December 1978

All My Children

When Caroline tells Jeff that Carl is Frank's child, he warns her not to let Frank know. Devon is having pregnancy problems. Estelle wonders if she was right to leave Billy Clyde. Tara backs out of Erica's dinner party. Erica, knowing a national magazine is sending photographers to cover her party, begs Phoebe to come. Phoebe says she will only if Erica tells the truth about Charlie's parentage, so Erica lets her have it: Chuck isn't Charlie's real father. Eddie and Kelly make wedding plans.

Donna, thinking she is pregnant – by Tyrone, her ex-pimp – seeks an abortion. Erica’s dinner party, covered by a national magazine, is destroyed when a drunken Phoebe blurts out that Erica told her Charlie was Phil’s child, not Chuck’s. Seeing how destructive Erica can be, Tom walks out on her. Dismayed by Ellen’s plans to adopt Wally and Devon’s child, Wally’s parents intend to stop her. When Devon almost suffers a miscarriage, Harlan tells Dan it might have been for the best.

Tom returns to Erica. Phoebe is unable to tell Charlie he isn’t Chuck’s son because she loves him. After Tad receives a Christmas card from his natural father Ray Gardner, Ruth fears he will return to bother the child, but Paul assures her Ray is in prison. Devon decides to give her child to the Winstons, a childless couple who have been unable to adopt. Edna gives Billy Clyde an anonymous tip as to Estelle’s whereabouts. Tests prove Donna is pregnant, but – at Chuck’s request – Dr. Clader withholds the information from her so she won’t seek an abortion.

Caroline fumes when Frank sends Nancy's baby a Christmas gift, signing both their names on the card. Returning from San Francisco, Jeff thinks Chris turned down job offer for his sake when she was actually rejected. Donna alternates between realization that she is Chuck's wife and thinking she is still a hooker. Breaking out of prison, Ray Gardner goes looking for Ruth. Kelly overhears Eddie discussing payment he received from Phoebe for marrying her. Learning Edna told Billy Clyde where Estelle was, Benny turns away from her. Tom reveals his sister had an illegitimate child which she gave up for adoption. Erica fumes over brief notice of her dinner party in "Tempo" magazine. Phil moves in with Joe and Ruth. Hearing that Donna is pregnant, Tara tells Chuck there's no hope they can get together.


One Life To Live

Scared because she continues to receive threatening calls and notes, Tina goes to Marco who suggests she go live with his brother the doctor. Tony truly believes he loves Sam and intends to woo her. Adam decides not to fire Brad, but Joe gives Edwina the ax. Although Bruno decided not to take Melinda on as a student, she tells everyone he has.

Pat asks Pine Valley's attorney, Paul Martin, to take care of some legal work. Tina discovers Marco made porno pictures out of innocent modeling photos. A shocked Tina is hit by car. Although sustaining only minor injuries, she fears Viki wants to hurt her. Marco and Ina learn Melinda was not accepted by Bruno as a student and has been lying to everyone about it. Viki is discovered over the lifeless body of Marco Dane. Paul and Dorian exchange house keys. Joe fires Edwina. Adam asks Brad to go to Vegas on a business trip. Tony wants Samantha to help him run his new disco. Ed is surprised when Carla says she wants to have a baby.

The list of people who may have killed Marco grows to include Greg, Karen, Viki, Brad, Jack and half a dozen others. Pat is concerned when Adam has attack but he convinces her it was just a migraine. Brad, Adam and Pat off to Las Vegas. Tina gets another threatening note from Viki / Niki. In hospital recuperating from injuries sustained when hit by car, Tina pleads with Viki to stay away. Dorian is worried because an antique pistol she bought for Peter is stolen from a party especially since the gun is workable.

At first police think Greg killed Marco but suspicion shifts to Viki. Joe asks Paul Martin (of Pine Valley) to be her attorney. In Las Vegas, Pat is aware she loves Adam. Adam tries to make Pat's first Christmas since her son Brian was killed a happy one. Melinda piles lie upon lie to keep everyone thinking she is Bruno's piano student. Gwen is leery about having her fingerprints taken, a procedure everyone attending Dorian's party must submit to, since the pistol taken at the party was used to kill Marco. Getting a job on the Chronicle, Edwina is assigned to cover Marco's murder. Marco's brother Mario wants the body cremated. Samantha undergoes plastic surgery.


Edge of Night

Deborah's reasons for joining Children of Earth are suddenly apparent to Steve when he realizes she is doing undercover police work. Prison inmates feel April is a witch and put her on trial. Everyone is stunned by the identification of the body in car crash as Draper. But they soon found out that Draper loaned his car to Kevin. And it was Kevin who died in the car crash.

Winter is sickened when Wade shows video tape of their bedroom activities and tells her that at the time it was made Logan had already agreed to let Wade keep his porno house open. Anguished by Raven's self-centeredness when it was discovered Kevin, not Draper, died in car crash, Geraldine tells Raven she is through with her. Wade is telling lies to Miles and Nicole in an attempt to break them up. Feeling she is alone, Raven asks Logan for help. April's cellmates try her for witchcraft. Before dying Mr. Selkirk tells Mike he will donate his corneas for his transplant if Mike undertakes to prove that the Children of the Earth movement is a fraud. Mike has corneal transplant surgery.

After Raven gives birth to son, Logan decides to go back to her. Winter blames losing Logan on her relationship with Wade. Margo continues to be a wedge between Miles and Nicole by making sure Nicole has to work long hours. Arthur, leader of the Children of the Earth cult, arrives in Monticello. After undergoing corneal transplant, Mike awaits to have bandages taken off to learn if he will see again.

Logan and Raven celebrate the birth of their son. Miles has Denise's body exhumed in order to redo the autopsy. Tank tells Diana Selkirk he believes Deborah joined Children of the Earth so she could case the group for police. Diana agrees to keep close watch on Deborah. Mike's corneal transplant is a success. Logan plans to marry Raven.