All - 20 years ago What was happening?

[Paul Raven]

From SOD -what was happening in June 88.This was the time of the writers strike.

AMC

Jeremy is convinced Silver didn't die in a car crash.Erica is determined to link Natalie to Silver's death,despite Travis' pleas.She breaks into Natalie's apartment but is arrested.Jackson comes to her aid and Erica tells him that she found Silver's necklace under the couch.

Palmer doesn't press charges.

Stuart and Cindy return from their honeymoon and learn Ross has been paroled.Brooke and Adam are ready to start a family.However, Cindy has to be checked into the hospital.

Skye overhears Tom tell Brooke he loves the woman he's involved with.Laura is delighted to see her stepmother awake and mobile,but Skye swears her to secrecy.

Jackson enlists Adam's help to destroy Travis by beefing up the expenses on Erica's movie.

Jessie is shot after knocking Remington out of the way from an assasin's bullet.He's rushed to hospital but dies despite Cliff's best efforts.

In Pigeon Hollow,Wiil and Dixie consider tracking down cousin Pete aka Palmer.

Julie is furious with Mark for working on Erica's movie and it's effect on her and her mother.Mark pulls out,angering Erica.

Nico is worried that Remy,his new investor in his club,has ties to organized crime.

Adam double crosses Jack by buying one of Travis' companies.Travis works frantically to save himself from financial ruin.

B&B

Ridge crawls into a tipsy Caroline's bed as a joke and,thinking it's Thorne, they fool around.When she realises what happened she decides to leave the Forrester mansion but Stephanie persuades her to stay.

Storm tells Brooke to back off from Ridge but she hopes that his continual interest,despite the fact they have yet to sleep together, is a good sign.Brooke does tire of chasing Ridge and his pre-occupation with Caroline and hangs up on him.

Donna does a nude photo shoot.She is captivated by Nick but Rocco is suspicious of him and qustions him as to his intentions.

Mother Logan is ecstatic to learn Steven is alive.

Bill asks Margo to keep Ridge occupied but she refuses due to her involvement with Clarke,who pressures Kristen to elope.

Stephanie,Bill and Thorne all notice a change in Caroline's behavior.

Ridge tells Caroline he accepts she is now Thorne's wife.

Eric is puzzled by stephanie's secret weekly appointments and vows to learn the truth.

Brooke is stunned to learn what Donna is up to and Bill is wowed by Donna's photos.

OLTL

Mari Lynn wants to consummate her marriage.Wade is gentle but all Mari Lynn can think of is Griffin's brutality.

To save Cassie,Rob makes a deal with Henry.In exchange for the money to pay Cassie's ransom, he'll stay engaged to Joanna.

Joanna is concerned that Rob is interested in Cassie, while Cassie is threatened by Joanna.The two have it out and Cassie learns the truth,She goes to Rob, who admits he'll have to marry Joanna.

Brenda,Steve's nurse, is falling for him.She reads to him from his diary, where he declares his love for Gabrielle.

Cord is disguted to find Tina and 'Bo' in a clinch.Tina denies an affair.

'Bo' tells Elizabeth and Henry everything is going to plan.He has a doctor plying Asa with drugs to worsen his condition.

In the dungeon, the real Bo makes a deal to see Didi and they are re-united.

Melinda acts out fantasies to keep Jon interested.

Cassie sobs as she sees Rob and Joanna exchange vows.

Gabrielle hasn't made any progress with Max, despite the fact they're living together.She's dying to know the identuty of tina's mystery lover ut Tina won't say.

Meanwhile,'Bo' angers Clint by selling off one of Asa's companies. Asa sides with Clint and 'Bo' is forced to back down.

Bo and Didi escape and seek refuge in a cottage.Bo calls Asa but the fake Bo answers and alerts Henry.Bo and Didi are tracked down and told "Surrender or she dies"Bo is stunned to see Delilah dragged out.

More to come ....

[EricMontreal22]

Wonderful! Can you please post Loving's? (recaps of which are so hard to find)

Interesting re AMC, I didn't know DIxie (and Will) were introduced during the strike. I did know that many thought the whole second SIlver storyline was botched and many longterm fans think that around 88 (before Behr came in as EP by 89 or 90) AMC was in a creative slump--although of course nothing like what we've seen in many more recent eras... And of course the death of Jesse--it's interesting that even back then Remington/Remy was tied to organized crime, I thought that may have been something added for the recent story

And re OLTL interesting I didn't recognize half those family names even though I've read all I can about OLTL's back history--I know that by 1988 even without the strike many felt that the Ruach era was starting to weaken--it had always been campy but writer Peggy O'Shea handled it all wonderfully, when Michael Schnessel (sp?) replaced her right around that time it started to fall apart. Wasn't the time travel story also around then?

[Paul Raven]

LOVING

Lily goes into therapy and Dr Sacks thinks it would be helpful if Jack and Jim attended a session.They are at first reluctant, but decide to help out.Jack admits he's partly to blame for the affair while Jim assures Lily it's not her fault Shana has gone to Reno for a quickie divorce.Lily vows to get on with her life-beginning with volunteering at a homeless shelter.

With her novel about to be published and JJ coping with the separation,Stacey feels things are getting on track.She thanks Rick for being such a good friend during this time.Rick speaks to Clay,who has been hearing complaints from Jack about Rick's presence in Stacey's life.Rick admits he's falling for Stacey.

After a home cooked meal and a pleasant evening together,Rick admits his feelings to Stacey and says he wants to stay the night...

Gwyn is seething after Jeff abruptedly ended their affair.She wonders if there's another woman.On Clay's suggestion,Trisha speaks to Gwyn about Jeff kissing her.Gwyn maintains her calm and tells Trisha not to mix business with pleasure.

Later she confronts Jeff and warns him not to seduce Trisha.Despite Gwn's threat of firing him,Jeff whisks Trisha to NY to audition a host for 'Image'.Trisha thinks Gwyn should be informed,so Jeff leaves a memo.Outraged,Gwyn heads for NY also.

Egypt dreams of replacing Ava in Alex's life.Minnie begs her to think otherwise, but Egypt states Alex is her husband and she's not going to lose him.

Alex/Clay frantically searches for his copy of the divorce papers to no avail.Turns out ,the originals were burnt in a fire ,so there's no proof the marriage ended.Ava senses something is up and Alex considers telling her.

Jeff and Trisha return from sight seeing to find Gwyn angry that they made plans without consulting her.Trisha apologises and Gwyn gets Jeff alone,telling him he used her.Jeff responds they used each other.Gwyn says no way will he use Trisha.

Jim can't bear the thought of Shana alone in Reno,so decides to join her.Dan hears about it and goes to Cabot,who organizes to have Shana out of the hotel for a few days on business.Jim will not connect with Shana,Cabot promises Dan.

Jack overhears Rick asking Stacey to make love and slips off.Stacey tells Rick she's not ready for that.However,he's encouraged when she invites him to a dinner party as her date.

Minnie tells Kate that Egypt's estranged husband is in fact Clay-er,Alex.Kate is shocked and disappointed that she's been lied to.

She confronts Clay,who doesn't deny he and Egypt were married.Kate insists he tell Ava.

Ava learns she is pregnant.Egypt is told by her lawyer that the divorce papers from Clay are a fake.As for the warrant for her arrest-which tried to use to blackmail her out of town-it can be simply cleared up.Thrilled,Egypt unpacks her bags.

[LoyaltoAMC]

The writers strike was going on at this time. I have a pretty vivid memory of this time on AMC. I recall Stuart and Cindy's wedding. They sent Canary, Wheeler and Barr on a month-long vacation, presumably because they didn't want the scab writers working on the AIDS story. I also remember Langley flirting with the new pool girl, Max, much to the chagrin of Phoebe, who was trying to set up Cecily with her never-seen friend Juanita Ramsey's nephew Jonathan. I also remember Phoebe being jealous of Langley's interest in Julie's biological mother Liz. I think a lot of that was just strike filler. Skye was in a coma, and Adam brought her to the manse while still in the coma. Then the whole introduction of the first Dixie, who was very Ellie Mae-ish, and Will in a tar shack in Pigeon Hollow. Ross ran off to Pigeon Hollow after escaping from jail, where he was serving time for raping Natalie, and he found Will and Dix. Jeremy and Natalie were finding their way back together, which angered both Palmer, who wanted Nat back, and an insecure Silver who was jealous of Nat. I remember Silver faking a rape accusation to get Jeremy's attention. When that didn't work she decided to kill Natalie. She was living with the Martins. She stole Ruth's scissors out of her knitting basket and went to Nat's apartment to stab her. Nat killed her in self defense. Panicking, she enlisted Palmer's help to throw her body in a pond on Cortlandt Manor. Palmer taped Natalie's confession, and kept it for a rainy day to blackmail her down the line. Ellie Mae Dixie and Will arrive with Ross in PV. Dix goes swimming in the pond and finds Silver's body. I think this was also around the time Travis faked a kidnapping to get some money and Charlie and Julie broke up after Charlie realized that Julie loved Nico. Of course, the most riveting memory was Angie dealing with Jesse's "death." During this time, a lot of people were saying that AMC had lost its touch. That was somewhat true, but the heart of the show was still there and it still felt like AMC, with the emphasis on community, family, comedy, and well done social issues. It had just gotten off track a bit in telling too many isolated stories, stories which were becoming increasingly outlandish. (Felicia Behr and Agnes/Lorraine/Wisner would step in later to rectify things.) But looking back, this was 100-fold better than what we're being served now. I'd kill to get those days back.

[Paul Raven]

Y&R

Jessica tries to leave town,but collapses at the airport.Rushed to hospital,the diagnosis is pneumonia.After Danny's concert,Cricket has trouble contacting her mother,so she calls John.They discover Jessica has gone,leaving behind her engagement ring and a note saying she doesn't deserve John.

John hires Paul,who tracks Jessica to the hospital.

Scott discovers Jessica's illness is AIDS related and changes the treatment.Coming out of her coma,Jessica discovers Scott knows she has AIDS and begs Scott not to let John or Cricket know.

Jill sees Marc's bathing suit ad for Fenmore's and suggests that he could be Jabot's leading male model.Jack agrees and suggests signing Marc to an exclusive contract.Jill tells JoAnna to persude Marc to sign...or else.

Lauren asks her mother to get Marc to sign an exclusive contract with Fenmore's.JoAnna is in a bind-loyalty to her job or her daughter.

Leanna needs more personal info on Victor for her book,so she goes to Nikki who blabs that when she thought she was dying,Ashley got pregnant,had an abortion and ended up in a mental hospital.

Leanna is thrilled with these juicy tidbits.

Jack tells Leanna he has a publisher interested in going to press in 2 weeks.

Paul is hired by George Rawlins to stop employee theft.Nathan goes undercover in the shipping department and is approached to make extra money.

Mary wants to know more about Cassandra and issues a dinner invite.All goes well but Mary is still cocerned that Paul doesn't know Cassandra that well.

Nina is pleased when Philip brings her a baby buggy.Nina demands money and to eat meals with everyone else.

Kay is furious to find Nina at the table that night but Rex convinces her to let Nina stay.

Nina gives Philip a triptych of the 3 generations of Philip Chancellors as a birthday gift.Phillip is touched and invites her to bring the baby to Jill's birthday dinner.

John tells Jessica to forget the past and plan for the future.

Leanna pumps Nikki for more dirt-her only problem is that she must hide this chapter from Jack.

Victor asks Leanna to write his authorised biograph,having no idea the woman is writing a hatchet job.

Nikki can't hide her pregnancy much longer so tells Victor,who claims it must be another man's.Nikki insists that's not the case but Victor says it changes nothing between them.

[kalbir]

IIRC, this was the time that Y&R reached #1, despite the only good storylines IMO being Victor and Nikki's breakup (even though Nikki was pregnant with Nicholas), and the Jabot/Newman corporate wars. 1986-1989 was pretty much all Cricket, all the time.

[DeeeDee]

No it wasn't.

[Soapsuds]

ATWT

Hank Elliot...First male gay character arrives in Oakdale. Iva falls for him.

[Dan]

On GL, a new mysterious character named Blake Lindsay came on board as a new love interest for Phillip. She was rather rudderless until Pam Long came back and rather cleverly made her Christina Thorpe, Holly and Roger's daughter.

[Paul Raven]

ATWT

John and Lucinda are at odds.He wants her to apologize to Barbara for stealing her designs, but she refuses. John gets late night sympathy from Susan,who invites him to stay the night.He declines and returns home to sleep in the guest room.He accuses Lucinda of being jealous of Susan-she counters he's jealous of Kirk.Lucinda asks Pam to plan a lot of family events to keep John around.

Emily ends her affair with Tonio now that Meg is expecting.Meg is faking it but Lyla IS pregnant.Casey is ecstatic and Craig less so.Craig has proof that Kirk isn't a crook,but what is he after?

He tells Iva she's not married because her brothers are too protective.Kirk doesn't understand the fuss over the design he stole from Barbara. In NY,it happens all the time.

Hank helps Barbara finish a design to replace the stolen one.Hal isn't threatened seeing Hank and Barbara embrace.Hank takes a call for Barbara Stenbeck.the voice was muffled.but sounded familiar to Hank.

Caleb decides to stick around,despite mysterious phone calls. He likes Lily,but holden isn't thrilled to have around.

Holden hands over the Visconti Leather and Barbara Ryan accounts to Craig.He thinks instead he'll get back to his roots and help Seth run the farm.Lily couldn't be happier.Seth is looking forward to the publication of his first novel 'Sabrina'.

Caleb tells Ellie he had to leave Chicago in a hurry.His girlfriend calls and he warns her not to call again.

Susan tells Emily she seems to hook up with guys who will leave her.Meg overhears Tonio telling Emily they can continue seeing each other even though Meg is pregnant.Meg leaves the AIDS benefit and ends up in bed with cousin Rod.

Rod/Josh is beginning to fall for Meg,especially when he sees Betsy with Seth.

Holden and Rod get into a fight which Meg breaks up.Rod overhears Holden apologize to Meg for upsetting her when she's pregnant.

Rod thinks the child must be his.

Meg and Tonio have an auto accident.John overhears Meg murmur that Tonio's affair with Emily means nothing.Holden tries to block Rod from seeing her,but Meg cries out for him.Tonio catches them in a tender kiss.Dr Samuels tells Meg that if she's not pregnant,Tonio should have a fertlity test.

Lucinda finally realises the depth of John's anger towards her and promises to be as good as Iva is towards Lily.However,she entertains ideas of getting her hands on the Snyder farm for development.Maybe greedy Caleb is the key-but he'd better stay away from Lily.

Holden is jealous of Caleb and Lily's friendship.

Rod tells Betsy they're drifting apart.Betsy tells Meg that Rod's seeing someone else.Meg still wants Tonio.Dr Samuels gets Meg's results-she is pregnant.

[EricMontreal22]

Loved the Loving one I LOVE Egypt. yeah she was an Opal Gardner (when Dorothy Lyman played her) clone but...

[dm.]

Can you please post Santa Barbara?

[FrenchFan]

If Paul doesn't, I will check into my old SODs'

[Paul Raven]

SANTA BARBARA

Father Michael brings Sarah back to the mission and locks her in the basement.He's overcome with guilt,but Agatha tells him he's done nothing to be ashamed of.

Disguised as Sister Rebecca,Julia moves into the mission and snoops around,finding a frightened Sarah. Julia signs that she's a friend of Mason and wants to know what's happened to him.Sarah just stares.

Later,Michael comes across Julia in a slip and is aroused.He says they should discuss the fund raiser for a new chapel.

Julia snoops around Michael's office and finds a watch with an inscription'To Michael from Dad' and a police shield.Michael catches her and she covers.Over a glass of sherry,they discuss his past as a policeman.

Eden flies to Paris for a risky operation to assist her to conceive.Cruz looks after Chip and his mother Carmen arrives to help,She says they've lost the family home.Cruz offers to buy her a house in town,and look out for his brother Ric-if he can find him.

A depressed Kelly turns to TJ.He kisses her and they admit their attraction.She asks him to spend the night but the next day she can't face Jeffrey and seeks refuge with Cruz.Jeffrey comes looking for Kelly and TJ tells him where she is.Sophia wants to know how TJ knew that and he admits they spent the night together.

Kelly admits to being with TJ but says they were just talking.Jeffrey asks if she wants a divorce but Kelly says she just needs time.

Ted throws a party for Mason.Since she can't depend on TJ to get Kelly away from Jeffrey,a desperate Pamela poisons Kelly.

Scott announces Kelly has slipped into a coma.Keith suspects Jeffrey is responsible and brings him to headquarters for questioning.TJ keeps a vigil by Kelly's bedside.

Sister Sarah begins sleepwalking and Micheal turns to his sister Heather for help,despite the fact they haven't spoken in tears.Heather wants Sarah to undergo therapy at the hospital but Michel insists otherwise.

Scott tells Heather they need to spend time together away from the hospital.They go on a picnic and end up making love,but Heather worries she wasn't any good.

Cain,Andrea and Ming Li move into a new house.Happier than ever,Cain pops the question.The Major contacts Andrea and she rushes out,leaving Cain miffed.The Major plans to break up Cain and Andrea.Ming Li flirts with Cain so he sits his 'daughter' down for a chat about her behavior.Ming Li plays innocent and asks if Cain thinks she was coming on to him.Cain says no but still feels uncomfortable.Andrea returns and accepts his proposal.All Ming Li can do is watch the two kiss passionately.

The Capwells keep a vigil by Kelly's bedside and are disgusted by TJ's presence.Sophia confronts TJ,who admits he loves Kelly.

Meanwhile Jeffrey languishes in jail and suspects Pam of Kelly's attempted murder.A panicky Pamela plants evidence to incriminate TJ.She then approaches Keith and requests that charges be dropped.In return she will name the real assailant and pay Keith one million dollars.

Later Jeffrey is released and TJ arrested.Pamela gives Gina half the money,promising the rest when TJ is convicted.Jeffrey is at Kelly's bedside when she awakens.