soapcentral.com | All My Children | As the World Turns | Bold and the Beautiful | Days of our Lives | General Hospital | Guiding Light | One Life to Live | Young and the Restless | Other shows
 THE BIG STORIES   Another GH star snagged by rival show  |  Co-stars set the record straight on reports that they don't get along 
Friday, July 03rd, 2009  

  
Today | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Last Week | Archives | Last Year | 5 Yrs Ago | 10 Yrs Ago


Thursday, July 2, 2009
by Isaac Mayo

Jack escorted an uncharacteristically silent Mary Jane to her room at the Athletic Club. Jack asked her if she was distant because of Summer's illness. Mary Jane said that had been on her mind -- along with other things. Mary Jane said that she could really use a friend to talk to, but Jack told her that he had to meet Sharon.

In her suite, Mary Jane remembered some of the events that had occurred since her arrival in Genoa City. She remembered meeting Victor when her face was still wrapped in bandages. She remembered Paul's constant questioning, and Jack's suspicions being aroused when she knew the location of John's portrait in the Abbott mansion. Mary Jane opened her Bible and took out a yellowing envelope. She opened the envelope and pulled out an invitation. The invitation was to the wedding of Jack Abbott and Patty Williams, which had occurred 20 years earlier. To herself, Mary Jane said, "Happy anniversary, Jack."

Mary Jane/Patty began talking to her stuffed cat, asking it where her pills were. She started opening and closing drawers until she found the bottle of medication. She took several of the pills and washed them down with a small bottle of liquor. Hugging her stuffed cat, Mary Jane cried, "Make it stop."

Mary Jane had a surrealistic dream. At first, her stuffed cat came to life. Wearing a wedding dress and a veil, she chased the cat, but stopped when she saw Jack kissing Diane Jenkins. In her dream, Mary Jane was living out the day she married Jack. On the morning of her wedding day, Patty Williams had witnessed her groom, Jack, making love to Diane in his office. Mary Jane continued dreaming. She said, "How could you? I was pregnant with your baby." In the dream, Mary Jane tripped and fell, and then screamed that she was going to lose her baby.

As her dream continued, Mary Jane related the ill-fated romance of Jack and Patty Williams. After having lost their baby, Patty learned that Jack had married her only because John had promised Jack the presidency of Jabot if Jack and Patty wed. Patty had purchased a gun and pointed it at her head. Jack had told Patty not to shoot herself -- but to shoot him. Patty did shoot Jack three times, wounding him severely, but obviously not fatally.

In the dream, Mary Jane began crying out for her big brother, Paul. Victor appeared in the dream and told Mary Jane that he could make her into a sophisticated woman -- the kind of woman Jack would fall in love with. Sharon appeared in the dream, looking as if she were nine months pregnant. She told Mary Jane that Jack would never be hers -- that Jack wanted Sharon. Mary Jane woke up from her dream and said that this time Jack was going to love her, and there wouldn't be another woman.

A despondent Noah visited Sharon in her hotel suite. He told his mother that he couldn't go through losing another sister. Sharon told Noah not to lose hope. When Noah asked her about Nick and the house they were going to move into, Sharon lied and told Noah that Jack was the father of her child. Noah wanted to know what that meant for the future of Nick and Sharon's relationship, but Sharon told Noah that, for the time being, he should pray for Summer's recovery.

In Summer's room at Genoa City Memorial, Phyllis and Nick tried talking to Summer, hoping to rouse her from her coma. Phyllis blamed herself for Summer's condition and said that God was punishing her. Nick assured Phyllis that what had happened was an accident, and told her that she was an amazing mother.

Nick went to the hospital chapel to pray. Victor found him there and told him that Phyllis was looking for him. Nick told his father that he found it difficult to sit in Summer's room, because it reminded him of Cassie's death. Nick told Victor that Jack was the father of Sharon's baby. Victor said that he was sorry to hear that.

Nick asked his father to tell Phyllis that he would be back in Summer's room shortly. As Victor left the chapel, Jack entered. Jack reminded Nick that he felt a special bond with Summer, as Jack had delivered her in an elevator during an ice storm. Nick yelled at the altar, telling God that He had already taken one daughter from him, and that He wasn't going to take another.

Nick was on his way back to Summer's room when he ran into Noah, who was stopping by the hospital to see his sister. Noah told Nick that he was sorry that Nick wasn't the father of Sharon's baby. Nick told his son that he wasn't worried about that, and that Noah and Summer were the most important things in his life. Noah and Nick entered Summer's room, where Nikki and Phyllis were keeping vigil over the comatose little girl.

Outside the door of the room, Heather told Paul that she had learned from an anonymous source that Summer's condition might not be the result of an accident -- that Phyllis might have purposely given her daughter the cookie. Paul didn't believe that Phyllis would do anything so sinister. Nikki asked Paul why Heather was hanging around the hospital. Paul told Nikki about Heather's suspicions. Nikki thought it was insane for Heather to think that Phyllis might harm Summer.

Later, while Nick, Phyllis, Victor, and Nikki were watching over Summer, Heather and Detective Wallace entered the room. Wallace asked Phyllis to step away from the bed, as the police had learned that Phyllis posed a threat to Summer. Heather said that Phyllis had purposely fed Summer peanuts in order to get Nick's attention. Heather had a court document ordering Phyllis to stay away from Summer.

Phyllis flipped out and told Wallace and Heather, "That's beyond insane." She refused to leave Summer's bedside. When Wallace tried to pull Phyllis away, she began fighting with him. Wallace said that if she continued to fight, he would arrest her for obstruction of justice. Phyllis became hysterical when Wallace and Heather escorted her outside Summer's room. Victor was furious with Heather.

In the hallway, Phyllis saw that the authorities had posted a guard by Summer's room. Nick told Phyllis not to worry -- that they would figure things out. Victor called Michael. Phyllis screamed and denied that she purposely gave Summer the peanuts. Heather and Wallace told Phyllis that she had to leave the hospital. As she left, Phyllis begged Victor, Nikki, and Nick to stay with Summer, so that the little girl would see her family when she came out of her coma.

Sharon showed up at the Abbott mansion, where an enthusiastic Jack told her about his plans to build a nursery. Sharon said that she wasn't ready for "this togetherness." Jack asked her to cut him some slack, as he hadn't been there for his other children. Jack thought that he could be a good father to Sharon's little girl. Sharon asked for some time to figure things out. Jack hugged Sharon, and said that Sharon could take all the time she needed.

At Crimson Lights, Jill complained to Cane about all the misery that Katherine had caused her and her family. Cane reminded Jill that he had more of a reason to be angry with Katherine than Jill did, yet he had forgiven Katherine. Cane stated that Katherine and Jill loved each other, and that they needed to repair their relationship. He wondered how Jill would treat him if the DNA test showed that he wasn't Jill's son. Jill said that she was absolutely sure that Cane was her son.

Nina was sitting poolside at the Chancellor mansion when Lily stopped by. The two women apologized to each other for the things they said during their quarrel the previous day. Nina's cell phone rang. It was the lab, calling to tell her that the DNA results were ready. Lily accompanied Nina to the lab to pick up the results.

Cane and Jill continued chatting at Crimson Lights. Cane told Jill that, even with all the fighting in the extended Chancellor/Abbott family, he still enjoyed being a part of it. Lily stopped by with a copy of the lab results. Lily and Jill waited tensely as Cane opened the envelope. The results showed that Cane was indeed Jill's son. The three of them were jubilant, and Jill suggested that Cane take the Chancellor name. Cane said that he would wait awhile, as he didn't want to offend Nina. Jill said that she couldn't wait to rub Nina's nose in the lab results, but added that she would be nice to Katherine.

Jill left, and Lily went inside the coffeehouse to pick up some dessert for the Chancellor Independence Day barbecue. Cane called Langley's cell phone and left a voicemail telling Langley that everything had been taken care of. Lily returned to the patio with the dessert. Lily said no one could ever again accuse Cane of being a fraud.

At the Chancellor mansion, Nina was horrified when she opened the envelope and learned that Cane was really Phillip Chancellor III. She told Katherine that Cane must have tampered with the blood sample. Katherine said that Cane would never do anything like that. Both Katherine and Nina wondered who the young man Nina had married was. Murphy said that they would probably never know. Nina told Katherine and Murphy about the one lead she had -- the police officer who had ridden with the moribund Phillip in the ambulance had left town, and Paul hadn't been able to locate and question him.

Jill returned to the mansion, and asked Katherine how Nina took the news that Cane was truly Jill's son. Katherine said that Nina was sick with the thought that she didn't know who the father of her child was. When Jill asked Katherine how she felt about the news, Katherine said that she was just glad the whole thing was over. Jill said that in a "warped way," she felt that she and Katherine were family. Katherine said, "After you left me for dead yesterday? Who in the hell needs a family like that?"

A depressed Nina sat at Phillip's gravesite. To herself, she said that she was back to square one, and that she couldn't even help Phillip IV find out whether he had the gene for Huntington's disease. Nina continued, saying that she had loved Phillip very much, and she might never know who he was, or where he was from. Nina then questioned why she had such a hard time accepting Cane as Phillip Chancellor III. Paul overheard Nina and told Nina that Cane might not be a Chancellor - Paul had just talked to a lab tech, and there was something amiss with Cane's blood test.



. . .

On the next The Young and the Restless...
The Young and the Restless
  • Michael tells Victor that the county has temporary custody of Summer, and that the court would appoint a guardian. A stunned Nikki asked if their hands were tied.
  • Billy and Mac are excited about meeting secretly in a suite at the Athletic Club.
  • Nina asks a stunned Cane where the blood used in the DNA test came from.




  • Printable Recaps
       Monday
       Tuesday
       Wednesday
       Thursday
       Friday
       Full Week


    More Recaps
       Last week's recaps
       Recaps from last year
       Five years ago this week
       Ten years ago this week
       Recaps archives (since 1995)


    Recaps for Other Soaps
       All My Children
       As the World Turns
       The Bold and the Beautiful
       Days of our Lives
       General Hospital
       Guiding Light
       One Life to Live
       Passions
       » The Young and the Restless

       Amazing Race
       American Idol
       Dancing with the Stars
       Survivor
       Top Model


    Interact
       Discuss on our message boards
       Blog about Y&R
       Our Two Scoopers' thoughts
       Feedback

      Other Daily Recap Options
     Today's Recap | Last Week's Recaps
    In addition to reading this week's recaps, there are many more options in this section.

    Year at a Glance: Get caught up in no time with the weekly summaries on our Daily Recaps Archives page.

    Last Year: Find out what was happening in Genoa City last year at this time.

    Five Years Ago: Take a trip down memory lane and see what was happening this week in 2004.

    Ten Years Ago: Think of it as traveling back in time -- or just a blast from the past -- and see what was happening this week in 1999.

    Look Ahead: Peer into the future with The Scoop's spoilers and previews.


        © 1997-2009 soapcentral.com| Home | Feedback | Advertising Information | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Top |