Infinity was a group that wanted to take over Sampson Industries. Long story short, because of Kyle taking over Lewis, and Kyle claiming to be HB's son (HB even lies and tells him he is, even though the truth is that HB and Sally are Billy's parents, not HB's wife Martha. It makes Billy and Kyle maternal half-brothers. Kyle's father is another former lover of Sally's.) he and Billy are enemies. Billy's lost his job, starts gambling and drinking too much and is in danger of losing his and Van's home. Kyle's friend David, who's his second in command, is part of Infinity and decides to use Billy's natural hostility to program him to kill Kyle.
It nearly works. The music video, featuring Mindy and the Infinity symbol is played at Mindy's reception. Billy shoots at Kyle, but hits David. In the confusion, David is about to shoot Kyle himself, but hits Maeve, Kyle's former lover and Reva's rival. David's shot and killed by his lover Suzanne (played by Frances Fischer). Billy goes on trial, but is saved when Beth and Jackson play the music video (that has the Infinity symbol in it) and a trance-like Billy raises his finger (like one would a gun) and starts mumbling "must kill Kyle" and "I don't want to shoot my brother" or some such.
It's a lot more complicated, of course, and it's kind of infamous among GL fans as a bad story (before Clone Reva, it was probably the most egregious example of GL trying to jump into GH/DOOL territory). It's a lot plot-heavy, and involves a lot of disposable characters, but it is grounded in a family conflict. And those aspects are more relatable.
Re: "golden era" of GL. As you've figured out, there are probably several. I think the Long/Curlee era (mid-89 to mid'93) was the best mix in terms of story and acting. Most of the stories flow organically and build on each other. There's a mix of characters both generationally and from different eras for the viewers. The stories are grounded, not shock for shock's sake, and for the most part avoids trying to copy trends.
The Marland and first Long era have lots of upside, (the Marland era with Morgan/Kelly/Nola is what hooked me on soaps in general, and Long with the Lewises). I haven't seen much of the Dobson era (or don't remember it) but I'm intrigued by what I have seen, and it has characters I recall, like Rita, Evie, Jackie, Justin and of course Alan.
'86-'87 are rocky, '88 is a quagmire due to the writers strike, '94 is a mess, the mob/SanCristohell era grates. And '05 to the end is a sad decline.
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