May 1979

All My Children

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 an 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. Clayton 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.


One Life to Live

Admitting he still loves her, Larry tells Karen he can’t take her back; they discuss divorce. Karen lands a job as a receptionist. Facing possibily of paralysis, Jack decides he wants Carla and Ed to reconcile. Stunned, Pat learns from Adam that he is an epileptic and they can no longer see each other. Samantha is having second thoughts about marrying Tony. Unable to stand pressure of his father being held for the murder of Marco, Greg prepared to leave Llanview.

At the altar, Samantha bolts from the church without saying “I do” to Tony. Taking refuge at Dick’s, Samantha discovers photos of Pat. Going off deep end by her discovery, Dick keeps her hostage. Adam and Pat are unable to reach a decision about their marriage. Carla and Ed discuss divorce. Edwina writes a newspaper column revealing Adam’s epilepsy. Faith Kipling moves to Llanview.

Ed turns down the offer to run for political office because of his impending divorce from Carla. Jack tries to walk. The discovery of Samantha’s blood-stained wedding dress makes everyone fear she is dead. Pat is beginning to realize that Dick is unbalanced. Karen is devastated when she’s fired from her job. Joe warns Tina to stay away from Mario but she considers he’s unfairly trying to pin Marco’s sins on Mario.

Following Dick, Pat discovers the warehouse where Samantha is being held prisoner by Dick, and is made a prisoner herself. Larry discovers that the woman Danny thinks is his mother is Faith Kipling. Adam and Dorian seek finalization of their business dealings.

Police capture Dick and take him into custody while Pat and Samantha are freed. An ailing Jenny is hospitalized and may miscarry. Tina is saddened when a stoned Greg returns to Llanview and comes on too strong. Greg refuses to take Mario's advice about getting off drugs; Mario warns him to keep away from Tina. Joe suggests that Tina not be allowed to see Mario but Viki disagrees. Jack admits to Jim he cannot help feeling sorry for himself. Larry is enchanted by Faith Kipling. Both Adam and Paul Kendall are interested in Pat.


General Hospital

When Tracy shows him sign-out sheets proving that Monica and Rick left the hospital together, Alan confronts Monica. Monica admits only to spending an innocent night with Rick; when Alan refuses to believe her, Monica moves out. Rick resumes surgery schedule but continues to shut out Lesley. Diana is driven closer to insanity thanks to Heather’s machinations. Tracy promises Mitch he will win bid for Senate nomination. Howard disapproves of Gary’s friendship with Tracy and Susan. Both Laura and Scotty are disappointed by Lee’s refusal to talk Rick into letting them marry in September. Luke fears he’s in trouble with the mob. Bobbie is curious about her boyfriend Roy’s job. Deciding he wants no part of Monica, Alan turns to Susan.

Anne feels certain she will lose Jeremy to Jeff and Heather. Heather makes Diana think Maggie is purposely hiding things to frustrate her. Susan persuades Jeff to place an ad in the newspaper seeking information about Steven Lars. Angry because Heather never sent him the money, Cal warns her he wants $5.000 immediately or he’ll contact Jeff. When Scotty agrees, it would be best to wait till September to marry. Laura says she’ll never trust him again. Discovering Scotty talking to Bobbie, Laura throws her engagement ring at him and says they are through. Alan is trying to make Rick incompetent to Edward.

Scotty is in a tailspin because Laura returned his engagement ring and he lets his bar exam studies slide. When Heather makes it look like Maggie falsified the babysitting schedule, Diana fires her. Now babysitting for P.J., Heather plots to adopt Jeremy, send him off to boarding school, and use his estate money to pay off Cal Jamison. With help from Susan, Jeff writes to Canadian officials in an attempt to find Cal, but Heather plans to intercept the letter. Gary and Gina are fighting over his book. Bobbie gets Roy to steal Laura’s engagement ring from Scotty, so she can wear it in front of Laura before it is returned. Learning that Alan is making it look as though Rick is incompetent, Monica tells him to stop. Alan throws her out of the apartment.

Laura is shocked when she goes to Scotty's apartment and discovers a scantilyclad Bobbie wearing Laura's engagement ring around her neck. Unaware that Bobbie drugged him, Scotty cannot understand what is going on. Rick is taken off the Hardwick cardiac project. Edward is furious when he realizes Tracy is willing to sell all her Quartermaine stock to finance Mitch's campaign. Gina's decision to stay in Port Charles and work while Gary goes to New York for a meeting with publishers further strains their marriage. Just as Alan is making up his mind to believe in Monica and to patch up their marriage, Rick and Monica rediscover their love for each other and take to bed.

In need of a spleen-ectomy following a car crash, Laura is taken into surgery. When the operating surgeon is accidentally cut by scalpel, Rick, who had been observing, takes over and saves her life. Alan begs Monica to take him back. Watching Rick comforting Lesley in the hospital corridor, Monica senses her hopes of getting back with Rick are impossible. Heather's mother realizes the only reason she wants to adopt Jeremy is to use his inheritance to pay off Cal Jameson. At a pawn shop, Susan learns Heather pawned her mother's wedding ring for money. Jeff is wondering why no Canadian papers have run his ad in search of Steven Lars.


Edge of Night

Studying the tape, Mike spots something unusual and thinks he may be able to get Winter off the hook for murder. April is surprised when she walks into Margo’s and discovers Elliot and Sara snuggling. Sara asks Elliot if she can have some of the jewelry he took in the burglary he staged of Margo’s apartment. Draper tells Mike he thinks Winter is guilty.

When it is realized that the coat Winter is wearing in the damning video tape is not the one witnesses have established her as wearing the night Wade was murdered, Drape convinces the jury that the tape was faked. Tank, now the leading suspect in Wade’s murder, plans to kidnap the exonerated Winter. Mike is suffering from headaches and blurred vision. Without telling Draper, Margo plans to buy a house for him and April. Police think maid Sara may have robbed Margo’s apartment.

Tank, in a rooftop shootout with the police, falls to his death when Winter pries his fingers loose from the ledge of the building. Logan and Raven are about to get married. Nicole discovers that Winter sent the phony tape to the D.A. making it look as if she were being framed. Everyone by now is realizing that Winter did murder Wade. Draper is not pleased that April wants a house, and would be less pleased if he knew Margo would be providing the down payment.

April and Draper are talking about buying a home. Elliot is upset to learn that Margo gives him only $3.000 extra for restaurant but shells out $35.000 for down payment on April's dream house. Draper is suspicious over low cost of the house unaware that Margo is helping with the financing. When Nicole lets drop a remark about the tape of Wade's murder that freed Winter, Winter realizes she may be on to something and decides to get rid of her. Raven weds Logan Swift.

Winter slips Nicole sleeping pills trying to make it look as if she accidentally took an overdose, but the plot fails because the pills were merely placebos. Still wanting to get rid of Nicole, Winter starts writing threatening letters in an attempt to frighten her. Deborah is involved with juvenile delinquent Joey Dangler and his bartender brother. When Steve proposes to Deborah in front of April and Draper, she turns him down.