Lynda Hirsch on Soaps

ALL MY CHILDREN: Krystal shows up at Tad's after walking out on David. Tad proves to be a good friend when he welcomes Krystal home and invites her to stay at the house. A drunken David begs Krystal to come back to him, roughly grabbing her when she insists they're through as he violently tries to push her wedding ring back on her finger. Colby finds a packet of letters from Liza addressed to her while poking around in Liza's room at the Yacht Club. Colby reads the letters Adam deliberately kept from her and is deeply affected by Liza's outpourings of love. Pete and Colby notice blood on the most recent letter. Liza and Colby's moment of closeness is quickly shattered when Colby realizes her mother had been at the mansion on the night of the murder and accuses her of having shot Stuart. Thinking she could help fill the void in David's life, Marissa goes to him. David has a vision of Babe, who urges him to do the right thing. Liza explains to Colby why she was at the mansion on the night of the murder as she asserts her innocence. Ryan leaves to go see Adam after Annie tells him why she had been at the mansion with a gun. Annie's taken to the hospital after being stabbed by a fellow inmate, but her wound isn't life threatening. Frankie pushes Randi away after waking from the surgery that was performed on his hands. Knowing he'll never be able to live out his dream of becoming a surgeon, Frankie feels as though his life is over.

SNEAK PEEK: Tad performs a marriage ceremony.

AS THE WORLD TURNS: Aware the police are closing in, Paul prepares to leave with the baby. He says a bittersweet goodbye to Rosanna. Edna interrupts. The cops are coming, and Rosanna will be charged with aiding and abetting a kidnapping. Meg agrees to drop the kidnapping charges on one condition: Paul has to hand the baby over to her at the police station. Damian takes Meg to the police station. Before Paul can leave, Dusty and Bonnie enter with Rosanna and everyone is shocked to see her. Margo is informed Adam died in an explosion in Afghanistan where he was working to rebuild devastated communities. A sergeant who knew Adam visits Margo. Noah learns he's been accepted into the film department's honors program. Kim asks Katie, Brad, Vienna and Henry to tape a final segment on Katie's quest to get pregnant. Katie, Vienna and Brad are excited, but Henry wants nothing to do with it. Vienna decides to go on her own. Henry stays home and sulks. During the taping, Katie faints and they rush her to the hospital. Frantic, Vienna calls Henry and says he has to come right away, and that Katie needs him. Henry arrives after relieved Katie finds out the baby will be OK. But she needs bed rest for the duration of her pregnancy. Katie asks Brad and Vienna to go back to the studio to finish the taping. Brad and Vienna work together very well. Brad asks Kim for his old job back. Vienna offers to take Katie's place. Kim says they can do a test.

SNEAK PEEK: Rosanna has a heartfelt reunion.

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Stephanie realizes that she had made a bad mistake by getting involved with Bill. Stephanie won't give Bill the information about Eric that he's looking for, so he turns to Jarrett to get the answers that he wants. Stephanie reveals to Eric that she has ended her crusade against him, then confesses that Bill hasn't and possesses damning information. Bill presents Eric with a deal to either sell Forrester Creations or go to jail. Nick's concern for Jackie begins to consume him. Owen has all of the answers when Jackie questions what kind of future they can have together. Nick is stunned when he realizes Owen and Jackie are living together. Bill reiterates his proposal to Donna, but makes it even more enticing. Steffy gives Rick her stipulations of what she expects from him if she is to give him a second chance. Ridge tells Brooke about their marriage not being legitimate.

SNEAK PEEK: Brooke is crushed.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Daniel and Chloe insist to Kate that she witnessed an innocent moment between them. Kate is unconvinced and nearly tells all to Lucas. Daniel takes Kate for a walk and reminds her of her promise to let this go. Kate appears to acquiesce, but she has her own plans. Meanwhile, Lucas presses Chloe to tell him what happened the night he was drinking. They fight, and she nearly tells him the truth but ultimately realizes she can't. They make up and wind up in a passionate kiss. Philip finally saves Stephanie from Owen after a tremendous struggle. Stephanie is not over all that has happened to her in the morgue, but for the moment, she wants to only think of Philip and the lovers kiss, reunited at last.

Rafe starts his construction job at the pier. Arianna comes across him and blames Sami for causing him to lose his dream of being an FBI agent. Nicole is stunned by Stefano's bombshell that he knows the whole truth about Grace. EJ tells Stefano they have a problem regarding Owen. Stefano gets EJ to smuggle him out of the hospital and sets in motion a plan to ensure that Owen will never implicate the DiMeras.

SNEAK PEEK: Sami confesses.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Holly reveals that Luke is Ethan's father. Johnny warns Claudia that Jason has a tape-recorded conversation of her ordering the hit on Jerry. Nikolas and Rebecca make love. Rayner tells Alexis that Rebecca didn't grow up with her biological parents because she was adopted illegally on the black market, but he isn't sure whether or not she knows about it. Johnny shocks Claudia when he makes it clear he'd throw her to the wolves if she did anything to harm Olivia. Jax can barely contain his loathing when Claudia seeks him out, claiming that Carly is trying to worm her way back into Sonny's life. Claudia continues to cozy up to Michael as she subtly tries to turn him against Carly. Carly confronts Claudia after overhearing her talking to Johnny about Michael and the two women end up in a precarious situation. Patrick is worried when Robin says she doesn't want to come back to work full time because she can't be away from Emma. Kristina feels as though Sonny never has time for her.

SNEAK PEEK: Ethan and Rebecca discuss their con.

GUIDING LIGHT: Natalia is excited when she finds that Rafe is applying to the police department. Frank explains to Rafe that he can't be a cop because he has a felony record. As Bill is about to announce that he's going to marry Lizzie, he is interrupted by SEC agents. The agents arrest Bill on charges of securities fraud. Phillip steps in and says the man they're looking for is James. Beth tells Phillip she thought he was going to turn himself in, but he says it wasn't the right choice. He explains to her that it had to be done because he couldn't let James turn into Alan. Clayton tells Remy that the bank is moving forward with the foreclosure and apologizes for letting the whole family down. Remy makes a call to the diamond dealer to sell his diamonds. Cyrus is dropped off on a dirt road near Springfield. A woman named Natasha orders him to stay in touch. Cyrus tells Natasha he got a job at Company to find out who has the diamonds. Frank tells Remy that the San Cristobel government thinks Edmund stole the crown jewels to support his lifestyle. Frank orders Remy to find the gems. A judge rules there is enough evidence to charge Reva with the first-degree murder of Edmund.

SNEAK PEEK: Reva returns to Josh.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Bess finds the police closing in as she attempts to flee with Hope. Pretending to be Jean, Viki pleads with Bess to look at the situation logically and realize that Jessica needs to face the truth. Viki's love and compassion reaches Jessica, who begins to face the realization that her baby is dead. With Viki's love and support, Jessica remembers everything about the night she gave birth. Viki's and Clint's hearts break as they watch Jessica say her goodbye to Chloe. Viki hands the baby over to Todd and Blair. Brody finds an utterly devastated Jessica in the nursery. Starr tells Todd that she's stopped hating him. A calculating Stacy hands the money over to Stan, but not before she has him punch her in the face so as to gain Rex's sympathies when he sees her bruises. Schuyler and Gigi's plan to expose Stacy's lies hit a snag when they discover her blood sample missing. Rachel questions Nora's motives for accepting Clint's proposal. Cristian and Layla agree to take on Fish as their third roommate, but it might not be smooth sailing for the threesome. Destiny is privately happy to be able to spend more time with Matthew while she helps him study.

SNEAK PEEK: Viki gets a marriage proposal.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: A concierge stops Victor about paying for his suite at the G.C.A.C. Victor tells him that it will be paid for in cash as always and to never discuss this with him in public again. Jeff gets a call from the concierge, who tells him that about Victor's secret suite. Victor meets with Mary Jane to tell her that he no longer will need her services, but Mary Jane refuses to leave. Jill witnesses what she believes to be a lover's quarrel between Mary Jane and Victor and snaps a photo with her camera phone. Nina goes to see Cane for information about how he came to Genoa City. When Nina brings up Violet, Cane halts the interview. Cane calls his uncle Langley and tells him that they have a problem. Sharon turns down Jack's re-marriage proposal. Billy pleads with Jack for his forgiveness. Phyllis realizes that Nick is leaving her and refuses to cry a single tear over him. Phyllis throws Nick out and tells him to go to Sharon. As Nick is going, Phyllis and Jack wallow in their respective misery and come together in an urgent, passionate kiss. Nick and Sharon make love, in contrast to Jack and Phyllis, whose sex is born out a desperate need to connect. Ashley finds herself at the top of the stairs and just as she unveils "Sabrina's ghost" to see that it is in fact Adam, she slips and falls down the stairs.

SNEAK PEEK: Mac wants Billy.

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