LITTLE ROCK — (This column represents on-air summaries for the week of May 21-25.) The Bold and the Beautiful: Bill strongly resisted Katie’s plans for their future together. A chastened Rick told Brooke she had been right all along about the scheming Amber. Caroline explained to Thomas why she had been forced to keep her family’s secret for so long. Bill dispatched Alison to get damaging information on Hope from Dr. Barton, then later ordered her to find out everything she could about Deacon, Hope’s father. Marcus and Dayzee made plans for their wedding and honeymoon. Stephanie accused Ridge of being insensitive to Steffy by offering to design Hope’s wedding dress. Bill tracked down Deacon and made him a very tempting offer. When Hope discovered Ridge was taking Steffy’s side, she made an outrageous decision to add someone to the guest list for her wedding.
Days of our Lives: As news of Stefano’s arrest swept town, EJ rebuffed Lexie’s pleas to help him, but a CIA agent arrived and demanded Stefano’s release, saying Stefano had been buying up the illegal arms as part of a CIA project to get them off the market.
In exchange, Stefano would receive full immunity forall his crimes. Maggie confronted Victor over what he meant when she overheard him telling Henderson she “can’t know the truth,’’ and he finally confessed that he inadvertently had stolen her harvested eggs many years ago. Carrie’s happiness over finally being with Rafe was dashed when a pregnancy test revealed she was carrying Austin’s child. After Lexie collapsed at the police station, Abe rushed her home and summoned Daniel, who confirmed that time was running out for her. Gabi tried to use Melanie’s dislike of Stefano to drive a wedge between Melanie and Chad.
Abe vowed that after Lexie died, he would come after Stefano with a vengeance. EJ was stunned when he learned that Stefano had ordered Will to make sure Rafe found out EJ and Sami had been intimate.
General Hospital: Connie confessed she had set up Sonny for the murders of Cole and Hope. Carly admitted she was still not ready to let go of Johnny, who remained at odds with Anthony. Jason confessed to Liz that he missed Sam but couldn’t make peace with raising Franco’s child. Sonny and Alexis pondered what to do about Kate’s shocking confession. McBain confided about Sam to Tea. Sonny and Carly came to an unexpected agreement. Tracy was surprised when she arrived at the boathouse for a meeting with Anthony that she and Luke had plotted. When Maxie refused to accept the deal, Spinelli urged Matt to step up. Sonny and Todd clashed while Todd faced newpressure at The Sun. Reeling from the revelation that Franco was a Quartermaine, Tracy, Monica and Edward wondered what this meant for ELQ. Jason found himself in trouble, while Molly accidentally revealed Sam’s rape to Alexis. Starr was left mystified when Michael refused to testify against her.
The Young and the Restless: Jack just laughed when Nikki told him about Sharon and Victor’s romance, and he urged Nikki to forget Victor and marry him.
She happily accepted. Daniel gave Danny a brief history of his life with Daisy and wondered whether he had been right to marry her, but Danny said he had no regrets about marrying Phyllis so he could be near Daniel. He added that the important thing was for Daniel to keep his focus on Lucy. Later, Danny called Phyllis after Ricky posed as a journalist to interview Danny and tried to turn the subject to Danny’s personal past with Phyllis. Jack happily told Nikki that a judge had ruled against Victor and Genevieve, clearing the way for his lawsuit against Gen. Although Neil assured Sofia he would try to make their marriage work, she told him she wanted a divorce after he confessed he would never feel passion for her.
Daniel told Kevin that he blamed himself for Cassie’s death, since his drunken state made it possible for her to take his car keys. Family and friends gathered at Newman Ranch to share Cassie’s favorite dinner and toast her memory.
TV Week, Pages 81 on 05/27/2012