wade, her stepfather had to slap her to bring her back to reality. Steve's condition was no better. Liza had a hard time when she was only allowed to talk to him over an intercom, but the minister was taken in to his room. Amy had come through her surgery and was recovering nicely. Everyone was worried that she was tiring herself when she refused to rest, but sat with Liza waiting for some good news. Steve was finally producing white blood cells, but Dr. Luria admitted that it was too early to say he was not rejecting the transplant. After much agonizing, Mike told Amy that Steve's blood count was getting better and Dr. Luria actually used the word "recovery." Somerset Written by: A.J. Russell Produced by: Lyle B. Hill The wedding invitations for Ellen Grant's marriage to Dale Robinson were ready to be mailed. A room had been reserved for the reception. Ellen, however, was having second thoughts, not for herself, but for Dale. Against his wishes, she took a trip, finding herself in Boston, hoping to talk things out with her father. Judge Bishop, however, was in a nursing home, too ill to be of any help. Ellen found herself on the doorstep of Dr. and Mrs. William Marshall. Sensing she was troubled, the Marshalls invited Ellen to stay with them. Ellen recalled her husband Ben's death and their life together before that for the Marshalls. She was amazed to found that, among all the other things she and Ben had, the thing she most treasured was his friendship. She confided her love for Dale and her wedding plans. The Marshalls made no judgments. Dr. Marshall asked Ellen only where she wanted to be at the end of the "ladder of life" and where she wanted Dale to be. He told Ellen it didn’t matter whether she married Dale or not as long as she remained herself. Ellen returned to Somerset. Ellen told Dale she couldn’t let herself marry him. Convinced Ellen was only backing down because of gossip and what other people would think, Dale suggested they leave town and start over together somewhere else. Ellen refused. She told Dale that the thing he should do was live, "wildly and spontaneously." Dale asked why they couldn’t do that together. Ellen replied that she had already done it. She told Dale it wouldn't be right to marry him because of her needs; she had to also think of him. Dale packed. As he was ready to leave, she told him they shouldn’t see each other again. He asked if she loved him. Ellen replied, "Yes." Confused, Dale left. Somerset had been beseiged by a series of fires that Greg Mercer and others felt were caused by arson. In the latest fire, one person died and another, Mr. Gammidge, was badly burned. Terri Kurtz found out that the man had a family, and since they just recently moved to Somerset, they weren't eligible for welfare and were in desperate straits. Ellen plunged into their case as a way of putting Dale out of her mind. Greg Mercer, too, plunged into the Gammidge case, but for a different reason. He found that Mr. Gammidge and a Barney Bailey were hired in Chicago to come to Somerset to set the fire in which Gammidge was injured. Greg realized Gammidge was left in the fire by Bailey so Bailey wouldn't have to share the money. Greg talked to Bailey and headed for Chicago. Carrie Wheeler, Greg's ex-girlfriend, also a reporter on the Register, was assigned to cover the human interest story of the Gam-midges. Carrie and Greg were threatened; Greg was not deterred. Carrie realized that she still cared for Greg, and only agreed to their break-up because she didn't think she was ready to settle down. Carrie wanted Greg back—and alive. Lt. Price got wind of Greg's interest in the story. He confronted editor Julian Cannell. He demanded to know what the Register had. Julian told him Greg was just checking things out, and promised to let Price know if they came up with anything concrete. Dan Brisken, meanwhile, had bought the paper from Andrea Moore. He wanted Julian and Greg to drop the story in favor of the Gammidge human interest story, along with other such stories, to be called "Tales of Somerset." Julian told him they tried that approach years ago and circulation dropped. He asked Brisken to let him tread a middle line between hard news and human interest. Dan agreed, reluctantly. Returning from Chicago, Greg was accosted on the plane by a man who revealed he had been following him all day. He warned Greg to keep his mouth shut, offering to make it worth his while. Greg refused and was threatened. Greg printed the story. Price was furious. The big men behind the dummy companies Greg uncovered would have left town, and Greg's life was definitely in jeopardy. Price placed a guard on Greg and Gammidge and warned Greg not to answer his phone without a special ringing code. Mrs. Gammidge found help from Ellen Grant and her new assistant, Ginger Cooper. Ginger cut red tape to get her some welfare assistance and Ellen arranged for her son, Brian, to get medical help. Brian had not spoken since he was two. Physical examinations showed no reason for it, so Brian was sent to Terri, who felt the problem stemmed from some fearful trauma. Brian and Ellen became friends. He did wood carvings and gave them to Ellen, who was touched. The Gammidges had three other children. Tony Cooper was released from the hospital after his heart attack. Tony had broken with his wife and son, hoping to win Vicky Paisley, with whom he had an affair just before his attack. Vickie refused to accept Tony, telling him she warned him from the start she was only interested in an affair. Correctly, Tony guessed Vicky really wanted Julian Cannel!. He observed that anytime someone said he loved Vicky, she ran. Vickie replied, "The grave is a dark and private place, and we're all headed there. In the meantime, I intend to drink from a full cup." When he was discharged, Tony moved in with bachelor Greg Mercer, who was no house-keeper. Ginger Cooper returned from a visit to her father, determined to make her own life. Tony plagued Vicky with phone calls, so she started to hang up on him and had her number changed. She also evaded Tony at work - Tony was General Manager of Paisley's Department Store, owned by Vicky and her brother Ned. - Vicky made another play for Julian, who again turned her down, disliking her frivolous attitude towards life and love. Julian warned, one day she would find she needed someone to grow old with. He told her about the "sweetness" to be found in true love and marriage, then asked her if she had ever opened herself up to that. Vicky cried. Finally, unable to impose his will on Vicky in or out of the office, Tony resigned from Paisley's to return to Delaney Brands, his family's company. Meanwhile, he made arrangements for support payments to Ginger and Joey, and for insurance in case he died. After a final confrontation with Vicky, in which she told him it was over between them forever, Tony was convinced. The day Tony was moving to his new job, his father, Rex Cooper, returned from California. Rex told Tony he wanted him to reconcile with Ginger and Joey. Rex Cooper had no intention of losing his only grandchild, a grandson, at that. Tony was furious. Heather Lawrence Kane, estranged from her husband, surgeon Jerry Kane, was pregnant, but refuses to tell Jerry or let any of their friends tell him. Through a mix-up in files, Jerry discoverd her pregnancy, and stormed into Stan Kurtz's office. Stan told Jerry his behavior was one reason Heather didn't want him to know. Carefully, Stan explained that Heather's fight with him was for her independence, for the right to make mistakes and learn and grow. Finally, Jerry seemed to understand. After a dinner date, they returned to Heather's apartment. Heather told him she couldn't be his slave. He assured her he never intended that; he just wanted someone to count on. So did Heather, but Jerry continued to disappoint her. They agreed to try again, and Heather told him she's pregnant. The following day, Jerry went to meet Heather at Tom Conway's office, to tear up the divorce papers. He was delighted to find Heather never really filed. He turned the running of their house-hold over to Heather completely, promising not to take back the responsibilities if she made mistakes. He also promised to let her do things for herself, instead of hovering over her. Julian blamed himself for Greg's predicament. If he hadn't printed the story, Greg wouldn’t be in danger. Vicky dropped by the office with a champagne supper. They took the champagne to Greg's apartment, where they found him in high spirits because he and Carrie were planning to marry. Greg turned down an offer from Dan Brisken to arrange for a new identity and a new life. Unbeknownst to the police, the arson ring had tapped Greg's phone and knew the special phone code. They had taken a room across from Greg's, where they could see the phone. A man arrived at the crooks' apartment, opened a briefcase, and assembled a high-powered rifle. An accomplice dialed Greg's phone. Greg was shot! Despite the best efforts of surgeons, Greg died. Julian took the news very hard. He wrote his resignation and told Vickie he should be arrested as an accessory to murder. The Young And The Restless Written by: William J. Bell Produced by: William J. Bell & John Conboy Sister Magdalene, Gwen Sherman, found her accidental meetings with Greg Foster very influencing. Greg's brother, resident Doctor Snapper Foster, warned Greg against seeing Gwen unless he could make a definite commitment to her if she left the convent. Snapper also explained to Mother Superior that Gwen had known men and was meant to have a man in her life physically. The Mother Superior told Gwen to ask God's guidance. After a long session in the chapel, Sister Magdelene felt she had been hiding in a convent and this was the reason she hadn't found peace there. She dreamt of Greg holding her in his arms and having his child. She told the Reverand Mother that she had decided not to take her final vows and the Bishop was notified of her intent. On the day her release arrived, Sister Magdelene was told to remove her habit and put on the civilian clothes left for her. Gwen asked Greg to meet her in front of the settlement house, not telling him that she was leaving. The only request made of her by the Reverend Mother that she didn’t agree with was that she was to take the five hundred dollars that she earned as a prostitute that she gave the settlement when she entered the convent. This was to see her through until she had a job. Gwen felt that this was "dirty" money and that the only way to clean it was by putting it to good use through charity. Before Gwen could meet Greg out front he arrives with a little boy, Ramon, in his arms. Ramon was walking on the fence and fell, hitting his head. When Ramon became conscious, the Reverand Mother was about to take him, but he asked to stay with Sister Magdelene. Under ordinary circumstances this would be nothing, but Ramon had not spoken since entering the convent even under Sister Magdelene's gentle persuasion. Gwen saw this as a sign from God she had prayed for. She then decided to stay on at the convent. A few days later, she visited Greg at Legal Aid to tell him how happy and content she was that God had given her the sign. She removed her baby ring telling Grey that subconsciously she had been thinking she would marry and give this to her child, but since she had adjusted to the fact that she wouldn't, she would like Jill to have it for her baby. Sister Magdelene was going to enter nurse's training in St. Louis after taking her final vows. If God wanted it she would come back to the settlement house and if not, she would go where he sent her. After Jill Foster lost her case to have her baby son, Phillip Chancellor Foster, claim his inheritance from his father, Phillip Chancel-lor, she decided that she had to have revenge. Jill delivered the first bottle of liquor herself to Mrs. Kay Chancellor, and continued to have a bottle a day sent to her. Jill's mother, Liz, disapproved, but couldn’t stop Jill. When this doesn't tempt Kay enough to make her drink, Jill started spending the evenings with Kay pretending that it was two years previous when Jill was Kay's companion. When Kay made a reference to Jill's baby she was told there was no baby. Jill used incoming calls from salesman to convince Kay that Phillip was on a business trip. When she had convinced her of all this it was easy to get Kay to take a drink to steady her nerves. Liz put together Jill's nightly errands and Mrs. Chancellor's references to Jill when she went to the estate to care for Mrs. Chancellor during the day. Liz and Brock who visited his mother to find Jill acting her part, tried unsuccessfully to bring Kay back to the present. But she refused to believe that Phillip was anywhere other than on a business trip. Brock took his mother for a walk and showed her Phillip's gravestone on the estate. Kay wandered in and out of reality never understanding everything. Jill went to see Mrs. Chancellor and capitalized on Kay's belief that Jill's son was her grandchild. Kay agreed to give her money if she would bring the child for a visit. Brock and Liz tried to stop her saying that Mrs. Chancellor wasn't stable enough yet to trust her around the baby. Jill took the baby to Kay who chastised Brock for not caring for his wife and child properly. Brock tried to explain, but wasn't given the chance. Jill asked for the check before she left. When Jill held out her hand to accept the thousand dollars Kay saw Jill's hand holding a drink and realized that Jill started her drinking again for which she hated herself. Furious, Kay knocked Jill's hand aside making the baby fall to the floor. Brock rushed Jill and Liz to the hospital with the baby and then returned to his mother who was trying to piece things together. Jill was blaming Kay for the accident, but Liz reminded her that she was just as much at fault. Snapper told them that Phillip had no broken bones or internal injuries — he would be all right. After Jack Curtis realized that he really loved Peggy Brooks, the student he was tutoring, he thought about his own marriage and how different his wife Joann used to be. She was a very independent person until she gained a lot of weight - Jack, Johnny to Joann, recently found out that Joanne became a compulsive eater following an abortion when he unknowingly told her he didn't want children until he was through with his education. Joann had been trying very hard to lose weight and win back Johnny's affection even when she found out that Peggy Brooks was also in love with Johnny and had no idea he was married. - Jack told Peggy that they could be together once he helped Joann find her old self again. Not wanting to cope with seeing Jack, Peggy accepted her girlfriend's invitation to spend the spring vacation on her campus out of town. Jack tried to interest Joann in returning to college, but told her it had to be because she wanted to, not for him. Johnny was trying desperately to make Joann an individual. Brock told Joann that he would rearrange the work schedule at the Allegro and get a loan for her to go to school. He sent her off to see Johnny at the university, but Joann overhears Johnny explaining to Peggy, who had returned, that he would divorce Joann after she was strong enough to care for herself. Peggy told him that she would wait. Lance Prentiss had made it a point to visit Genoa City so that he could meet Brad Elliot, pianist Leslie's husband. Leslie's sister, Lorie, had been telling Brad that Lance was in love with Leslie and Lance admitted to Brad that he was in love with her talent. Lorie felt that he used her to get close to Leslie. Leslie had another concert in Mexico City and this time Brad planned on going along and then taking Leslie to Acapulco for a vacation. Lance had to fly to Rome on business and then plans on attending the concert in Mexico City. He suggested that Leslie and Brad go with him to Rome, but Leslie had rehersals and Brad had a lot of work at his newspaper, so Lance again invited Lorie. The evening before their departure Brad bought Lorie a new dress for the occasion knowing she had very little money of her own. She told Brad that she had decided that the best way to handle Lance who was used to having females swooning at his feet was to play hard to get. Lance confided in Leslie that since Lorie was used to adoration by the male species that he would ignore her. Lorie was dreading her her return slightly since her second book would have been released by then. "In My Sister’s shadow" dealt with the story of her life as well as Leslie's stay in a mental institution. Leslie had admitted that her past wasn't always as far behind her as she might wish. On their flight to Rome in his private jet, Lance was able to put his plan into practice. When the washroom door was stuck and he let Lorie anguish over his indifference for awhile. Once in Rome, Lance conducted his business, but promised to take Lorie shopping. When she returned to her suite one afternoon Lance was using it to select dresses being modeled privately for him. When he ordered them in Leslie's size and asksed that they be altered to his specifications by the end of the day, Lorie was sure she was a front for him to see Leslie. When he returned to her room she demanded he send her home the following day without going on to the concert. Meanwhile, the dresses were delivered to her suite in her size and Lance chastized her for returning early this afternoon and almost spoiling his surprise. When he had a magnificent dinner sent to the suite instead of dining out he admitted that being predictable was boring. Lorie decided to stay on. While Leslie was preparing for her concert, Brad's violent headaches were returning. He had Snapper take all the tests again, but there was no change in the results. Brad decided that he would go to Chicago - Brad had been a neurosurgeon in Chicago - to have more tests taken while Lorie was in Mexico. Brad broke the news to Leslie that he would’t be able to go to Mexico City and asked that she just trusted him. Leslie let it go at first, but then she remembered that he cancelled his trip to her concert in Puerto Rico. She asked Brad to tell her. Brad told Leslie that his mother was very ill and he had to be with her. Leslie sent flowers and a card, but when she called to inquire about Mrs. Eliot's health after Brad left, she was told that there was some misunderstanding. Les wondered what Brad was up to, but didn't ask when he called her in Mexico City because Lorie was in her room. Jennifer Brooks, Leslie’s mother, agreed that she and Stuart should meet Leslie and Brad in Acapulco rather than Mexico City since Lorie was still rather hostile after finding out that Bruce Henderson was really her father. Jennifer was afraid that Lorie might tell Stuart and they were very happy since their reconciliation. Chris Foster tried modeling as a new career path, but gladly gave it up when she found that Jerry Estes, her boss, was a voyeur. And some pages from the DNS issue of that month

I am surprised how cheesy is the Tony DiSalvo thing. The room where he monitored Paul and Andy’s office looked like something from General Hospital. Didn’t think Bill Bell would do something so ridiculous.

Thanks ! From the 1984 I have seen, I was under the impression that Liz was living with Kay.

We even had full closing credits with cast lists ! Max Van Luden was played by Carl Strano. He was even on contract for a short time (he was recurring at first as he was not listed in the March credit but he was on contract when his character died, apparently on July 1st if I'm right). Margaret Mason was only recurring for her whole time back on the show in 1982-1983. Robert Colbert was still credited in this late June - early July credits. He probably departed after the Memorial Day scene but it was not expected. This scene was probably the last time the Brooks home was seen. Not sure about the Foster home: Liz went back working for Kay and living at the Chancellor Mansion I think. Both the original houses might have last appeared in the same episode then.

He is Eve's cohort in her scheme against Victor.

The date is the best I can find. There was an article saying he joined in early 1976. It might be between February and April I guess.

You're welcome. I will post the 2nd part mostly dealing with Steve/Alice/Rachel but this is stuff I guess everybody already knows.

Dina's entrance is so good !!!! And yes, Bill Bell totally made a Dynasty touch here but it worked just fine. Jerry Douglas, Terry Lester, Eileen Davidson, Deborah Adair and Marla Adams all nailed it with such a different range of emotions. It is so good but it makes me sad to imagine the crap we will have to watch on Monday when the show returns. How the Mighty have fallen...

I love seeing the scenes between Kay, Liz and Stuart. Kay's meddling is so fascinating. So grateful to have been able to watch some of Stuart's last storyline !

I think she first appears in July from what I saw by going through the magazines quite quickly. Same with Derek Thurston.

Ah ah I love Kay !

Some scans from the Daytime Serial Newsletter - April 1976 (this is part 1, part 2 is in the May 1976 issue)