Lynda Hirsch on Soaps

ALL MY CHILDREN: Zach and Aidan accept the fact that Greenlee and Kendall will always share a connection with Ryan. Greenlee and Aidan make love. Ryan does not tell Greenlee he is madly in love with her. Ryan questions Annie, accusing her of wanting to nail Colby, Cassandra and Dre for Richie's murder. Randi admits she doesn't want to lose Frankie and fears what could happen to him if Fletcher dies. Randi and Frankie kiss passionately, but he pulls back from having sex, saying she doesn't owe him anything. Samuel publicly states his desire to date Erica. Erica and Samuel enjoy taking things slowly as they leave the group at the Valley Inn and spend time alone together at BJ's. Erica encourages Samuel not to give up on trying to build a relationship with Dre. Babe likes the changes she sees in JR and believes they can have a happy future together. Annie stages a horrific car crash as part of her twisted scheme. Adam pulls the business rug out from under JR.

SNEAK PEEK: The truth is closing in on Annie.

AS THE WORLD TURNS: Meg admits to Paul that she saw a vision of Sofie in a bridal gown during their wedding, but Meg underplays her hallucination. In another hallucination, Sofie orders Meg to kill Paul. Emily arrives at the hospital wearing a perfume she received in the mail from an advertiser. Emily, overcome with panic and jealousy, asks Casey to marry her. They head off to get married in a clerk's office. Chris hears Alison leave a message for Aaron, telling him to meet her at Snyder pond and that she's wrecked her life. At the pond, Alison is compelled to jump in, but Chris shows up and saves her. She refuses to go to the hospital, so he takes her home. Aaron sees Chris leading her into the elevator, and follows him upstairs. He finds her naked in Chris' bed with no memory of what happened. Aaron thinks Chris drugged her and calls the police. Liberty admits to Janet that she had sex with Parker. Henry tries to convince Vienna not to leave him by proposing. She refuses him, saying he hasn't changed.

SNEAK PEEK: A strange potion overtakes Oakdale.

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Feeling defeated, Ridge tells Brooke that Donna has made the biggest mistake of her life by firing him and his siblings. Ridge is an emotional mess as he sits by his unconscious father's bedside, worried if Eric will ever wake up. Bridget and Ridge are moved when Brooke leads them in prayer asking for a miracle for their father. Bridget surprises Katie with a framed picture of her and Nick from their prom night together. Katie and Nick exchange an enigmatic look after Bridget suggests they all revisit Catalina Island. Bridget and Nick discuss starting a family. Steffy and Marcus celebrate his promotion and their relationship being made official by taking a trip to the beach. Their connection deepens and things become steamy as they spend the day together without any of the scrutiny of their families or work.

SNEAK PEEK: Marcus warns Owen.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Philip lies unconscious after taking a bullet meant for Morgan. Philip was shot in the upper abdomen and ruptured a major artery. Morgan believes John Black killed her father to silence him. John reveals he is indeed responsible for Paul's disappearance and is trying his best to pin it on Philip. He takes Ava to where he's holding Paul. She's surprised and impressed with John, and wants to know why he didn't tell her he had Paul on ice. Ava and John have sex. Afterward, Ava fills him in on getting Judge Fitzpatrick and not being extradited to Ireland. Max and Stephanie are in Marseille, France. At a local bistro, Max runs into Daphne, a tabloid journalist he had a fling with a few years ago. Stephanie discovers a high-school boy, George, who knows Melanie. Sami gets a call from Roman urging her to come to see Lucas, who was seriously beaten in jail. Chloe and Nicole find Lucas, badly beaten, at the hospital. Nicole reveals to EJ she was seduced by Trent in college, married him, and they are not divorced.

SNEAK PEEK: Ava plans to disappear.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: The tension between Sonny and Jason escalates. Monica, and later Spinelli, gives Jason plenty to contemplate about his relationship with Sonny and what it has cost him. Sonny doesn't tell Jason about his dealings with Karpov, but Ric takes great delight in spilling the beans. Ric and Claudia form an alliance after he promises he'll find a way to get Johnny acquitted of murdering Logan.

Claudia agrees to sleep with Ric once Johnny is free. Lourdes doesn't let on that she knows Johnny and Lulu are fugitives. Johnny and Lulu are stunned when Lourdes reveals that her and Sal's father was murdered by the Zacchara family. Carly surprises Jax in his hotel room, but he resists her attempts at seduction. Against Lucky's wishes, Sam accepts Karpov's offer to captain one of his ships. Robin has Max and Milo "kidnap" Eli so that he can see agent Anna in action. Monica returns home from rehab to find that Anna has realized she's always been attracted to Noah, who pulls her into a passionate kiss. Nadine's blood boils when Nikolas tells her he thinks of her as a sister.

SNEAK PEEK: Jason and Sonny's relationship turns sour.

GUIDING LIGHT: Jeffrey comforts Ava after she tells him the baby is Remy's. Remy accuses Bill of playing a part in his suspension from his job. Bill offers Remy money to leave the baby alone. Remy makes his feelings for Ava and the baby obvious to everyone. Ava and Remy share a moment and she tells him she wants him to be the father of Max. He then watches her as she leaves with Jeffrey to seek treatment for postpartum depression in Chicago. When Jeffrey goes to Hawk to ask for Reva's hand in marriage, Hawk slams the door in his face. Hawk and Jeffrey later bond while drinking bourbon, and Hawk begins to give Jeffrey a chance. The governor meets with a distracted Bill and breaks the news that he is not giving him the endorsement. Olivia arrives at Bill's house to find him throwing all of Ava and Olivia's things out in a drunken rampage. Mallet tells Marina he saw her with Cyrus. Cyrus tells Grady he was playing Marina to help the case.

SNEAK PEEK: Josh refuses to lose Reva.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Blair and John sleep together. Marty questions Todd as to what happened to the three guys who raped her. Without revealing his own involvement, Todd assures Marty that all three of the men are still paying the price for the horrific crime they committed. Todd is wracked with guilt when Marty tells him not to blame himself for what happened to her. Gigi has Rex and Bo face the fact that they really are stuck back in 1968. Rex panics when he learns he's scheduled to be shipped off to fight in Vietnam. Chuck, who looks exactly like Nigel, tells Rex and Bo that he found something strange at the scene of their accident and presents them with Rex's cell phone. Rex uses the phone to try and call Gigi, hoping to be able to get through to 2008. Carlo demands that Talia marry Jonas as planned. Jessica, as Tess, has ominous plans for Natalie and Jared. Viki decides to accept an offer to travel the world to promote organ donation. Cole and Starr come to the painful conclusion that the love they have for each other isn't enough to get them past their differences.

SNEAK PEEK: Todd is starting to fall in love with Marty.

PASSIONS: Antonio, long thought dead, reunites with his family, telling of how he was kept captive by Alistair all these years. He's come back to claim the woman he loves — Sheridan. Rebecca discovers Sam's video camera and realizes it recorded all the secrets she and Gwen earlier discussed. Rebecca gasps as Sam returns and asks for his camera. Ethan sees Gertrude enter the church and asks Father Lonigan to stop the wedding. Gwen becomes worried, but then Ethan tells her that the reason is because Sam, Ivy and Rebecca are not there and he doesn't want to go through with the ceremony until they are present. Ethan suggests Noah and Paloma get married first. Ethan starts to get cold feet and confesses his feelings for Gertrude to Sam and Ivy, but they talk him out of it, saying that he just misses Theresa. Ethan agrees and gets ready to walk down the aisle with Gwen. Everyone in church reacts to the tremors, the chapel plunging into darkness. When things finally calm, Gwen and Ethan begin their recommitment ceremony.

SNEAK PEEK: Several happy endings are in store.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: Michael informs Victor that Nikki and David's limo was in an accident, and Victor's first instinct is to be by Nikki's side. Victor asks Neil to take over for him at Newman Enterprises while he fights to save Sabrina, whose liver was lacerated in the accident. A paparazzo shows Jack photos of Sabrina being removed from the limo after the crash and offers to sell them to Jack for a high price. Outraged at first, Jack finally buys exclusive rights to the photos to keep them from being published elsewhere. Realizing David tried to give her a fatal injection of morphine, Nikki is horrified but can't help recalling the love they shared. Brad is furious when Jill informs him that he will not be named CEO of Jabot. Jill holds a press conference to announce she is the new CEO. Heather tells Paul that she is going back to work at the D.A.'s office. Kevin tells Jana that he doesn't want to wait any longer to get married. After seeing Nick and Victoria's unwavering love for Victor, Michael wonders if it is time to find his own father. Adam decides to take his real name: Victor Newman Jr.

SNEAK PEEK: Victor blames Nikki for his broken heart.

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