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ALL MY CHILDREN: Ryan's memories of the last four years come flooding back to him as he frantically tries to get to Greenlee, who's been knocked unconscious on the sailboat. Ryan rescues her and voices his love for her. Greenlee regains consciousness at the hospital and remains unaware of Ryan's feelings for her as she states her love for Aidan. Annie tells Ryan she is pregnant. Ryan and Tad talk about destiny while racing remote-controlled boats at the marina. Pete reveals to Colby, Dre and Cassandra that he knows it is human blood on the fender of Colby's car and suspects it belongs to Richie. Adam orders Barry to get rid of Colby's car and then contacts the police claiming the car has been stolen. Zach assures Kendall he didn't kill Richie. Greenlee tells Zach that Annie's crazy. Jesse and Angie are at the police station when Randi is brought in on solicitation charges.

SNEAK PEEK: Krystal lies for Adam.

AS THE WORLD TURNS: Holden tells Lily he's having an affair. Lily is shocked to learn it's with Carly. Lily goes for a drive but starts sobbing and can't go on. She returns home to find Carly walking up her driveway. She totally loses it and aims for Carly with her car. Lily tells Jack that she was planning to run Carly over in her driveway, but at the last minute, swerved to avoid her and crashed. Meg is the chief subject in Sofie's murder. Rick Dekker is hired by Barbara to find out how Sofie was murdered. Cole shows up in Barbara's room and paints a scenario suggesting Barbara was high on morphine when she killed Sofie, and Cole saw the whole thing. Cole demands $100,000 to keep his mouth shut. When Damian wants to give Luke his inheritance, Noah suggests Luke respond to his father's reaching out before it's too late. Luke then decides to accept the money to start a foundation. Chris gives his letter of resignation to Bob, who ultimately accepts it. Chris also has Alison reinstated in the nursing program. Kim fears Chris will leave and urges him to find a place in his hometown.

SNEAK PEEK: Luke turns his back on Holden.

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Nick and Bridget say "I do." After Felicia sees how charming and persuasive Owen is, she makes him a lucrative offer to assist her in getting rid of Donna. Donna hires Owen as her assistant and soon takes him into her confidence not only as a friend, but also as an ally. Donna feels slighted by Eric when she learns from a devious Pam about his business trip to New York. Owen gives into Felicia's persuasion and agrees to use Eric's absence and Donna's current vulnerable disposition to carry out her plot to get rid of Donna. Marcus becomes worried when he learns that Owen was hired at Forrester Creations. Brooke and Ridge devise a plan for their future — to be married in a public forum and to take control of Forrester Creations from Eric. Eric returns from his trip and is stunned to learn that Ridge has called an emergency board meeting where he will propose that control of Forrester Creations be turned over to Ridge and Brooke. Eric is grateful to Donna for her support and discloses his plan to make Marcus an heir to the Forrester estate.

SNEAK PEEK: Pam has a deadly plot.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Sami is stunned after hearing Chloe and Lucas had sex. Sami tells EJ she's packing up the twins and moving out of the mansion. EJ obtains a court order making it impossible for her to remove Johnny from the mansion. Victor asks Bo to do him a favor and look after Philip. Bo learns that Phillip threatened to kill Paul. Daniel and Kate talk about their fling and how Chelsea can never find out. They agree that their time together was just a casual thing for both of them.

SNEAK PEEK: Max's adventure continues.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jax is furious with Carly for going after Kate in the press and comes close to walking out on her and their marriage. Jax and Carly, however, work things out and reach a compromise wherein Carly agrees to steer clear of Sonny and Kate while Jax will only do business with Kate over the phone. Meanwhile, Kate is surprised to discover that all the recent publicity has generated great buzz for Crimson and decides she and Jax need to be seen in public together more often. Jason walks in on Spinelli and Maxie after they slept together. Spinelli is ecstatic, thinking this is the start of a real romance with Maxie, but his heart is later broken when she explains she does not want to jeopardize their friendship.
Spinelli reveals to Jason that Lulu killed Logan. Jason goes to see Lulu and promises to fix everything. Anna is reunited with Eli Love when he returns to town. Lucky and Nikolas decide to start an unofficial investigation into who might be circulating counterfeit prescription drugs in Port Charles. Sonny agrees to meet with Karpov, a Russian mob kingpin, and is tempted by his business proposition.

SNEAK PEEK: Jax leaves Carly.

GUIDING LIGHT: Alan thinks he is getting messages from Gus. Dinah finds out that Bill has already bought the house that she wanted to purchase. Reva and Josh argue about the movie and end up locked in a kiss that Josh initiated. Reva tells Jeffrey she and Josh kissed. Jeffrey tells Reva that if she figures out whether or not the kiss with Josh truly meant nothing, then they can revive their relationship. Cassie and Josh plan to have a baby. Hawk learns Reva and Jeffrey are on a break and he couldn't be happier as he admits he started making this movie so Josh and Reva could get back together. Jeffrey looks at a photo of Reva and himself, and then makes a call to find out what kind of drugs Grady was busted with. Reva is touched by Jeffrey's loyalty as he calls her out on planting the drugs on Grady, but also promises to help her get out of this mess. Marina and Mallet try to figure out how to make Alan and Grady turn on each other. Cyrus tells Jeffrey to drop the charges against Grady, or he'll reveal that Reva set him up. Jeffrey authorizes Grady's immediate release.

SNEAK PEEK: Cassie is on to Reva and Josh.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Todd and Cole form an unlikely alliance when they team up to stop Marcie from adopting Starr's baby. Todd feels victorious when the judge announces that Starr can't give her baby up for adoption without Cole's consent. In Mendorra, Cristian is shocked when Sarah explains that Carlo is Talia's father. A scheming Tess cuts the brake lines on Natalie's car and then manipulates Natalie and Jared into going to the vineyard to pick up some wine. Viki throws a wrench into Tess' plan when she ends up driving Natalie's car. Dorian is stunned when she and Viki end up in a car crash after the brakes fail. A drunken Bo remembers Asa's disappointment with him as a child and sets out for a ride to spite his father. Rex arrives at the stables as Bo is saddling up. Rex follows Bo and is horrified to see him get struck by a bolt of lightning. Rex gets the shock of his life when he reaches out to help Bo. Chuck comes across Bo and Rex and takes the wounded men back to the ranch with the help of some other ranch hands.

SNEAK PEEK: Viki wants Charlie.

PASSIONS: Tabitha relents and enters the room to find most of the townspeople dead or dying on the floor, poisoned by a gleeful Viki and Vincent. Tabitha makes the ultimate sacrifice for the people of Harmony. With everyone restored back to health, the Lopez-Fitzgeralds have a big family breakfast before the wedding. Oblivious to the chaos upstairs, Juanita and her henchman wait in the church basement for their chance to escape, leaving their deadly bomb behind. Gwen, anxious to be with Ethan forever, confronts the sleeping Gertrude and tells her she knows her secret and threatens to call Juanita if Theresa ever comes close to Ethan. Endora rematerializes but is now a teenager. Over Tabitha's protests, Endora teleports her and her mother to the church. Pilar is still anxious, wanting to get the weddings over with and get her family out of town before Juanita can get to them. But Juanita is already at the church, disguised as nun, waiting for the moment her bomb goes off and wipes out Pilar's family and friends.

SNEAK PEEK: Another Harmony resident returns from the dead.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: Jeff and Gloria inform Kevin, Michael and Lauren that they intend to buy up Jabot stock, secretly. Michael agrees to help Jeff and Gloria in exchange for the jar of tainted Jabot face cream. Jeff realizes that Kyon may have the cream. Daniel walks out on Amber when he learns she slept with Adrian. Jill tells Brad she wants Kay out of Chancellor Industries and asks if he wants to help in her takeover. Jack pushes Adrian to accept a writing assignment in Australia to get him out of town before the "new" article on Sabrina hits newsstands. Nick tells Phyllis that the printed article isn't the same one as the article they approved. Victor cuts Nick and Victoria out of his will. Victor tells Phyllis and Sharon that once he is through with Restless Style, they will have nothing left. Sharon realizes that Jack isn't the person she thought he was, but Sharon surprises Jack when she tells him that she is going to accept him as he is, not who she wants him to be. Paul finds a photo of David and Walter, and realizes that David has been living under a false identity.

SNEAK PEEK: David's secret is out.

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