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Edge of Night, Nov 1978-- Jan 1979

Edge of Night

November 1978

April's sentencing is postponed due to judge's illness. Logan is upset because he was able to convince April. Winter is sorry she didn't tell Logan about her porno days. Calvin and Steve are curious about the macrobiotic diet which Children of the Earth members seem to be on. Deborah gets angry when Steve refers to her as a worse crook than her father. Logan is named district attorney. Wade tells Logan that unless he allows his porno theater to stay open, he will publicize Winter's film.

April begins serving her prison term. Just as another body is fished from the river, Deborah joins Children of the Earth movement. Nicole begins to wonder if Margo is more interested in Miles than in her. Torn between his desire to protect Winter from her porno film past and his duty to his office. Logan ponders what to do about Wade.

Fearing Logan may lose his position as district attorney, Winter goes to bed with Wade. In prison, April dreams Draper is killed in car crash. At the same time, Draper considers holding a seance to conjure up Denise and learn what really happened night she died. Nicole is upset because Margo feigns interest in April in order to get closer to Miles. Soon after, Deborah returns to Children of Earth group, another member, a youth this time, is found drowned in Monticello.

Draper tells Logan he forgives him for prosecuting April. April's recurring nightmare that Draper will die in crash seems to come true when police drag a body identified as Draper from a wrecked car. Unaware that Logan has found a loophole to keep Wade's X-rated motion picture house open, Winter gives in to Wade's demands for sex in order to keep him from blackmailing Logan. Margo is doing a feature on Eliot Dorn and Children of the Earth movement.

December 1978

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 autopsy. Tank tells Diana Selkirk he believes Deborah joined Children of the Earth so she could case group for police. Diana agrees to keep close watch on Deborah. Mike's corneal transplant a success. Logan plans to marry Raven.

January 1979

Wade informs Miles he has a videotape of a night of love he and Nicole shared. Deborah figures out that Cody Patrick not Eliot Dorn is the head of Children of the Earth movement. Evidence provided by a new autopsy on Denise may prove April did not kill her. Her police cover uncovered by Cody, Deborah is read a suicide prayer.

Wade gives Miles and Nicole the videotape made of a drunken night Nicole spent at the convention. Unaware that it's a lethal dose, young Joannie gives Deborah sleeping pills at Cody's command. Cody tells Joannie that Eliot has given him permission to marry her. Diana moves in with Mike and Nancy. An autopsy on Denise reveals there was a second injection — which Denise couldn't have given to herself.

Steve arrives at the boathouse just as Arthur is about to duck Deborah in icy lake. Elliot learns Cody ordered Arthur to kill all the so-called Children of the Earth suicides. Disillusioned, Elliot disbands the cult. Living with Mike and Nancy, Diana has more than a teen-age interest in Mike. Winter loses a job at the luggage store. Everyone is shocked by Logan's decision to marry Raven.

Gus Norwood admits to Miles he gave his daughter Denise, a lethal dose of painkiller to put her out of her misery and to prevent her from killing Miles. Unaware she has been vindicated, April breaks out of prison and goes to the haunted house she stayed in as a child. Winter lands a job at Margo's TV station. Nicole feels Margo has ruined her relationship with Miles. With Diana dropping into the office every day, Mike's secretary Annie wonders if Diana wants a job or Mike.

Draper is upset by April's disappearance. In the haunted house of her childhood, April is terrified. Winter is not so sure she wants to bring it all to an end with Logan. Raven is worried Logan may be pining for Winter, so she pushes for an early wedding. Logan feels inadequate as a district attorney when he learns it was Norwood not April who killed Denise. Diana continues to scheme for Mike's affection. Nicole is upset to find Margo visiting Miles.


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