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Monday, MAY 31, 2004

Danny is stunned when Michelle stirs from her coma, looking at him blankly before seeming to recognize Tony. But she quickly lapses back into unconsciousness. Rick explains this is not uncommon, and they need to remain patient. Vinnie shows up and points out Michelle's presence at the warehouse makes her a potential witness to murder. To protect her, Danny claims Rick has diagnosed that Michelle will be in a coma the rest of her life. When Salerno leaves, Tony calls Danny on his lie. Danny surprises him by confessing he's working undercover for Jeffrey. He lays out the whole sordid tale, pretty much putting his life in Tony's hands.

Bill gets the shock of his life to find Eden alive. But his joy is short-lived when she tells him she's entered the Witness Protection program and is leaving Springfield at that very moment. Bill begs her to stay but Eden is forced to tell him what a lie their relationship was and how she never really stopped being the small-time crook she was before they met. She even admits to her affair with Tony. A bitter Bill leaves Eden, who's crushed. After a quick goodbye to Gus, she leaves.

Gus surprises Harley by declaring that he really wants is to get back to work tonight. Cassie is a little surprised when Edmund tries to talk her out of trying to do something about the drug problem in Springfield. She's even more surprised when he overreacts at the sight of her reaching into his diplomatic pouch. He covers. Later, Edmund realizes what he was expecting to be in the pouch didn't arrive and he has to explain this to Vinnie Salerno.



Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Cassie walks in on Edmund during the tail end of his intense conversation with Vinnie Salerno. He covers and leaves, just as Cassie finds evidence indicating he was speaking to Salerno. Shaken, she goes to the hospital to check on Michelle. There, she tries to pump Tony for information about what Salerno is doing in Springfield but Tony warns her to stay out of it. Later, she crosses with Jeffrey, who is already aware that Salerno and Edmund have some sort of business deal going on. He tells Cassie she has a problem.

Harley is concerned about Gus going back to work so quickly after losing Eden, but Jeffrey thinks throwing himself into his job could be the best thing for him right now. Gus approaches his dealer, prepared to make a six-figure buy.

With Jeffrey listening in at the Social Club, the dealer goes to Vinnie to ask for the drugs. Jeffrey hopes that the pressure will cause Vinnie to act hurriedly and reveal his source at Spaulding. Harley fears that Vinnie's source might in fact be a Spaulding and that Gus will end up getting hurt again. Danny realizes that he's put his life in Tony's hands by telling him he's gone undercover, but Tony assures him that he has nothing to worry about. Tony has decided that it is time for Salerno to be replaced. In an effort to get the heat off of Michelle, Danny goes Salerno and alerts him that Jeffrey O'Neill is on his trail. Marina and Shayne visit Michelle and come up with the idea of decorating her room in the hopes of helping her.

Lizzie opens up to Sandy about her illness and points out that he never wants to talk about himself.





Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Jeffrey informs Cassie that Edmund is a possible target of his drug investigation. He stuns her with the news he had visited San Cristobel in the past and had an eye on Edmund and his illicit activities. Before Cassie can get the whole story, Edmund arrives. When Jeffrey pushes his buttons, Cassie sticks up for her man - but secretly wonders if the accusations are true.

Gus visits Eden's apartment and discovers a very suspicious looking Alan rifling through her things. Alan covers and makes an impassioned plea for Gus to let the Spauldings be his family. After Alan leaves, Gus finds receipts from Eden's escort business from Spaulding, plus a photo which seems to incriminate Brad Green in the drug trade. Harley arrives and recognizes Alan in the photo.

Drunk, Bill tracks down Danny and demands an explanation about his connection to Eden. Danny tries to hush him and warns him not to talk about this in public. Harley advises Bill to move on but he's determined not to let things happen to him anymore. Later, Danny receives a call from Vinnie with new instructions.

Determined to ruin Tammy and Joey's romantic summer plans, Lizzie takes action. She approaches her aunt Alexandra and pitches an intern contest for Spaulding. Hungry for some good publicity, Alex thinks it's a wonderful idea. Lizzie works hard to convince Tammy, Joey, Sandy, Shayne, Marina and their friend Kyra to sign up. Alex pitches the idea to Alan, who is willing to come on board as long as he can control the situation.



Thursday, June 3, 2004

Danny has worked hard to convince Vinnie that Michelle could never provide information about the night of the explosion, now that she is in a permanent coma. Salerno seems appeased until Frank bursts in, raiding the club. Danny proves his loyalty to Salerno and Frank's bust is a bust. Satisfied that Danny has proven himself, Salerno rewards him with the coveted job of playing bagman to his San Cristobel drug supplier. Vinnie then lets Danny know he wants him to kill Jeffrey, a plan that Danny and Jeffrey had decided they would push for in the hopes of catching Vinnie in a mistake. Danny goes to find Jeffrey and lets him know their plans are falling into place.

Gus is still reeling from the connection that's been made between Alan, Salerno, Eden and Brad Green. His doubts about Alan lead him to question Edmund about Alan's involvement in San Cristobel's drug business. Later on, Gus seeks out Alan, unable to shake his suspicions. Meanwhile, Cassie's suspicions of Edmund continue to grow after she sees Edmund's defensive reaction to Gus's questions about the drug business in San Cristobel. An argument ensues but in the end, it seems as if she and Edmund have reached common ground.

Phillip learns from Alan that the Federal probe into Spaulding Enterprises is fast coming to an end. Realizing he's running out of time to frame Olivia, Phillip moves into action with a plan to stick her with incriminating memos. Later, Phillip lets Alan know that Olivia is going down.

At Lizzie's prodding, Tammy, Joey, Shayne, Marina, Sandy, Remy and Kyra gather for their first meeting about summer jobs at Spaulding. A reluctant Alan lays down the law, as well as his plans for their summer project. Lizzie has a project of her own and fixes the teams so that she winds up with Joey. And not to be left out, Alexandra shows up to further her own project: using this summer employment program to spin some positive PR for the company.



Friday, June 4, 2004

Josh and Billy are at the Beacon waiting for Bill who has a meeting with an important client. They are shocked to see a very disheveled Bill walk in and try to dissuade him from taking the meeting, stating that he's still grieving for Eden. Despite both men's concerns about Bill's emotional state, Bill convinces them to let him take the meeting. Although Josh is initially skeptical, he becomes impressed by how Bill closed the deal. Later, Bill spots Tony at the bar They talk about Eden and Bill tells Tony that he knows about his and Eden's affair. Tony denies it, but Bill refuses to accept the lie. When Tony tries to convince Bill that Eden loved him, Bill becomes angry and pushes Tony. When Bill belligerently asks if Tony's going to kill him, Tony suggests that Bill pull himself together or his life could end like Eden's. Bill tells him that his could too. Tony tries to warn Bill to be careful about who he's threatening but Bill doesn't care. He promises that he's going to make sure the Santoses go down. When Bill leaves, Tony calls Salerno asking for a job, because he's in the mood to beat the crap out of someone.

The Spaulding intern competition is underway. Lizzie gets her Aunt Alex to buy 10 tickets to the San Cristobel festival. Tammy tries to con the Lewis family into buying a bunch, but Bill suggests it might be better to use her skills and actually sell them on her own. He does offer to buy 3 tickets, and will match the number of tickets she sells. At Spaulding, Olivia and Lizzie get into a turf war over Lizzie's using Olivia's office. However, Phillip settles things by reminding Olivia that technically it's his office and since they're all family they should share. Olivia reluctantly agrees. Later, Lizzie and Joey head to the Beacon where Lizzie is disheartened to hear Joey encouraging Tammy to sell tickets at the Beacon and outsell Lizzie.

At Spaulding, Phillip tells Olivia that he wants to give her access to everything at the company that he was working on before he got sick. He hands her a folder and says that it's an important memo about Antimonius and he'd like her input. He warns her that it's a sensitive document and for her eyes only. Olivia is shocked that Phillip trusts her enough to do this, but he insists that he'd be a fool not to take advantage of her resources. He tells her that he wants to make sure she gets credit for everything she's done. Ecstatic, Olivia kisses Phillip and leaves. With her gone, Phillip, disgusted with Olivia's predictability, calls Alan and tells him that she took the bait.

Edmund's outside the Beacon on his cell phone, demanding his package. When he hangs up, Cassie brings up his constant cell phone use. She tries to get a feel for what kind of business he's conducting, but he doesn't answer and walks inside. Inside, Danny and Jeffrey are having a convert conversation about Salerno's hit on O'Neill. Danny tells Jeffrey how it's going to go down and that he's the hit man. Outside the Beacon, Harley is on her phone telling someone to hold off since she isn't entirely sure that the person in the photograph is Alan. As she hangs up, Marie Green approaches her asking her to watch Brad since he claimed to be having a meeting today at the Beacon. Marie is certain that Brad's having an affair. An exasperated Harley tries to back out of it and encourages Marie to just divorce Brad since he's a womanizer. But Marie maintains that she loves him and feels that if he's caught cheating, he'll stop. Harley agrees to spy on Brad at the Beacon. Later, she and Cassie both spot Brad delivering a package to Edmund in exchange for a backpack. Harley tells Jeffrey about the mysterious exchange but Jeffrey agrees that for now it's just circumstantial. Meanwhile, Edmund takes the package to his room and hides it under his bed, as Cassie secretly watches him. When he becomes startled, she quietly sneaks out and then knocks on her door. Edmund is confused about Cassie's behavior and also questions her sudden interest in his mail when she mentions the package. He then leaves the room. Suspicious, Cassie gets the package from under the bed but decides not to open it. Later, Cassie is rattled to overhear Edmund having an angry conversation on his cell phone about the package. When Cassie tries to get Edmund to talk about all the business he's been doing, he gets rattled and clams up. Soon after, she spots Edmund giving the package to Salerno. In the midst of this, Danny has convinced Vinnie to let him be the one to kill Jeffrey, since Vinnie was about to give the hit to someone else. Danny convinces the mob boss that he really needs to hit Jeffrey and tells him that he plans on shooting him when Jeffrey is eating in his car. Later, Danny is putting together the rifle, while Jeffrey apparently sits in his car. As Danny is aiming to shoot, Cassie walks toward the car, and thinks she sees Jeffrey slouched in the seat. Just then, Danny fires and Cassie is thrown to the ground!




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