All My Children May-Aug 1979

ALL MY CHILDREN

May 1979

Tara is upset at the prospect of Phil taking an out-of-town government assignment. Phoebe is gladdened by the discovery that Charlie still considers her his grandmother. Myrtle helps Kelly plan how to overcome her pill addiction. Wally’s mother holds little hope his marriage to Devon will succeed. With Caroline in North Carolina, Frank dreams of one day being a full-time father to Carl. Mark’s latest attempt to reunite with Ellen is futile. Estelle agrees to stay with Donna and Chuck if she can help with the housework and the baby once it arrives. Russ tells a recuperating Nancy why he considers her more than a friend. Billy Clyde swears to Letty Jean that if he can’t have Estelle, nobody will.

Phil decides to accept the job as un undercover narcotics agent in Washington D.C.. Ruth is suffering early morning queasiness and dizzy spells. When Brooke answers Mark’s phone, Erica decides to break up what she figures is a budding romance by having Dan learn about it. Phoebe causes a deep rift in Benny and Estelle’s affair. Langley turns his attention from Edna to Phoebe when he sees bigger dollar signs. After Chuck collapses at the hospital, he and Donna plan a getaway vacation to Willow Lake. With Claudette still away, Eddie plans to remodel the Chateau.

Realizing Brooke and Mark are having an affair, Dan decides to leave Pine Valley, then changes his mind. Tom learns that Erica made sure Dan found Brooke and Mark together. Aware that Dottie doesn’t like him and that Phoebe has more money than Edna, Langley turns his attention to the Tyler mansion. Kelly, falling for Linc, fears he only cares for her because she reminds him of Kitty – an idea planted by Phoebe. When Tom turns down a cologne endorsement, Erica promises the company they can have both Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cudahy in the ad. To Myrtle’s disappointment, Kelly is going away for a couple of days with Eddie while the Chateau is being refurbished.

Phil, Tara and Charlie depart for Washington, D.C.. Medical exam shows Ruth is pregnant. Brooke tells a heartbroken Dan she wants to end relations with him because it’s Mark she loves. But Mark tells Brooke he considers her little more than a hooker whom he never wants to see again. Suffering from a strangulated hernia, Billy Clyde refuses surgery until Estelle agrees to return to him. Calling from Carolina, Caroline informs Frank she’s going to file for divorce.

When Dr. Clayder discovers that Donna’s unborn baby is dead, he informs Chuck who decides not to tell Donna since she must still deliver it or risk losing her life. At Father Tierney’s suggestion, Tom tries to persuade Erica to attend a marriage encounter clinic; she agrees providing he agrees to endorse cologne in a national advertising campaign. Ruth and Joe plan to wait a few months before announcing her pregnancy. Dan confronts Mark at a bar but is too drunk to fight effectively. In the hospital, Billy Clyde is having bad dreams of being left by his mother.



June 1979


Just as Chuck is about to tell Donna the baby is dead, she goes into labor. Langley’s charms work on Phoebe. Edna is upset when she turns down a date with Benny only to have Langley break date with her. Aware that Frank knows the truth about Carl Jr. being his son, Nancy rejects his marriage proposal because she’s used to being her own woman. Knowing that his relationship with Brooke is over, Dan accepts an architectural post in Florida. Devon and Wally are having bedroom problems.

Freaked out on pills, Kelly goes to Eddie but returns home when Myrtle comes for her. Chuck tells Donna their perfectly-formed baby son was stillborn. Blaming herself, Donna fears it is the end of her marriage. When Tara begins to feel under the weather, Ruth goes to Washington to look after Charlie. When Tom’s Adonis commercial conflicts with the marriage encounter group, Erica tries to get him to abandon the encounter session. When Edna realizes she’s been set up by Langley, she turns to Benny who feels rejected by Estelle. Benny admits to Brooke he wouldn’t mind marrying Edna because he wants children and because he loves her young daughter Dottie.

Donna and Chuck’s stillborn son is buried next to Chuck’s parents. At a dinner party, Phoebe holds for new resident Palmer Cortland and his daughter Nina, Nina is felled by an appendicitis attack. Cliff Warner, the surgical resident, is forced to perform surgery on the diabetic Nina who has taken an immediate liking to the young doctor. Father Tierney comes to Erica’s rescue when he tells Tom the marriage encounter can be conducted any weekend, but the commercial for Adonis Cologne must be shot on a certain day. Mark prepares for a weekend in Long Island and Brooke intends to show up without an invitation.

Tom’s knee goes out the day he and Erica are to do the cologne ad but she manages to help get him through the photo session. He fumes that Erica plots to turn his commercial into a sexy come on featuring her. Nurse Sybil Thorne and Palmer try to end Nina and Cliff’s budding romance. She lies to Nina about Cliff being a Romeo. Brooke and Mark’s Long Island idyll is interrupted when she learns her mother is seriously ill. At Erica’s insistence, Tom agrees to give the Goal Post royal decorations. Linc’s old flame, Cynthia Ewing, comes to Pine Valley. When Nancy tells Frank no to marriage or parental rights where Carl is concerned, he refuses to take no for an answer. Russ feels he has lost Nancy. Erica admits to Mona she still cares for Nick. Myrtle insists she won’t stop helping Kelly fight her pill habit. Eddie taunts Kelly saying Linc is tempted by Cynthia. Phoebe consents to help Donna become sophisticated after Chuck threatens to leave town.


July 1979

Langley fears Myrtle will recognize him for her days as a carnival girl. Charlie comes to Pine Valley for a visit. Palmer makes Nina think because she is diabetic, she will never have a normal relationship with a man. Phoebe’s birthday dinner at the Chateau turns into a less than joyous occasion when she spots Ellen and Paul dancing. In the powder room of the Chateau, Phoebe tells Ellen to stay away from Paul. Furious when she discovers that Frank told Russ she was planning to remarry him, Nancy tells Frank to get lost. Langley romances Phoebe and convinces her to spring for a house redecorating job from which he’ll get kickbacks. Tad reacts badly to Ruth’s pregnancy. Benny goes to Edna’s bed, then runs to Estelle.

Eddie saves Kelly from drowning in a bathtub after another pill incident. Kelly refuses Linc’s pleas that she leave Eddie. Tom agrees to do the commercials in Pine Valley after Erica offered to drop the whole project in order to save their marriage, but agent Richmond is after Erica’s body. Nancy gets fed up with Frank’s demands on her and Carl’s time. Tad feigns illness out of fear that Joe and Ruth won’t want him now that they’re expecting a child of their own. Brooke moves into Mark’s pad. Donna returns home. Benny considers marrying Edna after Estelle told him it’s over between them. Sybil ignores Betsy Kennicott’s warning that Cliff and Nina are falling in love.

Paul and Ellen agree to be friends only for Ann’s sake. Linc convinces Kelly that they can be happy together. Langley brings his cohort Anthony Evans to remodel Phoebe’s mansion and to take her for a financial ride. Brooke jumps on Nina’s bandwagon to match up with Cliff. Palmer makes cruise plans for Nina and himself while their mysterious housekeeper Myra listens at keyholes. Ruth assures Tad she’ll still love him when her own child is born. Benny and Edna become engaged. Paul advises Frank that he doesn’t have a legal leg to stand on regarding Carl.

Linc gives Kelly a diamond pendant but she decides to return the gift. Coming back to Pine Valley, Claudette discovers Eddie has taken her job as the Chateau manager. In an attempt to forestall her rendezvous with Stu Richmond, the Adonis advertising agent, Erica feigns a broken ankle but Stu arrives at the apartment. With Stu almost mauling Erica on the bed, Tom walks in. Erica decides to choose Tom over her modeling career. Donna tries to bring Estelle and Benny together after he becomes engaged to Edna, but the plan fails when Billy Clyde arrives on the scene. Palmer tries to convince Nina that Cliff is a fortune hunter. Frank plans to let Carl know he is his father, regardless of Nancy’s wishes.


August 1979

Erica resumes her disco plans behind Tom’s back and hooks Wally into the plot. Phoebe puts the scare into Ruth, indicating a woman her age can’t expect to produce a healthy child. Ellen refuses to listen to Paul’s talk about divorcing Anne. Palmer accuses Brooke of being a bad influence on Nina, who continues to see Cliff despite Palmer’s objections. Claudette is in the dumps because she can’t find a job with either Eddie or Erica, but decides Linc might be her meal ticket. Kelly realizes she loves Linc, despite Phoebe’s taunts that she’s not good enough for him.

For some dark, unknown reasons, Palmer knuckles under to Myra’s demands that he cancel the trip with Nina. Donna makes a fool of herself while trying to act the social lady. Erica convinces Phoebe to invest in her disco plans. Phoebe and Mark warn Brooke about “accidental” pregnancies. Eddie vows revenge when Linc and Kelly reconcile. Linc loans Claudette money but says there are no romantic strings attached. Phoebe falls for Langley’s “I love you” line. Estelle prays for Benny’s happiness when he marries Edna. Benny drops assaults charges against Billy Clyde. Palmer puts the bug in Nina’s ear that Cliff is just after her money. Paul arranges a New York trip with Ellen.

Linc is in the dark that Kelly’s still popping pills and secretly trying to enroll in a detoxification program, although temptation gets the better of her. Langley finally hits pay dirt with Phoebe by taking her to bed. Paul follows Ellen to New York. She melts into his arms while Mark smolders and gets bored with Brooke’s marital and pregnancy intentions. Sybil lays a seduction attempt for Cliff but he resists. Sybil doesn’t give Cliff Nina’s messages. Tom must have surgery on his bum knee and Erica lies to him to get money for her disco plans. Linc and Eddie come to fighting blows over Kelly. As Benny and Estelle wed, Estelle offers a prayer for their happiness. Benny, while saying his vows, pictures Estelle in Edna’s place. Wally and his architect friend Jerry begin renovation on the Goal Post and Erica’s disco. Visiting Anne in the sanitarium, Charles has some hope for her recovery.

In the sanitarium, Anne begins talking about Paul as he talks to Ellen about divorcing Anne. Eddie tries to paw Claudette after she begged for a hostess job. Claudette and Myrtle are trying to uncover Eddie’s shady deals. Sybil pulls a friendship act on Nina while Palmer hires a detective to dig up dirt on Cliff. Ruth has an amniocentesis test, and Tom is prepared for knee surgery. Edna fails to talk Kelly into joining a drug-care unit. Kelly turns to Billy for more pills. Donna learns Langley and Phoebe’s bedroom rendezvous and wrangles an invitation to Phoebe’s refurnished-house party by threatening to blow the whistle on Phoebe and Langley. Mark kicks Brooke out of his pad. Spotting money, Eddie goes after Brooke. Langley gets bug-eyed after watching Phoebe stash her jewels in a wall safe and he memorizes the combination. Kate agrees that Anne probably won’t ever be released from the sanitarium.