I’m up to October 18, 1999.
Holly and Ross are having lunch at Company and Ross asks if Blake is still in New York with her boyfriend, but Holly says she’s actually in Tuscany, which makes Ross jealous because that’s where they were supposed to go on their second honeymoon. He gets a little heated about it and says ‘typical Blake, she doesn’t think about anyone but herself’. Meanwhile, Harley takes Blake to the park so she can get out of the cabin and see the boys, which energizes Blake. She pushes her luck by asking Harley to arrange her having a second playdate with the boys, but Harley says she can’t keep slipping into town because she’ll get caught. After more pressure, Harley caves and says she’ll arrange it. Blake asks her how close Ross and Holly are these days, but Harley says she doesn’t really believe they’re a couple because they just seem like friends. Blake says it was too obvious they were a couple in Chicago and Harley then leaves to grab them lunch at Company. Harley runs into Holly and Ross and Ross asks where the boys are since she was babysitting them. Harley quietly panics and pretends that her nanny is watching them; she’s able to call out to the nanny at the park, and Blake hides in time for them to arrive. Ross is just happy to see the boys, even though Harley apologizes for the nanny walking off for a minute. Ross notices new toys and asks one of the boys who gave it to him and he says ‘Mommy’ and points across the park. Ross says it couldn’t have been mommy because she’s out of town, and Harley laughs it off too. Ross then says to Harley he can’t believe how selfish Blake is and how she always has a nanny taking care of the kids, but Harley says Blake loves the kids. As Blake is watching and listening from behind the trees, Harley then asks Ross how he would feel if he knew Blake still loved him. He says there is no use in speculating because everyone has moved on and he then takes the kids and they leave. Blake comes out and they panic about how close of a call that was, but Harley says she’s more sure than ever that Ross still loves Blake and that he isn’t with Holly. Blake later gets the courage to go back to the house, with plans to talk to Ross, but she sees Holly and Ross together in the house from the window. She can’t hear them, but they’re talking about Sam and how Holly misses getting dressed up and going dancing with a man. Ross talks about how he misses that too, so he puts on music and offers to dance as friends to get them through their night. Blake assumes the worst and walks away, but drops her folder holding a draft of her novel, which makes a noise and spooks Holly and Ross. Blake runs and Holly opens the door and sees the folder. She opens it and sees the novel titled “One True Love” and assumes it’s from the Journal.
Susan invites Max to the country club for Richard’s big party, which she’s excited for because he’s a prince. He says he’ll go if she goes with him to this afterparty he wants to go to and she agrees.
Cassie is at the bank and is denied an extension on her loan, which makes her upset. Richard shows up and they continue to talk about Reva. As they argue a bit, the bank manager comes in and thanks Richard for choosing them to do business. The manager tells Cassie again that the bank will be taking back her loan if she can’t pay her debt in full, which makes her cry and Richard hugs her. Richard offers to help her with money, but she refuses and says the only way he can help her is to go back home to San Cristobel. He says he can’t do that and Cassie says they have nothing else to say to each other then and she leaves. Richard goes to the bank manager and pays Cassie’s debt, but asks the manager not to tell her it was him that did it.
The next morning, Josh tells Reva that Marah and Shayne are coming home, and Billy is going to pick them up from the airport. Before they can see them, Josh says to Reva that he wants to know if she slept with Richard at Cross Creek. She can’t believe he would ask her that, but he says he watched Reva’s reaction to Richard putting his arm around Cassie last night and she looked jealous. Reva denies it and said she was looking after Cassie because she thinks Cassie is getting interested in Richard now. Reva continues to deny sleeping with Richard, but Josh asks if anything happened. Before Reva can answer, a brand new Shayne and Marah arrive (10/14 - new actors Tony Michael Donnelly and Laura Bell Bundy). Josh acknowledges that Marah looks all grown up and Marah says that Mindy made her over while they were in Paris. Reva then walks out and gets excited until she sees Marah and says she has way too much makeup on and too short of a skirt for a 16 year old. She tells Marah to go take all the makeup off and Marah storms inside, which was very awkward considering Reva hasn’t seen her daughter in months. Josh privately tells Reva not to take any anger out on Marah and leaves, which makes Reva cry alone outside. She goes inside and apologizes to Marah and asks if they can start over, and Marah says yes and hugs her. She tells them all about her time in Paris and Josh then says they all need to talk about something as a family. Reva tells them that she remembers her time while she was ‘gone’ and how she had another life with other people (Prince Richard), which surprises the kids. She says she had a child with Richard and Marah goes off, saying she can’t understand how she would do that to Josh or the family, and she storms out again. Shayne, however, takes it better and says he knows Reva would never hurt them if she could help it. After Shayne leaves, Reva continues to lie to Josh by saying nothing happened between she and Richard, no sex, kiss or anything. Josh apologizes and Reva cries and hugs him, saying he doesn’t need to. Cassie then arrives and talks to Reva privately, saying she knows she and Richard almost had sex and Reva angrily says fine, she got it right and asks Cassie if she’s proud of herself. Cassie later has a chance to tell Josh, but she doesn’t and Josh goes to look for Marah and Reva thanks Cassie for not saying anything. Cassie says the truth will eventually come out and she needs to prepare for that and find a way to protect Josh and her family.
At Company, Drew begrudgingly talks to Buzz and asks if Jesse is cheating on her. He says he doesn’t know anything, but eventually says there might be something going on and they can work through it. He says he can’t lie to her again, but doesn’t know any details. She walks away to make a phone call and Jesse and Dina walk in laughing and Jesse says Drew isn’t expecting him back home for a couple hours so they should go upstairs for a bit. Drew turns around, having heard that, and follows them upstairs. She hears them talking and opens the door, but realizes they’re praying. Stunned, they turn around and Jesse introduces Drew to his friend and rabbi Dina Golden. She tells Drew they’ve been studying for weeks now because Jesse is converting to Judaism. Drew is stunned and smiles. Wow, well thankfully Jesse wasn’t cheating, I knew he couldn’t have been! The reason Jesse couldn’t say anything is because he wanted to make sure he understood the religion and could agree with it first. They had left town for the night so Jesse could meet the head rep. Drew is very happy and relieved, and thinks what Jesse is doing is amazing. They decide it’s finally time to get married and they officially become engaged. They go back to Company and celebrate with Ben, who toasts the newly engaged couple (which felt like a random jump ahead scene).
A crying Marah walks into Company and Max talks to her, saying she looks different and is pretty like a movie star. Max asks why she’s crying. Marah says it’s just parent stuff, and he says he knows a lot about that because of his past. She then asks if they can go for a drive and get her mind off things. An excited Max says yes, but then remembers he has plans with Susan. He brings up the party that the prince is hosting and Marah realizes it’s Richard and says she’ll go with them and they leave.
Richard’s party at the country club starts and Cassie tells Richard she isn’t staying long and she only came to tell him that Reva isn’t coming. We then see Reva dressed up in a red dress at home, holding the party invite. Josh comes down the stairs and Reva closes her trench coat so he can’t see her dress, and says Buzz called and said Marah is at Company. He heads there to get her and says he won’t be long. Dumbass Reva puts her heels on and heads to the party, telling herself she just has to do this. Josh then arrives at Company looking for Marah, but says she must have gone back home and he runs into Olivia. She confides in him that she needs to see Richard just one more time to see if there’s anything there. She asks him to go with her to the party, but Josh says he can’t see Richard again, but he’s willing to drive and drop her off.
Michelle is at the party and calls Danny, but can’t get a hold of him in LA, so leaves a message. She then talks to Pilar about Bill and encourages her to rethink her decision, but Pilar says it’s over. She then tells Michelle that she doesn’t want out of the family business and it makes her happy now, which surprises Michelle. Pilar then finds Ben and is nice to him, saying it’s great seeing him act like a father to Drew, which she misses in her life. He thanks her for the kind words, but Michelle sees them together and walks up angry that they’re chummy now. Ben taunts Michelle by saying her cozy life will bore Danny and she’s not enough for him. She throws a drink in his face and storms away. He walks up to her at the bar and taunts her further about Danny and Teresa being in LA together. She later goes home and Danny is back from LA and Michelle keeps asking about Teresa, but Danny tells her not to be jealous and Teresa has no feelings for him. They have sexy time in bed, but they’re interrupted by Teresa calling, telling Danny that she found their first band to sign and he needs to go listen to them tomorrow.
Jim and Beth show up to the party and Beth is nervous considering the role she played in San Cristobel. Richard walks up and remembers them both and is nice to them, even thanking them for keeping Reva safe from Edmund. Richard then takes Cassie for a dance. Alan and Philip arrive and talk about the deal with Richard and San Cristobel, but Harley tells them it isn’t a good idea. She tells Phillip about Richard pining after Reva and putting a wedge between Reva/Josh. We then see Reva walk into the party and all eyes go towards her. Richard walks up and tells Reva he’s so happy to see her. Harley starts to think Cassie has a crush on Richard, and she finally admits that Harley may be right, but doesn’t know what to do about it. Harley later tells Phillip they’re the only sane couple right now in town and she’s thankful for that. Cassie goes to Reva and angrily asks why she showed up looking like a million bucks, and Reva says she’ll learn why soon.
Max and Marah arrive and Max tells Marah to wait in the foyer while he talks to Susan. Susan is eager and ready to go, saying she’s faking a headache to get out of the party, but Max says he forgot about a math test he needs to study for and can’t go. Marah then walks up and asks Max if they can stay at the party for a bit before their drive, which flusters Max and he says yes and Marah walks away, leaving Susan stunned and angry. Ohh, are they going with a Max/Marah/Susan triangle here?
Richard is about to make a speech, but Reva stops him and says they need to talk, and it might impact his business. He reluctantly leaves with her and tells the audience he’ll be back. Reva tells Richard the only reason she got intimate with him is because she felt sorry for him for what she did to him with Jonathan and San Cristobel. She says she never wants to see him again and pulls out his love letters and starts burning one of them with the candle, saying they mean nothing to her anymore. Josh and Olivia then show up at the party and he sees Marah and asks why she’s there. Marah tells them that Reva is there and is talking to Richard. Cassie says she’ll make sure Marah gets home ok and Josh leaves to find Reva and Richard. He sees Reva in her dress and gets a bit cold, but Reva tells him what she did with the letters and how she had to tell Richard she won’t see him again. Richard then walks up and Reva reiterates her feeling on that and Cassie takes her away. Josh tells Richard that Olivia is here and wants to see her, and it would be nice if he focused on a woman that actually wants to be with him. Later, Josh gets angry with Reva, saying she promised that she would leave everything behind in San Cristobel, but she brought back the love letters and he thinks she lied to him now. She says she didn’t do it intentionally, but he asks if she read them before she burned them and she can’t answer. Later, Olivia clocks it that Cassie is into Richard, but Cassie denies it when Olivia mentions it. Olivia then tells Richard that she’s staying in SF and has nothing left in San Cristobel. Before leaving the party, Cassie dreams of dancing with Richard.
Josh and Reva get home and argue, with a cold Josh telling her she lied to him. Reva says her plan worked and she’s definitely driven Richard away, but he doesn’t believe it and says he doesn’t know her or what’s in her mind anymore. She finally confesses that she and Richard kissed, but she says that’s all it was, but Josh asks what would have happened if he and Cassie didn’t walk in on them. She says she doesn’t know (Reva, you’re killing me here - woman up and tell the truth!), and Josh says he doesn’t trust her. He continues to ask about what Reva and Richard did in the palace all that time he was trying to save her. He’s second guessing everything, and he doubles down and says he doesn’t trust her. She asks what tomorrow will bring and Josh says he doesn’t know and slowly walks up the stairs alone.
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