All My Children Daily Recaps: 1998
AMC summaries from 1998
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JANUARY 1998
January 5 to 9, 1998
Erica and Jack made love. Janet told Trevor that her first husband had returned to her life, and she could not marry him. Dimitri tried to shoot Edmund, but the gun's bullets had been replaced with blanks. Gloria overheard Dimitri confess the truth, and walked out on him. Adam saw a ghostly figure floating in the trees while Tad saw a mystery woman on his lawn. Allie told Jake that she had forged her undergraduate transcripts. Dimitri was left in serious condition after a tree fell on top of him.
January 12 to 16, 1998
Dimitri's life nearly ended after a tree toppled on top of him. Gloria issued newcomer Ryan an ultimatum: donate blood to save Dimitri's life, or be arrested for insurance fraud. David told Allie that he had decided to let her go. David administered a medication to Adam's I.V. that caused him severe side effects. The mystery woman managed to stay one step ahead of Tad. Jim found out that Edmund had been investigating him. Gloria decided to leave Pine Valley in search of a fresh start. Brooke confronted Jim about his suitcase.
January 19 to 23, 1998
Kelsey and Ryan pooled their resources to go after the objects of their desires -- Scott and Gillian respectively. Adam pulled through, but David devised a plot to frame Jake for administering the wrong medication to Adam. Jake and Allie assumed that David had been the one to "poison" Adam, but they couldn't prove it. Jake was suspended from duty. Adam was set on having criminal charges slapped on Jake, but Liza managed to talk him out of it. Tad met face-to-face to with the mystery woman, but she gave him the slip again. She made her way to Chandler Mansion where she put on quite a show for Adam. Jim made up a story about a loan shark wanting him dead and claimed that the loan shark had planted the bomb in his suitcase. Brooke wanted to believe him, but she had her doubts and sent Mateo out to dig up dirt on her boyfriend. Gloria bid farewell to Pine Valley.
January 26 to 30, 1998
Erica regained ownership of Enchantment, thanks to Hayley. Jake and Allie enlisted Liza's help in proving that David had tried to kill Adam. Tad was within inches of his mystery woman twice -- but both times she gave him the slip. The woman headed to Chandler Mansion and set up inside one of the mansion's many secret passageways. A ski trip turned into a tragedy of errors for Kelsey, Ryan, Gillian, and Scott. Mateo and Hayley went undercover in New York to dig up dirt on Jim. All the while, Brooke was increasingly suspicious of Jim.
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FEBRUARY 1998
February 2 to 6, 1998
Jim caught Mateo and Hayley poking around a New York bar, asking questions about him. He had a crony send them to a vacant lot so that they could be silenced, but the couple eluded the thugs sent after them. Phoebe became suspicious of Jim and asked Edmund for his thoughts on Jim. Erica agreed to let Bianca go riding with Dimitri. Stuart was roped into Jake and Allie's plan, and all he had to do was get killed to participate. Jim confronted Brooke about squealing on him, but she silenced him by accepting his proposal. The mystery woman's plan to make Adam "confess" continued, but she made a big mistake.
February 9 to 13, 1998
"Joy" mistook Tad for Adam and clobbered him with a board. Ryan and Kelsey set out to win the hearts of Gillian and Scott, respectively. David denied being involved in Adam's near-death. When Allie and Liza staged a catfight at the hospital over Jake, David decided to help Liza deal with her problem of wanting to be with Jake. Jim visited Mateo and Hayley's apartment and planted a bug. He overheard them planning to continue their investigation into his past, and decided that they needed to be silenced once and for all. Jack proposed to Erica.
February 16 to 20, 1998
Tad told Adam that his ghost really wasn't a ghost. Meanwhile, the mystery woman showed up at Myrtle's, looking for a room. Mateo and Hayley were nearly killed by carbon monoxide gas, but Edmund's arrival forced Jim to help rescue the couple. Palmer comforted Isabella on the tragedy, but Opal thought he had other motives. Axel asked Janet to marry him, and she accepted. David gave Liza the medication she requested to help kill Adam. The board refused to postpone Jake's hearing. Marian plotted to seduce Adam so that Liza could divorce him and get half of his fortune. Hayley pulled through, but Mateo slipped into a coma.
February 23 to 27, 1998
Mateo remained in a coma. Scott and Gillian had sex. Tad and Adam found the mystery woman, but she eluded them, and they ended up getting into a bar brawl. Liza got David to confess that he had administered Adam the wrong medication in the hopes of framing Jake -- on hidden camera. Bianca was admitted to the hospital and given a feeding tube. Marian thought she was seducing Adam, but wound up making love to Stuart. Afterwards, she told Opal that it was the best sex she'd ever had. David told the hospital board that he, not Jake, had switched the medication.
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MARCH 1998
March 2 to 6, 1998
Bianca was placed on a feeding tube, and her doctor recommended radical new treatment. Mateo remained in his coma. Gillian found out that she could be deported because she had violated the terms of her student visa. Trevor learned that Axel was really an actor. Stuart told Adam that he had slept with Marian, and Adam blew a fuse because he thought Liza had set his brother up. Adam met face-to-face with the mystery woman only minutes before she jumped off the roof of Chandler Enterprises.
March 9 to 13, 1998
During an emotional therapy session, Bianca was able to release some of her anger and fears. Dimitri later told Erica that he still had feelings for her. Marian told Liza that she had slept with Adam, but Liza was able to figure out that Marian had actually slept with Stuart -- but she didn't tell her mother that. After landing on a window washer's platform and suffering a nasty bump on the head, the mystery woman revealed that her real name was Camille. She also revealed why she'd been hell-bent on driving Adam crazy - he had beaten her mother to death. Dimitri found evidence that virtually proved that Jim was the one who had brought down Flight 149. The shady character had been a suspect in an arson case in New Jersey where explosives matching those aboard Flight 149 had also been found.
March 16 to 20, 1998
Joe told Hayley that Mateo might remain comatose for the rest of his life. Mateo was then discharged from the hospital and sent to Chandler Mansion for care. Edmund paid a visit to one of Jim's cronies and learned that Jim had dabbled in explosives once before. Jim caught up to Edmund, clobbered him, and locked him in a dank room at an undisclosed location. Jim later pressured Brooke into moving up the wedding date. Bianca was sent to a New York clinic to continue her treatment. Kelsey and Camille bonded over love woes. Liza learned that the rough landing hadn't caused her to miscarry -- a rare virus had. She headed to court and asked the judge if she could back out of the petition for divorce.
March 23 to 27, 1998
Marian learned that her ecstasy hadn't been caused by Adam -- but rather by Stuart. Amanda and Tim sent a letter to Axel to tell him to stay away from Janet. They didn't know that they had contacted the real Axel Green. Even though neither of them wanted the divorce, Adam and Liza managed to anger each other enough to sign off on their marriage. Brooke found papers that showed that Jim had taken an insurance policy out on her and Edmund's lives. Jim handcuffed Edmund in an underground storm sewer so that the incoming tide would cause him to drown. Maria returned as a hallucination to comfort Edmund.
March 30 to April 3, 1998
Stuart asked Liza for help in keeping Scott and Gillian from marrying. In typical Liza style, she shrewdly developed a plan to stop the wedding. Liza presented Ryan with an ultimatum. Ryan, busted by Liza for taking kickbacks, tried to woo Erica into changing her story. Needless to say, she was more amused than impressed. Comforted by the image of Maria, Edmund managed to free one hand, but Jim easily overpowered him. Pressured by Brooke, Laura finally told her story. Stuart, unaware of Liza's plan, offered Gillian his hand in marriage, while a dismayed Marian listened in. Tad returned from Pigeon Hollow with news for Camille. The real Axel Green showed up with the intention of reclaiming his ex-wife. Dimitri met with a mystery man who provided him with a means of tracking Jim's movement. The mystery man broke into Linden and looked nearly identical to -- but aged -- Mike Roy. Opal flew off the handle when she discovered Palmer and Isabella dining together. Dimitri tracked Jim and overtook him.
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APRIL 1998
April 6 to 10, 1998
Phoebe was sent to Juanita Ramsey's house so that she'd be out of Jim's reach. Tad met face-to-face with the Mike Roy look-alike and got a hint to Edmund's possible whereabouts. Scott and Gillian nearly exchanged their vows, but Ryan appeared at the last minute and announced that he wanted to marry Gillian. He whisked her off to the hunting lodge, flashed a big -- fake -- diamond ring, and told her that he loved her. She agreed to marry him. In the viaduct, Edmund and Dimitri found themselves in serious trouble as a storm sent seawater flooding into the chamber. Mateo opened his eyes and was able to blink on command. Brooke lured Jim to the gallery and confronted him with an "exhibit" of his pornographic photos.
April 13 to 17, 1998
Dimitri freed Edmund from the aqueduct. Tad rescued the two men. A mystery man stalked Erica. Mateo spoke Brooke's name. Brooke confronted Jim at the gallery. Axel continued his role with a confused Janet; Trevor offered to host their wedding. Dimitri rushed to the gallery as Brooke held the gun that had killed Jim. The mystery man was Mike Roy. Stuart and Marian's relationship bloomed. Brooke confessed to the Pine Valley Police Department. Mike revealed himself to Erica. Mateo emerged from his coma.
April 20 to 24, 1998
Keith wanted to get an arrest warrant for Brooke. Adam told Camille that her father had been responsible for Joy's many beatings. Stuart later confirmed the story and explained that Joy might not be dead, because she had only pretended to be dead so that she could get away from her abusive husband. Allie went to Jack's office and told him that she had forged her college transcripts. Erica and Mike exhibited a cat-and-mouse sort of romance. On her way to visit an injured Jamie in Pigeon Hollow, Brooke was arrested.
April 27 to May 1, 1998
Mateo recalled more of his visions and became concerned for Hayley's safety. Brooke was arrested and forced to spend the night in jail. She was granted bail, but at a price of one million dollars cash. Dimitri put up the money for her so that she could return home. Camille tried to get Jack to arrest Adam for murdering her mother, but he said that there wasn't enough evidence to take action. Kelsey's loose lips revealed that both Ryan and Gillian were penniless. The newlyweds managed to barely convince Immigration that their marriage was legitimate. Allie confessed her crime to Jack, but he urged her to keep quiet until she considered what could happen to her by revealing the truth. She later told Joe, and was immediately suspended from duty. While headed to an awards ceremony in his honor, Stuart got trapped in an elevator with Marian. The elevator suddenly dropped, and both were seriously injured.
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MAY 1998
May 4 to 8, 1998
Marian escaped the elevator "crash" with only a few bruises. Stuart, however, suffered a fractured rib and punctured lung. Allie's heroic rescue effort was met with condemnation by Joe. Liza began to realize that her mother might really be in love with Stuart. Mike moved out of Linden, but left his duffel bag behind. Jack saw the bag and believed that Erica was having an inappropriate relationship with Dimitri. Edmund invited Dimitri to move back into Wildwind. Mateo met with Frederick and learned that his visions would come true unless Matt altered the future in some way. His idea of altering the future was to never return to the apartment. Joy, Adam, Tad, and Jack headed to Pigeon Hollow to exhume Joy's body.
May 11 to 15, 1998
Belinda got Brooke's taped confession thrown out. Opal placed a call to a radio therapist for advice on saving her marriage. Mateo put his foot down and ordered Hayley not to ever return to their apartment after one of his visions came true. Losing her license sent Allie over the edge. A drunken Marian showed up in Stuart's hospital room after visiting hours and crawled into bed with him. Joy's coffin was exhumed, and everyone was stunned to find a decomposed body in the coffin. Tests later showed that the body could not possibly be Joy's. Mike lured Erica to a warehouse where he claimed he was being held captive. The pair later returned to Linden and found romance in their memories of their past.
May 18 to 22, 1998
Erica made a confession. Opal and Palmer fought. Hayley and Mateo made love. Camille disappeared. Jack confronted Mike. Janet and Trevor shared a close moment. Adam told Stuart what he had found in Pigeon Hollow. Jack tried to get to the bottom of Mike's mission. Hayley faced off with Camille.
May 25 to 29, 1998
Mike made an unusual request of Adrian. Two people were abducted. Janet had an important question for Natalie. Janet made a stunning discovery at her wedding. The results of "Joy's" DNA test were back. Adam met with a private detective. Liza issued a warning. Dimitri got close to Brooke. Gillian said something hurtful to Ryan.
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JUNE 1998
June 1 to 5, 1998
Mike shared his feelings with Erica. Erica and Mike were rescued. Hayley and Mateo talked about starting a family. Adam had a surprise for Marian's dinner party. Marian was rejected, so she drowned her sorrows in alcohol. Liza blasted Adam for his behavior. Edmund became aware of the closeness between Brooke and Dimitri. Opal went against Palmer's wishes and hired a driver.
June 8 to 12, 1998
Liza asked Tad to be the sperm donor for her child. Palmer was worried about Mike. Jake and Allie planned to marry. Allie was arrested. Mateo told Hayley that Holidays was on the market. Jack orchestrated a kidnapping of Erica to prove how easy it was. Ryan's debt caught up to him...and Gillian paid it off. Erica and Mike were thrown in jail. Scott was electrocuted at the cabin after Camille left. Myrtle identified the stranger as Lee Hawkins.
June 15 to 19, 1998
Camille denied any involvement in the accidents that had been plaguing the Chandlers. Myrtle and Lee faced off at the hospital. Gillian was stunned when Ryan admitted that he had feelings for her. Jury selection got underway for Brooke's murder trial. Tad received the results of the DNA test he had ordered. Erica learned that she'd been led astray by Mike, who still had feelings for her. Liza found a sperm donor.
June 22 to 26, 1998
Ryan and Liza covered up their real reasons for being at the clinic. Adrian was suspicious of the wall leading to Palmer's secret room. Mateo found a buyer for Holidays. Erica kept Mike caged up. Albert, a.k.a. Axel, agreed to buy Holidays for Hayley. Brooke recognized Ryan as one of her jurors. Albert gave Lee a job. Erica maimed Mike with a forklift. Jamie learned of Brooke's trial. Gillian accused Ryan and Hayley of infidelity. Camille and Lee met.
June 29 to July 3, 1998
Camille wasn't surprised to see that her father was not really dead. She was, however, surprised when he punched her and rendered her unconscious. Mateo and Ryan got into a brawl at Holidays after Mateo ordered Hayley never to return to the restaurant. Brooke's trial finally got underway. Mike Roy proposed to Erica. Adam planned to regain custody of Adam Jr., and Dixie was not happy.
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JULY 1998
July 6 to 10, 1998
Erica finally admitted to herself that she was in love with Mike, and later she told Mike. After Jamie began suffering numerous nightmares, Brooke decided that fleeing the country might not be such a bad idea. Dixie returned to Pine Valley. David Hayward also made a move back to town. Camille arrived too late to prevent Holidays from exploding.
July 13 to 17, 1998
In the aftermath of the explosion, it was learned that Camille had lost her life while trying to prevent the boiler from exploding. Gillian was rushed the hospital in serious condition, with internal bleeding and possible spinal cord problems. Tad and Dixie met face-to-face and shared a sweet, albeit awkward, moment. Dimitri convinced Brooke to flee the country. Jack overheard Erica telling Mike that she loved both Jack and Mike, and pretended that he had amnesia. Tad concocted a lie that he hoped would buy time to find Brooke and return her to town.
July 20 to 24, 1998
Mike and Jack continued their battle to win Erica's heart. Kelsey was recruited to pretend to be a sick Brooke, but Janet saw "Brooke's" blue nail polish and knew something was up. Allie summoned Adam to the hospital to tell him about Liza's wish to have Jake father her child. She later felt foolish when she learned that Jake had backed out of the agreement. Jake was so furious with Allie that he changed his mind again and told Liza that all was a go. Gillian saw Ryan and Hayley sharing an embrace and thought that Ryan was still interested in Hayley. Mateo learned that the carnival was heading to town. Dixie managed to get Dimitri to tell her where Brooke had fled to.
July 27 to 31, 1998
Lee tried to kill Stuart. Gillian had disturbing dreams. Adam was taken on an "informal tour" of the fertility clinic as Liza returned for a pair of glasses that she had left behind.
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AUGUST 1998
August 3 to 7, 1998
Allie planned on telling Liza that Adam had switched his sperm for Jake's at the clinic, but she chickened out when Adam reminded her that he'd help her get her license to practice medicine back. Liza went through with the insemination, unaware of what she was getting herself into. Marian was kidnapped and locked in the Marick Mausoleum with Camille's ashes. Mike told Jack that he believed that Palmer had paintings taken from the Nazis stashed in his secret room. When they traveled to Cortlandt Manor with a search warrant, Palmer had already hidden the paintings. Adrian's secret spy status was revealed in the fallout. Stuart refused to give up on Marian, even after he received a letter from Marian telling him that she'd run off to Bermuda with John. Myrtle told Mateo and Hayley that she had seen Lee Hawkins at the hospital.
August 10 to 14, 1998
Palmer's mystery room turned out to be empty, and he later claimed that he used the room to get away from Opal. David headed to Liza's office and told her that she should consider using him as a donor if her first procedure didn't get her pregnant. Jamie, Amanda, and Junior heard noises in the mausoleum, but no one took them seriously. Lee hit Marian again, but this time it was much more severe, and Marian ended up unconscious. Brooke took the stand in her own defense. Closing arguments were ready to begin, but a mystery witness for the prosecution showed up at the last minute.
August 17 to 21, 1998
Jim's brother was called to testify, and he damaged Brooke's case. Gillian risked her life to expose Lee. Liza thought she was pregnant. Adam searched for Marian for Liza's sake. Palmer, with the stolen paintings, escaped. Lee set his sights on Adam Jr. Dimitri professed his love to Brooke. Opal learned that Palmer had lied to her. Marian found a place to hide from Lee. Allie caught Palmer at Adam's; he offered her a deal for her silence. Pictures of Pine Valley kids were found in Jim's safety deposit box.
August 24 to 28, 1998
Liza learned she was pregnant. Closing arguments ended Brooke's trial. Liza shared the news with Jake as Allie looked on. The kids heard a ghost in the mausoleum. Lee kidnapped Junior. Hayley and Mateo figured out John was Lee Hawkins; Myrtle confirmed it. Dixie was frantic when Junior was missing. Adam went on television to ask for Junior's return. Gillian ran into Lee and kept mum. Lee was waiting for Hayley in her room.
August 31 to September 4, 1998
Adam learned Lee had both his children. Mateo asked Jake to put him into a coma. Stuart rescued a barely conscious Marian. Hayley got a tattoo from Lee. Dixie posed as Joy on television. Stuart and Marian reunited. Junior escaped. Mateo had a vision of where Hayley was and went to rescue her. Edmund borrowed Kit's car; she went to Jack to press charges.
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SEPTEMBER 1998
September 7 to 11, 1998
Lee's reign of terror ended. Hayley was taken to Pine Valley Hospital in serious condition because Lee had used a lead-based paint to create her rose tattoo. She later made a full and miraculous recovery. Brooke was cleared of all charges. She later decided that she could not have a relationship with Dimitri because it was "too soon." Gillian and David shared an intimate encounter. Myrtle suffered an irregular heartbeat. Liza's home pregnancy test was confirmed. Palmer locked Opal in the secret room so that he could flee town with his paintings.
September 14 to 18, 1998
Allie used David to elicit sympathy from Jake. Kit turned to Edmund for help. Jack had a flashback that disturbed him. Jack told Mike the story of Christine. Dixie confessed her feelings to Tad, thinking he was unconscious. Raquel learned Mateo was in Pine Valley. Hayley received devastating news. Palmer's car was found sinking in the river. Everyone thought Palmer had faked his death. Raquel and Mateo met face-to-face.
September 21 to 25, 1998
Gillian had a revelation. David impressed Liza, and the two grew closer. Allie tried to get pregnant, but Jake found out. Mateo learned he was still married to Raquel; Hayley was furious that he had kept that secret. Jake had a solution for Allie's situation. Palmer's treasure went beyond the masterpieces, and Mike vowed to find it. Palmer was almost captured, but eluded Mike and Adrian with the help of a "mystery man."
September 28 to October 2, 1998
The vet told Janet that Harold's condition might be life-ending. Erica finally chose which man she'd like to be with, but her decision didn't mean that she'd have a man in her life. With the help of a passing stranger, Palmer managed to elude a pair of art thieves. Tad and Dixie later found Palmer and told him to hand over his paintings. Adrian learned that Opal knew his father many years before. Edmund and Kit kissed briefly, but Edmund pushed Kit away. Mateo learned that Raquel had never signed the annulment papers, meaning that he was still married to her.
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OCTOBER 1998
October 5 to 9, 1998
Mateo had a lot of explaining to do to Hayley about Raquel. Palmer learned he had been a pawn for the Nazis. Palmer struck a deal. Erica turned to Dimitri for comfort. Kelsey landed a job away from Pine Valley. Hayley enlisted Trevor's help in getting a divorce for Mateo and Raquel. The Dillons got devastating news about Harold. Edmund and Kit held a press conference. Gillian and Raquel struck up a tenuous friendship. Palmer returned home.
October 12 to 16, 1998
Liza and Jake shared a tender moment. David landed a job at WRCW. Allie gambled and told Jake she was pregnant. Mateo stopped Raquel from signing the divorce papers. Raquel called a mysterious person and begged them to come to Pine Valley. Palmer destroyed a personal letter from Dixie to Tad. Allie took drastic measures to keep her fake pregnancy a secret. Jake gave Tad advice about Dixie. David caught Allie switching blood samples. Palmer hired Braden. Allie blackmailed David into silence. Opal and Adrian bonded. Erica had Kit's background checked out. Tad and Dixie shared a passionate kiss.
October 19 to 23, 1998
Erica and Brooke's conversation turned nasty. Kit pleaded her case to the judge. Ryan told Gillian he loved her, but it was partly for the benefit of the INS. Tad and Dixie had a heart-to-heart talk, and she forgave him. Edmund and Kit planned to visit her father. Stuart got a fishy gift from Marian. Raquel's mystery friend arrived. Tad and Dixie had an "Affair to Remember." Gillian turned to David for comfort. Adam got jealous seeing Liza and David. Adam arranged for Allie to get her license back. Hayley was suspicious of Raquel's behavior. Hayley discovered something in Raquel's room. The Dillons said goodbye to Harold, who was escorted to heaven by Natalie.
October 26 to 30, 1998
Hayley confessed to Mateo about her unlawful breaking and entering. Things didn't go well for Kit and Edmund at the Fishers'. Tad continued to wait for Dixie, unaware she was not feeling well. Raquel lied to Mateo about Max's real identity. Palmer pressed Braden for information on Tad and Dixie. Allie got shocking news from Jake. David informed Jake of all of Allie's lies, forcing her to confess in front of David, Jake, and Liza. Adam interrupted Allie with good news before she could tell Liza about the paternity of her baby. Kit's day in court arrived.
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NOVEMBER 1998
November 2 to 6, 1998
Allie left Pine Valley, but not without a few parting shots to some residents. Ryan gave Gillian the good news about her deportation status while she was in bed with David. Ryan stormed out of his wife's hotel room and drowned his sorrows at a bar. Kit decided to go drinking to forget her troubles. Kit and Ryan danced, and Ryan put some moves on her. When Kit declined his advances, he scared her with a werewolf mask. A drunken Kit left the bar and was physically assaulted by a man in a werewolf mask. Edmund rushed a catatonic Kit to the hospital. Dixie passed out at Braden's apartment. A frantic Braden called Palmer. Braden blackmailed Palmer into getting his job back. Mateo bonded with a trick-or-treater. Stuart asked Liza's permission to marry her mother. Marian gave Stuart her answer.
November 9 to 13, 1998
Adam learned about Raquel from Gillian. Adam's attempt to pay Raquel to leave town failed. Hayley accused Raquel of lying about Max being Mateo's son, but she noted the resemblance between them. Dixie, who was still weak from her heart surgery, collapsed when she tried to escape from the hospital to get to Tad. Kit was upset when she heard Erica tell Jack that she thought Kit had lied about being raped. Jack later found Kit at the scene of her attack. Kit was shocked when she saw Ryan walk out of the bar.
November 16 to 20, 1998
Gillian came clean about her affair with David, but asked Ryan to forgive her transgression. Adam offered Raquel cash to get out of town, but she refused his "consolation prize." Erica was furious when she saw Jack and Brooke in an embrace. Kit began to recall additional information about the night she had been raped. Mateo enlisted Trevor and Janet's advice in how to deal with Raquel. Dixie used Braden's phone call to reach out to Tad.
November 23 to 27, 1998
Hayley's gift for Max gave Raquel the wrong impression. Adam got defensive when David quizzed him about the fertility clinic where Liza had been inseminated.
November 30 to December 4, 1998
Raquel refused to give Mateo joint custody of Max. Trevor stopped Raquel from leaving town with Max until a court decided the boy's custody. Raquel admitted that she was afraid of Hayley getting close to Max. Kit went ballistic when Ryan tried to help her with her coat. An unsuspecting Gillian walked in after Kit went catatonic, and asked Ryan if Kit was the blonde he had "scored" with. Ryan felt he had nothing to hide and agreed to answer all of the police's questions. Trevor stepped in to offer him legal aid. Tad accused Kit of lying again after she formally told the police Ryan had raped her. Adam and Liza kissed after he asked her for a second chance. David closed in on the truth about Adam's devious deed at the fertility clinic and prepared to have Liza learn the truth.
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DECEMBER 1998
December 7 to 11, 1998
Tad told Jack, Edmund, and Dimitri that years earlier, when he had threatened to reveal that Kit embezzled money from the Orsini Vineyards, she had falsely accused him of raping her. Kit pulled away from Edmund, who held her and almost kissed her after convincing her not to leave town. Jack thought that because Ryan had grown up in a violent atmosphere, he could be capable of rape. Jack later had Ryan arrested. David tampered with Liza's blood test results after Adam warned him to stay away from her.
December 14 to 18, 1998
Mateo was stunned that the judge gave him shared custody of Max with Raquel. Mateo had to summon Raquel when Max had a nightmare his first night at Wildwind with Mateo and Hayley. Gillian slept with David to get bail money for Ryan, then learned Ryan didn't need it. When Dixie threatened to reveal Adam had bribed the judge to give Mateo shared custody of Max, Adam threatened to reveal her "affair" with Braden.
December 21 to 25, 1998
Everyone prepared to celebrate Christmas. Dixie and Tad both made a wish on a Christmas star for her heart problems to be fixed. Amanda received a new dog she named Smokey. Edmund invited Kit in.
December 28, 1998 to January 1, 1999
David was livid when Liza decided to give Adam a second chance. A vengeful David vowed to get a sample of Adam's DNA to prove that he had fathered Liza's baby. After a chat with Myrtle, Ryan patched things up with Gillian, and the two made love. At Hayley's urging, Gillian and Ryan crashed the Maria Santos-Grey Foundation fundraiser to prove to everyone that he was not a rapist. Eugenia loaned Raquel one of her old ball gowns to help her make a splash at her first ball. Erica accepted Dimitri's request to escort her to the ball and enjoyed rubbing Brooke's nose in it. Dixie begged Tad to move into Cortlandt Manor so that he could help quell Opal and Palmer's fighting. Brooke and Derek later learned Ryan's DNA test results were back.
