Nov 24, 2002 By Nancy M. Reichardt 8 min read

ALL MY CHILDREN: Edmund warned Maria not to go through with her plan to lie on the witness stand if that’s what it takes to make David pay for what he has done. David, who was released from jail, told Anna he knew the drug he gave Maria after rescuing her would cause memory loss. David also said he kept the drugs he developed a secret because he wanted all the credit for them. Jake proposed to Mia, even though she learned she isn’t pregnant. After finding Mia’s pregnancy test kit, Liza wrongly thought Adam and Mia were having an affair. After Liza injured Mia during a confrontation, Liza was stunned to learn, thanks to a drunken Jamie, that Adam was actually having an affair with Brooke. Frank kept mum to Simone that the man he filmed overdosing on drugs in New York City could have been her brother, Anthony. Zeke realized Frank and Simone are romantically involved. Laurie and JR shared a kiss. AS THE WORLD TURNS: Carly and Jack learned the paternity test (which Julia tampered with) proved he is Jackie’s father. After Julia’s shrink didn’t show up for her court hearing, Jack found the doctor lying in Julia’s kitchen. Mike told Carly that Rosanna knows they slept together. Mike insisted it wasn’t out of guilt when he asked Molly to move in with him. Jessica decided not to tell Ben she had an affair with Marshall. Bonnie told Paul, Jessica and Margo about her theory that James set Paul up to take the fall for Brandy’s murder. Lisa rescued Bonnie from James, and Bonnie later urged Marshall to stop James after learning the brakes on Isaac’s car were tampered with before his “accident.” James was angry about Marshall’s intention to try him for kidnapping Rose, Carly and Emily. Hal didn’t believe Holden, who said there is an eyewitness who can prove Aaron didn’t set the barn fire.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Brooke was stunned when she came face to face with a drunken Deacon, who taunted her about their secret, but didn’t reveal why he is back in town. Amber told Rick she thinks Brooke will go after Ridge now that Taylor is dead. Brooke told Megan she doesn’t need a man in her life, and she has no intention of seducing Ridge. While talking to Tricia, Ridge was stunned when she seemed to turn into Taylor, then back to herself. Brooke and Tricia argued over Ridge. Stephanie urged Massimo not to reveal Hope’s parentage to Ridge. Mark and C.J. competed for Bridget.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Bo was arrested on murder charges after Craig pronounced Lexie dead. Abe and Celeste refused when Cameron wanted them to sue the police force over Lexie’s death. Larry taunted Hope that Bo is going down for Lexie’s murder, that everyone thinks Hope is dead, and that Billie will soon be dead, since he overheard Kate, Lucas and Philip agree to take Billie off life support. Roman helped Bo escape jail after Bo “felt” Hope’s call for help. Craig chased Sykes after seeing him in Salem. Craig doctored Sykes when his leg was caught in an animal trap. Craig was stunned when Sykes said he couldn’t be Chloe’s father because he had a vasectomy years before her birth. Craig took a sample of Sykes’ blood for DNA testing. At the DiMera compound, Marlena had flashbacks to her past there. Back in Salem, Marlena read a piece of a letter she found stating Tony and John are brothers.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Cameron got Alexis to the hospital after Alcazar left her lying on the ground in labor. Alexis gave birth prematurely to a daughter, Kristina, whose condition was critical. Alexis refused to leave Kristina’s side after she caught Alcazar standing by the baby’s incubator. Skye got drunk after she saw Jax and Brenda making love. After refusing to give Jax a divorce, Skye threatened to ruin Brenda’s life. Sonny warned Brenda she is fooling herself if she thinks she’ll be happy with Jax. Jax was furious when he learned Skye had helped Alcazar kidnap Brenda. Jason agreed to end his marriage to Brenda. Courtney turned to Jason after realizing AJ married her to get back at Sonny and get back his rights to Michael. No one believed Luke, who found an article of clothing as proof he really did see a woman who looks like Laura. Ric was released from a South American prison.

GUIDING LIGHT: Reva, Josh and Ross were stunned when Edmund, with the district attorney in tow, forgave Reva for Richard’s death, and dropped his demand for a retrial. Danny told Cassie he paid her debt, and was trying to help the cops get the goods on Carmen when Carmen shot him. After Cassie and Reva created a diversion, Danny escaped from the Beacon Hotel before Cassie took Carmen to the empty wine cellar, where Danny had been hiding. Danny convinced Gus to make it appear Danny is dead in order to bring down Carmen. Reva felt guilty about not telling Josh she agreed when Cassie wanted her to hide Danny in the pool house. Alan was released from the hospital after he admitted switching his records with those of a (real) heart patient. Olivia refused to annul her marriage to Alan despite Alexandra’s threat to show him the video of Olivia and Phillip kissing. Ben was stunned to learn his trust fund is empty.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Sam was furious he had to turn Starr and Jack over to Todd after Cassie made arrangements for Blair to go to a Swiss clinic. It was later revealed that Blair, Sam and Todd faked Blair’s breakdown for the benefit of the organized crime figures that are after her. Blair secretly moved in with Todd and the children to keep the crime figures believing she is in a Swiss clinic. Troy told Emily he “killed” Joanna, who ran from the house then fell off a nearby cliff to her death after he let her think he was his evil twin, Colin, as they were about to make love. Viki was stunned to learn Natalie married Michael, and even more shocked to learn that “Michael” is really Mitch. Mitch told Viki her alter ego, Niki, was involved in the baby fiasco, and that Jessica is his child and Natalie is Clint’s. Natalie decided to end her marriage to Michael (Mitch) after Cris revealed he hadn’t married Jen.

PASSIONS: Gwen was stunned to learn that she is pregnant (by Ethan). After the shock of learning Gwen is pregnant, Ethan got upset when she talked about going ahead with plans to move to New York City, but allow him to visit their baby when he wants to. Sam was surprised when Ethan admitted he had planned to marry Theresa, until he learned Gwen is pregnant. Grace, who was with David, was devastated when she overheard Sam tell Ethan he would have married Ivy if he had known she was pregnant with Ethan. Determined to tell Antonio that he and Sheridan are in love, Luis showed Antonio a newspaper photo announcing the engagement of Luis and Sheridan. Everyone was stunned when Antonio said he couldn’t see – and therefore didn’t see the clipping. Eve told Antonio and his family he could soon die. Julian panicked when Rebecca wanted to set a wedding date now that Theresa signed divorce papers.

PORT CHARLES: Rafe stopped Jack from killing Stephen (Caleb). The Barrington jet, with Alison, Elizabeth and Stephen aboard, crashed after they left for Canada to look for Alison’s sister. After being rescued by Rafe and Jack, Alison told Rafe she doesn’t think Stephen is Caleb. Stephen (Caleb) bared his fangs and bit Elizabeth in the neck after she said she wasn’t going to see him anymore in order to put Alison first. Livvie locked Tess in a big trunk, but later freed her when she and Tess suffered from symptoms of near suffocation. Because she loves Jamal, Marissa agreed to quit Stephen’s band.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: After being beaten by thugs, an unconscious Diego was taken to the hospital and prepped for surgery. Victoria blasted Victor for bribing Diego to get him to leave town. Victoria worried about Diego after learning he hadn’t left the (bribe) money he intended to give to Adela. Paul was upset Andy was unable to find Chris after she split town. Paul told Isabella he had gone to see Chris to apologize to her, then insisted he is still committed to Isabella and their baby. After arriving in town, Traci called the police when she learned Colleen was staying at the boarding house with J.T., who was later arrested on a statutory rape charge. As he was jailed, J.T. insisted he never had sex with Colleen. Colleen told Traci she was not going back to New York City, opting instead to stay at a juvenile detention center for the time being. Jack told Phyllis he convinced Diane not to leave.

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