Look into the past

[DRW50]

Thanks Paul, for more info on the Corringtons. I don't know if Texas ever would have worked as a show but if it did work it probably would have been more with a writer like Pam Long, from the show's last months, than the Corringtons. Too bad they left SFT.

AW - Marianne sounds like such an unsympathetic and drab character. No wonder they recast her so many times. I wonder how fans felt about John being killed off.

Y&R - Wow, I never knew Katherine tried to kill Liz.

Doctors - Was Kim Zimmer playing Nola by this time?

SFT - I never knew they had a ghost visit on there. A lot of soaps at the time didn't seem to do that.

GL - There are some clips from these stories on Youtube.

Lucille faking an illness, Amanda/Ben and the storm, and the games between Diane and Roger. There's about a dozen or so clips.

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Roger raping Holly and the aftermath.

[DRW50]

Hillary looks back on her doomed relationship with Roger. Katie dates Mark. Floyd arrives in Springfield.

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[Khan]

Yeah, they might as well have changed the title to LOVE OF BAMBI by that point.

Thanks, Carl, for the GUIDING LIGHT clips. :-)

[DRW50]

I'm glad someone watched them, I know they might be common knowledge but I put them in case they weren't, as they're great and it's a minor miracle that a fair amount of stuff from the time of these recaps is online. It's amazing how consistently solid GL was for years after going into the wilderness for a while there in the mid-70s. I guess they stayed that was until about 1985 or so.

[Khan]

Well, GUIDING LIGHT did stumble a bit creatively between Douglas Marland and Pam Long...but yeah, between 1975 (the start of the Dobsons' five-year reign) and 1985, GL was a highly entertaining show. Not always perfect, but always watchable; and really, I'd say GL stayed watchable for at least another ten years after that. IMO, Megan McTavish's arrival as HW was the first, true sign that GL was about to fall apart irrevocably.

[DRW50]

I really was put off by a lot of the show in 1993-1994, mainly down to Buzz. Initially I actually thought McTavish's GL was an improvement, because it had some excitement and some stories which at first had some promise, but by mid-1996 everything was just wretched. If a soap can die little deaths, until the final death, I think 1993, 1996, and somewhere around 2000-2003 were those for GL.

[Mitch]

Totally agree. JFP after the female writer left (sorry, cant remember her name) is the first sign of the end of days for GL..and as you said, the arrival of Buzz Cooper the character that ate Springfield even more then Reva, and the constant whoring of JD, and the constant "Look at me..I'm ACTING and the star of the show!" by JD totally turned me off of GL for a while. I thought McTavish was an improvement and she really could have gotten things going, and almost did, but was off the mark so, so, so bad.

The ATWT recap was right before the Lisa storyline where that guy killed his wife in some house off in the woods. I remember as a little kid loving that storyline ...(the wife looked like Lisa, and of course he kept the body in the basement for Lisa to find out.) How long after the Dobson come on board after this? I can see why they needed to have a youthful injection...most of the storylines centered on middle aged people driving the story, but did they have to obscure Nancy and Chris????

[Soaplovers]

A youthful jolt was needed on ATWT but it ended up overtaking the show down the line.

[FrenchFan]

MAY 1979

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon & Wisner Washam

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Tara is upset at the prospect of Phil taking an out-of-town government assignment. Phoebe is gladdened by the discovery that Charlie still considers her his grandmother. Myrtle helps Kelly plan how to overcome her pill addiction. Wally’s mother holds little hope his marriage to Devon will succeed. With Caroline in North Carolina, Frank dreams of one day being a full-time father to Carl. Mark’s latest attempt to reunite with Ellen is futile. Estelle agrees to stay with Donna and Chuck if she can help with the housework and the baby once it arrives. Russ tells a recuperating Nancy why he considers her more than a friend. Billy Clyde swears to Letty Jean that if he can’t have Estelle, nobody will.

Phil decides to accept the job as un undercover narcotics agent in Washington D.C.. Ruth is suffering early morning queasiness and dizzy spells. When Brooke answers Mark’s phone, Erica decides to break up what she figures is a budding romance by having Dan learn about it. Phoebe causes a deep rift in Benny and Estelle’s affair. Langley turns his attention from Edna to Phoebe when he sees bigger dollar signs. After Chuck collapses at the hospital, he and Donna plan a getaway vacation to Willow Lake. With Claudette still away, Eddie plans to remodel the Chateau.

Realizing Brooke and Mark are having an affair, Dan decides to leave Pine Valley, then changes his mind. Tom learns that Erica made sure Dan found Brooke and Mark together. Aware that Dottie doesn’t like him and that Phoebe has more money than Edna, Langley turns his attention to the Tyler mansion. Kelly, falling for Linc, fears he only cares for her because she reminds him of Kitty – an idea planted by Phoebe. When Tom turns down a cologne endorsement, Erica promises the company they can have both Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cudahy in the ad. To Myrtle’s disappointment, Kelly is going away for a couple of days with Eddie while the Chateau is being refurbished.

Phil, Tara and Charlie depart for Washington, D.C.. Medical exam shows Ruth is pregnant. Brooke tells a heartbroken Dan she wants to end relations with him because it’s Mark she loves. But Mark tells Brooke he considers her little more than a hooker whom he never wants to see again. Suffering from a strangulated hernia, Billy Clyde refuses surgery until Estelle agrees to return to him. Calling from Carolina, Caroline informs Frank she’s going to file for divorce.

When Dr. Clayton discovers that Donna’s unborn baby is dead, he informs Chuck who decides not to tell Donna since she must still deliver it or risk losing her life. At Father Tierney’s suggestion, Tom tries to persuade Erica to attend a marriage encounter clinic; she agrees providing he agrees to endorse cologne in a national advertising campaign. Rith and Joe plan to wait a few months before announcing her pregnancy. Dan confronts Mark at a bar but is too drunk to fight effectively. In the hospital, Billy Clyde is having bad dreams of being left by his mother.

Another World

Written by: Harding Lemay / Tom King

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Rachel agrees to legal separation from Mac but changes her mind when she discovers Janice at the house. A startled Iris finds a dead snake in a florist’s box. Buzz brings Blaine back to Bay City; following after her, Jamie also returns and moves in with Ada, but when Rachel comes to visit Ada, Jamie walks out of the house. Unable to cope with Alice’s instability to make up her mind, Dan breaks off with her. Karen accepts an engagement ring from Mike but won’t wear it until her parents have met him. Ted Lafferty, Sylvie’s boss, comes to town and plays up to Gwen. Telling Jamie she’s no good for him, Blaine asks Iris to support her financially, else she’ll be sorry. Paul threatens to leave Rita and he dines with Rose.

Rachel informs Mac he is only allowed to see Amanda in the house. While Sally’s boyfriend Bill plays his guitar in front of the jewelry store, Sally steals gems. Elena is displeased at the thought of the stepdaughter coming to town. Susan and Dan consider reconciliation. Angie tosses her birth control pills away. When Brian cancels the building of his house, Willis wrongfully blames Roy. Buzz corners Iris and steals her jewelry. Iris has Blaine arrested when she tries to get money from her at the diner.

Learning about Iris’ deceptions concerning Blaine, Jamie, and Rachel, Brian tells Mac. Seeming not to care what Iris does, Mac goes on living with Janice. Rachel, Kirk (Sylvis’s boss) and Ted go to New York where Ted seems very interested in Rachel. Angie nixes a New York trip Willis was to take with Gwen. Alice is uneasy with Sally’s friend, Phil, living in the house. Angry with Brian for telling Mac the truth, Iris rushes to her mother Sylvie. Jamie vows to help Blaine and get her out of debt to Iris. Blaine is released from jail. Paul seeks friendship from Rose. At the same time, Eileen tells Joye they cannot see each other anymore.

Jamie is aware that Blaine has always loved Buzz. Blaine tells Brian she wants a divorce and money from Jamie. Kirk gets Willis and Gwen to go to New York together. Roy refuses to let Willis take over the company. Buzz is captured with jewelry on him and extradited to Nevada. Joey is starting to show interest in Sally and in drinking. When Dennis nixes Elena's suggestion that he move into the guest house once her stepdaughter Cecile arrives, Brian takes over the guest quarters. Phil gives back jewelry Sally shoplifted.

Learning Janice is buying baby furniture, Iris tells Rachel that Janice is pregnant, not knowing Janice is planning to coax Mac into taking Amanda when she is out of Rachel's house. Gwen warns Willis if he divorces her she will make sure his career is ruined. Angie is astounded to see Rose and Paul kissing. Having made up, Dan and Susan head for Boston. Realizing her Aunt Rita and Uncle Paul's marriage is through, Eileen considers reuniting with Joey but is afraid he is more interested in Sally. Iris warns Dennis that Elena is after Brian.

As The World Turns

Written by: Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt

Produced by: Joe Rothenberger

Dana reveals to Bob that she left the Joffrey Ballet because she wasn’t the best. Having stolen reports from Bob for John, Melinda feels guilty and confesses to Kim. Mary is unable to give Ralph an answer to his marriage proposal. Realizing Joyce is seeing a man, Bill Huntington, on the side, Ralph intends to confront her despire Mary’s warning to stay out of it. Lost in a raging storm, Lisa is rescued by innkeeper Bennett Hadley. Don returns to work. Annie is growing closer to Doug but wants to call it quits because he’s marriage. Jay is planning to start another construction firm, but the bank turns down his request for a loan. Jane returns from Florida.

When Donald learns of her machinations, Joyce tries to run away but is crushed against a garage door by out-of-control auto and taken to the hospital in a critical condition. Kim warns John he’d better drop out of his research project else she will let Doug know about his role in getting Melinda to steal Bob’s report on the cardiac unit. Dana reveals that her husband changed from a shy and unassuming man to the egoistical image created by the press. Sandy decides to finance Jay’s new construction company.

Marsha decides to fight to keep Doug and apologizes to Sandy for assuming she and Doug were having an affair. Jay hires Matt to work for his construction company and agrees to hire Chip. Grant worries because no one has heard from Lisa. Bennett is asking Lisa not to contact anyone in Oakdale. Dan and Kim’s dream house is nearing completion.

Dan and David decide to keep Dan's terminal illness a secret. Feigning a coma, Joyce believes she must run away before Don tells police that she was trying to kill Ralph when she accidentally shot Don. Ralph and Mary plan a wedding. David is visibly upset when Dee decides not to come home for summer vacation. Dana is curious about why renewed music composer Ian McFarland's manager Barry Carlson is in Oakdale. Melinda reveals to Beau her sordid past, which includes destroying a marriage in Buffalo, lying in court that Jay made advances to her and coming between Beau and Annie when they were married. Bennett tells Lisa his wife Ruth left him for another man.

Believing Melinda already has told Beau about his parentage, Jane inadvertently blurts out the truth. Stunned to learn that Jane is not his real mother, Beau heads for London to talk with his adoptive father. Joyce runs away from hospital. Dan wonders how to prepare Kim for his death. At the urging of his housekeeper, Bennett Hadley calls Nancy to let her know tha Lisa is all right. Don tells Chris and Nancy about Joyce's affair with Ralph and his decision to go to police about her attempt to murder Don.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Elizabeth Harrower

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

When a stove explodes at the farm, Julie is badly burned. Linda gets Bob into her bed but realizes he was seduces for a reason, and she realizes he’s not as naïve as he used to be. Kate tells Neil she plans to go to Chicago and get a position in the hospital where Greg is chief of staff. Just as Stephanie is ready to reveal her identity, Bob remarks that Brooke was responsible for his divorcing Julie. Psychiatrist Jordan Barr offers to help Laura accept her mother’s death.

To dispel Bill’s feeling that she’s out to get him, Kate makes romantic move towards Neil in front of Bill. Melissa is upset by her strained relationship between Bob and Linda. Phyllis in San Francisco with Mary, trying to re-establish their former mother-daughter closeness. Amanda moves in with Doug to help take care of Hope while Julie is recovering. Although he’s moonlighting at Doug’s Place, Mike continues to face financial crunch. Linda goes after a job as legal secretary in Don and Mickey’s office. Steve believes Maggie should be sued for Julie’s accident.

Julie becomes hysterical when she sees the disfigurement she suffered in the fire. Sister Marie wonders about Laura’s strange attitude and fears she’s doing Julie more harm than good. Neil is shocked when his mysterious patient at the Salem Inn turns out to be his estranged wife Phyllis, who tells him she’s back to stay. Mary is distraught to discover Bob has Stephanie staying at Mary’s apartment. When Bob invites Stephanie to use the guest room at their house, Linda sees it as another way to get into Bob’s bedroom. Marlena’s shy patient, Lester Hall, is giving Don and his client legal pains.

Linda gets Mary to agree that Stephanie's influence on Bob must be stopped. Phyllis plans to sell Anderson Co. stock. Facing skin graft, Julie steals pain pills from the hopital dispensary, Just as Amanda plans to give Chris an answer to his proposal that they move in together, Greg comes to town. Mike borrows money from Laura in order to repay Mickey. Having won an important acting award, Samantha comes to Salem. Julie dreams that Doug rejects her because of her facial scars. Greg suspects Amanda is involved with another man.

Taking a handful of pain pills, Julie flees hospital. In pain and desperate, she calls Laura, who suggests she will do the right thing for herself and everyone else. While everyone is out looking for Julie, Laura neglects to tell Bill that Julie called. Phyllis and Linda decide to join forces to stop Stephanie from getting her clutches into Bob. Amanda is torn between her husband Greg and her atttraction to Chris. Julie's disappearance brings Trish and David closer together.

The Doctors

Written by: Elizabeth Levin & David Cherrill

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

By telling Mona she’s having bad dreams about dying in childbirth, Nola hopes to persuade Mona to sign papers so Nola’s child can have money from Jason’s estate. Missy gets drunk at Kim’s party and Luke takes her home. Once home, Missy relives the night she stabbed her stepfather to death. Carolee is concerned when she finds it nearly impossible to arouse a stoned Billy. Maggie suggests to Sweeney that perhaps Carolee can help Missy with her psychological problems. A patient of Maggie’s, 5-year-old Laurie Lyn Walters, is suffering from a heart infection.

M.J. lets Colin move in with her, but still has questions about his affair with Nola. Admitting to Steve that he has ruines his life, Billy says he does not know how to get back on the right track. Steve tells Nola he plans to stall the estate papers until after the baby is born. Laurie Lyn, the ailing 5-year-old, reminds Colin of his daughter Cassie who died in a fire. Matt feels Mike for his marital problems with Sarah. Sarah is told she should fight for Mike’s love and use physical therapy sessions to rekindle his sexual ardor. Mona has papers drawn up that give financial support to Nola’s child-to-be. Carolee warns Nola if the baby isn’t an Aldrich, she’ll lose everything. Missy reveals to a sympathetic Maggie that she finds sex “dirty”.

Mike gets in a mellow mood after a party but turns away from Sarah just before they reach the romantic boiling point. Missy and Luke decide to try romance again. Nola is doing all she can to bring on early delivery of the baby so no one will suspect Jason is not the father. Steve is thinking about telling Mona the truth, that Colin is the father of Nola’s child. M.J. wonders if she was right to let Colin move in.

Trying to leave town in order to have her baby at a nursing home so no one will know the date it is born, Nola trips over a suitcase and goes into labor. Maggie is upset over her own pregnancy because she knows Matt will not be overjoyed at having a late-in-life child. Carolee discusses her rape in order to help Missy overcome her feelings of guilt about sex. Mike decides to return to medical practice although he's still paralyzed.

Nola gives birth to baby girl on a date which makes it look as if Jason could be the father. Mona suggests they name the baby Jessica and search for Jason. Nola plans to intercept any calls from Jason to forestall his telling Mona that he cannot possibly be the child's father. High on angel dust, booze and marijuana, Billy is in car accident which seriously injures him and takes the lives of two other passengers. Mike is running emergency room when Billy is brought in. Kim suggests buying a share of Medicine Man. Luke rejects the offer as well as her suggestion that he move in with her.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Studying the tape, Mike spots something unusual and thinks he may be able to get Winter off the hook for murder. April is surprised when she walks into Margo’s and discovers Elliot and Sara snuggling. Sara asks Elliot if she can have some of the jewelry he took in the burgalry he staged of Margo’s apartment. Draper tells Mike he thinks Winter is guilty.

When it is realized that the coat Winter is wearing in the damning video tape is not the one witnesses have establised her as wearing the night Wade was murdered, Drape convinces the jury that the tape was faked. Tank, now the leading suspect in Wade’s murder, plans to kidnap the exonerated Winter. Mike is suffering from headaches and blurred vision. Without telling Draper, Margo plans to buy a house for him and April. Police think maid Sara may have robbed Margo’s apartment.

Tank, in a rooftop shootout with the police, falls to his death when Winter pries his fingers loose from the ledge of the building. Logan and Raven are about to get married. Nicole discovers that Winter sent the phony tape to the D.A. making it look as if she were being framed. Everyone by now is realizing that Winter did murder Wade. Draper is not pleased that April wants a house, and would be less pleased if he knew Margo would be providing the down payment.

April and Draper are talking about buying a home. Elliot is upset to learn that Margo gives him only $3.000 extra for restaurant but shells out $35.000 for down payment on April's dream house. Draper is suspicious over low cost of the house unaware that Margo is helping with the financing. When Nicole lets drop a remark about the tape of Wade's murder that freed Winter, Winter realizes she may be on to something and decides to get rid of her. Raven weds Logan Swift.

Winter slips Nicole sleeping pills trying to make it look as if she accidentally took an overdose, but the plot fails because the pills were merely placebos. Still wanting to get rid of Nicole, Winter starts writing threatening letters in an attempt to frighten her. Deborah is involved with juvenile delinquent Joey Dangler and his bartender brother. When Steve proposes to Deborah in front of April and Draper, she turns him down.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

When Tracy shows him sign-out sheets proving that Monica and Rick left the hospital together, Alan confronts Monica. Monica admits only to spending an innocent night with Rick; when Alan refuses to believe her, Monica moves out. Rick resumes surgery schedule but continues to shut out Lesley. Diana is driven closer to insanity thanks to Heather’s machinations. Tracy promises Mitch he will win bid for Senate nomination. Howard disapproves of Gary’s friendship with Tracy and Susan. Both Laura and Scotty are disappointed by Lee’s refusal to talk Rick into letting them marry in September. Luke fears he’s in trouble with the mob. Bobbie is curious about her boyfriend Roy’s job. Deciding he wants no part of Monica, Alan turs to Susan.

Anne feels certain she will lose Jeremy to Jeff and Heather. Heather makes Diana think Maggie is purposely hiding things to frustrate her. Susan persuades Jeff to place an ad in the newspaper seeking information about Steven Lars. Angrey because Heather never sent him the money, Cal warns her he wants $5.000 immediately or he’ll contact Jeff. When Scotty agrees, it would be best to wait till September to marry. Laura says she’ll never trust him again. Discovering Scotty talking to Bobbie, Laura throws her engagement ring at him and says they are through. Alan is trying to make Rick incompetent to Edward.

Scotty is in a tailspin because Laura returned his engagement ring and he lets his bar exam studies slide. When Heather makes it look like Maggie falsified the babysitting schedule, Diana fires her. Now babysitting for P.J., Heather plots to adopt Jeremy, send him off to boarding school, and use his estate money to pay off Cal Jamison. With help from Susan, Jeff writes to Canadian officials in an attempt to find Cal, but Heather plans to intercept the leter. Gary and Gina are fighting over his book. Bobbie gets Roy to steal Laura’s engagement ring from Scotty, so she can wear it in front of Laura before it is returned. Learning that Alan is making it look as though Rick is incompetent, Monica tells him to stop. Alan throws her out of the apartment.

Laura is shocked when she goes to Scotty's apartment and discovers a scantilyclad Bobbie wearing Laura's engagement ring around her neck. Unaware that Bobbie drugged him, Scotty cannot understand what is going on. Rick is taken off the Hardwick cardiac project. Edward is furious when he realizes Tracy is willing to sell all her Quartermaine stock to finance Mitch's campaign. Gina's decision to stay in Port Charles and work while Gary goes to New York for a meeting with publishers further strains their marriage. Just as Alan is making up his mind to believe in Monica and to patch up their marriage, Rick and Monica rediscover their love for each other and take to bed.

In need of a splenectomy following a car crash, Laura is taken into surgery. When the operating surgeon is accidentally cut by scalpel, Rick, who had been observing, takes over and saves her life. Alan begs Monica to take him back. Watching Rick comforting Lesley in the hospital corridor, Monica senses her hopes of getting back with Rick are impossible. Heather's mother realizes the only reason she wants to adopt Jeremy is to use his inheritance to pay off Cal Jameson. At pawn shop, Susan learns Heather pawned her mother's wedding ring for money. Jeff is wondering why no Canadian papers have run his ad in search of Steven Lars.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

Fearing he will be found guilty of rape, Roger considers skipping the country, but Adam tries to talk him out of it. Meantime, Roger warns Rita he will tell Ed about the time he raped her unless she persuades Ed to talk Holly into dropping the charge. Amanda is unable to forget the night she spent in the bar with Ben. Ben is dissatisfied with his work at Spaulding and having to turn out Matisse-style paintings for Hope’s clients. Lucille is pushing Amanda to do more to attract Ben. Diane hopes to get Roger’s job but is rebuffed by Alan. Upset by the way Lucille always turns to Ben to help Amanda, Evie quits her job, then asks for it back.

Hearing Hillary admit on the witness stand she had an affair with Roger after his marriage to Holly, Adam’s trust in his son is shattered. Ross and Justin’s younger sister, Lainie, is struck by a car while jogging and may be permanently paralyzed. Evie wants to move out of the Wexler house and wonders if Ben feels the same way. Lucille hints to Evie about the intimacy Ben and Amanda must have shared during the storm. Evie refuses to believe Ben’s denial. Diane lets Jackie know she has plans to go far in the Spaulding organization. Realizing Philip will never come to accept him, Mike tells Elizabeth they cannot marry.

Ed is forces to take the witness stand in Roger’s trial. It’s beginning to look as though Roger will be acquitted. When Evie refuses to believe that he and Amanda were never lovers. Ben goes to Diane’s. Diane makes overtures to Ben and he responds. Rita warns Evie she’s going to lose Ben if she doesn’t stop doubting him. Justin is hopeful that he and Elizabeth may get together since he has broken off with Mike. Lainie may never return to athletics because of the injury sustained when she was hit by a car.

Adam knows that Roger raped Holly, but wonders if he can turn away from his son. Rita blurts out her hatred of Roger while he is on the witness stand claiming to be her friend. Lucille overhears Diane and Ben discussing their night of passion, tells Amanda about it and plans to use information to destroy Evie and Ben's marriage. Hope is interested in Gordon.

Aware that Adam does not believe him, Roger turns on him claiming he has never really helped him. Diane trying to sabotage Hillary by making it look as though she's not doing her work. Awaiting verdict, Roger tells Alan to prepare trust fund as he plans to leave Springfield. Thinking Roger may be acquitted, Rita tells Mike he once raped her. Trying to get trial reopened, Mike takes information to the judge. Paying an unannounced visit to Christina, Roger tells her he is going to take her away from Holly. Jackie is having pregnancy problems. Unless the surgery is successful, Lainie will be permanently paralyzed from injuries suffered while she was running. Ed is mortified when Rita tells him that Roger raped her and goes looking for Roger in a murderous rage.

Love Of Life

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Cathy Abbi

Hoping to bring Bambi out of her hysterical silence caused by Brewster’s voice, Paul Graham decides extra loving care is the best treatment. The plan works and Bambi talks, although she is still frightened and withdrawn. The doctors believe it may be a good idea if Bambi is brought home in Des Moines where she may have spent her childhood. Without telling Bruce, Van accepts a job as a art teacher. Bruce wonders if he was right accepting professorship. Bashful Professor McCauley hopes to court Sarah.

Paul persuades Bambi to enter the house she lived in as a child to confront her past. Bambie recalls a traumatic scene from her childhood in which Brewster killed her mother and then buried her. Brewster is arrested. With Bambi on her way back to Rosehill, Tony fears she is growing closer to Paul. Bruce is upset when Van tells him she’s going to take a teaching post. Professor McCauley asks Sarah to take vacation with him. Liane passes her medical test and is given surgical residency when she assures the board her career will always come before marriage. Elliot is encouraged by Ben and Betsy’s problems.

Tom suggests that Elliot start seeing other women. Betsy will not listen to Ben’s explanation about his relationship with Mia. Sarah and Professor McCauley decide to take a trip to New Engalnd. Bruce is very upset by Van’s insistence on taking a job. Tony fears Paul’s influence on Bambi will cause her to forget him.

Andrew is named acting chief of the hospital staff. Elliot and his potential new girlfriend Jill have a disastrous first date. Meg tells businessman Scott Carmichale she wants marriage — not a fling; then she hopes that Scott's important question is about marriage. Steve Harbach, Ben's old prison cellmate, wants to study law at Rosehill. When Bambi returns from Des Moines with Paul, it is obvious to Tony that she has grown quite close to him. Bruce comes to Van's classroom and agrees to try to reevaluate his feelings about her career. Mama and Papa Gasparo, Ray’s parents, are overjoyed at the surprise trip to Italy Ray and Arlene present them with.

When Ben suggests going to a hotel, Betsy says they are through. Expecting a marriage proposal, Meg is taken aback when Scott only offers to take her on a cruise to Greece. When Steve Harbach, Ben's former cellmate, is unable to find a job, Bruce offers him job as groundskeeper at the house. Mia's younger brother Wesley arrives in Rosehill. A delighted Mia is given position as magazine photographer. Ray, about to return to work, tells Bambi she must choose between Paul and Tony.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell & Sam Hall

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

Admitting he still loves her, Larry tells Karen he can’t take her back; they discuss divorce. Karen lands a job as a receptionist. Facing possibily of paralysis, Jack decides he wants Carla and Ed to reconcile. Stunned, Pat learns from Adam that he is an epileptic and they can no longer see each other. Samantha is having second thoughts about marrying Tony. Unable to stand pressure of his father being help for the murder of Marco, Greg prepared to leave Llanview.

At the altar, Samantha bolts from the church without saying “I do” to Tony. Taking refuge at Dick’s, Samantha discovers phots of Pat. Going off deep end by her discovery, Dick keeps her hostage. Adam and Pat are unable to reach a decision about their marriage. Carla and Ed discuss divorce. Edwina writes a newspaper column revealing Adam’s epilepsy. Faith Kipling moves to Llanview.

Ed turns down the offer to run for political office because of his impending divorce from Carla. Jack tries to walk. The discovery of Samantha’s blood-stained wedding dress makes everyone fear she is dead. Pat is beginning to realize that Dick is unbalanced. Karen is devastated when she’s fired from her job. Joe warns Tina to stay away from Mario but she considers he’s unfairly trying to pin Marco’s sins on Mario.

Following Dick, Pat discovers the warehouse where Samantha is being held prisoner by Dick, and is made a prisoner herself. Larry discovers that the woman Danny thinks is his mother is Faith Kipling. Adam and Dorian seek finalization of their business dealings.

Police capture Dick and take him into custody while Pat and Samantha are freed. An ailing Jenny is hospitalized and may miscarry. Tina is saddened when a stoned Greg returns to Llanview and comes on too strong. Greg refuses to take Mario's advice about getting off drugs; Mario warns him to keep away from Tina. Joe suggests that Tina not be allowed to see Mario but Viki disagrees. Jack admits to Jim he cannot help feeling sorry for himself. Larry is enchanted by Faith Kipling. Both Adam and Paul are interested in Pat.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Johnny is losing his shirt in commodities market. Jill is having painful time getting off pills. Nancy and Pat’s romance is frowned on by both families. An old flame of Siobhan’s from Seattle calls her; hoping to be diverted from her feelings for Jack, she decides to see him.

Siobhan gets a marriage proposal from her old flame Artie and considers saying yes. Frank’s marriage to Rae may be blocked unless Dee acquiesces in annulment by stating that she really married Frank just to be a Ryan. Maeve is displeased by Frank and Rae’s engagement.

In desperate need of money, Johnny sells the major share of Ryan’s Bar to Dee, and she becomes his boss. In order to get money without touching her assets, Dee tells Rae that Frank can have an uncontested annulment if she gives her money. Maeve is vocal in her opposition to Frank and Rae’s intended marriage. Tom recovers his sight. When Seneca insists that Jill have a child, she fears he’s returning to his dictatorial ways.

Tom, his sight restored, sees Poppy and realizes she looks exactly like his late love Teresa. Faith is falling in love with Tom. Silent partner in Ryan's Bar, Dee is becoming vocal about how to run the place. Siobhan turns down Artie's marriage proposal. Without his knowledge, Rae has Frank sign an endorsement of a shady politician, a move that just might destroy Frank's career.

Faith admits to Tom she loves him. Poppy tries to make her physical resemblance to Teresa even closer so she will be more atttractive to Tom. Dee's idea of how to run a bar is driving Johnny to drink. Nancy wants New York assignment so she can be near Pat — but both the Ryans and Feldmans want to keep them apart. Jill is livid when she suspects Seneca got her drunk in order to make love to her.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Joyce & John William Corrington

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Fearing Liza’s life to be in danger as long as she is near him, Travis sends her back to Henderson. Seeing the ghost of the General again, Travis decides Martin had nothing to do with the plane crash. Gary asks Carolyn to make up with him but she’s not sure she’s ready to. Stephanie decides to see Ranch for Recovery volunteer to overcome her anguish over mastectomy.

As Sunny, who is now working at a TV station, is outside Nick’s door, she hears Liza’s voice coming over Nick’s bugging devide, but Nick persuades her it’s just her imagination. Nick makes a pass at Sunny. Liza lets Gary know Carolyn still loves him. A depressed Stephanie continues to shut everyone out. Jo tells Wendy she has an idea that may help bring Stephanie out of it.

Gary asks Carolyn for reconciliation, but she refuses. Jo tricks Stephanie into getting angry, putting on her jewelry and coming downstairs. Liza visits Travis in his secret hideaway and they make love. Nick continues to bug Liza’s phone calls.

Upset by all the security precautions around her, Liza decides not to see Travis until the saboteur of the plane is found. Gary breaks off with Laine and wishes to begin anew with Carolyn. Quitting her job at the greenhouse, Carolyn tells Mark he has been a good friend but she loves Gary. Accepting the position as personnel director with Tourneur Instruments, Carolyn carries around a pen given to her by Nick unaware that it conceals a microphone. David realizes Ted is trying to promote a good-guy image. Ted and Laine attend Sunny's college graduation party at Great Expectation.

Travis asks Liza to marry him. The General's ghost warns Travis he's letting his guard down and putting himself as well as Liza in physical peril. Tom prepares to attend out-of-state law school. Ted asks Janet to continue helping the corporation to prosper. Laine is cutting corners on project, an action that may lead to disaster. Nick puts together a bomb that may be detonated by remote control and plants it in warehouse Adamson is building for Tourneur Instruments.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Driven wild when Liz says she must tell Derek about Kay’s emotional instability, Kay lunges at Liz with a knife but Suzanne gets in the way and is stabbed instead. Suzanne survives the stab wound. Kay is sent to a shrink but is catatonic. Jill refuses to move out of Stu’s. He offers her big bicks if she’ll settle out of court. Nick pleads honest intensions when Nikki learns he interferred in her dating plans with Greg. Lucas hesitas accepting Van’s job offer, while Lance pushes him to join the company unaware that Van plans to oust Lance.

Snapper is displeased to discover Greg is dating Nikki. When Nick sees Greg and Nikki kissing, he fums and thinks to himself that Nikki is his and nobody else’s. Giving Nikki a goodnight kiss, he is more than fatherly. Lance realizes how his brother must still hate him when Lucas, prodded by Vanessa, decides to take over Prentiss Industries. Released from the hospital, Suzanne stops by to see Kay on her way to the mansion and leaves behind a box of chocolates into which she has injected a substance.

Jill turns down Stuart’s offer of $25.000 for an uncontested annulement when Derek makes it clear he is going to stay with Kay. Stuart tells Lorie he can fight for the annulment but that means letting everyone know Jill said she was pregnant before they married. Leslie is aghast at Lucas’ plan to take over Prentiss from Lance. Lucas finally admits he’s motivated by more than desire to take care of Leslie and baby Brooks – he also wants revenger against Lance. Snapper and Casey argue over his opposition to Nikki’s dating Greg. Nikki plans to tell Greg about her prosmicuous past.

Lucas, having shaved off his beard, proposed to Lance that they become partners, with Lance running the foreign office. Sensing this was Leslie's idea, Lance turns him down and plans to fight for the company. Jill tells Derek she will wait for him, but he feels she is not the same Jill he fell in love with. While visiting Kay in the sanitarium, Liz almost takes the chemically-doctored candy.

On Memorial Day, Jill pays a visit to Kay in the sanitarium; seeing the non-communicative state Kay is in, Jill feels she has won Derek back. Stuart and Liz believe they can rekindle old flame. Suzanne forces Kay to eat the chemically doctored candy, but Kay spits it out as soon as Suzanne leaves. Discovering a shattered picture of herself, Nikki realizes Casey may be right about her father's violence. Arriving home reeking of liquor, Nick assaults his daughter.

[Limenade]

I didn't start watching ATWT until the 80s and the show's history in the 70s always intrigued me.

I've always wondered what would happen had ATWT not killed off Dan Stewart in the 70s. If the writers had used other alternative, say, Dan simply disappeared into the jungle after whatever... Marland would have had a ball, I believe, resurrecting Dan back into Oakdale in the mid-80s. Imagine the story possibilities of, say, a triangle of Bob-Kim-Dan, or a quad of Bob-Kim-Dan-Susan, or a 5-sided mess of Bob-Kim-Dan-Susan-John...

From what I read (Schmering and LaGuardia), Dan was killed off because, mainly, he and Kim were too happy after they were finally married. But I also read in one source that Kathy Hays had better chemistry with John Reilly (the 2nd Dan on the show through most of the 70s) instead of John Calenback (the original Dan, who was in the original quad of Susan-Dan-Liz-Paul). I wasn't watching, so I wasn't sure if all the stories that Kim had had with Dan (i.e. falling in love, then got thwarted by John and Susan, the amnesia episode, the kidnapping of Andy, etc) were played out by Hays and Reilly, but never Calenback. It appeared that TPTB wanted to please longtime fans by bringing Calenback back at the end of the story, but by then Kathy Hays had already built the rapport with Reilly.

Can any veteran ATWT viewers opine on this? Was there truly a qualitative difference in chemistry and performance in Hays + Reilly, vs. Calenback?

[DRW50]

Did Joe Rotehnberger produce any other soaps?

Did this "dream house" Dan was building end up being the one Kim and Bob lived in and still live in? How cruelly ironic.

GH - Wow, Bobbie wore Laura's engagement ring around her neck after pretending to sleep with Scotty, all to wind Laura up. Now that's nasty.

Y&R - That story with catatonic, Liz-attacking Kay sounds crazy. I'm surprised no one at the show now tried that again.

OLTL - Aside from the Karen stuff it doesn't sound like the show was great at this time. It's too bad that Marco and Tina never interacted later on.

This story just sounds sick...

[SFK]

You can say that again. Isn't that also terribly dangerous just leaving the deceased baby in?

[Khan]

It is. For one thing, there's an enormous risk of the dead fetus poisoning the mother's other organs, sending her body into a toxic shock. For another, the damage could result in sterility for the mother.

[FrenchFan]

JUNE 1979

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon & Wisner Washam

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Just as Chuck is about to tell Donna the baby is dead, she goes into labor. Langley’s charms work on Phoebe. Edna is upset when she turns down a date with Benny only to have Langley break date with her. Aware that Frank knows the truth about Carl Jr. being his son, Nancy rejects his marriage proposal because she’s used to being her own woman. Knowing that his relationship with Brooke is over, Dan accepts an architectural post in Florida. Devon and Wally are having bedroom problems.

Freaked out on pills, Kelly goes to Eddie but returns home when Myrtle comes for her. Chuck tells Donna their perfectly-formed baby son was stillborn. Blaming herself, Donna fears it is the end of her marriage. When Tara begins to fell under the weather, Ruth goes to Washington to look after Charlie. When Tom’s Adonis commercial conflicts with the marriage encounter group, Erica tries to get him to abandon the encounter session. When Edna realizes she’s been set up by Langley, she turns to Benny who feels rejected by Estelle. Benny admits to Brooke he wouldn’t mind marrying Edna because he wants children and because he loves her young daughter Dottie.

Donna and Chuck’s stillborn son is buried next to Chuck’s parents. At a dinner party, Phoebe holds for new resident Palmer Cortland and his daughter Nina. Nina is felled by a appendicitis attack. Cliff Warner, the surgical resident, is forces to perform surgery on the diabetic Nina who has taken an immediate liking to the young doctor. Father Tierney comes to Erica’s rescue when he tells tom the marriage encounter can be conducted any weekedn, but the commercial for Adonis cologne must be shot on a certain day. Mark prepares for a weekend in Long Island and Brooke intends to show up wthout an invitation.

Tom’s knee goes out the day he and Erica are to do the cologne ad but she manages to help get him through the photo session. He fumes that Erica plots to turn his commercial into a sexy come on featuring her. Nurse Sybil Thorne and Palmer try to end Nina and Cliff’s budding romance. She lies to Nina about Cliff being a Romeo. Brooke and Mark’s Long Island idyll is interrupted when she learns her mother is seriously ill. At Erica’s insistence, Tom agrees to give the GoalPost royal decoration. Linc’s old flame, Cynthia Ewing, comes to Pine Valley. When Nancy tells Frank no to marriage or parental rights where Carl is concerned, he refuses to take no for an answer. Russ feel he has lost Nancy. Erica admits to Mona she still cares for Nick. Myrtle insists she won’t stop stop helping Kelly fight the pill habit and taunts Kelly saying Linc in tempted by Cynthia. Phoebe constents to help Donna become sophisticated after Chuck threatens to leave town.

Another World

Written by: Tom King

Produced by: Paul Rauch

Rachel’s plan to take Amanda to New York is thwarted when Mac and a private investigator take Amanda from the airport. Mac refuses police request that he return the child since he has a legal right to her. Wanting to buy Roy out of business, Willis plans to take a $60.000 loan from Gwen. Angie may be pregnant. When Willis informs Rose he plans to obtain divorce from Gwen to marry Angie, Rose responds by saying she has no daughter. Karen is fearful that the mob may hurt Mike if she remains engaged to him.

Elena’s step-daughter, Cecile, arrives in Bay City and reveals that her romance with her lover Philip ended when she found him in the arms of an older woman. This revelation causes Elena and Dennis to withhold the truth about their relationship. Sally hopes to renew her romance with Joey by writing a letter which is seemingly from a neighbor complaining about his relationship with Eileen.

Word comes from Cambodia that Elliot Carrington, Iris’s ex-husband and Dennis’ father, has been killed while on a newspaper assignement. Mike discovers Karen is giving her brother Ben money to get him off the hook with the mob for gambling debts. Willis gains control of the company and Angie decides not to tell Willis she’s pregnant until she can be sure he is not going to return to his ruthless business ways. While going to Blaine, Larry and Vince are in a car crash. Larry suffers back surgery and Vince must undergo emergency neurosurgery. With a little persuasion from Janice, Mac decides to return Amanda to Rachel. Mac and Rachel sign separation agreesement and agree to be on friendly terms for Amanda’s sake.

The car accident leaves Larry paralyzed. Ted snags a reporter job on the Bay City newspaper. Mike is jealous of Ted’s attention to Karen. Blaine returns to Bay City to check on Larry’s health progress and agrees to give Jamie an uncontested divorce. Brian, in an attempt to comfort Iris over Elliot’s death in Cambodia, spends the night. Mac allows Rachel to take Amanda to New York. Frank Lansing arrives in Bay City with details of Elliot’s death. Iris and Dennis are suspicious of Frank’s motives. Vince regains consciousness but has a speech impairment. He and Mimi are married in his hospital room. Phil is jealous that Sally is dating Eileen’s brother Morgan. Brian walks out on Iris again when he learns about her machinations against Janice. Iris rubs it in to Mac that Rachel is staying in Kirk’s New York apartment. Angie tells Vince but not Willis that she is pregnant. Roy threatens to sue Willis and Kirk. Mike learns that Karen’s problems involve her brother Ben and Ben’s money problems. Phil hoodwinks Liz about his “organization”. Eileen insists to Rita that she will continue seeing Joey and they’re not doing anything sinful. Marianne tells Alice she is going away to nursing school.

As The World Turns

Written by: Ralph Ellis & Eugenie Hunt

Produced by: Joe Rothenberger

Joyce calls Donald and assures him she is all right but asks him to please not try and find her. Grant is worried about Lisa and decides to search for her. Alex tells Kim that Dan has a terminal illness. Stunned, Kim promises not to let Dan know she is aware of the awful truth. John is in emotional shock when Jane reveals his blackmail powers over her are worthless because she told Beau he is not her biological son. Grant discovers Lisa at Bennett’s inn and tells her that no one in Oakdale knew of her whereabouts. Astonished, Lisa leaves without waiting to hear Bennett’s explanation.

Joyce returns to Oakdale and takes Teddy for a ride in order to say goodbye then brings him back to Mary. Suspecting his apartment has been entered and with his car stolen, Bob suspects that Joyce has been there. While driving Bob’s car, Joyce becomes confused and plunges off a high mountain road. Beau comes back to Oakdale to tell Jane he is moving out of town. Marcia continues to make Doug feel guilty about his secret feelings for Annie when she talks about the fact she gave up her medical career to marry him.

After Val is thrown from a horse, Betsy and Kate keep long hospital vigil. Annie confides to David with Beau leaving she can finally accept the divorce. Melinda plans to move out of the Spencer house. Lisa is still interested in Bennett who came to Oakdale and decides to go after him. Joyce dies in the fiery crash.

Val is in need of an emergency blood transfusion and the only one in Oakdale with her rare blood type is the disappeared Kate. Kim finds Kate and persuades her to come to the hospital and give blood. Depressed by Joyce’s death, Don refuses to go to the office or get physical therapy. Dan is losing ground in his battle to live. Ian McFarland makes up medical excuse to meet Bob. Bob learns Ian has no intention of giving up on his estranged wife Dana. Marcia is pushing to move into a penthouse while Doug wants a home for his son. Ian tells Dana he’s willing to stay in Oakdale for a year in order to win her back. Confiding to his manager, Ian says his layoff will only be for a month – that’s all he needs to win Dana back. Marcia teases Jeff about their previous fling which Doug doesn’t know about. Bob finally admits his love to Dana. Jeff is angry that Annie will not date him because she needs to crack the books. Susan allows Emily to stay with Dan and Kim for the summer when she learns about Dan’s illness.

Days Of Our Lives

Written by: Elizabeth Harrower

Produced by: Betty Corday & Al Rabin

Returning from Mexico, Julie tells Doug she never wants to reveal what happened to her while she was away. Remembering her own surgery, Stephanie goes to Julie and offers comfort. Confused by Stephanie’s friendly visit, Julie keeps thinking she has known her before. Linda returns to work for Don and Mickey. Although Mike faces financial disaster, he buys an expensive coat for Margo. Doug is disturbed when Robert explains that he wants to make his sister in Paris little Dougie’s guardian in case anything should happen to Robert.

Laura is beginning to realize she may be suffering from a serious emotional problem. Marlena rejects Jordan’s hypothesis that Laura is suffering from a severe hallucinatory ailment. Margo hates the fur coat Mike bought her but agrees to wear it in order to make him happy. Steve informs Don the expensive gold pendant Donna gave Marlena for her birthday was shoplifted from the antique shop.

Bill is frightened when he realizes Laura put Jennifer Rose on a bus headed out of town. A healthy Jennifer Rose is returned home. Phyllis thinks little Dougie looks very much like Doug. With his sister ailing, Robert considers move to France. Bob discovers Linda going through company files. Jordan is assigned as Laura’s psychiatrist. An irrational Laura gets ahold of a bottle of pills and locks herself in the bathroom before hanging a noose. Chris accidentally hits Mary with his jeep after a battle resulting from his admission that he’s through with her and serious with Amanda.

Laura’s attempt to hang herself foiled when Bill and Alice come to her rescue. Jordan feels Laura needs hospitalization but suggests Bayview Sanitarium. Amanda takes an apartment by herself. Steve, informing Mary that Amanda and Chris are laughing at her, gets her to sue Chris for the accident. Julie wonders if she was in part responsible for Laura’s breakdown. Trish and David resume their sexual relationship. Stephanie suspects Linda has snooped around Stephanie’s office and notes that Linda recognizes David, which doesn’t jive with Linda’s amnesia story.

The Doctors

Written by: Elizabeth Levin & David Cherrill

Produced by: Chuck Weiss

When the effects of the drug wear off, doctors realize Billy is suffering neurological problem. Billy undergoes surgery to relieve the pressure from subdural hematoma. When a premature Jessica must stay in the hospital, Nola tells Mona it is because the baby has a cold. Mona learns truth from Steve about the baby’s birth. Mike, able to stand at parallel bars, decides to reconcile with Sarah and forget his jealousy of Colin. Colin suggests to M.J. he wants a wife and child; perhaps she can help him out.

Recuperating, Billy tells Greta he is off drugs, but she isn’t sure she wants to renew her relationship with him. When Luke refuses, Nola gets a young actor to impersonate State Department member during a phone call to Mona. The imposter tells Mona that Jason cannot be located. In truth, Jason has been located and is most likely on his way home. Mike admits to Sarah he fears starting love relationship with her. When M.J. pressures Colin for marriage, he turns to an old flame who is visiting Madison.

Jason calls Steve from South America. Colin’s fling with his former girlfriend makes him realize he wants a life with M.J.. Mike reaches out for Sarah and she responds. Jason is on his way back to Madison. Baby Jessica returns home from the hospital. Sweeney convinces Missy she must become a woman if she is to keep Luke. Billy wants to move back with Greta.

M.J. has a nightmare about losing Colin before finding a diamond engagement ring from Colin. Nola is stunned when she discovers Jason back in Madison. Nola hopes to use her trust fund as collateral to buy into the Medicine Man restaurant. Unable to trust Billy’s decision to get off drugs, Greta refuses to take him back. Sweeney and Barney care for each other but are too shy to admit it. Jason’s return delights Mona but stifles Nola’s claims especially when Jason insists on blood tests for Jessica. Kim tries to buy a partnership into the Medicine Man while enticing Luke not to “save” himself for his wedding night. Carolee goes to visit her ailing mother.

The Edge Of Night

Written by: Henry Slesar

Produced by: Erwin Nicholson

Margo suggests to her old friend Owen Madison that Draper handle his daughter Paige’s robbery defense. Owen discusses his young son who left home years ago. Winter comes out of shadows and tries to kill Nicole. Draper wonders where he and April will get money to furnish the house, but Margo has the answer and the cash.

Trapped in the newsroom by Winter, Nicole pleads for her life. On her first night back from the honeymoon, Raven insists on doing the town with Logan. Miles tells Margo he disapproves of April hiding the fact from Draper that Margo made downpayment on their home. Geraldine is upset when Raven and Logan decide to move into their own apartment.

After confessing she killed Wade and caused Tank’s demise, Winter dies because she fell off the catwalk trying to kill Nicole. While cahsing a robber, Steve is confronted by a gun-totting Joey. Feeling his life is in danger, Steve shoots him and then realizes the weapon Joey was carrying was really a toy pistol. Following Joey’s death, Steve decides to quit police force. Paige is dirtubed when her half-brother Brian arrives in town. Margo is fed up with being ignored by Elliot, who continues to sleep with Sara on the sly and daydreams about Raven who is fascinated by Elliot’s come-ons.

April goes to work for Margo at the television station. Having left the police department, Steve gets a job as cab driver. Raven’s roving eye wanders toward Elliot. The Madisons’ are stunned when mother Nola arrives unexpectedly after checking herself out of a “drying out” spa. Paige agrees to turn state’s evidence against her revolutionary pals if brother Brian would stay in Monticello. Brian fears that Paige’s testimony would put her life in danger.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

On the road to recovery, Laura hopes to marry Scotty as soon as possible. Lee and Gail wed. Heather, still making Diana think someone is after P.J., is stunned when Peter hires a private investigator to uncover who the man is. Lila Quartermaine reveals to Monica that her husband Edward had a mistress years ago who gave birth to a son now living in England. Apologizing to Rick for ever thinking he and Monica had renewed their love affair, Alan returns cardiac report and promises to help Rick get an appointment to Hardwick Commission. Monica and Rick realize their love is not meant to be. When confronted by Larry Joe that P.J. is actually her son Stephen Lars, Heather enlists his help by saying once she gets her son back, she will leave Jeff and marry him. Larry Joe goes along, unaware that Heather gave the child up for adoption.

Bobbie admits to Laura’s probation officer that she created many of Laura’s problems. Believing Laura did not have the emotional control of the car when she had the accident, the judge denies Scotty’s request that they be allowed to marry. Cal Jamison contacts Bobbie and asks for $1.000 or he will show Audrey pictures of Bobbie when she was a hooker in Florida. Luke is shot in the shoulder while doing a job for the syndicate. Heather and a hoodwinked Larry Joe continue to bedevil Diana, who asks Peter to put her in a sanitarium if she becomes too hard to handle.

Jeff discovers Cal Jamison’s voice on a tape machine and questions Heather who explains her way out of the situation. When Susan lets Heather know she is on to something, Heather decides to pin everything on Susan. Roy confides to Luke he wants to marry Bobbie. Luke advises Bobbie unless she pays $1.000 to Jamison, her prostitute past will come to light. A scared and reluctant Bobbie borrows the money from Dan. Laura warns her parents without permission to marry Scotty, she will resume premarital relationship with him. Gina and Gary realize their marriage is over because they have different goals in life. Gary goes to New York to pursue his writing career while Gina is off to Wyoming and a medical research grant. Dr. Lyndon, a young surgeon from London, is about to arrive in Port Charles and Dorrie is concerned.

Dan is named hospital administration. Mick believes the disco is backed by mob money. Fearing that Kelly is onto him, Heather goes to Canada to talk to Cal. A patient learns that Rick had to give Monica the scalpel because he couldn’t finish the surgery. Larry Joe loans Heather money to get goods out of a pawn shop. Colleen Middleton and her boyfriend Ben move to Florida. With Spence Andrews injured while helping investigate Laura’s car crash, his sons move in with Rick and Lesley. Scotty passes law exam and Bobbie graduates at head of her nursing class. Tracy spreads gossip that Rick is surgically negligent while operating on a patient. All charges are dropped for Laura who is free to marry Scotty. Larry Joe suspects he was being conned by Heather and learns that Cal has been at his Canadian sister’s house. He courts Anne who is suspicious of Heather’s motives for wanting to adopt Jeremy.

Guiding Light

Written by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson

Produced by: Allen Potter

A fight ensues between Roger and Ed in Roger’s office. Terrified that Roger is going to shoot Ed, Holly goes for the gun and shoots Roger three times. Barely clinging to life, Roger recalls his past while Holly faces murder charges. Still critical but conscious, Roger insists on seeing Alan and relays a secret message. Alan warns Diane he cannot see her personally but tells her not to worry about her job as Spaulding’s newest vice president.

Alan informs Adam that Roger, fearing his life is in danger if he stays at Cedars, has asked to be transferred. Alan makes arrangements for Roger to be taken to the Spaulding clinic in Puerto Rico. Near death, Roger asks Adam for a closet-casket burial in his hometown. When Adam leaves Roger’s room for a few minutes, he returns to find an empty room and to the news Roger is dead. When Ben and Diane have varying stories about where he left his wallet, Evie believes Lucille’s story that Diane and Ben are lovers.

Court psychiatrist does not feel Holly was legally insane when she shot down Roger; her first-degree murder trial begins and she is put on witness stand. When Ben admits to Evie that he and Diane spent the night together, she leaves him and moves in with Jackie. Evie quits her job with Wexler Corp. Confronting Lucille after Gordon assures her Lucille is not ill, Amanda refuses to listen to Lucille’s pleas for medical help. Having collapsed, Lucille is taken to the hospital where doctors say she has suffered a stroke. Justin tells Lainie he will not permit her to have surgery to alleviate her paralysis but she insists she will. At Hillary’s urging, Floyd gets his act together and applies for a job as maintenance man at Cedars. Alan continues to receive calls from Dr. Marino, the physician who tended Roger in Puerto Rico.

Found guilty of Roger’s murder in the second degree, Holly is sentenced to 12 years in jail. Christina moves in with Rita and Ed. Going through Roger’s belongings, Adam finds a suggestive letter Rita wrote to Roger five years before. Missing her mother, Christina is having trouble relating to Rita. Jackie admits to Evie she doesn’t feel Alan will ever be a faithful husband after fussing that Alan asked Diane to hostess a party because of Jackie’s health. Blaming herself for Lucille’s stroke, Amanda vows never to leave her. Concerned because some belongings Roger took to Puerto Rico are missing, Adam has Alan trace the property. Holly meets her cellmate Clara. Rita suppresses her feelings of being forced by Ed to care for Christina during Holly’s imprisonment. She has a tough time dealing with the kid and with Barbara’s nagging. Lainie loses her confidence after her boyfriend Chuck visits her briefly and is turned down by her crippled state. Roger willed everything to Peggy and Billy, leaving peanuts for Holly and Christina. Flirtations flow between Hope and Gordon, and Jackie and Ross.

Love Of Life

Written by: Ann Marcus

Produced by: Cathy Abbi

Van is apprehensive about Steve coming to dinner. Mia asks Andrew to find a summer job for her brother Wes. With his project rejected, Tom seeks comfort from Liane. When Dr. Tucker spied Liane comforting Tom with a kiss in the hospital corridor, he reprimands her. Elliot is stunned when Betsy asks for a divorce.

When Betsy pleads to a drunken Elliot to give her a divorce, he rapes her. Wesley turns down a job at the hospital. Ben takes a bartending post at Ray’s club. Carrie moves in with Arlene. Tom suggests that Liane seek an easier medical residency than surgery. Bambi and Tony discuss their love for one another but decide not to move in together.

Van agrees to let Steve live in a studio over her garage. Bruce welcomes Van to the faculty. Betsy gets Elliot to realize he indeed raped her. Both Tom and Betsy are upset when Liane suggests Betsy file charges against Elliot. Wes takes a lifeguard job. Mia’s publisher, Clay, feels his money worries are over thanks to Meg’s wealth. Mama and Papa Gaspero are off for a Roman holiday. Carrie is bewildered when Ray’s little sister Gina takes over some of her household chores.

Van wonders why Meg has funded Tom’s research project. Meg is openly hostile when Steve enters Van and Bruce’s home. Betsy spends the weekend with Ben but refuses to tell him that Elliot raped her. Tom is angry at Liane for suggesting Betsy go to the police about the rape. Molly, a patient at the hospital, mistakes Liane for a nurse instead of a doctor. Bambi convinces Tony she is ready for love and that Paul claimed otherwise because he is jealous. Wes is interested in both Gina and young Christy Bringham. Ray is upset that Carrie allowed Gina to date Wes although Gina dampens Wes’ passions.

One Life To Live

Written by: Gordon Russell & Sam Hall

Produced by: Joseph Stuart

A doctor advises Jenny she may lose her life if she doesn’t have an abortion, but Jenny insists on carrying the baby to term. Greg, who had just landed a job as a Banner copy boy, is about to give up pills when he runs into Katrina who recalls his father’s villainous past. Adam and Dorian want to overthrow the San Carlos government in order to develop its natural oil resources. Adam proposes to Pat, but she isn’t sure she can marry him. Tony tells Sam she will make a terrific wife for someone, but not for him, and he ponders leaving Llanview. Mario is forced to operate on Jenny. Pat decides to accept Adam’s marriage proposal, but just as she is about to give him her answer, she learns he is going to Washington with Dorian.

Paul goes to San Carlos for news story. Will tells Mario he suspects he is Marco. Credited with saving Jenny’s life when she has a bad reaction to medication, Mario is named to Llanview staff. Joe, unaware that Greg tried to attack Tina, thinks she is hiding the secret about advances made by Mario. Karen, having trouble finding a job, fights back the impulse to return to prostitution. Jack insists if he cannot walk, his medical career is finished. Dick Grant is to be examined by a psychiatric board to see if he is competent to stand trial for the kidnapping of Pat and Sam.

Sadie is depressed over Carla and Ed’s divorce. Herb Callison tells Ed, who is running as his lieutenant governor in the gubernatorial race, that it is important for Jack and Carla to wed before the campaign is underway. Jack is able to work. Katrina moves into Ina’s boarding house and Ina warns Karen that Katrina better not try to use her house for prostitution. Paul and Pat say goodbye. Adam assures Dorian he has no romantic interest in her. Brad makes a pass at Gretel.

Adam makes sure Paul is detained in San Carlos. Peter and Dorian feel they must go to South America to find out what has happened to Paul who was nabbed by the San Carlos police. In need of money, Brad takes Jenny’s jewelry and then stages an apartment robbery. Jenny wanted to use the pearls to help Samantha finance the purchase of Marco’s health club. A pregnant Katrina and Greg share a park bench as they wait for drug connection. Mario warns Tina that she is trying too quickly to grow up but they date on the sly. Ivan forces Faith to do a striptease for him. Gretel considers telling all about Adam’s involvement in San Carlos. Dorian rages that Adam is supplying the banana republic with guns. She and Peter depart to check on Paul. Adam hires Brad as Gretel’s replacement and Brad catches on quickly that Adam is intentionally responsible for Paul’s detention.

Ryan’s Hope

Written by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Produced by: Claire Labine & Paul Avila Mayer

Dee orders Johnny to fire bartender Kevin because she feels he insulted her or she’ll spill beans to Mave that Dee now owns Ryan’s Bar. Johnny informs Dee he will not fire Kevin regardless of what she threatens to do. Fearing he is obsessed with Teresa’s memory because of Poppy’s presence, Faith tells Tom she wants Poppy out of the house. Jack, despondent over Mary’s job, yells at his editor and winds up on the unemployment lines. Pat and Nancy decide to live together.

Poppy moves into Tom’s old apartment. When Maeve revela show unhappy she is about Pat and Nancy’s relationship, Dee vows to break the twosome. Aware that Maeve does not know that Pat and Nancy are living together, Dee hopes to get the word to Maeve, thinking that will break them up. Jill is angry when she discovers Seneca has pledged to give the hospital a million dollar grant for a neurological wing for children if Jill is made administrator.

Poppy warns Faith she just might have to go to her cousins, the O’Donahues and tell them Tom is alive. Tom chooses Faith over Poppy. Having agreed to work on the new children’s wing, Jill learns that Frank will be involved in the project. Dee continues to plot to have Maeve learn that Pat and Nancy are living together. Jack tells Mary he can no longer live with Maeve and Johnny but does not reveal it is because of the feelings he and Siobhan have discovered for one another.

Poppy swears vengeance when Tom chooses Faith over her. Rae and Seneca join forces to keep Frank and Jill apart while working on the hospital wing. Maeve and Nancy’s father Dave learn Nancy and Pat are apartment mates thanks to Dee. Jill agrees to work with Frank and Seneca’s hospital wing in commemoration of Edmund. Poppy leaves for Ireland. Roger promises Rae that Frank won’t learn of their past affairs. Tom receives his residency papers.

Search For Tomorrow

Written by: Joyce & John William Corrington

Produced by: Mary-Ellis Bunim

Nick detonates the bomb which explodes in the new Tourneur plant while Carolyn and Travis are insiste; both are seriously injured. Gary blames Laine for the accident because she cut cost corners on the construction. At the hospital, doctors feel Carolyn may lose her sight.

Doctors believe Carolyn’s blindness is due to chemical burns and are not sure that she will ever regain her vision. Liza blames herself for the accident, believing that Travis stopped protecting himself because she talked him out of it. Stephanie is surprised when John refuses to help Ted fight the accusations that improper construction caused the explosion at Tourneur Instruments.

Laine’s trial for criminal negligence in the Tourneur plant accident begins. Travis feels Martin was responsible for the General’s death. David tells Travis that Martin did not seel Mignon’s ring but that Nick did, causing Travis to suspect Nick bombed the Tourneur plant. A sight specialist called in to see Carolyn.

Gary fears his affair with Laine will become public knowledge at her trial. Carolyn does not believe an eye specialist can restore her vision. Sunny agrees to check up on Nick in case he was responsible for the plant explosion. David bails out Laine. With Travis, David deduces that Nick who disappeared mught have “fixed” the plane accident and the plant explosion. Gary tends Carolyn who can only see shadows. Stephanie undergoes reconstructive surgery. Mignon refuses Liza permission to visit Travis after Mignon moves him to the mansion. Janet comforts Ted’s depression over Laine’s trial. Martin grows closer to Jo after moving to the Inn. Sunny believes in Nick’s innocence but agrees to spy on him for David. Nick fails to infiltrate the mansion to finish his job on Travis.

The Young And The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Kay is beginning to realize something is strange about Suzanne forcing her to eat candy. Jill still thinks she has a chance with Derek. Suzanne flirts Derek into bed. Just before he dies from wounds inflicted by Nikki, Nick Reed tells the police it was his fault and prays for forgiveness because he is truly a twisted man who had sexual designs on his daughters, Casey and Nikki. Leslie thinks more than Lucas’ physical appearance has changed. Nikki, running away from Greg who is trying to comfort her, meets up with Paul and considers bedding down with him. Greg and Nikki are in love with each other but are afraid to admit it.

Nikki is unable to shake her father calling her a tramp. Greg is angry when Snapper reveals Nikki’s sordid past. Brock walks in on Derek and Suzanne in the bedroom. Brock tells Derek that he can prove to himself that Suzanne is staying in town to be near Derek, not Kay, by asking Suzanne to move out of the mansion. Going to the hospital, Suzanne tells Kay she’s going to watch her eat the chocolate she has brought.A young girl who has been beaten comes to Snapper’s clininc seeking medical attention, but warns him if the police are told, she will be murdered.

When someone at the sanitarium where Kay is hospitalized sets the institution on fire, a charred boy wearing Kay’s jewelry is discovered and the doctors decide that she is dead. Lorie is bewildered when Lance says he’s going to take things easy for awhile and not look for a new company to own. Leslie realizes that Lance feels betrayed and hurt by both Vanessa and Lucas, but she tells Lorie she has to be loyal to her husband. Lucas, obviously overworked, tells Leslie that her decision to resume her concert career is good because then he won’t have to worry about her of Brooks and can concentrate on the job he has to do. Jill vows to get even with all the Brooks daughters because she fells they are coercing Stuart into not giving her a handsome divorce settlement.

Brock and Liz are appalled that Suzanne and Jill have the gall to attend Kay’s “funeral”. With her funeral in progress, Kay, wearing a black net veil, sits in a back pew and wonders if she should expose Suzanne. Greg moves into his own apartment. Chris goes to see Snapper’s patient Julie and warns her waiting consumer that the girl who is coming to his hotel suite is underage. Liz is shocked when she goes to pay Derek condoleance call and finds Jill in his arms. Kay decides to stay “dead” until she discovers Derek’s trye feelings. Lorie accepts Lance’s decision to leave town temporarily to resolve his future plans. Lucas nixes joining Leslie on a concert tour and returning the company to Lance. Julie tries to get her pal Sharon to leave the runaway boarding house, and cruel supervisor Rose DeVille.

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AMC - It's the start of the Cortlandts!

ATWT - I still can't get over reading summaries about how Marcia wants to hold onto Doug. Then knowing two characters with the same names had a similar relationship only 6 years later. Strange.

AW - The start of Cecile. I never knew whether Harding Lemay created her or not. At least now I do. So was Tom King's tenure well-received? He did the Janice stabbing right?

DAYS:

I wonder if Reilly borrowed this for that hilarious scene where Austin ran over Sami (twice!).

GL - I never knew they had Hope flirt with Amanda's ex husband. I wonder if this was just temporary or if they hadn't decided to put her with Alan yet.

GH:

Who were these characters? I hadn't seen them mentioned before.

So did Marland create the story which led to Jimmy Lee Holt?

OLTL - That San Carlos story was a flop wasn't it? It's hilarious that Marco basically performed surgery and treated patients for months when his extent of medical training was sitting up for days reading medical books!

Y&R - Anyone else surprised they didn't keep this Suzanne character around as a more long term thorn in Katherine's side?