Look into the past

[DRW50]

Thanks for doing that FrenchFan!

I wonder if Lovers and Friends was better, as Lemay was involved with that, whereas Tom King seems to be the writer for FROP.

[Paul Raven]

For Richer For Poorer Jan 78

Connie still hasn't gotten Bill to marry her... but she isn't given up yet. Plan A (pretending to give their soon-to-be-born baby up for adoption) failed miserably, but plan B (faking suicide) should work well.

Plan A should have resulted in wedding bells; but what Connie heard instead was the sound of the judge's gavel. Bill took her to court. Wanting desperately to block the adoption, he sued for custody of their child. He didn't win the suit, but he did get the court to recognize his rights as the baby's father. Connie could no longer place the child up for adoption without his consent.

Connie leaves the courtroom with dreams of plan B floating through her head. She'll fake this suicide by pretending to OD on sleeping pills. She'll take only a few pills... but an empty bottle will be found at her side. Only she and Lee will know that the rest of the pills were flushed down the toilet. Bill will learn of this act and then assume the suicide was for real. He'll then marry her... she knows it.

Lester's self-esteem is eroding more and more by the day... and the situation isn't helped when he learns his son Bentley is dropping out of college to get a job to support the family. Supporting the family is the job of the father, not the son, but obviously this father isn't man enough to do his duty. He can't find work... of any kind.

These thoughts build and build in Lester's mind until he can no longer take the pressure. He needs something for the pain. He runs from the house and heads for a bar. He takes his first drink in a long... long... while.

Danger Ahead?

Since her break up with Bill, Megan has been burying herself in her work as a reporter for City Magazine. She asks her editor and friend, Stan, for a really tough assignment and he gives her one. He brings a woman, Mrs. Mildred Quinn, in to see her and tells Megan this woman has a real shocking story to tell. The tale Mildred relates to Megan is one of horror and heartbreak. She says her neighborhood is being terrorized by street gangs and her son Donny died as a result of this terrorism. These gangs force tenants out of apartments, steal their belongings, and then set fire to the who apartment structure. Her son Donny died trying to protect an elderly neighbor from these vicious hoods. These scum of the earth beat her sweet teenage boy and left him to die in the subsequent fire.

Megan writes Donny's story and then decides she wants to dig deeper. She feels a major crime ring is really behind these arsons and burglaries... they just use these gangs to do their dirty work. These criminal kingpins are very aware that as the law stands now teenagers are not sent to jail.

Megan tells Mildred of her desire and asks for help. Mildred agrees.

Life seldom works out as you plan... such is the lesson Connie will learn... if she ever returns to this life. Right now she is lying in a deep coma in a hospital. This wasn't supposed to happen. She was to have been discovered long before the pills' poisonous substance had a chance to filter into her bloodstream... but obviously this didn't happen. Her would-be rescuer (her great love, Bill) didn't read her suicide note until it was too late.

She may have been picturing him reading her scripted prose as she popped pill after pill... but little did she know that was not the case. Bill was protecting his great love, not reading her good-bye words, as she slipped into unconsciousness. She had left the note in his camera case thinking he had an assignment, but Bill had cancelled the shoot to play Lord protector to Megan. (She was meeting with Paco, information minister for the Savage Avengers, and Bill wanted to make sure no harm would come to her.)

Too Late

Bill returned to his apartment, found the note, and rushed right over to the Ferguson's. He was greeted at the door by a grief stricken and violently angry Lee. His eyes flashing, Lee shoved the empty pill bottle in his face and said, "You did this to my sister. She would never have tried to kill herself if you had done the right and honorable thing and married her." Bill is shaken. He may no longer love Connie, but he still cares for her. Lee's words hit hard and deep. He steels himself for a torturous stay at the hospital. He prays Connie and their baby will be all right.

Lester's dark days are over. he has found a job. He'll be working at Desmond's young and growing law firm as an office manager/paralegal assistant. Desmond, long an admirer of Lester's, jumps at the chance to hire him, after he finds out from George that Lester did legal work in the army. Lester is very thankful to Desmond for having trust and faith in him. It's not everyone who would hire an alcoholic -- as Lester has had the sorrow to discover.

Listening in on the extension, Viola overhears Laurie setting up a rendezvous with Jason. She doesn't interfere with her daughter's plans... it will have far greater impact if she catches her in the act... and that's exactly what she does.

Viola was hoping her surprise appearance would leave Laurie quaking and shivering and kissing Jason good-bye... but that isn't what happens. Her daughter is now no longer so easily dominated. She is developing backbone. She tells her she'll come home when she's ready.

Laurie is strong in front of her mother, but alone with Jason she breaks down. Jason is very cool. He tells Laurie she has nothing to fear. Viola isn't going to tell Desmond. She wants that marriage far more than Laurie does. She wouldn't do or say anything to wreck it -- after all, to be honest, didn't Laurie marry Desmond mainly to please mommy? Well, she no longer has to. She now can be with a man who she, not mommy, loves. If Laurie plays her cards right, their affair could go on for years.

The outlook for Connie is very grim. She came out of the coma... but then developed a serious lung infection... and subsequently after that she went into labor.

The birthing of her baby was very hard on Connie. It took even a greater toll on her already battered body. Dr. Ballard tells Bill things don't look good for either Connie or her two-month premature baby. Dr. Ballard's words do little to lessen Bill's guilt. He feels very responsible.

The sight of Bill's guilt gladdens Connie's brother's heart. It brings Lee almost as much pleasure as the success of his business. He's getting quite wealthy on what really goes on in his garage. His reputable small business is really a front for a stolen car operation. How does he get the cars? It's as easy as pie. For a small fee, he gets the gang to which Paco belongs, The Savage Avengers, to steal them.

Poor Bentley. He has no idea what he's getting into. Very anxious for a job, he approaches Lee about work in his garage. Lee replies her thinks he may have something for him. Right now Bentley is very excited about working for Lee... but what will happen when he finds out what really goes on in this business?

A Trick Works

Viola resorts to trickery to keep Laurie under her thumb -- and hopefully away from Jason. What method of underhandedness does she use? It's the old fake heart attack routine -- and it works like a charm. Laurie later tells her good friend Megan that she, Laurie, is to blame for her mother's condition. She brought on her mother's heart attack by something terrible she has been doing. Megan asks for a further explanation, but Laurie says she can't tell her.

Well, if Laurie does pull away from Jason, he won't be lacking for female companionship for long. He already has his sights on another woman. It's Megan! Jason is very aware it will be quite beneficial to his career if he married the boss's daughter. Edith would never kick a son-in-law out of Cushing and Sons.

Will Megan be hard to get? According to Connie, no. A few days before she overdosed on pills, Connie told Jason, Megan is very vulnerable right now. If he plays his cards right, she'll be eating out of his hands in no time.

While Connie hovers near death and Bill stays close to her side promising marriage as soon as she's well, Ellie and her husband George have both become aware of her underhandedness.

Ellie learns from Dr. Ballard that Connie never made arrangements to have an abortion -- in fact she never even gave him the slightest hint she wanted one. It is very shocking news because the reason Connie gave Bill for not telling either him or Megan about the baby until his supposed wedding day to Megan, was that she was planning to get an abortion, but then couldn't go through with it. Ellie tells George what she learned and he advises her to forget it... don't say anything... don't interfere.

Wise words, but will he be able to obey them when he himself learns a new bit of news a few hours later?

Walking by the lounge area, he inadvertently overhears a conversation between Lee and Amy. Lee is telling Amy the suicide was a set up. He got Connie the pills. It wasn't supposed to go this far, but Bill didn't read the note as quickly as Connie thought he would. It was all a game. She just wanted to show Bill how much he was making her suffer.

George digests the news... but will he speak out... or keep quiet?

Laurie goes to Jason's apartment with every intention of doing her mother's bidding and breaking off with him, but she leaves as much involved with him as ever. Jason told her she'd be throwing their love away for nothing. Viola didn't really have a heart attack. She faked it.

A Scheme Unlocked

Laurie didn't want to believe Jason's words, but when she returns home and finds a medical text with the part about heart attacks underlined, what else is she to think. She confronts Viola and tells her she got her number. Her trick has been discovered. She no longer has any guilt. She's going to continue seeing Jason. There's no way she's going to give up the greatest love she's ever had.

[DRW50]

Thanks Paul!

This is the SOD summary from their 3/78 issue, I guess this must have been when they first started (Dec. 77)?

EDITOR'S NOTE: "For Richer...For Poorer" is a continuation of the saga begun in "Lovers and Friends." There have been some changes, as follows:

Rhett Saxton is no longer Rhett, he is now Bill. Richard Cushing, husband of Edith and father of Megan and Austin, has died. His stock brokerage house, Cushing and Sons, is now being managed by Desmond's father, Roger Hamilton. Lester Saxton has returned to the bottle. He has lost his job and his beautiful new house. He and his family are now living in a small but comfortable home in the working-class section of town. There have been two marriages. Amy Gifford, cousin of Ellie, Bill, Jason, Bentley, and Tessa Saxton, has married Austin Cushing. Laurie Brewster, long time friend of Megan Cushing, has married Desmond Hamilton. Speaking of Desmond, he has left his father's investment banking firm and is opening his own law practice.

...NOW ON TO THE STORY

It is Megan and Bill's wedding day. They, and all their friends, are joyous. The Cushing house, where the service is to be held, is all abuzz with activity and happy chatter. It is a very happy time, but in a few short hours everything goes wrong. Megan calls off the wedding.

She had no other choice. Just moments before the Wedding March is to begin, Megan receives a visit from Billy's childhood girlfriend and longtime live-in lover, Connie Ferguson. Connie first asks Amy to leave the room and then states the reason for her visit to Megan. She first tells Megan she's pregnant and then begs her not to marry Bill. Connie then follows the request with the asking of another favor from Megan. She pleads with Megan not to tell Bill the reason why she's canceling the wedding. She wants to be the one to tell him she's pregnant. Connie concludes the conversation by saying, in addition to Bill, Megan isn't to tell anyone else about their talk either. Being a very compassionate and sensitive woman, Megan agrees to Connie's request. Bill is now very hurt and confused.

Connie certainly isn't. She's glowing. She now feels she has a chance to win Bill back. Is her pregnancy a fact or was it just a plot to break up Megan and Bill?

Lester Saxton is missing. Ellie feels to blame. After all, her father vanished right after she turned him away from Bill's wedding. He was drunk. Ellie was afraid he would embarrass her in front of Edith Cushing and her very rich friends - and what Ellie wants most in life is to impress, not alienate, these people. She's very anxious to be part of this super-rich clique.

Amy tells Austin about Megan's prenuptial visit from Connie. Amy says she doesn't know what Connie told his sister, but whatever it was it was harmful enough for Megan to call off the wedding. Austin tells Amy he's going to see his sister and find out exactly what Connie told her.

Wanting to keep her word to Connie, Megan at first fights off all of Austin's questions...but finally the burden becomes too much to bear and she tells all. Austin then asks Megan if Bill knows yet and when she replies no, he says it's time to push Connie into action. Bill has a right to know. Very forcefully, Austin tells his sister, "I'm taking you to Connie's house, right now!"

Megan's first question to Connie is, "Is it true?" Connie answers this question by pulling a prescription bottle from her purse and slamming it in Megan's hand. Megan reads the label which says the pills are for morning sickness. Megan then asks Connie how far along she is. Connie replies five months. She found out she was pregnant right after she and Bill broke up and he announced his engagement to her. Megan then asks Connie why hasn't she told Bill. Connie replies she couldn't. He's still suffering too much from Megan calling off the wedding. Megan says Bill has to know. If Connie won't tell him she will.

Megan is true to her word. Right after departing from Connie's house, she heads for Bill's parents' home. She tells Bill that Connie is pregnant with his child. Bill is stunned...but he's shaken even further by Megan's next words. She says Connie's pregnancy means their relationship is over. They can never be married. She wouldn't feel right having happiness at someone else's expense.

EDITH FEARS THE WORST

Edith confides in her close friend, Viola Brewster, that she fears Jason Saxton will destroy Cushing and Sons. He has come very far in the short time he's been with the firm, and already is handling most of her deceased husband's old and loyal accounts. It doesn't take a prophet to deduce that that means if Jason ever leaves the firm these accounts will go with him, and Cushing and Sons will most likely fall into bankruptcy.

There is a glimmer of hope though, her son Austin; but he still refuses to give up art and take his rightful place in the family firm. He has even forsaken his inheritance to pursue his artistic career. (One of the stipulations in his father's will was that he gets the money when he becomes head of Cushing and Sons, not before.) What is she to do. The firm needs Austin. Edith wishes she knew some way to get her son to change his mind.

Lester has returned home. He tells his family he spent the last two nights in jail. He was arrested for drunkenness. Ellie fears this will hinder her father's chances of getting another job.

Roger tells Edith he plans on leaving CUSHING AND SONS very, very soon. As executor of her late husband's estate, he gladly took over the reigns of the business, but now he's beginning to feel his own investment banking firm is starting to suffer. He's finding it more and more difficult to divide his time between two thriving businesses. He's in the process right now of doing an executive search to find a new president for CUSHING AND SONS...but things aren't going very well. Her late husband's shoes are going to be very difficult to fill. Edith then asks Roger if this shaky transitory period is giving Jason any ideas? Will he institute a power player? Roger replies the possibility does exist. Jason Saxton is one very hungry young man.

Learning that her fears aren't unfounded, Edith rushes right over to Austin's apartment. She pleads with her son to return to the family business. He's the only one who can fight Jason...and this man must be stopped. He's a potential destructive force.

Austin wants to be an artist, not a stockbroker, but he knows he can't sit back and watch the family business fall to ruin. Everything his father left his mother and sister is tied up in the firm. If the firm falls to pieces, so will their lives...and he can't let that happen. Austin tells Roger he'll work at the firm on a part-time basis.

Amy is distressed by Austin's decision. She fears this is the beginning of the end of his artistic career. The minute he steps in the door of CUSHING AND SONS there'll be no returning to the world of art. Edith will never let that happen. She'll find some way to trap him in the firm. Austin assures his wife that will never happen. He'll never give up his painting.

JASON MAKES PLANS

Jason does want it all...and he definitely means to get it. He has already attained power and money (Enough for a while anyway) and now all he needs is the woman he loves. Who is this woman? It's none other than Laurie Hamilton.

Jason makes plans to emmesh himself in her life. He learns she receives a stock portfolio as a wedding present from Desmond, and he doesn't waste a second rushing over to her house to make her an offer she can't refuse. Jason tells Laurie if she lets him handle her account, he'll triple the value of her portfolio. He'll make her an independently wealthy woman. He knows she wouldn't like that very much. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life depending on Desmond's money? Does she? Jason definitely has Laurie's number...and she admits so outright. She tells Jason in no uncertain terms that she wants to be rich. He can handle her account...but that's all he'll be handling.

Being very worried about his daughter (he can sense Connie is hiding something from him), Ira places a call to Connie's brother Lee and asks him to come to Pt. Claire. If anyone can get the truth out of her, it'll be Lee.

Ira's assumption is correct. Connie's stubborn determination to keep the truth about her pregnancy from her family is no match for Lee's strong-arm tactics. Her brother is not the sort of man from whom you keep secrets. She quickly tells him she's pregnant with Bill's baby and in the same breath begs him not to interfere. She's in full control of the situation. She doesn't need his help. She has spoken with Bill, and though he hasn't agreed to marry her (he fears their marriage would end in divorce), he has agreed to financially support her and the baby...and that means he still cares for her...that means there's still hope he'll change his mind...he will marry her. As soon as he gets over his broken engagement, he'll ask her to be his wife. It can happen any time now.

Lee suggests to Connie they give Bill a push in that direction...and they have the perfect battering ram to use...Bill's love for their baby. They're going to make Bill feel that if he doesn't marry her, he may never see their child. Connie is going to go away for a few days and go through the motions of selling their child to some people involved in the black market adoption racket. When Bill gets wind of her sudden desire to give up the baby he's sure to rush right to her side and make her his wife.

Connie at first balks at Lee's evil plan...but no one refuses her brother anything. What Lee wants to do...he does! She's going to get involved in a black market baby operation whether she likes it or not.

JASON WINS AGAIN

The lust Jason feels for Laurie is not one-sided...a fact which Jason was very sure of all along. Desmond may be fattening her bank account, but he's in no way fanning her flames. He can sense that only he, Jason, will be able to perform such a feat.

Feeling so strongly about this belief, Jason is not at all surprised to see Laurie standing outside his apartment door. The initial reason for her visit is one of warning (she tells him Edith has brought Austin into the firm to win back some of the accounts he's now handling), but he can sense there's a deeper, more hungering explanation for her presence. He takes immediate steps to prove his point. After thanking Laurie for the warning, he takes her in his arms and kisses her long and hard. She doesn't fight. Jason is a very satisfied man. He now has power, money and love.

[DRW50]

This is from the 12/78 SOD, which means it covers the last episodes (September 1978).

FOR RICHER FOR POORER

Putting two and two together, (very easy after she learns from Edith, Jason is going to be in New York) Viola now knows why Laurie developed this sudden need to go furniture shopping in the Big Apple - and she can't let her daughter do it! She has to make Laurie see that a few passionate nights with Jason is not worth the possible sacrifice of her marriage. Desmond is a good man. He could give her a life of constant love, security, and wealth. Jason could only bring her heartache. He loves only himself.

Viola's motherly concern only results in a heated argument; it only results in strengthening Laurie's strong resolve to be with her lover. When Laurie comes up with something Viola can do for her, Viola hotly refuses. She says she will not accompany her to New York to be her cover. She will not help her get together with Jason.

Those last words spoken rather loudly are overheard by Desmond. He comes into the room, Laurie quickly leaves, and finding herself alone with Viole confronts her. He asks her what will Laurie really be up to in New York? What did she mean when she asked her to be her cover? Not wanting to wreck her daughter's marriage, Viola comes up with a rather unbelievable explanation - one that far from quells Desmond's anxiety. Desmond then tries to get the truth from Laurie...he runs into the same wall. Laurie just replies he isn't responsible for killing her love for him. Desmond then responds she leaves him no choice but to initiate a separation. He'll pack a few things and be out of the house by nightfall.

HE HAS TO KNOW!

...But even by himself, Desmond can't let matters rest. He tells his father he's going to New York. He feels with upmost certainty that whatever is responsible for wrecking his marriage will most likely be found there.

Feeling very strongly that the problem couldn't possibly be with him, George is really thrown for a loop when Dr. Ballard reports the test results show that this is most certainly the case. George is responsible for Ellie not being able to conceive. George has developed a low sperm count - but it could be a temporary situation. He will begin hormonal treatments and he would like to recommend that George and Ellie go to this clinic on reproduction in Chicago. George says he isn't going to any clinic. He's not going to share this humiliating problem with strangers.

George's image of himself as a man has been totally shaken. Will Ellie be able to help him through this critical time? Let's pray she does.

HE CARES...HE LOVES...IN VAIN?

Roy tells Connie Bill came to see him and wanted to know if it was safe for him to tell her what transpired during their marriage. He gave Bill his okay. When Bill brings the subject up, he wants Connie to be honest with him. She shouldn't play dumb. She should tell her husband the treatments have been working and she remembers everything he's reporting. If Bill loves her, he'll understand and forgive all the terrible things she did. If he lacks that compassion, he isn't worth her love. She can survive without him. She doesn't need him to prove she exists.

Connie follows Roy's advice...but the end result was what she feared. She asks Bill if he loved her and he can't say the words. What she has been thinking is true, Bill only married her out of a sense of duty - and now that she is healthy he will probably leave her. She has lost him.

Laurie is walking, or more to the point, gliding through the streets of New York. The avenues, sidestreets, and people dissolve into a haze as she falls prey to her dreams and starts re-experiencing the passion of the night before - recalling quite vividly the dizzying heights of desire to which she was brought. Still lost in this personal reverie, she asks the hotel's desk clerk for her key, inserts it in her lock...and then reality. There sitting in a straightback chair is Desmond. He's ice. He wants to know where she was last night. He won't let her cop out with her usual lie. Tired and weary (and not caring one bit if she hurts Desmond), Laurie confesses all. She tells this ferocious bull-like creature before her that she was with Jason - and it wasn't the first time they were together. She and Jason have been having a hot and torrid affair for many, many months. A saber plunging into his gut couldn't be any more painful. Desmond orders his wife (his slut is more the word) to quickly pack a suitcase. They're returning home to Pt. Claire.

The plane ride home was wrought with a tension filled silence, but once in the security of their home, Desmond lets his emotions fly. He asks Laurie who else knew about her affair with Jason. Laurie is steel as she responds Viola and her father. Still filled with an agonizing pain, Desmond storms out of the house to pay a visit to Jason. Telling Jason he knows all about his relationship with Laurie, Desmond then lets his fury ride with one powerful left to Jason's jaw. Jason now fears all his dreams of power and glory (the presidency of Cushing and Sons) may soon go up in smoke.

GOOD NEWS!

Lester is with Tessa as they await the results of her test - the test done to determine whether her paralysis will be temporary or permanent. Dr. Roy White enters the room. His face breaks into a wide grin. The news is good. Tessa's paralysis is temporary. She should be walking in a few days. Lester's joy is cut short by Tessa's next words. She says as soon as she's fully recuperated she's going to head to the city where Lee has been sent.

Following Roy's advice (and her own strong resolve that she wants more out of a relationship than what Bill is giving her), Connie has left Bill. She tried to make Bill understand her feelings but he couldn't. He will not allow himself to believe that this is something she really wanted to do. He has laid the blame completely on Roy's doorstep. She has fallen prey to this man's clever manipulations...and he means to find out why Roy is so interested in wrecking the marriage.

Jason's callous indifference towards her sends Laurie reeling. She feels as though she's being sucked down into a deep, dark pool. She has to end this torment. She can't go on living without Jason - and she knows just what to use as a murder weapon - the bright, shiny new sports car, Jason plans to give Megan as a gift. She enters the Cushing garage, positions herself in the driver's seat, and turns on the ignition. She then tilts her head back and waits for the deadly carbon monoxide fumes to fill her lungs.

It doesn't work. As Laurie drifts into unconsciousness, her head falls forward and hits the horn on the steering wheel. The subsequent piercing wail brings Amy and Austin rushing into the garage. They are in time. They bring Laurie to Megan's bedroom and a few minutes later she regains consciousness - and she's not too happy to be alive! Megan goes to comfort Laurie and Laurie spews forth all her hatred for this woman. She ends the tirade telling Megan that she and Jason have been having an affair for many, many months; in fact they were together during his last business trip in New York. Confronted by Megan, Jason can't deny the charges...Laurie meant nothing to him. Megan is cold and deaf to his words. She tells Jason their marriage is over.

Jason receives another blow. He loses the presidency of Cushing and Sons. Edith appoints Austin. Bitterly, Jason tells Edith he knows why she made this decision. He won't be around to trouble them any longer. He's quitting the firm.

After telling Roy good-bye, saying she's not yet ready to commit herself to a new love, Connie makes a decision about her marriage. She tells Bill she has decided not to return to him. She needs time alone. She has started becoming a person in her own right, and she likes the feeling. Bill says he understands; he won't stand in her way. They bid each other a tender farewell.

Good news for the Kimballs. George's hormonal treatments have worked. Ellie thinks she might be pregnant. Connie, there to pick up Billy, hugs Ellie in joy.

Megan is crushed. She's in dire need of something to cure the ache. She looks up from her typewriter and there is Bill standing by the door of her office. The love they feel is evident in their eyes. They are back where they belong. They are home.

[DRW50]

This is what SOD added at the end of the synopsis.

AGAIN FAILURE WHY???

Originally born as the highly touted LOVERS AND FRIENDS - a birth that met with a very early death - FOR RICHER, FOR POORER bowed, with what was hoped, a totally improved version of its predecessor. In the opinion of this writer, it was a successful revamping, but bad programming (in a large part of the country it was opposite ALL MY CHILDREN) and viewer bigotry (duped once, it seems that viewers were prepared not to make the same mistake twice) denied it it s chance to strut its stuff. If it had been better situated and less plagued by the stigma of its originator, it could have succeed. It was an improvement.

The major failure of LOVERS AND FRIENDS was its storyline - too draggy - a characteristic not inherited by FRFP. From the onset, FRFP's plot was a grabber. It hooked you because you instantly cared about the characters. They were real people - not cartoons - none were all bad or all good. It made you want to discover the motives for their behavior. It made you want to find out the reasons why they played their self-serving and sometimes dangerous games - games played in the theater of big business and the underworld.

...But without good acting any teleplay could have brought on the snoozies...but this definitely wasn't the case with FRFP. Sure there was some bad (stilted, wooden) acting - as on most soaps - but almost to the last cast member, the quality of the work was good. The chemistry was excellent. They played off each other with great deft and skill.

FOR RICHER, FOR POORER deserved better than what it got. IT was nipped much too early in the bud. It had potential.

[FrenchFan]

DECEMBER 1978

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon & Wisner Washam

Produced by: Bud Kloss

When Caroline tells Jeff that Carl is Frank's child, he warns her not to let Frank know. Devon is having pregnancy problems. Estelle wonders if she was right to leave Billy Clyde. Tara backs out of Erica's dinner party. Erica, knowing a national magazine is sending photographers to cover her party, begs Phoebe to come. Phoebe says she will only if Erica tells the truth about Charlies's parentage, so Erica lets her have it: Chuck isn't Charlie's real father. Eddie and Kelly make wedding plans.

Donna, thinking she is pregnant – by Tyrone, her ex-pimp – seeks an abortion. Erica’s dinner party, covered by a national magazine, is destroyed when a drunken Phoebe blurts out that Erica told her Charlie was Phil’s child, not Chuck’s. Seeing how destructive Erica can be, Tom walks out on her. Dismayed by Ellen’s plans to adopt Wally and Devon’s child, Wally’s parents intend to stop her. When Devon almost suffers a miscarriage, Harlan tells Dan it might have been for the best.

Tom returns to Erica. Phoebe is uable to tell Charlie he isn’t Chuck’s son because she loves him. After Tad receives a Christmas card from his natural father Ray Gardney, Ruth fears he will return to bother the child, but Paul assures her Ray is in prison. Devon decides to give her child to the Winstons, a childless couple who have been unable to adopt. Edna gives Billy Clyde an anonymous tip as to Estelle’s whereabouts. Tests prove Donna is pregnant, but – at Chuck’s requets – Dr. Calder witholds the information from her so she won’t seek an abortion.

Caroline fumes when Frank sends Nancy's baby a Christmas gift, signing both their names on the card. Returning from San Francisco, Jeff thinks Chris turned down job offer for his sake when she was actually rejected. Donna alternates between realization that she is Chuck's wife and thinking she is still a hooker. Breaking out of prison, Ray Gardner goes looking for Ruth. Kelly overhears Eddie discussing payment he received from Phoebe for marrying her. Learning Edna told Billy Clyde where Estelle was, Benny turns away from her. Tom reveals his sister had an illegitimate child which she gave up for adoption. Erica fumes over brief notice of her dinner party in "Tempo" magazine. Phil moves in with Joe and Ruth. Hearing that Donna is pregnant, Tara tells Chuck there's no hope they can get together.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Brian, John and Mike are all going to defend Pat for Greg's murder, but when Marianne vows to testify against her, Pat goes into deep depression and refuses to cooperate with her counsel. Ada intends to find out what happpened between Clarice and Burt. Charlie is displeased by Clarice's dating Larry. Liz spots Olive buying maternity clothes and spreads the word. Janet Frame, Willis' sister, comes to Bay City. Angie admits to Jim she feels Willis is the only man for her.

Willis decides to call his new company Frame Enterprises. Iris suggests to Mac that he rehire Brian as his attorney. Scott Bradley, who once worked in John's law office, plans to return to Bay City. Dan comes back to town. Olive warns him if he doesn't marry her, she will testify in court that Susan was not a wife to him and that he turned to Olive for physical comfort. Gwen refuses to work as an architect for Willis' new company. Loueen fears Gwen may have a recurrence of emotional problems due to the pressure of her job and marriage. Pat is charged with first degree murder in Greg's death, and considers pleading guilty. Marianne gives D.A. deposition against Pat. D.A. tells Marianne it will be hard to prove that her mother and Greg were lovers. Ada warns Larry to stay away from Clarice or he will lose job. Vince hits roof when he discovers Rose told Ada that Angie took birth control pills without his knowledge.

Angie plans to quit working for Jim in order to snag a job with Willis. Brian rips off Olive's robe and discovers she is not pregnant. Dan wants divorce in order to marry Alice. Joey sees Vince kiss Mimi. Angie tells Willis she will always love him. Olive plans to testify that Greg and Pat were lovers. Kate fumes when she sees the assistant D.A. — Karen Campbell — comforting Mike. Iris plots to get even with Mac by creating problems for Rachel.

Following a fistfight with Larry over Clarice, Charlie fires him. Gwen agrees to go back to Willis but changes her mind when she sees Angie working for him. Scott Bradley returns to Bay City and goes to work as Mac's lawyer. Mac agrees to testify in Pat's behalf at her trial for the murder of Greg. Sylvie refuses to interfere in Dennis and Elena's relationship. In order to get away from Olive, Dan and Alice go to visit Sally.

As The World Turns

Written by: Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt

Produced by: Joe Rothenberger

Sandy is relieved to discover Kevin is really going on a business trip, but Susan warns her it doesn't mean he'll necessarily beat his drinking problem. But then after Kevin leaves no one can find him. Sending Jay out of town on business, Hank seeks out Carol's company. Jane hopes Annie will never return to medical school. Bob tries to help Tina overcome her fear of people. Valerie lets everyone know she wants to be alone. Jenny has Hank co-sign for charge account. Unhappy at the prospect of Teddy leaving, Don becomes depressed over realization that Joyce can never have a child.

A drunken Kevin steps in front of a moving car, is rushed to hospital where he dies. Dan attributes Kevin's death to the fact that bleeding could not be stopped because of cirrhosis of the liver brought on by excessive drinking. Annie busies herself in charity work. Interested in Grant, Tina wants Lisa to be jealous of Valerie. Kim reveals to Melinda she knows about Melinda's affair with Beau. Barbara learns Melinda is pregnant. Jeff Ward is attracted to Barbara. Melinda decides to look for John Dixon. Hank promotes Jay to superintendent to make sure he'll have to lock horns with building inspector. Writing to Barbara, Steve expresses his love but asks her not to look for him. Barbara takes a part-time job teaching art. Doug Campbell is named assistant hospital administrator.

Mourning Kevin's death, Sandy gets solace from Doug Campbell. Lisa asks Grant not to be Valerie's attorney while Chris is in Europe. Bob tries to talk Valerie into returning to work at the hospital. Ralph is upset at the realization that Don still thinks the baby Joyce lost was his (Don's). Annie is furious when she discovers Beau hid her medical school registration cards. Jane talks Annie and Beau into spending Christmas in Vail. Melinda is onto the fact that Beau is not Jane's natural son. Carol warns Hank that the building inspector, Donahue, is an unfair man. Learning that Mary is buying Teddy a particular Christmas gift, Joyce pretends she already bought him the same gift then goes out and orders it. Betsy is home for the holidays.

Valerie goes back to work in hospital but remains depressed. Returning from Europe, Chris retires and Don becomes full partner in law firm. Joyce tries to convince everyone that Don is no longer gloomy over her miscarriage. Mary admits to Joyce she cares for Don. When Jane refuses to see Melinda before going off to Colorado, Melinda is more determined than ever to blackmail Jane with information that Beau is not her biological son. When Jane returns, Melinda goes over to her apartment. Barbara plans to move out of Kim and Dan's home.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Betty Corday & H. Wesley Kenney

A tearful Maggie says goodbye as Joann and Janice plan to leave for San Francisco. Without Doug's knowledge, Julie asks Steve to be her partner. Bob is released from the hospital. Donna accepts the fact that Don is her father and he becomes her legal guardian. Mary agrees to have dinner with Chris.

Don learns Donna is pregnant and figures out Pete must be the father. Pete comes to Salem. Jeri gets a job in hospital cafeteria and admits to Laura that Trish doesn't know she's in town. Upset by Janice's departure with Joann, Maggie is unable to make love to Mickey. Bob feels depressed and useless because he is unable to go back to work. Mike plans to make Christmas perfect for Margo in case it is her last one. Stephanie arranges for David to get stockholder's report. Bob decides to adopt Melissa. Chris and Mary's date ends badly. Steve gets Mr. Travis, a wealthy customer at the antique shop, to invest in one of his schemes. Doug discovers a six-year-old orphan named Patrick Kelly is the one who hs been spraying dirty words on the front of Julie's shop.

Trapped in a construction site cave-in, Mike and Chris rescued. Chris realizes he wants to marry Mary. Maggie is a sure bet to be the star of the charity talent show. Julie is not sure she can handle it all — the store, being a wife and giving Doug the child he wants. Steve plots to have European business on the side. Pete tells Donna marriage is out but he will stay around for her and baby's sake. Linda is jealous when Neil pays attention to Stephanie. Stephanie plans to get Chris fired.

Believing Stephanie's story that Chris tried to market his carburetor while he was working for Anderson Mfg., Linda goes through Chris's desk and finds signed contracts planted there by Stephanie. She fires Chris but he wants to hear the word from Bob. Chris charges Linda is responsible for mine cave-in because she cut corners. Don and Marlena balk at Donna's plan to marry Pete. Julie refuses to believe Teri's claim that the jewel boxes Steve is selling as antiques are copies produced by her friend. Mickey is having chest pains. Bill agrees to take post as chief of surgery. An adamant Donna rejects Don's suggestion that she have abortion.

The Doctors

Written by: Elizabeth Levin & David Cherrill

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Greta explains to Mona that Billy does not love her enough to marry her. Kim is after Billy. Missy moves in with Sweeney. Tests reveal blockage in Mike's spine. Mike tells Sarah their marriage is over and to keep away from Michael Paul. Mona's hospital roommate dies; Carolee insists the frightened Mona move in with her after release from hospital. M.J. and Colin embrace.

Although Mike is against it, Sarah takes Michael Paul home with her. Learning Doreen may be dying, Carolee feels guilty because she was impatient with her. Steve cautions Carolee not to get too involved because Doreen may not have leukemia. Doreen refuses to take tests that would prove or disprove that she is dying. Kim asks Greta and Billy to move in with her but Billy vetoes idea. Nola does not anyone to tell Jason she is pregnant. Mona returns home. M.J. is pleased that Colin is planning to stay in Madison.

Donning a red wig, Doreen goes to shabby part of town, puts contract out for Carolee, then invites her for Christmas drink. Nola, expecting Jason's child, fears Mona will tell him. After Mona turns down Billy's request for financial aid because he hasn't married Greta, Billy and Greta move in with Kim. Kim makes place for Luke. Sweeney cautions Luke to go slow with Missy. Mike leaves hospital to spend Christmas day with Sarah and Michael Paul. M.J. is transferred out of cardiac duty into rehabilitation. Colin takes M.J. to Mona's Christmas party which Nola is also attending.

Nola is afraid Sarah might discover she's carrying Colin's child. His desire to be a doctor at low ebb, Billy asks Steve how he can learn to love Greta. Reminiscing, Sweeney reveals she was once engaged. Missy is upset because Mrs. Craig, her probation officer, insists on meeting Sweeney. Mike admits to his hospital roommate (a former football star, now paralyzed) that he despises Sarah.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Deborah's reasons for joining Children of Earth are suddenly apparent to Steve when he realizes she is doing undercover police work. Prison inmates feel April is a witch and put her on trial. Everyone is stunned by the identification of the body in car crash as Draper. But they soon found out that Draper loaned his car to Kevin. And it was Kevin who died in the car crash.

Winter is sickened when Wade shows video tape of their bedroom activities and tells her that at the time it was made Logan had already agreed to let Wade keep his porno house open. Anguished by Raven's self-centeredness when it was discovered Kevin, not Draper, died in car crash, Geraldine tells Raven she is through with her. Wade is telling lies to Miles and Nicole in an attempt to break them up. Feeling she is alone, Raven asks Logan for help. April's cellmates try her for witchcraft. Before dying Mr. Selkirk tells Mike he will donate his corneas for his transplant if Mike undertakes to prove that the Children of the Earth movement is a fraud. Mike has corneal transplant surgery.

After Raven gives birth to son, Logan decides to go back to her. Winter blames losing Logan on her relationship with Wade. Margo continues to be a wedge between Miles and Nicole by making sure Nicole has to work long hours. Arthur, leader of the Children of the Earth cult, arrives in Monticello. After undergoing corneal transplant, Mike awaits to have bandages taken off to learn if he will see again.

Logan and Raven celebrate the birth of their son. Miles has Denise's body exhumed in order to redo autopsy. Tank tells Diana Selkirk he believes Deborah joined Children of the Earth so she could case group for police. Diana agrees to keep close watch on Deborah. Mike's corneal transplant a success. Logan plans to marry Raven.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

After setting up Scotty and Laura with motel reservations and a car that refuses to run, Luke fixes the car to make it look as though the car (which he had tampered with) had never stalled at all. Tracy and Monica get into a fight at a party, so Tracy makes Mitch leave with her. Gary signs contract for a book he is writing. Howard tells Gina to let Gary do whatever he wants where book is concerned.

The judge decides not to place Laura in reform school. Cal Jamison keeps sending threatening notes to Bobbie asking lor more money. Jeff and Mitch have police lying in wait for Cal. Gina is confused now that Gary has sold his medical practice and has become a full-time author. Scotty wonders if he can control his desire for Laura. Beatrice Hewitt, a member of the hospital board, learns her son and daughter-in-law are seriously hurt in a London plane crash. Lesley invites ex-cellmate Carleen to spend holidays with her.

Mitch plan to get Cat Jameion after Jeff learns the whereabouts of Steven Lars. Heather goes to dock where Cal and Jeff are to meet and warns Cal police are after him. Cal runs off. After hiding under pier where Jeff won't see her, Heather goes back to apartment, passes out and is in danger of miscarriage. Bobbie still intends to get even with Laura for taking Scotty away from her. Lesley is fearful when Rick suggests they start a family. Tracy tells Mitch she can make him the most important man in Port Charles.

Scotty's plan to become engaged to Laura falls through when Bobbie announces she's pregnant and that Scotty's the father. Gary gives Gina a mink coat for Christmas. Tracy has Mitch looking for loopholes in trust fund so her son will not become secondary heir to grandfather's estate if Alan and Monica have a child. Dan continues to press Jessie for marriage. Jeff realizes Heather is unlikely ever to have children. Jeff still wants to try and find Cal Jamison. Susan remembers the name of the lawyer whom Jeff believes holds the key to Steven Lars' whereabouts. Bobbie gets disreputable doctor to verify her pregnancy.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

With Roger on the mend, Barbara tells Holly she doesn't have to go through with her promise to marry him — but she wants to. Roger learns Hillary had disappeared the night he was run down. Hillary returns but may be dropped from nursing school because she missed so many days. Mike plans to marry Elizabeth after the first of the year. Katie wonders if she should go out with Mark. Peggy is dating Dr. Doug Shilling. Alan gives Jackie a dealine for answering his marriage proposal.

Fearing Hillary will tell Holly he made love to her after he had asked Holly to marry him, Roger leaves hospital without being discharged. Roger tells Hillary he doesn't love Holly but Christina is his child and he wants to give her a stable home — Hillary decides not to tell Holly. Holly confides to Barbara she doesn't love Roger but feels she should try to make their marriage work. Katie worries she has lost Mark because she would not bed down with him. After slashing portrait and breaking her doll collection, Amanda reveals to Ben her mother taught her that men and sex were dirty. Barbara and Holly take Ken out of mental institution and move him to California where he can live with his brother Andy. Mark confides to Ed that Elizabeth cannot have children, and asks him to have her undergo gynecological tests and then tell her she cannot have kids. Ed is concerned about Rita's overspending.

Refusing to attend Holly's wedding, Barbara vows she will do anything to stop the nuptials. Barbara asks Hillary about her relationship to Roger, but Hillary refuses to tell her anything. Roger, still believing Rita ran him down, swears he will make her life a living hell. Amanda cuts her hair, changes her fashion style and realizes how attractive she is. While talking to her estranged husband Gordon, Amanda envisions Ben. Plotting to get even with Ben and Evie for knowing too much about her, Lucille offers Evie a job managing Wexler property. Sara is frightened when Dean buys a gun. Jackie agrees to marry Alan who considers her attractive, the perfect hostess and intelligent just what he needs in a wife.

Rita is puzzled when Hillary defends Roger's motive for wanting to marry Holly. Rita is beginning to feel that Hillary still cares for Roger. Dean traps Sara into giving false information to Mike about the late Ramon. Feeling Sara is disloyal, Dean plans to take her to restaurant and have a fatal accidet occur at a nearby cliff. Alan fumes when he learns that Elizabeth is putting up divorce settlement money as reward for apprehension of Ramon's murderer. Roger suggests to Ed he start backing away from Christina so she won't be confused as to who her father is. Amanda has premonition concerning a tragedy befalling Ben. Alan assures Diane that after he marries Jackie he'll still find time for her.

Love Of Life

Written by: Jean Holloway

Produced by: Cathy Abbi

Moving into their new house, Van and Bruce meet and are charmed by Prof. McCauler. Ray confides to Arlene he once was "owned" by the man who offered him a job in New York. Carrie does not want Tom for her doctor. Arlene sees Ray and Tom having a fist fight. Ben rebuffs Eliot's attempt to be friendly. Andrew talks to Van about his love for her.

Betsy asks Ben if he loves her; he kisses her passionately, then tells her no. Prof. McCauley tells Bruce of his happy life and marriage in the house Van and Bruce are moving into. "Big Al," Ray's former employer, beats up Bambi. Ben asks Mia to marry him. Betsy admits to Elliot that she is confused about who she is and expresses her inability to be what she was once to him.

Bambi is paralyzed on the left side after vicious beating by a mobster. Contacted by Ray, Bambi's father, Rev. Brewster, claims he has no daughter. Betsy asks Elliot for a divorce. Realizing she loves Ray, Arlene says goodbye to Tom. Arlene and Ray spend Christmas with his family.

Ray buys Arlene a new home. Tony is interested in Bambi. Mia and Elliot realize they must fight to maintain their relationship with Ben and Betsy, but Van hopes Ben and Betsy will face the love they have for each other. April is given a locket which she must always wear for protection. Meg and her son, Ben, reconcile.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell & Sam Hall

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Scared because she continues to receive threatening calls and notes, Tina goes to Marco who suggests she go live with his brother the doctor. Tony truly believes he loves Sam and intends to woo her. Adam decides not to fire Brad, but Joe gives Edwina the ax. Although Bruno decided not to take Melinda on as a student, she tells everyone he has.

Pat asks Pine Valley's attorney, Paul Martin, to take care of some legal work. Tina discovers Marco made porno pictures out of innocent modeling photos. A shocked Tina is hit by car. Although sustaining only minor injuries, she fears Viki wants to hurt her. Marco and Ina learn Melinda was not accepted by Bruno as a student and has been lying to everyone about it. Viki is discovered over the lifeless body of Marco Dane. Paul and Dorian exchange house keys. Joe fires Edwina. Adam asks Brad to go to Vegas on a business trip. Tony wants Samantha to help him run his new disco. Ed is surprised when Carla says she wants to have a baby.

The list of people who may have killed Marco grows to include Greg, Karen, Viki, Brad, Jack and half a dozen others. Pat is concerned when Adam has attack but he convinces her it was just a migraine. Brad, Adam and Pat off to Las Vegas. Tina gets another threatening note from Viki / Niki. In hospital recuperating from injuries sustained when hit by car, Tina pleads with Viki to stay away. Dorian is worried because an antique pistol she bought for Peter is stolen from a party especially since the gun is workable.

At first police think Greg killed Marco but suspicion shifts to Viki. Joe asks Paul Martin (of Pine Valley) to be her attorney. In Las Vegas, Pat is aware she loves Adam. Adam tries to make Pat's first Christmas since her son Brian was killed a happy one. Melinda piles lie upon lie to keep everyone thinking she is Bruno's piano student. Gwen is leery about having her fingerprints taken, a procedure everyone attending Dorian's party must submit to, since the pistol taken at the party was used to kill Marco. Getting a job on the Chronicle, Edwina is assigned to cover Marco's murder. Marco's brother Mario wants the body cremated. Samantha undergoes plastic surgery.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Maeve's ailing sister prepares to come over from Ireland. Hospital staff realizes what happened to Faith and Tom in Catskills. Fearing he will lose both sons, Frank goes to judge in an attempt to block Seneca from adopting Edmond and gives Dee hard time about seeing Little John.

Dee schemes to get Faith and Tom's apartment. Little John's birthday party is about to become an extravaganza under Dee's direction. While Frank tries to make judge stop Seneca from adopting Edmund, Rae persuades the judge to push adoption through. Tom, slowly recovering, realizes that he tried to kill Faith. Knowing her mother would disapprove of her relationship with Pat because he's Catholic and she's Jewish, Nancy decides to become Frank's assistant in Washington to put distance between her and Pat.

Dee admits to Roger she frightened Faith in order to make her decide not to return to brownstone. Roger tells Faith of Dee's conniving. Tom (and Teri) is still out to get Faith. Maeve's sister is on her way from Ireland. Judge decides to grant Seneca custody of Edmund after a six-month trial period. Frank invites Rae to spend Christmas with his family. Mary's boss at TV station, Thatcher Ross, would like her fired.

After seeing another vision of Teri, Tom decides to have operation which will relieve hisorganically caused emotional problems but may also kill him. Pat and Faith renew feelings of love. Wanting Dee to see what taking care of Little John full time is really like, Maeve fakes a back ailment so Dee must take care of him.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Joyce & John William Corrington

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Sunny assures Tom that Kylie will be a stronger person even if she fails in New York. Tom admits he likes Kylie's vulnerability and wonders what will happen to their relationship if she should lose it. John accepts invitation from Travis' grandfather to go to New Orleans. Unaware that Carolyn had been pregnant, Gary is stunned to learn she miscarried after Buck beat her. Scott has a negative reaction to Eric's request that Kathy come there for Christmas. John learns it was Stephanie who tried to sabotage Jo's election campaign. Jo assures John she has come to live with Stephanie's conniving. But John says he cannot.

After Gary tells her he intends to reconcile with Carolyn, Laine decides to stop sharing the apartment with Liza. Laine agrees to help her father gain control of Collins Corp. Although Scott realizes he loves baby Doug as well as Cathy, she is not certain of her feelings toward him. Kylie leaves Henderson for off-Broadway role. Stephanie learns Wendy stole a letter from department store. Flying to movie premiere in a private plane, Liza is attracted to the co-pilot unaware he is Travis.

Before leaving town with Kathy, Doug and Eric, Scott explains to David he accepts Doug as his son, and asks David to stay away. Agreeing, David stipulates that when Doug is 19 he be given a ring that belonged to David. John plans to be Stephanie's husband in name only. Ted tells Stephanie he'll wait for her. Liza and Travis make emergency plane landing.

Travis reveals to Liza he was pilot in the war. John and Stephanie put on pretense of being happy. Before leaving town, Scott warns Stephanie not to get involved with Ted Adamson or his business deals. With his son Doug gone, David turns to Sharon. Gary and Carolyn decide to work out their marriage problems while a rejected Laine vows revenge. Liza and Travis make safe emergency airplane landing. Collins Corp. gets contract from Travis' grandfather to save company. Wendy is arrested for shoplifting. Buck Peterson's younger brother Jackie has Carolyn talk to judge on Buck's behalf.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Lucas settles company strike. When Lorie spots Jill and Stuart dining, Stu tells Lorie their relationship is none of her business. Snapper, released from hospital, is furious with Jill for having told Liz that Stuart is having affair with another woman. Casey and Nikki are shattered when their mother dies in a car crash.

Jill thinks she is pregnant. Brock warns Snapper that supporting Casey after her mother's death may be at odds with his intenstion to reconcile with Chris. Liz tells Stuart she knows he is seeing another woman. When Leslie wants to return home to be near her father, who is having problems, Lucas insists on accompanying her. Vanessa keeps trying to pull Lucas and Lance apart but discovers Lance is not at all upset that Lucas is taking hand in the family business. Jamie, Suzanne and Derek's son, is seriously ill. Believing Suzanne intends to move to Chicago to be close to Derek, Kay stops payment on $5.000 check she gave her to stay away.

Peggy, Lorie, Leslie and Chris all come home hoping to stop Stuart from becoming too involved with Jill. Stuart tells them to mind their own business. After considering what the girls have told him about Jill and realizing how much it will hurt Liz, Stuart tells Jill their relationship is over. Unaware of her father's decision, Chris reveals to Snapper that Jill is romancing Stuart hoping he can stop the situation. Snapper discovers that Chris asked for divorce because he called Casey's name when he first came out of anesthetic after appendectomy. Lance is confused when Leslie and Lucas plan to leave town without visiting him. Vanessa intends to tell Lance Leslie is carrying his child.

Derek invites Suzanne to spend holidays in Genoa City. Kay, hiding fact she can walk, tells Suzanne that Derek must think it is her husband Alex (who is really dead) not Jaime who is seriously ill. Brock takes Casey on a ski weekend. Lucas warns Lorie not to trust Vanessa. Leslie and Lucas are upset when they are unable to get a flight back to Switzerland and must spend holidays with Lance and Lorie. At Snapper's insistence, Jill stops working for Stuart. Stunned, Jill is unable to believe she isn't pregnant, and thinks that maybe she'll tell Stuart she is.

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JANUARY 1979

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon & Wisner Washam

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Returning to Pine Valley, Ray Gardner hides in David Thornton's old cabin and hatches a plan to abduct Tad. Kelly survives an accidental overdose of pills and booze, then tells Eddie that marriage is off. Although Tom nixes plan to open a disco, Erica goes ahead on her own. Mark is devastated when Ellen admits Devon isn't going to give them the baby and postpones wedding. Kelly plans to move in with Myrtle. Phoebe continues to pressure Chuck about divorcing Donna.

Erica goes to New York to get money from Mark’s mother, Maureen, to open her disco. Brooke and Mark become friends. Making sure she cannot balance the books, Eddie offers to help Claudette in the office and in bed. Ray Gadner abducts Edna. When Russ Anderson, a former medical school chum of Frank’s, comes to town, Caroline tries to match him with Nancy. Tom wants to start a family but Erica’s taking the pill on the sly.

While trying to get Donna and Edna from Ray Gardner’s clutches, Chuck is shot by Ray. Jeff explodes when he learns it wasn’t a case of Chris turning down a San Francisco job, but her being turned down instead. Maureen, Mark’s mother, agrees to finance Erica’s disco if Erica breaks up Mark and Ellen’s relationship. When Tara says she can no longer manage Charlie without a man around the house, Kate suggests Tara tell Charlie that Phil – not Chuck – is his father. Mona discovers Tom wants children, but Erica is taking birth-control pills. After Devon gets a letter from an unwed mother’s home in New York, Wally insists on going with her when she has the baby. Myrtle is puzzled by the strangehold Eddie seems to have on Kelly.

When she sees Ray Gardner shoot Chuck in Edna’s apartment, Donna regains her memory. Posing as a doctor, Phil manages to get into the apartment in hopes of rescuing Chuck, Donna, Edna and Dottie. Discothequing in New York with Mark, Erica is certain she wants to open her own disco and sets about trying to break up Mark’s mother. Brooke is showing more than a friendly interest in Mark.

Overhearing Phoebe and Tara arguing, Charlie learns Chuck is not his real father. Posing as a doctor, Phil convinces Ray to let him treat Chuck. Unable to bear Chuck's suffering, Phil risks giving him a painkiller even though it may cost his life. Ray releases Chuck and Donna but keeps Phil as a hostage and intends to trade Dottie for Tad and $20.000. Donna realizes she is pregnant. Fearing she will lose Kelly, Myrtle decides not to interfere in her life. Linc is concerned about Kelly's overly good spirits. Wally insists that he and Devon see their baby after it is born. Erica gets Phoebe and Maureen to consider investing in her disco.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Ada suggests that Mac take Rachel away. Olive tells Scott she'd do anything to get even with John because he killed Evan. After Eileen gives her a locket with pictures of Marianne and Mike inside, Pat decides to plead not guilty. Rachel keeps pushing Buzz into saying that Blaine is fooling around behind Jamie's back. Willis is upset when Gwen runs away; Loueen comforts him by saying she's done this before and always returned.

John warns Marianne that Mike will reveal her past — her abortion and love affairs – if she testifies against Pat. Pat's trial begins. Liz is subpoenaed to testify against Pat. Brian and Scott force Olive to tell D.A. she does not want to testify against Pat. Clarice nixes Charlie's plans to contact Burt in Japan. Blaine admits to Iris she doesn't love Jamie although she did try. Wanting to be with Rick, Kate leaves town. Deciding Pat is innocent, Karen has herself removed from the case and begins a relationship with Mike.

Elena wants nothing more to do with Iris. Taking the witness stand at Pat's trial, Olive claims she and Greg are only friends. His case shattered, the D.A. asks for a recess. John warns Marianne if she testifies against her mother he'll disown her as his daughter. Just as she decides to divorce Burt, Clarice gets a marriage proposal from Larry. Willis tells Angie in no uncertain terms it's Gwen he loves, not her.

Returning to Bay City from Japan, Burt wants to try and make marriage to Clarice work. Rachel tells Jamie she fears Blaine will make him miserable just as Rachel did Steve. Testifying against Pat, Marianne is disowned by her family. Dennis warns Blaine to leave Sylvie and Iris alone. Angie lets Mimi know she can have Vince. Alice and Dan decide to postpone marriage until Pat is acquitted.

Jim throws Marianne out of the house. Iris tells Buzz that Rachel will give him money if Blaine leaves Jamie. Clarice wants to end her marriage to Burt so she can wed Larry. Willis ignores Angie's constant overtures. Vince wants to divorce Angie. Locating Gwen, Willis agrees for her sake to close Frame Enterprises. Janice wants to break up Willis and Gwen.

As The World Turns

Written by: Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt

Produced by: Joe Rothenberger

Overcoming her fear of going outside, Tina carries tales back and forth between Lisa and Grant. Believing Don loves Joyce, Mary beseeches Ralph not to tell Don about his affair with Joyce. Agreeing to keep the secret, Ralph spots Joyce with another man. Valerie insists she has no plans to return to work at the hospital on a permanent basis. But discovering Kate - a child whose foster family was killed in an auto accident was badly injured herself - Val feels she may be of some help to her. Deciding not to go back to medical school until fall, Annie is warned there may not be a place for her at that time. Intimating to Jane that she is carrying Beau's child, Melinda reveals that she also knows who Beau's real mother was. Trying to keep Jay and Carol apart, Hank continues to send him out of town on business. Since Chris retired from his law practice, he has been doing odd jobs around the house for his wife Nancy.

Mary returns to work at Don's law firm. With Jay out of town, Hank tries to rape Carol. Betsy and Barbara share memories of their late mothers. Jeff recalls how his fiancee Marsha broke off with him to marry Doug Campbell. Susan is concerned over Dan and Kim's plan to buy a house outside of Oakdale because it means Emmy will be further away from her. Knowing Beau is not Jane's son, Melinda blackmails Jane into breaking up Annie and Beau's marriage. Jane begins by starting a quarrel between Annie and Beau over his desire to have children and her desire to return to medical school.

Fearing Ralph will tell Donald about their affair, Joyce buys a gun, planning to shoot Ralph, then claim she thought he was a burglar. Tina lies to Grant that Lisa wants her to move out. Val returns to work at the hospital hoping to break through the orphan Kate's shell. Beau is upset when Annie decides to go back to work at the hospital lab - he can't understand her dropping out of medical school (to save their marriage) and then going to work. Learning Hank assaulted Carol, Jay beats him up. Hank charges Jay with assault and claims Carol led him on and into bed. Barbara is helping Bob decorate his new home.

Fearing the position may ruin her marriage, Annie decides not to take a job at her father's hospital lab. Jay considers pleading quilty to beating up Hank to keep Carol from testifying, but Carol thinks they should put up a fight in court even at the risk of Jay's getting a longer sentence. When Dr. Campbell considers suspending the cardiac unit, John, who was going to head it, decides to dig up dirt from Campbell's past. Sandy learns Doug Campbell's first wife died from addiction. Lisa begins to wonder if Tina really suffers from agrophobia. Bored by retirement, Chris is starting to get under Nancy's feet. Melinda learns she may have to spend the rest of her pregnancy in bed.

Carol is dismayed when Jay pleads guilty to beating Hank (which he does to keep her from going on the witness stand) and gets 60 days in jail. Melinda informs Kim she is carrying Beau's child. Annie gives up the idea of taking a job in lab. Melinda prepares to tell Beau he is about to be a father. With her mother ailing, Laurie decides to leave Oakdale. Joyce's plan to kill Ralph is scotched when she accidentally shoots her husband Don, instead of Ralph. Making peace with Valerie, Lisa tells Kim its's Tina who is after Grant. Kim warns Lisa she must stop thinking everyone is after her husband. Nancy feels lost now that Bob and Frannie have moved out of the house.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Betty Corday & H. Wesley Kenney / Betty Corday & Al Rabin

Mary tries to cover up when she lets slip Linda and Neil's involvement to Bob, but Bob is beginning to figure things out. Learning from Alice that Kate Winograd, an old flame of Bill's, will become head of anesthesiology, Laura is puzzled as to why Bill didn't tell her. Steve is irritated when Julie sells Mike an expensive necklace for Margo at cost. When Robert confronts Steve with Teri's story about the phony antique music boxes he's selling, Steve denies it. Pete wants out of his promise to marry Donna. David admits to Stephanie that he loves her. Julie is upset that Jeri is taking care of Timmy. Hospital chairty show to raise money for CAT scanner is televised.

Trish pays a surprise visit to California and is stunned when both Jeri and Timmy (now called Scotty) are gone. Margo suffers setback in battle against leukemia. In motorcycle accident while running away with Pete to get married, Donna loses her baby. Stephanie is puzzled that Chris is still working at the company although Linda fired him. Chris warns Mary not to drop any more hints that Linda and Neil are lovers. Maggie admits to Doug that she could be falling in love with him.

Knowing Linda and Neil are lovers, Bob follows her to Neil's apartment. In the course of the ensuing argument Linda falls and sustains a serious head injury; following nerve surgery, she suffers from selective memory amnesia. Trish calls David's apartment and gets Stephanie on the phone, who denies knowledge of baby Timmy's (Scott's) whereabouts. Trish thinks Stephanie is living with David. Broke, Trish lands a job in a Los Angeles night spot. Samantha lands a primtime television series. Aware of Steve's dishonest business practices, Doug tells Julie to take a more active interest in the shop. Steve turns the tables by persuading Julie that Doug wants her to focus more on business so he can have more time with another woman Maggie.

Margo is released from the hospital. Feeling her own death is near, Margo hopes Trish will return to Salem so she can bring Mike and Trish together. Samantha tells Trish that baby Timmy (Scott) is with David living in Salem. Julie fears Maggie and Doug are having an affair. Julie drives to the farm and confronts Maggie. Robert wonders if Teri would give up her career to marry him. Chris wants marriage, Mary does not.

Trish returns to Salem but David refuses to let her see the baby. Doug talks Steve out of taking off for Paris with $50.000 he bilked from his so-called silent partner Mr. Trask. Linda's memory is still blank but Bob is helping fill in the missing pieces. Mary and Chris agree to have a threemonths trial living arrangement; if it works Mary will wed him. Jeri fears Trish will try to kidnap Timmy. Laura is still suffering tension and eye strain.

The Doctors

Written by: Elizabeth Levin & David Cherrill

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Greta wants to entice Billy at a costume party but Kim plans to do the same thing. Doreen finds someone willing to kidnap and kill Carolee for $15.000. Doreen sets a trap by inviting Carolee for a drink at the Medicine Man. Having had no idea of Missy's troubled past, Sweeney is shocited when Melissa's probation officer comes to visit her. Mike lets Sarah know he plans to tell everyone their marriage is over.

With the ruse that his sister-in-law is about to give birth, Mel (hired by Doreen) kidnaps Carolee. A blizzard hits Madison. Steve considers hiring a detective to find Jason so he can tell him that Nola is pregnant. Sarah refuses to give up on a reonciliation with Mike. Missy and Billy feel like outsiders at Kim's swinging party. When party gets out of control, Missy fears she may get in trouble with her probation officer.

Steve learns that Jason is traveling in Europe. M.J. wishes Mike would channel some of the anger he feels toward Sarah in helping himself walk. Still captive at the cabin, Carolee talks Mel into giving her a stay of execution. Upset by Missy's secretiveness, Luke wonders if Kim might not be more fun to be with.

Forced by Doreen to write a good-bye letter to Steve in which she says she's gone off with another man, Carolee drops in a hint that something's wrong by calling Billy her first-born (he's not her biological child). Mike grudgingly agrees to have surgery in Houston which might let him walk again, but he refuses to let anyone go with him. Missy confides to Sweeney that her stepfather once tried to rape her.

Doreen tries to get $10.000 from her father in order to give Mel extra money to murder Carolee. Learning of Doreen's request for money, Steve wonders why she needs it. Billy spots Carolee's watch in Doreen's purse. A problem preganancy may mean Nola has to stay in bed for months. Mona's doctor worries about her heart and wants her to have therapy. Mike agrees to have surgery in Madison instead of Houston.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Wade informs Miles he has a videotape of a night of love he and Nicole shared. Deborah figures out that Cody Patrick not Eliot Dorn is the head of Children of the Earth movement. Evidence provided by a new autopsy on Denise may prove April did not kill her. Her police cover uncovered by Cody, Deborah is read a suicide prayer.

Wade gives Miles and Nicole the videotape made of a drunken night Nicole spent at the convention. Unaware that it's a lethal dose, young Joannie gives Deborah sleeping pills at Cody's command. Cody tells Joannie that Eliot has given him permission to marry her. Diana moves in with Mike and Nancy. An autopsy on Denise reveals there was a second injection — which Denise couldn't have given to herself.

Steve arrives at the boathouse just as Arthur is about to duck Deborah in icy lake. Elliot learns Cody ordered Arthur to kill all the so-called Children of the Earth suicides. Disillusioned, Elliot disbands the cult. Living with Mike and Nancy, Diana has more than a teen-age interest in Mike. Winter loses a job at the luggage store. Everyone is shocked by Logan's decision to marry Raven.

Gus Norwood admits to Miles he gave his daughter Denise, a lethal dose of painkiller to put her out of her misery and to prevent her from killing Miles. Unaware she has been vindicated, April breaks out of prison and goes to the haunted house she stayed in as a child. Winter lands a job at Margo's TV station. Nicole feels Margo has ruined her relationship with Miles. With Diana dropping into the office every day, Mike's secretary Annie wonders if Diana wants a job or Mike.

Draper is upset by April's disappearance. In the haunted house of her childhood, April is terrified. Winter is not so sure she wants to bring it all to an end with Logan. Raven is worried Logan may be pining for Winter, so she pushes for an early wedding. Logan feels inadequate as a district attorney when he learns it was Norwood not April who killed Denise. Diana continues to scheme for Mike's affection. Nicole is upset to find Margo visiting Miles.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

Believing crooked doctor's report that Bobbie is pregnant, Scotty plans to marry her, give the baby a name, then divorce her to wed Laura. Rick resists Lesley's suggestion that they seek psychiatric help for their troubled marriage. Anne, Audrey's recently widowed neice who has moved to Port Charles, wonders why Steve and Jeff are so close. Heather begins to run a high fever and Gina fears Heather will never be able to bear another child. Learning that Mitch cheated his brother out of property left them by his father, Tracy's dad, Edward Quartermaine, suggests she drop the scoundrel. Monica is worried about Edward's health.

Meeting Lesley, Luke wonders if he was right to help his sister Bobbie trap Scotty into marriage. Lee is ailing. Mitch gets a report on Susan's divorce from Pritch. Lesley is upset because Laura confides in Monica and not her. Monica fears Rick is emotionally involved with her. Gina is irritated by Tracy's constant dropping in to see Gary. Howard thinks Gary's book has little chance for success.

Switching pregnancy tests, Bobbie gets Scotty and Gina to believe she is pregnant. Heather is keeping Jeff in the dark about the danger to her life if she gets pregnant again. Steve fears Mrs. Hewitt's mysterious malady may be a dangerous communicable disease. Although Scotty intends to marry Bobbie, Laura vows to wait for him until he gets divorced. Tracy plans to have Mitch run for state senate. Mrs. Hewitt's grandson Jeremy, possessor of an overactive imagination, is staying with Steve, Audrey and Tommy. Howard refuses to tell Gina why Gary is so reluctant to talk about his childhood.

Just as he is about to leave for Toronto to marry Bobbie, Scotty learns she is not pregnant. Broken, Bobbie vows revenge but her brother Luke warns her to forget it. Rick disapproves of Scotty and Laura's engagement. Mitch Williams questions Bobbie about her past association with Cal Jamison, but she swears she never knew him. Released from the hospital, Heather is apprehensive over Susan's plans to go to New York and talk to Frank Wallace, the attorney who set up Steven Lars' adoption. An unusual disease has felled Mrs. Hewitt, Lee and several hospital employees, causing Steve to fear an epidemic has hit Port Charles. Anne is puzzled by Audrey's overreaction when Tommy and Jeremy find photos showing Jeff's late mother Helen and Steve together.

Once a victim of it herself, Anne realizes that the hospital epidemic is a rare and deadly fever; the only known cure is a transfusion from a known survivor. Several people at the hospital die of the fever and Lee remains critical. With the hospital quarantined, Monica, Rick and Jeff among others are forced to stay at the hospital. Tracy and Mitch bed down. Tracy is fearful about her father's heart condition. Heather and her mother decide to buy information about Steven Lars from Cal Jamison and then tell Jeff the information was phony.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Sensing Barbara is trying to stop his marriage to Holly, Roger warns her to stay out of it or risk not seeing Christina anymore. All his paintings destroyed when an electrical fire breaks out in art gallery, Ben realizes he can't send Evie back to college and she accepts a job managing Wexler properly. Released from hospital after severe anemia, Roger fears who ever tried to kill him before will try again. Dean prepares to murder Sara on their second honeymoon. Concerned over Hillary's life of disco, drinking and late nights, Peter Chapman tries to help her. Rita wants to get close to her new neighbor Alan Spaulding. Having loved him for years, Ann is shattered when Mike tells her he is marrying Elizabeth.

With Evie and Lucille in Chicago, Amanda offers to give herself to Ben. Using the key Sara found in Dean's desk, Mike opens Dean's locker at athletic club and discovers the gun that was used to kill Ramon. Aware that Dean has talked to Sara into going to Cliff House, Mike goes after them. Alan informs Elizabeth that she cannot have children and that Mike has known it all along. Philip uspset at thought of Mike and his mother Elizabeth marrying. While honeymooning with Roger, Holly thinks of Ed. Knowing Holly doesn't love him, Roger vows to win her affection, while Barbara is equally determined to break them up.

Tussling with Mike at Cliff House, Dean falls to his death. A shaken Sara reveals Dean confessed to the killing of Ramon. Police wonder if Alan was also involved in Ramon's murder Shattered by Alan's information that she cannot have children, Elizabeth runs off to Chicago. Jackie promises Elizabeth she won't tell Mike where she is. Holly and Roger must cut their honeymoon short when he's called back to help at Spaulding Enterprises. Rita is upset because Hillary is sympathetic toward Roger. Mr. Foxton, Eve's boss at Wexler Properties, feels she is incapable of handling the job. Knowing she can't have Ben, Amanda plans to stay away from him and Evie, but Lucille plans to make certain Evie will spend lots of time out of town.

With Dean dead, Alan makes Roger vice-president of the Springfield branch of the corporation. Roger's first actions are hiring Hillary as a secretary and firing Adam. Wanting to be out from under her mother's rule, Amanda asks Gordon for reconciliation even though she still loves Ben. In Chicago to give Emmett a checkup, Justin sees Elizabeth and they start a warm friendship. Sara goes back to work determined to forget Dean. Katie is frustrated because she wants Mark but cannot bring herself to go to bed with him. Police clear Alan of any connection in Ramon's murder. Rita continues to overspend. Roger tells Hillary he loves her.

While cleaning Roger's apartment, Holly finds the bracelet he took from Rita the night he attacked her. Roger claims the bracelet is a gift for Holly. Hearing of Holly's discovery, Rita is apprehensive that Ed will learn what happened between her and Roger. Elizabeth calls off her marriage to Mike but admits she still cares for him. Fearing he may lose Philip, Alan offers to share custody with Elizabeth, but she refuses saying she wants Philip all the time. Alan decides a fast wedding to Jackie may turn reopened custody battle in his favor. Mike is concerned that Hillary is working for Roger. Roger is continuing to tell both Holly and Hillary that each is the only woman in his life, so Holly is stunned to spot Roger and Diane sharing a drink. While sleeping with Gordon, Amanda thinks of Ben. Lucille blames Ben for Amanda's reconciliation with Gordon. Evie is frustrated over pressure from her job while Ben is feeling neglected.

Love Of Life

Written by: Jean Holloway

Produced by: Cathy Abbi

Bambi realizes she must fight for her life. Tony Alphonso takes a deep personal interest in Bambi. Ray and Tom decide to try and have a friendly relationship. Ben admits his feeling for Betsy to Tom. Van and Meg discuss their desire to work. Ray takes personal reponsiblity for Bambi's beating because it happened in his office.

When Tom asks Ben if he and Betsy will get together again, Ben is unable to answer. Mia tells Betsy that Ben loves Betsy, but Betsy argues that it was Mia, not her, whom Ben asked to marry. Frightened of Bernardi, Arlene decides to stay with Ray's mother while Ray is out of town. Bruce prepares to teach law at the university. Meg asks Bruce if he can get her a job at the university. An unconscious Bambi fights for her life with Dr. Paul Graham taking a personal interest in her case.

With police posted outside her hospital door, Bambi has adverse reaction to a new medication. Staying with Ray's parents, Arlene is curious about the restrictions put on his sister Gina. Betsy tells Tom she and Suzanne are heading for England. Rev. Brewster, Bambi's father, refuses to talk about her with Ray. Van tries to explain to Meg why Bruce feels awkward about finding a job for Meg.

Knowing Ben loves Betsy, Mia beaks off with him. Ray's mother is worried that her son Guido is getting into trouble with mobsters. Sissy Muldoon, a reporter, asks Arlene if Ray had anything to do with Bambi's beating. In Bambi's hometown, Ray discovers an irregularity in the town archives which makes him think there must be something hidden in Bambi's past. Just as Betsy is about to take off for England with Suzanne, Ben arrives at the airport and they embrace. Meg admits she wants to be friends with Bruce again and would back down on a request to Bruce that he get a job for her but is afraid to approach him.

With Tony at her bedside, Bambi stirs and opens her eyes. In Des Moines checking into Bambi's background Ray meets Eloise, who tries to seduce him in exchange for information about Bambi. When Ray rejects her, Eloise makes a phone call saying simply, "It didn't work." Arlene surprises Ray by showing up in Des Moines. Ben and Betsy discuss their future together and she postpones her trip to England. Meg apologizes to Van for arguing with Bruce about a job.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell & Sam Hall

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Jenny takes a job as Larry's nurse. Greg is released by police and Ed discovers that gun used to kill Marco was pawned in Niki Smith's name. Viki is horrified when Joe reveals that Niki Smith seems to have returned. About to be charged with Marco's murder, Viki retains Paul Martin as her attorney. Ed and Carla discuss divorce. Pat is confused by Adam's on-again, offagain romantic behavior. Returning from Vegas, Brad continues to gamble.

Adam loves Pat but fears telling her about his medical problems. Paul Martin gets a message from Niki Smith. While kept under police guard in hospital, Viki is pleased that Niki has not surfaced. Hurt when Jenny balks at the idea of getting pregnant, Brad continues to bet heavily on the horses. Karen wonders if Jenny still loves Brad. Gwen and Brad spend day at the races. Dorian is tired of having Gwen as a house guest. In order to present a balanced view of Marco's murder, Paul Kendall decides not to take San Francisco job and agrees to stay on instead to cover story for the Banner.

Vicki is indited for Marco's murder. Confessing his love to Caria, Jack says he's not going to give her up. Confused because Adam is always drawing back from her, Pat decides to give him some of his own medicine. Dorian's nasty remarks about Viki cause Paul Kendall to break off his relationship with her. Larry is puzzled over Karen's obsession with Viki's problems. Paul Martin is no longer sure that Niki is responsible for Marco's death but feels someone is trying to pin it on Viki.

Charged with Marco's murder, Viki fears she will have to spend time in jail. Her bandages removed, Samantha is overjoyed because her scars are gone. Melinda is fearful that she will have to testify at Viki's trial. When Jack fires his secretary, Carla warns him she won't even consider taking the job. Gwen and Brad continue to go to the races with Gwen winning and Brad losing.

Samantha accepts Tony's engagement ring and turns down an audition for TV weather girl. Richard is enraged over Sam's engagement. When Edwina's coverage of Marco's murder continues to point to Viki, Pat decides to run a TV editorial. Sanity tests on Viki show no conclusive evidence that Niki Smith does or does not exist; Viki decides to take truth serum. Huddleston tells Karen he'll help Viki if Karen keeps her mouth shut about Brian Kendall's hit-skip death when he was driving the car. Brad is losing money gambling, borrows more from Sam. Melinda flares when she spots Peter and Jenny at lunch together. Saying he is too tied up in business affairs, Adam tells Pat he never wants children. Tina receives a threatening phone call at Greg's house.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

After a week of Little John's antics, Roger and Dee decide seeking custody for him is a mistake. Maeve decides to let Dee keep Little John until she realizes that being a mother is more than keeping a child amused. Mary is beginning to appreciate her news boss Thatcher and disapprove of Jack's friendship with Siobhan. Tom undergoes surgery to remove tumor from pituitary area which caused him to see apparitions of Teri. Trouble develops during operation and Tom may lose his sight. Having gone to bed with Pat, Faith considers going back to Tom because he needs her.

Neurosurgery leaves Tom blind. Maeve's ailing sister, Annie arrives from Ireland and discusses selling the family farm. Frank leaves for Washington. Siobhan takes part in rent strike. Faith weighs her love for Pat against her responsibility to stand by the sightless Tom. Much to Rae's chagrin, Dee drops custody suit for Little John.

Faith feels she must return to the blind Tom. As Jill walks along the beach, Edmund is trapped in blaze at the beach house. Annie, Maeve's sister, is hospitalized by Pat in order to diagnose her hand tremor. Siobhan is in trouble for starting a rent strike. Frank is sworn in as U.S. senator.

Frank's happiness at being elected senator shattered when he learns Edmund is dead and Jill is seriously hurt. Although he has no license to operate, Seneca performs surgery on Jill in an isolated country hospital. Frank warns Seneca that if Jill dies he is in big trouble professionally. While being transferred to a larger hospital, Jill, already suffering from spinal injuries, is involved in an ambulance crash. Siobhan continues the rent strike. Jack warns Mary to let Siobhan handle things herself. Dee wonders if Jack and Siobhan are an item.

Jill remains in critical condition, tests showing she needs spinal surgery to relieve pressure. Edmund's funeral is held. With Maeve's help Seneca is able to cry openly over his "son's" death. Tests show Maeve's sister Annie is not suffering from any serious ailment and that her hand tremors can be controlled with medication. Upset over Faith’s decision to stand by Tom, Pat isn’t sure he wants to wait for her.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Joyce & John William Corrington

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Admitting his feelings for Stephanie, Ted suggests they join forces to gain control of Collins Corp. His plan is to combine their stock, fire Howard Horton and install himself as president. Judge tells Wendy since it's her first offense for shoplifting, he'll let her off with warning. Jackie, Buck's teenage brother, warns Wendy next time the judge will throw the book at her. When John walks out on Stephanie, Wendy goes to the inn to take the blame on herself and pleads with him to return. Agreeing, John returns only to find Stephanie and Ted cozying up on livingroom couch. In court, Carolyn speaks in Buck's behalf; the judge reduces his two-year sentence to 60 days provided he seeks professional counseling.

Stu suffers a heart attack. Gary saves Stu's life but warns him he must slow down. Tom is feeling stifled by Henderson's small-town atmosphere. Mark discusses his wayward sister Theresa and the fact that his father was murdered many years ago. Just as Travis is about to reveal his identity, Liza confesses that people with money have always made her feel ill at ease. David becomes full partner in John's law firm. Even though David doesn't love her, Sharon tells him she wants to be with him and hopes one day he will fall for her.

Recuperating from a heart attack, Stu is overly concerned about his health. When Howard Horton is replaced by Ted Adamson as head of Collins Corp., Liza feels that it's her fault because she sold Ted controlling interest. Confronting Laine, Gary accuses her of being vindictive. David considers dropping Collins Corp., as a client but Ted talks him into staying for the so-called good of the Collins family. Sharon has her eye on David but he seems strangely attracted to Laine.

On the mend Stu is upset because the inn is losing money. Travis insists Janet be on the board of Collins Corp. if he is to help the company. A disturbed Wendy runs away. Jackie Peterson, who befriends Wendy, takes a shoplifting rap for her. Stephanie is grateful when Wendy is returned. When a gossip columnist plants a blind item about Travis being in Henderson, Travis realizes he must reveal his identity to Liza and worries what will happen if his grandfather learns he invested his money in a movie project. Steve's film, "You Can Love Again," comes to Henderson.

Released from the hospital, Stu keeps going on about how old he is but Ellie refuses to listen. Liza discovers Rusty is really Travis and says she cannot trust him. Tom and Sunny plan to pick up Henderson House business by providing entertainment in the restaurant. Tom decides not to return to college. Unable to let Jackie take the blame for her shoplifting, Wendy admits she did it. Stephanie is amazed that Wendy wouldn't try to get off the hook. Wendy tells the judge she wants to live with her stepfather John. After making love Carolyn acccuses Gary of wanting Laine.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

A lying Jill tells Stuart she is pregnant. At last Stuart realizes it is Liz he really loves. Vanessa tricks Lorie into seeing Leslie as she steps from shower so she can realize how pregnant Leslie really is. Lorie guesses that Leslie is carrying Lance's child not Lucas'. Snapper and Chris reconcile.

Still feigning pregnancy, Jill decides to try a new tactic with Stuart, says she will raise the child alone and never tell anyone the child is his. Peggy plans to stay in Genoa City. Lucas warns Lorie that Lance must never know that he is the father of Leslie's baby. Casey is upset when her father Nick plans to come to town. Greg is turned off by a bitter Nikki. Depressed over the death of her mother, Nikki stops studying and is in danger of flunking out of school. Kay learns that Suzanne's husband Alex was killed in a hunting rifle accident, and that Derek's son, Jamie, who saw the death, has been unable to speak since then and is confined to a sanitarium. Peggy gets journalism internship with Stuart's newspaper. Suzanne catches Kay walking.

Believing Stuart is about to announce his engagement to Liz, the girls are shocked to learn that Jill is "carrying" their father's child. Knowing Suzanne knows she can walk, Kay makes an instant miracle and tells Derek she is cured. Feeling he no longer owes Kay a debt, Derek plans to leave but stays when she begs him not to make her sorry she can walk. Peggy starts her job as newspaper intern. Nikki is interested in Greg.

Leslie is in labor. Liz is devastated when she learns Stuart and Jill plan to marry. At the last minute Jill decides she wants to marry Derek but it is too late for her to tell Liz. Liz throws Jill out of the house telling her never to return again. Derek asks Kay for a divorce. She agrees but enlists Suzanne's aid to end Jill and Derek's romance.

To stop Derek from talking to Jill before she marries Stuart, Suzanne tell Derek about Jamie's breakdown, and Derek goes to his son's side. Not knowing why Derek hasn't communicated with her, Jill weds Stuart. Peggy plans to live at home so Jill' won't be able to run her father's house or his life. Greg guesses it must be that Jill is pregnant. Brock learns that Casey's father left Oregon but he wants to continue his search. Unable to break through Jamie’s shell, Derek plans to keep trying.

[Khan]

I am so in love with the synopses for AMC, GL and Y&R. Three more cases of not knowing how good something is until it's gone.

[DRW50]

They weren't kidding about that story, which sounds like a very badly written monologue by some kind of melodramatic playwright, taking over the show. Parts of it seem to be verging on Flamingo Road.

[Khan]

I'm still losing my [!@#$%^&*] over the idea of any show naming one of their characters "Bambi." Was she a cocktail waitress or something?

[DRW50]

Or they just finished watching Diamonds are Forever.

[FrenchFan]

FEBRUARY 1979

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon & Wisner Washam

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Signaling Edna to splash hot chocolate on Ray Garnder’s face, Phil gets the jump on the crazed kidnaper and captures him. Believing he ruined Chuck’s life when he returned from Vietnam and married Tara, Phil plans to step out of the picture. Tara, finding Phil at the chapel in which they married themselves so many years ago, assures Phil he is the one she loves. Chuck undergoes a delicate surgery to remove the bullet lodged near his spine. With Chuck’s life out of danger, Charles tells Donna that Charlie is really Phil’s son. Chuck and Donna resolve to start their family anew, but Donna wonders if Chuck and Tara care for each other. Phil learns Charlie knows that he is his father.

Although he has a dangerous infection, Chuck delays his treatment so Charles won't postpone his medical trip to Europe. After Charles leaves Pine Valley, Chuck - now on the brink of death – is finally put on antibiotics. Phil and Tara decide to reconfirm their wedding vows by recreating their marriage at the chapel years ago. Kelly discovers Eddie and Claudette playing around. Mark and Ellen plan a ski weekend with Dan and Brooke. Mona warns Erica she must stop lying to Tom about her plans for the disco and about not being on the pill or her marriage will be ruined. Frank's blood pressure is on the rise bacause of Caroline's jealousy of Nancy. Both agreeing they're not interested in marriage, Russ and Nancy form a close friendship.

Mistaking Donna for Tara, a delirious Chuck reveals he loves Tara and considers his marriage to Donna a mistake. Ellen agrees to a ski weekend with Dan, Brooke and Mark if the girls share a bedroom. Erica wants to break up a ski trip so Mark’s mother will invest in her disco. Tom discovers Erica is covering up her disco plans and is lying about wanting to start a family. In a secluded cabin with Wally, Devon has contractions. Estelle asks for an annulment and Billy Clyde makes threats.

With only Wally to assist, Devon gives birth to a three-week premature baby girl. Although Wally believes the will keep the child, Devon still wants to give it up to adoption. Taking Estelle’s advice, Donna decides to stay with Chuck and say nothing about the love for Tara that he revealed while delirious. Myrtle is confused when Kelly buys two identical dresses. Brooke sets her sights for Mark during a ski weekend with Dan and Ellen. Erica persuades Tom that it was Dr. Clayton’s gynecological assistant, Dr. Baker she saw and that she forgot to tell Tom Dr. Clayton was out of town.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay

Produced by: Paul Rauch

On the witness stand Pat, reveals she confused Greg with Tom Baxter, the lover she killed in college. Unaware that her testimony (that Pat called Greg Tom) could save her mother, Marianne skips town. Pat intends to change her plea to innocent by reason of temporary insanity. Gwen returns to Bay City but wants to bring Dexter, a New York friend, along to make Willis jealous. Mac gives Willis a job at the complex. Rachel intends to pay Blaine to leave town. Vince and Angie discuss divorce.

Burt wants custody of Cory. Pat is set free. Unaware that Pat's trial is over, Marianne is still on the run. Albini, the district attorney, is going to try Olive for perjury. Blaine plans to leave town and turns down Mac's offer of money. Jamie warns Rachel to stay out of his life or risk losing him forever. Angie sees Dexter and Gwen lunching. Buzz warns Rachel unless he gets a quarter of a million dollars he will make sure she loses her husband.

Olive plans to stop Dan and Alice's marriage. Brian's overly confident son, Ted, returns to Bay City. Rachel tells Dennis she will do anything short of murder to free Jamie from Blaine. Rachel tells Mac she wants a quarter of a million dollars or the marriage is over; she gets the money and gives it to Blaine and Buzz. Karen is now working for Scott. Iris throws a surprise anniversary party for Mac and Rachel. Burt pushes Larry around. Clarice considers running off with Larry so that Burt won't take Cory. Roy, the man who wants to buy Willis’ business, thinks Angie likes him. Angie is giving Gwen the impression Willis is still in charge of the business.

Just before Albini is to serve her papers for perjury, Olive skips town. John is Burt's attorney in a custody fight for Cory while Scott is representing Clarice. Buzz tries to get money from Iris. Failing, he skips town with the $250.000 he got from Rachel. Blaine moves out of the house to be with her brother Larry. Ted wants a job with Elena but she doesn't want to hire him. Gwen refuses to believe that Willis really sold his business. Wanting Angie out of his life, Willis tells Joey he has no interest in her.

As The World Turns

Written by: Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt

Produced by: Joe Rothenberger

Her plot to kill Ralph backfires when Joyce mistakes Don for Ralph and shoots him in the back. With Jay about to go to prison, Carol is in financial straits. Carole find a girl who was attacked by Hank, but Grant says the information is not helpful since the woman never reported it to the police. Melinda tells Beau and Annie she is expecting Beau's child. Don undergoes second a operaton to alleviate possible paralysis. Nancy suspects Mary cares deeply for Don. Bob warns Lisa to stop being jealous of Tina.

Grant believes Hank's secret past just may save Jay from serving his sentence. Learning Melinda is pregnant by Beau, Annie returns to live with Ellen and David, and plans to file for divorce from Beau. Susan is bored with life in Oakdale. Alex is worried because Kate refuses physical therapy. Nancy realizes Mary cares for Don. Joyce tells Mary to stop visiting Donald at the hospital. Tina continues to fake agoraphobia. Ralph decides not to tell Don about his fling with Joyce which resulted in her pregnancy.

Don has some feeling in his right foot but the road to recovery will be longer than Joyce wants. Betsy is having a secret problem. Betsy decides she will not return to school. Lisa is trying to catch Tina out of the house to prove to Grant that she no longer needs his help. Varlerie is upset when she learns Kate may be placed in an institution; with Kate able to get around with just a cane. Val takes her home with her. Chris tries to dissuade Annie from divorcing Beau.

Betsy admits she feigned illness because she doesn't want to return to school. Dan and Kim learn it's because Betsy's boarding school roommate, Alice, cheated on a test and is now giving her grief because she's afraid Betsy will report her to the principal. Don is progressing in therapy. Beau informs Annie he wants an immediate divorce so he can marry Melinda. Ralph finds the perfect property for Dan and Kim's dream house. Susan is upset that Dan and Emily will be moving farther away from Oakdale because that means Susan will see less of Emily. Mary suspects Joyce is holding back something about the night Don was shot. In front of Tina, Lisa tells Grant that Tina is out to get him, and then throws her out of the house. Grant is flabbergasted by Lisa's action.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Ann Marcus / Elizabeth Harrower

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

Robert learns that Johnny and Rebecca have been killed in car crash making Baby Dougie an orphan. David doesn't want Trish to even see Timmy but Trish manages to see him in the park. Laura is suffering blurred vision and tension headaches. Don is nervous when Samantha arrives in Salem just before he is to wed Marlena. Margo insists Mike return downpayment on the house he wanted to buy for them. Maggie admits to Mickey she blames him for losing Janice because he didn't make Joanne leave town after her heart surgery. Mickey and Maggie try to make a go of their marriage. Steve signs a note admitting his past legal indiscretions and turns it over to Doug. Doug lets Julie think Steve discovered the music boxes weren't antiques. Linda looks forward to returning home.

Julie is livid when Doug hires Trish to sing at his club. Stephanie is tempted to reveal her past to David and he confesses that he loves her. Flood hits the town of Salem. Laura is jealous of Kate and Bill's relationship. Marlena and Don once again postpone their wedding - this time because her mother is seriously ill. Maggie stays on the farm while Mickey returns to Salem. Linda tells Neil she can't remember ever knowing him. Stephanie becomes Bob's assistant while Mary is named head of public relations.

Margo thinks Mike stills cares about Trish. Mickey is upset when he calls the farm and Jay answers the phone. Bob thinks Linda might be faking her loss of memory. Trish learns from Stephanie that David plans to divorce Trish to marry Stephanie, Fearing Trish is not being realistic, Jeri warns her not to count on getting custody of Timmy. Bill is concerned about Laura's increasing nervousness and her headaches. Robert returns with the newly orpahaned Little Dougie (Doug is unaware that Dougie is the result of his artificial insemination). Since her mother is recuperating, Marlena and Don set a wedding date. In Chicago, Amanda feels her marriage breaking up because of Greg's total focus on work; she returns to Salem and Neil is interested.

Donna and Alice plan a wedding shower for Marlena. Dr. Paul Whitman, Marlena's former lover, sends her a statuette of two lovers as a wedding gift. Don dicovers that Marlena wrote Paul a note explaining how much and why she loves Don. Fearing David's living with Stephanie may cost him the custody suit for Scott, Julie tells Stephanie to stay out of David's life for the time being. Laura is assured she is suffering from anemia and nervous tension and not a brain tumor and is told to take a month's leave of absence. Mary is upset when Margo is transferred to Chris' department. Maggie warns Steve to stop making trouble for everyone.

The Doctors

Written by: Elizabeth Levin & David Cherrill

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

Missy reveals her unhappy past to Luke who accepts it, explaining he too has things in his past he is not proud of. Finding Carolee's watch in Doreen's purse, Billy helps police the locate Carolee. At the cabin Doreen shoots and kills Mel and is herself seriously wounded. Carolee, home safe, doesn't let anyone know that Mel raped her. Mona is still insisting that Jason be found. Mike prepares to undergo surgery in Madison. Nola panics when she receives a letter from Jason telling her to stop looking for him or he'll tell everyone the child she is carrying might be Colin's. Doreen's father Evan is notified of her condition and heads for Madison.

Carolee admits to Maggie she was raped by Mel. Mike undergoes surgery which may alleviate paralysis. Tests on Doreen reveal that what she thought was leukemia and drove her over the mental edge was really mononucleosis. Matt continues to fight to save Doreen's life. Nola fears Doreen might be the one to let it out that Colin could be her baby's father. Missy confides to Sweeney she fears Luke will stop caring about her.

Frustrated because he can't pay his own way, Billy wants to drop out of college. Kim is telling Missy how to keep Luke in hand. Mona discovers Nola trying to destroy a letter Jason wrote. Carolee is having bad dreams and pulling away from Steve. His surgery over, Mike awaits the return of movement in his legs. Nola warns Colin he will lose the heart unit endowment if Mona learns that they were lovers.

Mona catches Nola burning Jason's letters. Carolee warns M.J. not to get serious about Colin. M.J. has a fight with Colin in which she accuses him of having fathered every baby in Madison. While talking to Sarah, Mike discovers he has regained some feeling in his legs. Billy asks Steve to get him a job as a hospital orderly. Carolee lets Steve know that Mel raped her. Doreen is improving. Everyone is elated over Mike's progress.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

The woman who gave April a ride sees her picture in newspaper and is saying she's been exonerated of murder. In her childhood home, April realizes that as a younster she fell down the stairs and thought she had died for a moment. She also recalls her dying father telling her there was a secret she must never know. On the property, April finds a tombstone with her name on it. When the police approach the house, April runs away. Nicole tells Miles that Margo set up Wade's scheme to discredit her to Miles. Feeling Miles not serious about marriage since a date hasn't been set, Nicole calls off their engagement.

Wade has a tape of Logan making a deal with him about Winter's porno film and is blackmailing him with it. Tank turns out to be the arsonist. April continues to be on the run. Deborah begins an investigation of a new murder case. Raven fears Logan is still carrying the torch for Winter.

Learning she has been vindicated in Denise's murder, April returns home. She insists to everyone her mother didn't commit suicide because she has seen her mother. Margo admits she is April's mother. Nicole and Miles decide to marry. Nancy is a bit put off by Diana's overhelpfulness to Mike. Wade Meacham is shot to death. Logan and Raven cancel their wedding plans when she accuses him of being spineless.

Miles and Nicole marry. April is jolted when Margo appears on her doorstep and confesses she is her natural mother. Police begin an investigation of Wade's murder. Steve warns Deborah to take it easy in her latest murder case. Mike bails out a drunken Elliot Dorn. Diana is sweet to Mike but not so sweet to Nancy.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

No one knows but it appears Jeremy is the carrier of lassa fever. With Rick quarantined to hospital, Lesley decides to start group therapy. Monica admits to Gail she and Rick still harbor feelings for one another. Heather's exhusband, Larry Joe arrives in Glenville where Heather and her mother are staying while Jeff is involved in the epidemic crisis. Bobbie's brother Luke comes down with fever. Trying to get back in good graces at the hospital, Bobbie volunteers for crisis duty and asks to work with Lesley. Frank Wallace orders a hitman to get Cal Jamison.

The fever epidemic continues to spread. Hoping to learn more about Heather's marriage, Susan befriends Larry Joe. At a group therapy, Lesley learns it's all right if she doesn't always love Laura. Monica tells Gail she and Rick are still attracted to each other. P.J. is showing fever symptoms. Luke is fearful when one of his workers at the disco comes down with epidemic-like symptoms. Returning from New York, Gary agrees to help Tracy write speeches for Mitch. Luke agrees to give Bobbie the $300 Cal Jamison is demanding. Jeff still thinks Heather can have more children. Jeff and Anne are growing close while staying at the hospital to help fight the epidemic.

Falling victim to lassa fever, Steve refuses to have plasma until everyone else does. Chris Jurgens, Bobbie's friend and an orderly at the hospital, dies from the fever. Annie realizes Jeremy is the probable carrier — but it may be too late. Overhearing his grandmother has died, Jeremy runs away. Cal Jamison warns Heather he's going to call Peter and Diana to tell them he has information about their adopted son P.J. Cal contacts Diana but refuses to say what exactly he wants. When Cal shows up at Bobbie's to collect $300, Luke chases him away. Laura admits to Scotty she remembered long before Lesley took the stand that she and not Lesley was responsible for David Hamilton's death. Monica becomes hysterical at the hospital from overwork and fear that everyone is going to die from the fever; Rick calms her and once again she clings to memories of their past love.

Fearing Steve is about to die from lassa fever, Audrey tells Jeff that Steve – not Lars Weber - is his natural father. A resentful Jeff recalls a childhood where he never felt a part of his family and suspects Lars may have known the truth even though Adurey assures him he did not. Steve's fever breaks and Audrey thinks he'll never forgive her for telling Jeff the truth about his parentage. Lesley is horrified to learn how long Laura withheld the information before admitting to Peter that it was she, and not Lesley, who killed David Hamilton. Suffering a minor gunshot wound in the shoulder Cal Jamison takes refuge at Bobbie's.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Rita admits to Evie that Roger raped her. Hillary is fighting her desire to sleep with Roger. Holly is unhappy with her husband who works too much and spends free time in his old apartment. Mark asks Katie to join him on ski a weekend and share one room; when she turns him down, he takes Nurse Lydia instead. Amanda is not pleased with Gordon's suggestion that they be friends with Evie and Ben. Jackie and Alan plan a wedding on the Riveria. Alan admits to a livid Jackie that he merely offered Elizabeth joint custody of Philip so it would look good to the judge.

Jaclke and Alan take off for France to wed. Justin decides to go to Amsterdam to see Elizabeth's obstetrician. Roger plans to tell Holly the bracelet she found can't be fixed, so he's buying her another one. Before he can tell her, Holly finds the bracelet is fixed after all and starts wearing it. Diane is appalled to discover Roger is keeping a gun in his desk and plans to buy a shoulder holster. Ben is frustrated because Evie is spending more time working than at home. Amanda leaves Gordon and takes her own apartment. Ed spots the bracelet he gave Rita on Holly's wrist.

Jackie and Alan wed. After Holly tells Ed Roger misses lunch because he had to work, Ed spots Hilary and Roger lunching. Rita plans to tell Ed that Roger raped her and stole her bracelet. Lucille tries to pressure Amanda into moving back with her. Gordon tells Ben his marriage fell apart this time because he couldn't compete with Amanda's love for Ben. In Switzerland Justin keeps trying to discover circumstances surrounding Philip's birth and the reason for Elizabeth being barren. Sarah senses Elizabeth is coming to rely more on Justin and less on Mike.

On her honeymoon with Alan, Jackie wonders if Justin knows Philip is his son. Katie continues to gain weight and date Mark. Holly suspects Hillary and Roger are more than boss and secretary. Lucille sees her fainting spells and hospital tests as a means of holding on to Amanda and having her move back home with her. Mike prepares Elizabeth's custody suit to win Philip back. Justin wonders if Mike is withholding information about Elizabeth's ability to have children. Adam is upset to overhear Rita downing Roger. Roger tries to talk Amanda into selling the Wexler property to Spaulding.

Love Of Life

Written by: Jean Holloway

Produced by: Cathy Abbi

Bambi is on road to recovery. Tony promises her never to leave her side again; she says things would have been different if he had told her about his love that day at Jones Beach. Ray hits the roof when a newspaper article insinuates that he and Bambi shared love nest. Ray wants the paper to retract statement about his relationship with Bambi especially since it implies that he may have beaten her up. Ben is pressing Betsy for marriage but she wants to hold off before making a commitment. Betsy tells Ben the two of them have changed, and that their marriage will be different this time. Betsy wonders how Meg will take the renewal of her relationship with Ben.

Lured to an office where a man claims to have information about Bambi's past, Ray is beaten up. Breaking up with Mia, Ben moves in with Meg while waiting to get an answer from Betsy about marriage. He fears Elliot will create problems when Betsy tries to get a divorce. Prof. McCauley puts a wrench in Ben and Betsy's plans to go away for the weekend.

When Ray is savagely beaten and taken to the hospital, Arlene fears the doctors are involved in the plan to cover up Bambi's past and Ray's life is in danger. Elliot tells Betsy he is going to fight for his wife and adopt a child, Suzanne. Prof. Macauley tells Betsy it won't be easy getting a divorce and custody of Suzanne because her husband is willing to forgive and forget even though Betsy is in love with Ben.

Aware he is being drugged, Ray escapes from the hospital. Arlene finds Ray in a hotel room and has him examined by a doctor. Mia and Andrew resume their relationship. Tony puts Ben in charge of Beaver Ridge while Ray is out of town. Rev. Brewster warns Arlene to keep out of his personal business. Bambi undergoes surgery.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell & Sam Hall

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Under sodium pentathol Viki nearly spills Karen’s past as a hooker to Larry. Although Viki remains herself under drug that does not prove Niki Smith isn't hiding within her. Peter is unable to handle Melinda's jealousy of Jenny. As her trial gets under way, Viki is losing ground in fight to prove that she didn't kill Marco. Brad gives Peter a check so he can borrow money to buy Jenny a birthday present — but the check may be no good. Discovering Adam passed out on the floor, Brad realizes he is an epileptic. Samantha would rather not live in Tony's apartment above restaurant, but he insists.

Mario, Marco's twin, is a surprise witness at Viki's murder trial. Viki wants to take the stand in her defense. An angry Karen slaps Edwina because of her biased coverage of Viki's trial. Dorian tells Edwina she is painting herself into a corner and should realize what she is doing now may affect her for the rest of her life. Deep in gambling debts, Brad sells their stock to pay off. Adam offers Edwina a job in New York to get her out of town but she refuses. Edwina goes to the D.A. and tells him about Marco and Tina's friendship. Put on the witness stand, Tina lyingly says she never planned to go away with Marco. Katrina is beaten up and raped by a speed dealer.

Shock waves go through Llanview as Marco's twin Dr. Mario Corelli takes the stand at Viki's trial. Mario moves into Ina Hopkins' rooming house. Edwina and Karen make phony apologies to each and then Edwina springs the news that she knows Karen was not really a model for Huddleston. Melinda asks Dorian to reassign Jenny out of Peter's pediatric service. Pat makes a television plea for anyone having information about Marco's murder to contact her. Katrina hears the plea but disappears. Gretel Cummings, Adam's assistant, and Paul Kendall meet, and it's almost hate at first sight. A handwriting expert testifies Viki did not write the note penned by Niki Smith.

Greg is upset when Tina befriends Mario. Karen wonders if she should reveal "all" to save Viki from being convicted of Marco's murder. Carla hopes to rekindle the spark of love for Ed on her birthday. Ed hits the ceiling when he discovers Jack bought Carla flowers for her birthday. Samantha plans to wear her mother's bridal gown when she weds Tony. When Jenny wants to sell their stock to buy a car, Brad has to tell Will he lost the stock gambling. Will gives him $5.000 to buy an auto but suggests he get professional help. Brad, resentful, says he can control his gambling whenever he wants.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Ethel Green is beaten and a brick is thrown through Ryan's window because of rent strike. Siobhan enlists aid of Wes Leonard and Jack. Pat is angry when Faith decides to move in with Tom. Thatcher Ross tells Mary his wife and child were killed in a boating accident years ago. When Mary threatens to quit, Thatcher relaxes his continual criticism of her news writing. Jill has surgery, which alleviates the possibility of her being paralyzed, but will create great pain.

Johnny plans to buy Annie's failing farm in Ireland and to send Maeve on a vacation there. Rae is furious because Frank is grieving for Edmund. Having broken with Pat for good, Faith moves in with Tom. Siobhan gets Jack and Wes Leonard to help her with the rent strike. Wes and Siovhan renew their friendship. Jill begins a slow convalescence.

Before Maeve and Annie are to leave for Ireland, a brick is thrown through Ryan's. Jumbo learns that C & P Realty is owned by a very influential and dangerous corporation in town. Tom returns home; he and Faith do not get along. Jack and Siobhan are locked in a tenement basement where a boiler is about to explode. Jill is in constant need of pain killers.

Johnny asks Dee how he might buy commodities since he has sunk over $70.000 into a farm in Ireland. Maeve is enjoying childhood memories and renewing family feeligs while in Ireland. When Mary flies to Washington, D.C. to do a story on Frank against Thatcher Ross' wishes, she is fired. Ethel Green saves Jack and Siobhan just before a boiler is to explode in the room where they are locked. Siobhan suffers burns on her arm from the steam heat and Jack is unharmed. Jill continues to need stronger doses of pain killer. Rae flies off the handle when she learns Nancy covered for Frank the time he went to New York to see Jill.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Joyce & John William Corrington

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Out of jail, Buck turns down Sharon's request that they reconcile. Janet asks Liza to forgive Travis for pretending to be someone else. Janet loves her new job. Stephanie tells Carolyn that Jo has always come between her and John. Interested in Laine, David is surprised to discover a sketch of Gary in her art portfolio. Sharon, in love with David, tries to warn him about Laine but he tells her that she is only his friend and can't tell him what to do. Gary assures Stu he has recovered sufficiently from his heart attack and he may have a normal relationship with Ellie. Mark starts a little theater with the help of Tom and Sunny; they name it Great Expectations.

Liza is off to New Orleans to meet Travis' family. His Uncle Martin, a heavy gambler and the black sheep of the family, could be a threat to Travis' life. Bookmakers supporting Martin's habit feel it would be more advantageous if it's Martin who inherits when the colonel dies, not Travis who is first in line. Stu is upset when Tom quits school and, instead of working at the inn, decides to work at Mark's theater. Nick D'Antoni, Mark's brother, is one of the men Martin owes money to. Janet and Ted clash when he wants to tear down rental property for a new development and she wants to save it for the people.

Laine is incensed to learn Stephanie and Ted are lovers. Jo plans to buck the entire city council to stop Ted from tearing down buildings in the section of town which houses the elderly. David warns Stephanie he doesn't want to be involved in her personal life or her problems with John. In New Orleans the men to whom Martin owes large gambling debts plan to rub out Travis so that Martin will inherit the family fortune. Travis warns his mother Mignon not to snub Liza. Liza is dazzled by the Mardi Gras. Stu and Ellie resume a normal love life. Carolyn tells Gary he must choose between her and Laine. Tom does not respond to Sunny's subtle hints of affection.

Colonel warns Mignon to give Liza and Travis a chance to have a life for themselves. Mignon, who has always lived in the past, says Travis needs someone of his own social standing. Liza is unable to give way to Travis' passion. Mark mistrusts Nick's reasons for getting involved in the theater Great Expectations. Ted prepares to take on Jo and the city council on the issue of tearing down property. Janet warns Stephanie the company will have a fight on its hands and she will do everything she can to block demolition of the old houses.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Safely back in Switzerland, Leslie goes into labor. Liz returns the diamond pendant Stuart gave her. Kay is delighted when Liz returns to work. Peggy warns Jill she will not make marriage to her father easy. Casey is unable to explain why she is terrified of her father and begs Brock not to try and find him. Nikki is astonishd when her father arrives on her doorstep and asks her to keep his visit a secret from Casey for a while. Greg tells Stuart he knows why he married Jill. Nikki learns that she has inherited $10.000 from her mother.

Jill plots to get Stuart to bed so she can get pregnant. Derek and Kay sleep with one another. Suzanne, recalling her days in the asylum, vows to get Derek back for herself and Jamie. In Switzerland, Leslie gives birth to a son. Lorie feeling insecure asks Lance to take her away because she wants to try and get pregnant. Casey remembers why she hates men: as a child she was molested by her father.

Casey remembers that her father molested her as a child. Leslie names her son Brooks Lucas Prentiss. Vanessa plans to travel to Switzerland but wants Lance to go so he will realize the baby's been born and that the baby is his, not Lucas'. Lorie continues to try and lure Lance to a warm climate vacation. Nikki and Casey's father is scheming for the $10,000 Nikki inherited from her mother. Peggy loves her work at the newspaper. Jill admits to Derek that she loves him but plans to make her marriage to Stuart work.

Suzanne schemes to have Kay committed to a sanitarium in order to get all the money she needs for Jamie and Derek. Jill wants to throw a large family dinner party; Stuart is opposed but is weakening. Casey is unable to handle memory of the time her father molested her. Learning her father is in town, Casey tries to warn Nikki, but Nikki tells Casey to stay away from her. Although Lorie thinks she is going on a second honeymoon, Lance has been persuaded by Vanessa to take Lorie on a surprise trip to Switzerland to see Leslie and Lucas.