1990
Reeling from the news that his son was really dead and that "Rick" was actually Brenda McGillis's Steven, Michael Grande tried to escape the country with the boy, before being apprehended. Brenda, understanding Michael's pain, did not press charges against him for kidnapping Steven, but took her son back with glee. Michael began a plan to win him back.
Michael decided to marry Brenda and thereby make Steven his son again. He wined and dined Brenda but found Dan Wolek to be a constant thorn in his side. Dan still had strong feelings for Brenda, even though she proclaimed she wanted nothing to do with him. In the end, Michael found it necessary to drug Brenda in order to keep her in line. He did so by means of a small medicated patch which he attached to the back of her ear. Brenda immediately became groggy and disoriented and allowed Michael to do anything he wanted. When Brenda married Michael, Andy Harrison and a heartbroken Dan Wolek dated several times, but Dan's eyes remained focused on Brenda.
After Max took a bullet meant for her, Gabrielle made a pact with God: If the Almighty allowed Max to survive, then Gabrielle swore that she would devote her life to the church. Miraculously, Max rallied and recovered, and Gabrielle decided to become a nun! Max discovered Gabrielle's whereabouts and raced to the convent. He caught up to her on the convent lawn where he forced her to declare her love for him. The night air was thick with passion as Max kissed Gabrielle again. This time, she couldn't resist. They sank down to the ground and, by the light of the full moon, made love on the convent lawn.
After making love again, the reunited lovers drifted off to sleep in each other's arms. During the night, Gabrielle woke up screaming because the nightmare of Max, consumed in flames, had returned. Soon, her fears were realized. On the way to pick up a wedding ring, Max crashed his car into a tree. Gabrielle learned that Max's charred corpse had been pulled from the fiery wreckage, but in actuality, Max Holden was alive! It was a hitchhiker Max picked up by who died in the blazing wreckage. Max decided to allow his friends and family to believe he was dead, rather than put them through the agony of living with his deformity.
Father Tony Vallone proved a valuable friend to Gabrielle in her time of grief. These were difficult times for Tony, because he had fallen in love with Gabrielle, but fought his feelings to remain committed to the church.
In time, Gabrielle fell in love again, too -- with a newcomer, Matt Kingston.He reminded her so much of her beloved Max because Matt Kingston really was Max! He had undergone extensive cosmetic surgery and returned to town to woo Gabrielle. Eventually, Max confessed his true identity to Gabrielle, and they married in a beautiful ceremony, presided over by a conflicted Father Tony. Father Tony's feelings for Gabrielle were far were resolved.
Max discovered that years earlier, Asa cheated his father Wingate out of land that was rich with oil and Max swore revenge! Gabrielle found out that Asa slept with Max's mother about the time Max was conceived. She wondered: could Max be Asa's son? To her disappointment, the greedy Mrs. Holden discovered that Max was not Asa's son. Wanting the Buchanan money and power, she bribed an old midwife, Du Ann Demerest, to claim that Asa fathered Max! Hearing the news, Asa was shocked that Max was his flesh and blood. Asa wanted to do right by him, but Max rejected his "father."
Father Tony caught Gabrielle embezzling funds from Outlook House. In order to keep him quiet about her many financial indiscretions, Gabrielle seduced Tony.
Just as Max and Gabrielle were getting together -- Cord and Tina's second marriage was falling apart! Cord had finally had enough of Tina's lies and deceits. The final straw came when Tina became jealous of Cord's platonic friendship with Gabrielle's sweet young ballerina sister, Debra. When Cord demanded a divorce, Tina took their son, C.J., and moved to San Diego. Tina couldn't stay away for long, and returned later that year.
Megan returned with her sister Sarah to Mendorra to help her former love, Prince Raymond, who was having a difficult time dealing with his blindness. Raymond's jealous and power-hungry younger brother, Roland, wanted the crown for himself so he plotted to use Megan and Sarah as pawns in his quest. Roland held Megan and Sarah against their will. Fearing for Sarah and Megan's safety, the good prince, Raymond, had no choice but to acquiesce to his wicked brother's demands.
With Cord by his side, Bo rushed to Mendorra to rescue his lady love. In Mendorra, Bo and Cord teamed up with Ambassador Dorian Lord, her daughter Cassie and Debra Medina (who was appearing with the Mendorran Ballet) to infiltrate the Royal Palace. A despondent Sarah was about to reluctantly marry Prince Raymond, but Sarah couldn't believe her eyes when she realized that the bearded man in full military regalia standing next to her at the altar was Bo -- disguised as Raymond! She joyously spoke her vows and married her "prince." Just after the ceremony, the bride and groom raced out of the castle, and made it to freedom! Raymond (who miraculously regained his eyesight in the nick of time) had no choice but to shoot and kill his wayward brother.
In a close election, Viki Buchanan narrowly defeated Herb Callison and was elected the new Mayor of Llanview. Viki vowed to stamp out drugs in Llanview --- drugs that were being distributed by Michael Grande and Llanview's new crime boss, Carlo Hesser. Soon after the election, Viki and Clint mended their relationship.
Michael also continued his illegal business dealings. He hired two ex-cons by the name of Jake Harrison (he originally went by the name Jake Webb) and Lucky Lippman to do his dirty work. Megan encountered a man who would quickly change her life. His name was Jake Harrison and he was a fugitive from the law! Jake headed to Llanview to confront his boss, Michael, who warned Jake that he turn him in, unless Jake spied on Megan Gordon. Jake had another connection to Llanview - Andy Harrison was his half-sister! Megan discovered Jake's charade, but he talked his way out of the predicament by telling her that he was a writer for a soap opera magazine. Jake said he had been hired to get the scoop on her! Megan fell for Jake's lies -- and Jake fell in love with his prey!
Little Steven fell ill and was rushed to the hospital. Dan and Larry were shocked to discover the little boy had been drugged. Dan, recalling Brenda's odd behavior of late, surmised that Steven may have touched a medicated patch if it had been located on Brenda's body. He rushed to Grandview (Michael's mansion) and found Brenda unconscious in the foyer. Michael, in the meantime, was anxiously awaiting Steven's release from the hospital. He was leaving the country for good and taking Brenda's baby with him.
Michael Grande was killed at Llanview Hospital. Larry and Viki barged in the lounge to find Michael dead of a bullet wound to the chest. Suspects abounded everywhere: Megan, was the prime suspect of course, but there was groggy Brenda who was also in the hospital, after having been brought in by Dan, there was Dan himself, and Jake, and Lucky, and Gabrielle... D.A. Herb Callison launched a major investigation and Jake and Megan became prime suspects. Megan was charged with the crime and stood trial. She was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Gathering together all the suspects, Jake revealed that Roger Gordon, before lapsing into his coma, killed Michael in self-defense. Megan was free at last!
Brenda was finally free with her son, and told Dan goodbye before leaving Llanview for good.
Carlo Hesser's son, Johnny Dee, ordered Llanview's corrupt Police Commissioner Harding to assassinate Viki. During a fund raiser, Harding shot Viki. While recovering from the bullet wound, she suffered a stroke that rendered her speechless and paralyzed.
Cord's life was rather calm until he found himself trapped with some of his friends on Badderley Island. Also on the island were some members of the mob involved in high level negotiations. Reluctantly part of that group was Tina. She had run herself into debt to Johnny Dee, and was acting as her own collateral. She was thrilled to once again see Cord, and they slipped into old habits. But she also worked to find a way to keep Johnny from knowing that Cord, etc. were on the island. To distract him, they made love.
Meanwhile, things were getting ugly between the mosters as they continued conducting business. It was revealed that one of the mobsters was actually Marco Dane in disguise, up to one of his famous plots. When he saw Megan, Marco instantly vowed to protect her should anything go wrong. Later, Megan nearly drowned in the undertow surrounding Badderly, but Marco saved her. Megan and Jake also encountered a formidable foe to their budding romance: Carlo's daughter Charlotte, who took an immediate fancy to Jake and did her best to win him over. With time running out and the mobsters suddenly wondering if their American guests were really who they claimed to be, help came. Bo and Sarah, Megan and Jake, Cord and Tina and others returned to Llanview breathless, while Carlo, Johnny and Charlotte were not far behind. Marco, realizing that Jake and Megan were happy with each other, decided not to interfere further and rode off into the sunset.
Finally rescued from the island, Cord and Tina both returned to Llanview. Tina soon discovered she was pregnant -- and didn't know who the father was. She mistakenly believed that her child was Johnny's, and Cord, in true form, agreed to raise and love the child as his own. When Johnny learned of the baby, he tried to kidnap Tina from Llanfair. Johnny was killed by the paralyzed Viki, who turned into Niki Smith Niki regained the use of her legs, and climbed the mansion stairs to shoot Johnny just before he dragged Tina away.
Johnny's death stoked the flames of hatred for the Buchanans that burned in Carlo Hesser. He vowed to avenge his son's death. A tape recording of the shooting revealed that Niki shot Johnny and that Gabrielle Holden was present at the crime scene. Carlo, learning that Viki/Niki killed his son, enlisted Gabrielle's aid in exacting his revenge against the Buchanans. Carlo convinced the pregnant Tina to give up Johnny's baby to him. Gabrielle at first refused to ally herself with Carlo Hesser, but when Carlo videotaped the married Gabrielle seducing Father Tony, she had no choice but to reluctantly agree to work with Carlo.
Terrified for the safety of her family, Tina fled to Texas, where she went into labor during a blizzard. Cord followed Tina and announced, as he assisted in the delivery of a daughter, that medical tests had proven that he (and not Johnny Dee) was the father of the child. Elated, Cord, Tina and their newborn daughter, Sarah, returned to Llanview and remarried yet again. Max, ashamed and disheartened to learn of his wife's indiscretions, broke up with Gabrielle. Carlo, beaten for the moment, vowed to make his enemies pay!
Bo and agent Alex Olanov of the Federal Anti-crime Bureau, continued to search for Sarah, who had been kidnapped by Carlo. Megan and Jake engineered a plan for Jake to get close to Charlotte Hesser, Carlo's daughter, in the hope that she might have information about Sarah's whereabouts. Megan and Jake staged a public breakup, but managed to sneak away to Viki's mountain cabin, where they shared a symbolic wedding ceremony. After spending the night together, they returned to Llanview. Carlo realized that Jake was only using his daughter. Jake agreed to marry Charlotte to protect his family from Carlo's revenge.
When Charlotte developed hysterical blindness following a car accident, Jake decided that he couldn't ask her for a divorce. Megan buried her pain by hooking up with an old boyfriend, movie director Hunter Guthrie, who came to Llanview to film a movie.
Alex discovered that Bo's wife had been kidnapped by the very agency that sent Alex to find her! Bo confronted the head of the FAB, Fred Porter, and learned that in exchange for protection from prosecution, Carlo promised to inform the FAB on worldwide drug-trafficking activities.
While Sarah was spirited away by her captors, her plane crashed in a severe storm. The Buchanans were convinced that Carlo Hesser was responsible for Sarah's inadvertent death.
1991
Love blossomed for many couples in 1991. Viki's physical therapist, beautiful and bright Sheila Price, met Police Commissioner Troy Nichols, and was thrilled when their love blossomed and Troy proposed marriage. Meanwhile, Troy's rapper son, Kerry Nichols, hated Sheila's young and impressionable little sister, Rika Price. But surprisingly, Kerry and Rika's passionate disgust turned into passionate love, and they became a couple.
Dan Wolek rescued troubled Laura Jean from a suicide attempt at the Llantano River. It wasn't long before the young couple fell in love. After Dan and Laura helped Kerry and Rika outsmart some troublemakers, Dan and Laura left town happy and in love.
After realizing they couldn't recapture their high school love, Viki bid farewell to Roger Gordon, who left Llanview to work on environmental research.
Llanview's Mayor Viki Buchanan became a target of Carlo Hesser's wrath when she interfered with his drug operations. To eliminate Viki, the mobster ordered his cohort Gabrielle to slip a potent drug into Viki's drink. The drug would turn Viki into Niki, and get her to kill her own daughter, Megan. But Gabrielle could not go through with the scheme. Instead, she prepared to testify against Carlo in court. However, when Carlo threatened her son's life, Gabrielle remained silent, Carlo remained free, and Gabrielle was sentenced to fifteen years in Statesville Prison.
Eventually, Carlo followed through with his diabolical scheme, but Viki was able to exert enough control over her alter ego to prevent Megan's murder. Carlo's scheme had failed!
Max became fond of Lee Ann Demerest, the naive daughter of Du Ann, the midwife who birthed him. Du Ann was aware of the secret that Max was not really Asa's son. Du Ann planned to use the information to her own advantage. Proud of his newfound heritage, Max decided to change his name to Buchanan.
Renee tried to hide the secret from Asa by allowing herself to be blackmailed by Du Ann, who threatened to tell the truth. When DuAnn was killed, Renee went on trial for murder. Julia Medina eventually confessed to the crime. Max learned the truth about his parentage and returned to using Holden as his last name, and eventually decided to leave Llanview and return to his roots in Texas to soothe his tortured soul.
Cassie Callison returned to town to attend the swearing-in ceremony for her father, Herb, who replaced Viki as the Mayor of Llanview. Bo ran into Cassie at the airport and was immediately charmed by her poise, her beauty, and her zest for life. They attended the swearing in party together and when Alex saw them dancing and laughing together, she fled in a jealous rage. As Bo and Cassie began to spend more and more time together, Alex's behavior became more erratic. Alex's unrequited love for Bo drove her to desperate measures. Dorian was furious at Cassie! How could her only daughter fall in love with a Buchanan? The ever-scheming Ms. Lord plotted with Alex to break up the lovers.
When Bo and Cassie decided to take a vacation, Alex followed them and kidnaped Cassie! Hauling her to a nearby boat, Alex ordered Cassie to row into the middle of the lake, where Alex tried to drown her! Fortunately, Bo rescued Cassie and Alex. Totally unhinged, Alex was taken away to the Mountainview Clinic.
Bo proposed to Cassie and she joyfully accepted. As the wedding day grew closer, a mysterious phone call from a woman who sounded like Sarah alarmed Bo. Then, Cassie opened a package containing a negligee worn by Sarah on her honeymoon. Was Sarah alive --- or was someone gaslighting Bo? The culprit turned out to be Alex --- who had escaped from the sanitarium!
To Cassie's devastation, Sarah was indeed alive. She threw her arms around Bo, unaware that he had just married another woman! The plane crash that supposedly killed her had been staged by Carlo Hesser's henchmen and she had been held for months at a deserted beach house. Alex, having discovered her whereabouts, brought her back to Llanview to spoil the most wonderful day of Cassie's life.
Bo was torn between his new wife, Cassie, and Sarah. Sarah was crushed when he decided to stay with Cassie. Alex, meanwhile, was shipped back to the mental institution.
When Jake discovered Charlotte's eyesight returned, he got a divorce from her and launched a successful quest to win back Megan's affections. Before long, they were engaged to be married!
Jake and Megan were married, but not before one last attempt by Jake's former wife, Charlotte, to stop the wedding. Sneaking into the Lord Library, Charlotte stole Megan's wedding dress! Fortunately, Megan quickly tracked her down and retrieved the gown before Charlotte could burn it. The wedding was on!
Following the ceremony, the newlyweds led their loved ones out to the sprawling emerald green lawn of St. James Church, where they planted a tree as a symbol of their happiness. Then, with the guests bidding a fond adieu, a horse-drawn carriage whisked Jake and Megan away for their honeymoon.
Andy and Megan's ex-beau, Hunter Guthrie began to realize they had deep feelings for one another. They were happy to have time to slowly develop their relationship. However, the plans were altered when Hunter, a film director, was forced to return to Hollywood right away. In a whirlwind series of events, Hunter proposed, Andy accepted, and they were married in a beautiful ceremony presided over by Mayor Herb Callison.
Sadly, Jake and Megan's happiness was short-lived. Jake became more obsessed than ever with being the breadwinner in his new family, and took an arms-trading job that required him to travel the world. Megan, sensing danger, begged her new husband to stay home, but Jake assured her that he would only be gone a short time. However months passed, with only an occasional phone call from Jake.
Con artist Cain Rogan first appeared in Llanview -- as three different men! First disguised as Hudson King, an oily and charming British writer, next as Heinrich Keiser, a German film director, and finally, as traveling businessman Humberto Kalderon. Each con was an attempt to aide Dorian in toppling the Buchanans and getting control of Asa's money.
Tina soon devised another one of her patented, destined-to-fail plans. She was going to write a book about the trials and tribulations of the Lord/Buchanan families. Publisher Hudson King offered her a stunning salary for the work and Tina began spending a lot of time with him in his apartment in New York.
When Cord discovered the truth about Hudson King really being Cain Rogan, he had a tough time convincing Tina of it. They staged a scene to smoke Hudson out. Cord would play the jealous husband and barge in on Tina and Hudson; when he saw what they were doing, he would pull out a gun in fury and fire a blank at Tina, who would then play dead. The ruse worked: Cord "shot" Tina and then threatened to kill Hudson, who hurriedly admitted he was not Hudson after all. Cord had saved Tina from herself yet again.
Puppy love thrived for young Kevin Buchanan and Stephanie Hobart, the orphaned niece of the Buchanan family's archenemy, Carlo Hesser. Viki and Clint pleaded with their son to stay away from her, since they didn't want the family tangled up any more with Carlo Hesser than they already were. But Kevin and Stephanie were not to be kept apart, even by Jason Webb, Wanda Wolek's motorcycle riding free-spirit nephew, who also became infatuated with her. Stephanie's Uncle Carlo was also adamant that she stay away from Kevin, but she was so lonely that she didn't listen.
When Carlo angrily sent Stephanie away, Megan helped her half-sibling track her down. But Stephanie was not allowed to return to Llanview and Kevin was heartbroken. That all changed, however, when he laid eyes upon the beautiful Lee Ann Demerest. Kevin lost his virginity to the sexy Texas lass and by the end of the year, LeeAnn was pregnant with his child.
Still, Lee Ann cared more for Max Holden, who returned to Llanview after discovering that Asa Buchanan had bilked Max's father, Wingate Holden out of the deed to his land. The stress of that situation caused the senior Holden to die of a heart attack. Now, Max was back to seek the ultimate revenge on Asa.
A May-December affair began when Dorian lured Wanda Wolek's long-haired nephew, Jason Webb into her bed. Dorian seduced Jason, but she was never able to tame his wild, rebellious ways. Jason, even while he was fulfilling Dorian's wildest fantasies, had his eye on Lee Ann as well.
Megan Gordon had developed a case of lupus, a sometimes crippling disease. Megan was thunderstruck: without her true love Jake Harrison there to support her, she felt as if her world were crumbling down. Ignoring everyone's attempts to help her, Megan bolted town and ended up in Atlantic City, where she pledged that the lupus wouldn't run her life. She then proceeded to get drunk and have the time of her life in the casino. It was here she ran into a man by the name of Heinrich Kaiser, a German filmmaker who instantly took to Megan and later followed her home to Llanview.
Soon after, Tina and Heinrich met in the lobby of the Palace Hotel and the secret was out: Heinrich was really Hudson King - the publisher who tried to profit off Tina's story months ago. And not only that - but Hudson King wasn't even his real name - it was Humberto Kaldaron, and he was a Spanish businessman.
Of course, it was later revealed that his name was Cain Rogan, and he was nothing more than a clever con-artist. Megan felt betrayed, but as her condition continued to worsen, she could do little more than pray for Jake's safe return and spend as much time as possible with Andrew.
Viki suspected that her husband Clint was having an affair with a co-worker, Sondra. Finally confronting him, Viki was stunned to hear Clint's confession that Sondra was only helping him come to grips with his impending death. Clint confessed to Viki that the bullet fragments in his head had shifted, and doctors had told him that he only had a few months to live. Giving in to his family's heartfelt request, Clint underwent risky surgery, and made a full recovery.
Sheila felt she was experiencing bigotry at the hospital, so Tina decided to familarize her with the community, first by inroducing her to the Daughters of Llanview, a snooty organization of wealthy wives. During the party Tina was throwing, a figure in parachute gear descended from the skies. Shocked, Tina ran to the figure and was met by the sparkling smile and captivating Southern-twang of Luna Moody, a new-age Goddess worshipper.
Luna made quick friends with Tina, Sheila, and Lee Ann, and fell instantly in love with Max Holden. They shared a special connection, an extrasensory bond that few friends ever achieve. However, But while Luna was falling for Max, his eyes were set on a new arrival in town, the beguiling Blair Daimler, who he encountered during a sexy midnight dance on New Years Eve. Blair was living across the hall from Luna at the boarding house with her mother Addie.
Unaware that she was Dorian's niece, Viki hired Blair to be her new assistant at The Banner. Blair was harboring more than her share of secrets. For one, she hid her crazy mother, Addie, in her loft at the local boarding house. Unbeknownst to anyone, Addie was Dorian's older sister, who had been institutionalized for years. Blair blamed her Aunt Dorian for her mother's illness, and secretly came to Llanview to get revenge. One of her first devious moves designed to destroy Dorian was to get her signature on a document admitting to the world that she had killed her husband, Victor Lord, back in 1976. Dorian had no idea that the piece of paper she signed was a confession of her guilt!
Working at The Banner, Blair crossed paths with Cord Roberts. There was an attraction between the two, and even though they kissed, Cord remained true to his wife Tina. Cord and Blair found Jake in the middle eastern city of Jaba, but were lured into a trap set by the evil General Gaza. Jake was recaptured and Cord was shot in the chest and fell into the Jaba River. Blair dove in after him, but his lifeless body was swept away in the rushing current. Returning to Llanview, she had no choice but to tell Tina the numbing news that her dear husband Cord was dead. From that moment on, Blair and Tina were mortal enemies.
Without Jake to help her in her time of need, Megan turned to the kindly and wise Reverend Andrew Carpenter, the minister at St. James Church. He became her dearest friend. At the same time, Andrew's feelings grew into something much more. As the year came to an end, Reverend Carpenter found himself facing a heartbreaking dilemma. He had fallen in love with the very-married Megan Harrison.
1992
Megan Harrison was determined not to let lupus destroy her life. In the hospital, she befriended fellow lupus patient Margaret (Marty) Saybrooke, a beautiful, wealthy and very unhappy young woman. Megan offered Marty the friendship she so desperately coveted.
When Megan suffered kidney failure, Viki bravely donated one of her kidneys, but the transplant did not take. Clint joined Viki in a valiant effort to keep Megan alive until Jake could be located in Jaba and brought back to Llanview. Viki, Clint, along with the rest of the Buchanans and Max Holden, sat by Megan's bedside and told her glorious tales about the times of their lives.
Andrew made a daring journey to Jaba to rescue Jake. In the process, the kindhearted minister of the church was forced to shoot and kill Jake's captor, General Gaza. As the General fell to the ground, mortally wounded, he pulled out a knife and stabbed Andrew in the side. Hiding his bleeding injury from Jake, the two men made their escape, rushing back to Llanview. Jake and Megan shared several bittersweet hours together. He carried her to the window, where she peered out onto the hospital lawn. There, with glimmering paper valentines hanging from its branches, was their transplanted wedding tree. Megan's face radiated with one last smile as she passed away in her beloved Jake's arms. Her funeral was held several days later, with heartfelt tributes by Viki, Clint, Renee, Tina, Sarah, Roger Gordon, Andrew, Jake and even Asa. Then Sheila stood up and sang the song that Megan had made Andrew promise to play -- "Dancing in the Streets."
Bo eventually returned to Sarah and his marriage to Cassie was annulled. During a flashback, Sarah realized that she had witnessed Carlo Hesser killing a man during her months in captivity. Sarah could only remember the dying man's last word: "Scarecrow."
In jail for attacking Cassie, Alex Olanov hunted for another way to escape. She found it in District Attorney Hank "The Cannon" Gannon. Hank was looking for a way to prosecute Carlo Hesser and Alex promised she could deliver the evidence he needed -- but she would only do so from the outside. Ambitious Hank was not sure Alex was completely sane, but when a judge found her to be so, Hank agreed reluctantly to the arrangement: her freedom for irrefutable evidence of Carlo Hesser's guilt. Released at last, Alex directed Hank to incriminating tapes hidden in a scarecrow at Carlo's cottage. Ecstatic, Hank wasted no time in bringing Carlo Hesser to court.
But Alex made her own deal with Carlo: she wanted money and power, and he could deliver both. Alex told Carlo that if he married her, she would destroy Hank's evidence against him and Carlo would be free. Not at all happy about the arrangement, Alex and Carlo wed (now Alex, as his wife, was not required to testify against him in court). At the trial, when Hank went to play the incriminating tapes, the coutroom was filled with the lively beats of rock and roll. Carlo and Alex exchanged a knowing glance and Carlo was freed.
Mr. and Mrs. Hesser began a short and kinky marriage marked by frequent sex -- and lots of their favorite aphrodisiac, oysters! While searching for missing diamonds that belonged to him, Carlo was shot to death in Max Holden's attic. Sarah became the prime suspect.
District Attorney Hank "The Cannon" Gannon presented a strong and convincing case against Sarah and she was found guilty of murder. Bo, convinced of her innocence, eventually found the real killer -- Carlo's niece, Stephanie. It turned out that Stephanie had apparently killed Carlo in a fit of rage after discovering that he had murdered her own father, FBI informant Joseph Hobart -- A.K.A. "The Scarecrow."
By 1992, Tina moved on with con man Cain Rogan -- they had both been subjected to Alex Olanov and Carlo Hesser's wrath and were now looking for a way to get back at Alex. They decided to steal the Cleopatra jewels and set Alex up for the crime. But the plan backfired -- Alex, posing as a cleaning lady, lured Cain and Tina into stealing the jewels themselves, then watched as the alarm sounded and they were caught. She made off with the jewels and Cain and Tina were left like rats in her trap.
Cain and Tina, locating the stolen jewels, then retrieved them, planted them in Alex's penthouse and called in Hank Gannon. Their trap succeeded in freeing them from police custody, but because the whole situation was so complicated, and because Alex maintained that the two lovebirds had "set her up," no one knew who to press charges against.
Alex was fiercely determined to maintain control of Carlo's empire. When she found out that Carlo's rival, Moose Mulligan, wanted a piece of the action, a desperate Alex brought mild-mannered Egyptologist Mortimer Bern to town, who was Carlo's identical twin brother. Alex arranged for Mortimer to take voice lessons, dance lessons, even sex lessons, but nothing worked! Only when Mortimer met and became smitten with Carlo's former flame, Renee Buchanan, did he complete the transformation from Milquetoast to mobster.
Kevin and Lee Ann were married in early 1992 after Kevin learned she was pregnant with his child. For Lee Ann, however, living at Llanfair was anything but pleasant, and she felt completely out of place. During her marriage, Jason Webb revealed a surprising fact to Lee Ann: he was illiterate. Lee Ann promised to teach him to read and began to spend long periods of time in his room above Wanda's Place. When they began to fall in love, Lee Ann refused to hurt Kevin by cheating on him: instead, she asked Kevin for a divorce. Kevin, heartbroken, left town, while Lee Ann embarked on a tentative relationship.
Kevin returned before Lee Ann gave birth and was ready to get revenge. He told Lee Ann that he was going to get sole custody of their child, Demerest "Duke" Buchanan, to get the baby away from the clutches of Lee Ann. At the custody hearing, Jason confessed to the court that the only reason he and Lee Ann had spent time together was because she was teaching him to read. The preliminary hearing was won by Lee Ann. But the second time around, she was not so lucky. Kevin told the court of Lee Ann's libidinous flings with Max and Jason and used all the underhanded tricks in the book to undermine Lee Ann.
This time, Kevin was successful. Lee Ann was not allowed so much as supervised visitation rights. Jason, furious at Kevin, snuck into Llanfair one night and brought little Duke back to his mother. Lee Ann and Jason went on the run together, while Kevin tracked them down with the help of Hank Gannon's newly arrived daughter, Rachel. Rachel urged Kevin not to hold a grudge against Lee Ann and Jason. By the time baby Duke was safely returned, Kevin and Rachel bonded and their relationship became intimate -- much to the consternation of Rachel's disapproving daddy. Kevin agreed to unsupervised visitation rights for Lee Ann.
Together with Luna, Max schemed to dupe Asa out of a small fortune by tricking him into buying a chunk of land in which they had planted fake treasure. Eventually, Max and Luna bought the land back and built their pride and joy --- the Serenity Springs Spa.
In April 1992, Asa was jealous of Renee's sadness over Carlo's passing and Renee was convinced that Asa was having an affair with Blair. She was right - when Renee caught Asa kissing Blair Daimler, she divorced him, and took the Palace Hotel in the settlement. Asa appeared to be the answer to Blair's prayers. Through Asa, Blair could gain financial security for her mentally ill mother, Addie, and through her new power base, she could get revenge on Addie's sister, Dorian.
Blair, after suffering a childhood of foster homes and neglect, had found her birth mother Addie in a nursing home and had broken her out. Addie, in her confused state, had told Blair about the Cramer family, claiming that her sister "Dori" had attacked her with scissors as a child. Blair naturally blamed Dorian for causing Addie's mental problems. But the truth was quite different. Dorian had been told by her parents that Addie had died of pneumonia at the age of 13, when in reality, Addie had been locked up in a mental hospital for stabbing Dorian with a pair of scissors. Dorian was as stunned as anyone to learn that her Agatha was alive and living with Blair!
Dorian proceeded to show Blair the large scar that still remained on her shoulder from the scissor incident. The emotional fervor of the confrontation led Addie to go berserk and she threw herself out the attic window. Though she nearly died, she recovered physically. The incident, however, prompted Blair to admit that Addie needed more attention than she could provide and had Addie committed to nearby St. Ann's psychiatric hospital.
Blair was determined to claw her way to the top of the business world, even if it meant destroying her own Aunt Dorian to do it. Finding a skeleton in Dorian's closet, Blair used blackmail (Dorian's involvement with Victor Lord's death) to force her Aunt to make her the new Editor-in-Chief of Llanview's tabloid newspaper, The Intruder.
Though Max persisted in pursuing Blair in 1992, she was busy wooing Asa Buchanan away from his wife, Renee. Max proposed to Blair, and surprisingly, she accepted. Blair changed her mind when Asa promised to stop Dorian from having Blair's mother committed if she would marry him! Max followed her back to Llanview, and was stunned to discover the woman he loved was about to marry his worst enemy.
Max Holden was determined to stop Blair from marrying Asa Buchanan. On Asa and Blair's wedding day -- June 16th, 1992 -- passion exploded between Max and Blair. They made love -- on top of Blair's wedding dress! Still, Blair went through with the wedding, but when she wouldn't sleep with her husband, the marriage was doomed.
Blair even went so far as to try to kill Asa, and frame Tina for the crime! Blair didn't succeed in her plot, and Months into their loveless marriage, a bitter Blair told Asa that she never loved him, and she slept with Max on their wedding day! Asa sued Blair for a divorce -- and won! Blair received nothing! Blair went running back to Max, only to find he was no longer available. By now, Max was beginning to see what everyone else in Llanview already knew. Luna was the only woman for him. Left with nothing, Blair departed Llanview.
Clint and Viki's marriage ran into some serious turbulence when Viki took interest in Reverend Andrew Carpenter's father Sloan, a retired Army General, who was writing a biographical book, "Lord Of The Banner" about the late Victor Lord.
Luna was charmed when she began to receive love poems from an young man who was a fan of her radio show, the LoveLine. Little did she know that the lyrics she was receiving were from an jailed convict by the name of Suede Pruitt. Suede escaped jail and made his way to Luna, urging her to help him. He was innocent, he proclaimed. Luna consulted the goddess, who told her that Suede was telling the truth -- that was all the proof she needed.
Though Max continued to be suspicious of Suede, he and Luna launched into a close friendship. It was clear that the only way Suede would ever be free again would be if he proved his innocence. He was accused of murdering his wife Deborah years ago, but had felt all along that Deborah's father Marcus was the real culprit. Max, Luna, and Suede journeyed to Deborah's family mansion in North Carolina and arrived at the house on a dark and stormy night. The events that transpired inside proved Suede's theory.
A deranged Marcus admitted to killing his daughter - he had abused her as a child and when Deb married Suede, he had become insanely jealous and murdered her, letting Suede take the blame for the crime. Marcus pulled a gun and promised to shoot them all, beginning with Luna. Max flung himself in front of her and Marcus pulled the trigger. Max had been shot, but in that split second, Suede managed to shoot and kill Marcus.
Max was rushed to the hospital, with Luna by his side the entire time. He barely clung to life. We then saw what was really happening inside Max's mind -- he was being tempted by a seductress -- this woman was Death and Luna urged Max to fight her. Death coaxed and teased Max, urging him to kiss her (the kiss of Death), but Luna begged Max not to do it. As he continued to slip away, Luna used her psychic powers to get into Max's mind. Once there, she forcefully dragged Max from Death's clutches and home to safety. Luna awoke from her trance mentally drained, but Max had begun to come around. He healed slowly, but the bond between Max and Luna had finally been formed.
Cassie began dating Reverend Andrew Carpenter, just as scandal hit St. James Church. Sloan was diagnosed with Hodgins Disease, and came to Llanview to make peace with his son, Andrew. Father and son had been estranged for years, over Sloan's refusal to accept the fact that his late son, William, was gay and died of AIDS. The reconciliation would have to wait because Sloan continued to deny the truth about William.
Reverend Carpenter proved to be a trusted advisor to Joey Buchanan's teenage friend, Billy Douglas. Billy was gay and he agonized over whether or not to tell his parents. Billy came to rely on both of them. One day in the rectory of St. James Church, a distraught Billy came to Andrew once again for help. The trusting minister placed a comforting hand on the boy's shoulder. Just then, troubled Marty Saybrooke peered in the door. For weeks, Marty had been trying to seduce Andrew, but he had gently spurned her overt advances. Jealous and angry to see Andrew expressing warmth and care for someone other than her, Marty went to Billy's parents and proceeded to tell a vindictive lie that the pastor was trying to seduce their son!
The charges against Reverend Carpenter spread through Llanview like wildfire! Andrew, claiming a basic right to privacy, refused to publically reveal his sexual preference. Massive homophobia ensued, and a vicious war of hate divided the citizens of Llanview. Through it all, Andrew held his head high -- even sustaining a brutal beating from a homophobic bigot, all the while proudly refusing to quit his post. Cassie, who was now dating Andrew, began receiving hate letters.
Andrew angered Sloan when he publically announced that his own brother, William, was a gay man who died of AIDS. Sloan was further enraged when Andrew declared that he had arranged for the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt to come to Llanview, and he planned to add a special square honoring his brother to the tapestry. Sloan refused to allow the Carpenter name to be soiled in such a way! He was joined in his anger by Billy Douglas's father, who urged his fellow citizens to join him in boycotting the ceremony.
In a touching scene at St. James Church, Andrew delivered an impassioned speech about the destructive danger of hate and the divine power of love. He then dared the emotionally-drained procession to join him as he took the newly fashioned panel, honoring his brother, to the church lawn, where he proceeded to add it the sprawling quilt. Suddenly, Andrew felt a hand gently touching his shoulder. Looking up, he saw the tear-stained face of his father, who offered to help lay the panel. Over the past months, his love for Viki had enabled Sloan Carpenter to grow significantly as a human being. Now, he was finally ready to come to terms with his son William's death. After the quilt ceremony, father and son embraced tightly -- and Llanview began the slow and rewarding process of healing.
After being cleared of Carlo's murder, Sarah looked forward to a long and happy future with Bo Buchanan. Their happiness was short-lived. Sarah died in a car accident - with Bo behind the wheel - on the day before their wedding. Months passed before he could deal with the horrible tragedy. Like a godsend, Llanview's newest attorney, Nora Gannon, helped Bo come to grips with the overwhelming loss of his beloved Sarah.
1993
Though upset, Dorian was resigned to accepting her daughter Cassie's impending marriage to Reverend Andrew Carpenter. But Marty Saybrooke wasn't. The troubled girl, still smarting from Andrew's rejection, showed up at the church drunk. Marty was determined to stop the wedding, but was hustled away by Viki.
Viki and Clint hoped to bring the magic back to their marriage. But early in the new year it became apparent that the joy they shared for so long had vanished. As Clint and Viki grew more distant, Viki found herself burning with sexual curiosity about Sloan Carpenter. Viki, always the paradigm of proper behavior, spent her idle time fantasizing about the General. When Sloan asked Viki to go away with him, she agreed -- unaware that, by sheer coincidence, Dorian was luxuriating at the same spa. When Dorian saw Sloan and Viki together, she smiled with devilish delight. Disguising her voice, she placed a call to Clint telling him that Viki had broken her leg and needed his help.
Clint raced to Vermont, but walked in on Sloan and Viki in bed! Outraged by his wife's inappropriate behavior, Clint filed for divorce. To clear his head, Clint went to his ranch in Arizona and was seriously injured in a plane crash. Still, Viki continued the relationship and became engaged to Sloan while Clint was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Eventually Mortimer Bern got out of control and there was nothing Alex could do to stop him, except have mommy dearest drop in for a visit. Mortimer's mother, Wilma Bern, arrived in town and revealed that Mortimer and Carlo were actually twin brothers. Carlo had always been a violent child and once attacked Mortimer. Wilma had no choice but to give Carlo up to adoption and keep Mortimer. Mortimer finally came to his senses and realized he had become his brother. Stopping by to visit Renee once more, they tangoed across the floor of the Palace Hotel -- and in order to correct his behavior, Mortimer said goodbye to Alex, Renee and Carlo's empire and left Llanview.
Nora hid her fear from Bo that she had been the driver of the car that ran him and Sarah off the road. Much to their relief, it turned out that Nora, who was plagued by blinding headaches and blackouts, was not to blame. As their love blossomed, Bo realized that this feisty attorney was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Nora exuberantly accepted his proposal of marriage.
The Buchanans were astonished by the return of the not-so-late Cord Roberts, who had been held in a Middle Eastern prison camp. Suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, the now bitter and edgy Cord channeled his energies into finding Tina.
Cord discovered that Tina was out of town in Atlantic City and Cord took off after her. Cord found the hotel/casino where Cain and Tina were staying. Tina, dressed in lingerie, awaited Cain's return, but fainted upon seeing Cord, who she thought had died in Jaba City!
Tina, still shocked and beginning to worry about what would happen when Cain returned, quickly packed her bags and returned to Llanview with Cord, where she made everyone promise to keep silent about Cain. But such was not to be the case as Cain and Tina couldn't resist their passion and Cord walked in on them one day. Furious, Cord remembered Cain as "Hudson King," the man who tried to make Tina publish a tell-all on the Lord/Buchanan family. Tina explained that Hudson was really Cain and that they were in love.
It soon became clear that Cord had changed since his ordeal in Jaba. He shouted at his wife, family and even little CJ and Sarah. CJ didn't like to be around Cord; he barely remembered his father and thought of Cain as his father figure, which infuriated Cord all the more. Cord was determined to break up Tina and Cain.
Cord began looking for chinks in Cain's armor. He found it in Angela Holliday, Cain's ex-wife/wife, who operated a local religious group in Texas. Blonde Angela followed Cord back to Llanview. She'd always hoped that she and Cain would get back together and the opportunity seemed too good to pass up. Angela brought with her, her loyal follower Rebecca Lewis and her religion.
Kevin, now involved in an interracial relationship with Rachel, decided to allow Lee Ann to have partial custody of Duke -- only if she dumped Jason Webb. Jason eased his grief by resuming his May/December affair with a very willing Dorian. Lee Ann moved with Duke to Texas, where Kevin would regularly visit with his son.
Max tried to get Luna Moody into his bed. She wouldn't sleep with him because of a premonition telling her that if they consummated their relationship, Max would die! To Max's relief, her psychic abilities eventually told her that they could make love on Valentines Day at a lodge on Lake Serene. So, on Valentines Day, 1993, they made love for the first time.
Max and Luna's romance hit a temporary roadblock when they discovered that their spa, Serenity Springs, sat on top of a huge oil reserve. Always looking to make a quick and easy fortune, Max wanted to drill immediately. But Luna objected, feeling that it would destroy the "serenity," not to mention the ecological balance of the land. While snooping around the Springs one day, Alex Olanov came across Luna Moody's innocent brother Ty, who was in town for a visit. Ty fell instantly for Alex's charms. Flattered, Alex led him on for awhile, but told him her name was "Zan," because she knew what Max and Luna would tell Ty if they found out he was smitten with her.
Alex kept a "boy toy" -- Luna's kid brother, Ty -- on the side while she wooed Llanview's crotchety millionaire oil baron, Asa. Asa enjoyed Alex's sexy come-ons, and quickly enlisted her help in getting Max & Luna to sell the oil-rich land.
The "ghost" of Luna's dead husband urged her not to marry Max or he would end up like Bobby -- dead. Luna freeked and ran off before the big day. Max followed her, vanquished the ghost, and after some convincing, Luna agreed to return to Llanview. Luna became the new "Mrs. Max Holden" in a unique and spiritual wedding.
Cassie and Andrew were thrilled to discover that Cassie was pregnant, and looked forward to welcoming the baby. Meanwhile, while in bed with Dorian, Jason Webb found a lump in Dorian's breast. At first, Dorian ignored the lump. However, when tests revealed that the lump was cancerous, Dorian (with her pregnant daughter Cassie by her side) sought the necessary treatment.
After treatment, she was back at her old ways. Dorian read an advance edition of Sloan Carpenter's comprehensive biography of her late husband, Victor Lord. In the book, Sloan alluded to the fact that Dorian may have been responsible for Victor's untimely passing back in 1976. Dorian wasted no time in firing back. She persuaded a young and impressionable coed, Emily Haynes, to file sexual harassment charges against Sloan, the new dean of Llanview University. It was not long before Dorian's scheme was exposed and Sloan was exonerated. Once again, Dorian had become the most hated woman in Llanview.
Angela set up shop in the Tabernacle of Joy, a run-down building on the outskirts of town. The news that Cain had previously been married seriously shook Tina up, but Cord's ruse didn't work when Tina forgave Cain for his slip of memory. Angela stayed in town and continued to be a thorn in their side, as she persisted in an attempt to lure back Cain Rogan.
Cord and Angela formed a good friendship -- and later Angela formed a bond with Dorian Lord. Dorian and her daughter Cassie were on the outs again, and Dorian hoped that becoming a good, decent person by befriending evangelist Angela Holliday and participating in Angela's Tabernacle of Joy would make Cassie take her back. That all came crashing down when the truth about Angela came out. First, she was very brunette underneath the blond wig she was wearing! Next, her religion was a scam to grab donations from unwitting followers! Dorian told Angela she'd have to help her get Cassie to forgive her, or she'd tell everyone about the Tabernacle. Angela had no choice but to agree.
When the truth did eventually come out, Angela's followers turned vehemently against her, and Angela was run out of business and clung to Dorian for financial support. It became clear that Cain and Tina were not to be broken up, so Angela had to find another way to do it.
In a mother-daughter confrontation at Llanfair, Cassie ordered Dorian out of her life for good. The heated exchange, in combination with Cassie's already high blood pressure and an accidental tumble down the stairs, caused her to go into premature labor. Little William Carpenter lived only a few hours before dying. The terrible loss drove Cassie's normally-placid husband Andrew to lash out at Dorian -- nearly strangling her to death!
Desperate to salvage her reputation, Dorian lured Viki into Victor Lord's secret room at Llanfair. Once inside, Dorian bolted the door behind them, vowing to keep Viki prisoner until she promised to stop Sloan from publishing the book. However, the scheme went awry when, in a struggle with Viki, the key to the door fell down an air vent. In a night to end all nights, tempers flared over past jealousies, betrayals and deceptions. With time and oxygen running out, Viki dared to get to the source of their conflict. Viki challenged Dorian to the truth: Did she marry Victor Lord only for his money? Did she kill him? Dorian denied the accusations and upon securing their freedom, the two enemies resolved only to go on with their lives with more animosity than ever!
While Kevin was a student at Llanview University, Llanview's troubled party girl Marty Saybrooke, showed up at Kevin's fraternity's annual Spring party and was determined to have a good time. Llanview University's star football player, Todd Manning, was a very complicated young man who was about to take out his vengeance on Marty Saybrooke, with whom he had a one-night stand several weeks earlier. Ever since, she had refused to sleep with him again.
The night of the spring fling, Kevin carried Marty up the stairs to his room to sleep off her drunken binge. Meanwhile, down at the party, Todd Manning motioned to his pals Powell Lord and Zach Rosen to follow him upstairs. The crowd's loud and raucous noise prevented anyone from hearing Marty's screams as she was brutally raped by Todd, then Zach, and a reluctant Powell.
Kevin sat on the porch of the frat house, oblivious to the barbarous act taking place in his own bed. Later, he found Marty in a state of shock. Confusing Kevin with the others, a terrified Marty scratched his face with the ring.
Marty filed rape charges against Todd, Powell, Zach -- and Kevin too! In her confusion, Marty wrongly believed that Kevin was among the men who gang raped her! Only later did Marty realize the error of her ways and exonerate a relieved Kevin. Attorney Nora Buchanan, believing Todd's assertion that Marty wanted to have sex with them, agreed to represent the boys. The trial went well for the defendants and Todd had hope of an acquittal after Nora's brutal cross-examination of Marty. However, when Nora discovered, to her horror, that Todd had raped another coed, Carol Swift, she realized he was guilty. What to do? Nora delivered an intense summation, during which she made it evident to all that her three clients were guilty as sin. Because of Nora's sudden turn against Todd, Zach, and Powell, a mistrial was declared. Marty recanted her testimony and exonerated Kevin, but Kevin and Todd's feud was cemented for life. Todd once again swore revenge on Marty.
Max and Luna bonded further over Luna's radio show, where she offered advice on love and life, which was a booming success in Llanview. After Marty spoke out on Luna's radio show about her experience, Todd waited for her in the alley outside the radio station. He pinned her against the wall and threatened to rape her again. Seeing this, Luna raced into the alley, grabbed a metal pipe and hit Todd across the face with it. The attack left him deaf in one ear, and his face scarred. When Todd's father, Peter Manning, visited him in the hospital, he called him a pathetic excuse for a son and abandoned him.
Later, Marty confronted Todd in the hospital, where he arrogantly confessed to raping her. Unbeknownst to Todd, Marty got his confession on tape! Sentenced to eight years in jail, Todd seethed with anger. Meanwhile, the remaining three fraternity brothers were found guilty after Marty, Kevin and Hank's daughter, Rachel obtained the evidence that drove Todd to plead guilty.
Nora faced a life-threatening crisis of her own when she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor that required immediate surgery. She reluctantly opted to go under the knife, but without informing Bo! Just before the operation, Bo found out the truth and raced to her side, where he stayed throughout the ordeal. Afterwards Nora temporarily lost her eyesight, then found herself trapped in a beach house by a knife-bearing Todd Manning. Earlier, Todd escaped from prison! Todd viciously tried to rape Nora, but was thwarted in his attempt when Nora bashed him over the head with a lamp. In the nick of time, Bo -- who heard about Todd's escape on the radio -- came back to the beach house and rescued Nora. Todd Manning slithered into the night!
When CJ Roberts and Al Holden were trapped in a crevasse, Cord rescued them and hit his head. In the hospital, Cord awoke with selective amnesia - he remembered everything prior to his rescue mission to Jaba City and still believed he was married to Tina. Larry Wolek warned Tina not to upset Cord, because it could be further detrimental to his health.
Tina, eternally grateful to Cord for saving their son, agreed. She and Cain continued to meet behind Cord's back, but eventually Angela Holliday told him the truth and Cord finally had to admit that his marriage to Tina was over and they finalized the divorce, leaving Cain and Tina free to be with each other.
In December 1993, Blair Daimler returned to Llanview and founded a cosmetics company, Melador. Blair's determination to win Max away from Luna was renewed, and she saw a way to get to him: Max's gambling addiction.
Wanda told her nephew Jason on Christmas Eve that she was going to leave town. Her friend, Ralph Love, was opening a bookstore in Seattle and had asked her to join him. Getting on in years, Wanda had agreed. With that, Wanda left Llanview.
Just weeks after losing her baby, Cassie discovered a newborn baby in the manger outside St. James Church. Cassie hoped that the mother would never turn up because she yearned to raise the child as her own!
1994
Things began to look up for Viki when she and Sloan journeyed to Miami to visit Dorian's neice Blair. Blair told them that Dorian had signed a confession to Victor's murder and that she had always been worried that Victor's nurse Ethel Crawford, might come forward with some damaging evidence. Blair followed Viki and Sloan back to town and watched as her Aunt Dorian squirmed. Dorian pleaded with Blair not to turn over the false confession papers to the police, but Blair made no promises at first, but did help Dorian acquire Nora Gannon's defense by switching some names around on the judge's "pro-bono" list.
As Max's gambling addiction grew, so did Blair's longing to sleep with him. Blair secretly tried to sabotage Cord and Luna's plans to help Max get over his gambling habit. One night, after catching Max in a serious lie, Luna packed his bags and asked him to leave. Max took Blair to Atlantic City for a weekend of wild gambling and wild sex.
Calling himself Jimmy Glover, R.J. Gannon met up with Max Holden and Blair Daimler in Atlantic City in 1994, luring them into a high-stakes card game. After loaning Max ten thousand dollars, "Jimmy" followed Max and Blair back to Llanview, where using pressure, he collected his money, plus a two-thousand dollar late penalty.
In a tragic chain of events, Al ran out into the road, with Luna chasing him. Blair hit the brakes, but it was too late! She ran down Luna and paralyzed her! Realizing he loved Luna and was addicted to gambling, Max told Blair that whatever they had was over. Only much later, after Max had begun attending Gamblers' Outreach meetings and Luna had taken her first step, did the couple make up. On Christmas Eve, Luna told Max she was pregnant.
Cord tenderly helped Blair through the troubled times. Soon enough, they were making love! Blair ultimately couldn't get Max Holden out of her system, and her relationship with Cord fizzled.
After years of on-and-off love, Cain and Tina finally readied to tie the knot on Valentine's Day 1994. Unfortunately, Cain's ex-flame Angela Holliday was still up to her old tricks. She hired a fake minister to marry the two and skipped town, mailing the note to Llanview shortly after Tina and Cain left on their honeymoon.
Todd Manning, injured from his botched attack on Nora Gannon at the beach house, found his way to the Tabernacle of Joy. Once there, he managed to con sweet Rebecca Lewis into helping him. Todd regained his strength, then set out to make Marty pay! Todd leapt from the shadows and attacked Marty, but her boyfriend, Suede Pruitt, heard her urgent screams. He raced to her rescue and a ferocious fight ensued. In the struggle, Todd pushed Suede, who stumbled back and hit his head on a metal wrench on the floor. Suede was dead!
Todd's flight from the law seemingly came to an end when Bo Buchanan tracked the fugitive down in the woods. In a fight on a footbridge, Bo and Todd wrestled for a gun. The weapon went off and Todd fell into the icy river.
Todd had survived his icy ordeal, and made his way back to Llanview. In time, Todd's run from the law came to an end. On the night of the annual Costume Ball at Serenity Springs, Todd was cornered and forced to surrender. A short time later, Todd would become a free man when, just weeks later, the police cruiser taking Todd to Statesville Prison suddenly blew a tire and spun out of control. The police car nearly collided with a car driven by Marty who had CJ and Jessica in the backseat. As Marty's car teetered on the edge of an abyss, Todd bravely saved her life. For his courageous deed, Todd was granted a pardon!
Cassie's fragile world quickly fell apart when Beth Garvey, the teenage mother of the baby she found, reclaimed the child. Cassie desperately offered Beth money for the baby. When Beth refused, Cassie stole the baby. She was eventually caught and suffered a breakdown. Dorian managed to get back into her daughter's good graces again by playing on her delusions - she even tried to harass Beth into giving the child back to Cassie, but Beth refused and Jason Webb told Dorian to butt out.
Andrew was forced to commit his wife to a mental institution and turned to Marty Saybrooke for comfort. Soon, Andrew could not stop fantasizing about Marty. Cassie got well, and eventually returned home. During the summer, a "killer flu" took Beth's life. Her last request was to have Cassie and Andrew adopt River, knowing that they could provide a loving home for her son. Jason, heartbroken that he never told Beth he loved her, left town after her death.
One night, the inevitable happened. Andrew grabbed Marty and kissed her passionately. Horrified, they pulled apart. Over the next few weeks, they shared a few more clandestine kisses. When Marty realized that Andrew didn't feel the same way she felt about him, they called a halt to the sizzling situation, but it was too late. Blair witnessed their scandalous meeting and threatened to relate the dirty details to her cousin Cassie.
Viki decided to have her father's body exhumed for an autopsy, hoping it would prove that Victor was murdered. The autopsy revealed a startling fact: Victor hadn't died of a heart attack after all - instead, tiny fibers from a pillow were found in his lungs - he had been smothered! Viki felt vindicated and pushed ahead with the trial. She and Sloan also journeyed to Maryland to talk with nurse Ethel Crawford. Dorian was not far behind. Ethel refused to tell Viki and Sloan anything; when they left, Dorian snuck in, distracted Ethel and then gave her a potentially fatal dose of insulin.
But Ethel didn't die -- she was alive and well enough to testify at Dorian's trial. Under oath, she told the court that Dorian had been paying her off for the past 18 years, to keep silent about what she saw. What did she see? Ethel testified that she'd been coming out of Victor's bathroom that night only to find a woman hunched over Victor's bed, pushing a pillow over his face. That was the damning evidence in the eyes of the jury. Though Nora bravely tried to discount her testimony, it was to no avail. When Dorian went on the stand, she only succeeded in damning herself further, by accusing the judge of using her trial as a stepping stone into the governor's office. Dorian was found guilty and, in a shocking move, was sent to death row. Cassie told Viki she would never forgive her for what she did to her mother.
Dorian's future looked bleak, until an eleventh hour witness stepped forward bearing evidence he claimed could exonerate her. The young man, David Vickers, went to Viki claiming to be Victor Lord's son by Irene Clayton. To support his sensational claim, he handed her Irene's diary, in which she admitted killing Victor herself! When the diary was authenticated, D.A. Gannon had no choice but to drop the case. Dorian was free! Dorian planned to take revenge however -- she found it in Viki's innocent son Joey.
Dorian was the only one who knew that David was a fraud. The diary, verified by the experts, was little more than a brilliant forgery. In exchange for saving her hide, Dorian gave David $50,000. Together, they had pulled off the scam of the century!
After ditching Cain, Tina returned to Llanview and met David. Immediately the sparks flew, but David was her brother! One night, while alone together at Viki's cabin in the mountains, "brother" and "sister" gave in to their passion and slept with each other. Later, to alleviate Tina's revulsion at this apparently incestuous act, David confessed to Tina that he wasn't her brother after all. She was furious at first, but in time Tina forgave David and married him in a secret ceremony in Las Vegas.
As a teenager, Joey traveled to Italy to study abroad and returned to Llanview in 1994. During that summer, seeking the ultimate revenge against Viki, Dorian had artfully seduced Joey, whom she had hired as a summer handyman. However, Dorian never expected that she would actually fall in love with "her Joe."
Rachel and Kevin planned to move in together. However, when Kevin went for an extended trip to Texas to spend time with Duke, Rachel and Dr. Ben Price developed a friendship that led to romance. Extremely jealous, Kevin ended their budding relationship.
Ben investigated a strange mid summer flu epidemic which swept some of Llanview's most prominent citizens, resulting in a few deaths. Realizing that the flu vaccine and syringes had been tainted, he leaked this information to the press. This lead to a suspension; he was ultimately vindicated and the cost cutting doctor in charge was forced out of practice.
Asa stunned the people of Llanview when he tied the knot with Alex Olanov in an outrageously decadent October 1994 Cleopatra-style wedding in New York's Central Park was the event of the year!
Sloan broke his engagement to Viki claiming that he was still in love with an old flame, Beverly Crane. Clint, of all people, discovered the truth -- Sloan's Hodgkins Disease was out of remission and he was dying. With his cancer spreading rapidly, Sloan reconciled with Viki and they married in a touching hospital room ceremony on December 2nd -- with a teary Clint (still carrying a torch for Viki) watching from afar.
Hank Gannon wasn't thrilled when his no-good brother RJ showed up in Llanview. Max Holden recognized RJ Gannon instantly. RJ was the very same loan shark (calling himself Jimmy Glover at the time) who made Max's life miserable when he was slow in paying back money in Atlantic City. R.J. was an ex-con who served time for assault. His brother's wife, Nora, represented him and lost the case. R.J. had held a grudge against both Nora and his goody-good brother ever since and now, it was payback time!
R.J. tried to destroy Hank's career and reputation by producing a tampered videotape from Hank's college days that showed him standing by as a murder was committed. First R.J. attempted to blackmail Hank with the doctored video, then tried to seduce Hank's fiancé, Sheila Price, in exchange for the tape. To preserve Hank's pristine reputation, Sheila nearly gave in to R.J.'s demands, but she was saved when he was arrested and detained on minor misdemeanor charges. R.J.'s vengeful mission was foiled when Bo Buchanan found the real video, exonerating Hank.
Todd proposed to Rebecca, who tenderly turned him down. Rebecca had already accepted Powell's proposal of marriage. Todd's return to society hit another snag when he became the central suspect in a series of rapes. Todd desperately set out to prove his innocence by finding the guilty party himself. His private detective work paid off in spades! Todd was shaken to the core upon discovering that Llanview's masked rapist was none other than his old fraternity brother, Powell Lord!
Indeed, Powell was in the middle of a nervous breakdown. His guilt over raping Marty Saybrooke and his hatred for Todd had merged -- he now believed that he WAS Todd. At the same time, Powell wanted Todd dead. While Todd lay asleep in his motel room that night, Powell broke in and stabbed him after a struggle. Marty donated the blood that saved Todd's life. Powell returned again - this time, he took Todd hostage and threatened to kill both Todd and himself. Todd freed himself and attacked the psychotic Powell. Powell was arrested and sent to a mental institution, while Todd was exonerated once more. Marty and Todd shared a brief moment of semi-reconciliation, but she ran from facing her fears entirely.
Todd received a shock when his father died suddenly in December. Strangely, the wealthy Peter Manning left Todd nothing except for a chain bearing a locket and a key. In letters from his mother, Todd discovered that he was adopted and there was a large sum of money for him somewhere. Dorian and David discovered the truth when they tracked down the clues to make the incredible discovery that Todd Manning was the Lord heir -- and he was worth nearly 30 million dollars!
Over drink after drink, Todd and Blair bonded. At first, they were simply misery-loves-company companions, but before long, they were in bed together!
1995
Viki mourned the loss of her husband Sloan, who passed away on January 9th, 1995. Andrew's indiscretion with Marty was put into perspective when Andrew was dealt a sad blow with his father, Sloan's, succumbing to Hodgkin's Disease.
Dorian told Viki a piece of incredible news: David Vickers was not her brother as he had claimed. Viki hurried to confront David with the horrible truth. Assailed by Viki, David was forced to confess his evildoing but he swore that Dorian was behind the entire scam. Then, it dawned on Viki. If David lied about Irene Manning killing her father, Dorian must be the murderer after all! Viki rushed to confront Dorian. In a bitter exchange, Dorian warned Viki that if she reopened the Victor Lord murder case, then Dorian would be forced to reveal "Viki's secret." What could she mean? When Viki threatened to call the police, Dorian launched into a vicious diatribe about her late husband. Viki held her ears as Dorian told her the shocking news that Victor had seduced his own daughter!
Unable to bear another word, Viki snapped. Viki took Dorian prisoner and Dorian quickly discovered the strain of the traumatic events had caused Victoria Carpenter to take on several new personalities. Among them was the cool and calculating Jean Randolph, who locked Dorian in the secret room then told the world that she had confessed to Victor Lord's murder before skipping the country. All the while, Dorian languished in her dank and dark makeshift prison, wondering if she would ever see the light of day again.
When Blair discovered that Todd was Victor Lord's son and heir (and worth $27.8 million dollars!), Blair set out to marry Todd by telling him she was pregnant. When a suspicious Todd forced his new wife to have a pregnancy test, it came back positive! Duped by the charade, Todd married Blair in Florida on February 17th, 1995.
Todd set out to become an even bigger publishing tycoon than his father ever was. He bought the Intruder newspaper from Dorian, renamed it "The Sun" and began hiring the best and brightest staff members away from The Banner. Todd and Blair were so please with their first headline - "Cops Selling Guns To Kids In Angel Square." Kevin and Clint were left wondering how Todd got this big story before they did. They had no idea that Todd's inside source, his "deep throat," was none other than Viki --- whose "Jean Randolph" and "Tori" personalities were leaking information to the enemy camp.
Blair was terrorized and mugged on the docks of East Llanview by Javier and Luis, two members of the Arrows gang. Sadly, she lost the baby. Young Cristian Vega, an artistic and bright teenager, happened upon Blair on the docks -- and he was unjustly charged, and later cleared of the crime.
Max confronted Todd with startling news: Blair was not really pregnant when she married Todd. An enraged Todd went wild - nearly raping Blair, until she reminded him of what he did to Marty. Todd came to his senses and stopped. Nevertheless, the Manning marriage was over. Much to her surprise, Blair soon learned that she was pregnant with Todd's child -- again!
Joey was devastated when Dorian inexplicably left him -- and left the country. During her confinement, Dorian came to see Viki's personality splinter into several other alters including vengeful Tori, violent Tommy, and Princess, the little girl who was molested by her father. Most of the time, Jean -- the gatekeeper -- remained in control of Viki's psyche. Jean blackmailed Dorian into breaking up with Joey as a condition of her release. Jean finally released Dorian after she agreed to break up with Joey and marry David Vickers.
Upon her release, Dorian broke up with Joey. Jean paid a surprise visit to David (who had returned from Spain and was promptly arrested) in jail, telling him to divorce Tina or she would have no choice but to press charges against him. Reluctantly, David agreed, lying to a stunned Tina that he never loved her.
Dorian married David. Dorian's stomach sickened every time this man she despised, referred to her as his "little potato." Now, as man and wife, Dorian and David would not have to testify against each other.
Kelly Cramer, the daughter of Melinda Cramer (who spent most of her adult life in and out of mental institutions), grew up in boarding schools. Rebellious by nature, Kelly was kicked out of her elite European school as a teenager and was sent to live with her Aunt Dorian in Llanview. The arrival of her wild-child niece sent Dorian's life into renewed turmoil.
Kelly met Joey Buchanan and despite initial animosity between the two, an attraction was born. Kelly developed a wild crush on Dorian's husband (in name only), David Vickers. A virgin, she was determined to make David her "first."
Kelly finally wore down David's resistance, and got him into bed. Just as they were about to make love, Dorian and a photographer burst in the room! Dorian was stunned to see that David's paramour was her own niece! In the aftermath, Dorian offered David three-fourths of her fortune -- and a divorce. He greedily accepted -- but Dorian had a trick up her sleeve. She set-up David to make it look like he committed adultery against her, thereby forfeiting his divorce settlement.
On Valentine's Day, 1995, Hank Gannon married his longtime love, nurse Sheila Price. Their memorable day was nearly spoiled by Hank's still-vengeful brother, RJ, who picked their wedding reception to break the news to the humiliated groom that he had slept with his ex-wife Nora while Hank and Nora were still married. The tale, which was true, did not deter Hank from marrying Sheila. Furious with RJ's admission, Hank refused to let the embarrassing news stop the wedding.
Kevin briefly dated Andy Harrison, then left for London to work as a reporter for The London Times.
Ben's relationship with Rachel did not run smoothly since she began turning to drugs to cope with the rigors of law school. Rachel even used Ben's prescription pad to get her fix. She promised Ben she would stop taking drugs, but he found out she was lying and told his sister Sheila about the problem. Sheila agreed to keep it quiet from Hank and Nora. But Rachel never kicked the habit and it led to her break-up with Ben.
Rachel graduated to illegal drugs, with seedy Javier Perez as her main supplier. Rachel and Javier occasionally engaged in drug-induced sex, but even he realized her problem before long and told his boss, Rachel's uncle RJ. RJ couldn't look the other way, because he cared too much about his niece. When Rachel nearly overdosed on heroin, RJ joined Hank and Nora for an intervention. Against her will, Rachel was sent off to a rehab clinic to kick her habit.
Though Ben Price was an honorable man who tried to help Rachel through her drug addiction, Rachel's uncle RJ still did not care for him and had his friend Alex Olanov arrange for Ben to be awarded a prestigious fellowship that would take him to London.
In late Spring, Max and Luna welcomed twins -- Frankie and Leslie -- into the world. The couple -- still very much in love -- doted on their two new additions.
On June 1, 1995, Nora became Nora Hanen Gannon Buchanan when she married Bo in a rock-and-roll themed wedding, presided over by legendary rocker, Little Richard. After the ceremony, the guests danced in the aisles, then headed for 50's-style sock hop reception.
Viki's alter, Tori, set out to destroy everything that Victor Lord had built in his lifetime -- including his home, Llanfair and his newspaper, The Banner. On the night of Bo and Nora's wedding, Tori torched Llanfair, only to discover to her horror that Viki and Clint's daughter, Jessica was inside! Momentarily turning back to Viki, she saved Jessica -- but Llanfair went up in flames.
It came to light that Viki had one more alternative personality buried deep in her psyche --- her father, Victor Lord. The Victor Lord personality only emerged two or three times, but one of the instances that he took over led Viki to attempt suicide by cutting her own wrists to "expel" Victor from her body. During therapy, Viki discovered the dreadful truth that her alter, Tori, was the one who pressed a pillow onto her abusive father's face, smothering him to death. Viki was not put on trial. Instead, she was allowed to return home for further healing.
Kelly finally wore down David's resistance, and got him into bed. Just as they were about to make love, Dorian and a photographer burst in the room! Dorian was stunned to see that David's paramour was her own niece! In the aftermath, Dorian offered David three-fourths of her fortune -- and a divorce. He greedily accepted -- but Dorian had a trick up her sleeve. She set-up David to make it look like he committed adultery against her, thereby forfeiting his divorce settlement.
Nora and Bo settled into their new home at 912 Greenfield Avenue in Llanview, where Nora proved to be absolutely useless in the kitchen -- she can't cook! A former tennis champ, Nora is very competitive and dances a mean jitterbug with her husband, Bo.
The east side of Llanview had been rife with gang violence. Luna's good-hearted brother, Dylan Moody, along with his new girlfriend, Marty Saybrooke, committed countless hours to renovating the Angel Square Community Center -- which they hoped would serve as a centerpiece of harmony in the district. However, even the new Community Center became the scene of several bloody skirmishes between rival gangs, the Arrows and the Prides. Marty began worrying about Dylan's safety -- and their relationship suffered as a consequence of the ever-present danger.
The increasing violence in Angel Square prompted Dorian's maid, Carlotta Vega, a longtime resident of the neighborhood, to make her impressionable son, Cristian, promise never to join a gang. She had already lost one son to gang violence. Carlotta's eldest son, Antonio, the former leader of the Prides, was serving time in Statesville Prison on a murder rap. Now, a war was being waged between the "good" gang, the Prides, and the "bad" gang, the Arrows, and young Cristian was caught in the middle.
After getting his GED and a college degree in prison, Antonio was given an incredible opportunity to turn his life around. Llanview's new Police Commissioner, Bo Buchanan, needed someone to go undercover to find out who was selling guns to the gangs in Angel Square. Antonio teamed up with Max's sister, officer Andy Harrison.
When Arrow gang member Luis plotted to "take out" Dylan Moody at Llanview's Community Center, he shot and killed Dylan's sister, Luna, by mistake. Max sank into an all-consuming depression when his true love passed away. Cristian Vega was an excellent student, with a particular talent for art, which his teachers encouraged him to develop. Cristian proudly displayed his artistic prowess when he designed the Angel statue that stands tall in the revitalized Angel Square, in honor of Luna.
In the summer of 1995, Cris met pretty blonde Jessica Buchanan at a dance party in Angel Square. They hit if off immediately, but their cultural differences proved paramount. "Jessie" came from an entirely different world from his -- she had money, power, comfort, safety. Cris knew only poverty, danger, and fear. Despite their differences, Cris reached beyond his social class to become Jessica's first boyfriend.
As their young love progressed, Cristian struggled to free himself from the gang life that had done such irreparable damage to his family. When Jessica's father, Clint Buchanan, caught the kids in the early throes of passion, he forbade Jessica from seeing Cristian, and Carlotta Vega could only concur.
An all-out gang war erupted in Llanview's Angel Square. Teens Cristian Vega and Jessica Buchanan shared the joy and wonder of first love, while her father, Clint, and his mother, Carlotta, shared a tender kiss. Best of all, Angel Square had begun the process of repairing the inner strife that had threatened to tear apart the neighborhood. Peace was finally at hand.
Through assassination plots and secrets galore, Alex and Asa's stormy and sexy marriage endured until the 1995 return of Alex's "not-so-late" husband, Carlo Hesser!
When Todd found out about Blair's second pregnancy, they reconciled and married again - this time in a beautiful ceremony at St. James Church in November, amidst a shower of golden balloons.
Marty traveled to the remote Irish isle of Inishcrag to successfully confront her Aunt Kiki, who had been squandering Marty's inheritance in a wild spending spree throughout Europe. In a pub, a handsome stranger pulled her into a kiss. Marty played along -- pretending to be his lover. By acting casually and posing as his "wife, she had helped him elude his hunters. She had saved his life!
So began the romance of Margaret "Marty" Saybrooke and Irish poet Patrick Thornhart. Patrick was being followed by members of the Men of Twenty-One, who suspected that he had the coded sheet music that could reveal their terrorist plans. Marty and Patrick soon bonded, and they soon made love.
Todd undertook a mission to locate Marty Saybrooke in Ireland. Hoping to finally make things right with the woman he raped, Todd went to Ireland, sent Marty back home to her dying friend Paloma, then remained on the isle of Inishcrag to help her new friend Patrick Thornhart out of a jam. However, Todd (wearing Patrick's coat) was mistaken for Patrick and was shot, thrown into the trunk of a car, and driven off a cliff. The last we saw of him, Todd was lying on an Irish beach - his eyes wide open.
When Patrick ventured to Llanview in search of Marty, he was amazed to find the woman he loved engaged to another man!
1996
Patrick Thornhart moved forward with a plan to undermine the Men of 21, and elude the Irish authorities. Patrick managed to convince Bo, Llanview's Police Commissioner, of his innocence.
Bo tried to stall a corrupt Irish cop named Bass from extraditing Patrick back to Ireland. Bo had Patrick and Marty decipher a piece of music that Patrick's former lover, the Irish Special Forces agent Siobhan Connelly, had entrusted him with as she lay dying from terrorists' bullets. Patrick tried to convince Marty that he loved her dearly, but she shunned his declaration of love, and went ahead with her plans to marry Dylan.
Patrick made a new friend in Llanview - newcomer, Maggie Carpenter. Maggie then met her cousin Andrew's friend, Max Holden. Max was having trouble dealing with his son deafness. Max and Maggie were instantly combative. Max was still bitter and depressed over his wife Luna's murder. But Max gradually began to see Maggie in a new light -- and showed her how he felt by kissing her. It was then that Maggie hit Max with an eye-opening announcement. She was planning on becoming a nun! Over Max's protests, Maggie took her final vows in Boston.
Blair, pregnant with Todd's baby, seethed with anger at Marty. Convinced that Marty was directly responsible for Todd's death, Blair made ruining Marty's life her pet project. Blair gave birth to a baby girl, Starr. Blair continued to seek vengeance on Marty by trying to seduce Patrick.
While living at the carriage house with his brother, Kevin, Joey began a relationship with Dorian's young niece, Kelly Cramer. What started out as friendship eventually blossomed into romance and Joey always had a strong shoulder for Kelly to lean on.
After divorcing David, Dorian proved she was still a masterful schemer by plotting to break up her niece Kelly and her boyfriend, Joey Buchanan. Kelly confessed to Joey that she was still a virgin, and pleaded with him to make love with her. When Joey refused, Kelly was convinced that he still loved Dorian. Kelly caught Joey and Dorian having sex and she fell back into David's trap. When David aggressively tried to seduce her, Kelly hit him over the head with a lamp and killed him. Or so she thought!
David returned from the dead, kidnapped Kelly, and held her for ransom aboard a yacht. Kelly was rescued, but David Vickers managed to escape. David skipped town, while Tina got a job offer in Baltimore as a personal shopper at the Logan's Department store. Tina moved with CJ and Sarah to Baltimore, where they resided, at least until Viki lost touch with her sister over the years.
Asa began corresponding via email with a foreign businessman known as "Poseidon." Suspicious of Asa, Alex, the new mayor of Llanview, secretly began corresponding with Poseidon herself. Alex discovered that not only was Poseidon a member of the Men of 21 -- he was her not-so-late husband, Carlo Hesser. Alex fainted and upon recovering, enjoyed an orgy of sex with her hot-to-trot hubby!
Asa planned to meet Poseidon and another secret partner, Lord Cove, at the Palace Hotel to hand over $30 million dollars in a business deal. Unbeknownst to Asa, he was about to become a victim of the "Men of 21." Asa was hit over the head -- and when he awoke in a daze, the money was gone!
Disguised as Major Austin, a munitions expert, Bo infiltrated the organization. He was nearly killed by a bomb set by the double-crossing Bass. Patrick was shot in the melee, and Marty secretly nursed him back to health. Even though Marty had feeling for Patrick, she went ahead with her wedding to Dylan!
Patrick rose from his sickbed, and arrived at the Palace Hotel in time to save Bo, and help defuse the bomb. Bass was arrested, and subsequently poisoned to death, and though Patrick tried to stop her, Marty married Dylan Moody. Heartbroken, Patrick grabbed Blair and dashed away to the stables where Blair played upon his anguish, luring him into an embrace. However, her well-timed seduction attempt failed as Patrick flashed upon memories of making love to Marty in Inishcrag. He broke free of her grasp.
Asa suffered a heart attack when Carlo returned "from the dead". Upon his recovery, Asa sent Alex for a divorce from Carlo, then remarried her. All the while, she engaged in a sizzling affair with her baldheaded ex-husband. To test her loyalty and to get his $30 million back from Carlo, Asa sneakily convinced everyone he had gone insane!
Patrick realized Carlo was Poseidon and was determined to prove it. Marty finally confessed her love to Patrick. Back home, she resolved to tell Dylan. Afterwards, she promised to meet Patrick on Llantano Mountain. Patrick waited... and waited. However, Marty never came because just before she was to tell Dylan, he suffered a serious back injury (resulting from an earlier scuffle with Patrick) on the basketball court at the Community Center. The injury paralyzed Dylan. Torn between her love of Patrick and her commitment to Dylan, Marty decided she couldn't leave her husband now. In agony, she told Patrick they were through.
Patrick finally gave in to Blair's seductive efforts. After one particularly romantic dinner, they made love. One hot summer night, as Patrick and Blair made love on the floor of her penthouse apartment, a mysterious man stood in the shadows. In stunned silence, he absorbed the shocking sight of the two souls in the heat of passion. It was Todd Manning!
Harnessing his rage, Todd ran off. Keeping his return secret from everyone except his sister, Viki, Todd was overjoyed to hold his daughter Starr in his arms. Determined to make Blair pay, Todd kidnaped Starr, before finally returning her and revealing his miraculous "return from the dead" to his "unfaithful" wife. Blair's prayers had been answered --- Todd was home!
Resuming his position as Publisher of the Sun, Todd set out to make Blair's life miserable. Todd waged an internal debate. Should he end their union or give Blair a second chance at proving her love? Just when it seemed that they might reconcile, Todd was stunned to discover that Blair was pregnant again -- with Patrick Thornhart's child!
Uniting forces with RJ Gannon, Carlo schemed to get rid of Asa and settle a long-standing score by getting revenge on Viki, who had killed his son, Johnny Dee. Carlo coerced famed psychiatrist Elliot Durbin into hypnotizing Viki to kill her own son, Kevin! Elliott found himself growing increasingly restless over his plan to hypnotize Viki into killing her son. He began having feelings for the woman and desperately wanted a way out from under Carlo's thumb. At the same time, Dorian became attracted to the good doctor, but soon uncovered his connection to Carlo. Elliott eventually gave Viki the order to kill Kevin, but when it came down to it, Viki was unable to do so. Elliott, horrified at what he'd done, tried to leave town, but he was stopped by a bullet from one of Carlo's henchmen.
Cristian Vega urged Jessica Buchanan to take their relationship "all the way." Jessica struggled with the decision, not ready to take the big step. This crisis in their relationship led to several break-ups and make-ups throughout the year. When Cris was found guilty and of breaking into a car (he was an innocent victim but was charged nonetheless) he was given probation and community service as punishment. Worse, this talented artist was denied a scholarship to college because of his conviction. Antonio took a desperate step to insure that his kid brother did not continue further down the wrong road.
Carlo Hesser sought to find a worthy male heir to someday assume his "throne." He chose Antonio Vega to fill his shoes.
Carlotta Vega left Dorian's employ and went to work at the D-K Diner which had once been hers. When the diner was put up for sale, Carlotta feared she would lose her job. Carlotta wanted desperately to buy the diner, but couldn't raise the funds. However, because of his prison record, no one would give Antonio a loan -- no one but Carlo. To get the money Cris needed to attend college, and the money Carlotta needed to buy the Diner, Antonio sold his soul to the devil -- Carlo Hesser. Carlo offered Antonio a chance to help his family -- in exchange Antonio would be forced to do Hesser's dirty work. Antonio hated working for Carlo. More than that, he hated lying to Andy.
Andy stumbled upon evidence that Antonio was in cahoots with the crime kingpin. Andy found herself immersed in a perplexing dilemma -- trapped between her love for Antonio and her allegiance to the police force.
Aware of Antonio's misdeeds, Bo convinced him to go undercover to get the goods on Hesser. There was one critical drawback: No one, not even Andy, could know of their secret plan. This sticky situation put a severe strain on Andy and Antonio's already tenuous relationship.
While faking insanity, Asa hatched his latest scheme and enlisted the aid of his longtime rival, Max Holden. Asa wanted to get back at Carlo for stealing both the Buchanan money and Alex's affections. The plan was to make Carlo believe he was a dying man.
Eventually, Carlo discovered that Max had duped him -- he wasn't going to die after all! To get back at Max and Maggie, he trapped them in a cave in North Carolina. Convinced that they may die in the sealed off cavern, Max tenderly told Maggie that he loved her. They came together in a sizzling embrace.
Max and Maggie survived their ordeal after being rescued by Antonio, who returned to Llanview to face the wrath of his enraged employer, Carlo Hesser. Refusing to be intimidated, Antonio called Carlo's bluff and talked his way out of his predicament.
Bo, Marty and Patrick discovered the truth about the Men of 21 conspiracy from a microchip hidden in a book of "Irish airs." To their horror, they learned that the beloved Mr. Kenneally, who had come to Llanview during the summer, was the brains behind the terrorist organization.
Dylan regained the use of his legs and did the gentlemanly thing. He bowed out of Marty's life and returned to North Carolina.
Clint Buchanan and Carlotta Vega had a brief romance in 1996, but things never got off the ground. They shared a memorable trip to New York City, but Carlotta, plagued by devotion to her late husband Diego, was not willing to sleep with her suitor. Realizing their relationship had changed, Clint and Carlotta parted as friends on Carlotta's birthday, October 24th, 1996.
Joey whisked Kelly away to Paris, where they shared a night of passion for the first time. Upon their return home, Kelly moved in with him.
While on a run through the woods, Joey encountered an enchanting "nymph" bathing in the nude. He returned time and again, finally learning her name was Olivia DeWitt, and she lived in a nearby cottage.
Dorian Lord revived her longtime battle to destroy the Buchanans when she hired an attractive young woman, Cameron Wallace, to infiltrate Buchanan Enterprises. Working closely with Cord, Cameron and Cord enjoyed a simmering attraction. Unbeknownst to anyone, Cameron was actually Joey's Olivia -- leading a dangerous double life! Once again, Dorian was thwarted when Cord exposed Cameron's scam. Her duplicity revealed, Cameron beat a hasty retreat out of town.
When it appeared that Asa was losing his marbles, Cord took over Buchanan Enterprises, but Asa proved himself capable of managing his own affairs. Cord decided to move to London and run his own division of the family business.
Asa granted Alex her divorce, then got even with both Carlo and Alex by crashing their wedding and exposing the fact that Alex was faking a pregnancy. Asa knew exactly what he was doing when he ripped off Alex's wedding dress, exposing a pillow strapped to her stomach!
Carlo's reign of terror finally ended. While leaning over the boat's railing, Blair was stunned to see Carlo Hesser's body, with a bullet-hole in the center of his forehead. Todd Manning tried in vain to implicate his enemy, Patrick Thornhart, in Carlo's death. However, Antonio was being set up by Alex and RJ! Llanview's D.A., Hank Gannon, formally charged Antonio Vega with murder.
Sheila told Hank she was pregnant and Hank responded negatively to his wife's condition. Sheila feared Hank was not ready to commit to their marriage or to their upcoming family. After she suffered a miscarriage shortly thereafter, Sheila left town to live with her brother Ben in London. Several weeks later, Hank was served with divorce papers.
After fleeing the rehab center, Rachel hid in New York City where her world spiraled out of control. She found work with a shady "dating service." Several months later, Jessica, on a field trip to New York City, happened upon Rachel in a bus station. When Jessica later told Nora what her daughter had been wearing and how she had looked, it became clear that Rachel was not living a "clean" life.
Enlisting the help of Bo's newly-returned son Drew, Nora, Hank and RJ raced to New York City in an attempt to locate the missing girl. Drew was successful in doing so. Posing as a "customer," he visited a call-girl agency only to meet the new employee Rachel (or "Roxy," as she called herself). Hiding his identity, Drew tried to convince the troubled girl to return to her family. But when Rachel learned who Drew really was (her stepbrother!), she tried to escape. Enter Hank, who snapped a pair of handcuffs around his daughter's wrists and dragged her home to Llanview!
Through the summer, Drew helped Rachel overcome her addiction. As a way of capping her triumph over drugs, the family agreed to serve as guests on a live talk-show hosted by Tad Martin of Pine Valley, The Cutting Edge. The day of the taping, however, Rachel overheard a troubling fight between her parents and uncle RJ. It seemed that Nora and RJ had had an affair before she was born. Though Rachel tried to keep the knowledge inside, it bubbled out during the televised interview when she accused her parents of lying to her. Later, she even hinted that RJ might be her father, not Hank. Nora quickly denied the hint and chided her daughter for being so doubtful.
After telling Bo that his mother, Becky was dead, Drew was mortified when she turned up in Llanview. She demanded that he get some fast cash from his deadbeat dad to finance the resurrection of her singing career. Eventually, a stunned Bo discovered Becky's "return from the dead." Though he was disturbed by Drew's elaborate lie, Bo eventually forgave his son. To everyone's relief, greedy Becky left town when Nora paid her off to hit the road.
Kevin returned to Llanview in 1996, and became an investigative reporter for where he engaged in a playful, prank-filled and always flirtatious battle for scoops with rival reporter Cassie Carpenter. Though she was a married woman, Kevin doggedly pursued a forbidden romance with a reluctant Cassie. They spent a sexually charged working trip in Rio, but Cassie once again resisted Kevin. Insisting she was a happily married woman, Cassie urged Kevin to find someone else -- and he did.
Maggie decided to leave the convent. Max praised her brave decision, and proposed that they make a fresh start. Together, they went out on their first date. Max and Maggie... happy and together -- at last!
At years' end, Antonio Vega faced his date with destiny. With Nora as his attorney and his lover, Andy at his side, Antonio anxiously prepared to go on trial for the murder of Carlo Hesser.
1997
All of Llanview was shocked when mob boss Carlo Hesser turned up dead after Todd and Blair Manning's ill-fated ball. Carlo was a man with many enemies and almost everyone had a reason to want him dead. Antonio Vega went on trial for Carlo's murder and things looked bleak for him indeed, especially since Carlo had staged an elaborate planned scheme in which he had framed Antonio for the crime. In the end, however, Alex Olanov Hesser Buchanan was revealed as the murderer. It was also revealed that Asa Buchanan had witnessed the murder, but had said nothing to clear Antonio because he was hoping that the 30 million dollars Carlo has swindled from him would resurface. Asa had knowingly let an innocent man stand trial for murder and no one could forgive him for this selfish act.
Téa Delgado was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York with her parents when she was four years old. Her father, Leon, is a superintendent in a building on Park Avenue. Although the Delgado family lifestyle was decidedly middle class, they never lost touch with the old friends and relatives they knew in Puerto Rico, many of whom now live in the Unites States. Téa spent many quality hours with her grandmother Maria Delgado, who is affectionately called "Abuelita." Téa also spent weekends with her family's longtime friends, the Vegas, who they considered "cousins".
Téa was always obedient and studious. Her diligence paid off when she graduated college summa cum laude, went on to NYU Law School, then immediately acquired a position in a top ten law firm, Howell and Maguire, as soon as she passed her bar exam.
Beautiful, but always too focused on work and accomplishment to have a committed relationship, Téa had a few flings, mostly with other career-obsessed, fast-trackers. In early 1997, she began feeling that something was missing from her hectic, hyper-urban lifestyle. Téa began to investigate leaving New York. She felt that could get more hands-on experience working in a smaller venue. So, when Carlotta Vega alerted her to the fact that her son, Antonio was under arrest for the murder of mobster Carlo Hesser, Téa saw it as a sign. She opted to pull out of the fast lane for a while and relocate to Llanview, PA.
Police Detective Andy Harrison stood by her boyfriend, Antonio, throughout his murder trial. With Antonio cleared of the crime, Andy and Antonio were finally able to look forward to a future together. Things became even better when Antonio was also cleared of a previous murder conviction, thanks to the work of hotshot young lawyer Tea Delgado. With a bright future ahead of him, Antonio proposed to Andy and she happily accepted. Antonio was accepted to law school and he and Andy planned to be married.
Andy and Antonio's wedding was a day of celebration. After an emotional ceremony, everyone partied in the middle of Angel Square. The happy couple shared teary goodbyes with their loved ones before embarking on their new life in California.
From the minute Téa came to town to assist attorney Nora Gannon, she felt fulfilled. Throughout the trial, she maintained a combative relationship with her client, the bitter Antonio Vega. But even he had to appreciate her no-nonsense interrogation skills which had witnesses wilting!
Téa was an integral part of the team that successfully defended Antonio. At the conclusion of the trial, Téa skillfully worked to clear Antonio's prior criminal record, then stayed in Llanview to face a huge challenge -- the defense of accused murderess Alex Buchanan, who had been indicted for killing Carlo Hesser. Téa gave the case her all and eventually got Alex off on a technicality. Alex literally got away with murder. A short time later, Alex received a shock when Carlo returned from the dead to reclaim her as the love of his life. Or was it Carlo's twin brother Mortimer who had returned for Alex? Alex really didn't care either way, as long as they had Asa's 30 million dollars.
Téa's biting wit and cool intellectual approach were immediately evident when she met newspaper reporter Kevin Buchanan. But Téa's apparent coolness towards Kevin could not camouflage the intensity of feeling that simmered below the surface. Before long, they were engaged in a steamy, sexually-satisfying relationship. However gratified he was with their liaisons (they even did it on top of a desk!) Kevin didn't love Téa. He was already in love with a married woman - Cassie Carpenter. When he rejected her, Téa felt hurt and used.
Young Kelly Cramer was enjoying a romance with Joey Buchanan, much to the annoyance of Kelly's aunt, Dorian Lord. When Joey decided to move to Paris, he asked Kelly to come with him. Kelly waivered for weeks, but Dorian successfully convinced her to remain in Llanview. Several months later, Kelly was heartbroken when she received a letter from Joey ending their relationship. Devastated, Kelly began driving aimlessly in the rain and accidentally caused an oncoming car to swerve off the road and crash. What Kelly didn't know at the time, however, was that the other car contained her pregnant cousin Blair, and her friend, Patrick Thornhart. Blair was seriously injured in the crash and lost her unborn baby, which had been fathered by Patrick.
By this time, Kelly was becoming attracted to Drew Buchanan, a schemer with a sordid past he had tried very hard to keep hidden. Kelly was consumed with guilt over the accident and played right in to Drew's manipulations. Drew knew about Kelly's role in the accident and wanted to use this knowledge to blackmail Dorian into selling him her waterfront warehouse. Soon, however, Kelly did the right thing -- she went to the authorities and confessed her role in the accident. Kelly sought the forgiveness of those she had hurt and cut Drew out of her life completely. Drew eventually left Llanview.
Marty Saybrooke and Patrick Thornhart loved each other deeply. And that was a good thing because their love was put to the test time and time again. No matter what fate threw at them, Marty and Patrick managed to work through it and stay together. When Patrick proposed, Marty readily accepted and they looked forward to a future as husband and wife. The future looked even brighter when Marty discovered she was pregnant!
Todd and Blair Manning had finally found their way back to each other. But when Blair learned that Todd was responsible for having previously kidnapped their baby daughter Starr, she left him. Blair and Todd separated and began a bitter custody battle for little Starr. It was also during this time that Blair learned that she was pregnant with Patrick's baby, the result of a one night affair when she still believed that Todd was dead. Blair and Todd both had real feelings for each other, but both were too stubborn to admit it.
Todd and Blair's world was shattered when Starr became seriously ill. Diagnosed with aplastic anemia, Starr needed a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. Todd and Blair launched a public campaign to find a compatible donor and decided to move back in together and present themselves as a united couple for the sake of appearances. With all of their energy focused on Starr, Todd and Blair softened towards each other. In fact, they were on the verge of a complete reconciliation when fate once again turned them upside down.
Blair's unborn baby was determined to be a compatible match for Starr, and Blair prepared to undergo a procedure in which her unborn baby's bone marrow would be extracted and used for Starr. It was then that tragedy struck. While driving with Patrick, Blair was involved in a car accident (caused by Kelly) and lost her baby, and Starr's potential savior. Fortunately, Alex Buchanan turned out to be a compatible match and Starr was soon on her way to a complete recovery. Aside from losing her unborn baby, Blair also suffered severe physical injuries. Blair went to Philadelphia for special surgery and Todd turned back into his old, vengeful self.
Before Kelly confessed that she was responsible for Patrick and Blair's accident, Todd became convinced that Patrick had caused the crash on purpose. Todd then began to plot his revenge on Patrick, unfounded as it was. Todd learned that Patrick had once been associated with a terrorist act that resulted in the death of a publishing magnate back in Ireland. Armed with this knowledge, Todd planted a bomb on the yacht of Guy Armitage and planned to frame Patrick for it. Todd's plan, however, went awry when Guy returned to his yacht unexpectedly and was killed in the explosion. Todd's plan had failed miserably. Patrick was soon cleared as a suspect in the bombing while Todd feared that his role in the bombing would be exposed. To make matters worse, Blair realized what Todd had tried to do to Patrick and ended her marriage to Todd once and for all. Todd and Blair were once again apart and both vowed to get custody of little Starr.
As a ploy to keep Starr away from Blair, Todd made a deal with lawyer Tea Delgado. Tea got five million dollars and all she had to do was marry Todd and act as though they were happy.
Todd would not give up his vendetta against Patrick and made a deal with Irish terrorist Thomas Kenneally. Kenneally came back to Llanview with another terrorist, Michael Mahoney, who was out to kill Patrick, Marty and Todd.
Marty and Patrick had a beautiful wedding on Llantano Mountain. Little did they know that their wedding reception would become the site for Mahoney's revenge. Shots were fired and Mel was wounded. Patrick chased Mahoney to Todd's penthouse where he was holding a gun on Tea and Todd. A melee ensued and Mahoney was killed and apparently, so was Patrick. In the ambulance, Marty realized that Patrick was still alive. The newlyweds decided that the only way they would be safe to raise their baby would be to disappear. Marty left a goodbye letter for Nora and Bo explaining she left town so suddenly because she couldn't deal with Patrick's death. Marty left behind enough clues for Bo and Nora to figure out that Patrick was still alive.
After the incident in the penthouse, Blair was more determined than ever to get Starr back from Todd. Blair now had another oppontent in Tea. Tea took every opportunity possible to bait Blair. At a charity auction, Tea went a bit too far and during an argument with Blair, Tea crashed through a window. Pending a mental evaluation, Todd was granted full custody of Starr. Not giving up, Blair had a new scheme. All she needed was to marry a man with billions - Ian Armitage! Blair's only problem was Kelly and Ian's budding relationship.
Maggie Carpenter had planned on becoming a nun, but her attraction to Max Holden was just too strong. Maggie renounced her vows and she and Max quickly became a couple.
While on vacation on the tropical island of St. Maarten with Max, Maggie was shocked to see her father, Bishop John Carpenter, there as well. Maggie was even more shocked when John begged her to help him move a corpse from his hotel room! As it turned out, John had met up with his former love, Eleanor Armitage, in St. Maarten and Eleanor had suddenly dropped dead in his hotel room. Eleanor was married to the wealthy Guy Armitage and John didn't want any scandal surrounding her death. Maggie helped John move Eleanor's body and thought that the ordeal was over. Boy, was she wrong!
Shortly after Eleanor's death, her son Ian Armitage arrived in Llanview looking for a locket that he was certain his mother would have been wearing when she died. Maggie suspected that John had taken the locket, but denied any knowledge of it to Ian. Eventually, Maggie's better judgment got the best of her and she told Ian everything she knew about his mother's death. Maggie and Ian confronted John several times about the locket, but he refused to answer any questions. When John suddenly died, it was revealed that he had left the locket with Maggie's cousin, Reverend Andrew Carpenter, who turned it over to Maggie and Ian. When Maggie and Ian opened the locket, however, all they found inside were two braids of hair tied together with a ribbon.
After traveling to Eleanor's family home in New Orleans, Maggie and Ian made a startling discovery -- they were twins who had been separated at birth! As it turned out, Eleanor had been pregnant by John when she married Guy. After giving birth to twins, Eleanor gave the girl (Maggie) to John to raise and kept the boy (Ian). After all these years, Ian and Maggie were reunited. Maggie and Ian each loved having a new sibling in their life and Max was relieved that Ian was no longer a threat to his relationship with Maggie.
Maggie got Dorian to sell her the warehouse on the waterfront that both Ian and Max wanted. They tried everything possible to get Maggie to sell it to them, but she wouldn't budge. Max secretly jammed the boiler in the warehouse hoping to cause a flood and force Maggie to get rid of the property. Unfortunately, Max started a fire while Maggie, Cris and Jessica were still inside. They survived with only minor injuries, but Maggie's dreams were destroyed. Max was wrecked with guilt, but couldn't bring himself to tell Maggie the truth. Max eventually confessed to Ian, but when Ian caught Max and Blair in a compromising position, Ian told Maggie what Max had done. Unable to forgive Max for having lied to her, Maggie bid Llanview a teary goodbye and headed to Paris.
Max angered RJ when he was able to lure away his new business partner, Jacara Principal. RJ vowed to make Max pay and was determined to bankrupt him. Things got out of hand with RJ's plan when he was doublecrossed. Max's twins were kidnapped and presumed dead, but only RJ and his partner Claude knew that the twins had been sold behind their back to a couple in Canada. RJ tried to cover his tracks, but Bo was convinced he had something to do with it and wasn't giving up until he found proof.
While on a business trip to Washington, D.C., Dorian Lord found something she wasn't even looking for -- a man! Prize-winning newspaper reporter Mel Hayes literally fell all over Dorian when they met in a hotel bar and the sparks between them were instantaneous. Dorian convinced Mel to move to Llanview, where he took a job at The Banner, and their passion continued.
Cassie Carpenter was married to Reverend Andrew Carpenter, but that didn't stop her from being attracted to fellow newspaper reporter Kevin Buchanan. Cassie and Kevin tried to fight their attraction for months, but to no avail. Finally, Cassie and Kevin made love. Cassie immediately confessed her indiscretion to Andrew, who quickly ended their marriage. Cassie and Kevin were a couple, although Cassie was still trying to come to grips with the end of her marriage.
Andrew befriended a troubled, HIV positive teen named Eli Traigor. When Eli's mother passed away, Andrew took the boy in until a suitable foster home could be found. Much to the dismay of her son Cristian and new boyfirend Hank, Carlotta was approved as Eli's new foster mother. After a few problems, Eli settled in with Carlotta in Angel Square.
In October, Joey finally returned to town, running into Dorothy Hayes in the process. Dorothy took an interest in Joey but became disturbed when she learned that he had once had an affair with Dorian. Joey, however, had his eyes still set on Kelly and was hoping to reconcile with her, despite her present involvement with Ian.
Dorian met some of Mel's family when Mel's daughter Dorothy moved to Llanview to rebuild her relationship with her father. Mel's mother Mary (professionally known as Dr. Maude Boylan, sex therapist) also came to Llanview. Dorothy harbored great pain over miscarrying her baby, and tried to move on with her life by getting involved with Joey Buchanan, but when the romance fizzled, Dorothy left town.
Dorian's erratic behavior started Cassie, Kelly, Blair and Mel down the road into Dorian's past. Dorian wasn't providing any answers, so Cassie attempted to get them from her father, David Renaldi. Dorian got to him first and David disappeared before Cassie was able to speak with him. Next it was Kelly's turn to try and get answers. Kelly made a trip out to California and was reunited with her mother, Melinda. Melinda spoke of "the game" which Dorian later admitted she made up to protect her sisters from their mother, Sonya.
Little by little, Dorian's past was coming to light - especially after Mel and Cassie's visit with the Cramer's former nanny - Miss Charlotte Stonecliff. Mel discovered inconsistencies in the story that Charlotte provided about Dorian's parents death leading him to believe that they did not die in a plane crash. All the prodding Mel was doing brought painful childhood memories back to Dorian. Realizing Mel, Cassie, Kelly and Blair were not going to give up, Dorian had no choice but to confront her past.
1998
Jacara was unable to completely trust RJ so she searched for the video that Max told her about. Jacara and Max were shocked to discover that Max's children were still alive. Max confronted RJ and the pair flew to Canada to search for the twins. Max had a happy reunion with his kids, but RJ was injured when he took a bullet protecting them. RJ was later sentenced to community service for his part in the kidnapping. Disillusioned by RJ's lies, Jacara left Llanview.
Dorian decided to face her fears about her past and headed to Canton to see Miss Stonecliff. Mel and Cassie soon followed. Kelly became worried about her family and had Joey drive her there in the snow. Ian decided he needed to be with Kelly to help her through this, but he had problems flying in the snow storm and died in a plane crash.
Dorian was shocked to discover that her mother Sonya was still alive and she soon realized that Sonya had been the one who had killed her father. Cassie wanted to meet her grandmother, but Sonya had no interest in her and attacked Cassie. In an effort to protect Cassie, Dorian struck her mother in the head and knocked her unconscious. Miss Stonecliff was so distraught that she locked Sonya and herself in the attic and set the house on fire. Kevin was seriously injured in the blaze protecting Cassie.
Andrew found himself deeply attracted to Téa Delgado in 1998, but they couldn't last as a couple because Téa couldn't deny her feelings for Todd Manning.
Todd was accused of raping Nurse Barbara Graham, but was later exonerated when Blair provided him with an alibi. Blair was rewarded with visitation rights to Starr. Barbara and Kevin became friends while he was in the hospital. Barbara later agreed to be Kevin's live in nurse and began to develop feelings for him.
Tea resolved to get a divorce from Todd, but he refused her. Nora, who was representing Tea, was surprised when Todd showed up with his own lawyer, Sam Rappaport. It turned out that Nora and Sam had known each other in Chicago. Sam got Tea to agree to a four week reconciliation and if she still wanted a divorce, Todd would agree.
Todd was upset the first time he had to leave Starr with Blair and when Tea comforted him, they shared their first kiss. Their bliss was short lived because after a huge argument about trust, Todd threw Tea out of the penthouse. When Todd agreed to trust Tea, she moved back home. As per Sam's suggestion, Todd offered Tea her freedom, but then asked her not to go. Viki encouraged Tea not to give up on Todd even when he said that he couldn't give her a real marriage. With Sam and Viki as witnesses, Todd got down on one knee, professed his love and proposed to Tea. Tea tearfully accepted and promised that she wouldn't pressure Todd to become intimate.
Blair intercepted a call for Kelly from Ian's lawyers and impersonated her when Blair found out that Kelly had inherited millions. Dorian caught on to Blair's game and schemed with her to get their hands on the cash, but Dorian was shot when she found herself in the middle of a botched robbery attempt.
While in a coma, Dorian paid a visit to "Hell" and was taken on a guided tour by none other than Carlo Hesser and her mother Sonya. Blair, Cassie, Kelly, Mel and even Viki, all rallied around Dorian. During Dorian's little trip, she realized that she could finally love and forgive her mother. Dorian awoke from her coma with a mission - to get Mel to forgive her!
While recuperating in the hospital, Dorian discovered that Cassie's father, David Renaldi, had returned to Llanview and was suffering from ALS. After his initial refusal, David agreed to see Cassie. The pair enjoyed a tearful reunion as David was introduced to the rest of the Cramer clan.
Dorian stunned Mel one day at The Banner by proposing. Mel accepted and the two had an impromptu wedding in the middle of The Banner city room. Before Dorian and Mel left on their honeymoon, she convinced Blair to return Kelly's money. After she got over her initial shock, Kelly realized that she was finally able to let go of Ian and get on with her life. After getting David's permission, Kevin proposed to a teary eyed Cassie and she accepted.
Georgie Phillips came to town and quickly ingratiated herself into Bo and Nora's life. Georgie seemed bent on breaking the couple up and tried to play on Bo's jealousies by insinuating that there was more going on between Sam and Nora than friendship.
When Georgie's attempt to seduce Bo failed, she convinced Rachel that Bo was the married man she had been dating. Bo gave Georgie an ultimatum and told her she had a week to get out of town. Georgie then doctored a photo of herself and Bo to make it look like they were making love.
After Nora discovered the picture, she drove to the Buchanan lodge in a blind rage and didn't notice that she had passed Bo on the road. Georgie had demanded Bo meet her there. When Nora arrived, she saw Georgie kissing someone through the window and assumed the worst.
Nora decided to drink her troubles away and wound up at a biker bar. Sam was called and took Nora to a nearby motel. Feeling unloved and unwanted, Nora begged Sam to make love to her. Although tempted, Sam resisted. Sam called Bo instead and when he showed up, Nora wasn't completely convinced of Bo's innocence, but returned to Llanview with him. Bo and Nora slowly rebuilt their trust and reunited, but it was short lived when Bo became the prime suspect in Georgie's murder.
Bo was thrilled when Drew returned to Llanview and had graduated at the top of his class in the police academy. Bo's happiness was short lived because he was soon arrested for Georgie's murder. On the eve of Bo's arraignment, Drew confessed to him that he had been having an affair with Georgie and was the father of the baby she was carrying when she was killed. Drew assured Bo that when he left Georgie that night at the lodge, she was very much alive.
Hoping that he could give Drew more time to find the real murderer, Bo stunned all of Llanview by pleading guilty to the murder. Nora was convinced that Drew was the guilty party. To protect Bo, Drew manufactured evidence to make it look like he committed the murder and was arrested. Kelly and Drew grew closer and admitted their growing feelings for each other.
Asa and Kevin were both convinced that Todd had something to do with Georgie's murder. This put a strain on Kevin's relationship with Viki. Kevin's personal life was in much better shape when he surprised Cassie by buying the Millhouse and moving David and Barbara in.
Rachel's fragile emotional state continued and she began to have delusions that Georgie was still alive. Max and Blair tried to find evidence that Todd killed Georgie, but Todd was hot on their trail. Max and Blair went to the lodge to look for clues and were locked in the wine cellar by Todd. Trapped, Max and Blair gave in to their feelings and made love.
Todd was convinced that the Buchanans were out to frame him for Georgie's murder and fled Llanview to Niagara Falls with Starr and Tea. Tea found bloody gloves in Todd's bag and called Sam for help, but Todd took off again.
Kevin discovered Todd with Viki at Llanfair and wanted to call the police, but Todd pulled a knife on Viki and forced them to the lodge. Todd had Kevin gather all the people he considered suspects in the murder and held them hostage with what eventually turned out to be fake dynamite. Todd was convinced he could make the murderer confess. Todd admitted that he found Georgie's dead body and buried it, but he wasn't the one who killed her. Locked in the cellar and thinking they were going to die, Kevin and Barbara made love. Blair wanted nothing more to do with Max when Asa revealed that Max was on his payroll to get information from her. Asa succumbed to the excessive heat and had a heart attack, but Drew and Barbara were able to save him.
During the commotion, Kevin pulled a gun on Todd and forced him out in to the woods. When a shot was fired, everyone raced outside. Thinking that Kevin was actually going to shoot Todd, Rachel stepped forward and finally confessed that she was the one who killed Georgie. The police showed up and were going to arrest Todd, but he escaped and later took Tea hostage. Tea was able to trick Todd and turn the tables on him. Tea later called the police and the newly reinstated Drew arrested Todd.
Blair insisted that she wanted nothing more to do with Max and went to Sam and the two made love. Max was hurt that Blair had slept with Sam, but he surprised her and proposed. Blair hesitated, but turned Max down.
After Asa's heart attack, Clint realized that he wanted Viki in his life permanently and proposed. Viki was surprised, but gently turned Clint down. Everyone was surprised when Viki suddenly took off on a cruise and Clint soon found a new interest in Sam's ex-wife, Lindsay.
Todd convinced Blair to help him escape from the hospital. At the country club, on the night of Asa's big party, Todd bid an emotional goodbye to Starr and Blair. Todd didn't go far because he surprised Tea when she walked in to the country club cabana.
Sam convinced Todd to let him in to the cabana and started to talk about the abuse that Todd had suffered from his father. Todd became agitated and Sam soon realized that Peter had sexually abused Todd as well. Todd snapped and he denied Sam's accusations. Todd threatened Sam when he suggested they use this information in court. Trapped, Todd had no choice but to surrender to the police.
At Todd's hearing, Sam started to tell the judge about Todd's sexual abuse, but never got the chance because Todd collapsed. Todd had fallen into a catatonic state. Kevin thought Todd was faking it, but Sam promised to stand by him. Viki rushed back after Sam's call and he told her about Todd's past. Max conned Blair into a date and wound up giving her an engagement ring. Blair had hoped that after seeing the ring, Sam would tell her not to marry Max, but Sam was too preoccupied with Todd to play her games.
To keep Rachel from going to jail, Nora took her away. Rachel was able to convince her mother that leaving was the wrong thing to do because she needed to face her mistakes. Bo was able to track Nora and Rachel down and bring them back to Llanview. Rachel received a sentence of six months in Statesville prison.
Clint and Lindsay went to Las Vegas to collect her son Will and bring him back to Llanview. Jessica seemed jealous by the mysterious letters that Cristian received from his childhood friend Roseanne. Roseanne later arrived in Llanview on the airplane with Will. Cristian was shocked to find Roseanne in his apartment and realized that she was the model he needed for his painting to qualify for his scholarship.
Viki had decided that she was going to accept Clint's marriage proposal, but he had an announcement of his own. While they were in Las Vegas, Clint and Lindsay got married.
When Todd finally came out of his catatonia, Kevin was more convinced than ever he had been faking it. Viki, Tea and Sam were puzzled by Todd's docile behavior. Based on a some comments by Todd and his sudden strange behavior, Viki figured out that Todd was most likely suffering from DID. Viki had uncovered that Todd had splintered into two personalities so far - Pete, the mean one and Tom, the innocent one - with Tom in control.
Kevin was determined to prove that Todd was faking his DID and convinced a skeptical Tea to help. Kevin's plan backfired and only proved to convince Tea that Todd's DID was real. When Starr insisted that she was now "Susie" and was no longer Starr, Blair finally got Todd to admit that he was faking his DID after all. Little did they know that Starr's tape recorder had been running and Todd's confession was caught on tape.
Todd made Tea nervous when he suddenly became "Rod" - a suave and sexy new persona. Todd made it through most of his interview with the state psychiatrist, but when things got too tough, Todd invented "Miss Perkins" - a schoolmarm that called an end to the interview. Meanwhile, Blair realized that she had a tape of Todd's confession. Max stole the tape from Blair and thought they should use it to blackmail Todd. When Blair wanted out, Max confronted Todd with the tape and blackmailed him to get The Sun. As Max put the pressure on Todd to sign over the paper, Kelly approached Todd with an offer to buy it.
Cassie finally allowed Dorian's warnings about Kevin and Barbara to get to her and she set a trap. Unfortunately, Cassie's plan worked all too well and Barbara tried to seduce Kevin. Kevin gently turned Barbara down, but Cassie walked in on them and assumed the worst. Cassie packed her bags and moved out on Kevin after he admitted that he had slept with Barbara. Kevin pledged to win Cassie back and slowly started to break down her defenses.
Barbara didn't handle Kevin's rejection well and set out to make sure Kevin and Cassie never got back together. At the same time, Barbara's relationship with Joey was blossoming. Drew noticed Barbara's increasing edginess and tried to help her, but she continually turned him away. The night of Dorian and Lindsay's gallery opening, Barbara arranged to lure Kevin on to the docks and shoot him, but things went awry. Drew was shot and killed and Cassie was seriously wounded. In the hospital, Barbara's actions caused Cassie to fall and she became paralyzed.
RJ was caught with the smoking gun after Barbara had dropped it. Dorian refused to back up RJ when he told the police that she had hired him to spy on Kevin. Commissioner Sykes tried to get Barbara to confess to the crime, but she insisted she was innocent. Barbara did, however, confess to her father, Congressman Graham. Graham put pressure on Sykes to pursue Dorian and RJ as the murderers.
As a result of the deep resentment Lindsay had for Nora, she was not pleased to learn that Bo and Nora were thinking about having a baby. The doctor suggested both Bo and Nora have some tests to make sure they could still conceive a child, but Lindsay changed Bo's test results when they were delivered to the wrong Mrs. Buchanan. After Drew's death, Bo became despondent and no one seemed to be able to get through to him. Bo took off on a boat in the middle of a storm and it appeared he would die. Using a ham radio, Nora got desperate and lied to Bo and said that she was pregnant hoping that his will to live would get him through.
Nora was shocked when Asa told her about Bo's test results. Bo returned home, but was promptly hospitalized with pneumonia. Nora tried to tell Bo the truth, but things began to spiral out of control. Desperate to get pregnant, Nora turned to Sam for help. After his initial refusal, Sam and Nora made love hoping that she would get pregnant. Unfortunately, Lindsay saw them and assumed the worst and took every opportunity to taunt Nora about it. Nora found out that she was pregnant and she and Bo rejoiced in the prospect of becoming parents. At the same time, Lindsay tried her best to get Sam to admit he was the father of Nora's baby. Lindsay's interest in Sam and Nora's life continued to put pressure on her marriage to Clint.
Roseanne Delgado shocked her Aunt Tea when she appeared in Llanview. Roseanne also proved to be a thorn in Jessica's side when she agreed to pose nude for Cristian. Will's presence put a strain on Jessica and Cristian's relationship as well because he seemed to lead Jessica into all kinds of trouble. The closeness that Roseanne and Cristian shared began to worry Jessica. When the foursome ventured up to the Buchanan lodge, Jessica's fears became a reality when Cristian and Roseanne shared a passionate kiss. Upset over their failing relationships, Jessica and Will went up to the Buchanan lodge and drowned their sorrows with wine. The pair got drunk and wound up having sex.
Jessica soon found out that she was pregnant with Will's child and couldn't face telling Cristian the truth. On their way out of state for an abortion, Jessica and Will got into a car accident with Cristian and Roseanne. Jessica was rushed to the hospital and was forced to reveal the truth about her pregnancy. To Jessica and Will's surprise, Cristian stepped forward and claimed he was the father of the baby. Cristian persuaded Jessica to marry him and allow everyone to believe the baby was his. Their parents refused their request to marry, but with some money from Lindsay, Jessica and Cristian left Llanview to elope.
Bo didn't believe that RJ and Dorian had anything to do with Drew's death and continued to investigate it on his own. Meanwhile, Barbara's guilt started to eat away at her and she went to speak to Andrew. What neither Andrew nor Barbara knew was that Cassie was also in the church. Cassie listened in horror as Barbara tearfully made her confession. Cassie decided to keep what she knew about Barbara to herself and agreed when Kevin wanted to get married immediately. Cassie then asked Barbara to be a part of her wedding party.
On the night of Cassie and Kevin's wedding, Cassie told Barbara that she knew what she had done and vowed to make Barbara's life a living hell. The ceremony went off without a hitch, but the police crashed the reception when Dorian and RJ made an unexpected arrival. After Cassie's threats, Barbara arranged to have the charges against Dorian and RJ dropped.
Todd took the stand at his trial and during the course of his testimony, "Rod,""Tom," and "Miss Perkins" all made appearances. "Tom" even admitted that Peter Manning had raped him when he was a child. During his cross-examination, Todd was angered so much by Hank that "Pete" emerged and grabbed Hank by the collar. "Pete" continued to threaten everyone in court and confessed to all the crimes he had committed. Todd gave a very convincing performance because the jury soon found him not guilty. The judge set Todd free, but he would have to give up custody of Starr until his alters were completely integrated.
Tea agreed to marry Todd in the big, splashy wedding he promised. Meanwhile, Todd made separate deals with Kelly, Blair and Max promising each of them The Sun for something in return. Max or Blair had to provide Todd with the tape and Kelly had to make sure all the Buchanans attended his wedding. The one thing Blair and Max didn't know was that Starr had hidden the tape. After a delay, Todd and Tea were finally married. Max, Blair and Kelly were furious when Todd told them that none of them were getting The Sun because they all failed to come through with what they promised.
As Todd and Tea were about to make love, Starr wanted to play her special tape and asked Sam for help. Todd's confession was played throughout the country club for all to hear. Viki, Sam and Tea were furious and wanted nothing more to do with him. Tea accidentally got locked in the cabana and in her rage, she knocked over a candle. Tea was rescued by Todd and Sam and was admitted to the hospital. Tea turned down Todd's final plea to reconcile and he prepared to leave town. Todd said his final goodbye to Viki and Sam and cleverly left The Sun divided between Kelly, Blair and Max. On his flight out of Llanview, Todd was disturbed by dreams of "Tom,""Rod,""Pete," and "Mrs. Perkins." In turn, each of Todd's alters told him how much he had ruined his life by lying.
Will finally confessed that he had fathered Jessica's baby. Meanwhile, Jessica and Cristian were preparing for their wedding when they spotted a wanted poster with their pictures on it. Jessica called Will, but Roseanne intercepted the call and found out where they were. Roseanne went to Maryland to encourage Jessica and Cristian to get married and go as far away from Llanview as possible. Viki got a tip regarding Jessica's whereabouts and she and Carlotta took off to find them. They arrived just as Jessica and Cristian's wedding began. Viki assured Jessica that she wouldn't stop the wedding. When it came time to say her vows, Jessica couldn't go through with it and called the wedding off. Jessica returned to Llanview and refused to forgive Clint for telling the authorities Cristian had kidnapped her.
Clint and Lindsay's marriage came to a crashing halt when he learned that Lindsay had given Jessica money to run away. Fearing the consequences, Sam and Nora were forced to represent Lindsay and Clint in their divorce. Clint decided to leave town and was happy when he and Jessica were able to make amends before he left.
Bo's search into Drew's murder finally led him to Barbara. Andrew had learned that Cassie knew what Barbara had done and tried to convince Cassie to go to the police. Cassie refused and continued to torment Barbara. Kevin tried to warn Cassie about Barbara, but the pair had disappeared. Holding Barbara at gunpoint, Cassie forced her to the bell tower of St. James Church where she planned to make Barbara commit suicide. Barbara tried her best to talk Cassie out of her crazy plan, but Cassie had already gone over the edge.
Bo went to Sykes and forced him to admit that he knew that Barbara was the shooter. Sykes said that Senator Graham was the one who prevented him from coming forward. Sykes put Bo in charge of the investigation and then later arrested Graham for obstruction of justice.
While a prayer service was going on below, Barbara and Cassie struggled for the gun. A shot rang out and Bo, Andrew, Kevin and Joey all ran to the bell tower. When they rushed in, only Barbara was there. Barbara was quickly arrested and taken down to police headquarters. Kevin was shocked when Barbara told him that Cassie had regained use of her legs and could walk. Kevin and Andrew soon found Cassie, but she was standing on the ledge of the bell tower ready to jump. Andrew was finally able to get through to Cassie while Kevin grabbed her and pulled her to safety.
1999
Although Kevin and Cassie had married, Cassie started to lose touch with reality when she found out about Barbara. Kevin was alone again when Cassie was shipped off to a hospital in Switzerland and Dorian had his and Cassie's marriage annulled. Barbara was sentenced to jailtime for her crimes.
Early in 1999, the lies stopped when a drunken Lindsay publicly announced to the world that Nora had betrayed Bo by sleeping with Sam. Bo then realized that Nora was carrying Sam's baby, not his. Nora and Bo still had deep feelings for one another, but they couldn't put this incident behind them. Nora vowed to fight for Bo, but he moved out.
Dorian's world was shattered in 1999 when Mel was killed in a plane crash. Dorian blamed Viki for Mel's death as Viki had mistakenly intercepted a note that Dorian had sent to Mel asking him to come home. Viki got off the plane instead of Mel, and Dorian couldn't forgive Viki or accept Mel's death.
Viki literally found herself at the Crossroads of her life. The Crossroads bar, that is. While out on a drive one night, Viki inexplicably felt herself drawn to the Crossroads and she ventured inside. Viki then found herself drawn to the handsome bartender Ben, who affectionately nicknamed her "Blondie." What Viki didn't know was that Ben was also the mysterious "Hamlet," a man who had very dangerous enemies.
Not knowing his new love was the esteemed publisher, Viki Carpenter, Ben taught "Blondie" how to loosen up, have fun, and sing Karaoke! The two grew closer until Ben mysteriously started to push "Blondie" away. What "Blondie" didn't realize was that Ben was trying to keep her out of danger. Ben took the bartending job to disguise himself from mobsters who had taken his father's life and now wanted his!
It didn't take long for Ben's unsavory past to catch up with him and when it did, he found himself with no one to turn to except, renowned lawyer Sam Rappaport ... his brother!!! Sam told Ben he wanted nothing to do with the past or his family. Ben was on his own, or so he thought. When a gunman shot Ben in the shoulder, "Blondie" came to his rescue. Taking her into his confidence, Ben told "Blondie" the truth about his past and as she nursed him back to health, "Blondie" confided a secret of her own, she was really Viki Carpenter, the well known publisher of The Banner.
When Todd decided to leave town, he cleverly left The Sun divided between Kelly, Blair and Max. Fighting her feelings for Joey, Kelly allowed herself to be the target of money hungry Max Holden. Falling for Max's charm, the two became engaged. On Kelly's wedding day, Joey drowned his sorrows at the Crossroads bar and wound up having a one night stand with the waitress Sophia Pellegrino. Joey and Kelly were soon reunited when Kelly showed up on Joey's doorstep after she left Max at the altar.
After originally leaving Llanview in 1980, Gretel Rae Cummings landed in San Francisco and enrolled at UCSF with psychology as her major. Soon, Gretel, who was now going by her middle name Rae, found herself the star of her own radio talk show. As Rae's popularity grew, she realized the importance of getting into the on-line business and rapidly became "the" on-line relationship guru, expanding her empire and growing very wealthy in the process. With her newfound wealth, Rae embarked on a trip around the world and while in Switzerland met Daniel Faulkner, an international banker and fell head over heels in love. They married and she lived happily as his wife for years.
In 1999, Daniel Faulkner left on a business trip and never returned to his wife, Gretel Rae Cummings. His leaving coincided with the disappearance of several million dollars from his clients' accounts. Worried sick and unwilling to believe that Daniel would betray his clients or her, Rae searched for clues to his disappearance. Her search led to a Paris apartment where she found a diary and letters detailing a love affair with a younger woman. Assuming that he had run away with this woman, Rae set off to find them and ended up in Llanview.
A woman named Grace Monroe arrived in town. She charmed her way into Kevin's life but then Gretel Rae Cummings came to town and was looking for her husband, who had cheated on her with a younger woman, took all her money, and left her. That younger woman was Grace. Rae wanted to ruin Grace's life for having an affair with Rae's husband, Daniel. Rae tried to talk to Kevin and convince him to stop seeing Grace, but had no success.
Rae wasn't looking for Daniel because she wanted him back; she was looking for him in the hope he could shed some light on the whereabouts of her long lost daughter. As it turned out, Rae had given birth to a baby girl out of wedlock and the infant had been taken from her. Rae was desperate to find the daughter she had never known.
Using Viki's paper to his advantage, Ben placed ads for the Mob in the personals, playing cat and mouse with the men who wanted his life. Before long, the situation culminated in a deadly confrontation on the roof of the Palace Hotel. Concerned about his brother, Sam showed up and was joined by a mysterious new reporter, Grace Monroe, who Sam deduced was really his and Ben's long lost little sister. At this same time, Dorian made a pact with Hugo in order to get revenge on Viki. Dorian blamed Viki for Mel's death and didn't like seeing Viki happy with her new boyfriend Ben. Dorian and Hugo kidnapped Viki and held her hostage as a way to get to Ben. Hugo then turned the tables on Dorian and ended up holding her hostage with Viki. A frightened Grace pushed Hugo through a skylight to his death, putting an end to the threats and the fear that had been plaguing the Davidson family for years.
While in Llanview, Rae quickly became friends with John Sykes, who helped her in her search. Rae also encountered Grace Munroe, the beautiful younger woman who had once been Daniel's lover. Grace, however, had no information about Daniel to share with Rae. After getting a new lead, Rae headed to Pine Valley to continue her search.
With the secrets and danger behind them, Ben was finally free to enjoy his relationship with Viki, the woman who sang her off-key way into his life and stood by him through his darkest hour. Things were slightly awkward at first, but Viki and Ben soon felt like soul mates!
On their wedding day in 1999, Renee stopped the wedding to tell Asa a long held secret. Renee had given birth to Asa's son years before in Nevada. Asa was shocked, but thrilled at the thought of another Buchanan heir! Renee and Asa got hitched and then resumed the search for their son.
Blair had a brief affair with Sam Rappaport, but always seemed to return to Max. Determined to provide a better life for Max and their children, Blair convinced Max to con Asa and Renee into thinking he was the missing Buchanan heir! Blair and Max got married in a quickie Las Vegas wedding, but were forced to live apart in Llanview to keep their marriage a secret.
Blair and Max continued their scheme and managed to convince Asa and Renee that Max was the long-lost Buchanan heir. Blair continued to worry about the affects of Max's aneurysm, especially after he collapsed at The Palace. Blair began to question Ben to get more information about the treatment of aneurysms while Asa warned Max to stay away from Blair.
Jessica and Cristian returned to Llanview and Jessica considered placing her baby up for adoption once it was born, but later decided against it. Jessica and Cristian became engaged and they planned on moving to New York City and raising the child as their own.
Jessica and Cristian were thrilled to learn that Jessica's baby was a girl. Jessica decided to name the baby Megan Victoria after her sister and mother. Will continued to feel left out of his baby's life as Jessica and Cristian made decisions without him.
Nora gave birth to a baby boy and named the child Matthew, who almost died shortly after being born. Matthew pulled through and Nora and Sam were both devoted to their little boy. Nora, however, later learned the truth about Bo's fertility tests and realized he could be Matthew's father after all.
Nora had Matthew's DNA tested, but Lindsay secretly paid off the lab technician to make sure that Sam stayed Matthew's father. The tests revealed that Sam was indeed Matthew's father, but Lindsay never found out whether or not it was true or the result of her bribing the technician.
With her marriage to Bo a thing of the past, Nora became involved with Sam. Nora and Sam came close to getting married on several different occasions, but never tied the knot. Nora and Sam, however, did move in together and formed a happy family with their son Matthew.
Still trying to cope with Mel's death, Dorian found herself turning to Madame Delphina, a psychic, for advice. During one session, Delphina channeled Mel's spirit who advised Dorian to make peace with Viki and give up her vendetta. Dorian felt a great sense of peace and decided that Mel was right. Dorian soon headed to Jessica and Cristian's engagement party to make amends with Viki.
At the party, Kelly learned that Joey had slept with Sophia and walked out on him. Will freaked out when Viki toasted Jessica and Cristian as parents-to-be. Unable to stand the tension, Jessica stepped outside for some fresh air. When Jessica realized she had gone into labor, she headed back to the Crossroads. Meanwhile, Dorian was distracted as she drove to the party and accidentally ran Jessica down with her car. Dorian attempted to call 911, but couldn't get through. Dorian then hid in the bushes as Jessica was rushed to the hospital.
Dorian returned home and confessed all to RJ. Meanwhile, baby Megan was declared brain dead. After first refusing, Will donated Megan's corneas to another child. As the Buchanans stood vigil by a comatose Jessica, RJ took steps to cover up Dorian's crime. Bo promised Clint that he would catch whoever had caused this accident.
Dorian couldn't cope with her guilt and began to have visions of Jessica. At one point, Dorian thought that Sophia was Jessica and confessed to the accident. Sophia quickly blackmailed Dorian with this information and then moved herself into the mansion. Kelly was furious with this development and accused Sophia of trying to get closer to Joey.
While in a coma, Jessica had an out of body experience where her sister Megan was able to introduce Jessica to her daughter. Jessica didn't want to leave this place and her daughter, but Viki's plea for Jessica to return to her won out. When Jessica awoke from her coma, she had no memory of the accident or that she had been pregnant. It soon became apparent that Jessica also had no memory of Cristian. Soon after Jessica returned home, she began to have memories of a baby and suddenly remembered losing Megan. Unable to handle his own grief, Will shut himself off from his family. Jessica found him at the Buchanan lodge and they comforted each other over the loss of their child.
While on their road trip, Jessica and Will continued to bond. Will tried his best to hide his growing feeling for Jessica when she finally began to remember the accident - and her feelings for Cristian. Back in Llanview, Roseanne took advantage of Jessica's absence and found every opportunity to tempt Cristian. During a blistering heatwave, Cristian finally gave in to Roseanne and they made love! Unbeknownst to Cristian, Jessica was headed back to town to reclaim his love.
Upon Jessica's return to town, she went to tell Cristian that she loved him and wanted him back. Cristian was in bed with Roseanne when Jessica arrived. Roseanne managed to slip out unnoticed when she heard Jessica say that she wanted to get back together. A confused Cristian told Jessica to take a few days to make sure of her feelings.
Cristian was finally going to come clean to Jessica about his new relationship with Roseanne, but fate had other plans. Cristian came to Roseanne's rescue on the docks when she was attacked. Cristian was forced to admit the truth that he had slept with Roseanne when Jessica walked in and saw Cristian comforting her. Jessica wanted nothing more to do with Cristian and ran out.
Other than meddling in the lives of his children, Asa's favorite pastime is finding ways to destroy the people he hates most - the Rappaports!
Asa continued to seek revenge against the Rappaports and tried to block Ben from being hired at the hospital. The vote was tied until Dorian shocked the room, and especially Viki, by casting her vote in favor of Ben. Unsatisfied, Asa brought Skye Chandler to town to make trouble for Ben. Their first order of business was to get Ben's medical license revoked.
Nurse Hoffman contacted Asa and Renee with news about their son and they were both floored when Max was revealed to be the missing Buchanan heir. Asa was skeptical while Renee was thrilled. When Asa broke the news to Max, he warned Max that he had better not break Renee's heart. When Asa suggested Max take a DNA test, Blair assured Max that she had everything worked out and quickly produced a sample from the real Buchanan heir.
In September 1999, Asa and Renee were stunned when Max and Blair announced that they were husband and wife. Blair and Max thought their scheme was going smoothly, until Esther Hoffman suddenly arrived in Llanview. Esther was the one woman who knew the truth -- Max wasn't Asa and Renee's son!
Max and Blair thought their scheme might come to a crashing halt when Esther Hoffman arrived in town demanding one million dollars in exchange for her continued silence. When Max and Blair couldn't raise the money, Esther offered to sell Sam the information she said would destroy Asa. Sam gave Esther a check for one million dollars, but she choked to death on an olive in her martini before telling Sam that Max wasn't Asa's son. Max and Blair were relieved to narrowly escape being exposed as frauds, but their happiness was short lived when they realized that Skye knew the truth that Max wasn't the Buchanan heir.
Sykes began to question Téa regarding her intensity about the hit and run accident. Téa made excuses as to why she was taking the case so personally and refused to delve into her past. Téa lived with her niece Roseanne in Todd's penthouse and started spending a lot of time with RJ Gannon. Téa told RJ of her long ago affair with her sister Annarose's husband, Miguel. Téa also revealed that she had gotten pregnant with Miguel's child, but had an abortion when Miguel refused to leave his wife. To this day, Téa carries the guilt of her sister's suicide after Téa told her of the affair. RJ began spending a lot of time with Tea and they became lovers for the first time in November 1999.
Through a series of weird coincidences, it appeared that Lindsay was the prime suspect in Jessica's hit and run. When Bo learned that Lindsay lied about her alibi for that night, he had no choice but to arrest her for the crime. Against Nora's advice, Sam agreed to take Lindsay's case. Kevin and Grace grew closer covering the Lindsay Rappaport trial together and eventually got engaged.
At this same time, someone was haunting Dorian. Will privately realized that Jessica had been the one haunting Dorian. In order to protect Jessica, Will took the blame when Dorian found that her house had been vandalized. Will told Viki the truth about Jessica and Viki convinced Bo to release Will. Dorian received a note summoning her to the Crossroads. When Dorian arrived, she came face to face with Jessica and realized Jessica had been responsible for the harassment. Dorian didn't blame Jessica and wanted to make amends.
When Jessica told Dorian that she wanted her to pay with her life, Dorian agreed and told Jessica to kill her. Viki and Will arrived at the Crossroads and witnessed Jessica preparing to mow Dorian down with her car. At the last moment, Jessica stopped herself and realized what she had been doing. Dorian was truly shattered by Jessica's pain and assured Viki she wouldn't seek revenge.
Roseanne was determined to keep Cristian and Jessica apart and enlisted Will in her scheme. In the end, Will ended up borrowing money from the Megan Foundation to help Roseanne keep Cristian in New York City. During this time, Jessica and Will were starting to develop deeper feelings for one another.
By this time, Asa had come to accept Max as his son and enlisted Max's help in his scheme against Sam. Will accepted Asa's job offer and had no idea that Asa was using him as a pawn in his plan to destroy the Rappaports and Davidsons. To that end, Asa framed Will for embezzling money from the Megan Foundation.
Jessica was livid when she found out that Will had conspired with Roseanne to keep Cristian away from Llanview and also thought the worst of Will when Asa accused him of embezzling from the Megan Foundation. In time, however, Jessica came to realize that Asa had framed Will for embezzlement.
Jessica and Cristian teamed up to get evidence to use against Asa after Will was sentenced to hard time in Statesville Prison. Jessica was able to get Asa to confess on tape and she and Cristian raced to give the tape to Bo.
Asa wasn't pleased when Kevin became engaged to Sam's sister Grace and he hired a private investigator to dig up some dirt on the young woman. Asa confronted Grace with some unsavory facts from her past and Grace ran out into the rain. Grace became trapped in a building being constructed on Asa's property and ended up drowning to death when a flood engulfed the structure. Everyone blamed Asa for Grace's death, but he insisted he had merely wanted to get her out of town and never wanted any harm to come to her.
Renee urged Asa to abandon his quest to destroy Sam and Ben, but he continued to ignore her pleas. Renee stayed by Asa's side even though she was horrified to think he had been indirectly responsible for Grace's death. Kelly and Kevin found a common interest when they both shared the same pain from Grace's death. Joey was a little jealous because Kelly became very worried about Kevin. In December of 1999, Joey and Kelly got engaged.
Skye kept Max's secret, but in November, Renee made the heartbreaking discovery that Max had been lying about being her son and she confronted him about it. Max confessed the truth to Renee, but insisted that Blair hadn't been in on his scheme. Max was genuinely sorry about duping Renee and after she stormed off in anger, Max collapsed from his aneurysm.
As Max remained comatose, Renee confronted Blair with the truth and said she knew that Blair had been Max's partner in the con. Saving her own neck, Blair denied Renee's accusation and begged her not to tell Asa the truth while blaming everything on Max, who had actually heard Blair's betrayal as he wasn't as comatose as everyone believed. Privately, Blair apologized to a "comatose" Max for selling him out. A short time later, everyone was thrilled when Max opened his eyes, but he started exhibiting some very strange behavior.
Asa began to rely on Max, his only "loyal son," more and more as he continued his quest to drive the "Rappadavidsons" out of Llanview. This vendetta had cost Asa most of what was left of his family as Bo wanted nothing to do with Asa when it became clear he had framed Will. Jessica also distanced herself from Asa after getting proof on tape of what he had done to Will. When Will, Jessica and Cristian went on the run, Viki blamed Asa for the predicament Jessica was in. Even faithful Renee reached her breaking point over Asa's schemes and ended up walking out on him.
Asa was confident he was doing the right thing and was certain his family would come around to see things his way. Asa was very happy to learn that Matthew might actually be Bo's son and won't rest until he has the newest Buchanan heir under his thumb! When Bo and Sam had another DNA test conducted on Matthew, Asa realized once and for all that Matthew was Sam's biological son. Asa, however, wasn't about to give up on his quest to destroy the "Rappadavidsons."
2000
Bo and Nora shared a dance while trapped inside the warehouse, but stopped themselves before they shared a kiss. Bo and Nora were then rescued by Sam and Lindsay, who weren't happy with finding them together.
Lindsay walked out on Bo when she feared he was still in love with Nora. Bo assured Lindsay that she was the woman he loved and proposed. Lindsay said no at first, but then changed her mind and they planned on getting married on Valentine's Day.
Nora wanted to marry Sam immediately and they even went to the courthouse to have the judge perform the ceremony. Sam, however, questioned Nora's motives and they agreed to wait to get married. A short while later, Nora realized that Lindsay was keeping a secret and she made it her personal mission to uncover it. At this same time, Lindsay began to suspect that she might be pregnant.
Max told Blair that he no longer trusted her, although Blair made it clear that she still loved her husband and just wanted the "old" Max back. Blair urged Max to try and convince Asa to end the feud between the Buchanans and Rappaports, but Max refused. Max was also falling into Skye's clutches and he made love to her in an effort to keep his secrets from being exposed. Blair was suspicious of Max's dealings with Skye, but didn't realize they had begun an affair behind her back.
Kelly and Kevin shared a kiss on New Year's Eve, but stopped themselves before they made love. Kevin and Kelly both felt guilty about what they had done, but agreed not to say anything about it to Joey.
At the Crossroads, Ben proposed to Viki and she accepted. Ben debated going after Asa when he got proof that Asa was responsible for having his medical license revoked. Ben's anger towards Asa escalated after Asa made Will the target of his plan for revenge. Ben literally wanted to kill Asa for the trouble he had caused his family. One day, Viki found Ben with a gun and gave him an ultimatum -- either choose her or revenge against Asa. Ben told Viki that he loved her, but she ended their relationship when he couldn't let go of his vendetta against Asa.
Viki had a routine mammogram and became alarmed when her doctor reported that something might be wrong. Viki then scheduled an ultrasound test as a follow-up.
Cristian whisked Jessica away to the rustic cabin motel they had stayed at when they had ran away to get married. The passion started to grow between them, but Jessica pulled back and told Cristian that she was in love with Will. Hurt by Jessica's rejection, Cristian ended up proposing to Roseanne and she readily accepted.
Meanwhile, Asa wasn't pleased by Will and Jessica's closeness and initiated an audit of the Megan Foundation. Asa then presented Bo with "evidence" showing that Will had embezzled over 500,000 dollars from the Foundation. Bo reluctantly arrested Will, who confessed to Jessica that he had teamed up with Roseanne to keep Jessica and Cristian apart. Will, however, insisted that he hadn't stolen all that money and vowed that he had always planned on returning the money to the foundation. Jessica was furious and wanted nothing more to do with Will.
On Roseanne and Cristian's wedding day, Jessica went to New York City to tell Cristian the truth and Roseanne and Will's duplicity. Roseanne locked Jessica in a closet to prevent her from speaking to Cristian, and the wedding went off as planned. After Cristian and Roseanne were pronounced husband and wife, Jessica arrived and told Cristian the truth. Cristian then walked out on an inconsolable Roseanne.
Lindsay told Sam that she was pregnant and that she planned to tell Bo the news on their wedding night. Nora was still suspicious of Lindsay and soon learned the truth about Lindsay tampering with the results of Bo's fertility tests. Nora told Sam what she had learned and was stunned when he admitted he had already known Lindsay's secret. Sam warned Nora to just let the secret stay buried, but Nora had other ideas. After wrestling with her conscious, Nora set off for Bo and Lindsay's wedding.
As Bo and Lindsay were about to recite their vows, Nora entered and told Bo what Lindsay had done. Lindsay confessed her misdeed to Bo and also said she was pregnant. Bo didn't believe that Lindsay was pregnant and she gave him back his ring. Bo and Lindsay's relationship was over but Bo was also furious with Nora and questioned why she had exposed Lindsay's secret on what was supposed to have been his wedding day. Sam was also at odds with Nora and temporarily moved out of their house.
Max continued his affair with Skye behind Blair's back in order to keep her from revealing the truth about his scam. During this time, Max also continued with his ruse of being brain damaged. Max had a tough time juggling these two women and his charade was almost uncovered when everyone ended up at The Palace together. To save his own skin, Max pretended to have one of his episodes and entered the restaurant stark naked!
Shortly thereafter, Blair overheard Skye telling Ben about her and Max's affair. Skye thought Max had real feelings for her and was crushed when she overheard him voice his undying love for Blair. An angry Skye then told Ben that Max was faking his brain damage and also said that Max was not the real Buchanan heir.
Cristian tried to end his marriage to Roseanne, but she refused to grant him an annulment. Carlotta was worried about Cristian and called Antonio for help. Antonio returned to Llanview without Andy and vowed to help Cristian with his problems with Roseanne. During this time, Cristian also came to believe that Asa had framed Will for embezzlement.
Someone was after RJ, who had entered into a romance with Tea. One day, Tea found a key in the parking garage and also received a note from Todd delivered to her by Starr. Tea went to Viki's mountain cabin and was shocked to see Todd! Todd professed his love for Tea and asked her to leave town with him. Tea was unsure of what to do, but by the time RJ arrived at the cabin looking for Tea, she had already left for parts unknown with Todd.
Viki kept her doctors appointment and feared what her tests might reveal. Viki's greatest fear was then realized when she learned she might have breast cancer and a biopsy was scheduled. Viki confided in Kevin, who promised to be there for her. Viki also told Dorian the news and the two women agreed to bury their animosity.
Sophia learned about Kelly and Kevin almost making love on New Year's Eve and told Joey. Joey, however, didn't believe Sophia's claims about Kelly and Kevin.
Dorian was swept off her feet by the handsome Drake Farraday, who claimed to be an old friend of Mel's. Dorian and Drake took an instant liking to each other and Dorian ended up leaving Llanview to travel the world with him in February 2000.
Max was desperate to find Ben after learning that Skye had told him that Max was faking his brain damage and wasn't the real Buchanan heir. Meanwhile, Ben had already gone to confront Asa, who held Ben at gunpoint in the Buchanan stables. Ben demanded that Asa drop the charges against Will and also told Asa what he knew about Max, but Asa didn't believe him. The confrontation caused Asa to suffer a heart attack and Ben was tempted to let him die!
Max arrived at the stables and begged Ben to save Asa. When Ben still hesitated, Max admitted that Ben was Asa and Renee's son! Ben then started performing CPR and Asa was rushed to the hospital. Ben, however, didn't tell anyone that he was Asa's son because he truly didn't want Asa as a father. Ben told Max to go on pretending to be the Buchanan heir and Max was happy to do so.
Max, however, still had Skye and Blair to contend with. Hoping to keep Skye quiet, Max asked her to marry him. After seeing a kiss between Max and Skye, Blair confronted Skye in her hotel room. Blair hid when Max arrived and learned that he had been faking his brain damage. Blair was furious and wanted revenge! To that end, Blair drugged Max and tied him up in the stables stark naked. With a power drill in hand, Blair threatened to "cure" Max unless he confessed to cheating on her. Max made his confession and Blair then pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot him. An emotional Blair couldn't shoot Max and she simply left him tied up in the stables, where Nigel later found him. Max then found Blair holding Skye at gunpoint, but grabbed the gun away from her. Blair went to tell Sam and Ben that Max had been faking his brain damage as Max told a crushed Skye that he wanted Blair back.
Asa was seriously ill and needed emergency surgery. Asa survived his heart attack, but Bo and Jessica began to suspect that he really had framed Will for embezzlement.
Cristian and Will teamed up to try and get proof against Asa. Cristian and Will discovered a phone number while searching Asa's office and it turned out to be the number for Asa's banker in the Cayman Islands. Eventually, Hank and Sam were able to get a warrant summoning the banker to Llanview, but Max and Skye made sure he didn't get the chance to speak to the authorities. When this lead turned into a dead end, the case against Will remained solid.
Kevin took Viki to the hospital for her biopsy. A short time later, Viki learned she had breast cancer. Viki only shared the news with her family and scheduled surgery at the Cherryvale Clinic. Kevin urged Viki to reach out to Ben, but she couldn't bring herself to do so. Ben and Viki did share several close moments, but still remained estranged.
Kevin and Kelly continued to struggle with their feelings, but in the wake of Viki's medical crisis, Kevin pushed her away and urged her to turn to Joey. Sophia, however, was still certain there was something going on between Kevin and Kelly. After witnessing a kiss between Kevin and Kelly, Sophia told Joey what she had seen. Joey didn't believe Sophia and publicly humiliated her at Rodi's. Sophia then became determined to get the proof she needed to expose Kelly and Kevin.
Nora's suspicions that Lindsay was pregnant were confirmed. Nora wanted to tell Bo about Lindsay's pregnancy, but Lindsay was determined that Bo not know. Nora and Lindsay had a confrontation and Lindsay experienced abdominal pains. Will rushed Lindsay to the hospital, but she ended up losing the baby and blamed Nora for the miscarriage. Sam, however, assured a guilt ridden Nora that she was not to blame and they bridged the gap between them.
Bo found himself at Rodi's one night and RJ was there as well. RJ started taunting Bo, who reached his breaking point and began punching RJ relentlessly. RJ accused Bo of police brutality and Bo stormed off into the night. Feeling the need to escape, Bo got on his motorcycle and ended up at a roadhouse outside of Llanview.
Roseanne stuck to her guns and refused to give Cristian an annulment. Roseanne and RJ were both shocked when they received letters from Tea in which she gave Roseanne the penthouse and RJ one million dollars. RJ refused to accept the money and handed it over to Roseanne, who was suddenly a very wealthy woman! Roseanne then bought the mortgage on the diner and threatened to close it down unless Cristian stayed in their marriage.
Viki went to the Cherryvale Clinic and prepared for her surgery after a touching goodbye with her children. Ben and Viki both thought they saw each other at the clinic, but convinced themselves that they were mistaken. Ben didn't learn about Viki's cancer and they remained estranged from one another.
Bo encountered Melanie MacIver at the roadhouse outside of Llanview and took an instant dislike to her after she accidentally ran over his parked motorcycle in the parking lot. Bo soon had a change of heart towards Melanie when he realized they were both trying to escape from their lives. Bo and Melanie spent the night together and Bo then headed back to Llanview. RJ publicly accused Bo of police brutality and Bo agreed to let Nora represent him. During the investigation, Hank had to place Bo on inactive status with the police department.
Nora decided against telling Bo that Lindsay had been pregnant, but did urge Lindsay to tell Bo the truth on her own. Bo confronted Lindsay, who said she hadn't been pregnant and didn't tell Bo the truth about the miscarriage.
Jessica told Will and Cristian that she now believed that Asa had set Will up. Jessica was horrified when she realized that Will was going to accept Hank's offer of six months in prison and believed that he shouldn't spend any time behind bars. Jessica was also torn about her feelings for Cristian and her feelings for Will. Cristian wanted to help clear Will's name because he wanted a level playing field and didn't want Jessica to choose him over Will just because Will was in prison.
Will went to court and everyone was shocked when he was sentenced to years behind bars at Statesville Prison instead of several months incarcerated in minimum security facility. Sam accused Asa of bribing the judge and was jailed on contempt charges. Will admitted to Sam that he was afraid of going to prison and they grew closer.
Will was ordered to surrender himself to the authorities within twelve hours to be taken to Statesville and Jessica was then determined to get the truth out of Asa. With help from Blair and Renee, Jessica and Cristian finally tracked down Asa in Baltimore. Wearing a hidden tape recorder, Jessica met with Asa and pretended to be pleased that Will was headed to jail. Asa then confessed what he had done and Jessica got the proof she needed. Unfortunately, Max learned what Jessica and Cristian were up to and grabbed the tape away from them. Asa threw the tape out the window, but Jessica and Cristian were able to retrieve it. Jessica and Cristian then raced to the train that was carrying Will to Statesville Prison.
Bo, Nora ,and John escorted Will on the train taking him to prison. Jessica and Cristian arrived and told Bo about the tape, but he said there would have to be another trial before Will's name could be cleared and gave the tape to Nora.
Nora wanted to settle things with Bo and asked him to forgive her for everything that had happened in the past. Bo, however, couldn't bring himself to forgive Nora. A moment later, the train derailed and the wreckage was enormous. Nora was trapped in one of the cars and Bo wasn't able to free her. Bo went to get more help and was devastated when he returned to see the train car engulfed in an explosion! In the chaos after the crash, Jessica and Cristian helped Will escape.
Blair set her sights on Ben when Max continued his affair with Skye. Max warned Blair to be loyal to the Buchanans, but Blair was sick over what Asa was doing to Will. Max told Blair that he wanted a divorce, but she refused and threatened to tell Asa everything if Max proceeded with his plans.
Roseanne continued to refuse to end her marriage to Cristian and even threw an impromptu reception at the diner. Roseanne wasn't pleased when Cristian invited Jessica and Will to the party and was more perturbed when she was forced to write a huge check to the Megan Foundation. Antonio tried to distance Roseanne from Cristian, but she was sticking to her guns no matter what. Antonio even kissed Roseanne at the arcade, but she turned around and sent the photos to Andy.
Sophia was determined to expose Kevin and Kelly's feelings for one another and after getting her hands on some police surveillance equipment, Sophia arranged for Kelly and Kevin to get trapped in the storage room together. Sophia was elated when she caught Kevin and Kelly kissing on tape, but her joy turned to guilt when she overheard Kevin speaking about Viki's breast cancer. Sophia then unlocked the door and freed Kevin and Kelly.
Sophia did the right thing and told Joey that she had lied about Kevin and Kelly's actions on New Year's Eve. Sophia gave Kevin the tape and promised to never tell anyone what had happened. Sophia also promised not to tell Ben about Viki's illness. Sophia seemed to be over her infatuation with Joey and after getting the news that her brother had been killed in prison, Sophia decided to apply to the police academy.
Viki and Kevin were stunned when Joey and Kelly announced that they had eloped. Kevin hid his pain and congratulated the happy couple. Kelly still privately struggled with her lingering feelings for Kevin, but truly did love Joey.
Rae Cummings returned to Llanview and she and Sophia raced to the Cherryvale Clinic after learning that John had been taken there after being injured in the train wreck.
Nora's friends and family were devastated when they came to the conclusion that Nora had been killed in the train crash. Sam refused to believe that Nora was dead, but eventually came to accept the horrible news.
As it turned out, Nora wasn't dead at all! Dr. Colin McIver, who was Melanie's husband, found a badly injured Nora by the crash site and took her to the Cherryvale Clinic. Nora's identification had been lost in the explosion and Colin had no idea of Nora's real identity. Nora was still unconscious from the accident and couldn't speak for herself. Nora remained unconscious for days, but was almost discovered by Rae and John before John was released from Cherryvale.
Meanwhile, Jessica, Cristian and a badly injured Will made it to Viki's cabin. When Will's condition grew worse, he sent Jessica to Cherryvale to get Melanie to help them. Melanie treated Will and agreed to keep their location a secret. Although a new hearing was held in which Jessica testified to Asa's confessing to setting Will up, Will's conviction was upheld. Will had to remain in hiding and Jessica and Cristian insisted on staying by his side.
Sam, Viki, Ben, Bo ,and Lindsay all knew that Jessica and Cristian were helping Will and they prayed that everyone would come through the ordeal unharmed. When Roseanne found out that Jessica and Cristian were together at Viki's cabin, she told the cops that Will was there also. Jessica, Will, and Cristian narrowly avoided being caught by the police, thanks to Antonio. Will, Jessica, and Cristian then took off on the run and all three were labeled as fugitives. Will and Cristian were alarmed when they became separated from Jessica, but the trio was soon reunited and Will and Cristian were surprised by Jessica's wild rock star disguise.
Lindsay offered Asa a deal and said she would deliver Bo's son to him in exchange for Asa clearing Will's name. Lindsay then confessed to Bo that she had paid Jeff Barnes to switch the results of Matthew's paternity test. Bo forgave Lindsay, but insisted that he wasn't going to ask Sam to have Matthew re-tested. Lindsay then set out to change Bo's mind as she wanted to raise Matthew with Bo. Lindsay was furious when she realized Asa had duped her and vowed that Asa would never have Bo or Matthew in his life. Although Bo refused to confront Sam about Matthew, he did initiate a search for Jeff Barnes to see what light he could shed on the subject.
By this point, Nora had started to speak a few words, but was still in and out of consciousness. One of the things Nora said was "Lindsay Rappaport," which shocked Colin. Colin then called Lindsay, his sister-in-law, and she was stunned to learn Nora was alive. Lindsay raced to Cherryvale and saw Nora with her own eyes and was furious at Nora for not staying dead. Nora, however, didn't see Lindsay at Cherryvale. Desperate not to lose the ground she had gained with Bo, Lindsay convinced Colin to keep Nora hidden and not to let anyone know she was alive. Colin agreed after Lindsay promised to help him get back together with his wife, Melanie, who was also Lindsay's sister.
Bo encountered Melanie in Llanview and both were happy to see each other again after the one night they had spent together at the roadhouse the month before. Bo was then stunned when he learned Lindsay and Melanie were sisters, but neither Bo nor Melanie told Lindsay about their relationship.
Ben saw Viki at Cherryvale and realized the truth about her breast cancer. Ben was determined to get his relationship with Viki back on track and he told her the truth that he was Asa's son. Viki supported Ben's decision not to come forward with the information and they were clearly back in love. Soon thereafter, Ben proposed and Viki happily accepted.
Blair declared war on Max after he invited Skye to move back into the mansion and turned to Ben for help in her quest for revenge. In an effort to earn Max's trust again, Blair gave him a document stating she would never reveal Max's true identity and would take full responsibility if his scam were ever exposed. Max and Blair made love, but Max was still unsure of Blair's loyalty. Secretly, Blair was still out for revenge and she and Ben formed B&B United, a corporation they planned to use to cause trouble for Buchanan Enterprises. Blair was livid when she learned that Skye had gotten her hands on the document she had given Max, and Blair's determination to make Max pay increased.
RJ was still determined to press assault charges against Bo, and RJ even attacked Bo at Nora's memorial service. RJ was furious when he learned Hank wouldn't be bringing charges against Bo and he vowed to make Bo pay.
Blair and Skye continued to fight for Max's affection. After an encounter at the country club during a family dinner Asa had invited Skye to, Blair went so far as to flush Skye's head in the toilet in the ladies room! Skye soon retaliated, however, by drugging Blair and chopping her hair off! After slipping Skye some truth serum, Blair was able to retrieve the document incriminating herself in Max's charade and destroyed it. Soon thereafter, Blair demanded that Max choose between her and Skye. When Max refused to kick Skye out of the mansion, Blair walked out on him.
Fearing Nora would be discovered at Cherryvale, Colin moved her into his home and continued treating her. Colin almost told Bo that Nora was alive, but changed his mind after learning about Bo's affair with Melanie. At this same time, Lindsay tried to convince Melanie to give Colin another chance. When Melanie ended up signing her divorce papers, Nora offered Colin a deal and said she would represent him and prevent the divorce in exchange for her freedom. While bedridden at Colin's, Nora also caught a glimpse of Lindsay in her room but Colin convinced her that she had seen Melanie instead.
Bo made it clear to Lindsay that he wasn't going to mention Matthew's questionable paternity to Sam at this time. Lindsay then manipulated Melanie into telling Sam the truth about Matthew. A furious Sam told Bo he wouldn't have Matthew re-tested and accused Lindsay of lying about tampering with the tests.
Jessica, Will, and Cristian hooked up with a rock band and Jessica ended up as lead singer. At a club in Ohio, the trio was almost discovered by Max, but Blair was able to get Max out of the club before he spotted the kids. Max suddenly became determined to go back inside and at that moment, someone clobbered Max from behind. Blair was then stunned to see that Todd had come to her rescue.
Todd revealed himself to Sam and said that Tea had left him. Todd asked Sam for his help, but Sam refused to let himself be used again. Sam also made it clear that he wanted Todd to stay away from Will, Jessica, and Cristian.
The tension between Will and Cristian continued to increase and Cristian wanted Will to leave on his own and walk away from Jessica. After the performance in Ohio, Jessica was shocked to come face-to-face with Todd, who claimed he wanted to help her, Will, and Cristian. True to form, however, Todd's "help" was really just manipulating the situation to his own advantage. Todd offered to help Will leave the country, and Will was torn over what was best for Jessica.
Bo found Jeff Barnes and brought him back to Llanview. Barnes, however, refused to cooperate and told Bo nothing about changing the test results. RJ then enlisted Barnes in his revenge plot against Bo.
Sophia seemed to be over her infatuation with Joey by 2000, and after getting the news that her brother had been killed in prison, Sophia decided to apply to the police academy. Antonio and Sophia both entered the police academy and neither one was too thrilled when they were assigned as partners.
Asa was furious when Kevin and Kelly (who were still struggling with their feelings for one another) started a smear campaign against him in The Banner and The Sun. Asa refused to give up his vendetta against the "Rappadavidsons" even though it was costing him his entire family.
Rae began receiving letters from Daniel taunting her about her daughter. John supported Rae and promised they would beat Daniel at his own game.
The tension continued between Will and Cristian while on the run with Jessica. Todd added fuel to the fire and continued to manipulate the situation to his own advantage. To that end, Todd told Cristian that Viki was dying. Cristian then told Will and said that either Will leave on his own or Cristian would turn him in. Todd did, however, arrange for Viki to visit Jessica, but he kidnapped Viki in order to do it!
Thinking he was doing the right thing, Will gave Jessica an ultimatum -- choose between him and Cristian. Jessica told Will to leave and thought he had betrayed her. Jessica then told Cristian that he was the man who truly loved her and they were soon engaged. Jessica and Cristian were arrested and Jessica blasted Asa when he tried to intervene on her behalf.
Colin kept Nora his prisoner and she began to figure out that Lindsay was also involved in her ordeal.
After leaving Jessica and Cristian, Will went to Colin's looking for Melanie. Colin agreed to help Will but locked him in the basement so he wouldn't find Nora. Colin then gave Lindsay an ultimatum and said he would turn Will in if Lindsay didn't take the rap for kidnapping Nora. Lindsay then set out to get her hands on a drug that would erase Nora's memory. Lindsay made a deal with RJ, who said he'd get her the drug (not knowing it was for Nora) in exchange for information about Matthew's paternity situation.
Will started hearing a voice while locked in Colin's basement and was then shocked when a note drifted down through the vent. It was a note from Nora and Will realized she was alive!
Sam discovered that Will had called Jessica from Colin's house and he and Todd went to investigate. Sam and Todd didn't find Will, however, as he had been knocked unconscious by Colin while trying to escape.
Skye moved out of Asa's when Max said he still loved Blair. Blair and Max reconciled and he had no idea she was still out for revenge. Blair soon met with Charlie, a computer expert she hired to create a virus exposing Max as a fraud.
Lindsay pretended to have a breakdown in order to get Melanie to back away from Bo. Melanie and Bo did share a kiss, but she was determined not to pursue a relationship with him for Lindsay's sake.
Viki got the good news that her chemotherapy treatments were working.
Kelly became very upset when she learned she wasn't pregnant. Joey questioned Kelly's behavior and she finally admitted that she was in love with Kevin! Joey packed up Kelly's things and said that Kevin could have her. Kevin, however, wasn't ready to jump into a relationship with Kelly although it was clear he had feelings for her.
Antonio began spying on RJ for Bo.
Rae got another letter from Daniel, which turned out to be another one of his tricks. Shortly thereafter, Daniel arrived in Llanview and still refused to tell Rae what she wanted to know. Max warned Skye to stay away from Daniel and it was clear the two men shared a past.
Will managed to knock Colin unconscious and make his way to Nora's room. Both Will and Nora were overjoyed to see each other and Will went to call the police. Todd then arrived and claimed the authorities were already on the way. Todd then convinced Will that he had contacted Sam and that Will had to leave the country to protect himself. Todd, who was only looking out for himself, then sent Will to Ireland via a cargo ship and hoped that was the last anyone saw of him. Before leaving the country, however, Will was able to leave a message for Sam that Nora was alive and Colin was keeping her prisoner.
Meanwhile, Lindsay had ventured to Nora's room and after a heated argument in which Nora threatened to send Lindsay to prison, Lindsay injected Nora with the memory-erasing drug. Nora then fell into a coma and Colin was furious at Lindsay for what she had done.
After getting Will's news about Nora and Colin, Sam, Hank and John went to Colin's to investigate. Colin and Lindsay protested their innocence but even they were shocked to discover that Nora was gone from the house! As it turned out, Todd had taken an unconscious Nora to a convent and planned on bringing her home when it best suited his own needs.
Will arrived in Ireland and realized Todd had set him up. Desperate to make things right with Jessica, Will wrote her a letter explaining why he had left. While at Jessica's, Cristian spotted Will's letter and pocketed it. Cristian then had a change of heart and gave Jessica Will's letter. Jessica was furious at Cristian and said they were through before heading to Ireland to search for Will.
Kelly took an interest in Rae Cummings and her search for her long lost child, whose identity was apparently known by Daniel, Rae's vengeful ex-husband. Daniel continued to play mind games with Rae and said he would give her the information about her child in exchange for one million dollars. A short time later, Daniel summoned Rae, John, Kevin, Max, and Skye to the Crossroads and said that the life of someone in the room would be changed forever. At this same time, Kelly learned that the mob had placed a hit on Daniel and she raced to the Crossroads. As Daniel was about to make his revealing announcement, gunfire erupted. Kelly ended up being seriously wounded and Daniel was shot in the leg. Daniel was taken to the hospital and he told Rae the shocking news that Max was really her son! Rae didn't take Daniel's word at face value and soon thereafter, Daniel disappeared from the hospital. Rae and John confronted Max with Daniel's claim, but he denied being Rae's son.
Kelly's injuries made her and Kevin reaffirm their love for one another and Kelly went on to make a full recovery.
Blair continued with her scheme to expose Max as a fraud while convincing Max that she had never loved him more. Max professed his love for Blair, who said she wanted to have Max's baby but was secretly taking birth control pills, and said he was through with Skye. Blair started to have a change of heart about her plan to use a computer virus to get revenge on Max and was shocked when Charlie, the computer expert, said it was already too late to stop what they had started.
After a run in with RJ which placed their careers in jeopardy, Antonio and Sophia were given their badges and officially joined the police force. During this time, the sexual tension increased between Antonio and Roseanne. The situation was complicated, however, as Sophia began to believe that Antonio wanted a relationship with her.
Viki received the good news that the chemotherapy treatments had worked and she was now cancer free. Viki celebrated the news with her family, and with Ben!
Todd shocked Sam when he arrived on his doorstep with Nora. Nora's family and friends were overjoyed upon seeing her, but their happiness was short lived when Nora only recognized Hank and had no idea who Sam and Bo even were! Nora remembered having a daughter named Rachel, but had no memory of Matthew. A short time later, Sam took Matthew to Nora and she began to remember her son. Larry gave Nora what he hoped would be the antidote to the memory erasing drug and several more years of her life came back to her. Meanwhile, Sam decided to go ahead with another paternity test for Matthew.
Bo and Sam arranged a sting and caught Jeff Barnes in the lab, but he refused to implicate RJ. Sam and Bo then had a real test done and it was made clear that Sam was Matthew's biological father. Nora was confused when Sam told her he was Matthew's father as Nora thought she was still happily married to Bo. Eventually, Bo filled Nora in on the years that were missing from her mind and she was shocked to learn how their marriage had ended. Nora, however, still had no memory of Colin and Lindsay's involvement in her ordeal.
Todd was soon up to his old tricks and blackmailed Blair into getting control of The Sun away from Kelly. Todd said that if Blair didn't get Kelly's controlling shares of The Sun, then he would unleash the virus exposing Max as a fraud. Although sickened by her actions, Blair had no choice but to go along with Todd and duped Kelly into signing away control of the newspaper. Todd also regained legal control of the penthouse and planned on sending Roseanne and Sophia packing.
Kevin began an investigation to infiltrate the mob to find the man who had shot Kelly. Kevin then enlisted Ben's help in the hope his mob connections could lead him in the right direction.
Jessica was reunited with Will in Ireland and she wanted answers as to why he had left. Meanwhile, Cristian headed to Ireland to warn Will that Max was on his way there. Will refused to believe Cristian and Will was soon arrested, thanks to Max. When Max lied and told Jessica that Cristian had helped him find Will, Jessica vowed to stand by Will no matter what.
Sam arrived in Ireland and shared an emotional reunion with Will, who told Sam that Colin was solely responsible for Nora's imprisonment. Sam offered Will the chance to stay in Ireland, but he wanted to return to Llanview and send Colin to prison for what he had done.
Rae began to suspect that Daniel might have been telling the truth when he said Max was her son. Seeing Rae's anguish, Renee confided in her that Max wasn't the Buchanan heir. Rae kept this secret from John and beseeched Max to undergo a DNA test, but he staunchly refused.
Sophia came to believe that Antonio saw her as more than just a friend. Roseanne tried to warn Antonio about Sophia's feelings, but he dismissed her concerns. The sexual tension between Antonio and Roseanne was evident and by the end of the month they had become lovers, but they didn't share this news with Sophia.
Ben confessed to Sam that he was Asa and Renee's son. Ben wanted to tell Asa the truth, but Sam told Ben that it wouldn't do anything to help Will's plight. Sam and Ben also assured each other that they were still brothers in every sense of the word.
Viki told the staff at The Banner about her ordeal with breast cancer. With Ben by her side, Viki vowed to live life to the fullest.
Todd faced Sam's anger when the truth about Todd's scam about sending Will to Ireland came out. Todd thought he should have been hailed as a hero for his actions regarding Will and Nora but Sam and Viki saw things differently when they learned Todd had stashed Nora in a convent instead of bringing her home to Sam immediately. When Todd disrupted Will's celebration at the Crossroads, Viki reached her breaking point and told Todd he was out of her life for good. Seeing no reason to be good, Todd decided to be bad and made a list of all those he thought had done him wrong.
Todd enlisted Starr's help and asked her to spy on Max and Blair for him. One day, Starr told Todd that Max and Blair were going to the Bayberry Inn to make a baby and Todd made sure that didn't happen by "accidentally" locking himself and Blair in a storage room.
Blair turned to Todd for help and asked him to cover her connection to B&B. Todd agreed, but later gave Skye proof that Blair was a co-owner of the corporation. Skye showed Max her evidence against Blair, who feared that Todd had betrayed her. When Skye tried to validate her document proving Blair's guilt in front of Max, she was unable to do so and realized that Todd had set her up. Todd later explained to Blair that he had made a mistake but had been able to cover his tracks in the nick of time. Blair then thanked Todd with a kiss, which left them both feeling awkward.
With Will back in Llanview, the truth about Colin's misdeeds came to light. Sam, Hank, and Bo were determined to get solid evidence against Colin, who continued to try and cover his tracks. Bo and Sam got the proof they needed and it looked as though Colin would be going to prison. Colin then stunned Sam when he said he was the only person who could prevent Will from going to Statesville and revealed that he had the tape of Asa's confession.
Will insisted that Nora seek justice for what Colin had done to her and urged Sam and Bo not to make a deal with Colin. Nora was conflicted herself, but after speaking with Will and learning the details of what had happened to him, Nora convinced Sam, Bo, and Hank to cut a deal with Colin. Colin then turned over the tape and the charges against him were dropped. Will was released from jail a free man and Bo arrested Asa and took him to jail.
Lindsay, who was constantly working to cover her own misdeeds, continued to be jealous of Bo and Melanie's growing relationship and ended up telling Nora that the new woman in Bo's life was her friend Melanie. Nora was upset by this news and continued to be confused about the period of time that was still missing to her.
Kevin and Kelly met with mobster Rourke, but were unable to get any information about the man who had shot Kelly.
Antonio and Roseanne became lovers and Roseanne made sure Sophia found out about it. Sophia covered her pain but it was clear she still had feelings for Antonio.
Cristian went on a downward spiral when Jessica left him for Will. After drinking too much at the Crossroads, Cristian hot wired Todd's car and was about to drive off, unaware that RJ had tampered with the steering. Sophia tried to stop Cristian from driving drunk and jumped in the car with him but Cristian lost control and they crashed. Sophia took the blame for the accident, but Antonio "convinced" Todd to cover for her and no charges were brought against Sophia.
Rae and John continued to grow closer. Although she didn't confide in John, Rae continued to try and convince Max to take a DNA test to prove whether or not he was her son.
Blair's world was turned upside down when Max saw himself exposed as a fraud on his computer screen in November 2000. Blair tried to explain that Todd had promised to destroy the virus, which only infuriated Max more. Max told Blair that they were finished and ordered her to move out. A short time later, Blair saw red when she found Max and Skye in bed.
Blair started exhibiting some odd behavior and confronted Skye and cut Skye's clothes with a pair of scissors. Blair also went to the church and thought it was her and Max's wedding day. Todd took Blair home and tried to calm her, but when Todd returned, Blair was gone. Blair had gone to Asa's and had shot Max in the back! Todd stopped Blair from calling the police convinced her that he would protect her. Todd then got rid of the incriminating evidence against Blair and later planted the gun in Skye's hotel room.
Asa hired Mr. Gray to kill Ben. Meanwhile, Viki and Ben looked forward to their wedding day and were unaware of the danger they were facing. At Ben and Viki's reception, Mr. Gray fired at Ben, who was saved by the silver dollar in his pocket that Renee had given him.
Viki vowed to stay by Ben as he prepared to get his life back and end the threat of mob violence once and for all. Ben came up with a plan for a low profile honeymoon for him and Viki and they posed as bikers and headed out of town.
Kelly had caught a glimpse of Mr. Gray at Ben and Viki's wedding and moved into Dorian's with Kevin after refusing police protection. Joey also moved into Dorian's to help protect Kelly. Unbeknownst to any of them, however, was the fact that Mr. Gray was really Charlie, the computer technician at The Banner! During this same time, Joey told Kelly that he wouldn't stall their divorce proceedings but had actually instructed his attorney to delay the divorce as long as possible.
Lindsay had seen Asa meeting with Mr. Gray and realized he was responsible for the attempted hit on Ben. Lindsay then began blackmailing Asa because she needed money to pay off Colin, who was blackmailing her!
Nora "befriended" Lindsay to try and learn the truth about Lindsay's involvement in her kidnapping. Lindsay accepted Nora's offer to have a combined Thanksgiving dinner. During dinner, Nora pretended to have gotten more of her memory back in an effort to trick Lindsay into spilling the truth. Lindsay saw through Nora's scheme and turned the tables on her.
Sophia and Roseanne continued their rivalry for Antonio, although he and Roseanne had already become lovers. Sophia upped the stakes when she disrobed and surprised an equally naked Antonio in his shower. Sophia then hid her hurt when Antonio thought she had just been playing a practical joke on him.
Jessica moved into Will's new apartment and their relationship seemed solid. Cristian continued his downward spiral and ended up accepting a job offer from RJ.
Colin became more obsessed with Nora, who wanted to use him to uncover the truth about Lindsay.
Blair found comfort in Todd's arms and he promised to protect her. Todd also told Blair that he wanted his family back but she claimed that things couldn't go back to the way they had been.
Blair threatened to leave town and Todd made it clear she wasn't going anywhere. Todd and Blair both threatened to turn each other in, but everything changed when they saw Skye being brought into the police station in handcuffs. Skye had been arrested for shooting Max, and Blair thought this ordeal was behind her but Todd had other plans. Todd told Blair he wanted to know Ben's secret in exchange for helping her, and Blair admitted that Ben was Asa's son. A short time later, Blair made plans to leave town with Starr and Todd had her arrested for attempted kidnapping. Todd later had the charges dropped and Blair vowed to bury him. During this time, Todd started therapy sessions with Rae.
A jailed Skye continued to protest her innocence and was devastated when she realized that Max thought she might be guilty of shooting him.
John and Rae made love for the first time and Rae admitted to John that Max was a fraud. Soon thereafter, Rae and Renee received proof that Max wasn't Rae's son. At this same time, however, John got a hold of the bible page and learned the identity of Rae's missing child. After stopping Rae from lashing out at a jailed Skye, John privately told Rae that Skye was her daughter! Rae almost told Skye what she had learned but decided against it and kept the news to herself.
Even though they were disguised as bikers, Ben and Viki were almost rubbed out on the road. Ben and Viki returned to Llanview and Ben told Viki that there was someone in the mob who might be able to help him.
The tension escalated between Joey, Kelly, and Kevin while trying to keep Kelly safe from Mr. Gray, aka Charlie. Joey and Sophia tried to lure Mr. Gray out but were unsuccessful. A short time later, Kevin learned that Joey was deliberately stalling his divorce. Kelly then made it absolutely clear to Joey that there was no hope of them reconciling. By the end of the month, Kelly surprised Kevin with a romantic evening at Viki's cabin.
Lindsay continued to blackmail Asa in order to pay off Colin, who was growing even more obsessed with Nora. Bo warned Colin to stay away from Nora and Colin then tuned around and threatened to expose Melanie's secret if she didn't get Bo off his back. As it turned out, Melanie had helped her terminally ill father die when she was in medical school. Although clearly an act of mercy, Melanie didn't want Bo to find out what she had done.
Jessica and Will were surprised when Cristian moved into their building and started working at Break Bar, RJ's newest business venture. Antonio was concerned about Cristian working for RJ, and Cristian was soon asking RJ to let him be involved in some of his more shady activities.
Roseanne and Sophia continued to compete for Antonio's affections, although Roseanne usually came out on top thanks to her no holds barred attitude. Sophia admitted to Antonio that she loved him but Antonio gently explained that he didn't feel the same way.
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