Edge of Night 1979: May, June & first half of July

MAY 1979:

In court, Cliff presented as evidence a videotape that showed a back view of a woman approaching Wade's body moments after he was shot. Facing the camera, the woman was unmistakably Winter, but Winter vehemently denied being there. Eliot remodeled his new club with the help of French chef Antoine, Margo's lackey. Deborah speculated that the robbery at Margo's penthouse was an inside job. Upon examining Cliff's videotape, Mike realized that the woman who shot Wade was wearing a different kind of coat collar than the one witnesses had testified seeing Winter wear.

During his closing summation, Draper suggested to the jury that Tank had murdered Wade and chroma-keyed the videotape with shots of Winter taken a different day to make Winter appear to be the killer. Eliot insisted to Antoine and Margo that he would be the sole manager of the nightclub. Margo encouraged April to take a job at WMON. April and a reluctant Draper went house hunting. The jury acquitted Winter in Wade's murder, and after the trial, Winter lamented to Logan that she did everything for him.

Tank resurfaced and attempted to force Winter to leave Monticello with him. Steve and Deborah arrived while Tank held Winter at gunpoint. Steve chased Tank onto the roof of Winter's apartment building. During a shootout, Tank slipped over the edge of the roof, but before Steve could get to him, Winter caused Tank to fall his death. Later, Winter remembered murdering Wade because he taunted her that she would never be free of him. Tank had assisted Winter in covering up the crime because she promised him that she would go away with him after everything was over. Tank's death convinced everyone that he had been solely responsible for Wade's murder. Margo paid off a real-estate dealer to give April and Draper a "discount" house. Eliot hired Mickey Dials as his bartender at The Unicorn. Calvin recalled that he once arrested Mickey's teenage brother Joey. April urged Draper to defend Paige Madison, a young heiress who was arrested on a weapons-conspiracy charge.

Logan and Raven were married. Nicole was suspicious after discovering that the videotape Tank used to superimpose shots of Winter onto the tape of Wade's murder was dated the same night Wade was killed. Winter, who insisted the shots of her were taken another night, suggested to Nicole that it was misdated. April and Eliot learned that Margo had secretly paid off the real estate broker for April and Draper's new house. Cliff looked forward to prosecuting the Paige Madison case while Logan and Raven honeymooned. Worried that Nicole will discover her secret, Winter tried to kill Nicole with sleeping pills stolen from Mrs. Goodman.

JUNE 1979

Winter's plan to kill Nicole failed when the sleeping pills turned out to be placebos prescribed by Miles. Winter decided to invent a deranged stalker and sent Nicole poison pen letters. Margo introduced Owen Madison and his daughter Paige to Draper as potential clients. Deborah turned down Steve's marriage proposal because it would interfere with her career. Calvin lamented that his relationship with Star is going nowhere. Joey Dials was arrested for rowdy behavior.

Cliff tried to get romantic with Deborah after she and Steve broke up over her refusal to marry. Paige took an interest in Draper. Winter lied that she saw a mysterious man lurking around the Cavanaugh home and may be the man who is sending Nicole threatening notes. Joey bought a gun and plotted to rob a stranger, but he couldn't go through with it. Nicole received a note threatening her life that was signed in blood.

Draper accepted the Paige Madison case. Sara was jealous that Eliot ignored her when Eliot took an interest in Raven instead. Cliff learned that he will prosecute Paige's case. Winter trapped Nicole at WMON and confessed that she had indeed murdered Wade. Nicole escaped into the studio rafters with Winter in pursuit. As the two struggled on a high catwalk, one plunged over the railing.

Winter fell off a catwalk while trying to stab Nicole. Winter was rushed to the hospital, and before she died, she begged Logan to admit that he still loved her, but he didn't. Paige was disturbed when her half-brother Brian arrived. Margo got fed up with being ignored by Eliot, who continued to sleep with Sara on the sly. Eliot daydreamed about Raven, too. Raven was fascinated by Eliot's flirting. Joey and an accomplice attempted to rob a convenience store and was pursued by Steve and Deborah. Joey pulled a gun on Steve, who shot him to death. Steve left to help Deborah, who was overpowered by Joey's accomplice. When Steve and Deborah arrived back on the scene, Mickey informed them that Joey's gun was actually a cap pistol. Steve was devastated that he killed an unarmed teenager.

The Madisons were stunned when Owen's wife Nola arrived unexpectedly after checking herself out of a "drying out" spa. Paige agreed to turn state's evidence against her revolutionary cohorts if brother Brian would stay in Monticello. Brian feared that Paige's testimony would put her life in danger. Flattery got Eliot everything he wanted from a willing Raven. Sara learned about Eliot's relationship with Raven and threatened to tell Margo, unless Eliot continues to visit her bedroom, too. A guilt-ridden Steve quit the police force and became a cab driver.

JULY 1979

Margo hired April as her assistant at WMON, annoying Draper. April discovered Eliot and Sara in bed together at Margo's penthouse and threatened to tell Margo. Eliot fired Sara, promised to be faithful, and convinced April to keep quiet for Margo's sake. Paige's former revolutionary friends fired a shot at her. Raven dropped Jamey off with April while cavorting with Eliot. Draper was annoyed over April's willingness to take Jamey. Owen tried to hire Steve as Paige's bodyguard, though Paige insists she's not in any danger. Later, she was nearly killed by another gunshot. Paige secretly met with former gang member Jed, who assured her that their leader Tobias doesn't want to kill her. Tobias later told Jed that they have to get rid of Paige. Nola forced Owen to fire their housekeeper Edith, who caught Nola guzzling more liquor. Raven and Elliot plotted a weekend together with their mates at Palace Park, a couples resort. Calvin followed Paige to the Electric Balloon disco, where a scream rang out on the dance floor. Calvin saved Paige from another assassination attempt. The assailant attempted to stab Calvin in the back, but was electrocuted to death when the knife struck an electrical transformer. Paige finally realized that she's in serious danger and agreed to have Steve as her bodyguard. Owen realized that Nola is hitting the bottle again.