November 1978

All My Children

When Tara turns down his request to spend the night, Phil heads for Claudette’s. Overhearing Chuck tell Frank he loves Tara, Caroline blows sky-high. Claudette is upset when Kelly plans to moonlight at another nightclub. Erica agrees to sell Myrtle her house. Receiving a San Francisco job offer, Christina plans to talk Jeff into moving with her. Following a compassionate talk with Brooke, Devon decides to marry Wally but once again changes her mind when she realizes her grandfather is aware she’s pregnant. Even though Devon says she intends to give up her baby, Wally plans to stay in Pine Valley.

Billy Clyde uses Letty Jean to try and lure Donna back on the streets. With Mel Jacobi having reconciled with his wife, Phil must find another place to stay and considers Claudette's. Christina does not plan to tell Jeff about her San Francisco job offer until they are there. Jeff discovers he cannot get away from Pine Valley until after the first of the year. Phoebe agrees to attend Erica's dinner party if she invites Charles, Chuck and Tara. Mark and Ellen consider marrying and adopting Devon's child.

Learning from Benny that his grandmother is paying Billy Clyde to get Donna back on the streets, Chuck tells Phoebe to stay out of his life. Erica lets Ruth know she saw Chuck's car at Tara's. Everyone but Devon's grandfather thinks Mark and Ellen's plan to wed and adopt Wally and Devon's baby is perfect. When Phil accuses Erica of pushing Chuck and Tara together at a dinner, Tom thinks he may be right and accuses Erica of being devious. Donna begins to realize she has lost her memory. Edna offers to let Donna stay with her instead of on Locust Street. Brooke asks Dan to marry her. Myrtle suggests Kelly move in with her, but Eddie, for the $50.000 promised him by Phoebe, is trying to talk Kelly into marriage.

Suspecting Mark only agreed to raise her child so Ellen would marry him, Devon has second thoughts about letting them adopt her child. Ruth learns that Chuck and Tara are in love again. Erica almost lets it slip to Phoebe that Charlie’s true father is Phil – not Chuck. Discovering Billy Clyde paid Letty Jean to get Donna back on stroll, Estelle heads for Chuck’s with Donna. Benny asks Estelle to run away with him. Chuck admits to Charles that he and Tara love each other. Jeff arranges to take vacation in San Francisco with Chris, not realizing that’s where she wants him to move anyway. Erica hopes to get national magazine to do a story on her and Tom.


One Life to Live

Ed and Carla bicker over her intention to attend a medical seminar in the Virgin Islands with Jack Scott. Brad plans to have Adam Brewster hire him, and then take his assistant, Gretel Cummings's job. Samantha is horrified to see herself without bandages. Larry is named chief of staff. At cocktail party in honor of Larry's appointment, Karen runs into a customer from call girl days. Gwen is interested in Jim. In St. Thomas, Jack comes on to Carla.

In St. Thomas, Jack comes on to Carla who almost succumbs but rebuffs him. Admitting she is interested in Jim, Gwen asks Dorian what her chances are. Dorian assures her Anna is a fighter. Realizing he cares about Tina, Marco drops plans to make it look like she posed for porno pictures but still plans to get even with Viki. Edwina fears personality clash between herself and Joe will cost her job at Banner. Overhearing Adam mention a good stock to buy, Brad decides to sink the $10.000 he gave Jenny for sale of health club into the securities. So she can keep her distance from Jack, Carla wants to go to work for Larry. Samantha is upset because she has to wait for skin graft.

Tina receives a necklace from Marco as well as two anonymous notes telling her to get out of Llanview. Viki fears handwriting on notes is same as used by her other self Niki when she was suffering from multiple personalities. Tony sees Samantha but refrains from proposing marriage. Gwen, Richard's mother, feigning illness, puts on seductive nightgown and asks Jim to make house call. Katrina returns to Marco's stable when she discovers her boyfriend Dennis O'Riordan took Edwina to Larry's chief of staff party instead of her. Adam and Pat start their relationship anew.

Vinnie and Joe fear Niki - Viki's dark personality - has reappeared. Upset when Tina tells him she can't keep the necklace, Marco silently vows to get even blaming Viki for the rejection. Pat turns down Adam's invitation to bed. Upset by menial assignment Joe gives her, Edwina asks Adam for a job. When Adam learns Brad invested and lost on stock tip he overheard in office, Adam considers firing him. Ed and Carla realize she is attracted to Jack. Melinda hopes renowned piano teacher Bruno Westheim will take her as a student and Dorian considers a scheme to make sure he will but Peter vetoes it.

Edge of Night

April's sentencing is postponed due to judge's illness. Logan is upset because he was able to convic 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.