LITTLE ROCK — (This column represents on-air sum
maries for the week of Aug. 17-21.)
All My Children: Zach persuaded Adam
to lend him money. Jesse stood up to
Madison's threats and countered with
some of his own. Natalia found Randi
at the Pine Cone with baby Trevor,
and Randi begged her not to make
her turn Trevor over to the authorities.
Liza questioned Adam about Kendall,
and he feigned an angry outburst to
keep her from finding out Kendall was
in the house. Tad told Liza that David
and Amanda weren't baby Stuart's
birth parents and asked her to cozy up
to David to see if he had Trevor. Jesse
confessed everything to Angie and
Frankie, who returned home to find
Randi with Trevor. He decided against
telling Jesse and Randi, hoping he
and Randi could keep him, but Natalia
warned them that this wasn't possible.
As the World Turns: Damian comforted
Lily over Holden's death, upsetting
Faith. The police told Damian the den
tal records of the crash victim didn't
match Holden's, but Damian withheld
this information from Lily. Paul and
Emily made love after she refused
to give back the money he gave her.
Audrey told Henry that she owed Jay
money and she hoped James would
give Henry money from his inheritance
that she could use to pay off Jay. She
found James in the wine cellar at Fair
winds and told him Henry was his son,
and they left together. Back at Henry's
room, James introduced Paul to hisbrother, Henry, but Paul wanted nothing to do with them. He called the police on James, but Henry hid him in the boiler room. Bob got Alison reinstated at work. Liberty had sex with Tony after seeing Parker hug Faith. Dusty received a suspended sentence and made love with Bonnie.
The Bold and the Beautiful: Ridge arranged for Taylor and Brooke to go to group therapy with James, who took them to the Big Bear cabin. Things got heated, and James felt like a failure. Owen went on television in San Diego and spoke candidly about his marriage to Jackie, who, devastated, took comfort in champagne and Whip.
Later, she felt guilty about the tryst after learning the truth behind Owen's rant.
Bill and Katie opened up to each other about their respective flaws and how those could affect their future together.
Donna put Bill to the test in order to determine what his true intentions toward Katie were.
Days of our Lives: Bo and Hope panicked when they found Ciara's teddy bear in the woods. The kidnappers sent a note demanding ransom and linked the abduction to Hope's recent generous donation to charity. Justin secured the money from Victor, but Bo didn't want to pay it. Hope insisted, and when she went to deliver the ransom, Bo had a vision of Ciara being killed during the exchange and insisted it not happen.
Daniel asked Brady to help him save Chloe. Philip confronted Victor and quit Titan and the family. When he went to tell Stephanie the news, he found her with Nathan and attacked him.
Stepha
nie rejected Philip, and he found sol
ace in Melanie's arms. She later had
a change of heart and told him she
loved him. Melanie also showed up
and waited for his answer. Brady found
cocaine on the floor at the pub, but
Arianna talked him out of calling the
police. Rafe went to Dr. Baker's now
closed clinic, where a nurse gave him
information about the birth of Nicole's
baby and revealed that Sami also gave
birth there. EJ insisted on DNA testing
for Sydney and the family.
General Hospital: Sam tended to Ja
son's wounds, but he took a turn for
the worse. Unbeknownst to them, Jer
ry returned to the abandoned church
where they were hiding. Dominic found
Sonny and Olivia together and feared
the worst. Nikolas grew violent after
confronting Rebecca about her deceit.
Elizabeth found a drunken, upset Niko
las in the turret at Windemere, and they
kissed. Lucky arrived, but they broke
the kiss before getting caught. Alexis
admitted to Sonny that she was taking
the fall for Kristina. Jax overheard Ol
ivia and Kate arguing and learned that
Sonny was the father of Olivia's son.
Dominic hit Johnny when he made a
remark about sleeping with Olivia.
Guiding Light: Billy tried to surprise Van
essa with a wedding, but she wouldn't
cooperate, so they went out to dinner
instead. Natalia returned to Springfield
and found Olivia at the playground with
Emma. She told Olivia about the preg
nancy and said she wanted the two of
them to raise the baby together, but
Olivia had trouble trusting her. Natalia
told Frank the baby was his and she
wanted to raise it with both him and
Olivia. Jeffrey and Jonathan attempted
to bait Edmund into kidnapping Sarah
using a doll, but things didn't go as
planned. Jonathan went to check on
Reva, who was having a macabre "cel
ebration'' of her and Jeffrey's wedding
anniversary. Shayne saw Jonathan in
the house and attacked him, thinking
he was Edmund.
One Life to Live: Kim suggested Stacy
get pregnant again to keep a hold on
Rex, and they settled on Schuyler. Gigi
and Schuyler embraced after he told
her they should stop being friends,
and Rex misinterpreted and got angry.
Matthew gave emotional testimony at
his court hearing. Tea and Elijah were
on opposite sides of Matthew's case,
and Elijah rattled her when he re
minded her he knew her secret. Todd
accused Blair of being jealous of Tea,
but Blair insisted she could have him
if she wanted and kissed him. A new
guy, Nick, showed an interest in Kyle,
which bothered Fish. Jessica went to
see Delphina, who suggested trying to
contact Nash with a seance.
The Young and the Restless: Deacon in
vited Victoria to his room to celebrate
the painting deal. She kissed him, but
they were interrupted by Amber, who
wanted him to stop the prosecution of
Daniel. He agreed ... if she'd marry him.
Colleen kissed J.T. and was caught on
camera by the man Victor hired to fol
low her. Victoria and Colleen had an
angry confrontation. Ryder confessed
to Kevin that he killed Balfour, claim
ing he was abused. Kevin promised
Ryder that Michael would representhim pro bono if he turned himself in.
Michael didn't want to take any more cases involving family or friends, but he was stunned to hear that Ryder might be Kevin's brother. Billy and Mac ran into Chloe and Chance on a date, and Billy became jealous. Lily began chemotherapy. Paul saw Mary Jane with blond hair at the G.C.A.C and thought she was his sister Patty, later discovering they were one and the same.
TV Week, Pages 81 on 08/23/2009