May 1978

All My Children

Returning from vacation, Jeff discovers Christina is being held for the murder of David. Tara is upset because a romantic evening with Philip is spoiled by an emergency call. Linc is trying to determine if Kitty was Kelly’s twin sister. Phoebe discovers Brooke and Man making love in the beach house. Billy Clyde asks Estelle to marry him just before Benny tells Estelle he’s crazy about her. Phoebe’s plan to throw Brooke out of the house is thwarted when Brooke realizes Phoebe was never paralyzed. Tara is angry when Phil refuses to have dinner with Donna and Chuck – a dinner planned by Donna to keep an eye on Tara and Chuck’s friendship.

Christina is booked and held for psychiatric observation in the murder of David Thornton. Jeff discovers David was pilfering digitoxin from the hospital. Ruth tells Phil his jealousy of Chuck is unreasonable. Tara and Chuck both dream they are together again. Furious when Dan tells her they are through because he can’t concentrate on his school work, Brooke swears to get even. Kelly’s agent, Eddie wants her to return to Chicago for a nightclub gig, but she lands a singing job at the Chateau and finds out Kitty was her twin. Learning from Erica that Paul and Ellen saw each other in New York, Phoebe tells Paul his behavior is abominable. He tells her to mind her own business. Mark accuses Paul of trying to take Ellen away from him.

Nancy almost suffers a miscarriage, but Frank manages to save the baby. David’s funeral is held. Kelly, grateful to learn Kitty is her twin, tells Linc and Myrtle she isn’t and cannot be Kitty. When Eddie insists Kelly get more for performing at the Chateau, Linc secretly pays the difference. Rebuffed by Tom in favor of Erica, Brooks recalls her sad, unloved childhood. Devon spots Dan and Brooke cuddling in the library. Mark buys Ellen a diamond ring. Paul and Ellen’s friendship continues to grow.

Billy Clyde makes certain Benny and Estelle stay away from each other by intercepting their phone calls. When Billy Clyde promises she can quit streetwalking, Estelle agrees to marry him. Jeff sets out to prove that Dottie switched the glass containing poisoned wife, accidentally causing David’s death. Ellen tells Mark she cannot accept his engagement ring. Mel Jacobi’s wife, B.J., threatens to take their child and leave him unless he quits the police force. Devon continues to pretend she didn’t see Dan and Brooke cuddling in the library. Edna takes the apartment in Donna and Chuck’s building.


General Hospital

Fearing that Lamont will destroy Mark’s career, Katie tells a stunned Mark that she can’t give up all the material things that go with being Mrs. Lamont Corbin to marry him. What he doesn’t know is that privately she refuses to share Lamont’s bed. Laura tells Rick and Lesley she slept with Scotty, hoping they won’t find out about her relationship with David. Rick suspects her story is a cover for something more sordid. Mr. Rooney’s attracted to Jessie. Diana’s mother arrives in Port Charles; Due to drink and frustration over Gail’s attitude, Lee is neglecting his work.

Jeff asks Heather to marry him. Scotty sobers Lee up and takes him to dinner with Gail and Bobbie. When he starts drinking again the next day, Lee tells Scott to leave him alone. Spying on his meeting with the Hauser Corp., Monica realizes the mysterious Mr. Slattery is David. Learning of David’s scheming, Rick is determined to stop him any way he can. Although her mother is babysitting for her, Diana refuses to go to a party when the baby cries. When Susan’s former lover gives her a bad time, Peter steps in. At a party for the hospital, Lamont needles Mark. Although Katie goes to bed with Lamont, she doesn’t respond to his lovemaking. Lamont is concerned about the episodes of numbness in his hand.

Just as David is going to leave Port Charles, Laura arrives at his apartment. David tells her he never loves her and makes fun of the love letters she wrote him. Furious, Laura flails at him with his fists and is stunned to see him fall. Lesley finds Laura in a trance out in the hallway and David dead on the floor. Lesley tells the police she killed him when he tried to rape her. Scotty leaves Bobbie when he discovers Lee drunk. Unable to sober Lee up, Rick asks Howard to represent Lesley. Lamont is readmitted to the hospital.

Police are suspicious of Lee’s confession of having killed David, because tests reveal he was not drunk as she said he was. Nor was he killed by a blow from a statue. Mark learns Lamont deposited $15.000 in his bank account to make it look as though Mark had something to do with a land swindle. Everyone is aware that David was the mysterious Mr. Slattery who was tryng to sell land to the hospital for a new cardiac wing. Monica and Alan plan a June wedding. Alan’s jet-set sister Tracy will come to the event. Finally aware of Lee’s drinking problem, Gail promises Scotty she will help him.


Edge of Night

Learning Raven is pregnant, Kevin moves out of the house. Carol is fired after Denise makes it appear that she was negligent in an intensive care case. Logan is aware that he would be the father if Raven had a baby. Furious over Kevin’s response, Raven plots to get even.

The crime commission decides to reopen its investigation of Tony Saxon’s business dealings. In order to stop the investigation, Chip throws acid in Mike Karr’s face. Seeking revenge because Kevin left her, Raven lies to April that Draper is the father of her unborn child. Carol Barclay intends to fix Denise because she got her fired.

Mike’s eyesight endangered by the acid Chip throws in his face. Deborah graduates from police academy. Steve hopes he will be assigned as Deborah’s senior partner. With Miles out of town, Nicole is dating her boss. Feeling guilty because he never told Raven he was sterile and upset over her pregnancy, Kevin turns to drink.

Following a visit from Raven, April suffers severe stomach pains; her obstetrician puts her to bed. Hoping Draper will confess he is the father of Raven’s child as Raven claims, April tells him Raven is pregnant, but Draper only offers his congratulations. Although doctors refuse to give any kind of prognosis, Mike is certain his eyesight will return. Deborah and Steve are assigned to find out who threw acid at Mike’s face. Although Tony didn’t order Chip to throw the acid, he fears he’s under heavy suspicion. But Deborah comes across a clue that indicates Chip was responsible.