Look into the past

[FrenchFan]

JANUARY 1978

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Nick frets when he finds a not from Erica which implies she’s contemplating suicide, although she’s actually on vacation designed to make him pop the question. Wanding to find out if Donna can have children, Chuck persuades her to take test which she thinks is being given only to verify her pregnancy. Billy Clyde beats Estelle after she visits an eldery lady who befriended her in church. Claudette makes a play for Linc. Phoebe continues to feign paralysis. Trying to keep Devon away from Dan, Brooke warns her Dan will expect her to go to bed with him. Jeff reveals to Christina that Ray spent several nights at Edna’s cabin. Flattered when Jeff says he loves her, Chris tells him she’ll always consider him a good friend.

Ray continues to up his adoption price to Ruth and Joe. David plans to use the fact that Ray spent several nights at Edna’s to win divorce from her. After Nancy tells Carl she’s expecting Frank’s child, he asks her to marry him. Tests having revealed Donna’s tubal ligation, Dr. Claydor tells Chuck she’s having a hysterical pregnancy. Phil fumes to hear Tara blaming Chuck’s woes on the fact that she divorced him. Chuck dreams of remarrying Tara. Mona and Nick continue to worry over Erica’s whereabouts. Dan tells Brooke he’s through with her.

Trying to renew a modeling career in New York, Erica contracts viral pneumonia. Flying to her hospital bedside, Nick admits he loves her. Nancy turns down Carl’s marriage proposal. Hoping to win Charles back, Phoebe claims if they went on a religious pilgrimage, she would be able to walk; he calls the idea nonsense. When David pushes her, Edna tells everyone he is a wife-beater. After Ray threatens Tad, Ruth withdraws all offers of money and says she will see him in court. Learning she cannot have children and is not pregnant, Donna considers running away. Nancy’s positive pregnancy test is accidentally sent to Caroline.

Nick proposes marriage to a critically ill Erica. Although everyone thinks he has taken a powder, Ray Gardner is still in Pine Valley and plans to take the Martins for a financial ride. Nancy tells Caroline she is expecting Carl’s child. Christina is growing tired of David’s demands and jealousy. With Erica ill in New York, Tom hires Brooke to be the Goalpost’s hostess. Linc is finding Claudette’s company very comforting. Benny tells Charles he will help Phoebe stay on the wagon. Not wanting to lose Dan to Devon, Brooke is out to get him. During session with Dr. Polk, Donna recalls her father had wanted to molest her. Poor Ruth ends up being raped by Ray.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

While John remains uncommunicative in the sanitarium, Marianne plots to get Olive to admit she killed Evan. Olive lets it slip to her the name of Kelly, the hit man. Cliff quits his job with Willis to join Elena’s gallery. Liz warns Gwen not to turn Russ against her. Dennis stays at Mark’s until Iris and Brian return from Greece. Ada tells Jim she’s not ready for romantic commitment. Marianne plans to stay in Bay City.

When Rocky’s body is found in the boathouse by Dennis and Jamie, Regine tells Mac about Sven’s evil plans and reveals the baby she’s going to have is not Mac’s but another’s. Iris returns home. Greg contacts Olive who is drinking her woes away and learns John may have been trying to protect himself when Evan was killed. Liz learns her daughter Susan is having marital problems. Marianne becomes nurse’s aid. Alice fears that with Ray in California, she may never get him to agree to divorce. Willi’s brother Otis, now using the name of Vince, arrives in Bay City.

Learning that Regine’s unborn baby isn’t his, Mac books passage to Sweden for her and her mother Helga. Realizing his plan to get the Cory money is failing, Sven drugs Rachel and kidnaps her. Angie warns Liz to stop talking against Willis. Gwen fears Russ is beginning to care for Elena. Tired of living in Iris’ guesthouse, Elena finds an apartment. Vince goes to work for Charlie.

Rachel tapes message informing Mac her kidnaper wants a quarter-million dollars in 24 hours. Mac warns Cliff that Sven is dangerous. Angie plans to dine with Vince in order to find out about Willis. Greg gets Olive to visit John in hospital. When John professes his love for her, Oliver runs from room calling him a murderer.

As The World Turns

Written by: Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer

Produced by: Joe Willmore

To make sure Susan takes care of herself, Alexander Keith spends the night at her apartment. Mark’s condition improves. Ralph doubts Mary’s feelings for John are only gratitude and worries about her frequent visits to him. Grant is irritated because Lisa decides to return to the bookstore full-time without discussing it with him. Bob’s mysterious woman friend is struck by a car and becomes his patient. Kevin and Sandy rent Natalie’s old apartment. Melinda wants to tell authorities Jay was with her the night Pete Larsen was murdered but he forbids it.

Joyce persuades Jane to drop Tom and hire Don as her divorce lawyer. Hoping to keep Ron, Jane decides to wait before filing. Upsey by Bean and Annie’s refusal of membership in country club, Jane blames Annie and decides to “stop being fair”. Jay won’t let Tom resign as his attorney at his trial. Tom thinks Jay may be lying about what he was doing the night Pete Larsen was killed. Alex convinces Mary that her visits to John are essential to his recovery.

Jay fears Melinda might admit they were together the night Pete Larsen was murdered. Kim and Alex are trapped in elevator stuck between floors. Natalie’s overspending forces Don to ask Chris for money. Joyce had an eye for Ralph. Bob’s mysterious patient, Karen Parker, thinks someone may have deliberately run her down. John blames Dan when Mary decides to stop visiting him. Thinking Kevin still desires Susan, Susan tells him not to visit her at the lab again. Nancy and Lisa want to bring Valerie and Bob together. Mark considers moving back to Michigan.

Joyce tells Bob that Grant always wanted to remarry her and Grant’s jealousy of Don is costing him important clients. Jay fumes after Tom insinuates to Carol that he may have been with another woman the night Pete Larsen was murdered. Living with Lisa, Grant dreams of Valerie. Sandy realizes she loves Kevin more than he loves her. Annie and Beau are disappointed when pregnancy tests are negative. Ron agrees not to conteste Jane’s divorce action. Bob is concerned when Karen leaves hospital without being discharged. Dan and Dr. Keith call a truce.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

David doesn’t like Arlo’s paying attention to Trish. Neil learns Phyllis left London without telling him. Mary and Chris make love. After asking Linda to return Tommy’s ring, Bob admits he has thought about marrying her. Sandy Walter, a girl in Doug’s show, plants cocaine in his dressing room in Twin Falls, Wis. When police find it, Doug is forces to stay until the investigation is over. Geri lets Larry know she’s interested in him. Dr. Griffin plans to send Patti to an aunt in Toledo, but she considers leaving town with Ron.

Feeling that Mickey and Laura are siding against him in the malpractice suit, Bill moves out of his house and into the Salem Inn. In Los Angeles, Bob is hospitalized with angina condition. Linda tells Tommy they can only be friends, but he refuses to take back his engagement ring. Wisconsin police allow Doug to go home but he fears cocaine plant will ruin his chances for liquor license. Marlena flares when Don says she must watch every word because he is a political candidate.

Atwood makes sure that Neil arrives in drunken stupor when he appears as a character witness at Doug’s liquor licence hearing. In Chicago, Mickey warns Dr. Stevens he will be subponaed. Although Kate assures Laura she and Bill aren’t lovers, Laura is wary. Released from hospital, Bob returns to Salem and decides to have complete physical recovery before proposing to Linda. Accused by Jean of having an emotional paralysis, Fred tries to walk but fails. Trish nixes David’s desire for another child. Maggie thinks Mickey is falling for Laura. Mike tells Bill he is proud to be his son. Patti refused to skip in Alaska with Ron.

Bill declares his love for Kate. Mary agrees to be Neil’s friend. Doug accepts Neil’s apology for being drunk at his hearing for liquor license. Julie fires Arlo. Patty returns to Salem and informs her dad that Ron has fled to Alaska. Jean decides to leave Fred. Going after her, he gets trapped in the elevator with Marlena. During the ordeal, Fred reveals this father used to lock him in the closet and beat him. Bob makes David Linda’s assistant.

The Doctors

Written by: Mel & Ethel Brez

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Matt asks Maggie to move back home, and she agrees. Maggie’s concerned when Greta questions her about birth control devices. Erich’s heart problems may be more serious than his parents know. Nola and Jason elope. Happy with his job as the newspaper artist, Luke turns down Doreen’s offer to manage Andre’s Supper Club but agrees to be friends. Sarah brings social work studies at the hospital.

Thinking use of contraceptives makes her lovemaking with Billy contrived, Greta only pretends she is using diaphragm, and worries when her menstrual cycle is week late. Dr. Colin Wakefield, Sarah’s Peace Corps lover, arrives in Madison palling to take Erich to North Carolina for operation. Steve is leery; he thinks surgery should be performed closer to home. Wanting to date other girls, Billy is trying to let Greta down easily.

Following marriage proposal from Michael, Sarah isn’t sure she is ready to be a mother to Michael Paul or that she loves his father. Sarah plans to get her own apartment. Steve is upset when Colin insists Erich be told how dangerous the operation is. Matt decides to let Greta have contraceptives, but it’s too late – she is pregnant. Barney bets his saving on horse.

Erich becomes frightened as Colin explains how dangerous his heart surgery will be. Tom lands job which requires a great deal of travelling. Luke quits job at newspaper and returns to manage Andre’s. When Barney loses all his money in a horse race, Luke bails him out with $5,000 he gets from Doreen. Greta tells Billy she’s pregnant and Sarah learns Colin is at the hospital.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Draper and April announce the engagement. Owen Crimmins decides to give money to Dan Hoper’s clininc instead of the Claremont. Angry when Denise’s father suggests that he be a full-time fund raiser, Miles quits post as chief of staff at Claremont. Logan suggests all is not proper with the crime commission and holds reservations about Kevin’s position in it. Mike gives his new law partner Draper a criminal case.

Hospitalized, April tells Draper he doesn’t have to marry her out of pity. Denise informs Miles she will not release any joint funds for him to start a new practice. Four beautiful red-haired girls have been strangled in Monticello. Geraldine assures Raven that she and Kevin can live with her after she marries Tony. Geraldine and Tony plan a simple ceremony.

Deborah agrees to serve as an undercover agent in order to track the killer of red-haired girls. Geraldine and Tony wed. Discovering Raven really wants Draper, Logan tells her to get lost. A former employee of Claremont is an orderly at the hospital where April is confined. He reveals that the night Catherine Damon (a patient in Claremont) died, Denise lied about the call system being out of order.

April undergoes heart surgery. Opening a policeman’s locker by mistake, Steve discovers pictures of red-haired girls and wonders if the cop might be the killer. Leaving town for a while, Miles writes Denise assuring her their marriage will continue but reaffirms his intention to work at Dan Roper’s clinic.

For Richer, For Poorer

Written by: Tom King

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Unable to make Bill marry Connie, Lee suggests she let him think she will give the baby up for adoption unless he agrees to tie the knot. George tells Barbara she is a beautiful woman. Amy’s former lover, Lee questions her about Bill and Connie. Connie puts Bill’s hand on her stomach to feel the baby’s movements. Laurie is pressured into firing Jason as her stockbrocker. Josie pleads with Bentley not to quit college.

Megan wants Austin to do artwork for her story on youth gangs. Amy plans to keep fact she and Lee were lovers from Austin. Josie is upset when Jason suggests the family go on welfare. Connie moves into an unwed mother’s home which deals in black-market adoptions. Learning of Connie’s whereabouts, Bill intends to sur for custody. Harriet, the woman who runs the agency, realizing Connie has no intention of giving up the baby, plans to force her to sign papers.

Austin decides not to illustrate Megan’s article. A youth gang tells Megan to kill story about them. The judge decides Bill cannot have custody of Connie’s unborn child. Jason and Laurie exchange I-love-you’s. Upset by Bentley’s decision to drop out of college, Les disappears. Old woman Mildred’s husband tells her to stop talking to Megan about the youth gang who murdered their son.

Paco, member of Savage Avengers youth gang, tells Megan his friends didn’t burn down the building where Mildred Quinn’s son died. Viola chastises Laurie for carrying on with Jason while married to Desmond. Returning home, Les agreed to take job at Desmonds’s law office. Connie stages a suicide attempt. Bentley decides to go back to college in the summer.

General Hospital

Written by: Richard & Suzanne Holland / Douglas Marland

Produced by: Tom Donovan / Gloria Monty

On Monday, January 16th, the soap expanded to 60 minutes, airing from 3:00 to 4:00

When the helicopter makes emergency landing, Rick and Monica are forced to spend the night together in an isolated ranger outpost. Concern for Rick’s safety drives Lesley and David together. Laura informes Lesley her sex life is no one’s business but her own. Heather talks Diana into letting her sti with Peter Jr. on New Year’s Eve. Lana, making a prank call to Heather, is upset when Jeff picks up the phone. Gina asks Gary to wait for an answer on his marriage proposal. Mark feels lonesome when Katie goes to Boston.

Lesley moves out of the house. Rick asks David to find a place of his own and persuades Lesley to return. Gina agrees to marry Gary. Heather feels guilty because she knows Steven Lars is alive while Jeff does not. Lana pretends she is going to visit an aunt but Jeff discovers her suitcase is empty and also realizes there is no aunt. Monica learns Alan wants to leave town. Katie admits to her sister she loves both Mark and Lamont. Rick is angry when he finds out Monica was supposed to cancel the helicopter trip they took.

While Mark is out of town conferring about surgery for Lamont, Lamont suffers a stroke. Diana plans to return to work and have Heather watch P.J.. Laura is apprehensive because a new student nurse has eye for Scotty. Heather moves into the apartment Jeff found for her. Lana tells Peter her parents were killed by lightning. Rick informs Lesley that David took blame for getting co-ed pregnant and was expelled from college.

Making love to Alan, Monica fantasizes that she is with Rick. With Lee out of town, Scotty and Laura spend night at his apartment. Lesley learns of trust when Laura leaves her wallet behind despite being covered by young nurse in training, Bobbie Spencer. Gail travels with Lee to St. Louis, where her in-laws are contesting her late husband’s will. David decides to make easy money by informing stockholders about Lamont’s health. Unaware of Lamont’s declining condition, Mark agreed to perform surgery. Lana learns about Mrs. Hadley and pretends to be Heather’s friend. In Canton, Jeff finds no trace that Lana or her family ever lived there.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Brandy persuades Alan to give her an interview. Sara is melancholy on the day that would have been anniversary for her and Joe. Peter’s interst in Holly grows. Ben manages to buy back the portait he painted of Evie. Now blind, Evie is learning to tend for herself. Peter’s father, Max Chapman suffers a heart attack while visiting Barbara. Although Ed wishes to renew friendship with Rita, Barbara keeps hoping he will reconcile with Holly.

In Vancouver, Mike learns from Bill that Hillary is Bill’s real daughter. After Bill and Simone agree to come to Springfield, Mike decides he must prepare Bert for the news that Bill is alive. Georgene breaks into Rita’s apartment but her plan to kill Rita is thwarted when she finds Evie there. Max survives surgery for aortic aneurism.

Bert is devastated to learn that Bill is alive. Jackie is startled to find Brandy in Alan’s office. Elizabeth is frustrated when Alan thinks her wanting to get a job is foolish. Ed cancels date with Christina in other to attend a birthday dinner for Rita. Max tells Peter he should not let his past ruin his future. Ben sends taped message to Evie expressing his love and desire to marry her. Hillary is told Mike and Ed are her brothers and Bill is her real father. Justin lets Sara know he’s going to marry her and she’s going to have his child one day.

Bert is incredulous as Bill tells her the story of Simone and where he has been for ten years. Ed and Rita renew their friendship. Holly decides that when Roger returns to Springfield, he can see Christina whenever he wants to. If Barbara tries to keep Roger away, Holly plans to move. Brandy is interested in Alan. Remembering that Justin broke their college engagement to marry Jackie, Sara fears becoming involved with him.

Love Of Life

Written by: Gabrielle Upton

Produced by: Darryl Hickman

Betsy calls Ben from London. Mia realizes Ben still loves Betsy. Dorrie hopes to use hypnosis on Arlene to learn what happened the night Ian fell down elevator shaft. Bruce continues to conceal bleed ailment from Van. Rick tells Cal he wants to have a baby with her.

Cal tells Rick she does not want to have a bay now. Meg admits she is interested in Andrew. Ben is upset when he learns his publisher, Jay Edmonton, is a friend of Mia’s. Ben tries to destroy the manuscript. When Mia saves it from fire, she and Ben kiss passionately. Mike relates to Cal his mother Maria had been promiscuous. Charles wants Johnny to come back home. Bruce is unable to make love to Van.

Rick tells Meg he is unhappy about Cal’s decision not to have a baby. Arlene considers giving the baby she’s carrying to an adoption agency. Charles is given legal custody of Charles Jr. Ben learns Betsy went to Switzerland with love interest Eliot Lang. Ben and Mia make love.

D.A. agrees with Tom’s suspicion that Ian was reaching for ulcer medication when he stumbled and fell down elevator shaft. Exonerated and released from prison, Arlene tells Tom she is pregnant. Charles gives the baby back to Eddie. Cal agrees to give Rick a child. Van finds a book on sexual disfunction in Bruce’s attache case.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

On Monday, January 16th, the soap expanded to 60 minutes, airing from 2:00 to 3:00

Paul bursts into Tony’s place just as Brian is about to reveal why he is so angry at Pat. Wanda considers doing commercial. Vinnie geels grand jury was wrong to label Lana’s death as accidental. A lonely Dorian has Karen move in with her as social secretary. Becky breaks in on Richard and Edwina at a romantic moment.

Learning that Pat and Tony made love after he came to Llanview, Paul moves out of house and agrees to a quickie divorce. Dorian’s sister, Melinda returns home. After receiving call from a mysterious stranger with a southern accent, Becky Lee is haunted by the memory of a man she injured. Dorian is irritated when Karen comes on with Peter. Becky plans to quit her job at the newspaper. Samantha admits to Will she loves Tony but feels it’s futile.

After Pat blurts out to Brian that Tony is his real father, Brian runs out of his house and is struck and killed by a car driven by Talbot Huddelston. Brushing aside Karen’s pleas, the designer leaves the scene of the accident. Prior to the accident, Karen – who had been upset to see Larry and Cathy together – asks him to come over share her bed; he refuses. Edwina pays Marco to trace Becky Lee’s secret past. Dorian considers Marco’s request to lend him money so he can become private detective.

Having told Pat he didn’t get Caribbean divorce, Paul is numb after Pat reveals she let slip to Brian that Tony was his father just before the accident. Unaware that Pat told Brian, Tony resents her for not having informed Brian of his parentage. Angry when Karen lies about her whereabouts, Dorian fires her. Melinda comes to Llanview. Wanda lands commerical. On honeymoon, Brad flirts with the waitresses. Marco rents a room at Mrs. Ina Hopkins’ boarding room. Back from his honeymoon, Brad worries about the ring he gave Lana. Brian’s funeral is held. Samantha is startled to see Cathy wearing the ring given to Lana. Edwina informs Richard she came from a background of powerty.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Bucky suspects Pat is on pills. After confronting Rae with tapes proving she and Roger are having an affair. Bill suffers another heart attack and dies. Pat secretly wishes he could leave Dee and marry Faith. Liam, an Irishman from Tom’s past, discovers his whereabouts from Mary and Jack, just before they return from honeymoon.

Jill and Seneca are engaged. Blaming herself for Bill’s death, Rae tells Roger the fling is over and turns to Frank for comfort. Trying to get off pills, Pat is upset when Dee comes looking for him and accidentally pushes her down the hospital stairs. As she is recovering, Dee begins to babble about her baby she lost before she married Pat. Johnny agrees to try and get along with Jack.

Discovering Dee had miscarriage before she married Pat, Roger plans to use the information to win her back. Alicia becomes Rae’s secretary / companion. Able to walk without crutches, Angel is released from hospital. Liam stalks Tom in New York. Seneca plans to tell Jill he is not Edmund’s father.

Jill almost hates Seneca for telling her Frank, not be, is Edmund’s father. Returning Seneca’s friendship ring, Jill orders him to move out. A gun-totting Liam corned Faith and Tom. Jill discovers Frank embracing Rae. Dee fears she is going crazy.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Robert J. Shaw

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

To spite Jo, Meredith invites Stephanie to New Year’s party. Bruce is confused when Donna sneaks out of his apartment, at stroke of midnight. David accidentally hits young boy, Jamie Lawrence, who runs in front of his car. Evelyn Reedy, a woman who hates Jo for firing her daughter from the hospital, agrees to become Meredith’s housekeeper. Bruce feels Amy is neglecting him and Tory. Greg and Jo set April wedding date.

With Jamie improving, David considers adopting him. Donna and Bruce are getting very friendly. While Scott mulls over his feelings for Kathy, she tells Carolyn for the first time she’s happy about being pregnant no matter who the father is. Meredith informs Evelyn that Jo and Greg will never wed. Greg refused to believe Jo when she suggets Meredith is trying to break them up.

Meredith promised to send Evelyn’s grandson to the best clinic in the country if she helps break up Jo and Greg. Howard Horton goes to Steve and Liza’s for dinner. Bruce is frustrated when he discovers Gail Caldwell has published a book on a crime story he helped her cover. Scott goes to see Kathy. Carolyn is pleased with Kathy’s physical and emotional state.

Amy is needlessly concerned about Donna and Bruce’s friendship. Scott asks Kathy to come home and be his wife. Kathy goes into labor. Meredith steals pearls Greg gave Jo and purposely leaves scarf so Jo will blame her. Greg refuses to believe Jo’s accusation that Meredith took the necklace. John, Stephanie, Suzi and Wendy go on ski vacation.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Kay gets Derek drunk and tells him he either marries her or forgets about beauty salon. Just as Brad is making points with Leslie, Brock ruins mood by serenading her. Lorie suggests that Lucas shave off his beard and come out of hiding. He hopes to discover what’s she’s hiding by reading her book “In My Sister’s Shadow”. Learning Chris will not give Karen back to them, Ron and Nancy decide to go to court.

Kay gets Derek drunk and marries him. Derek admits to himself as well as Greg and Snapper that he loves Jill. Lorie panics when she discovers her book is starting to sell. Reading a copy of “In My Sister’s Shadow”, Brad realizes it is about Leslie and was written by Lorie. Stuart suggests Leslie is only grateful to Brad for what he did for her when she was in the institution but she does not really love him any longer.

Nancy and Ron hire a lawyer for the custody case but Ron refuses to charge that Snapper and Chris are unfit parents for Karen. Chris wants the woman Ron raped years ago to testify against him. Vanessa returns to hospital for further facial surgery. Reading “In My Sister’s Shadow”, Stuart is amazed to realize it is a book Lorie had written about Leslie’s nervous breakdown. He urges Lorie to tell Leslie about the book.

Jill accepts Derek’s marriage proposal. Sharon Ralston, the girl Ron tried to rape, arrives in Genoa City and gives deposition concerning the attack. Snapper wonders if it is right to keep Karen from the cured Nancy and seemingly rehabilitated Ron. Greg decides to give up legal aid work and go after the big money.

[Dr Neil Curtis]

Reading the days summary.....I wish Kate Roberts was Dr. Kate Winograd! She would have so much to go on being an ex doctor and a businesswoman!

[FrenchFan]

Bill definitely had a thing for Kates

[Bright Eyes]

And a prostitute!

[Dr Neil Curtis]

Ditto! Kate Winograd was played Elaine Princi, right? Anyone know how she was in the role. I read all of those summary and its some good storytelling...................Boy if those writers would return!

[DRW50]

I'd never heard of this Lana on GH or Meredith on SFT. The story with Meredith and her revenge plans against Jo sounds pretty good. I wonder if it was.

Was this Alex character on ATWT for long? It sounds like they must have had plans for him, if he was involved with Susan AND Kim, but I don't remember hearing much about him. And I didn't know that John was with Mary or that Don was with Natalie. They seemed to ping-pong their female characters to the same small pool of men at this time.

I'd love to see the scenes where Karen worked for Dorian. Or even Wanda making a commercial.

Those stories on AW represented the show's last period of big popularity. Olive always sounds terrifying, I don't know how she was onscreen. That story seemed to go on for quite a while. I wonder if fans were upset when John was killed off.

I wonder why a new soap like For Richer, For Poorer would want to tell a story about youth gangs. Not a great way to excite new viewers.

Bill's return on GL, is it true that was cut short because viewers couldn't accept the idea that Bill would do that to his family? It makes sense to me, from what I've seen of Bill. I wish the story had gone on longer.

I wonder if the stuff with DAYS and the plot against Doug was any good.

[FrenchFan]

Meredith on SFT was played by Tina Orr. Greg, her father had known Stu when they were young. Stu's sister, Louise, was pregnant with Greg's baby before she drowned and Stu held Greg responsible for the death. The late Robert Rockwell played Greg.

On GH, Janice Heiden originated the role of Lisa / Lana in September 1977. When the Hollands took over as HW from Tex & Irving Elman, they tried to dynamize the show and a storm struck Port Charles. Various characters were introduced then: David Hamilton, nurse Dorrie Fleming, Jeff's amnesiac patient Lisa and of course Alan Quartermaine. Lisa would be revealed to be schizophrenic and faded away soon after Doug Marland became GH head writer in early 1978.

ATWT's Alex Keith was played by Jon Cypher from October 1977 to mid-1979. He ordered Susan to help convince his son Mark to follow treatment. I don't think he was popular as "supercouple" were Kim and Dan, Susan and Kevin.

[Paul Raven]

On ATWT,Alex married Valerie in 79 and left Oakdale. Also,the Kathy character was actually named Karen.

As regards GH, I thought that Doug Marland was already writing the show by this time.Bobbie was definitely a Marland character.

[DRW50]

So Susan and Kevin were popular? I only know him from the 1978 episode when he was with, Melinda or someone.

Was Lana/Lisa the one where one was dying and the other was a twin or were they not twins?

[JAS0N47]

I'm just finishing up research on the 1977 "Days" episodes, and in Kate Winograd's first episode script, she is listed as Dr. Martha "Kate" Winograd. First time I had ever seen that Kate was her nickname, not her real first name.

[FrenchFan]

FEBRUARY 1978

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Ruth’s rape by Ray Gardner sustains serious head injury. Caroline suspects Nancy is carrying Frank’s baby. Tom tells Brooke he always wanted to be a priest, not a football player. Benny convinces Phoebe he needs her at home. Christina is losing respect for David because he allows Edna to run his life. Donna finally realizes she has been made sterile. Nancy announces her plan to marry Carl. David shows Christina an engagement ring.

With Erica on the mend, Nick confides to Mona that he doesn’t intend to marry her. Tara is fearful that Phil will personally exact revenge on Ray Gardner for raping Ruth. Aware that Tyrone had her tubes tied, Donna runs away. Tires of playing seccond fiddle to Edna’s demands, Christina returns David’s engagement ring. Tom seems upset to hear that Nick and Erica are engaged. Eleen agrees to marry Mark in a year if the both feel the same toward each other. After Caroline confronts Frank over Nancy’s pregnancy, he admits he might be the father.

Regaining consciousness, Ruth remembers Ray Gardner raped her. Phil’s partner, Mel Jacoby, thinks Phil should take himself off Gardner investigation. Estelle tells Chuck the missing Donna had a bottle of sleeping pills. Althouth Nancy assures Frank she is carrying Carl’s child, he doesn’t believe her. Nancy and Carl have to postpone their marriage when they arrive at the license bureau after it closes. Benny discovers Phoebe can walk but agrees to keep her secret. Little Phil goes on cleanup detail. Edna seduces David. Nick wants to tell Erica there will be no marriage.

Rememberine that she was raped by Ray Gardner, Ruth feels she must press charges but fears it will affect Tad. Trying to protect Estelle, Billy Clyde stabs Ray. Dan confides to Mark he likes Devon but desires Brooke for creature comforts. After spending the afternoon with Brooke, Dan is fired from the bookstore. When Linc takes her to a society dinner, Claudette offers to help him redo the apartment he shared with Kitty.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Mac discovers kidnaped Rachel in pumphouse on the Cory Estate. Hurt during a struggle with Sven who had returned, Rachel lapses into coma. Sven is arrested. Susan declares she has separated from husband Dan. Claude Kelly tells police Olive was more involved in the plot to kill John than she has admitted. Olive learns that Evan when alive romanced women for money. Kelly is charged with murder of Evan. John speaks to Pat when he notices she is still wearing his wedding ring.

Rachel comes out of coma but realizes she is blind. Rachel agrees to dangerous operation which may repair damage to her optic nerve allowing her to see again. Sven confesses to Rocky’s murder and Rachel’s kidnapping. John bristles when nurse calls Olive Mrs. Randolph. Russ suggests that clinical psychologist Susan works with John. Cliff tells Regine he had an affair with Molly. Vince is falling for Angie. Jamie decides to take his own apartment.

Rachel’s eye operation is successful. After telling Elena they are only friends, Russ asks Gwen to marry him, and she accepts. Unsure of her ability to make Russ happy, Gwen asks for time to think. John admits to Susan he made a mistake marrying Olive. Doris, Olive’s sister, is coming to Bay City to help John obtain his divorce from Olive.

Cliff and Regine plan to wed. Regaining her sight, Rachel returns home. Sven is sent to state pen after confessing to all his crime: murdering Regine’s father, killing Rocky, kidnapping Rachel. Olive warns Greg to stop trying to get information from Doris.

As The World Turns

Written by: Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer

Produced by: Joe Willmore

Joyce prompts Don to ask Chris and Grant for raise, then fumes when he doesn’t get it. Joyce is still depressed over her miscarriage. Upset by her impending divorce from Ron, Jane wants more attention from Beau and suspects Annie is making sure she doesn’t get it. Annie opposes Beau’s plans to take over management of Spencer Hotel. Tom fears he will not be able to defend Jay at murder trial unless Jay tells him the truth. Jay finally admits he picked up a girl the night of Larsen’s murder but pretends it was a stranger. Alex tells Susan he loves Kim and intends to have her. Grant and Valerie are snowbound.

At Jay’s trial, Laurie is forced to testify that Jay wanted to kill Pete Larsen. Kim and Dan consider telling Betsy that Dan, not his late brother Paul, is her father. Mark is getting ready to attend college in Michigan. Ralph fears he is losing Mary to John who is about to be released from hospital. Annie and Beau continue to bicker over his intention to run Spenser Hotel. Joyce and Don move into their new home.

Tom learns Jay was with Melinda the night Pete Larsen was murdered. Fearing he will lose Carol if she knows the truth, Jay makes him promise to keep the information confidential. Joyce suspects Lisa and Bob are having flirt; her misinformation almost causes Grant to tell Lisa he is interested in Valerie. Confused by Kevin’s mood shift and inability to give his undivided love, Sandy leaves town in order to think things through. Beau decides not to manage the hotel, but Jane takes advantage of his offer to help out on part-time basis.

Jay takes witness stand, admits he was with a woman when Pete Larsen was killed. Susan warns Kim that John knows that Betsy is really Dan’s child and fears he might tell her the truth. But Dan decides he must be the one to tell Betsy. Jane is upset when Dick charges that she is pretending to need Beau’s business advice to keep him tied to her and away from Annie. Going with Bob to dine at the Hugheses, Karen Parker reveals to him that she is in love with another man.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

After he is fired from Doug’s place, Arlo is beaten up by Atwood’s men. He disappears from hospital after getting threatening phone call. Returning to Salem, Rick Stevens testifies that Bill had to takeover for Rick during Fred’s surgery. Irritated by having to work with David, Linda suggets to Bob that David should be given a position out of town. Tom informs Bob he is suffering from high blood pressure. Julie goes with Doug on job singing on a cruise ship.

Julie’s plans to go along with Doug while he sings are canceled when Robert is felled by pneumonia. Atwood continues to daydream about Julie. At Kate and Bill’s malpractice hearing, Fred stands up, walks towards the judge and asks that the case be dismissed. A joyous Kate and Bill embrace as Laura rushed from courtroom. Maggie is upset to see Mickey comforting Laura. Geri is devastated by the sight of Atwood and Julie dining.

Bob asks Linda not to push marriage. Melissa is upset because she must spend all her weekends at a girlfriend’s house. Arlo departs Salem. Suffering identity crisis, Trish leaves Salem with the baby. Making pass at Julie, Atwood says, if he can have her, he will make sure Doug gets his liquor license. Hospital board asks Bill and Kate to rejoin staff. When Kate decides to practice medicine elsewhere, Bill realizes he doesn’t love her.

Released from the hospital, Robert returns to work. Atwood rapes Julie after she guesses he was involved in the suspension of Doug’s liquor license. Realizing it was wrong to uproot Patty, Dr. Griffin decides to return to Chicago. Bob tells Linda David will not be getting an out-of-town assignment. Mickey hires Ted McMannis to find Trish for David. Chris balks at Mary’s attempt to push him into research job at Anderson Manufacturing.

The Doctors

Written by: Mel & Ethel Brez

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Erich undergoes surgery. Billy assures Greta his feelings for her won’t chage if she has an abortion. Greta plans to have the operation performed in the city where her girlfriend’s cousin lives. Colin pumps Doreen for information about Sarah.

Just before Erich goes to surgery, Colin lets it slip that he watched his own child die on the operating table. Sarah informs Mike she still isn’t sure she loves him. Mona is irritated when Nola makes fun of her society friends. Greta decides not to have abortion in Springfield.

Erich comes through surgery with no sign of irregular heartbeat. Colin decides to stay at Hope Memorial when he is offersed a chance to head a cardiac unit. Mike was livid at Matt for offering Colin the post. Billy is stunned to learn that Greta has not yet had an abortion.

Nola senses that Sarah still cares for Colin. Sarah asks Mike for two weeks to think over his marriage proposal. Mona decides she’s going to turn Nola into Madison’s leading social butterfly to help Jason’s law practice. Although Greta can’t decide about abortion, Billy wants no part of a teenage marriage. At the abortion clinic, Greta realizes she must have parents’ consent.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Steve saves Deborah from the killer of red-haired women who turns out to be another policeman. Nancy turns down job as TV consumer reporter but thinks Nicole would be ideal for the job. Kevin decides to reveal in an exclusive interview his displeasure with crime commission’s proposals. Denise warns Nicole to stay away from Miles.

Spying fromer Claremont employee Charlie in the hospital corridor, Denise demands to know if he told April anything about Catherine Damon’s death. A cringing Charlie claims he didn’t mean to say anything wrong. Miles is incensed when Denise says she went to visit Nicole. Dan Roper is concerned because Owen Crimmons has not come through with promised donation to the clinic. Draper fears April might die on the operating table and asks her to marry him before the surgery: she refuses.

April survives open-heart surgery. Kevin decides not to oppose the crime commission. Breaking off with Deborah, Steve starts seeing Logan’s secretary, Maggie. Deborah stops resisting Rainey’s romantic advances. Recognizing a man who once tried to mug him, Rainey gives the would-be robber, named Chip, some cash and offers him a job. Maggie warns Logan his love for Raven can only ruin his life.

Raney plans to make Deborah his wife. Tony hires Chip to keep a second set of books. After a visit from Chip, Johnson “jumps” out of 20-story window. Logan panics when an uninvited Raven drops by while Steve is visiting, but Steve assures him he will not tell Kevin. Steve is determined to expose Tony’s crooked operation. Unable to buy Charlie’s silence about the night Catherine Damon died at Claremont, Denise looks for the most permanent way to keep his mouth shut.

For Richer, For Poorer

Written by: Tom King

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Lee gets involves with young gang. Austin tells Amy he doesn’t care that she and Lee were once lovers. Following her suicide attept, Connie develops lung infection which brings on premature birth of the baby boy while Bill is in the delivery toom. Viola is plagues by sharp chest pains but is assured by her doctor that her heart is fine.

Bill promises to marry Connie if she recovers. Blaming herself for Viola’s attacks, Laurie first decides to stop seeing Jason but changes her mind when she is persuaded that Viola is pretending to be ill. Les starts working for George.

Laurie postpones her plan to tell Desmond she loves Jason, when Jason explains it could ruin his career. George overhears Lee confiding to Amy that Connie’s suicide attempt was a ploy to get Bill to marry her. Connie’s condition improves. Edith wants Megan to stop writing series on youth gangs. Amy is upset when Austin accepts vice presidency at Cushing. Bill and Connie wed.

Megan is deeply unhappy over Bill’s marriage to Connie. Connie confides to Lee that if Bill should ever learn her suicide attempt was phony, she really would kill herself. Ellie tells Lee she plans to tell Bill about Connie’s scheming. Lee admits to Ellie that he has been attracted to her since high school.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

Monica moves in with Alan. David advises Lesley to break up Scotty and Laura’s relationship. Rick warns Lesley that Laura cannot be the end-all and be-all of their marriage. Mark warns Katie he will not operate on Lamont unless he slows down on his work schedule. Peter tells Jeff Lana and Lisa are one person. Knife-wielding Lana traps Heather in her apartment, but Jeff arrives in time to persuade gentle Lisa personality to take over. Upset with Gary’s values, Gina postpones marriage.

When Lamont undergoes life-or-death surgery, David plays spu for stockholders by reporting on Lamont’s condition. Lamont survives surgery, but may be a vegetable. Diana is concerned about Heather’s possessive attitude towards P.J.. Monica burns Rick’s picture. Gail is incensed when a female author, Maria, claims to have co-authored her late husband’s most popular book. Scotty tells Lee he is all for his marrying Gail.

Although Lamont seems to be recovering, David’s story that he is dying hits the newspapers, and the company’s stock plummets. Lesley learns via David that Monica prescribed Laura’s brith-control pills. Monica decides she can no longer love with Alan because he continues to question her feelings for Rick. Heather is desperate when Diana decides to get another baby-sitter for P.J.. Bobbie is out to snare Scotty, and tries to use Scotty’s dislike of Laura’s new sophisticated look to get him. Katie’s sister, Sally comes to Port Charles. Maria’s lawyer suggets Gail’s husband had an affair with her.

With Lamont on the road to recovery, Katie admits to her sister Sally that she loves Mark. Devastated to find Scotty at Bobbie’s apartment, Laura calls her adoptive mom and leaves Port Charles. Jeff confesses to Heather he’d like to have another chance with her. Knowing how much Monica dreads that Gail will learn she had an affair with her late husband Greg, Maria blackmails Monica for $50,000. Unable to raise money, Monica steals Greg’s love letters unaware that Maria has copies.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Unaware that Evie is sleeping there, Georgene sets fire to Rita’s apartment but Ben arrives in time to rescue Evie. Ed learns that Bill’s alive. Elizabeth doesn’t realize she landed a job with the ecology society because Alan gave a large donation. Rita is pleased when Ed buys her a book for her birthday. Although she spends the day in the country with Justin, Sara continues to think about Joe. Peter refuses to discuss the scuba-diving accident in his past with Holly.

Ed is unable to fathom Bill’s return or the reason why he deserted the family. Aware that Ben saved her life after fire broke out in Rita’s apartment, Evie agrees to renew her relationship with him. Learning that Bill is alive, Max Chapman decides to run the story in the newspaper. Peter admits to Holly there was a woman in his life when he was in the Peace Corps but refuses to say anything more. Alan is livid when Brandy informs him she knows he bought Elizabeth’s position as Ecological Society’s photographer. After day with Justin does not culminate in intimacy, Sara knows that their relationship is over. Rita believes Georgene set her apartment on fire.

Ed is shocked when Rita admits she knew Bill was alive before anyone in the family did. Story of Bill’s being alive and having a second family in Vancouver hits the newspapers. Evie tells Ben she doesn’t want to be bitter about her blindness but sometimes she can’t help it. Sara and Justin are drawn together by a medical case. T.J. assures Sara he likes Justin and fears she broke up with him on his account. Jackie tells Elizabeth she suffered a miscarriage years ago. Unaware that her son Philip is indeed Jackie’s child, Elizabeth says she almost had a miscarriage at about the same time.

Confronting Bill, Ed calls him weak and uncaring, but conveys his joy that his father is alive. Simone goes to Vancouver to tell her son Paul about Bill’s past. Bill hints to Ed that there is more about his past than he has yet told anyone. When a member of the hospital board dies on the operating table, Emmett decides Justin should be brought up before the review board and axed from either research position of hear of cardiac department. Emmett would like to take over as chief of cardiology.

Love Of Life

Written by: Gabrielle Upton

Produced by: Darryl Hickman

Arlene feels her engagement to Tom is in jeopardy after admission that Ian Russell was the father of her unborn child. Andrew warns Ben that Mia is fragile emotionally. Mary admits to Lynn she is in town to find her former fiance. Bruce tells Andrew he is suffering from a terminal form of anemia.

Tom vetoes Arlene’s plan to put the baby up for adoption. Van fears Bruce is growing tired of their marriage. Andrew warns Bruce he must tell Van of his terminal illness or Andrew will. Rick and Cal plan a second honeymoon. Mary places classified ad informing Michael she is in Rosehill. Eddie takes the baby home. Mia admits to Andrew she loves Ben.

Bruce tells Van he is suffering from terminal illness. On the day she is to marry Tom, Arlene asks Ray to take her out of town. Rick and Cal enjoy a second honeymoon in Paris.

Mia decides to end her affair with Ben and tells him to find another publisher for his finished novel. Having run away from Tom, Arlene goes off with Ray. Confessing his love for her, Ray asks to be her husband, if in name only. Arlene and Ray take out marriage license. Eddie has a christening for his and Felicia’s baby. Bruce wants Andrew to prepare Van for loneliness when he is gone.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Unbeknownst to Dorian, her sister Melinda has arrived in town. Dorian is falling for Peter, who is attracted to Melinda not knowing she is Dorian’s sister. Richard tells Edwina he is not ready to have an affair with her. Marco admits to Becky he never graduated from high school. Cathy wants to know if Larry ever really loved Karen. After a pick-up calls her a prostitute, Karen is about to tell Jenny about her life-style. Brad breaks into Cathy’s house to retrieve the ring he gave Lana but runs out just as Cathy comes in.

Karen wants Larry to think she loves him, but Larry realizes he loves Cathy. Paul discovers letters Brian wrote to him when everyone else thought that Paul was dead. When Pat decides to move back into her hosue, Paul says he is going to stay with her. Pat refuses to rearrange Brian’s room. Viki warns Tony he may lose Pat if he doesn’t go to her. Marco learns that Becky is lying about her past. Melinda likes Peter but fears him because she realizes he knows Dorian. Carla wants Ed to run for councilman. Samantha vows true love to Tony.

After Wanda reveals to Tony that Sam loves him, Tony tells Sam she can’t work for him any longer. Outraged to discover Melinda singing at Tony’s place, Dorian threatends to close it down if Melinda doesn’t quit. Angered by the threat, Tony signs Melinda to a binding contract. When Marco demands $5,000 for finding Melinda, Dorian gives him $10 and the heave-ho. Marco and Richard start bar brawl, as a result of which Becky and Richard are arrested. Dorian decides Peter has a thing for Melinda. Without Jenny’s knowledge, Brad signs promissory note to Dorian in order to keep his skate at the health club. Edwina wants Dorian to fire Pat. Vinnis is upset by Wanda’s bra commercials.

Before he can tell Kathy he loves her, Larry learns Karen has been mugged. Not revealing she was roughed up by one of her one-night stands, Karen claims she was beaten and raped in a poor section of town. Jenny wants Brad to convert to Catholicism. After spending the night in the same jail with Richard, Becky realizes how much she cares for him. Richard asks Becky to marry him. Marco shrugs off Ina Hopkins’ suggestion that he find another place to live and travels to Tennessee to discover Becky’s secret. Karen moves back with Larry.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Seneca agrees to let Roger stay on the hospital staff even though Roger can no longer blackmail him about Edmund being Frank’s child. Mistaking Seneca for Tom, Liam shoots him in the back. Near death, Seneca regrets keeping Edmund’s parentage a secret. Dee suffers an attack of hysterical blindness when Roger informs her he is going to tell Pat she miscarried before they wed. Bob senses he is losing Alicia to Bucky. Bob suggests Dee move in with Maeve and Johnny.

Tom informs Faith that Liam is after him because he beat Liam’s brother, James to death in self-defense. Admitting she might be falling in love with him, Faith holds off on the lovemaking for fear he might be killed. Cornered on his apartment roof, Tom is shot by Liam. Seneca remains in a critical condition. Delia agrees to Roger’s demands that she seek psychiatric care or he will tell Pat she lost the baby before the marriage.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Robert J. Shaw

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Giving birth to a healthy baby boy, Kathy agrees to move back with Scott. Unaware that Meredith has returned them, Jo is astonished to find pearls in her room. Feeling that his work is unfuifilling, Bruce plans to make some changes, even if it means moving out of town. Bill is upset when Howard promotes Steve.

John and Stephanie marry. Greg tells Jo he will marry her if she tries to get along with Meredith, but Jo refuses to take the blame for the rift between her and Meredith. Feeling she helped Meredith break up Jo and Greg, Evelyn demands money.

Evelyn shows Meredith how to pat the household budget in order to get some of the money Meredith promised for helping break up Greg and Jo’s romance. Upset because Amy spends extra day at a medical convention, Bruce gives the flowers he bought for her to Donna and takes Donna to dinner.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Reading Lorie’s book, Lance does not blame her but unconsciously pulls away from her. Leslie’s confidence in her talent begins to suffer because of the novel. When Brock tells Derek that Kay loves him, Derek hastens to assure Kay they can only be friends. Jill and Derek get engaged. In a confrontation with Ron, Sharon fells he may have been rehabilitated.

While Lorie is dreaming of a second honeymoon, Lance decides to accompany Leslie to her Denver concert. Lucas warns Lance he is going to ruin his marriage by giving Leslie too much moral support. Leslie agrees to wear the locket Brad gave her on their first anniversary.

Lance abruptly ends his second honeymoon with Lorie when he learns that the story about the book revealing Leslie’s mental breakdown ran in Denver newspapers, forcing her to cancel her second concert there. Aware of Jill’s plans to marry Derek, Kay shows her marriage certificate, but Jill refuses to believe Kay and Derek are married. Psychiatrist report on Karen’s custody leans toward return of the child to Ron and Nancy.

[DRW50]

So who was playing Heather (GH), Nola (Doctors) and Nicole (EON) at this time exactly? When was the transition for those roles? I can't remember if this is when Cher's sister still played Heather or if she was gone by this time.

I'd love to see the Georgene Granger story on GL, it sounds very entertaining.

That was neat that they had Billy Clyde and Ray, the two big heavies on AMC for years, interact, even briefly.

So Rachel was blind for...what...a few weeks? I guess she was getting prepared for her lengthier stint of blindness a few years later.

I didn't know Olive had a sister.

[Paul Raven]

The john/Stephanie honeymoon on SFT featured location footage in Vermont.

Interesting that the synopsis on GL states that Bill was missing for 10 years,yet Hilary is way older than that.Was that a mistake or was Bill having that affair while still living in Springfield. Wasn't there a brother named Paul?

Simone was played by Laryssa Lauret,who had been on The Doctors for most of the 70's as Karen Werner.

Jayne Bentzen was playing Nicole at this stage and Mary O'Brien was Heather.Not sure about Nola.

[MichaelGL]

On GL, I would have really liked to have seen the scenes where Bert learns that Bill is alive. Undoubtedly, Charita must have acted the hell out of those scenes.

Sara's story at the time sounds very realistic and character driven.

[FrenchFan]

MARCH 1978

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Phoebe leads Chuck to believe the police think that Donna is dead. Donna turns up at Maggie’s apartment. Learning that Ray Gardner will recover from the knife wounds inflicted by Billy Clyde, Phil urges Ruth to prosecute for rape. Brooke tells Phoebe she is out to take Dan away from Devon. Livid because Mark lets Paul know he and Ellen have a thing going, Ellen refuses to see Mark. Having hinted to Linc he would kill Edna to gain full custody of Dottie, David considers poisoning her. The judge agrees to suspend Phoebe’s weekend sentence and she plans to use fake paralysis to re-snag Charles.

Accepting an out-of-town job, Nick tells Erica the wedding is off. Caroline is relieved when Nancy assures her she will marry Carl Blair and move to Chicago. David continues to plot Edna’s demise. Linc has second thoughts about letting Claudette redecorate his apartment. Mark fears Ellen is becoming too interested in Paul Martin. Dan helps plans Devon’s surprise birthday party, but dates Brooke. Billy Clyde discovers Donna at Maggie’s. Brooke learns Phoebe can walk.

Learning Donna is in Center City, Phoebe pays Billy Clyde not to tell Chuck. Edna is confusing ill effects from pills David is slipping her for morning sickness. Joe is furious when Ray Gardner calls to talk with Ruth. Brooke plots to spoil Devon’s surprise party. Erica refuses to accept the fact that Nick does not intend to marry her. Flying in from Chicago to marry Nancy, Carl’s place crashed.

Marrying Nancy at his hospital bedside to give her unborn baby his name, Carl dies as result of the injuries he suffered in the plane crash. Learning Donna is in Center City, Chuck goes to her and she agrees to return with him to Pine Valley. Claudette is the new manager of the Chateau and Freddie does not liker her bossy methods. Learning Edna is not pregnant, David puts aside his plan to poison her – for the time being. Ruth decides to press rape charges against Ray Garnder. Phil catches Chuck and Tara in an innocent embrace. Caroline learns Nancy’s unborn child is Frank’s, not Carl’s.

Erica is humiliated when Nick leaves town after taking her to bed. Benny suggets to Donna that she and Chuck move out of Pine Valley. Phoebe talks Charles into being her physician. Getting a letter from Ray Gardner claiming to have information that can affect Tad’s future, Ruth visits him in jail. Phil fears Tara is wishing she were still married to Chuck. Benny has a thing for Estelle. Donna plans to have surgery to reverse tubal ligation.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

A married Regine and Cliff move to Sweden. Trying to make Willis realize he loves her, Angie and Vince pretend they are interested in one another. Iris refuses to help Liz break up Russ and Gwen’s engagement. John reveals Evan was killed when he tried to shoot John and the gun discharged suring the struggle. When Elena gives Dennis a job, Iris throws her out of house. Susan is counseling Olive.

Willis is not anxious for Alice to press Ray for divorce. Marianne enrolls in college and accepts a date with Dennis. John refuses to believe Olive helped Evan plot against him. Olive agrees to see Dr. Zimmerman and he prescribes sleeping pills. Liz lets Jim think Charlie is living with Ada.

Grant Jury does not hold John for Evan’s murder. John wants to remarry Pat but she wants time to think it over. In love with John, Joan will not try to win him. Ray and Alice agree to divorce. Torn between love for Alice and Angie, Willis goes back to his hometown. Hoping to break the engagement, Liz downgrades Russ to Gwen’s high-society mother. Brian informs Elena he can no longer be her atorney. Greg takes over. Vince admits to Burt he loves Angie. Marianne and John move back into their old house.

Rachel is pregnant. Mike moves in with John and Marianne. Pat realizes Joan loves John. Greg confides to Joan that he loves Pat. Brian is representing Olive in her divorce action against John. Olive threatens to tell all about Marianne’s abortion if John does not meet her divorce settlement demands. Iris and Louise are battling. After Vince confesses his love for her, Angie tells him not to waste his time. Confused about Willis’ attitude, Alice considers seeing Dr. Zimmerman for therapy.

After Louise warns Dennis that Iris is spying on his girlfriend, Iris fires Louise and Mac hires her. Feeling no one understands her, Iris leaves town. Willis returns from Chadwell. Before Olive gets a chance to, Marianne tells Greg she had an abortion and later confesses her love for Greg to Pat. Joan quits as John’s secretary after she declares her love for him and he replies he wants Pat and no other woman.

As The World Turns

Written by: Robert Soderberg & Edith Sommer

Produced by: Joe Willmore

Betsy is stunned by Dan’s revelation that he is her father, not her uncle. When Beau misses dinner with her parents to work at the hotel, Annie wrongly accuses Jane of purposely keeping him from her family. Valerie’s ex-husband, Nick Conway claims half of her farm belongs to him. Ralph and Mary break off relationship. Joyce wants Don to buy property adjoining theirs; he feels it’s too expensive. Going to school in Michigan, Mark suffers a relapse. Tom wants to stop Carol from divorcing Jay by proving Jay was not pursuing Melinda.

News of Mark Lewis’s death shatters Susan. Unable to trust Dan because he waited so long to admit he was her father, Betsy wants to move in with Ellen and David. Lisa realizes Grant no longer loves her. Mary turns down Ralph’s job offer when he asks if John Dixon is living in the same building as she. Jane is close to nervous breakdown after her divorce from Ron is finalized. Nancy is growing fond of Karen but decides to keep her feelings from Bob. Joyce continues to eye Ralph and battle with Don over money. Beau wants to give up law.

Betsy runs away from home. Joyce now wishes she had never married Donald and goes to bed with Ralph. Lisa asks Val to help figure out what is wrong with her marriage to Grant. Grant admits to Tom he holds little hope for reconciling with Lisa but will try. Susan is angry at Alex for hiding the fact that Mark was dying. Carol refuses to take Tom’s suggestion that she give Jay another chance. Melinda becomes Jane’s secretary, and Mary goes to work for Chris Hughes. Karen calls her fiance, the Winterbrook D.A. Walter Vestid, to say that she will not give information on her late father’s crooked deals.

Joyce tries to conceal her affair with Ralph from Don. Jay moves out of apartment with Carol and into a motel. Valerie is crushed when Grant agrees to try and work things out with Lisa. Grant is upset by Lisa’s use of sleeping pills. Kevin and Sandy learn that Betsy has taken refuge in their cabin. Looking for her, Kevin finds an unconscious Betsy in a snow bank. Since Jay’s business is bankrupt, Laurie goes to work for Ralph.

Recovering in the hospital from exposure, Betsy refuses to see Dan. Kevin tries to assure Sandy that her jealousy of Susan is groundless. Joyce makes sure she is unable to accompany Don to Switzerland by stalling redecorating. Karen returns Walter’s engagement ring. Process-servers are after Jay for debts and he starts looking for a job. Beau flunks bar exam for the second time. Ellen and David offer to put Annie through medical school so Beau can continue studying law. But Jane refuses to help out because she wants Beau to manage Spencer Hotel for a living. Lisa is getting hooked on sleeping pills.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

Bill wants to move back home but Laura says no. Maggie admits to Mickey she fears he still cares for Laura. Marlena accepts Don’s marriage proposal and sets May wedding date. Bob is upset because Linda won’t spend weekends with him; she thinks it is the best way to get him to the altar. Larry takes credit for reinstatement of Doug’s liquor license. Chris is named head of research and development at Anderson Manufacturing. David learns Trish has left the baby with someone who can care for him.

Bob asks Linda to marry him. Trish writes David that she is using a different name so he can’t find her. Julie advises David to forget about Trish and look for his son. Returning from cruise job, Doug is aware of Julie’s nervousness. Laura continues to rebuff Bill’s romantic overtures. Alice becomes an hospital volunteer. Mary does not want Margo to be Chris’s secretary.

After Jeri sends Doug an anonymous letter statint that Julie is having an affair with Larry, Julie admits to Doug that Larry raped her. Later, Amanda finds Larry dead. Bob agrees to have a church wedding for Linda. Don’s law school lover, Lorraine Temple, comes to Salem claiming her 18-year-old daughter, Donna, is his.

Learning of Larry Atwood’s death, Jeri tries to leave for New York but the police stop her. Under questioning, Jeri says Julie and Larry were lovers, indicating Doug murdered Atwood. Police learn Doug was at Pines the night of the death. Julie hides the fun she found beside Larry and police discover it at her apartment. Lorraine Temple wants $75,000 from Don; he refuses to give it her because he doesn’t think her daughter is his child. Bill moves back in with Laura. Tom suspects Margo has leukemia.

Julie, booked for Larry Atwood’s murder, is out on bail; Mickey agrees to be her lawyer. Marlena refuses Lorraine’s request that she persuade Don to give her $35,000 (down from $75,000). Neil is trying to get in touch with Phyllis so he can get stock dividents. Dominick suspects Neil of killing Larry to wipe out his gambling debt.

The Doctors

Written by: Mel & Ethel Brez

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Nola tells Mona she doesn’t want her parents at a cocktail party. At the party, Nola, guest of honor, is snubnbed by most of the other guests. Hugh McClockey wants Jason to run for judgeship. Dancing with Mike, Sarah envisions Colin. Colin relates to Steve that his daughter died from brain damage suffered after a leap from a burning building. Barney is upset because the candy store he wanted was sold to someone else.

Sarah decides not to marry Mike. Billy tells Steve and Carolee that Greta is expecting his child. Greta confides to her best friend Judy that once she has baby Billy will want to marry her. If Greta does not tell Matt about pregnancy, Steve intends to. Luke offers Barney job bartending at Andre’s. Virginia refuses to accept Jason’s financial aid. Doreen is out to snare Colin. Jason gives into Nola’s desire that he should seek state supreme court judgeship.

Finally, Sarah decides to marry Mike. Matt learns Greta is pregnant. Luke becomes partner in Andre’s, hiring non-licensed electricians to redo the club. Tom decides to quit his job as a traveling salesman. Erich is released from the hospital.

Returning from Washington medical seminar early, Maggie learns Greta is pregnant; stunned at first, Maggie offers total support. Virginia is thrilled when Luke buys her string of real pearls to wear at Sarah and Mike’s engagement party. Fire breaks out at Andre’s during the party. Virginia is overcome by smoke and Tom is seriously hurt in the blaze.

Tom and Virginia die from injuries sustained in the blaze at Andre’s. Luke blames himself for the tragedy because he let unlicensed electricain rewire the restaurant. Jason warns Luke not to say anything about the rewiring job. Tom and Virginia are given a joint funeral service. Carolee is staying with M.J..

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

April realizes she could break up Miles and Denise’s marriage by informing him there was nothing wrong with the wiring at Claremont the night Catherine Damon died. Unable to tell him, April then is shocked by the news that electrician Charlie died from drug overdose. Deborah wants to become policewoman despite Tony’s objections. Mrs. Jackson assures Logan that Tony Saxon was responsible for her husband’s death.

Wishing to have a lasting relationship with Nicole, Miles asks Denise for divorce. Denise leads Nicole to believe that Winter Post is the woman from Miles’s past. Kevin broods about his sterility. Logan and Raven continue their affair. Nicole does her first television broadcast.

Denise fixes a deadly cocktail and Nicole drinks it. Nicole learns that Winter is a woman whose father died as result of the medical incomperence of Miles’s father, and that Miles has supported her through they years. Deborah is becoming more involved with Raney.

Deborah joins police academy. Thinking Raney was responsible for Morris Jackson’s death, Steve sets out to prove it. Chip talks his old girl friend Winter into working for Tony and Raney.

Chip stalks Logan in Winter’s hallway. Denise has Miles and Nicole tailed. Kevin fears he is being pressured to do less than ethical job on the crime commission. Kevin broods over his sterility which puts damper on his marriage to Raven. April is released from the hospital.

For Richer, For Poorer

Written by: Tom King

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Connie is depressed by fear that Bill will learn of her faked suicide attempt. Viola warns Laurie Desmond is asking questions about her frequent absences. Laurie is unhappy when Desmond suggests going on cruise, because she doesn’t want to be away from Jason. Austin decides to give up painting in order to concentrate on duties at Cushing & Sons.

Viola reveals to Josie that Jason and Laurie are having an affair, but Jason claims it is a lie Edith is telling to force him out of Cushing Corp. Laurie agrees to Jason’s suggestion that they cool their relationship for a while and decides to go on a cruise with Desmond. Ellie assures Connie she won’t tell Bill about her fake suicide attempt.

Youth gang member Turk abducts Megan but she refuses to name the man who witnessed the slaying of Danny. Amy warns Bentley he should be careful about working for Lee since he was once involved in selling stolen cars; he still is. Desmond and Laurie take a trip. George wants to start a family but Ellie fears another miscarriage.

Lee suggests to Connie that they place their dad Ira in a rest home. Tessa and Lee are dating. Desmond and Laurie cancel their trip when they discover Megan is missing. Telling the captive Megan he killed Danny, Turk promises to do the same to her if she doesn’t stop writing stories about the boy’s death. Paco promises to protect Megan. Connie asks Lee not to make trouble for his former lover Amy.

Turk fears Paco’s too chummy with Megan. Les warns Jason to break off his involvement with Laurie, but a photographer snaps Jason and Laurie together. Bentley insists on paying half of his college tuition. Amy refuses to tell Ellie what her past relationship with Lee was.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

Barbara Vining, Laura’s adoptive mother, phones Lesley to come and get Laura. Realizing she opened old wounds for Barbara by returning, Laura apologizes and goes back to Port Charles. Bobbies makes Scotty believe Laura doesn’t love him anymore. Lesley tells Rick that David is like a member of the family. Shattered to learn Monica and her husband Greg had a long-standing affair, and unable to believe Monica when she says the relationship was forced on her, Gail spews out her hate for Monica. Against Lee’s advice, Gail decides to give royalties from Greg’s book to Maria. Mark tells Katie he loves her. Lamont suspects something is going on between them. Heather is unhappy about the arrival of her cousin, Susan Moore.

Fearing Lesley will tell Rick he made a pass at her, David figures to get even by getting Laura to pose for him. Laura is dating a young man called Darren. Lee notices Gail has built a wall between their relationship. Rick is in New York with Monica and Alan to get cardiac grant. Heather gets a job in the hospital library. Heather’s mother becomes Lesley’s housekeeper. Lamont wants Katie at his hospital bedside around the clock. Gary’s brother, Howard arrives in Port Charles, and instantly charms Gina. Lamont plans to build a wing in Mark’s name. Jessie is having dizzy spells.

Rick tells Lesley he feels sorry for Monica because she is lost without Gail’s support. After her mother realizes P.J. is Steven Lars, Heather leaves Port Charles but Jeff finds her. Mark tells Katie the have to wait before letting Lamont know they love each other. Bobbie hopes an ailing Jessie will invite her to move into her home.

Gina and Gary wed. Heather’s mother feels she should stop seeing Jeff. Given two weeks notice by her landlady, Lana plans on moving with Jessie. Katie warns Mark that Lamont is being extravagant to make them feel guilty about their love for each other. Rick feels sorry for Monica since her estrangement from Gail. Laura is falling for David.

Katie’s upset when Mark reveals to Lamont that he and Katie are in love. Lamont warns Katie that if she seeks divorce, Mark will be exposed as a seducer of patients’ wives. Bobbie helps Mr. Rooney tail Katie and Mark, and Lamont gives her an expensive watch. Laura is displeased when Lesley and Rick will allow her to attend an out-of-state baskeball game with Darren only if they come along. Scotty still desires Laura. David is trying to turn Laura’s modeling session into a bedroom session. Rick’s puzzled by the information leaked about land needed for the cardiac site. Alan thinks Monica has blabbed to David about the land deal. The Taylors are receiving P.J.’s final adoption papers.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Bert plans to give Bill a divorce, but insists he tell the whole story behind his 10-year disappearance. Georgene leaves her position at the hospital and plots to get even with Rita for implicating her in the fire where Evie almost died. Georgene relives smothering Cyrus Granger. Evie begins courses at the Institute for Blind. Ben is teaching sculpture at the Institute. Elizabeth suggests that Philip no longer needs a nanny. Emmett is named head of cardiac unit at Cedars. Mike and Ed get into a battle over Bill’s responsibilities.

Ed admits his love for Rita. Bert tries to smooth things over between Ed and Mike. Roger sends Christina $1,000 savings bond. Jackie confides her desire to have children to Mike. Peter rescues a girl who falls in an ice pond. Bill is having trouble getting money to repay insurance company and is losing customers back in Vancouver because of publicity about his double life.

Simone tells Bill they must sell the company and leave Vancouver. Gun-totting Georgene traps Evie and Rita in the laundry room. Georgene informs Rita she murdered Cyrus and caused Malcolm’s second fatal stroke. Jackie leads Sara to believe Brandy and Justin are having an affair. Diane Ballard, fired by Elizabeth as Philip’s nanny, plans to get even unless Alan lets her stay on. Springfield is excited by the arrival of Boston Pops Orchestra. Elizabeth seeks a job on Max Chapman’s paper.

Bill Bauer confesses to Springfield police that he killed Victor Kincaid (Simone’s husband) ten years ago. Held captive in the laundry room, Evie saves Rita from gun-totting Georgene by diverting her attention. Holly realizes Rita may soon become Christina’s step-mother. Elizabeth gets freelance photographer’s job on the paper edited by Max Chapman. Adam hires Diane to be his secretary at Spaulding Corp., but she is more interested in Alan than in the job. Justin confronts Jackie with the lie she told Sara – that he was having a fling with Brandy. Jackie says she did it because he cost her the son she was carrying years ago.

Booked for Victor Kincaid’s murder (which took place a decade ago), Bill does not want Hillary to know that he, not Victor, is her natural father. Alan’s less than thrilled with Elizabeth’s freelance photography job. Mike is unhappy with Alan’s work-around-the-clock schedule. Justin and Brandy’s friendship begins to warm.

Love Of Life

Written by: Gabrielle Upton

Produced by: Darryl Hickman

Arlene married Ray. At his request, she agrees to let everyone think her unborn baby is his, not Ian Russell’s. At the christening, Eddie names the baby Charles and asks Charles Lamont to be godfather. Meeting Michael, Mary (whom he knows as Janey) tells him she has something important to reveal. Ben is jubilant over finishing his novel and whishes he could take a copy to England and give it to Betsy.

Mary reveals to Mike she left him only because cancer forced her to have hysterectomy. After living the past eight years apart, Mike and Mary become reengaged. Ray and Arlene take an apartment with separate bedrooms. Mia and Ben plan a New York trip to see book published Jay Edmonton. Bruce feels Andrew would be a perfect man for Van after he is dead. Eddie wants to get to know Dorrie.

Charles realizes Michael is not as happy about marrying Mary as he should be. Joe is concerned over Tom’s state of mind. Glad he married Arlene, Ray still wishes she were more excited about the expected baby. After Bruce takes off, Andrew and Van find him at a bar in a drunken rage.

Arlene warns Carrie she will never forgive her unborn child for making her give up Tom or forget that it is Ian Russell’s offspring. Arlene tells Tom she is expecting Ray’s baby. Receiving an advance on his book, Ben checks air fares to London. When Ben doesn’t take her declaration of love seriously, Mia hides her anger by saying she will be a friend anyway. Bruce is rushed to the hospital when red streaks are found on his arm.

Coming out of shock, Bruce asks Andrew to take care of Van and eventually marry her. Mary and Mike set a June wedding date. Ray gets a job at Beaver Ridge. A drunken Tom gets in a fight with Ray. While Ray is trying to help Tom get his balance, Tom slugs him unconscious.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Karen finally succeeds in seducing Larry and hopes it will lead to pregnancy. Cathy decides to continue working at the clinic. Will is irritated when he catches Samantha on a date with Talbot Huddelston. Becky accepts Richard’s marriage proposal, but realizes her past will prevent marriage.

Larry succumbs to Karen’s bedroom charms. Marco learns that Becky Lee Hunt is merely a name she found on a guitar case. Marco’s police record comes to light. Paul is disturbed by Pat’s turning the house into a shrine for Brian. Aware that Dorian is interested in Peter, Melinda draws away from him. Dorian insists Melinda needs more psychiatric treatment. Brad plans to have a vasectomy without telling Jenny. Cathy admits she loves Larry but knows it is futile. Samantha is angry at Tony for treating her like a little sister. Carla decides to go back to school. Brad is impotent with Jenny but not with hookers.

Believing Dorian’s claims that she and Peter are lovers, Melinda starts seeing Marco. Melinda doesn’t want Dorian to buy her music school. Richard’s mother is coming for the wedding but Becky must call the whole thing off. Pat continues to crawl into the shell created when Brian died. Although sleeping with Karen, Larry loves Cathy. When Karen agrees to sleep with a stranger if he buys her a bracelet, Danny tells Cathy Karen is doing something wrong. Peter, enraged by Dorian’s lies to Melinda, says he is through with her. Jenny feels her marriage to Brad is coming apart.

Jenny gives Brad $2,500 but it is stolen by Aldo while he is in the bedroom with Rita. Brad turns in false report that the money was stolen from the health club even though Samantha refuses to corroborate the story. Becky’s marriage comes to light. Marco blackmails Karen over her seductive lifestyle. Topnotch cardiac surgeon Jack Scott is coming to Llanview. Dorian tells Peter Melinda lied when she said Dorian had intimated to her that she (Dorian) and Peter were having an affair.

Backed into a corner by the presence of Peter, Dorian tries to convince Melinda she never told her they had been lovers. Fearing she is losing her mind, Melinda agrees to see Will. Marco talks Ina Hopkins into letting him stay on as a boarder by becoming her theatrical agent. Ed’s old friend, Dr. Jack Scott joins Llanview hospital staff. Karen convinces Larry that the gifts she got in exchange for favors to various men friends were presents from Dorian. Brad roughs Rita up trying to get back the money Aldo stole. Karen turns to prostitution to pay Marco blackmail money. Before joining a tennis tournament, Brad hires Aldo to steal Lana’s ring from Cathy.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Hoping Liam will think he is dead, Faith nurses a wounded Tom in his apartment. Facing possible paralysis, Seneca has Roger perform a dangerous spinal surgery. Dee hides the fact she has regained her vision. Jill informs Maeve she thinks of Seneca, not Frank, as Edmund’s father.

Faith and Bucky tell everyone Tom was shot to death. A wake is held, Liam shows up and discovers the coffin is empty. Barging into Tom’s apartment, Liam confronts him. A rooftop scuffle ensues and Liam falls to his death. With Seneca recuperating from spinal surgery, Jill says she loves him but they cannot be lovers. Rae is out to get Frank for politics and herself; she intends to bring Seneca and Jill together.

Seneca is mystified by Jill’s decision to try and work things out with Frank. Faith and Tom confess their love for each other. Dee continues to pretend she is blind. Frank notices Roger is reforming. Maeve and Johnny plan a cruise, but Dee intends to go on it with Pat.

Johnny and Maeve learn Pat was on uppers and decide to let him and Dee take a cruise they planned. When Frank wants Jill to work on the campaign, Rae is furious but pretends to go along. Bob is concerned over Bucky and Alicia’s friendship. Faith and Tom discuss where their relationship is going. At Rae’s insistence, Seneca, now released from the hospital, agrees to serve on committee with Jill.

Just as Pat is planning to tell Faith he will divorce Dee and marry her as soon as Dee regains sight from hysterical blindess, Dee tells him Tom and Faith are in love. Alicia is annoyed when Bob questions Rae’s allowing Jill to work on Frank’s campaign. Rae gets Seneca tipsy, and he accuses Jill of being neglectul of Edmund. Tom receives a letter from the Immigration Bureau.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Robert J. Shaw / Henry Slesar

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Unable to meet Evelyn’s demands, Meredith takes her late mother’s pearls to a hockshop. Upset by the pawnbroker’s questions, Meredith uses the little money she has to rent a fleabag hotel room. After Bill admits to Steve he resents him because he got his position in the company through connections, Steve resigns.

Tom discovers Meredith hiding in the back seat of an automobile at a used-car lot. Stephanie is concerned when she learns Jo and Greg have called off their wedding. Dee Dee, a hospital lab assistant, has a crush on Gary. Quitting his job at Collins Corp., Steve goes on a singing tour.

When Meredith accuses Evelyn of stealing her late mother’s pearls, Evelyn forces Jo to read Meredith’s diary. In it, Jo discovers Meredith’s many devious plots against her and realizes she is a very disturbed girl. Scott plans a business trip to London. Dee Dee tells Gary that the lab performed blood tests on Kathy’s baby, Doug, when he was born. Stu learns a parcel of Hartford House property may not belong to him.

David, not Scott, is baby Doug’s father. Meredith admits to Greg she plotted against Jo in order to break them up. Wendy and Suzi are not getting along. David agrees to help Stu with his claim against Hartford House land.

Greg and Meredith move to New York, where Meredith will receive professional counseling. Carolyn fears Dee Dee will divulge to Kathy that David – not Scott – is baby Doug’s father. David warns Bruce that Donna considers him more than a friend. Janet and Bill are growing close. Stephanie is house-hunting. John helps Stu search for the original owners of the Hartford House property.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Kay tells Derek how and when they were wed. Derek wants no part of marriage to her. Thinking Kay has lost her mind, Jill asks Liz to stop working for her. Karen remembers that Nancy is her natural mother and stop callins Chris mommy. Lucas comforts Lorie while Lance tries to console Leslie over the newspaper story.

After her disastrous Denver concert, Leslie and Lance allow their passions to take over. Greg informs Derek that because his marriage to Kay was consumated, he must get divorce – which might take over a year. A psychiatrist feels Karen may suffer emotionally if she stays with Chris and Snapper.

Jill is repelled by the knowledge that Derek slept with Kay. Leslie tells Lance their relationship is over. Lorie is upset by Leslie’s emotional dependance on Lance. Chris realizes Karen wants and needs to be with Ron and Nancy, her real parents, and sends her back to them.

Unable to stand being without Karen, Chris decides to leave town for a while. Liz quits her job at Kay Chancellor’s. Joann is writing a book about her weight loss. Lance thinks Leslie might reconcile with Brad to not give in to her feelings for him (Lance). After drinking heavily, Kay takes a large quantity of sleeping pills.

Kay survives the overdose and Derek promises to help her get back on an even emotional keel. Lucas apologizes to Leslie for suspecting her of trying to take Lance away from Lorie. Vanessa realizes Leslie and Lance spent a night together. Snapper keeps having run-ins with attractive young resident, Dr. Casey Reed. Maestro is upset when Leslie plans to give up concert carrer for teaching piano.