General Hospital, April 1979

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General Hospital, April 1979
(by Jon-Michael Reed)

Susan tipped off Jeff about Heather’s birth control pills and Gina was forced to admit they were prescribed because Heather can’t run the risk of bearing another child.  The probation judge dropped charges against Laura after Rick forced a bar witness to admit he lied.  Bobbie snuggled up to Roy in gratitude.  Steve blew up at Audrey for telling Jeff about his paternity and Audrey went to Utah with Tommy.  Gina was shocked to learn that Gary’s book is about how to lose weight through an active sexual life.  Heather was stymied in her scare tactics for Diana when Peter changed their phone number to an unlisted number.  Spence Andrews, one of Lesley’s group therapy members, ingratiated himself in her life by bringing his son to her for treatment. Rick went into an emotional tailspin after learning of Jeff’s parentage.  Edward had an attack after refusing to loan Tracy money to finance Mitch’s campaign.  Susan encouraged Larry Joe suggesting he and Heather are ideal for each other.  Jessie caught Bobbie admitting she’d do anything to get what she wanted.  Heather resumed harassing Diana anonymously, but Susan noted that Heather’s on the phone a lot lately.  Rick admitted he’s opposed to Laura and Scotty’s marriage.  Gina found Tracy in Gary’s arms, but they were celebrating his book’s upcoming publication.  Monica had guilt nightmares. Steve and Audrey reconciled.  Rick alienated everyone, while Jeff cooled down about his parentage revelation.  Monica admitted spending the night with Rick to Scotty and Laura, but was interrupted before she could tell that nothing happened.  Tracy worked overtime to uncover Rick and Monica’s secret.  Bryan warned Laura she’s pushing Scotty into marriage too soon.  Heather plotted to get rid of P.J.’s baby sitter, Maggie, so that Diana will be defenseless.  Tracy was stymied making a scene about Monica and Rick at Alan’s party for Lee and Gail.  Later, Mitch dropped her in favor of Susan.  Dorrie asked Howard to move in with her.  Monica assured Scotty that nothing happened with Rick.  Rick was haunted by memories of his mother living a lie about Jeff’s parentage.  Rick stormed out of a board meeting after Alan jumped on him for doing lousy reports.  Tracy confided in Gary about Mitch’s rejection.  



(by Nancy Reichardt)

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.

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Roy calls and tells Bobbie that the Bartender says he thinks the Judge believes his story about Laura. 
Scotty calls Gail as he waits for Laura’s meeting with Judge Stalman to finish. 
Laura tries to explain her actions to Judge Stalman. 
Judge Stalman is concerned about Laura still not trusting her Parents. 
Laura flips out saying she “knows” they don’t believe her and that they should just go ahead and send her to Reform School. 
Bobbie goes to the Bar and celebrates with Roy. 
Roy tells Bobbie he knows it was her, not Luke, that he was doing all this for. 
Bobbie says she and Roy are going to be very good friends. 
Judge Stalman tells Mitch that if he decides Laura is lying he will have no choice but to send her to a State Institution for a “full term based on the original charges”. 
Stalman tells Mitch that he was going to drop those charges against Laura “today” and she would have been a totally free woman, but now that can’t happen. 
Tracy tells Monica she is “deadly” serious about marrying Mitch Williams. 
Scotty tries to comfort Laura as they await the Judge’s decision. 
Rick suddenly gets an idea to show Laura that “honesty does pay off” and takes off. 
Roy and Bobbie come to see Luke and tell him about their “good news”. 
Luke doesn't seem too happy about their “good news” (Bobbie brings up Luke feeling sorry for Laura). 
Peter and Diana discuss the strange phone calls Diana keeps getting (It’s really Heather). 
Scotty tells Laura they have to never keep secrets from each other. 
Laura tells Scotty that she knows it was Monica that Rick spent the night with after the quarantine. 
Rick tries to convince Mr Proctor to tell the truth about Laura in the Bar.
Laura and Lesley go in to hear the Judge’s decision (Rick still isn’t back yet). 
Peter and Diana have their phone number changed. 
Heather thinks that the news that Steve is Jeff’s father is good news (Jeff disagrees). 
Laura and family wait to hear the Judge’s decision (Rick has brought Proctor in to see the Judge). 
The Judge now knows that Laura has been telling the truth (Thanks to Mr Proctor). 
The Judge was going to send Laura to a state institution, but after seeing Mr Proctor he has now decided to extend her probation for an additional period of 6 months... but suspends her curfew and reduces her required psychiatric sessions to twice a week... Mr Higgens will continue to report to him during that time. 
Laura tells Scotty “You have to find a way to marry me and get me out of that jail I’m living in! I’m never really gonna be free until you do. Please, Scotty, please find a way”. 
Jeff tells Heather he can’t tell Rick the truth about Steve... it would destroy him. 
Cal Jamison calls Heather and offers to give her his info on Stevn Lars for $5,000 (H says no way). 
Heather says she’ll send him half the money now and the the rest after she gets the info. 
Jamison says he’ll think about it.

Alice thinks Heather is foolish for not telling Jeff that she can’t have any more babies
Susan tells Jeff she saw some Birth Control pills that Gina prescribed to Heather
Jeff is upset by the news & leaves
Jeff goes & sees Gina & asks about the pills
Gina tells Jeff that it would be extremely dangerous for Heather to ever concieve again
Dr Hardy is released from the hospital
Audrey is in Salt Lake City with Lucille
Scotty asks Gail what time Monica left the night the Quarantine was lifted
Gail doesn’t answer
Scotty is uncomfortable around Monica
Monica asks Gail about Scotty
Gail tells Monica what Scotty asked her
Dan & Jessie return from Canada a day early
Dan continues to ask Jessie to marry him
Bobbie calls Luke “Joe College”
Laura & Scotty talk about their Wedding & the talk they’re gonna have with Rick & Les tonight
Laura has her last session with Dr Kincade (Will start with Dr Taylor again)
Dr Kincade talks about the pitfalls of Laura wanting everything to be perfect (Including her marriage to Scotty)
Kincade says he doesn’t think she is ready for marriage
Laura says she’ll prove him wrong
Kincade says “You already proved me right by how you are reacting to my opinion”
Laura leaves
Lesley is worried that if she agrees with Rick (About the marriage) she will destroy all the
.......closeness she’s gained with Laura
Luke runs into Scotty & Laura at GH (Seems to be 2nd time Luke talks to Laura)
Luke says it’s nice to see Laura smile
Steve finally runs into Jeff, but Jeff doesn’t really want to talk
Laura, Scotty, & Lesley wait for Rick to come home
Bobbie brings Luke home (Bobbie doesn’t know Jessie is home sleeping)
Jessie overhears Bobbie say that she’ll go on lying, saying that she’s pregnant, to get Scotty
.......to marry her (She’s intent on marrying someone with Scotty’s social standing)
Jessie is shocked
Rick finds Jeff drinking at The Floating Rib
Luke leaves Jessie’s place
Bobbie tries to explain
Jessie says “No more lies!”
Rick wants to know what’s wrong with Jeff
Jessie is furious with Bobbie for lying
Jessie wonders how she can believe anything Bobbie ever says
Tracy keeps taunting Monica about how she acts around Rick
Jeff finally blurts out to Rick that Steve Hardy is his real Father
Rick doesn’t take the news too well (Tells Jeff that he’s a liar & walks out)
Laura calls the Hospital looking for Rick
All Laura can think about is how whatever the emergency (with Rick) is will affect her & Scotty
Rick goes to see Steve
Steve tells Rick that what Jeff said was the truth
Rick says that his whole life (& believing in a perfect love) has been a lie
Jessie is upset about how she treated Bobbie
[A day... Maybe more.... Passes,,, I guess]
Jessie & Bobbie seem to have made up
Jessie hopes Roy will make Bobbie forget Scotty
Luke & Roy visit Bobbie at the Hospital
Jessie meets Roy
Jessie invites Roy over to dinner
Bobbie is angry at Luke for bringing Roy to GH (& they JUST missed Laura & Scotty)
.......(Bobbie is worried that Laura will recognize Roy as the guy from the bar)
Laura has a session with Peter (Taylor)
Laura is disappointed that Rick told her that she isn’t emotionally ready for marriage
Peter says that Laura needs to act like a mature person & then people will treat her like she
.......is one (Laura seems to like that idea)
Bobbie meets Luke & Roy at Pop Snyders
Laura & Scotty come into Pop Snyders
Laura & Scotty sit in the Park (Scotty studies)
[Scotty’s finals are in “6 weeks”]
Scotty mentions getting married in June
Laura wanted it sooner & thinks Scotty has changed his mind
Scotty says the rough part will be getting permission from the Court
.......(Or they will have to wait till September)
Laura is sure Rick & Monica are having an affair
Laura had ran out of Pop Snyder’s when she saw Bobbie (the other day)
Scotty says that Bobbie has a new guy (but he didn’t see his face)
Laura thinks Bobbie is still in love with Scotty
Bobbie meets Luke at Pop Snyder’s & tells him never to bring Roy to the Hospital again
Bobbie keeps bringing up the “bunch of creeps” that Luke works for
Luke says not to play games with Roy
Bobbie says that Roy has the wrong idea.... She’s worked too hard to “end up with a Roy
.......DiLucca in some four room flat with eleven kids!! I have a much better kind of life in
.......mind! Respectable!!!” (Scotty can do that for her)
[Scotty is gonna graduate in June]
Bobbie still plans on getting Laura sent away
Rick is in a bad mood & he won’t tell Lesley why
Lots of Tracy & Monica arguing
Laura is happy that other students are treating her well
Bryan tells Laura that there is alot of pressure on Scotty (Due to the School & the Wedding) &
.......that she shouldn’t pressure him so much
Luke comes into the Student Union as Bryan leaves & sits with Laura
[Kind of FIRST REAL L&L SCENE.....]

Luke says “Laura?”... Lra - “Oh, uh, I'm sorry I didn't see you”... Lk - “Tell me about it!
.......I feel like I interupted a very heavy thought”... Lra - “Oh, No!! Not really.
.......How are you?”... Lk - “Fine. Mind if I join you?”
.......(Luke sits with her as the scene fades out)
Luke says “Ah, Laura look, it's pretty obvious that we'll be running into each other here at the
.......Union & on campus, so I'd like to clear the air right up front, ok”... Lra - “Ok”...
.......Lk - “It's about my Sister. Now, to say that you & Bobbie are not on the best of terms is
.......like the understatement of the Century, but I...”... Lra - “Luke, however I feel about
.......Bobbie has nothing to do with you”... Lk - “You mean it?”... Lra - “Of course”...
.......Lk - “Well that's great! How's your Mom?”... Lra (Puzzled look on her face)- “She's
.......fine. Fine”... Lk - “She treated me a couple times when I... uh.. wasn't feeling very
.......well”... Lra - “Oh. She's a good doctor”... Lk - “Yes she is. She's more than that too.
.......You know, she's relaxed, easy, gracious. Infact, maybe you take it for granted because
.......you're her daughter, you know, but to me people who have her qualities are like, I don't
.......know, they've always, well they've been like the poems in this book”... Lra - “I don't
.......understand”... Lk - “Well, it's like they're suspended somewhere in time, you know.
.......Untouchable. When I was a kid, I always looked up to people that had a lifestyle like that
.......& I was always told that I would never have one”... Lra - “Well, you've already proven
.......to whomever told you that, that they are wrong!”... Lk - “Well I'm working on it. But
.......you know trying to get something that's unattainable can really lead a person to do very
.......strange things. (This seems to bother Laura) Uh, did I say something wrong?”...
.......Lra - “Uh, no. I'm not sure I know what you mean”... Lk - “I was talking about Bobbie.
.......Now look, I would never try to make any excuses for the things that she's put Scotty
.......through, but Laura I really believe that she did not mean to hurt you or Scotty. You
.......know, she just wanted something that was out of her league & she got desperate”...
.......Lra - “It's all in the past Uh look, I don't have much time before my next class & I
.......really should be looking over my lecture notes now”... Lk - “Sure. You mind if I stay
.......here & study with you?”... Lra - “No. Not at all.”
.......(Luke kind of watches Laura as she studies)
People are being invited to Lee & Gail’s Engagement Party (Being given by the Q’s)
Scotty tells Monica how Laura thinks that she slept with Rick
Scotty wants Lee to change Rick & Lesleys’ minds about letting them get married
Bobbie overhears & is happy the Webbers are against it
Lee still thinks they should wait till Scotty graduates
Tracy pumps Audrey for info about the night the Quarantine ended
[The Engagement party is at “the end of the week”]
Rick continues to be tormented by Jeff’s news
Laura wonders what’s wrong with Rick
Laura tells Monica she blames her for Rick’s attitude about marriage
Laura wants to know if Monica spent the night with Rick at the Quarantine’s end
Monica says “yes”, but before she can explain what she means, Laura walks away
Heather continues trying to drive Diana crazy [All throughout the tape]
[Roy’s brother in law owns a restaurant in town]
Laura tells Lesley how Lee & Gail’s Wedding plans upset her
Lesley says Laura shouldn’t get upset from other people’s happiness
Laura doesn’t understand how Lesley can go to that party thrown by Monica
Cal Jamison has called Heather again (Wants $5,000 in 2 weeks)
Monica thinks she’s the cause of Rick’s problems
[Lee & Gai’s party is “tomorrow night”]
Steve & Jeff discuss things
Luke comes across Laura in the Park (Says Scotty is a lucky guy)
Luke leaves & Scotty joins Laura
Scotty tells Laura he thinks Lee is understanding their situation about marriage better
Laura agrees to go to the Party with Scotty
Laura again talks about being sure that Rick & Monica are having an affair
Monica tells Rick that Alan is getting suspicious & that he has to come to the party
Rick agrees to go to the Party
Lesley gets upset that Monica was able to convince Rick to go to the party (When she couldn’t)
Heather has decided she wants to adopt Jeremy
The Quartermaine Party for Lee & Gail begins
Laura has a hard time (She gets “angry” when she looks at Monica)
Tracy overhears Laura say to Scotty that they were “denied permission to get married because
.......Dad & Monica spent the night together after the Quarantine lifted”
Tracy then hears Scotty say that Gail insists that nothing happened
Coleen sings for the Party
Coleen sings “The Way We Were” (Which is Rick & Monica’s song... & Lesley knows it!)
Bobbie complains to Luke that she should be at that party with Scotty & asks why Luke can’t
.......come up with a full proof plan that will get Laura put away for good
Luke says “No more plans for me, baby!”... Bobb - “Why not?”... Lk - “Because I’m not very
.......happy about what I’ve done already!”
Roy arrives at Bobbie’s & Luke leaves
Bobbie is upset that Roy & Luke won’t talk about their work (Roy says that’s how it is!)
Bobbie says she wants the kind of life that will get her invited to party’s like the Q’s
Heather tells Jeff she wants to adopt Jeremy
Jeff says he was thinking the same thing
Tracy taunts Alan & Monica & the Webbers about what she’s learnt about the Quarantine & what happened after it
Monica is worried about what Tracy knows & doesn’t like that Laura can’t look her in the eye
Laura & Scotty leave the party & discuss things in the car
Laura says that she can’t stand the hypocracy that was rampant in the room
Scotty says “I admire them for being able to do it”... Lra - “Well, I couldn’t do it. Not for
.......anybody”... Scty - “You’ll never have to”... Lra - “How can you be so sure?”...
.......Scty - “Because that is never gonna happen to us”
Laura brings up that all married couples start off in love & worries that after a while, things happen.
Laura also says that she would die if Scotty was still attracted to Bobbie after they got married
Scotty says that he could never look at her again after all the things she’s done
Laura says that they haven’t made love in over a year & she wonders if she’ll be as satisfying
.......to him as Bobbie was
Scotty says “that’s crazy!”
Laura wants Scotty to take her back to his apartment, but Scotty says he’s taking her home
Laura keeps on bringing up Bobbie... Scotty wants to know why
Scotty says he wants it to be right this time. He feels guilty for leading her into the wrong kind
.......of relationship when she was too young
Laura wants to know that Scotty wants her as much as she wants him
Scotty says he does & says that they have a whole different relationship than he & Bobbie did &
.......that she’ll find that out when they get married
Laura says she feels that day is getting farther & farther away
Bobbie comes home & wants Jessie to tell her all about the Quartermaine party
Bobbie says that her date with Roy was mondane & boring (Roy is standing right there & is not
.......too pleased to hear her say that)
Rick & Monica discuss the party (Rick says it was the most uncomfortable evening EVER)
Rick doesn’t think much of the institution of marriage (ie... His own marriage & his Parent’s)
Dan tells Bobbie Do you realize how much you hurt Roy last night by putting down her date with
.......him as being so mondane (Bobbie says that she didn’t mean to hurt Roy)
Scotty tells Bryan how he’s gotta find a way to get them married before September... He doesn’t
.......think Laura can last that long (Larry Joe is evesdropping on this conversation for
.......Bobbie --- This is in Pop Snyders --- He hears Scotty say how Laura is jealous of
.......the relationship he had with Bobbie)
Larry Joe tells Bobbie what he heard... Bobbie LOVES hearing that Laura is jealous of her
Gail tells Monica that they’ve decided to have their wedding in May (At the new Q House)
Monica tells Gail that her attraction for Rick could destroy everything she has
Bobbie apologizes to Roy on the phone (Says she DID have a great time with him on their date)
Monica asks Scotty if Laura is really as mad at her as it seemed at the party (Scotty says Yes)
Scotty tells her how Laura blames her & Rick’s affair that night for why they’re not able to get married
Monica tells Scotty that nothing happened that night she & Rick spent together
Monica finally convinces Scotty that nothing happened that night
Monica wants Scotty to persuade Laura not to talk about this to anyone
Monica says that she thinks she has a chance to make it work with Alan, but if he ever found out
.......it would destroy everything (That’s why she wants Laura to keep quiet)
Heather is doing something to the window in PJ’s room, so that it looks like Maggie disobeyed
.......Diana’s orders (Part of Heather’s plan to make Diana think she’s going crazy & make her
.......think she’s not able to raise a child..BUT Heather still needs to do something about Peter)
Laura & Rick discuss him & Monica
Laura tells Rick that she knows he & Monica spent the night together & that’s what’s behind his depression
Rick says that’s she’s wrong... But he can’t discuss what’s really behind his depression
Laura just can’t understand why he won’t tell her
Laura says that what it all boils down to is that he still thinks of her as a child & she resents
.......that (She walks out)
Lesley goes to see Dr Hardy about Rick (She’s worried about him & that he’s letting some
.......personal problems affect his work & she wants Steve to talk to him)
Steve says he plans to talk to Rick today
Lesley says that she thinks she’s the cause of Rick’s problems... Steve says he doesn’t think so...
.......Lesley says, yes she is
Rick comes to Steve’s office (Rick doesn’t look too happy)
Rick says he doesn’t want to talk to Steve... Says he made his Father look like a fool
Steve tries to explain what happened between him & Helene (Rick’s Mother)
.......It was when she was about to divorce Rick’s father... They weren’t looking for it to
.......happen. The love just happened... It was genuine
Rick isn’t too happy about Steve telling him what he should do (ie telling him he should tell his
.......loved ones what the matter is) & he walks out
The Hospital Board meets to discuss the proposed Cardiac Wing (Seem to be business men too)
They bring up all the problems that Rick has let happen
Rick walks out of the meeting because he feels that Alan is attacking him personally
Steve tells Lesley what happened at the meeting
Diana comes in & finds PJ’s window open (She’s not to happy about that)
Heather calls Diana again & doesn’t say anything (Diana - “Who is this? Please stop calling!”)
Rick looks around the house, remembering sounds of when he & Jeff were young, thinking it was a
.......happy family (He then remembers celebrating his parents' anniversary in the living room)
Lesley comes home & tells Rick she heard what happened at the meeting & she was worried about him
Rick says why can't the present be as happy as memories of the past?

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April 1978 (In Depth Transcripts)

 Review:

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APRIL 1978

The Young and The Restless

Written by: William J. Bell

Produced by: John Conboy

Greg Foster ran into an old school friend of Snapper's, who thought she might need Greg's help when she learned he was a lawyer. Linda Larkin was married and had children right out of school, as most girls of her generation were expected to do. As the romance had ended, Linda was dissatisfied and thought she wanted a divorce. Greg suggested that she look for a job to get her out of the house so that she could make friends of her own and find new interests. This was easier said than done because employers weren’t willing to hire "inexperienced housewives." Linda was unsettled by a talk with Snapper when he suggested the problem was hers because she had refused to communicate her feelings to her husband. She felt he should know there was a problem, what was causing it, and do something to change it. Linda thought that because their sex life was no longer what it was, Larry was probably having an affair. Snapper said her emotional conflict could have something to do with this. She had to communicate before her problems got worse.

Snapper had found living in the empty apartment lonely while Chris was away trying to find herself and a purpose to her life, since Karen Becker had gone back to her parents. Dr. Casey Reed didn’t care for the inconvenience of sharing a bath with Snapper in the residents' quarters. Snapper related Linda's problem to Casey who thought people should work things out before marrying. Her method was complete uninvolvement for the time being. Casey was surprised that Snapper wasn't out chasing women while Chris was gone.

Casey managed to pull Kay Chancellor through cardiac arrest, but was disgusted that someone who had "everything" could decide to throw it all away. Before Mrs. Chancellor left the hospital, Casey gave her a lecture on "giving up," putting a plan in Kay's head.

After Mrs. Chancellor consented to a divorce, Derek and Jill made some plans for the future. Derek wanted to adopt Philip after their marriage. He knew how much Jill would like a home of their own and was sure the plans for the new salon would continue because Mrs. Chancellor had really changed since her brush with death. He asked Liz to move in with them because both he and Jill would have to work for a while and she could care for Philip.

Kay told her lawyer that she had changed her mind and intended to fight the divorce. She phoned Jill and asked to see her about something very important. She relayed her decision to fight the divorce and explained why. If it were only for Derek, she would consent, but by giving him the divorce she would be helping Jill also and couldn’t bring herself to do this. Her hatred for Jill had not changed. She hated her for taking Phillip from her and having his baby. She said if Jill really loved Derek she would have to prove her love by waiting, and it could be years. Kay was very cool as she explained all this. Jill's hand found a letter opener on the desk. In her anger she held the opener as a dagger with the intention of stabbing Mrs. Chancellor. Kay turned and dared Jill to kill her, saying she hadn't the nerve. Jill missed and the opener bent. She cursed God for stopping her, and then took charge of herself, saying she wouldn’t let Mrs. Chancellor push her into doing something that couldn’t possibly set her free.

Derek and Liz find Jill in a trance-like state and draw out the reason for her meeting with Mrs. Chancellor. Derek was sure that she couldn’t hold up the divorce, but Jill became hysterical, saying Kay's money could buy her anything. Jill said she had to end it all and rushed for the door. Liz and Derek could only contain her after Liz slapped her in the face. Jill calmly said the only way out was for Mrs. Chancellor to die. Derek said she might be able to keep them from getting married, but there was no way she could keep them apart; they loved each other and could live together to give Phillip a father. Their plans fell apart when Greg told them that this would make Kay the injured party and she could keep Derek from ever getting a divorce. Brock heard of his mother's intentions and told her Derek and Jill would survive this because they were young and in love, but her hatred could only wither her on the inside. Brock walked out when she refused to reconsider. Liz found that she could no longer stand by a woman so filled with hatred that she could almost drive her daughter to murder.

Leslie Brooks was fighting her feelings for Lance Prentiss by convincing herself that she was interested in the other men in her life. She had dinner with her ex-husband, Brad Eliot and later agreed to wear the ring Brock Reynolds gave her after her divorce. She told Brock that she wanted to love him.

Vanessa said she could see that Lance's interest in Leslie was more than in her artistic ability and suggested to Lorie that she and Lance should consider starting a family. Lorie wasn’t sure she was ready for a baby yet.

Dorsett arrived in town and wanted to discuss promoting Lorie and her book. She went to the meeting with the idea of turning down his offer, but agreed to think over his proposition. Dorsett wanted to promote Lorie herself, but they needed to jump on the bandwagon of popularity her book was causing. Leaving for the meeting, Lorie told Lance she would tell him if anything came of this unexplained appointment, and when she returned, he assumed she visited the doctor and found she was not pregnant. He suggested they keep trying. Lorie wasn't willing to give up her pills, because the time wasn't right.

Leslie thought she should see what Laurie's book was about and read the sections dealing with her admittance and stay in the mental hospital. Reliving the humiliation of that time caused Leslie such distress that Stuart refused to let her continue.

Lucas visited Leslie again and remarked on the time she spent alone and with her music. He suggested that she needed to get out occasionally. He was surprised when she agreed to have dinner with him. Learning of his date, Lorie said he should wear a suit because this was the kind of dress Leslie was used to. Lance guessed that his date was with Leslie when Lucas borrowed a shirt and tie. Lance's distress continued all evening and was evident to both Lorie and Vanessa. Leslie dressed in jeans to accommodate Lucas and he asked her not to change. They had dinner in a small seafood restaurant where Lucas explained his theory that Leslie was really all woman but tried to hide it. Stuart wondered why she would go out with someone who was so unlike any man she had ever dated before.

Lorie urged Lance to call Leslie to see that she got home safely. He continued to keep an eye on the boathouse, watching for Lucas to return. Lucas checked in upon his arrival, causing Lance and Lorie to collapse in laughter.

Derek and Jill tried to lease the Golden Comb again, only to find that Mrs. Chancellor had taken a two year lease on the building. Derek started the search for a new beauty salon. Kay asked Liz to see her about something that was vital to them all. She knew that there was a shortage of money for them at the moment and offered Liz her job back at $300 a week. Jill decided that the way to get back at Mrs. Chancellor was to ask more, because Kay was lonely enough to pay for it. Kay agreed to the $400 a week that Liz asked.

Linda Larkin told her husband Larry that she was at the end of her rope. He didn't agree that their lives were sterile and couldn’t see that she needed a job, not for the money, but to find herself, Larry agreed not to stand in her way.

Lorie was about to tell Lance of Roger Dorsett's offer when she saw that he was disturbed. Lance had just told his mother that he and Lorie had plans to start a family and then discovered that Lorie was still on the pill. He felt better when she brought this up herself and admitted that she had held off because she thought he agreed only to please her. Lance said he wanted a family, but wanted her to be ready on her own first.

All My Children

Written by: Agnes Nixon

Produced by: Bud Kloss

Shortly after she heard from Paul Martin that her daughter Anne's doctor had told him that he had done everything in his power but that Anne had not improved in her mental or emotional state and probably never would, Phoebe Tyler learned that Donna was scheduled for surgery to reverse her sterilization. Estelle walked into Donna's hospital room just after Phoebe had gotten Donna hysterical by telling her that Anne's condition was a result of the loss of her severely retarded child and implying that Donna's life as a young prostitute before her marriage to Phoebe's grandson Chuck Tyler might have an adverse effect on the health of a child she could conceive. Estelle managed to calm Donna down and the operation was pronounced successful by Donna's doctor. Estelle visited Phoebe at the Tyler mansion to warn her to stay away from Donna or Stelle would tell Phoebe's estranged husband Dr. Charles Tyler that she could prove that Phoebe's paralysis was phony.  Estelle saw Phoebe walking out of the Harbor Lights Bar when Phoebe met with Billy Clyde. 

Following a deposition by Ruth and Joe Martin's testimony in the assault, robbery and rape trial, Ray Gardner was found guilty on all three counts and was sentenced to 25 years in prison with no provision for earlier parole.

Phil Brent learned that little Philip had been using the name Charlie - after Chuck - at school and that Tara and Chuck had known and kept it from him. He told Tara that whenever there was a problem in the house, she went to Chuck. Phil remarked that Tara and Chuck had been real chummy lately - holding back that he had seen Chuck with his arms around Tara -, and that he felt like an outsider in his own home. He went to the hospital and quarrelled with Chuck, ordering him to stay out of his and Tara's lives. Phil then told Sgt. Jacoby that he was little Philip's real father. He got drunk and stayed overnight at Jacoby's, but the following night he asked to stay with Claudette at the apartment she had sublet from Nick. Ruth learned about it and begged him to go home but when he went to see Tara, she was not in.

Joe Martin was concerned about his part in going along with Tara's decision to keep little Philip's name change from Phil. After Phil's confrontation with Chuck, Joe told Chuck that he had to face the fact that Phil and Tara were in charge of little Philip and was taken aback when Chuck protested vehemently that after her treatment by Phil, Tara had "every right to turn to someone else."

Erica Kane visited Donna at the hospital, telling her that Tara seemed to be deeply troubled in her marriage. Donna speculated that Phil might have heard about the name change. Erica remarked that she understood Phil's frustration about not even being able to give the boy his "first" name. Joe walked in just after Erica had said she was amazed at Chuck's keeping secrets from Donna. As Erica left, she suggested that Joe might be a more appropriate person to tell Donna the secret about his grandson. Joe attributed the remark to Erica's vivid imagination and when Donna questioned Chuck, he told her that Erica was only referring to Phil's having wanted to adopt little Philip legally, after he married Tara.

Phil finally went home, to find Chuck there once again, but he calmed down eventually after Tara assured him that there was nothing between herself and Chuck but friendship. He said she might have to put that aside and Tara offered to arrange that she and Chuck not see each other. Phil accepted that as the most sensible solution and apologized to little Philip for his overreaction, telling him that if that was what it took to make the boy happy, he would call him Charlie.

As Jeff Martin was seeing Edna Thornton in his office, David stormed in and ordered Edna to leave, insisting that he would take care of his wife's illness personally. Edna left despite Jeff's protests that she had a right to consult whomever she chose. Later, Jeff gave Dr. Christina Karras a diamond, which she accepted but did not wear out of consideration for David's feelings. Nancy Blair saw Chris' ring and urged her to wear it.

David Thornton got a call from Gladys, Edna's boss at the Beauty Spot where Edna had returned to work, telling him that Edna had collapsed. She was appalled when David refused to take Edna to the hospital, ordering her home instead. Chris was with David when the call came and remembered that David had denied her contention that it was too late for them, insisting that, on the contrary, it was "too late for Edna." She wondered aloud to Nancy if it was possible that David would withhold treatment. Nancy was not willing to accept that David would be capable of what would amount to murder and changed the subject, telling Chris that she believed that Frank Grant was sincere in his wishing her well, apparently accepting the story that the baby Nancy was carrying was the son of the late Carl Blair. When Caroline saw Frank and Nancy together, she blurted out that she didn't want Frank seeing Nancy, and didn’t want her living in Pine Valley.  Caroline knew that the child was Frank's but couldn’t bring herself to tell him, especially since Frank and she had decided to start their own family. 

Linc Tyler had flown to Minneapolis after hearing from Myrtle Lum Fargate who insisted that she had seen his late wife Kitty "in the flesh," at a piano-bar under the name Kelly. Linc attributed Myrtle's obsession that she had seen and heard Kitty to Myrtle's emotional state after the loss of her husband Nigel from a heart attack. Myrtle insisted Linc see a publicity photo which would convince him but learned when she and Linc arrived at the place that Kelly's agent had picked up the photo to send on to Chicago, the site of her next engagement. Myrtle was determined to fly to Chicago.

After seeing Frank and Nancy talking together, Caroline blurted out that she didn't want Frank seeing Nancy and didn't want her living in Pine Valley. When Donna mentioned that Frank was worried that something was bothering Caroline which she wasn't sharing with him, Caroline told her that she knew the baby Nancy was carrying was Frank's.

David learned from Frank Grant that Chris was wearing Jeff's ring and confronted Chris, shaking her and telling her she didn't realize what he had been doing for her but it would "all be over soon." He apologized just as Chris took another call from Gladys, who was at the cabin, saying that Edna had had another attack. David got rid of Gladys, dismissing her contention that Edna was worse and should at least be undergoing further tests. As Edna went to lie down, he told himself he was determined to "get it over with" that night. - David was prepared to administer a lethal shot to Edna the day before, but Dottie's presence caused him to reconsider and he emptied the hypodermic and replaced the solution with plain water. –

Linc Tyler had returned from a trip to Minneapolis convinced that Myrtle Fargate's insistence that she had seen his late wife Kitty singing in a night club, under the name of Kelly Cole, was a manifestation of her unstable emotional state after the loss of Kitty and the death of her husband Nigel Fargate a short time previously. He was shaken when Myrtle phoned from Chicago, where she had gone on to trace the girl and he heard Kitty's singing voice quite unmistakably as Kelly was doing her act. Myrtle told him she was determined to bring the girl back to Pine Valley.

General Hospital

Written by: Douglas Marland

Produced by: Gloria Monty

Dr. Lesley Webber learned about Monica's involvement with Dr. Gail Adamson's late husband from Gail, and she and Rick disagreed about Gail's refusal to listen to Monica's side. She was angered that Rick had invited Monica to a dinner they were hosting for purchasing agents of Hauser Chemical and just then her daughter Laura came in three hours late. Lesley and Rick demanded to know where she was, and to cover up the affair she had been having with David Hamilton, she gave them money out of the advance David had given her for posing for him, saying she had been working for a teacher after school in secret so that she could pay back some money she took from Lesley's household funds when she ran off to Buffalo.

Monica Webber learned at the meeting that large pieces of critically situated land were unavailable for purchase, having been acquired by phone transactions by a man calling himself William Slattery, representing a "Port Charles Development Company." After she accepted an engagement ring from Alan Quartermaine, he left town to go to New York and she tried to get in touch with him, believing that David Hamilton might very well be Slattery.

Laura was suspicious of David when she cleared up some dishes in his apartment and found a lipstick stained wineglass - Monica's - and did not accept his story that he spent the previous evening with Cates and took the phone off the hook so they wouldn't be disturbed. Mr. Cates covered for David but Laura waited in a hallway and saw David leave for dinner again that evening with Monica.

Dan Rooney reported that he was on to some good leads in the stock manipulation of Corbin Limited but was told by Lamont to hold off on the investigation. Corbin insisted that if they exposed the man responsible, they would lose out on their trump card, the money he had deposited in Dr. Mark Dante's account, to make it seem that Mark was involved. Corbin made it clear to Rooney that it was more important to him to ruin Mark than to avoid jeopardizing his business empire.

Dr. Steve Hardy met with Mark and learned about his involvement with Katie and the divorce she was seeking from Corbin. He endeavored to explain Mark's position with regard to turning over Corbin's outpatient treatment to another doctor, but the board insisted that he try to talk Mark into continuing in accordance with Corbin's expressed wishes and he began to get some idea of Corbin's manipulations when he learned that the board had made Corbin an honorary member.

After talking things over with his brother Howard, Dr. Gary Lansing met with Lamont Corbin and turned down the grant he had just been awarded from Corbin Ltd. However, when Gary saw Steve Hardy to accept his offer of a permanent position on the staff of General Hospital, which he had previously stalled on, Steve had to tell him that while he was away at a medical convention in Chicago, his administrative replacement had filled the post.

Against Mark’s strong objections, Katie met with Lamont to discuss disposition of some property and Lamont told her that he had information that Dante killed a man in Boston in a fit of rage. Katie was unmoved, saying she knew of the incident; that the man tried to rob Mark's father's store and his father was killed. Mark was a young Golden Gloves champion and the beating was considered assault with a deadly weapon. Corbin went on to tell Katie that Mark had an affair while his wife, the daughter of the judge who took an interest in Mark, was institutionalized. Finally, he told Katie that Dorrie Fleming was seeing Mark at the same time Katie was, before Lamont's surgery, and that Rooney had been following Mark and had records to substantiate a number of meetings. - There was only one episode, the night preceeding Corbin's surgery. Corbin ordered Rooney to add to his notes to strengthen his case against Mark. - Katie burst into Mark's office afterwards, to find him talking with Dorrie, but she went on to tell him all that Corbin said. Mark talked over with her his situation with his late wife Mary Ellen, and the truth about Dorrie and himself. Katie told him this was an example of what Corbin was prepared to do and emphasized that Howard Lansing had to know, so he could deal with Corbin as her lawyer.

After Baby P.J.’s crisis and recovery from pneumonia, Diana Taylor took a leave of absence from the hospital upon the baby's dismissal, determined to care for him herself until her mother could move in with the Taylors. Peter finally told Diana that her excessive concern was turning their home into an intensive care unit and begged her to move out of the nursery where she had been keeping constant vigil and return to their bedroom. Diana replied that P.J. still had congestion in his lungs and that she was not in need of therapy from her psychiatrist husband.

David Hamilton managed to talk his way out of a confrontation with Laura, telling her that Cates cancelled his meeting at the last minute and that he ran into Monica and decided to have a bit to eat with her since she was at loose ends because of Alan's trip to New York. Laura apologized profusely for doubting David and gave him a gift of a statuette which she had charged to Lesley's account, intending to pay for it with the final fee for posing for David. She begged him to take her away with him for awhile and he told her he had been making plans to do just that.

Dr. Steve Hardy asked Lesley to attend a two-day seminar in Syracuse and Rick told Les he welcomed the chance to spend some time alone with Laura as he wanted to tell her he would like to adopt her, legally. When Les ran into David Hamilton she warned him that she had not told Rick about the pass David made, but if he went back on his promise to avoid the entire Webber family, she would.

On his return, Alan downgraded Monica's suspicions of David, even after she had told him she learned from Jessie Brewer that David had been in Alan's office while she, Alan and Rick were in New York for Rick's presentation. He insisted that the group behind the land speculation was a powerful New York syndicate. They learned from one of Hauser's purchasing agents that the man, Slattery, refused to do business in person and was insisting on a price way out of line for certain parcels of land. - Monica made it a point to tell David what was patently not true; that Hauser would pay any price for the land. –

Monica intercepted Gail at the hospital and told her that she was destroying her relationship with Lee Baldwin out of her refusal to face her late husband's guilt in his relationship with Monica. Monica angrily added that she refused to take the entire blame any longer and would not try again to speak to her. That evening, at dinner with Lee, Gail told him that she felt it was unfair to go on seeing him at all after what happened between them some nights before. - Lee was trying to get through to Gail and she turned to him for comfort, only to call him "Greg" when he had his arms around her. - After she left and Scotty and Bobbie said goodnight, Lee, an alcoholic who had been dry for years, downed a Scotch and pushed the shot glass back to the bartender.

On the day final settlement papers were signed, Lamont got rid of Howard and showed Katie the bank deposit slip and a statement from the wife of the man Mark killed, claiming Mark had robbed her husband before the final beating. He threatened to ruin Mark if Katie didn't return. Katie phoned Mark to tell him she was flying to Boston to see her sister.

Jeff insisted Heather see Peter professionally but she was reluctant. Her cousin, Susan, got a hostess job at the Floating Rib Restaurant near the hospital.