2/25/66: Craig proposes to Marie while out on a date.
3/11/66: Marie and Craig are married.
5/11/66: Tom and Rusty prepare to do an aniline test at Woodstock.
5/12/66: Mickey tells his father that an early trial in the Woodstock
matter will be sought.
7/14/66: Craig is delighted that Tony is interested in Laura. Tom has a
talk with Marie about Craig's future.
10/5/66: Craig asks Mickey to become the attorney for his private airport.
Mickey and Laura discover each other.
10/21/66: Mickey tells Tom about Craig's decision. Tom and Craig clash once
more. Tony is concerned when his father tells him of his decision to return to
the airline.
1/25/67: Marie is sulking after her divorce from Craig and tells Tony she
won't go to a skating party with him.
2/1/67: In Burma, Craig writes a letter to Marie.
2/8/67: Susan tries to explain to Diane why David is not living with
her.
2/9/67: David tells Julie that he and Susan will soon get divorced and give
the baby up for adoption; Bill thinks Susan has postpartum depression
because she doesn't want to see the baby.
2/10/67: David calls an adoption agency in New York; Bill takes Susan to
see her baby for the first time.
2/14/67: In Rangoon, Craig's persistent headaches continue.
2/20/67: Alice tells Tom that she now knows David is the man Julie loves.
David makes arrangements for the trip. Susan goes to the hospital and holds her
son for the first time.
2/21/67: Susan can not forget the experience of holding her baby. On the
night before she and David are to take the infant from the hospital, Susan
decides she can't give baby Dickie away.
2/22/67: David is dumbfounded when Susan says she will not give up the
baby. Tom is gratified by Susan's decision. Julie, learning of the situation,
tells David that she will talk to Susan.
2/23/67: Susan tells Helen Martin that David has left her. Julie confronts
Susan and tells her of her love for David and of his for her. She says she will
stop at nothing to get David.
2/24/67: Mickey informs Susan that he will not handle a divorce for David.
Nurse Jean Perkins tells Laura that Mickey is handling the divorce. Laura
innocently tells Bill and he and Mickey clash.
2/27/67: Bill, still convinced that Tom resents him, storms out of the
house. Tony and Marie relive their college romance and he tries to convince her
that it can be the same again.
2/28/67: Tony gives Marie an ultimatum regarding their future and Tom
agrees with him. Mickey reveals his feelings about Bill and Laura learns that
Bill has had a falling out with his family.
3/1/67: Susan tells Tom that she hasn't heard from David but is convinced
he will return. David tells Mickey that Susan has decided to keep the baby.
Julie and David decide to play a waiting game.
3/2/67: Mickey realizes he's falling in love with Laura. Alice pleads with
Tom to heal his breach with Bill. Tom is indicted by Bill who accuses him of
having lavished all his attentions on Mickey and young Tom.
3/3/67: Tom tells Mickey of his clash with Bill. Mickey confronts Bill and
the two have a fist fight.
3/6/67: Tom, still shocked over the fight between his two sons, asks Mickey
to make up with Bill. Marie attempts to pry from Bill the reason for the fight
and Laura hears Dr. Cooper make a surprising admission.
3/7/67: Richard tries to convince David to return to Susan but to no avail.
Susan tells Richard she won't give up her baby of give David a divorce. Julie
tells David of her plan to force Susan's hand.
3/8/67: Susan tells Helen and John the truth about her marriage. John goes
to David's apartment and has a bitter confrontation with his son.
3/9/67: Alice is concerned over the friction between Tom and Bill and
Mickey and Bill. Bill comes to see Alice and she realizes that he has no
intention of ever living at home.
3/10/67: Bill and Dr. Cooper argue over a patient. Mickey tells Tom that he
wants nothing more to do with Bill. Laura learns that Bill's hand, injured in
his fight with Mickey, still bothers him.
3/13/67: Susan asks Bill to be the baby's godfather. Tom argues with Julie
about David. Julie learns the truth about the marriage.
3/14/67: Tom tells Alice not to interfere with Marie and Tony. Mickey
introduces Laura to his mother. Bill's hand continues to trouble him.
3/15/67: Alice tells Tom that she's sure Mickey is in love with Laura.
Marie has three weeks to make up her mind about Tony, who informs her he is
being transferred to Cape Kennedy. Bill realizes he is falling in love with
Laura.
3/16/67: Tom is not sure Mickey wants to marry Laura until he talks to his
son. Laura is surprised by Bill's embrace and Nurse Perkins tells Laura which
one she would choose between Mickey and Bill.
3/17/67: David lands a job and he and Julie continue to plan their future.
Susan gets help from mother Martin and Julie intercepts Susan's envelope to
David.
3/20/67: Tony tells Tom that he hopes Marie will agree to marry him and
accompany him to Florida. Alice and Mickey have a talk about Laura, whom Mickey
says he wants to marry.
3/21/67: Alice is anxious to know what Marie has decided about Tony. Marie
tells Bill that Mickey is in love with Laura and Bill makes a last-minute
date.
3/22/67: Tom learns about Bill's ailing hand. Dr. Cooper lays the law down
to Bill and then gives him an unexpected opportunity. Bill's date with Laura
provides him with a hoped-for answer.
3/23/67: Tom tells Julie to walk away from David before it is too late.
Julie again pleads with Susan to find another man but her words fall on deaf
ears.
3/24/67: David sees his son for the first time. Julie tells David that
she's going to New York and will not see him again until he is free of his son
and Susan.
3/27/67: Mickey asks Alice not to hint at wedding bells when Laura comes to
dinner. Tom and Mickey wonder what Marie's decision about Tony will be, and Tony
offers Marie a lifetime of happiness.
3/28/67: Bill prepares to present a patient at a surgical staff meeting.
Laura has dinner at the Hortons and realizes she must make up her mind between
Mickey and Bill.
3/29/67: Marie tells Tom she'll give Tony his answer in two days. Bill asks
Laura to tell him if he's wasting his time. Dr. Cooper tells Bill he has a great
potential and Bill becomes concerned about his ailing hand.
3/30/67: Susan learns from Tom that Julie has gone to New York. David
relives the moment when Julie gave him an ultimatum. Tony offers Marie a wedding
ring as he awaits her decision.
3/31/67: Marie gives Tony his answer. Laura wrestles with her emotions
trying to decide between Bill and Mickey. Bill can't hold a scalpel as he
prepares to operate.
4/3/67: Alice is delighted over Marie's decision not to marry Tony. Bill
becomes increasingly concerned about his hand and Laura persuades him to see an
orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Harkins.
4/4/67: Mickey believes he's responsible for Bill's ailing hand. Tom is
distraught when he hears Dr. Harkins' diagnosis. Dr. Cooper refuses to let Bill
operate and Laura tells Bill he's not being realistic about his injury.
4/5/67: Marie asks Mickey how to regain use of her maiden name. Dr. Cooper
baits Bill into facing reality and returning to Dr. Harkins to learn the truth
about his hand.
4/6/67: Bill tells Laura that Dr. Harkins' diagnosis was
tuberculosis.
4/7/67: Susan tells David that if he won't be a father to his child that
she will take Dickie away and that he not only won't see his son again but that
she'll never give him a divorce.
4/12/67: Dr. Cooper tries to distract Bill by asking him to look in on a
patient.
4/25/67: David accuses Susan of overprotecting Dickie.
4/27/67: Dr. Harkins gives Tom and Dr. Cooper prognosis after Bill's
operation.
5/8/67: Susan tells David she's hired Mrs. Riley as the cleaning
lady.
5/10/67: Helen tells John she visited Julie.
5/11/67: Bill tells Alice and Tom he is leaving Salem.
5/12/67: Susan argues with David about going to the church carnival with
her and Dickie.
5/15/67: Susan thinks about giving David a divorce. David tells Helen that
he's quit his job and is moving to New York to be with Julie. Before leaving
town, David pushes Dickie on the backyard swing. Dickie falls
off the swing.
5/16/67: Marie and Tom have their first lunch date since she started
working at the hospital and talk about Bill leaving town. David tells Tom and
the neurologist, Dr. Dunbar, that Dickie never regained consciousness. David
calls Susan and tells her about Dickie.
5/17/67: David tells Helen and John about Dickie. Susan reminds David
she didn't want Dickie to use the swing. Tom tells Susan chances are fifty-fifty
for Dickie, who most likely had a brain hemorrhage.
5/18/67: Susan begs Dickie to get better. Tom sends Susan home to rest.
Complications develop with Dickie.
5/19/67: David tells John that Susan blames him for the accident. Susan
prays in the hospital chapel. Tom tells Susan that Dickie has died.
5/22/67: Susan, still in a state of shock over Dickie's death, goes home.
As she sits alone, her thoughts become increasingly incoherent. David
arrives and Susan fires six shots at him.
5/23/67: Susan babbles incoherently as she stands over the lifeless David.
Mrs. Riley summons Tom, who turn calls Mickey. Susan confesses to
the police that she killed David.
5/24/67: Mickey questions Susan and warns her not to say anything further
to the police unless he is present. Police Lt. Danton questions Mrs. Riley
and Tom, and takes Susan to the station to be booked for murder.
5/25/67: Lt. Danton questions Susan on the way to the station. Tom and
Mickey discuss the possibility of Susan being temporarily insane. Helen Martin
becomes hysterical upon learning of David's death.
5/26/67: At the station, Susan continues her irrational rambling. Lt.
Danton tells State Attorney Wayne Charles he's convinced Susan is faking.
5/31/67: Susan's trial begins.
6/1/67: In Pine Grove, Bill rents a room from Mary McCall.
6/7/67: Lt. Danton interviews Nurse Perkins about the night of Dickie's
accident. Mickey talks to Dr. Sands about Susan's case.
6/8/67: Dan McCall would rather not have Bill around.
6/14/67: Bill awaits news about Susan.
6/15/67: Marie regains her maiden name.
6/20/67: Tom and John discuss Helen's drinking problem.
6/21/67: Susan goes to the hospital.
6/22/67: Tom and Laura bring Bill back to the hospital.
6/23/67: Mickey learns Nurse Perkins believes Susan was mentally disturbed
while Dickie was hospitalized.
7/3/67: Susan reacts when Mickey informs her that Bill called.
7/6/67: Charles berates Danton for the way he got Susan's confession.
7/10/67: Dr. Mark Brooks listens to Mary McCall describe Bill's problem
with his hand. Bill guards his remarks when Mark calls. After Mark meets
Bill, he wonders what he is hiding.
7/11/67: Susan borrows money from her father when he visits the hospital.
She outwits police matron Ward and escapes from the hospital.
7/12/67: Lt. Danton accepts the offer of Laura and Mickey to help find
Susan. Laura tells Danton that Susan is only dangerous to herself.
7/13/67: Tom informs Julie about Susan's escape and he insists she return
home for her safety. Mickey cautions Richard about discussing Susan's escape
with Danton.
7/14/67: Dr. Brooks wonders if Bill is in Pine Grove to check on him. Susan
is confused as she searches for Dickie's grave. Bill reads about Susan's escape
and almost returns to Salem.
7/17/67: Mickey and his sister Marie discuss Susan's escape, and the
anniversary of their brother Tommy's death in Korea.
7/18/67: Lt. Danton apprehends Susan at the cemetery. He and Charles
conclude Susan was running away after discovering she had registered at a hotel
under an assumed name, but had checked out.
7/19/67: Laura dines with Mickey to discuss Susan. In Pine Grove, Bill and
Dr. Mark Brooks meet. Dan McCall has a possibly ruptured appendix.
7/20/67: Bill, in emergency surgery, helps Mark to remove Dan's appendix.
Afterwards, Bill notices a slight movement in two fingers. Mark urges Bill to
remain in Pine Grove to assist him.
7/21/67: Laura visits Susan at the jail hospital. Susan suddenly realizes
she is in jail because she shot David, and begs Laura for help.
7/24/67: Dr. Brooks cautions Mary McCall about her health. Bill and Mark
Brooks become better acquainted.
7/25/67: Julie continues to avoid people. She tells Alice she only wants to
see David's parents, the Martins. She visits and shocks them by saying she is
carrying David's baby.
7/26/67: Dr. Mark Brooks talks to Bill about helping him with his patients.
Bill accompanies Mark on a house call.
7/27/67: Laura tells Mickey that Susan knows she is in jail for shooting
David and is competent to stand trial. Mickey and Charles appear before Judge
Alexander, who sets an early trial date.
7/28/67: Marie, Julie and Alice discuss the state's asking the death
penalty for Susan. Marie argues with Julie about her hatred for Susan. Panic
overtakes Susan when Marie visits her in jail.
7/31/67: Mickey visits Susan in jail and says that state psychiatrist Dr.
Roberts will examine her. He informs Charles he believes Susan was sane
when she shot David.
8/1/67: Mickey tells Susan he can not let her testify because she can only
hurt her case. Susan believes Mickey does not have a defense.
8/2/67: Bill agrees to assist Dr. Brooks. Dr. Cooper informs Laura he will
explain why she should not have accepted Bill's engagement ring.
8/3/67: Laura visits Cooper shortly before he leaves for duty in Vietnam.
Cooper says the reason she asked Bill to marry her was out of pity.
8/4/67: Laura visits Susan in jail. Susan recalls important moments in her
life. Later, Laura dines and dances with Mickey, who realizes she is disturbed
over something.
8/14/67: Mrs. Riley, Susan's housekeeper, is questioned by Mickey and State
Prosecutor Fleming concerning David's murder and Susan's behavior after the
shooting.
8/15/67: Laura and Susan discuss Mrs. Riley's testimony. Lt. Danton gives
details of Susan's confession and escape.
8/16/67: Mickey cross-examines Danton, who recounts Susan's irrational
conduct. The flower vendor affirms Susan's odd conversation at the cemetery.
8/17/67: Julie voices her hatred of Susan to Alice and Marie. Later, Julie
lies to Tom about her relationship with David, knowing it may cost Susan her
life.
8/18/67: Mark must have surgery, he tells Bill, explaining another doctor
will assist Bill. Laura discusses her affection for Bill with Alice and Tom, and
says she is not sure she loves him.
8/21/67: Laura doubts her love for Bill after she meets Mickey late at
night ostensibly to discuss Susan's case.
8/22/67: John Martin testifies about Susan and David's marital
relationship, his expected inheritance, Susan's fear of guns and her promise to
divorce David.
8/23/67: Mickey discredits Helen Martin's testimony that Susan married
David only for his money by showing the Martins continued to have good relations
with Susan.
8/24/67: Tom advises John to engage a psychiatrist for Helen because of her
traumatic experience since David's death, her increased drinking, and her
mounting hatred of Susan.
8/25/67: Tom testifies about Susan's mental condition at the hospital when
her baby died, and later finding her at home, standing over David's body with a
gun.
8/28/67: Tom continues his testimony.
8/31/67: Alice tells Tom that Bill believes Tom is partly responsible for
Tommy enlisting and eventually getting killed in Korea. In St. Louis, Kitty
tells Greg about her daughter Sandy.
9/4/67: Richard Hunter takes the stand in Susan's defense, relating details
of her childhood household conflicts and her mental health.
9/5/67: Jail matron Mrs. Ward testifies. Tension builds between Mickey and
Laura over Susan, until a surprising phone call causes them to embrace.
9/6/67: Fleming's cross-examination shatters the testimony of Mickey's
surprise witness. Mickey tells Tom he will call Susan to the stand.
9/7/67: Susan's outburst in court causes the judge to order an adjournment.
Laura advises Mickey that Susan's flare-up may be the key to her
problem.
9/8/67: Laura shows Susan that her drive is toward self-destruction. Laura
later explains this to Mickey, and begs him to put her on the stand.
9/11/67: Mark, deciding his true identity is safe, tells Bill he is
having plastic surgery in Salem. When Kitty learns Greg is married, she contacts
Alice and Tom, who embrace her.
9/12/67: Tom repeats Susan's conversation before the shooting. Laura
testifies about Susan's mental condition, which drove her to attempt
suicide.
9/13/67: Under cross-examination by Fleming, Laura says Susan did not take
the gun until she heard David.
9/14/67: Susan tells Mickey why she shot David. Helen and Julie's hatred
for Susan increases, and they separately vow vengeance.
9/15/67: While sleeping, Mark relives his nightmare of being
tortured by Colonel Chengsu. Bill tells Mark he is returning to Salem to
help Susan. Laura admits to Mickey her uncertainty about loving Bill. Mickey
again asks her to marry him.
9/18/67: Susan takes the witness stand in her own defense, retelling the
background of her relationship with David.
9/19/67: While Susan pleads her innocence, Helen Martin's outburst causes
her removal by the bailiff.
9/20/67: Fleming cross-examines Susan about her threats to David, her
affection for Dickie and her so-called suicidal tendencies.
9/21/67: Mickey discovers that Julie is pregnant when she inadvertently
leaves her purse in his office. Mickey and Susan are surprised when Fleming
calls Julie to the stand.
9/22/67: The court is in an uproar as Mickey destroys Julie's testimony
against Susan. He then reveals that Julie is carrying David's baby.
9/25/67: Julie tells Tom and Alice she wants to have David's baby, and is
leaving Salem to rejoin her parents in Europe.
9/26/67: Tom and Alice welcome Kitty into their home. Bill leaves Pine
Grove for Salem, planning to marry Laura. Mark gets ready to depart for plastic
surgery.
9/27/67: Tom visits Susan before court reconvenes and she expresses remorse
over shooting David.
9/28/67: The jurors vote on Susan's fate.
9/29/67: Kitty deliberately ingratiates herself with Tom and Alice. Laura
searches for the answer as to whether she was in love with Bill when they became
engaged.
10/2/67: Bill asks Mickey to arrange a meeting for him with Susan before
the verdict. Bill tells Tom and Alice about Dr. Mark Brooks, who befriended him
and who is arriving for plastic surgery.
10/3/67: Mickey and Laura discuss the indecision she faces of choosing
between the two brothers. Mickey is told the jury is ready.
10/6/67: The jury is deadlocked and dismissed. Mickey and Fleming ask Judge
Alexander to rule on the evidence in a rare legal procedure. He accepts, adding
he will give the verdict after researching a point of law.
10/10/67: Judge Alexander's verdict for Susan is not guilty. Helen vows
vengeance against Susan.
10/13/67: John is unaware of Helen's vindictive plans against Susan. Bill
tells Susan he will help her find a new life.
10/16/67: Laura tells Bill she is uncertain about marrying him after his
long absence, adding she has seen a great deal of Mickey.
10/17/67: Alice confides in Kitty regarding the Bill-Laura-Mickey triangle,
and Kitty forms her opinion about the Horton men's eligibility.
10/18/67: Mickey asks Laura to help Susan decide to accept David's estate,
which is hers since her acquittal. Susan insists on remaining in Salem. Laura
knows this is because of Bill.
10/19/67: Marie tells Alice she thinks Laura will marry Mickey. Bill avoids
Laura, and refuses her dinner invitation.
10/20/67: Tom and Kitty recall Tommy's wristwatch: his wedding present from
the Hortons before he died in Korea. Mark arrives in Salem for final plastic
surgery, and Bill comments about his broken watch.
10/30/67: Tom and Mickey discuss Laura and Susan. Mickey hopes to marry
Laura and doesn't want Susan to see the Martins. Helen is depressed. John visits
Susan who mistakes his visit as a response to her invitation.
10/31/67:
Alice meets Tom and discusses Mickey and Laura. Helen invites Susan to the
house. Mickey calls John and the two realize the situation is fraught with
danger.
11/1/67: Susan arrives at the Martin home. Her plea for understanding falls
on deaf ears as Helen points a gun at her.
11/2/67: Alice expresses concern to Tom that Bill might be interested in
Susan. Susan is lying near death in the Martin living room, as John comes
rushing home. Bill is on duty as Susan is brought to the hospital.
11/3/67: Tom and Alice learn of the shooting. Tom encounters Mickey at the
hospital, where Bill is operating.
11/6/67: Tom and Bill discuss the dilemma of whether Susan should have more
blood following her surgery. They are concerned that transfusion would tax her
damaged heart.
11/7/67: John Martin pays a brief visit to Susan, who is in critical
condition. John tells Tom to fly doctors in from anywhere, and to do anything,
at any cost, to save Susan's life.
11/8/67: Susan regains consciousness for a second time and asks Bill
if she's going to be all right. Elsewhere Bill tells Laura that even if Susan
does survive, she will be an invalid for life.
11/9/67: Susan tries to
tell Tom what happened that brought her to the hospital, but she is weak.
Meanwhile Mark undergoes nightmares as he relives his experience as a prisoner
of war during the Korean conflict.
11/10/67: Tom and Bill discuss the lengths to which they will go in telling
Susan about her condition. Bill tells Susan she's going to be all right and
outlines the surgery he performed.
11/13/67: Mickey stops by to see his mother and tell her that Laura and he
will be married soon. Meanwhile Laura talks to Bill about Susan's
condition.
11/14/67: Laura feels she may have done something to the relationship in
the Horton family. Mickey tries to comfort her. Tom toasts the future wedding of
Laura and Mickey.
11/15/67: Bill shows his bitterness toward his older brother and tells his
sister he wishes Laura and Mickey would get the marriage over
with soon. Bill continues to reassure Susan about her condition.
11/16/67: Alice is happy about Mickey's forthcoming marriage to Laura but
at the same time she knows how much Bill has been hurt. Mark talks of having to
have another operation.
11/17/67: Kitty and Dr. Kincaid meet on pretty unfriendly terms. Tom and
Laura speculate about Kitty's relationship with Dr. Kincaid.
11/20/67: Marie tries to pump Kitty into revealing what happened when she
met Dr. Kincaid. Kitty reminisces about her conversation with Dr. Kincaid in a
flashback. Mark and Dr. Kincaid share a professional secret.
11/21/67: Mickey and Laura discuss wedding plans and exchange vows of
love. Bill tells Laura how he feels about his brother. Susan talks to Laura
about her future.
11/22/67: Tom gets firm with Alice about accepting Laura as a
daughter-in-law. He also gets firm with his son Bill about accepting the
forthcoming marriage of Laura and Mickey.
11/24/67: Tom visits Susan and assesses her condition. He talks her case
over with Mark. Tom and Bill review Susan's case and raise the possibility of a
drastic medical move.
11/27/67: Dr. Kincaid pursues his desire for Kitty to leave Salem. However,
Kitty, unwilling to move, persuades Dr. Kincaid to meet with her in a cocktail
lounge to talk it over.
11/28/67: Kitty refuses to be dragged into a discussion about her meeting
with Dr. Kincaid. Mickey talks with his parents about Laura's folks and asks his
father to be best man.
11/29/67: Tom agrees to have Mark move in with Bill at the hospital. Mark
gets a tour of research facilities for his work while recuperating. Susan gets
out of her hospital bed.
11/30/67: John Martin learns of Susan's real condition and asks for
permission to see the girl. Once in the hospital room he tells Susan she is
not responsible for his son's death.
12/1/67: Bill shows Mark around his new quarters. Italian dinner between
Bill and Marie turns out to be a conversational fiasco. Bill is still bitter
about Laura and Mickey.
12/4/67: Laura and Mickey discuss wedding plans. Laura says she'd like to
have Susan as her maid of honor. She talks it over with Tom and later does ask
Susan.
12/5/67: Mickey talks to his mother about the wedding details. Later Laura
and Bill have a chat and in the course of the meeting he kisses Laura.
12/6/67: It appears that Marie has an interest in Dr. Brooks, which
worries her father. Marie later comes to Mark's laboratory to help him.
12/7/67: Susan's curiosity about her condition grows stronger. Bill asks
her parents to return to New York for Susan's sake. Susan finally insists on the
truth.
12/8/67: Tom and Mickey discuss Mickey's marriage plans. Susan finally is
told the truth about her condition.
12/11/67: Laura is concerned with fact that Susan will not be able to have
any more children. Meanwhile Susan looks inside the room where own baby died
several months ago.
12/12/67: Alice and Kitty share moment of Christmas cheer. Kitty learns
that Sandy does not want to come to Salem and uses her feminine wiles to borrow
the fare to visit Sandy. Meanwhile Mark and Kitty accidentally meet at the
hospital.
12/13/67: Marie and Mark talk about the doctor's operation and about Kitty.
Later Kitty talks to her daughter, Sandra, who displays hostility towards her
mother.
12/14/67: Laura tries to get Mickey to help her bring Bill back into the
family. Laura also visits Susan and they talk about the latter's forthcoming
role as maid of honor.
12/15/67: Marie chats with her father, Tom, in his laboratory. Bill his
sensitive areas in talking with Mark. Tom approves of Mark's research
findings.
12/18/67: Tom gets ready to discharge Susan from the hospital. He cautions
Diane, Susan's mother, against making an invalid of Susan. Bill puts up a small
Christmas tree for Susan.
12/19/67: Alice and Marie talk about Sandy's visit to Salem. At the
hospital Bill tries to find out if Mark is interested romantically in Marie.
Later Marie is in the lab helping Mark.
12/20/67: Kitty is planning to pick up her daughter Sandy in Salem.
Kitty cautions her daughter to forget the past for the Hortons' sake. However,
Sandy indicates there may be some crises.
12/21/67: Alice and Tom await anxiously the arrival of Sandy, their
granddaughter. Sandy later tells Tom how she'd like to study medicine. But Sandy
demonstrates that she can not keep pretending.
12/22/67: Alice and Tom reminisce about the early years of their marriage
and about their family. Bill, dressed up as Santa Claus, chats with Mark in the
hospital. Bill comes home.
12/25/67: Sandy quizzes Tom about her father. Bill talks to Mark about
Tommy and Mark prepares to meet Mrs. Horton. Mickey recalls how he won the
affection of Laura.
12/26/67: Sandy argues with her mother, Kitty, after the girl meets Dr.
Horton. Marie shows Sandy around the hospital. Mark chats with Sandy in the
laboratory.
12/27/67: Tom meets with Susan and her mother and later gives Susan a heart
test. Bill later tells his father that Susan ultimately will decide to take the
drug which might give her a new life.
12/28/67: Laura meets Bill again to try to convince him to come to the
wedding. He tells Laura he still loves her. Mark and Marie are together, and do
not know that they are sister and brother.
12/29/67: Laura and Alice talk about their wedding and the bride's
trousseau. Mickey and Laura are married. Bill does not attend the
wedding.
1/2/68: Bill reviews his courtship with Laura the day after Laura and his
brother are married. Marie and Bill argue over Mark coming to dinner at the
Horton residence.
1/3/68: Sandy has a blowup with her mother, Kitty. Tom tells Dr. Kincaid
how impressed he is with his granddaughter. Dr. Kincaid relents and agrees to
let Kitty stay in Salem.
1/4/68: The wedding of Laura and Mickey occupy much of the thoughts of
Marie and her family. The scene shifts to Laura and Mickey talking about raising
a family as they sit on the beach.
1/5/68: Mark meets Alice Horton for the first time. Alice begins to suspect
that she knows who Mark is. Tom also has second thoughts about Mark's identity.
Marie becomes more interested in Mark.
1/8/68: Alice tells Tom that she feels she has seen Mark before.
1/9/68: Bill learns Julie is planning to give the baby out for
adoption.
1/10/68: Mark is evasive when Marie talks about his parents.
1/11/68: Julie and Alice discuss John Martin's suggestion and cruel plot
against Susan is set in motion.
1/30/68: Julie meets with Janet and Scott Blake and agrees to let them
adopt her baby.
2/9/68: Laura tells Bill that his behavior could be reported to the
hospital.
2/26/68: Mickey and Tom discuss the results of an investigation of Mark's
background. Tom wants to tell Marie about Mark but Marie tells Tom, instead, of
her love for the young doctor.
2/27/68: The plot thickens as Tom notices a notation on a medical book
written by his "lost" son, Tommy. Marie, meanwhile, is to have dinner with Mark
that night and Tom wants to speak to Mark.
2/28/68: Tom is extremely upset by the similarity of handwriting
between Tommy and Mark and urges that the investigation under way, to find
out who Mark really is, be kept very confidential.
2/29/68: The plan this day is for Mark's fingerprints to be taken on a
cocktail glass and sent to the FBI. Mickey carries out this part of the plan but
does not know why his father is suspicious.
3/1/68: Mark's prints are sent to Washington as Tom is beside himself not
knowing whether Mark is really his son, Tommy.
3/4/68: Mickey and Tom learn that Mark's fingerprints match Tommy's.
3/7/68: Mickey and Tom revive Alice, who then wants to go to her son.
3/8/68: Alice is still in some sort of shock. She can hardly believe that
Mark is really her son.
3/26/68: Laura remains ecstatic about her pregnancy She tries to reach
her husband to tell him the news but he is unavailable. Meanwhile Tom tries to
reassure Mickey about his sterility test.
3/27/68: Susan, confident about her heart condition, asks Tom Horton's
permission to take on a part time job. Dr. Horton says "no." Mickey's test
results are in and prove he is sterile.
3/28/68: Laura learns that Mickey is sterile, so the baby she is
expecting must be Bill's. Tom, meanwhile misunderstands Laura's
disappointment.
3/29/68: Laura relives her personal tragedy — married to Mickey, yet
carrying his brother's baby. She reaffirms her decision to tell Mickey she is
pregnant and the baby is his.
4/1/68: Mickey is very happy on learning that Laura will have a baby,
but he has not yet learned the results of the sterility test.
4/17/68: Research is done on Colonel Dubovik, who found Tommy in a Korean
jungle and took him to Russia.
4/18/68: Tom and Mickey go to Italy, the last known place where the
CIA had Colonel Dubovik staying.
4/19/68: Dr. Tufano informs Tom that Colonel Dubovik suffered a heart
attack.
4/23/68: Tom saves Colonel Dubovik's life after he has another heart
attack.
4/24/68: Mark looks for Sandy at her boarding school.
5/6/68: Bill tells Susan about Mark's identity. Kitty breaks a date with
Dr. Kincaid. Sandy tells her mother, Kitty, that she has never loved her
father.
5/7/68: Sandy gets ready to go to Salem to see her father while Kitty
watches and hopes Mark will accept her as his wife. Laura, meanwhile, tells the
family that Mark's amnesia is deep-seated.
5/8/68: Mark starts to see Sandy now. Laura starts to tell Tom about her
baby, but loses her courage. Mickey is really happy about Laura's
pregnancy.
5/9/68: Laura and Mickey plan a vacation before the baby arrives, but Laura
is worried about telling Tom the hushed story. She vows that Mickey won't ever
know.
5/10/68: Alice asks Tom to have Mark over for dinner as one of the first
signs of accepting him as their son. Sandy, meanwhile indicates how much she
needs her father.
5/13/68: Susan and Laura talk. Laura says she's feeling ill without telling
Susan of her expectancy.
5/14/68: Mickey is delighted that Laura's condition is good. Mark has
dinner with his family. Kitty is establishing her interest in Mark
meanwhile.
5/15/68: Mickey tells his mother about Laura's pregnancy and Alice is
overjoyed. However, Laura is preparing to tell Tom the truth about the
baby.
5/16/68: Laura is pained to know that Mickey has revealed her pregnancy to
Alice. She is on her way to tell Tom the truth when she runs into Bill.
5/17/68: Laura goes to Tom and tells him the truth.
6/10/68: Janet and Scott Blake discuss staying in Salem, since they have
changed their last name to Banning, and since Julie would never recognize them
or their baby. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Julie thinks about the baby she gave
up for adoption.
7/1/68: Laura and Tom discuss Bill's relationship with her after her
marriage to Mickey. Kitty and Sandy continue to discuss Mark.
7/2/68: Bill has invited Marie to lunch. Later Mark tells Laura that he's
not ready to resume his marriage with Kitty.
7/3/68: Kitty feels that she's forcing Mark into accepting her as his wife.
Alice talks to Mark and pleads with him to reconsider his feelings about
Kitty.
7/4/68: Mark agrees to go back to Kitty in order to be near Sandy, his
daughter. Kitty agrees to accept Mark's partial love until they learn about each
other again.
7/5/68: Tom and Alice are concerned with Sandy. Alice still hopes that
Kitty and Mark will get together.
7/8/68: Mark, and his daughter Sandy, talk over the feelings of being
a family again. Kitty is anxious about Mark's new interest in their
daughter.
7/9/68: Tom and Laura talk over Bill’s interest in Laura’s expectancy. Bill
tells his father he thinks the new relationship between Kitty and Mark won’t
work.
7/10/68: Janet and Scott Banning get acquainted with Bill and Susan.
Bill and Susan talk about Susan's deceased baby.
7/11/68: Marie talks to Susan about taking the drug which may correct
Susan's heart condition. Mickey is happy that Bill has found an interest in
Susan.
8/2/68: Susan finds Janet lying unconscious on the floor.
8/9/68: Scott meets with Judge Turner about finalizing the adoption for
Brad.
8/29/68: Scott meets with a lawyer to ask how Janet's brain tumor might
affect the adoption.
9/2/68: The judge tells Scott he can't finalize the adoption and awards him
temporary custody of Brad.
9/9/68: Alice and Tom wish each other a happy 40th anniversary as they
reminisce about the day they were married.
9/12/68: As the Hortons celebrate Tom and Alice's 40th anniversary, Bill
and Laura are in a car accident.
9/19/68: Dr. Bailey wonders how harmful an X-ray would be for the pregnant
Laura.
9/23/68: Susan rushes to the hospital, but Bill is not happy to see her.
X-rays reveal Laura's baby may still be alive.
9/24/68: Bill favors postponing surgery on Laura for two weeks, to enhance
her baby's chances for survival. But Mickey decides postponement would risk
Laura's life.
9/25/68: Bill agrees to assist at Laura's operation. There is slight hope
that immediate surgery will not be required.
9/26/68: Following debate, doctors still maintain the necessity of
immediate surgery. Laura then shows signs of regaining consciousness.
9/27/68: When Laura comes out of shock, Mickey explains the circumstances.
Laura insists on postponing the surgery for two weeks, so that her baby may have
a chance to live.
10/14/68: Dr. Spencer and Bill cannot persuade Laura to have immediate
surgery and she refuses to sign consent papers. Mickey's pleas for surgery fall
on deaf ears.
10/15/68: Susan asks Scott's permission to leave Janet for an hour so that
she can donate blood for Laura. Bill promises Laura that he'll try to save her
and the baby.
10/16/68: When Mark spurns Kitty's romantic overtures, her thoughts turn to
Eliot.
10/17/68: Eliot and Kitty have dinner. Tom and Mark are puzzled over Bill's
maneuver to be alone with Laura before the accident. Laura's blood pressure
drops and Bill tries to reach Eliot.
10/18/68: Kitty proposes to Eliot, and Marie and Sandy wonder why Kitty
isn't home. Laura's condition worsens and Bill and Dr. Bailey plan to rush her
to surgery.
10/21/68: When Eliot cannot be reached in time, Bill prepares to operate on
Laura. Mark questions Kitty as to her whereabouts that evening.
10/22/68: Bill operates successfully on Laura, without causing her to go
into labor. Tom sternly reprimands Eliot for failing to leave word where he
could be reached.
10/23/68: When Mark questions Kitty's relationship with Eliot, she becomes
very indignant. Laura regains consciousness and Bill tells her the good news
about her baby.
10/24/68: Laura is surprised to hear that Bill performed the surgery, and
expresses her gratitude to him. Mark asks Bill about Eliot's personal
life.
10/25/68: Mickey tells Laura he has purchased the property for their new
home. Bill accepts a dinner invitation from Susan.
11/7/68: Laura goes into labor.
11/8/68: Mickey is ecstatic when Laura gives birth to a baby boy.
11/11/68: Dr. Andrews announces that, although the baby was born four weeks
premature, he seems to be fine.
11/12/68: Bill wonders if he'll be able to pretend to be the
baby's uncle. Wanting to talk to someone about becoming a father, Bill tells a
bartender he's celebrating the birth of his son.
11/13/68: Mickey sees the baby for the first time. Later, Bill visits the
nursery but is told the baby is sleeping. Laura and Bill see a photo of the baby
for the first time.
11/18/68: Susan decides she will bring up the subject of marriage to Bill
that evening. Eliot consents to let Bill attend a surgeon's convention in New
York.
11/19/68: Bill tells Susan he wants to discuss their future when he returns
from New York. Mark's private investigator watches as a taxi arrives at Kitty's
home.
11/20/68: Laura and Mickey make a decision on the baby's name. Kitty goes
to Eliot's apartment as Mark awaits Jerry Barnes' call.
11/21/68: Barnes informed Mark of Kitty's whereabouts. As Kitty and Eliot
decide to wait until after the holidays to further their plans, Mark knocks at
the door.
11/22/68: After confronting Eliot and Kitty with utter contempt, Mark
leaves to break the news to Sandy. Eliot and Kitty quarrel over their future.
Laura sees her baby for the first time. Bill learns the baby's middle name is
William.
11/25/68: Kitty complains of severe chest pains. Tom decides she should go
to the hospital for tests, but Mark believes it's something else that's making
Kitty uncomfortable.
11/26/68: At the hospital, Tom and Alice notice Mark's strange lack of
concern for Kitty. Mark calls Eliot to the hospital, and questions him about his
romance with Kitty.
11/27/68: Kitty is released from the hospital. Mark tells Kitty he wants
her to file for divorce, and that Sandy must never know the truth about her
mother.
11/29/68: Laura tells Tom she still wonders if Bill knows the truth about
the baby. Mark demands that Kitty inform Sandy of the divorce immediately, since
he wants Kitty out of the apartment that evening.
12/2/68: Kitty pleads with Mark to postpone the divorce until after the
Christmas holidays. Mark agrees, but warns Kitty that his feelings toward her
will not change.
12/3/68: Mark refuses to carry out a masquerade of happiness with Kitty, in
Sandy's absence. Susan tells Laura about Bill's promise to discuss their
future.
12/4/68: A baby gift from Bill stirs Laura's anxiety. Mickey is elated
over the news that Laura can leave the hospital the next day.
12/5/68: Mickey brings Laura home to their apartment. As Mickey questions
Tom about Laura's emotional behavior, Bill is on his way back to Salem.
12/6/68: Scott expresses fears for Janet, if Susan becomes a wife. Bill
meets Laura and Mickey at the hospital, and reveals that he has decided to ask
Susan to marry him.
12/11/68: Julie calls Tom and Alice and says she'll visit Salem for the
holidays. Bill tells Susan that Mickey is sterile and that Bill is the father of
Laura's baby.
12/13/68: Laura holds her baby for the first time.
12/20/68: Lou tells Julie he wants to marry her, but Julie says she needs
to leave San Francisco and get back to Salem.
12/23/68: Julie reunites with Alice and Tom.
12/24/68: Julie asks Alice about Susan. Susan tells Bill she'll marry him
once he resolves his feelings for Laura and Michael.
12/25/68: The Hortons celebrate Christmas together.
12/26/68: Scott meets with the judge about finalizing the adoption. Julie
notices a Christmas card from the Bannings and asks Tom who they are.
1/3/69: Mark confronts Kitty about her affair with Kincaid.
1/8/69: After telling Sandy about the divorce plans, Kitty and Sandy move
into the Parkside hotel.
1/16/69: A sad Sandy gets a pep talk from one of her
classmates.
2/3/69: Tom visits Laura and is informed of Dr. Spencer's offer. Bill
admits to Susan that he still can not stop thinking about Laura or her
son.
2/4/69: Tom warns Julie that she must find something to make her life more
useful. Mickey learns from John Martin that Julie no longer receives money from
him.
2/5/69: Julie and Bill quarrel over each other's attitude toward Susan.
Alice begins to side with Julie, and defends her case to Tom.
2/6/69: Laura returns to work at the hospital, as her father accepts an
opening there. Mark admits to Bill that he does not plan to live in the same
house with Kitty.
2/7/69: Miss Williams sees Scott about the question of Brad's adoption.
After visiting Susan, Miss Williams informs Scott that there must be follow-up
visits.
2/10/69: Laura and Mickey advise Susan to tell Scott about her past.
2/24/69: Julie tells Tom she hasn't decided whether or not to accept
Susan's offer. Mickey is introduced to Brad at Susan's apartment.
2/25/69: Alice questions Laura as to why she did not choose Julie as
Michael's godmother. Laura warns Bill that Susan may eventually find herself
involved with Scott.
2/26/69: The Horton family prepare for the christening ceremony. Susan
warns Bill that he must not do or say anything to ruin the event.
2/27/69: Bill tells Susan about his urge to reveal the truth at the
christening. Tom learns from Julie that she plans to accept Susan's offer.
2/28/69: John and Julie visit Helen Martin at the sanitarium. Susan looks
over the personal effects of David's estate.
3/11/69: A caseworker pays an unexpected visit on Susan and Scott. Susan
phones Julie, and they agree to meet that afternoon.
3/12/69: Alice tells Tom of her apprehension about Julie's meeting with
Susan.
3/13/69: Scott visits Laura and Mickey to discuss the blueprints of their
future home. Julie arrives at Susan's apartment.
3/25/69: John Martin meets with his attorney to discuss reuniting Brad with
his real family.
3/26/69: Laura and Susan discuss Julie's strange reaction to her visit with
Susan.
4/3/69: A distraught Julie visits lawyer Wilbur Austin in regards to the
custody of Brad.
4/4/69: Susan tells Scott she would like to tell him more about her
past.
8/25/69: Kitty learns that Peter is not completely trusting. Claire asks
Kitty if she has seen another woman visiting Peter.
8/26/69: Julie makes another attempt to convince Scott that she wants to do
what's best for Brad. Laura tells Bill how Mickey feels about him.
8/27/69: Kitty contemplates her own reasons for concern over Michael's
illness. Claire asks Peter to remain in the business.
8/28/69: Kitty begins to gather information valuable to her eventual plans.
Peter admits to Claire the real reason he wants a divoce.
8/29/69: Michael's condition shows no sign of improving. Claire's reaction
to Peter's admission motivates him to consider a new course of action.
9/29/69: Susan's visit to the hospital results in a vivid recollection of
her past. Wil tells Peter the shocking news he has learned.
9/30/69: Kitty offers a suggestion to Mickey and Laura regarding the
decision they face. Peter angrily phones Kitty and demands to see her
immediately.
10/1/69: Scott makes plans to go out with Susan, but then receives a phone
call from Julie. Kitty devises a way to temporarily avoid a confrontation with
Peter.
10/2/69: Laura tells Tom about a new factor that could influence the
decision she and Mickey must make. Julie again discusses the subject of
visitation rights with Scott.
10/3/69: Alice has serious discussions with both Mickey and Bill about
their behavior toward each other.
10/27/69: Kitty considers a new plan that would make her secret information
more valuable. The Horton family finally receives a report on the progress of
Michael's surgery.
10/28/69: Alice asks Mickey to try and convince Bill that he should stay in
Salem. Kitty phones Bill with a request to see her about an important personal
matter.
10/29/69: Sandy begins to question her feelings about Kitty. Bill completes
his plans to leave for New York.
10/30/69: Bill decides to spend his final evening in Salem with Tom and
Alice. Kitty makes another attempt to talk to Bill.
10/31/69: Tommy describes his discomfort about Sandy to his father. Laura
and Bill are puzzled over Kitty's persistent inquiries about Bill.
11/3/69: Scott's request to see his son is followed by a phone call to
Julie from Susan. Laura relays Kitty's important message to Bill.
11/4/69: Julie attempts to explain to Scott why she feels the way she does
toward Susan. Bill spends his final evening in Salem with Alice and Tom.
11/5/69: Bill has a big surprise when he returns to his office. Sandy pays
a visit to Kitty, despite her mother's desire to be alone.
11/6/69: Kitty informs Peter of her intention to renege on the money, and
Peter makes a hard decision. Bill visits Laura and Michael for a moving
farewell.
11/7/69: Bill and Susan say their goodbyes. Laura visits Kitty and hints
that she needs psychiatric help. Laura's news that Bill is leaving that night
comes as a shock to Kitty. Peter makes an important appointment with
Claire.
11/10/69: Kitty at last reaches Bill with a warning that worries him. Peter
starts a fateful explanation to Claire.
11/11/69: A worried Bill mulls over whether to heed Kitty's summons to her
apartment. Peter faces up to a difficult scene with Claire.
11/12/69:
Bill meets with Kitty and receives a stunning request. Tommy worries over
Sandy's seemingly growing attachment to her mother.
11/13/69: Bill searches for Kitty's evidence and grimly threatens her. An
angry Kitty suddenly faces a crisis of her own.
11/14/69: Kitty, stricken by a heart attack, tries to hang on until Tom can
reach her. Dr. Tom sees the disarray in her apartment and makes a fateful call
to the police.
11/17/69: Janene senses that Bill is upset about something
as they begin their trip. The police arrive at Kitty's apartment, ask for a lab
analysis, but doubt foul play.
11/18/69: Police at Kitty's apartment
begin to suspect a possible homicide when they find evidence that could link
Peter Larkin to Kitty's death.
11/19/69: Police interrogate Claire
and Peter because more and more they feel they are dealing with a homicide.
Another clue leads in a different direction.
11/20/69: Kitty's death
begins to have more effect on her acquaintances. Laura and Mickey worry that
Tommy might be involved. Tom has to face breaking the news to Sandy about her
mother's death.
11/21/69: Police pinpoint the fact that Tommy may have
visited Kitty before her death. Tom breaks the news to Tommy and Alice as Sandy,
unaware of her mother's death, starts off to see Kitty.
11/24/69: Tom goes about the difficult task of telling Sandy what has
happened to her mother. Police investigators decide to question Tommy about his
last visit with the deceased Kitty.
11/25/69: Sandy blames herself
and Tommy for what happened to her mother. After questioning Tommy, the
investigators are not satisfied with his answers, and ask to speak to
Sandy.
11/26/69: Sandy reverses her decision of not allowing an autopsy when
the results of a lab test are known. Bill and Janene arrive in New York.
11/28/69: Bill listens to the tape recording he took from Kitty. He then
makes a decision to retain the tape, despite his realization about how
potentially dangerous it is.
12/1/69: Tommy's fears that Sandy has feelings of guilt are confirmed.
Danton makes it clear that Tommy is the prime suspect in the case.
12/2/69: Scott attempts to find out if Susan still cares for Bill. Janene
and Bill have a serious discussion about what the future may hold for both of
them.
12/3/69: Bill's name becomes prominent in the Kitty Horton case. Danton and
Perry make reservations on the next flight to New York.
12/4/69: Sandy makes a decision not to let he father be hypocritical about
Kitty's funeral. Danton and Perry arrive at Bill's hotel.
12/5/69: Scott changes his plans when he learns what happened to Kitty.
After speaking to Bill at some length, police officers tell Bill why they have
questioned him.
12/8/69: Mickey tells Bill he has no choice other than return to Salem with
the detectives. Janene is questioned about Bill's whereabouts during the time in
question.
12/9/69: Laura learns of Bill's presence at Kitty's apartment. Sandy shocks
the family with an emotional outbreak at the funeral home.
12/10/69: Mickey prepares to tell Tom about the phone call he received from
New York. When he arrives back in Salem, Bill is formally charged.
12/11/69: Tom is devastated by the news of Bill's involvement. Mickey asks
Bill why he went to Kitty's apartment.
12/12/69: Tommy and Alice discuss the lasting scars that Kitty's death may
leave upon Sandy. Alice demands to know what is going on between Tom and
Mickey.
12/15/69: Sandy tells Julie about the new outlook on life recent events
have given her. Alice and Tommy learn the news about Bill.
12/16/69: Tom and Mickey both show disgust at Bill's refusal to explain
why he was at Kitty's apartment. After the preliminary hearing, Bill is returned
to his cell.
12/17/69: Susan is shocked when Laura tells her about Bill's
predicament. Tom refuses Alice's request to provide bail money for Bill.
12/18/69: Bill begins to realize that he actually was responsible for
Kitty's death. Alice demonstrates her unyielding love and loyalty to her
youngest son.
12/19/69: Bill tells Alice she must accept his word on faith rather
than evidence. Sandy overhears Tom offer an unpleasant explanation for Bill's
involvement.
12/22/69: Scott asks Julie if he and Susan can spend a part of Christmas
Day with Brad. A concerned Susan discusses the Kitty Horton case with
Bill.
12/23/69: Bill is devastated by the news of how Laura is reacting to his
situation. Susan learns of Julie's answer to Scott's request.
12/24/69: Sandy's bitterness toward some members of the Horton family
deepens. Tom questions Janene about the day of Kitty's coronary.
12/25/69: The Hortons celebrate Christmas in a subdued atmosphere. Scott
reluctantly turns down Alice's invitation to stay for dinner.
12/26/69: Susan decides to visit Danton, but is overcome by memories
of the past. Perry questions Sandy about her mother's relationship with
Bill.
12/29/69: Scott gives Julie his final decision about her terms for a
visitation agreement. Bill and Mickey have a heated discussion about Bill's
case.
12/30/69: Susan learns of Scott's decision. Mickey tells Laura what the
future may hold for Bill if he doesn't have some answers.
12/31/69: Memories, hope and doubt surround the Hortons on this New Year's
Eve, as they ponder what the future holds for each of them.
1/1/70: Alice
asks Tom to visit her when she sees her son. Bill decides to accomodate Mickey's
request that he write down what really happened.
1/2/70: Bill provides
Mickey with the document he had asked for. Janene pays an unexpected visit to
Laura, and pleads with her to go see Bill.
1/5/70: Danton and Perry
come up with some interesting information about Janene's past. Bill is surprised
by a visit from Laura.
1/6/70: Bill tries to talk to Sandy about his
case. Will offers Julie some advice and tells her of the upcoming court
appeal.
1/7/70: Scott learns that his future with Brad will be
determined in a few days. Julie gets some unexpected advice from
Sandy.
1/8/70: Tommy serves a warning on Bill. After Bill's indictment notice
arrives, he informs Mickey of the plea he intends to enter.
1/9/70: Mickey tells Tom and Alice of the harsh charges that have been
made against Bill. Julie recalls past events that have led to her present
situation.
1/12/70: The long awaited appeal hearing concludes. Susan and Scott
reflect on past events that have led to circumstances presently surrounding the
case.
1/13/70: Susan questions the legality of an agreement between Scott
and Julie. Will and Julie spend another evening together at dinner.
1/14/70: Mickey asks Will if he would consider representing Bill
in court. Bill mysteriously requests to be allowed a day in New
York.
1/15/70: Mickey tells Tom of his desire to withdraw from
Bill's case. Tom finally decides to pay a visit to Bill.
1/16/70: Tom implores Mickey to continue representing Bill. Laura makes
another attempt at persuading Bill to reveal the whole truth.
1/19/70: A
cablegram from Marie brings pleasant news to the Horton home. Bill contemplates
what might happen in the future if he reveals the details of his case.
2/2/70: Bill asks Marie to promise she will not repeat her theory
about his reasoning to anyone. Sandy is surprised by an unexpected
visitor.
2/3/70: Julie and Scott have different ideas about how to
celebrate David's birthday. Tommy comes to Bill with a plea designed to protect
Sandy from the truth.
2/5/70: When Alice learns of Bill's decision, she goes to see him. As the
hearing begins, Mickey asks Bill if he would like to reconsider his
decision.
2/6/70: The state's attorney and Mickey present their cases to the judge,
and as Bill's hearing concludes, the court makes an
announcement.
2/16/70: Sandy learns the outcome of Bill's trial. Bill
clashes with Tom and Mickey. Janene promises to wait for Bill and Alice bids him
goodbye as he leaves for the penetentiary.
2/17/70: Alice berates Tom and
Mickey for not accompanying Bill when he surrendered himself to the sheriff. At
the penetentiary, Bill gets off to a bad start with the prison criminologist,
Sarah Fredericks.
2/18/70: Sarah Fredericks warns Bill what to expect
from the inmates and authorities. Tom and Tommy discuss Bill's plight. Bill
meets his cellmate, Brent Douglas, and gets some advice.
2/19/70: Susan
tells Laura that Julie is destroying her confidence in herself as a woman. Julie
makes plans with Scott for David's birthday. Susan is ecstatic when Scott says
he needs her.
2/20/70: Austin and Scott meet when both deliver birthday
presents for David. Scott recalls when he agreed to adopt Julie's son. Julie
learns that Scott plans to marry Susan if he regains custody of
David.
2/23/70: Sarah Fredericks and Brent discuss his imminent release.
Bill and Sarah engage in another verbal battle. Alice and Janene write to Bill.
Brent is interested in a photo of Janene and Bill.
2/24/70: Laura and Tom
agree that Alice must never know that Bill is Michael's father. Brent realizes
that he knew Janene four years ago. Sarah asks Dr. Eric Richards to assigns Bill
to the infirmary.
2/25/70: Susan tells Tom she is sure Scott will propose
if he wins the custody suit. Julie informs Austin that if Scott wins, he and
Susan will leave Salem. Julie uses a subterfuge to see Scott.
2/26/70:
Tom asks Alice to visit Bill. Scott arrives at the Hortons and begins to suspect
that Julie magnified David's illness to bring him there.
2/27/70: Tom and
Mickey discuss the position the medical board will take in Bill's case. Bill
reflects on the tape in a New York safety deposit box. Bill resents his father's
visit and Tom questions Bill about a key.
3/2/70: Tom tells Laura of
Bill's strange reaction regarding the safety deposit key. Alice asks Julie how
she feels about Scott and Austin. Tom goes to New York to claim the safety
deposits contents.
3/3/70: Tom wonders what secret the key will unlock. Alice visits
Bill. Austin tells Julie that the judges are ready with the custody
decision.
3/4/70: Julie, Austin, Susan, Scott and Mickey learn the
court's decision in the custody hearing. Tom claims the contents in the safety
deposit box and is curious about the audio tape in the
envelope.
3/5/70: Alice is overjoyed at the outcome of the custody
decision. Austin tells Julie that they must discuss their future. Susan and
Scott are saddened by the custody outcome and Scott receives a
visitor.
3/6/70: Alice berates Tommy for the resentment that he,
Mickey and Tom harbor toward Bill. Tom plays the tape and what he hears leaves
him stunned.
3/9/70: Tom is sure that Bill now knows he is the father of
Laura's baby. Sarah and Eric discuss Bill's attitude. Bill ignores Brent's
advice and Tom makes an 11th hour visit.
3/10/70: Tom arrives at the
prison and pleads with Sarah for a meeting with Bill. Bill admits he knows about
fathering Mike.
3/11/70: Scott and Susan contemplate their future. Alice
and Julie discuss Austin. Tom learns that Bill never acknowledged fathering
Michael to protect the family.
3/12/70: Bill softens toward Sarah but
she tells him his attitude still leaves a lot to be desired.
3/13/70:
Julie promises Austin she will give him his answer when he returns from
Washington. Scott and Alice discuss Julie's antagonism toward
Susan.
3/16/70: Alice is overjoyed by Julie's decision to allow Susan to
see David anytime. Susan and Scott visit David and emotions run high when Susan
holds David in her arms.
3/17/70: Susan tells Scott that she
believes Julie has ulterior motives. Alice and Tom discuss Scott's relationship
with David if Julie should marry Austin. Scott confronts Julie about her
possible marriage.
3/18/70: Laura plans to return to work at the
hospital. Brent gives Bill more advice. Sarah and Brent talk about his release
and Bill and Sarah discuss Brent's plans to visit
Salem.
3/19/70: Sarah and Eric ponder Brent's decision to go to
Salem. Janene asks Susan why she never married Bill. Brent begins to formulate
plans after reading Janene's letter to Bill.
3/20/70: Scott informs Susan of Austin's proposal to Julie and realizes
what the marriage would mean to his relationship with David. Tom cautions Julie
against a marriage borne of need rather than love. Susan and Julie promise to
bury their differences.
3/23/70: Sandy and Bruce are interrupted by
Tommy, who clashes with his daughter. Marie tries to console Tommy over his
disappointment in Sandy's behavior. Bill receives a visit from Marie. Sandy
learns the truth about Kitty.
3/24/70: Marie gives Sarah an insight into
Bill's character. Tommy refuses Marie's request that he visit Bill. Sandy seeks
comfort from Laura and asks Tommy to go with her to Kitty's
grave.
3/25/70: Tom and Alice read a letter from Bill. Tom reflects on
his visit to Bill. Tom demands that Mickey convince the medical board to delay
the hearing on Bill. Austin returns to Salem and gives Julie unexpected
news.
3/26/70: Scott and Susan contemplate the loss of David if Julie
marries Austin. Tom and Alice learn that Austin has been offered a legal post in
Washington. David says he doesn't want another Daddy.
3/27/70: Susan
tells Mickey that Scott can't go on being David's father if Julie marries
Austin. Tom and Tommy discuss the attraction Scott engenders in Julie. Scott
learns Julie's decision about Austin.
3/30/70: Laura and Mickey discuss
Scott and Susan's plight. David doesn't want to be separated from Scott. Julie
tells Scott she has agreed to marry Austin but hints at an
alternative.
3/31/70: Marie attempts to comfort Susan. Scott is shocked
by Julie's suggestion that he marry her to solve their problem. Austin awaits
Julie's decision. Scott is too shaken to tell Susan of Julie's
offer.
4/1/70: Brent continues to advise Bill to keep his cool. Inmate
Ribiwitz fakes sick call and threatens Bill. Inmate Johnny Beacon is brought to
the infirmary bleeding and in shock. Sarah tells Bill of a prisoner's
problem.
4/2/70: Tom asks Mickey to show more tolerance toward Bill.
Beacon pleads with Bill to protect him. Austin tells Scott that he is going to
force Julie's decision tonight.
4/3/70: Scott decides to marry Julie, in
a desperate need to keep young David. Tom and Alice are shocked when they hear
of Scott and Julie's marriage plans.
5/4/70: Young David makes a request
of Julie and Scott. Susan surprises Julie and Scott by accepting their dinner
invitation.
5/5/70: Janene has second thoughts over introducing Brent to
Susan. Bill asks Marie to find out more about Johnny's mother, who resides in
Salem. A new patient causes Bill great concern.
5/6/70: Bill and Eric
fear that Jeff Jones may be a victim of lung cancer. Tom works for a delay of
Bill's medical board hearing.
5/7/70: Scott pays an unexpected visit to
Susan. Susan is pleased with the outcome of Brent and Julie's first
meeting.
5/8/70: Tom reveals to Alice his concern over Bill's upcoming
hearing. Susan tempts Brent with a job offer.
5/11/70: Sarah chides Eric
for his seemingly personal envy of Bill. Jeff Jones learns the results of the
recent laboratory tests.
5/12/70: Bill tries to brace Jeff for the trying
times that lie ahead. Tom knows that if introduces the celebrated tape as
evidence in Bill's behalf, he will divide his family forever.
5/13/70:
Bill's case is brought before the state medical board. Tom seeks to stall an
irrevocable decision by the board.
5/14/70: Tom and Mickey realize that
some new evidence must be brought before the medical board in order to save
Bill's career. Alice asks Laura to visit Bill in prison.
5/15/70: Brent
wonders why Susan has gone to such lengths to assure Julie's happiness. Tom and
Alice ponder the outcome of the medical board hearing.
5/18/70: Bill
begins to recognize a change in Eric's attitude toward him. Scott's guilt pangs
for his rejection of Susan causes Julie to lose patience.
5/19/70: Laura
asks Mickey if he would mind her going to visit Bill in prison. Susan divulges
her plan for Julie to Brent.
5/20/70: Jeff Jones prepares himself for the
operation that lies ahead. Johnny Beacon again asks Marie about his mother when
she visits the prison. Laura tells Tom of her impending visit to Bill, and of
her belief in him.
5/21/70: Eric discovers that inmate Ribiwitz feigns
sickness to obtain drugs.
5/22/70: Julie sets out to make her marriage
more meaningful. A well-planted thought from Susan constricts Scott's attempts
to be more of a husband to Julie.
5/25/70: Scott is apologetic for not
being more of a husband to Julie. Mickey tells Tom and Laura of the medical
board's decision.
5/26/70: Alice hears of the medical board's decision to
suspend Bill. Jeff's family pays a visit to the prison, only to learn
he hasn't long to live. Laura goes to see Bill.
5/27/70: Jeff's
son Howard takes an unsympathetic view of his father's terminal condition.
Ribiwitz tempts Jeff with a scheme to help put Jeff's son through
college.
5/28/70: Doug tries to talk Susan out of going through with her
plan for Julie. Scott tells Julie of his wanting to adopt young David. Julie
feels the need to discuss her future with Scott.
5/29/70: Sandy tells her
father that she would like to visit Bill in prison. Doug learns that Bill may
soon be released on parole.
6/1/70: Tommy and Marie check out a Skid
Row woman believed to be Johnny Beacon's mother. Jeff palms pain pills in
keeping with his deal with Ribiwitz.
6/2/70: Mickey and Laura get ready
to move into their new home. News arrives that Bill's case will be coming up for
parole.
6/3/70: Bill allows himself to think of going home again if his
parole goes through. Mickey and Laura consider the possible upcoming parole with
mixed emotions.
6/4/70: Bill has to go on his first interview preceding
the final hearing on his parole. Bill doesn't yet know, however, that his
medical license has been suspended.
6/5/70: Julie and Scott visit a judge
in proceedings to adopt David. Julie is lonely, though, and seemingly
vulnerable.
6/8/70: Scott tells Susan that he intends to make his
marriage work. Julie asks Doug to be her friend.
6/9/70: Scott asks
Laura why he was a failure as Julie's husband. Susan is intent on rescuing
little David from his mother.
6/10/70: Bill is suspicious when Gracie
receives a $500 "contribution" from the inmates. Alice visits Bill, but can not
discuss his suspension.
6/11/70: Alice and Tom discuss Bill's shattered
future in medicine. Johnny Beacon's mother refuses to visit him.
6/12/70:
Mickey tells Laura that Tommy has refused to appear at Bill's hearing. The
Horton family gathers in Tommy's office to change his mind.
6/15/70:
Tommy and Sandy unite with the rest of the Horton family to plead Bill's case
before the parole board.
6/16/70: Bill learns from his family that he is
soon to be paroled. Tom and Alice ponder what Bill's return will mean to
Laura.
6/17/70: Susan surprises Laura with her frank appraisal of Bill's
return, and what it will mean to Laura. Doug learns of Bill's impending return
and decides to tell Susan the truth about his past.
6/18/70: Susan
remains adamant in her plan to expose Julie for what she really is. Julie
becomes infuriated when Scott tells her of his confiding in Laura about their
marriage.
6/19/70: Sandy decides to branch out from Salem and join a
youth movement. Tommy once again goes to see Johnny Beacon's mother.
7/20/70: Bill is devastated when he learns of his medical suspension
and struggles with the tempatation to reveal all to his brother
Mickey.
7/21/70: Laura knows that Bill will not accept anything less than
his full practice in Salem. Bill pleads with his father go go before the medical
board with the truth about Kitty's death.
7/22/70: Susan becomes
depressed over Bill's latest misfortune and hopes he will accept her offer.
Susan promises Doug that she will forget about Julie for one evening, until a
telephone call changes her mind.
7/23/70: Though Doug desires to spend an
evening with Susan, she insists he keep his date with Julie. Julie pleasantly
discovers something new about Doug.
7/24/70: Tom and Alice express their
concern for Bill. Bill goes to see Laura and unashamedly declares his love for
her.
8/10/70: Marie reminds Bill of his commitment to Johnny Beacon, who
is still in prison. Bill is determined to keep his promise to reunite Johnny and
his mother.
8/11/70: Alice expresses her gratitude to Susan for wanting
to help Bill. Bill calls on Laura for professional help with Rita Beacon. Rita
breaks down and asks for help with her drinking problem.
8/12/70: Bill
considers harshness to be the only therapy Rita will understand. Rita makes the
first step toward regaining her pride and self-respect.
8/13/70: Bill
loses patience with Rita's lack of will power. Laura warns Rita of the alcoholic
withdrawal symptoms she will encounter when she comes to the
hospital.
8/14/70: Sarah tells Johnny of his mother's admittance to the
hospital. Tired of Bill's browbeating, Tom places the real blame for Bill's
troubles on the party responsible - Bill.
9/7/70: Tom realizes Bill is
simply trying to establish an honest friendship with Laura. Julie receives word
of her father's death in Europe. Julie decides to go to her mother in this time
of need, despite their estrangement.
9/8/70: Janene tells Linda that
Mickey's marriage is headed for real trouble. Mickey and Laura argue over
Bill.
9/9/70: Laura tries to instill some confidence in Rita, for time is
running out. Scott sees how well Susan and young David get along
together.
9/10/70: Alice and Julie return from the funeral of Julie's
father, leaving Tom behind to assist with the estate. Julie comes home
unexpectedly to find Susan at the apartment with
Scott.
9/11/70: Scott tries to avoid any argument with Julie.
Mickey's secretary, Linda, makes it clear she has come to notice Mickey not just
as her boss, but as a man.
1/1/73 (via Paley Center): At her
apartment, Susan tends to her baby in a bassinet. There is a little Christmas
tree. Her fiance Greg calls from a hospital room, where he is with a sleeping
Eric (Greg’s brother). Greg says his mother is in the chapel and his father went
home. He says no change in Eric's condition. Susan feels helpless. Susan hangs
up, and talks to the baby. She notes that the babys father is Eric. Susan hears
an audio flashback of Eric requesting to see the baby. Susan has an inner
monologue “dare I let Eric see the baby? What will people read into it? Maybe
its too late… maybe Eric will die before he can see the baby. If Eric dies, all
of my problems will be over. Eric did a horrible thing to me. Will I feel guilty
if I dont let him see my baby?” Tom Horton arrives. He notes that babies are
usually not allowed to visiting sick patients, but he said he got an
exemption.
Mary Anderson enters Bills office, and is surprised to find
her dad Bob Anderson. Bill had let Bob wait in his office. Mary reveals she said
no to Burts marriage proposal. Bob says Julie Banning told him that Mary had
been having doubts. Mary said Burt was very upset, and wants her to think about
her choice some more. Mary reveals she may have feelings for Bill, but that she
sees no interest from Bill. Bob says Bill hasnt shown interest because he
thought Mary was off the market.
Eric and Greg in the hospital room. Eric
wakes up. Greg tells him Susan is staying home with the baby. Eric has inner
monologue “Susan wont bring the baby. Shes not trustworthy. Greg is too good of
a guy to get stuck with Susan. Greg has to know the truth.” Eric says to Greg –
“you have to know the truth” but then passes out.
Bill walks in his
office and finds Mary. She fills him in on turning Burt down. Bill is surprised
but hopes the best for her. They review how Eric is sick and Greg is worried.
Mary notes that Bill was just as concerned when his brother Mickey was
sick.
Eric wakes up and cant remember if he told the truth to Greg. Greg
is asleep. Susan walks in with the baby. Susan admits she is surprised Eric
wanted to see the baby. Susan said she named the baby Ann. Eric notes that it is
his mothers name as well. Eric says that was very clever of Susan to name the
baby Ann. Eric asks if Susan is really going to marry Greg, and really going to
keep the baby – she says yes. Eric asks if shes only telling him the truth now
because she thinks he’s going to die.
1/25/74 (via Paley Center): Maggie
on crutches in her wedding dress. Mrs. Jennings says she is beautiful. She hands
the crutches to Mrs. Jennings. Maggie doesn’t need crutches for her wedding.
She’s sad her mom and dad have passed but is certain that they’d be happy for
her. She said it was very hard over the years to pretend the pain in her legs
wasn’t bad. But with Marty, she doesn’t feel like a cripple.
Marty
(Mickey) ties his tie on his wedding suit in his quarters. He has an inner
monologue with another voice named Jay (I didn’t understand this) – notes he
can’t remember his past, but wonders if there is something in his past that
would keep him from marrying Maggie. Marty’s coworker Hank walks in, dressed for
the wedding.
Blonde guy (can’t figure out who) on a plane, headed to
Maggie’s wedding, holding a newspaper with headline “have you seen this man”
with picture of Mickey. He says to himself “how can I let Maggie know that she’s
marrying a man who already has a wife and child in Salem”?
Laura in her
office, thinking of Addie. Laura thinks “you know you’re not responding to
treatment, Addie. You’re growing weaker but you’re so brave. When I think about
Addie, I think about Mickey… why is that? I haven’t thought of him since our
wedding anniversary on New Year’s Eve”. FLASHBACK to Mickey and Laura’s wedding
vows.
Laura toasts her coffee cup to “as long as we both shall live”
Doug
enters. Laura hugs him. Doug is having a hard time keeping it together. Addie
won’t let him tell Julie how sick Addie is. Doug knows he can’t keep the truth
from Julie forever.
Julie visiting Addie in her hospital room. Julie
teases Addie that she’s wanting extra attention since she just had a baby. Julie
says she’s holding off on her elopement plans with Don Craig. Addie said she and
Doug named the baby Hope - signifying “hope for the future” for Hope, Doug, and
Addie. Addie doesn’t want to fail Hope like she failed Julie. Julie says Addie
will be a marvelous mother. Addie says – if I can’t be around, Julie, you need
to be there for your little sister. Addie says I would be at peace if you raised
my baby with Doug. Julie is crying.
Mrs. Jennings plays the organ. Maggie
is seated on a tall stool, with her wedding dress draped over the stool. Hank is
next to her, along with a reverend. Marty enters. Maggie sings some of the
wedding program – something about “family tree, an old oak tree, at blossom
time, on our wedding day” (she has a beautiful voice). Reverend completes the
ceremony. Blond guy walks in right after the ceremony.
10/10/75 (Two
Maggie/Mickey scenes)
PROLOGUE
INT. MAGGIE'S BEDROOM - SAME NIGHT
(QUARREL STILL IN PROGRESS BETWEEN MICKEY AND MAGGIE. MICKEY IS STARING AT
HIS WIFE, IN A TOTAL STATE OF SHOCK, UNABLE TO SPEAK A MOMENT.
FINALLY...)
MICKEY: I...I can't believe...you know...what you're saying...
MAGGIE: Why not? Because sweet little Maggie...dear little crippled
Maggie...doesn't say things like this?
MICKEY: You and Linda...are close friends.
MAGGIE: So close...that she seems to have forgotten...which one of us...is
your wife.
MICKEY (moving toward her): Maggie...
MAGGIE: Don't touch me!
MICKEY: Whatever you saw...
MAGGIE: You were kissing Linda...
MICKEY: I was comforting her...nothing more...
MAGGIE: She put her hands up to your face...
MICKEY: Oh, Maggie, Maggie...
MAGGIE: She's loved you all these years, wanted you...
MICKEY: She loved Jim...
MAGGIE: Oh yes, Jim!
MICKEY: She was ready to remarry him.
MAGGIE: Was she!
MICKEY: You know she was.
MAGGIE: Because she couldn't have you...
MICKEY: Dear God, Maggie, Jim's only been dead a few short weeks.
MAGGIE: Tell that to Linda...
MICKEY: His death almost destroyed her...
MAGGIE: Did it?
MICKEY: You saw her, you were at the hospital...
MAGGIE: What almost destroyed her was the fear of losing you...
MICKEY: That kind of talk is sick...
MAGGIE: No more lies...
MICKEY: Maggie...
MAGGIE: Are you in love with her?
MICKEY: I care about her, of course...
MAGGIE: You're remembering the way it used to be...
MICKEY: Sometimes, there are memories...
MAGGIE: Why have you lied to me about that?
MICKEY: I didn't want to hurt you...
MAGGIE: Hurt me? (BEAT) What a joke. What do you think it's done to
me, all these weeks, wondering, suspecting...
MICKEY: Why didn't you come to me?
MAGGIE: You were comforting the fragile widow...
MICKEY: I was worried about her, and Melissa...
MAGGIE: It's the child, then. (BEAT) She's holding that over you...
MICKEY: I have an obligation to Melissa...
MAGGIE: What about your obligation to me?
MICKEY: You're my wife, Maggie. (BEAT) What more of a commitment can I
make. (BEAT) I'm standing here looking at a girl I no longer know...
MAGGIE: And I'm in a bedroom with a man who's forgotten how to be a
husband...
MICKEY: You've turned away from me at night...
MAGGIE: Because you're with her during the day...
MICKEY: Don't shut me out, Maggie.
MAGGIE: That's what you've done to me.
MICKEY: Have I? (BEAT) Come over here.
MAGGIE: I...I can't.
MICKEY: I said come here.
MAGGIE: I don't have my crutches.
(MICKEY TAKES THE CRUTCHES AND SMASHES THEM VIOLENTLY TO THE FLOOR OUT OF
HER REACH)
MICKEY: You can stop hiding behind them...
MAGGIE (hysteria slowly building): Give them to me...
(IN A RAGE OF FRUSTRATION, MICKEY PICKS ONE CRUTCH UP, SMASHES IT
AGANST A DRESSER, CRACKING THE WOOD)
MICKEY: Stop pretending, dammit!
MAGGIE: I...I can't walk...without them.
MICKEY: You can walk.
MAGGIE: No...no, I can't.
MICKEY (continuing to smash crutch): I've seen you. Stop lying to
me...
MAGGIE: Marty, please...
MICKEY: The happiest day of our life, remember? When you would come to
me, show me you could walk...
MAGGIE: You didn't care...you didn't want to know...
MICKEY: A moment we were going to share together.
(MICKEY IS IN A RAGE. HE SWINGS THE CRUTCH AGAINST THE WALL, AGAIN AND
AGAIN, WITH MAGGIE IN HYSTERICAL TEARS)
MAGGIE: Stop it! For God's sake, stop it!
(MICKEY KEEPS SMASHING THE CRUTCH AGAINST THE WALL, AS MAGGIE CRIES OUT IN
DESPAIR)
ACT TWO...INT. MAGGIE'S BEDROOM...
(IN CLOSE ON MAGGIE, HER TEARS SPENT, SITTING ON THE BED, CRADLING ONE OF
THE SMASHED CRUTCHES IN HER ARMS. MICKEY STANDS LOOKING AT HER, VERY QUIET, VERY
ANGRY)
MICKEY: No more hiding or pretending, Maggie. (BEAT) You can walk...and I
know it.
MAGGIE (her voice dead): You've smashed my crutches...
MICKEY: I should have done it long ago.
MAGGIE: I'll never forgive you.
MICKEY: I asked you to come here.
MAGGIE: I can't.
MICKEY: Stand up, Maggie...
MAGGIE: Please, Marty...
MICKEY: I asked you to stand up...
MAGGIE: If you love me...
MICKEY: It's because I love you...
MAGGIE: I...I can't walk.
MICKEY: Stand up. (LONG PAUSE) If you love me, stand up. (VERY GENTLY)
Please, love.
(TAKE MAGGIE, TEARS COMING TO HER EYES)
MAGGIE: I...I need my crutches.
MICKEY: You don't need anything, except me.
MAGGIE: Oh, Marty...
MICKEY: I'm waiting, Maggie.
(AND SLOWLY, VERY SLOWLY, MAGGIE GETS TO HER FEET WITHOUT THE HELP OF
CRUTCHES. MICKEY LOOKS AT HER, BUT DOES NOT SMILE, JUST CONTINUES TO SPEAK
QUIETLY)
MICKEY: Now, walk toward me...
MAGGIE: No...
MICKEY: Just put one foot in front of the other...
MAGGIE (paralyzed with fear): I...I can't...
MICKEY: Yes, you can. (BEAT) If you love me, Maggie, you will walk.
(AND MAGGIE TRIES, PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. THEN FEAR TAKES
OVER AND SHE SCREAMS, A TERRIBLE FRIGHTENING SCREAM. AND SHE SINKS TO THE FLOOR,
IN A FAINT. MICKEY RUSHES TO TAKE HER IN HIS ARMS AT THE SAME MOMENT THAT
LINDA, WEARING NIGHTGOWN AND ROBE, APPEARS IN THE DOORWAY. IN TIGHT ON LINDA'S
FACE)
LINDA: My God, Marty, what have you done to her?
1/21/76 (via
Paley Center)
Linda walks into Don’s office. Don didn’t expect her in,
but Linda was too nervous to stay at home. Her throat is still sore. She can’t
believe that Mickey strangled her (believing her to be Laura). Linda thinks the
Hortons are misguided for keeping Mickey in the sanitarium – she is only
concerned with Mickey’s welfare. Don doesn’t agree. Don says Bill is with Laura
and Mike. Mike is still at the Brookville hospital after surgery. Amanda arrives
for her appointment, and asks Linda what happened to her face. Linda covers and
says she fell. Don and Amanda step into his office. He reviews that Amanda is
leaving her estate to the hospital. She says she’s changed her mind – she
doesn’t want to wait until she’s dead for the money to be gifted. She wants to
fund a surgical wing at the hospital now. Amanda knows she’ll have to get
Susan’s permission.
In LA, Eric Peters typing out his screenplay. Susan
and little Anne arrive. Anne goes in the back to play. He wants Susan to read
his latest draft. Susan says Anne misses her father – keeps asking for him. Eric
says hopefully Anne will forget. Susan doesn’t think so.
Back in Salem –
Amanda arrives at Greg’s office.
Amanda fills Greg in on her surgical
wing plan and notes Susan has to give permission. Greg notes that Don Craig is
the only one who knows where Susan is.
Susan tells Eric she wants to take
Anne to Salem for a quick trip to visit Anne’s “father” Greg. Eric says “Anne is
OUR daughter”. Don calls and fills Susan in re: the surgical wing. Susan fills
Eric in. Then she calls Amanda at Greg’s office and thanks her. Susan then talks
to Greg. Anne walks in right then and asks to speak to daddy. Anne tells Greg
she wants to see him soon. Susan says she’ll bring Anne home in a few days. Eric
questions Susan’s motivations for going back to Salem – does she still want
Greg? Susan says she respects that Greg wants to marry Amanda, who doesn’t have
long to live.
Brooke and Trish arrive at Don’s office. Trish says she’s
going to Arizona to meet her birth father, and Brooke is tagging along for
support. Trish thanks Don for finding her father. Trish and Brooke leave for the
airport. Linda walks in and notes that Don didn’t tell Trish about Mike being in
the hospital. Don didn’t want to spoil Trish’s trip to meet her dad. Don asks
Linda to type up the latest version of Amanda’s will. Linda reads it and thinks
“there certainly are changes. Why would a young woman like Amanda leave her
money to a clinic”?
Greg and Amanda review architecture plans for the
surgical wing.
David arrives at his step-dad Bob’s office. David is
grateful for what Bob did for Paul Grant, in giving him a job. Bob notes that
Paul is special to David. David said Paul helped him get his head on straight.
David says he’s getting closer to his mother Julie. Bob doesn’t blame Julie for
the failure of their marriage. David says his relationship with Brooke is “no
good” after she got the abortion. David feels at loose ends. Bob invites David
to work with him. Bob considers him a son. Don arrives and David leaves. Don
fills in Bob on Mickey regaining his memory and losing his sanity – and trying
to kill Bill.
Trish and Brooke at the airport. Trish very nervous about
meeting her dad, and if he will believe that she is his daughter. Brooke points
out Trish’s mother’s letter is evidence. Trish is hesitant but boards the
plane.
Don and Bob discussing Mickey – the plan is to get Mickey
committed. Don asks Bob to fill in Julie and David. They discuss Alice wanting
to take care of Mickey at home. They note this conflict could destroy the
family.
Val in hallway of “David Martin Memorial Clinic”, David
approaches. Val isn’t mad at David any more – she understands Brooke’s abortion
wasn’t due to David’s urging. David doesn’t know if there’s a future for him and
Brooke – what they had is over. Val thinks Brooke still loves David. He says he
doesn’t feel the same way. Laura Horton calls (offscreen) and tells Val to
cancel all her appointments. David asks what’s going on – right as Greg walks
up. Greg explains how Mike got in an accident with the farm equipment, and it’s
uncertain if Mike will survive.
Trish and Brooke arrive at the Phoenix
bank. She sees James Stanhope (her father), who is in charge of the loan
department. She breaks down crying – she can’t go through with confronting him –
she feels it will ruin his life since he is now married with kids. Brooke tries
to encourage her. Brooke suggests Trish pretend that she needs a loan, so she
has a chance to interact with James before she tells him. Trish reluctantly
approaches James, and he starts asking her questions about the loan she asked
for: “what can I do for you?” Trish looks stricken.
2/11/76 (via Paley
Center)
Mickey wearing a suit, in his hospital room, looking insane.
Taking his metal bed and slamming it on the floor over and over. Dr. Powell
enters. Mickey thinks “you want to lock me up forever, don’t you… shock
treatment! Lobotomy!”. Doctor warns Mickey he might have to put him in a
straitjacket – Mickey stopped slamming the bed and seems to come to his senses.
Mickey thinks about the doctor “the court won’t believe you – not when I tell
the court how my family has paid the doctor.” Mickey thanks Dr. Powell for being
so fair, but he is squeezing his hands like he wants to murder the doctor. Dr.
Powell brings Mickey out of his room. Linda is waiting in front, and points out
that Mickey needs a defense attorney. Mickey agrees to let Alan Carr be in
court, but only as a backup to Mickey serving as his own lawyer. He thanks Linda
for having faith in him.
Don in the courtroom. Maggie walks in (limping
with a cane). She asks Don not to go through with it – but she knows Don will go
through with it regardless (petitioning court to have Mickey institutionalized
indefinitely). Maggie believes in Marty Hansen. Don points out that he is not
Marty Hansen any more, and not really even Mickey anymore. Maggie says Laura
will come to the hearing and fight for Mickey.
Laura holding baby
Jennifer Rose in bed. Bill comes in after shoveling the snow. Bill says the
snowplow is making its way through, so Bill will be able to make it to Mickey’s
hearing. Rosie comes in to admire the baby. Bill notes that his arm is still
damaged.
Greg in his office – Susan and Anne arrive from California. Anne
asks if she can stay for good. Greg says “we’ll see”. Susan flashes back to Greg
asking her if she wants to marry Eric, and Susan replying that she still has her
hang-ups about “man-woman relationships”, and how bad Susan and Greg’s marriage
went. She’s awoken from her flashback by Mary greeting her. Mary asks if she’s
coming back to work. Susan says she doesn’t know her plans. Mary doesn’t
understand why Amanda is suddenly gifting her estate to the new surgical wing.
Mary thinks Amanda has some other motive.
Mickey and Linda walk into the
courtroom. He looks at Maggie and recognizes her as his wife. Linda seethes with
jealousy. Mickey asks Dr. Powell for time alone with Maggie. Doctor agrees, but
that the orderlies must stay in the room. Mickey thinks “do you really think I
would do something violent with people watching? You underestimate me – that’s
your big mistake”.
Mickey asks Maggie to go grab coffee. She asks “Marty” if
he’s all right. Mickey says Bayview is a bad place to be. Maggie wishes she
could take him home. Mickey thinks “after all I’ve done to you? You would take
me back? I’ve hurt you terribly”. Maggie says “you remember the happy times we
had at the farm, right?” Mickey thinks “those days as Marty Hansen are over.
There are things I have to do. I have to put a stop to Bill and Laura”. He
crushes his coffee cup and spills all his coffee. He asks Maggie how Mike is.
Maggie says Hank reported that Mike is as well as can be expected. Mickey tells
Maggie he will serve as his own defense. In his head, he keeps hearing “shock
treatment! Lobotomy! Shock treatment! Lobotomy” Maggie is
concerned.
Linda tells Dr. Powell how the Horton family never told Mickey
that Mike was not his son. Dr. Powell thinks the family must have a good reason
for doing that. Linda doesn’t think so, and she’ll make sure it’s all brought
out in court.
Mickey asks Maggie to testify in his favor. She agrees.
Mickey thinks maybe he can’t trust Maggie just like he can’t trust Laura and
Linda. He has a vision that Maggie is dressed in a sexy red dress with a feather
boa, looking seductive. He comes out of his vision and says “you too Maggie, you
too”. Don walks up – Mickey calls him a judas and says Don wants to steal
Mickey’s law practice. Linda asks Maggie if she will be strong enough to handle
the court case. Maggie says she wants Marty Hansen back. Linda says that will
never happen, and that Mickey will always believe he is married to Laura Horton
– even only if he wants to kill Laura.
Laura is having a nightmare about
Mickey strangling her. Laura envisions Mickey strangling her, saying his wife is
a whore. Rosie and Bill comfort her.
Susan tells Greg she’s going to the
hearing, so Mickey will see a friendly face, and leaves. Greg says he’ll watch
Anne. Mary approaches Greg, and asks if Neil Curtis is playing around on Mary’s
mother Phyllis. Greg says, as far as he knows - no. Mary points out that Neil is
seeing Amanda Howard. Greg says it’s only as friends. Greg is surprised that
Mary is so cynical, and asks if she wants Neil and Phyl to break up, so Bob and
Phyl can reunite.
Susan arrives and greets Don. He warns her that Mickey
is not the person she remembers. Mickey greets Susan, but in his mind, it is
about 10 years ago. He tells Susan he is working on her murder case, to get her
exonerated. He tells her he is going to ask Laura to marry him. Susan looks
shocked.
6/7/76 (via Paley Center)
Amanda in surgical bed,
unconscious. Neil holding her hand. He flashes back (audio only) to Neil and
Amanda discussing a mural the children painted for the surgical wing. Amanda
stirs a bit, but doesn’t wake up.
Bill holding baby Jennifer Rose, in his
office. Rosie comes in, and talks about going with Hank and seeing the
“hoochie-coochie dancer” Kim at Doug’s Place. Rosie notes Julie did not like
seeing Kim dancing like that. Rosie reveals that she sold the farm. She plans to
stay on in Salem. Bill says Rosie can stay as long as she likes. Rosie doesn’t
know what to do with the money from the farm sales. Neil calls Bill to let him
know Amanda is starting to regain consciousness. As Bill leaves, he recommends
Rosie invest her money with Neil’s dad Nathan Curtis.
Dr. Tom comes in to
check on Amanda and to relieve Neil.
Tommy Horton, along with Alice,
carries in little Janice to her new bedroom. Tommy does a puppet show for
Janice. Janice appreciates a dollhouse. Alice notes it used to be Addie’s. Tommy
tells Janice that the doctors determined there’s nothing wrong with her legs.
She says she still can’t walk. Tommy tries to explain that a voice in her head
told her that she couldn’t walk. Maggie walks in and tells Janice that she will
walk soon, as well as Maggie can. Maggie says she got permission from the
orphanage for Janice to stay while she learns to walk. Janice asks if Maggie and
Marty are adopting her? Maggie explains that she has to adopt Janice by herself
at first, because Marty is still in the hospital, but that Marty will be back
whenever he can.
Alice opens the front door to greet Mike and Trish, who
have a gift for Janice. Alice and Mike are formal and uncomfortable with each
other. Janice tells Mike that he will be her big brother when she is adopted.
Mike looks uncomfortable. Trish notes she wishes someone would adopt her.
Tommy speaks on the phone to Bill, who fills him in on Amanda’s status.
Tommy updates Alice and Maggie. Trish updates Maggie that Mike is putting on a
happy act, but is actually messed up. He doesn’t want anything to do with Bill
and Laura.
Neil begs Amanda to wake up, while Tom and Bill watch. Her
eyes finally open. She struggles to speak but can’t speak. Neil
freaks.
Mary and Phyllis at their antique store. Phyl is very distracted
by the Amanda situation. She is trying hard to be understanding of how
distracted Neil is by Amanda. Neil enters, looking thrashed. He explains Tom and
Bill made him leave the hospital to rest. He says he hasn’t rested for 3 days.
Phyl insists he take a sedative and go to sleep. Phyl comforts him as he drifts
off. Phyl tells Mary that Neil will never come back to her (Phyl) if Amanda
remains brain-damaged.
Greg wants to see Amanda but Tom stops him, to
prepare him that she can’t speak. Greg would rather Amanda be dead than in her
current state. Tom forcefully reminds him that he is a doctor and that she could
progress. Greg tries to get through to Amanda. She only stares off into space.
Neil tosses and turns, hearing Amanda’s voice (“go ahead, let me die”).
Neil wakes up and Phyl comforts him. Neil goes back to the hospital, despite
Phyl’s protests. Mary is impressed that Phyl truly wishes Amanda to
recover.
6/28/76 (via Paley Center)
Don and Marlena having
lunch at Doug’s Place. Don teases Marlena about how she “accused” Don of
stealing Mickey’s practice. They call a truce and flirt. Marlena talks about
Mickey being a new patient and how she is formulating how to best treat him. She
advises Don to visit Mickey at the sanitarium and to consult with him on legal
matters, which may help Mickey in his treatment. More flirting.
Neil asks what is bothering Amanda – he asks if she will try to write down.
She cries and shakes her head no. He asks if she is discouraged. Amanda nods
yes. Neil encourages her, but she can’t look at him. She holds up the “therapy
picture cards” that she’s been struggling to use properly. Amanda tries to speak
but only a grunt comes out. Neil says he’s so happy with her progress. Neil
helps Amanda practice with her therapy cards. Neil tells her the bandages will
come off tomorrow, which triggers more crying.
Dr. Tom sees Julie outside Amanda’s room. She fills Tom in on Amanda’s
inquiry about the man in her life. Tom says best for Neil and Greg to answer
Amanda. Don and Marlena enter – Marlena is introduced to Tom and Julie. Tom and
Marlena exit to discuss Mickey’s therapy. Julie fills in Don re: Amanda’s
issues.