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ALL MY CHILDREN: Erica considered calling off her vendetta against Kendall in order to stay on good terms with Chris. Chris let Erica know they might have a romantic future. Erica and Chris caught Kendall and Ryan kissing. Ryan insisted to Kendall that he has true feelings for her. After getting drunk on champagne, Maggie and Bianca shared memories of Frankie. Even though Mateo had an alibi, Vanessa insisted that he was the person who drugged her. Trey failed to get Vanessa to reveal where she keeps her money stash. A mystery man threatened to reveal the truth about Trey if he doesn’t pay him blackmail money. Mia panicked when Trey talked about her son. Leo assaulted Trey for harassing Greenlee. Anna told David an “anonymous” tip (from Trey) led her to the money that Leo had in a hotel safe. Anna revealed that Leo planned to skip town. AS THE WORLD TURNS: James taunted Jack about Carly, who is still missing. Jack tried to shoot him, but Hal held a gun on him in turn. To save Jack, Barbara agreed to go with James. When Jack and Carly were finally reunited, she was stunned to see in a mirror that she has aged dramatically. Rosanna told Craig that she endowed Parker with millions of dollars after realizing how devoted he is to Carly and Parker. Jack refused to let Craig see Carly. Hal was upset to learn that Emily is still missing. Aaron rescued Abigail from Mary, who escaped the police. Abigail was cleared of Nick’s murder, and then a warrant was put out on Mary. Mary later took Molly prisoner then demanded that Jake pay a ransom for Molly’s return. Encouraged by Carly’s return, Rose decided to go ahead with plans to marry Paul, even though Lucinda urged her not to. In Ireland, Bonnie told Isaac to get lost, even though she was really happy to see him.
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Whip, who said he would treat Brooke’s baby as if it were his own, insisted that marrying him is the best decision she can make. Whip didn’t pressure Brooke for an answer to his proposal. Amber introduced her number one fan, Erica, to Rick. Brooke urged Rick to keep tabs on her Amber, because she worried that Amber could be suicidal. Erica watched unnoticed as the Forrester clan held a funeral for both the babies that Amber had lost. Ridge signed a contract to work for Massimo. Massimo tore up the papers after Clark tricked Sally – who was drunk – into selling Spectra to Ridge and Morone Industries.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Belle was stunned when Shawn accused her of causing Jan’s miscarriage. Belle was hurt when Shawn refused to believe that she didn’t cause Jan’s fall. Shawn refused to listen when Bo pointed out the difference between Belle and Jan’s versions of what happened during their fight. Mimi and Chloe teamed up to reunite Belle and Shawn. Philip was devastated when Chloe refused to listen to his side of the story after she saw the sexy video of him and Cynthia. Chloe received a call about an audition for Juilliard, but worried that she may be too ill to keep the appointment. Bo and Hope made the best of their last night with JT before they had to turn the boy over to Glenn. Bo smashed the microchip that John removed from Hope’s neck after John suggested that they replace the chip to see if Hope’s memory returned. Abe walked out on Lexie, who lied that she had nothing to do with the tabloid articles that made Hope seem to be an unfit mother.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly arrived at Sonny’s house to give him a birthday card from Michael, but she ran off after finding Sonny in bed with Alexis. Carly ran to Zander, who welcomed her into his bed until he realized that she was just upset about seeing Sonny in bed with Alexis. Zander told Sonny he suspected that Carly had driven her car off a cliff after it was found in Lake Ontario. Alexis noted Sonny’s distress over hearing about Carly’s possible suicide. The Quartermaines reluctantly welcomed Courtney into the family. After telling Courtney that he is drinking again because Michael is not in his life, AJ convinced her to talk to Sonny (who realized what was going on) about returning Michael to AJ. Lucky told Sarah that Elizabeth dumped him and admitted that he had been unable to return Elizabeth’s love. Sharifa, an undercover agent working for Taggert, covered when Nikolas caught her in the secret tunnel at Wyndemere.
GUIDING LIGHT: Harley and Gus, who are investigating Catalina’s murder, learned that she was pregnant. But, Marah later told them that Catalina lost the baby, then tricked Tony into marrying her. Tony told Marah to leave after refusing her request that he tell the police what he knows about Catalina’s murder. Danny hired Cass Winthrop as Tony’s lawyer. Gus brought Marah in to quiz her about the murder. Romeo confronted Maria (who was left partially paralyzed by her stroke) about her plot to get both Marah and Catalina out of Tony’s life. Tory tailed Ross, who thought that Blake was in Chicago, and went there to surprise her. After drugging Ross’ champagne, Tory got into bed with him and then made a videotape of them (supposedly) making love. But, when she showed the tape to Blake, he realized it was a fake. Tory foiled Blake’s escape attempt. Ross told Phillip and Beth that her divorce from Edmund appears legal. Rick and Mel made love.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Jordan failed to seduce Ben, as per Niki’s (Viki) request. Then, Ben caught Niki with Jordan. To further her plot to get rid of Ben, Niki stole his keys, but he caught her after she used them to open the hospital drug cabinet. Natalie is frightened by Viki’s strange behavior. Lindsay was unhappy to learn that Jen and Cris are back together and was also upset after Sam told her that Nora and Troy are romantically involved. Todd convinced Alex to return to Llanview, but she didn’t know about his plan to use her as a bone marrow donor for Jack until their arrival. Alex later agreed to be Jack’s marrow donor in order to impress Asa. Jessica tricked Allison – who was thrilled to learn of Roxy’s arrest – into returning to Llanview. Roxy was later released from jail. Al fumed when Rae suggested that he needed to see a shrink. RJ is still determined to keep Keri and Antonio apart.
PASSIONS: Ethan got Theresa to admit that she still loves him, and that she didn’t realize she was marrying Julian. Theresa is now convinced that she and Ethan can reconcile. After Alistair had a “talk” with the judge in Theresa’s suit for control of the Crane fortune, the judge stunned everyone by declaring Theresa as the real Mrs. Julian Crane. Rebecca realized that Theresa let her and Ivy stay at the Crane mansion to impress Ethan. Gwen warned Rebecca and Ivy not to do anything that will harm Theresa or her unborn baby. Tabitha was worried when she learned that zombie Charity sent the Bird of Mordred to kill Timmy. Unaware that Tabitha had killed the Bird of Mordred, zombie Charity waited for word that the bird had killed Timmy, while taunting the still-frozen Charity. Brian put off making love with an ailing Diana (Sheridan) until she recovers. Brian (Antonio) was upset that Luis went back to Harmony without saying good-bye to him.
PORT CHARLES: Livvie is determined to rid Port Charles of witchcraft. Jamal realized that Alison must have drugged him after Jack woke him from a candle-induced sleep. Livvie spiked one of Rebecca’s candles with an hallucinogenic drug; Jack had a severe reaction when he unwittingly lit the candle, and later heard Livvie admit to causing what happened. Rebecca made Kevin disappear after he convinced Alison to stop making the candles until an investigation of them is completed. Rafe refused when James offered him a chance for a normal life on earth with Alison – if Rafe agreed to give his soul to James in return.
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Upset that Paul said that he is not ready for marriage, Isabella told him to move out if he can’t commit to her and the baby. Chris told a surprised Michael that she is back in town to help Sharon save her marriage. Chris later told Sharon – who was upset by the memory of Nick’s past affair with Grace – that she wants to help reunite her with Nick. After a talk with Chris, Nick decided to take Sharon on a trip to the Caribbean. Nick was later shocked to learn that Grace is back in town. Victoria told Victor that Alex still blames Neil for Malcolm’s death. Brad asked Phyllis to oppose Jack getting full custody of Kyle in hopes that Jack will back off. Ashley was relieved after she told her family that she had a cancerous tumor removed from her breast, and that should make a full recovery. While teaching Warton how to conduct himself on a date, Jill was upset by the feeling she experienced while they danced.
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