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[Vizion]

I have a question, does anyone know WHY Jake slept with Lucy and the circumstances around Tom Hardy sleeping with Lucy?

Those are two instances I have never been able to find clips of or wrap my head around. Why did Tom sleep with Lucy while he was married to Simone? And how did Jake end up sleeping with Lucy? There didn't seem to be any sexual tension between them leading up to it or anything. I know it happened when they were on the run and hiding out in that house, but I've never understood how it actually happened.

[Vee]

I'm surprised Sam Behrens' Jake was never brought back. He seemed to have built a real home and family with Bobbie, then from what I've read and watched it appears Scott conspired to keep them apart. Suddenly she was married to Tony and that whole part of her life was totally forgotten.

[dc11786]

@Vizion Tom Hardy and Lucy slept together during Monty's 1991 run. Before Monty, there was an ongoing triangle for Simone and Tom involving Simone's prior affair with Harrison Davis, who had managed to become assistant chief of staff at General Hospital. Harrison was briefly assumed to be Tommy Jr.'s father due to the meddling of Dr. Pauline Ravelle, Simone's mother and Harrison's biggest supporter. When Harrison learns he is the father, and realizes he won't get Simone, he marries Meg Lawson and launches a custody suit. In Meg's first scenes in February 1990, she had a pre-established crush on Dr. Davis so he was really taking advantage of how she felt about him.

Over in the Alan-Lucy story, prior to Monty's return, Lucy had coerced Alan into marriage, and when Alan decided to leave her, Lucy announced she was pregnant. Alan stayed with her. In real life, Lynn Herring was also pregnant. In January 1991, Lucy miscarried her baby (it was actually Scotty's) and skipped town so Herring could go on maternity leave. The relationship between Alan and Lucy was dissolved, I believe, in February when Lucy was out of town. When she returned, Lucy was single.

In the meantime, Monty continued to dump almost every single character that had been created since she left. This included Stephanie Williams' Simone Ravelle Hardy. During her return, Monty wanted to ground the show back in reality and felt that the best way to do that was to have characters just reference real life events and social issues. Simone became suddenly caught up in the plight of children in Romania while the war was going on. Her old college classmate Vanessa (Donna Leavy) popped in for an episode or two to talk about the work she was doing overseas. In February, when Williams' one-year contract was up, Simone left for Romania. 

Tom was left to care for little Tommy on his own with the help of Audrey and Steve. I imagine that Tom and Lucy's relationship probably came out of Tom's loneliness with Simone being away. It looks like the story starts in April when Lucy encounters Scotty and his cousin Tom Hardy having lunch. When Tom and Lucy later go out in late May, Scotty is again present. I think Tom and Lucy was about complicating both Tom and Simone and Lucy and Scotty. It also looks like that Lucy has been flirting with Harlan Barrett in the meantime. Williams' Simone returns in June as the show starts its second revamp since Monty arrived after the ratings fell out with the Eckert family consuming large sections of the story along with a slew of other new characters. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by dc11786

[depboy]

Jessie's in trouble, Audrey's heartbroken, let's check in!

Monday, March 4, 1968: Audrey drives Steve to distraction with her obsession of having another child.

Tuesday, March 5: Sharon gets jealous when Judy is chosen to assist Henry.

Wednesday, March 6: Iris tells Meg she is going to quit working for Lee once the trial is over.

Thursday, March 7: Polly testifies that Jessie and Tom prevented her from talking to her father about changing the will.

Friday, March 8: Polly's testimony continues; Steve learns that Audrey is getting interested in the lost children of Vietnam.

Monday, March 11: Phil Brewer calls Jessie; Lee cross examines Polly.

Tuesday, March 12: Phil returns to help Jessie; the State rests their case.

Wednesday, March 13: Dr. Nelson tells Audrey she will not be able to have more children.

Thursday, March 14: Audrey arranges to leave for Vietnam, and writes Steve a letter.

Friday, March 15: Jessie convinces Steve not to try to stop Audrey.

Monday, March 18: Phil and Polly talk and develop a kind of rapport.

Tuesday, March 19: Tom takes the stand for the defense.

Wednesday, March 20: The D.A. cross-examines Tom, to the defense's disadvantage.

Thursday, March 21: Iris worries about what she is doing with her life.

Friday, March 22: Phil confers with Steve about Polly; Jessie takes the stand.

Monday, March 25: Lee finishes his direct examination of Jessie.

Tuesday, March 26: The D.A. cross-examines Jessie.

Wednesday, March 27: Phil offers to be a character witness.

Thursday, March 28: Phil probes Polly over how she feels about Jessie.

Friday, March 29: Phil asks Jessie to marry him.

Monday, April 1: The D.A.'s closing argument is powerful.

Tuesday, April 2: Steve defends Jessie and Tom to James Griffith, hospital director.

Wednesday, April 3: Lee makes his closing argument.

Thursday, April 4: Tom struggles through waiting for the verdict.

Friday, April 5: The jury reaches a decision.

Monday, April 8: Tom and Jessie are found guilty of first degree murder.

Tuesday, April 9: Lee confides to Iris some of his personal doubts about his defense of Jessie and Tom.

Wednesday, April 10: Griffith urges Steve to make a public statement, but Steve insists on Jessie and Tom's innocence.

Thursday, April 11: Henry is unable to refuse Griffith's request that Henry show his niece Sandy around town.

Friday, April 12: Tom and Jessie are sentenced to 20 years to life.

Monday, April 15: Polly has a nightmare about her father.

Tuesday, April 16: Meg discovers that Lee wants to keep Iris as his secretary.

Wednesday, April 17: Meg tells Lee that Steve want Iris to come back to the hospital.

Thursday, April 18: A reporter presses Polly for an interview.

Friday, April 19: Lee tells Iris that Steve wants her to return to the hospital, but she decides against it.

Monday, April 22: Griffith tells Steve he thinks that Phil is a poor replacement for Tom.

Tuesday, April 23: Iris tells Lee she solicited Meg's approval to keep working as his secretary.

Wednesday, April 24: Sharon learns that Henry is taking Sandy to a discotheque.

Thursday, April 25: Phil learns from Polly that her father took pills for bursitis.

Friday, April 26: Phil questions the possibility that Prentice committed suicide.

Monday, April 29: Phil learns that John Prentice was authorized to use Alkaloid X-34.

Tuesday, April 30: Polly confesses to Phil that she gave her father pills the night he died.

Wednesday, May 1: Phil tells Lee of Polly's confession.

Thursday, May 2: The D.A. doesn't buy Lee's pitch for a new trial.

Friday, May 3: Polly signs an affidavit confirming the new evidence; in court, Lee moves to dismiss the case and Jessie and Tom are freed.

[Franko]

Jake sleeping with Lucy seems to be plot-driven rather than character-motivated, but luckily, it did kind of pay off. Most significantly, it and Lucy's short-lived pregnancy continued the Bobbie-Lucy rivalry. Lucy being entangled with Bobbie & Jake (and later, recent widower Tony) also gave her a reason to hang around when she could have easily faded away, like so many '80s GH characters did after their initial stories or two. And I suppose having Bobbie & Jake barely get a moment of peace after finally being married followed the precedent set and continued by other GH newlyweds.

Scott's involvement didn't help matters, but really, life went to hell for Bobbie and Jake not too long after they got married. At least when she was with Tony, they had a second chance (1991-94). 

[FrenchFan]

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[MissPalmer]

Thank you very much!!! I love it!!!!

[Hunnibunni1025004]

I love these synopsis’

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!! Especially, Jessie Brewer featured so prominently !!!

[MissPalmer]

A beautiful 1981 GH promo with scenes from the past at minute 2.05 (it includes other soaps RH, AMC and OLTL)

 

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[Franko]

I'm not sure how long the daytime promos were meant to run, but the primetime ones are for stuff that aired Sunday, July 29-Thursday, Aug. 2, 1979.

[titan1978]

How many times was Jessie on trial?  She really went through it, the long suffering character that you desperately wanted to have a happy ending.

Jake was my favorite pairing for Bobbie.  Tony was so sanctimonious.

[Dion]

I think this was the only time Jessie was actually on trial.

When Jessie was accused of murdering Phil in 1975, they only made it as far as a preliminary hearing (with the result being that Jessie should stand trial) before Diana (who erroneously believed Peter had done it) stepped in and confessed to the crime herself in order to spare Jessie from having to stand trial.

[titan1978]

Thanks!  I think the great 35th anniversary special has a scene with Lee arguing this case.  I have said it many times, but I loved Lee.  There should have always been a place for him with or without Scott on the show.

[depboy]

Jessie is free, Polly might not be and young woman is brought to the hospital after a car accident...what perils await?

Monday, May 6, 1968: Jessie pleads with Polly to try living as a family.

Tuesday, May 7: Polly admits to Jessie she is scared.

Wednesday, May 8: Phil, protective of Polly, hopes the judge will not be harsh; the judge gives Polly a reprimand and suggests Jessie may provide better guidelines for her future.

Thursday, May 9: Lee is edgy and short with Iris, hurting her feelings.

Friday, May 10: Phil urges Jessie to marry him.

Monday, May 13: A young woman is brought in unconscious after an automobile accident.

Tuesday, May 14: Iris comes to stay with Meg while Lee is out of town.

Wednesday, May 15: Steve checks the new patient, Jane Harland.

Thursday, May 16: Howie Dawson tries to get in to see Jane.

Friday, May 17: Jessie agrees to marry Phil.

Monday, May 20: The police interview Jane.

Tuesday, May 21: Howie talks to Jane and learns the accident caused her to miscarry.

Wednesday, May 22: Lee and Iris go to A.A. together, and Tom tries to convince Meg that it means trouble.

Thursday, May 23: After the A.A. meeting, Iris joins Lee and Meg for dinner, and Meg is left feeling more excluded than ever.

Friday, May 24: Sharon points out a problem of their secret marriage to Henry.

Monday, May 27: Jessie asks Steve to be a witness at her wedding.

Tuesday, May 28: Jessie asks Polly to be a witness at the wedding. She declines.  When Phil asks her, she accepts.

Wednesday, May 29: Iris turns down an invitation to attend the Baldwin Family Memorial Day picnic.

Thursday, May 30: Sharon tells Uncle Henry that Henry is taking Sandy Griffith to the Interns Ball; Uncle Henry and James Griffith discover they are old WWII buddies.

Friday, May 31: As Jessie and Steve chaperone the Interns Frolic, Polly arrives as Phil's date.  Henry manages to swap partners so he can be with Sharon.

[FrenchFan]

Ah Jane and Howie joined ! Very interesting. I am very interested in minor characters like them, Sharon, Henry. We don’t know too much about them.