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April 1977



Ryan's Hope

Dee didn't tell anyone she'd lost the baby and tried to postpone the wedding after learning from Alicia that she can't have sexual relations too soon after the D&C. Seneca discovered that his blood type doesn't match Edmund's and that Frank may be the father. New public relations manager Tom Desmond announced cutbacks at the hospital. Pat told Dee they'd have to postpone the wedding because of the work schedule crisis.  Jack's operation was a success. Seneca turned down Jill's and Frank's plan to live with Edmund in Washington; he also refused to rehire Roger. But Roger found Edmund's parentage report and planned to use it as blackmail. Dee confessed to Father McShane about her miscarriage but refused to tell Pat. Tom tried to cover up the bad publicity when a nurse gave Jack the wrong medicine. Jill hired Miriam George as Edmund's nursemaid.  Faith decided to head off Pat at the altar, arrived too late, and Pat and Dee were married. Father MacShane failed to dissuade Jack from filing the annulment documents. Jill turned to Seneca after a fight with Frank.


All My Children   


Tara's pregnant. Christina realized she's having spells during which she reverts to childhood rebellion against her father. Charles urged her to keep her private practice rather than go into research. Anne insisted she return from her vacation with Paul to be with Beth. Donna rejected Phoebe's bribe to leave town. Frank had an attack while arguing with Nancy about their divorce; he was taken to the hospital, and she went to his side despite Carl's objections. Charles suspected someone from pediatrics had removed drugs and placed a doll where the medicine should have been. Chris' ghost accused her.  While on police duty, Clay was fatally shot and Phil was critically injured. Mona feared that Mark's mother was Mona's late husband's secretary, who had an illegitimate child, which would mean that Mark and Erica are half brother and sister. Phoebe confronted Brooke and Danny about their love weekend. Brooke snapped out the information that her birth control pills were for her complexion. Jeff advised Tara to consider an abortion rather than go through a pregnancy under stress. David Thornton returned and joined the surgeons who operated on Phil. Benny taunted Brooke after Danny assumed she's having an affair with Benny. Kitty and Linc recommended psychiatric help because they realized Ann is losing her mind. Harlan Tucker consulted Kate about his daughter's return to Pine Valley. Christina's ghost accused her of "letting that boy die."


One Life to Live


Jenny and Brad's romantic evening was interrupted by a drunken Lana. Naomi was shocked by Samantha's views on love and children without marriage. Karen's honeymoon was constantly interrupted by Marco.  Marco tried to put the make on Samantha, while taunting Karen with the idea that they could "play house." Matt complained to Pat that he's getting nowhere with Dorian.


General Hospital 

Mary Ellen was thrown for a loop when Mark successfully operated on Terri, who briefly regained consciousness. Lesley agreed to marry Rick, who asked Monica to be his resident. Jeff was shocked to learn Heather plans to give their child up for adoption. Gina was pestered with calls from her old boyfriend, Gary, but insisted she'd never forgive him. Gail admitted she finds Lee attractive. Diana's mother was admitted to the hospital for tests.  Mary Ellen sneaked into Terri's room and learned she doesn't remember the accident. Terminally ill Dr. Namath pulled his own respirator out. Tommy decided to fake an illness to reunite Tom and Audrey. Lesley and Rick decided to keep their engagement a secret.  After a fight with Monica, Lesley fell down a flight of stairs and lost the baby. Terri developed vision and object identification problems. Pat Lambert returned and began stirring up trouble for the Taylors. Lesley learned she has uterine damage and told Rick she cannot get married now. Audrey was furious when Steve suggested Tommy is faking his illness.


Edge of Night

Draper's assistant, Logan Swift, was attracted to Raven, but Draper caught on to her and Ansel's liaison. After finding Beau murdered, Mike was a prime suspect. Saxon offered Danny Beau's job. Deborah was not at all upset to learn of Beau's death.  A specialist was called in for an "electronic sounding" examination of Nicole's fetus. She learned that Miles doesn't live with his wife. Josephine panicked when Nancy came to visit Timmy. Saxon warned Josephine to keep her mouth shut about how the boy's fake "plea" tapes had been made. Draper's case foundered, and he accused Raven of trying to steal her own mother's husband. Josie offered to let Nancy adopt Timmy if Nancy doesn't reveal that Josie was involved with the tape plot. Nicole discovered that a fellow patient, April, is Miles' sister. Saxon leaked a story to the press that the police are covering up Beau's killer, then paid Ansel $1 million for winning the court case. Call girl Inez Johnson testified she had seen Mike with a smoking gun in his hand the night Beau was murdered. Mike and Nancy reconciled. Tracy and Johnny learned that Danny is the new owner of the Ace of Clubs.







April 1978




All My Children

David freezes while performing an appendectomy after Chris tells him they are through because he slept with Edna. David continues to slowly poison Edna. When Chuck refuses Donna’s request that they move out of town, she forbids him to see Tara. Little Philip wants to be called Charlie. Ray informs Ruth that Tad’s mother is still alive. Edna had her net out for Tom, and so does Brooke. Caroline and Donna want to have children in order to hold their husband. Myrtle Lum calls Linc and says she has seen “Kitty”. Ann’s doctor tells Paul to give up hope for her recovery.

Sentenced to 25 years for raping Ruth, as well as assault, battery and theft, Ray Gardner threatens to get back at the Martins someday. Undergoing surgery to reverse her tubal ligation, Donna fears it will fail. Charles informs Phoebe that Ann will have to be institutionalizes permanently. Ellen confronts Dan about his seeing Brooke while claiming to be true to Devon. Frank is ecstatic when Caroline says she wants to have a baby right away. Phil is furious because Little Phil wants to be called Charlie. Estelle tells Phoebe to leave Donna alone, or she will reveal Phoebe can walk.

Chris accepted Jeff’s engagement ring but decides not to wear it for the time being. Tad is relieved his father Ray Gardner was sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping Ruth. Angry because he feels rejected by Little Phil and suspecting a fling between Tara and Chuck, Phil plans to move into Claudette’s spare bedroom but changes his mind and goes back to Tara. Dan and Ellen urge Devon to attend Yale weekend with her high school boy friend from St. Louis. Phoebe is crushed by the news that Ann will not recover from her emotional collapse.

David, stepping up dosages to poison Edna, accidentally takes a lethal potion himself. Chris is implicated in David’s death. Tara’s upset when an intimate evening with Philip is ruined by an emergency police call. Donna is discharged from the hospital. Nancy confides to Donna that she can’t let Frank know she’s expecting his baby. Myrtle realizes Kitty is dead and tells an enraged Kelly, Kitty’s look-a-like, that she’s not her mother.


One Life to Live

While forcing her into prostitution, Marco reveals to Karen that he still is attracted to her. Dorian is agitated by the overbearing Dr. Jack Scott. Peter wants to start a serious relationship with Melinda but fears she may be having an emotional relapse. Pat returns to work at The Banner. Vinnie is dressing as a lady on a police force vice squad. Aldo tries to get the ring Lana gave Cathy.

Still haunted by Brian’s death, Pat considers going to a medium to contact his spirit. Paul feels Pat will return his love one day. Unaware Vinnie is dressing as a woman for police assignment, Wanda thinks he is losing his mind. Dorian is aghast when Jack Scott refuses to let her throw a cocktail party for him but allows Edwina to do it. Wanting Karen to be a full-time prostitute, Marco makes her tell Larry she’s getting a full-time job. Aldo mugs Cathy in an attempt to get Lana’s ring but only nets her watch and purse.

Upset over his inability to get the ring Lana gave Cathy, and because he thinks Jenny does not trust him. Brad flies into a rage and beats Jenny. Becky warns Peter to start believing Melinda and stop seeing Dorian. When Vinnie is taken off police decoy unit where he had to dress like a woman, Wanda learns about the assignment.

Learning that Brad terrorized Cathy to get Lana’s ring back, Will considers telling the police but changes his mind. Luke Jackson, Becky’s husband comes to Llanview to make her pay. Thinking the death of radical underground enemy Arnie Rivers means they’re safe, Paul and Pat stay in town but Arnie’s girlfriend vows revenge. Pat consults a psychic to contact Brian. Devastated when Melinda refuses to go on vacation with her, Dorian plans to have her recommitted.


General Hospital

David takes Laura to bed. P.J. is seriously ill with pneumonia. Lamont agrees to give Katie a divorce. Bobbie moves in with Jessie. Wanting to make trouble for Mark, Lamont deposits large amounts of cash in Mark’s bank account. Katie moves out of the hospital suite. Lamont’s lawyer realizes Katie is involved with stock manipulation.

Lee refuses to be Lamont’s divorce lawyer. David is saving Laura’s passionate poetry to show it to Lesley. P.J.’s condition improves. Susan plans to reside in Port Charles and is interested in Lee. Bobbie warns Scotty to cool his negative feelings about David. Lesley is plagued by nightmares of the time David tried to attack her. Jeff insists Heather see Peter professionally.

After Monica realizes she and Gail cannot be friends, she agrees to marry Alan. Lee is upset when Gail calls him Greg – her husband’s name – during an embrace. Susan gets a hostess job at the Floating Rib Restaurant near the hospital. Concerned about P.J., Diana moves out of Peter’s bedroom and in with the baby. Although Heather wants to halt sessions with Peter, Jeff insists she continue. David is pumping Laura for information about the Hauser expansion.

Lamont tells Mark this isn’t the first time Katie wanted to leave him for another man. When Lamont threatens to ruin Mark’s career, Katie heads for Boston. Laura’s cool to Rick’s suggestion that he adopt her. Fearing that Gail is lost to him, Lee, a former AA member, returns to drinking and disappears. When Diana is unable to meet Peter’s needs, he seeks solace with Susan at the Floating Rib Restaurant.


Edge of Night

Logan recovers from stab wounds inflicted by Chip. After calling fellow members of the crime commission dishonest, Kevin is fired and Raven is fuming. Draper and April wed. Raven tells Geraldine she is pregnant. Timmy fears he is losing his mind like his mother did when he sees a ghost.

After Geraldine tells Raven that Kevin is sterile, Raven seeks an abortion in New York. Denise hatches her plan to keep Miles no matter what. Continuing to snoop about the Karr home for evidence about Nicole, Denise frightens Timmy, who thinks he has seen his mother. Geraldine is wary over Tony’s negative feelings about the police. Nancy becomes a crime reporter at the newspaper.

Police indicate Denise is involved in Charlie Richmond’s death. Hoping to keep Miles, Denise – with her father’s help – claims she has a terminal illness. Raven and Geraldine prepare to head for a New York abortion clinic. Raney warns Chip to stay out of Tony Saxon’s business.

Miles plans to leave Monticello to be at the side of his “dying” wife Denise. Denise, fearing that nurse Carol Barclay knows too much, plots to get her fired by making it look as though Carol neglected a patient. Deciding against an abortion, Raven goes to Europe.

April 1979



All My Children

Wally and a healthy baby Bonnie return home; Devon decides to keep and rear her baby. With their father remarried, Dan’s sister, Betsy, comes to Pine Valley. With Billy Clyde in jail, Estelle feels guilty for having been the cause of his terrorizing everyone. Claudette’s mother, Margo, in a car accident in Costa Rica, is forcing Claudette to leave the Chateau in Eddie’s care. Learning an important critic is in the audience, Kelly takes uppers one more time. Joe is upset by Jeff’s decision to remain in San Francisco, but realizes it’s the only way he can save his marriage to Christina.

Having broken off her engagement to Mark, Ellen asks Paul for a shoulder to lean on, and he obliges. With a lot of shoving from Brooke, Mark finds himself in bed with her. Feeling she may have caused Ellen’s break with Mark, Devon reconsiders her decision to raise Bonnie alone. Letty Jean is Kelly’s latest pill connection. At the altar with Benny, Estelle is warned by Linc that Billy Clyde is going to charger her with bigamy if she weds. Nancy is mugged while out on a social service assignment. A distinguished-looking con, Langley Wallingford, artist arrives in town posing as a professor.

After making love with Brooke, a hung-over Mark throws her out of his apartment, but she plans to keep trying. Linc interrupts Estelle and Benny’s wedding, insisting she is running risk of bigamy action. Devastated, Estelle tells Benny she never wants to see him again and goes to stay with Donna and Chuck. Nancy faces risky surgery for the skull fracture she suffered in the mugging and she asks Frank to raise Carl if she should die. Feeling responsible for her mother’s break-up with Mark, Devon tells Wally she wants to marry him.

Tara, Philip and Charlie enjoy vacation until a mysterious government official offers Phil a highly confidential assignment. Edna is learning to forget Benny with the help of Langley Wallingford, who is only interested in her money. Ellen is aghast at Devon’s decision to wed Wally. Despite attempts by Wally’s parents to stop the wedding, Devon and Wally are married. With Nancy out of danger, Caroline writes a good-bye note to Frank and tells him baby Carl is his son. Charles warns Phoebe he will have her arrested for theft unless she returns prints and negatives of his trip to Rome. When she does, Mona comes back to work. Kelly’s dependency on amphetamines comes to light for everyone.


One Life to Live

Still angry at Karen, Annie realizes Larry is not blameless and softens a bit. Mario works at becoming Karen's friend. Desperate for money to repay his gambling debt, Brad sells the key to the hospital medicine cabinet to his creditor. When Edwina suggests she and Karen write a book, "From Housewife to Hooker," Karen has Mario throw her out. Finding a photo of Adam, Dick tacks it on the wall and uses it for target practice. Overhearing Dorian plotting to get Larry out as chief of staff, a shaken Paul tells her he is through with her. Unable to comprehend Pauls's motives, Dorian feels he is trying to get back with Pat. Gretel admits to Adam she has fallen for Paul. Samantha and Tony are making wedding plans. Jack tells Adam he wants to marry Carla but she can't make up her mind between him and her husband Ed. Dick calls Karen pretending to be the dead Brian Kendall. With Richard suffering from mononucleosis, Gwen goes off to Europe to nurse him.

His business nearly destroyed, Adam is preparing takeover of an Alaskan oil company. Jack is shot when he surprises men using the key supplied by Brad to steal drugs from a hospital cabinet. Ed asks Carla for a divorce; upset by Jack's injury, Carla admits she loves him. Brad swears never to gamble again. Karen testifies in Talbot's murder trial. Depressed, Greg warns Tina not to be friends with Mario. Edwina writes a scandal story about Karen's life as a hooker and housewife. Peter's dream of a life with Jenny is shattered when she announces she is pregnant by her husband Brad.

Upset by Ivan's brash manner and ill treatment of his interns, Jack refuses to let Ivan perform surgery on him. Dorian's attempt to oust Larry as chief of staff is aborted when the Colonel votes against restructuring of the hospital. Jenny is not certain she's happy about being pregnant. Tina feels Greg is pushing her away. Ivan's fragile wife Faith comes to Llanview and befriends Danny. Dick substitutes aspirin for Adam's medication. Discovering that the date she is to wed Tony is the same as the one he married Cathy on, Samantha postpones the wedding. Surgery leaves Jack paralyzed — it may be temporary or permanent. Ivan nixes Faith's desire to have children.

In need of money to save his company, Adam asks Dorian to be his partner. She wants to say yes and make it more than a business partnership. Jenny is upset over her negative feelings about being pregnant. When Tina volunteers at the free clinic, Joe is upset because it will bring her into relationship with Mario. Karen's attempt to make up with Larry fails. On the eve of their wedding, Tony and Samantha decide to consummate their love, but just as he is drifting off to sleep he calls out Pat's name. Adam suffers an attack; he takes medication but gets no relief.


General Hospital

Jeff tells Heather he is Steve's son; instead of feeling sympathy for his confusion, she is elated. Steve puts Jeff on report for leaving the hospital without permission. Lee is to become Jeremy's legal guardian. Gail and Lee plan to marry. Alan warns Tracy to quit pushing Mitch's political career down everyone's throat, else he'll run for office himself. The judge decides not to send Laura to reform school. Gina informs Jeff that Heather can never risk having a baby.

Rick is stunned when Jeff tells him Steve Hardy — not Lars Weber — is Jeff's father. Overhearing Luke and Bobbie, Jessie realized the trick they played on Laura. Dan persuades Jessie to give Bobbie one more chance. Anne wants to adopt Jeremy. Tracy warns Monica she's going to try to catch her with Rick and then tell Alan. Heather realizes Susan told Jeff about taking birth control pills and vows to get even. During an argument with Tracy about her inheritance, her father suffers an angina attack. Rick vetoes Scotty and Laura's June wedding plans.

Jeff and Steve try to work at being loving father and son. Rick, still stunned by revelation of Jeffs paternity, admits to Monica he wants to find solace in her arms. Discovering his father had an angina attack while Tracy and Mitch were talking to him, Alan plans to get to the bottom of it. Tracy gets her father to lie about the subject of converstation when he had the attack. Audrey returns from her sister Lucille's; Steve forgives her for telling Jeff the truth. Still trying to drive Diana mad, Heather has Larry Joe call Diana and ask about P.J., mixes up the medication to make it look as if Diana has made a mistake, and warns Diana that Maggie is an unfit nursemaid for P.J.

Tracy overhears Scotty and Laura discuss the night Rick and Monica spent together; she urges Mitch to check the time each left the hospital after the quarantine was lifted. Mitch takes Susan to bed. Heather wants to adopt Jeremy so she can gain control of his custody trust fund. Bobbie is still hoping to get Laura in trouble but her brother Luke warns her to lay off. Rick is unable to accept the fact of Jeff’s illegitimacy. Gary keeps making snide remarks about Howard's feelings for Gina.


Edge of Night

Elliot prepares to wed Margo but continues his fling with Sara, the maid. Winter's trial begins. Logan decides to take active part in Winter's prosecution. Deborah warns Steve she's still fearful of becoming too close to him. With Nicole away, Margo has been handling the news anchor spot.

Having married Elliot, Margo prepares to buy him a restaurant. Returning from their honeymoon, Miles and Nicole offer Winter their support. Draper and April are still squabbling over her establishing a relationship with Margo. Tank bursts into Winter's apartment and attacks a visiting Logan. In court, Logan admits Wade blackmailed him into bending the law so Wade could operate an X-rated movie house.

Thinking Margo killed Wade, Elliot stages a robbery in his apartment, lifts Margo's gun and sends it anonymously to Draper. A witness claims Raven, not Winter, was the girl visiting Wade's apartment the night he was killed. Logan takes the stand and explains that Raven went to visit Wade on Logan's behalf; his testimony makes it certain she couldn't have killed him. Sara, Margo’s maid, warns Elliot he'll never be anything more than Margo's puppet. Mr. Antoine is hired to help Elliot run his nightclub.

Another tape turns up in Winter's trial which shows her in a room with a dead body. Returning to work, Nicole gets the feeling Margo secretly wishes she were still anchoring the news spot. Elliot is angered by Sara's refusal to go along with his version of the penthouse break-in. Tests reveal the gun Draper received in the mail was not the one used to kill Wade.


April 1980




Ryan's Hope

Dee was funny in the head after Albert (who was tranquilized) dropped her into a fireman's net. Thugs kidnapped Siobhan and ordered Joe to move to Florida. Seneca fell for Kim's pregnancy story and agreed to marry her. She let him think she was considering an abortion, but Rae figured out that Kim had suckered Seneca. Michael doesn't want Siobhan to be harmed. Jack blamed Joe for Siobhan's kidnapping.

Siobhan fell from a window ledge and aborted while escaping from her captors. Rae told Roger that Kim faked pregnancy reports to snare Seneca. Adam hypnotized Dee, who hallucinated about a past life in colonial times. Tizo urged Joe to settle the score with Loen, Wally and Morty for attempting to knock off Siobhan. Joe couldn't face leaving Siobhan, as Johnny insisted. Jack planned to meet with Phil, who had information on Mary's death. But Phil's girlfriend tipped off Tizo's henchmen. Rae arranged to let Seneca learn of Kim's ploys.

Jack spotted the initials EBB (Tizo's wife's initials) on a hairbrush set gift to Siobhan from Tizo and remembered that Mary mentioned the initials before she died. Rae and Roger arranged for Jill to overhear Kim admit that Kim is tricking Seneca into marriage. Dee rebuffed Roger, but said farewell to Albert who was transferred to an upstate zoo. Tizo worried that Jack has a sketch of his henchman Larry, Mary's murderer. Siobhan took Joe back. Phil told Jack he didn't know the man in the green hat.

Jill stepped Kim and Seneca's wedding cold with the news of Kim's fake pregnancy. A Ryan cousin, Barry, a fight manager, arrived from Chicago. Dee resolved she's finished with men, until Barry walked into the bar. Siobhan's abductors were crushed into auto scrap metal in their car. Joe announced the gang war has ended. Jack and Frank investigated EBB Industries. Seneca admitted he loves Kim despite her lies.

Bob resisted Faith’s drunken overtures. Jill suggested Faith solve her liquor habit. Dee prepared for the Crystal Palace grand opening with Barry, who caught her “eager-beaver eye”. The man in the green hat was found dead in a dump. Jack learned that Joe’s fishing boats are used for Tizo’s drug operation. Seneca kicked Kim out of his bed. She decided to make Seneca jealous by following Rae’s advice about finding a younger man.


All My Children

Frank collapsed from head trouble after kidnapping Carl. Nina developed vision problems. Devon denied to Ellen that she's carrying on with Sean, then was almost caught in the sack with him by Tom. Edna told Kelly about Hank and considered a Caribbean love trip with him. Ann remembered and accepted her baby's death, while Ellen got nervous thinking Anne would remember spotting Ellen and Paul kissing. Daisy decided she'll attend Nina's wedding no matter what, while Myra suspected that Daisy's back in town. Chuck set Donna on another jealousy trip over Tara. Edna lied to Benny about a bracelet which she received from Hank.

Edna lied to Benny about visiting a sick aunt, while planning a rendezvous with Hank in Baton Rouge. Joe was alarmed that Ruth is over-protective of Joey and won't return to work. Nancy postponed Russ’ adoption of Carl when Frank was partially blinded by a stroke. Frank apologized to Nancy for kidnapping Carl. Charlie is changing their wedding, which he doesn't intend to attend, but Phoebe ruled out a business investment. Sean grew weary of Devon's attentions, but they were caught cuddling by Tom. Donna convinced Chuck to bid on a new house. Monique (Daisy) entertained Nina and Cliff and helped him plan their wedding.

Phoebe caused a drunken ruckus at Linc and Kelly's wedding. Tom found proof of Sean and Devon's liaison and ordered Sean to break off it or Sean would be kicked out on the street. Dottie blew Edna's cover about a sick aunt in front of Benny. Edna nixed a Caribbean love trip with Hank, but he implied he had marital intentions. Charles convinced Nancy to make amends with Frank while Frank's recovering. Frank wants another chance with her. Tom and Brooke realize they're getting close romantically. Chuck flared out at Donna for confiding to Palmer about their problems concerning Tara. Sean dated Sybil. Palmer became suspicious about Monique's background, even though he hasn't met her yet.

Myra learned that Monique is Daisy, but will keep mum until after after Nina's wedding. Ellen tried to avoid Paul (who professed undying love), but Anne insisted she and Ellen resume their schoolgirl friendship. Devon's pa survived a heart attack. Wally invited Sean to surprise anniversary party for Wally and Devon. Sean invited Sybil despite Tom’s objections. Kelly went into a funk about not living down her past when she was ridiculed while on her honeymoon cruise with Linc. Edna gave in to her desires and went to Bermuda with Hank. Frank worried that Carl is growing closer to Russ. Langley realized he have to marry Phoebe in order to get her money. Chuck agreed with Tara to spend time with Charles.

Phoebe failed to halt Charles and Mona’s wedding. Erica couldn’t make it because she’s in Hollywood waiting for a word on a fat, juicy movie role. Hank lavished gifts on Edna to soften her guilt. Devon got drunk at her and Wally’s anniversary party and mooned over Sean, who was there flaunting Sybil. Linc and Kelly returned from their honeymoon. Linc threw Phoebe out when she ranted about his marriage to a drug addict. Phoebe’s outrage at Charles’ marriage stemmed from his payoff of Erica’s loan, which Langley finagled. Ellen told Paul they can’t see each other and she dated Mark. Anne told Paul she’d be patient waiting for him to become a husband in every sense of the word.


One Life to Live

Ivan and Faith joined forces to finish off Karen by injecting a drug into her. Jack left for Texas after a fight with Carla, and his plane was reported missing. Everyone thought Karen was delirious when she insisted Ivan and Faith are trying to kill her. Mario and Katrina checked about Claudette Rio, another name Karen mentioned. Jenny received an anonymous letter that Brad won't be as well off as Karen. Brad wrote to Will that if Brad dies in prison, it won't be a suicide, since cellmates are on his back.
Mario saved Karen from Ivan's drug. Ivan escaped with Faith after knocking Vinnie unconscious. Richard learned from Bo that Edwina's natural father is Ivan but nixed publishing the news. Bo fed Johnny information about Edwina and Richard's past affair in order to make it look like they still have a thing going and that Johnny therefore has a chance to win Becky's heart. Bo's maneuverings were intended to impress Asa, who sent Samantha champagne while courting Viki. Chip Warren returned, stirring up Buchanan plots. Mimi wondered how Pat and Bo's relationship would fare if Paul returned, since Mimi's. jealous of Pat. Mario encouraged Edwina to trace her parentage. Using Edwina's story as blackmail, Asa agreed to drop the libel suit once Richard consented to Becky's resumed career.

Chip skipped after getting blackmail money from Asa concerning a "bloodied” woman who was somehow involved with Bo. Carla cracked up her car and was hospitalised after Jack was reported. An inmate named Dan wanted information from Brad about Tina. Jenny was getting closer to Peter when little Mary developed a grave ailment. Karen could wiggle her toes but nothing else. Richard consented to Becky's returning to work with Johnny. Clint foiled Asa's plans to match Bo with Viki. Richard shared his knowledge about Edwina's paternity with Mario, who insisted that Edwina not find out since she couldn't handle it emotionally. Tina inferred that Becky and Johnny have a thing going. Asa sent Mimi packing back to Texas, since Asa's interested in Samantha.

Mario and Karen (who regained minimal mobility) panicked when Peter learned Mary's blood type matched Katrina's, not Jenny's. Katrina donated the blood that saved Mary's life, but she was tempted to go back to the street life. Mimi returned, refusing to stay in Texas. She used Chuck and Asa’s money to continue therapy with Will. Brad learned Mary was ill and made a business deal with Chuck. Asa cautioned Herb about having Ed as a running mate because of racist blacklash. Herb told Pat and Gretel he wouldn’t allow Asa to buy him, but he'll conduct survey polls regarding Ed. Peter put the switched baby incident together.

Karen confessed her baby-switching act to Peter, who kept mum for fear Jenny would be devastated. Bo was jealous when Herb introduced Pat to airline owner Bruce Moreland. Asa and Samantha went into partnership for a chain of health clubs. Mimi told Will that Asa has his eye on another woman, and Will suspsected it was Sam. Mario dragged Katrina out of a pick-up place and gave her money for an out-of-town trip. Edwina was suspicious that Mario and Karen have a secret they are not sharing with her. Brad’s prison inmate, who goes by the name of Tom Clarkson, was released and began investigating Viki. Becky and Johnny got a Nashville gig offer.