On
All My Children this August, 2008:
Friday, 1 August 2008 Zach is determined to find Erica and Ryan. Erica confesses to Ryan that she is being haunted by her father's ghost. Ryan stays with Erica until she falls asleep. Erica has a nightmare in which the Shadowed Man transforms into Zach.
Kendall admits to Ryan that she knows the truth about his marriage to Greenlee but promises to never use it against him. Ryan explains to Kendall why he married Greenlee, saying he did it to protect himself from Kendall. Kendall tells Ryan she would take him back on any terms, even if it meant him still staying married to Greenlee.
Zach has gathered information about Maria. JR puts his scheme in motion by rushing Bess to the emergency room and implying to Maria that Babe isn't a fit mother. Edmund becomes angry when people treat him differently after returning to Tempo. Adam warns Edmund to keep a close eye on Maria.
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Monday, 4 August 2008 Kendall tries to convince Ryan that she's changed but Ryan is hesitant to believe her. Ryan is eventually swayed by Kendall's argument and they kiss passionately.
David berates Babe for staying out all night when JR had taken Bess to the emergency room. Babe rushes home to check on Bess. David confronts Krystal with the truth that she tampered with Bess paternity test and says he has proof that Bess is Bianca's baby.
Stuart confronts JR and accuses him of becoming ruthless like Adam. Reggie is surprised to see Danielle, who makes a slip and admits that her mother doesn't want her around anymore. After initially rejecting her offer of friendship, Reggie feels sympathetic towards Danielle and they enjoy being together.
Maggie admits to Bianca that she thinks she is in love with her. Opal doesn't want Krystal to get involved with Tad.
Tuesday, 5 August 2008 Ryan tells Erica that she can't go on living in her fantasy world. Erica is affected when Ryan relates how Bianca took Bess from the hospital nursery and brought her to the penthouse. Ryan convinces Erica to return to Pine Valley with him.
JR isn't pleased when Babe vows to never neglect Bess and promises to be the best mother she can be. Adam suggests to JR that he may have to play dirty to get Babe out of the picture and away from Bess.
Greenlee apologizes to Jack for getting angry with him earlier and admits the truth about her marriage to Ryan. Greenlee compares her situation with Ryan to Jack's situation with Erica.
Maggie confesses to Bianca that she is confused over her feelings for her. Bianca assures Maggie that they will always be friends and promises to help Maggie sort out her feelings. Krystal fails to justify her actions to David.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008Greenlee tries to find out what happened between Ryan and Kendall in Las Vegas. Remembering her and Ryan's kiss, Kendall confidently tells Greenlee that Ryan still wants her (Kendall). Zach orders Milligan to follow Ryan and Erica back to Pine Valley and remains determined to expose the fact that Ryan and Greenlee's marriage is a sham.
Reggie and Danielle continue forging their friendship. Reggie gets rid of Seth, a drug dealer, after he approaches Danielle.
Bianca assures Maggie that they will always be friends. Maggie admits to Jamie that she's confused about her feelings for Bianca.
David doesn't believe Krystal's claims that he is Babe's father. JR has doubts about destroying Babe but his anger is renewed after Babe insists that Bianca be a part of Bess' life. JR places a call to Seth.
Thursday, 7 August 2008Greenlee refuses to believe that Kendall and Ryan slept together in Las Vegas and states to Kendall that she's confident of Ryan's loyalty.
Reggie and Danielle kiss but he overreacts when she questions him about his past. Ryan brings Erica home to her penthouse.
Alone, Erica is haunted by visions of the shadowed man. Anita encounters Erica in the park. Erica denies Anita's accusation that she had an affair with Bobby. A defensive Erica implies that Anita is the reason her and Bobby's marriage is in trouble. Bianca arrives at Erica's door. Krystal prevents David from telling Bianca the truth about Bess by announcing that David is Babe's father.
Alone, Krystal admits to Babe that she lied about David being Babe's father and admits that David knows the truth about Bess. David has his DNA tested to see if he really is Babe's father.
Friday, 8 August 2008Kendall tells Ryan that it kills her to see him with Greenlee and because of that she has decided to quit her job at Fusion and leave Pine Valley. Kendall is crushed when Ryan doesn't stop her from leaving.
Later, Ryan admits to Greenlee that he wants to be with Kendall. Kendall encounters the young man who was looking for Ryan earlier. Ryan fires Milligan after realizing Milligan had been spying on him.
Krystal refuses to allow Babe to share in the blame when the truth about the baby switch comes to light. Over Babe's protests, Krystal decides to leave town before her misdeeds are exposed.
JR catches Babe and Krystal taking money from the safe at the mansion. JR confronts David, who remembers back to the night of the medical school party and realizes he really did sleep with Krystal. David gets the results of the DNA test.
Bianca fails in her attempt to reach out to Erica.
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Monday, 11 August 2008Greenlee has no choice but to accept the fact that Ryan wants to be with Kendall and frees him from the promises they made when they got married. Greenlee doesn't tell Ryan that she has truly fallen in love with him.
After learning his true identity, Kendall invites Jonathan, the man who was looking for Ryan, back to her place.
JR claims to believe Krystal's story that she needs cash because she has to go visit her dying aunt. Babe and Krystal have a tearful goodbye at the airport as Krystal prepares to leave Pine Valley forever.
After getting the test results, David arrives at the airport and stuns Babe and Krystal with the news that he really is Babe's father.
Maria admits to David that things aren't going well with Edmund. Anita tries to bolster Edmund's spirits when he becomes frustrated over his condition.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008Ryan and Greenlee agree to end their marriage so that Ryan can pursue Kendall.Kendall is intrigued by Jonathan's connection to Ryan. Ryan arrives to find Kendall in bed and Jonathan wearing only a towel. Jonathan greets Ryan as his brother.
David convinces Krystal that he really is Babe's father. Babe confesses to David that she knows that Bess is really Miranda. David is affected by the pain Babe feels for lying.
JR buys drugs from Seth with the intent of slipping them to Babe. Jamie is suspicious when he sees JR with Seth but buys JR's excuse.
Reggie and Danielle continue their flirtation. A reporter from a teen magazine wants to interview Reggie and Danielle about dating. Reggie pulls Danielle into a kiss.
Edmund insists to Maria that he has to follow up on the phone conversation he overheard as he is convinced someone is planning a murder. Maria fears for Edmund's safety.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008Ryan hides his pain and disappointment when he finds Kendall and Jonathan in bed together. Jonathan is angry with Kendall for using him to get to Ryan. After voicing his frustration to Tad, Ryan takes off on his motorcycle.
At SOS, Erica and Greenlee trade insults about failed relationships. Erica is plagued by another vision of the shadowed man.
Krystal shows David Babe's childhood mementos. David remains torn about whether or not to expose the truth about Miranda.
While at SOS, JR slips a hallucinogenic drug in Babe's drink.
Zach kisses Maria, who he knew as Maureen. Zach and Maria don't reveal their former relationship to Edmund. Maria is left unsettled by her encounter with Zach. Zach remembers the first time he met Maria when she was hitchhiking in the desert.
Thursday, 14 August 2008Zach and Ryan almost come to blows after they are involved in an accident but Maria's arrival stops their fight. Maria is unsettled to learn that Zach knows Ryan and Erica.
Kendall encounters Greenlee and Erica at SOS and is upset to see that Erica is drinking. Erica becomes angry when Kendall tries to get her to stop drinking and leaves SOS. Kendall evades Greenlee's questions about Ryan and Jonathan. Greenlee comforts Ryan as Kendall breaks down alone. Jack kicks an inebriated Erica out of his loft after she upsets Lily.
At SOS, Babe starts to feel the effects of the drug JR slipped her and tries to become amorous with him. JR leaves Babe with Jamie after making an excuse about a crisis at the office. JR watches as Babe flirts with Jamie. Babe tries to seduce Jonathan but Jamie pulls her away. Babe collapses at Jamie's feet.
Reggie and Danielle continue to grow closer.
Friday, 15 August 2008 Jamie performs CPR on Babe as JR calls for help.
Meanwhile, Bianca visits David and is thrilled by the fact that he's Babe's father. David voices his deep and genuine feelings for Bianca. David is poised to tell Bianca the truth about Miranda when he is called to the hospital to treat Babe.
Krystal turns to Tad for comfort but they soon head to the hospital after getting the news about Babe. Ryan berates himself for going after Kendall and tells Greenlee about finding Kendall with Jonathan.
At the hospital, Ryan comes to Jonathan's defense when Jamie accuses him of having done something to Babe. Ryan reveals to all gathered that Jonathan is his brother. David saves Babe's life.
Danielle puts the brakes on making love with Reggie. Derek spies on Reggie and Danielle and forbids Danielle from seeing Reggie ever again.
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Monday, 18 August 2008Jack enlists Bianca, Kendall, Opal and Myrtle to engage in an intervention with Erica, who resists accepting the fact that she has a drinking problem. Jack voices his genuine love and concern for Erica but Kendall goes on the attack.
Bianca explains why she pushed Erica away after Miranda's death. Erica is shocked when her brother Mark arrives to participate in the intervention. As her family and friends urge Erica to admit she has a problem, Erica is haunted by the ghost of her father.
As she's on the verge of a breakdown, Erica remembers the horrible truth that her father willingly set her up to be raped by Richard Fields on the night of her fourteenth birthday.
Tuesday, 19 August 2008Erica stuns Jack, Opal, Kendall, Mark, Bianca and Myrtle with the revelation regarding her father and her rape by Richard Fields. Erica stops herself from taking a drink when her family and friends vow to love and help her.
Erica embraces Bianca and Kendall. Kendall feels a deeper bond with Erica. Erica promises Jack that she will seek help for her problems.
JR hints to Tad that he fears Babe could have a drug problem.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008Babe explains to David why she lied about Bess and Miranda.
JR pays Seth to leave town but pretends to become enraged when Jamie sees them together.
Kelly Buchanan brings her infant son Ace, who is really Babe's baby, to the emergency room. JR meets Kelly and Ace and wants to show Ace to Babe. Bianca is filled with emotion as she stands at the site of the future Miranda Montgomery Center for Women and Children. Bianca tells Reggie she had a dream in which Miranda was still alive.
Krystal tries to not let herself get too close to Tad as she warns him that she might be leaving Pine Valley.
Derek has his hands full when Danielle, dressed in full prison garb, declares herself under arrest as she is guilty of having kissed Reggie.
Thursday, 21 August 2008Babe tells David she'll understand if he tells Bianca the truth about Bess. Babe prepares herself to give Bess back to Bianca. David fantasizes about having a loving father and daughter relationship with Babe. David arrives at the Chandler mansion prepared to make an announcement.
JR admits to Adam that he's having second thoughts about destroying Babe. Adam promises JR his support if he decides to divorce Babe and sue for custody of Bess.
Danielle manages to sneak away from Derek and spend time with Reggie at the Fourth of July picnic. Edmund becomes frustrated when Derek won't do more about the phone call he intercepted regarding a murder plot.
Maria remembers back to kissing Zach several years earlier. Maria is surprised when Zach arrives at the park.
Livia informs Anita that she hasn't been able to locate Bobby to serve him with the divorce papers.
Friday, 22 August 2008Anita is surprised when Bobby arrives at the picnic. Bobby explains that his latest business venture is a huge success and is stunned when Anita tells him she's filed for divorce.
Maria and Zach find themselves alone together in the park.
Jamie voices his suspicions about JR to Reggie, who agrees to help him investigate Seth's connection to JR.
Edmund is pleased when Derek agrees to allow him to use the police computers to investigate his theory that someone is planning a murder.
David doesn't reveal the truth about Bess and shocks Adam and JR with the news that he's Babe's father. After speaking with Babe, David grows suspicious of JR. David warns JR that he will do anything to protect Babe.
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Monday, 25 August 2008Zach and Maria remember the times they spent together as lovers several years earlier. Zach privately hopes to get back together with Maria.
Bobby feels as though he'll never be the man Anita wants him to be. A heartbroken Bobby tells Anita that their marriage is over.
Greenlee brings Kendall the papers to sign that will release Kendall's shares of Fusion and Enchantment. Kendall is floored when Greenlee tells her that Ryan was on the verge of taking Kendall back when he found her in bed with Jonathan. Ryan insists to Jonathan that he is through with Kendall.
Jonathan accepts Ryan's job offer and temporarily moves in with him and Greenlee. Ryan and Greenlee are forced to share the same bed. Greenlee teases Ryan by wearing a sexy negligee to bed.
Tuesday, 26 August 2008After sharing the night in the same bed, Ryan resists the urge to become intimate with Greenlee.
Kendall encounters Jonathan at Fusion and they bicker until Greenlee and Ryan arrive. Kendall informs Greenlee and Ryan that she isn't relinquishing her shares of the company and pitches a new fragrance. Kendall chooses Jonathan to work on the new project with her and later warns Greenlee that Ryan will never forget her.
Maggie plans a day of fun/ distraction for Bianca on the anniversary of her rape.
JR continues to scheme against Babe. Maggie and Bianca run in to Babe and JR in the park. JR orchestrates a plan to make Babe believe that Bess is missing.
Danielle defends Reggie to Derek, who agrees to give Reggie one more chance.
Meanwhile, Reggie and Jamie set out to trap Seth into telling them the truth about JR buying drugs. Derek and the police bust Seth and find him with Reggie.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008Derek takes Reggie, Jamie and Danielle to the police station. Derek plans on letting Danielle go but she insists on being treated the same as Reggie and Jamie.
JR, who actually took Bess from Babe, plays the hero and returns with Bess unharmed after having rescued her from the "kidnapper" while succeeding in defaming Babe's reputation as a mother.
At the police station, JR panics when he sees Jamie with Seth. Jamie tells Babe that JR gave her the drugs that almost killed her.
Greenlee assures Bobby that she isn't responsible for Anita wanting to divorce him. Kendall forms a plan and tells Bobby she'll give him anything he wants if he seduces Greenlee.
Tad and Krystal's passion is interrupted by Anita's arrival. Anita asks Tad if he thinks Bobby had an affair with Erica. Krystal helps Anita see her relationship with Bobby in a new light.
Thursday, 28 August 2008After toying with her, Bobby declines Kendall's offer of money in exchange for seducing Greenlee. Greenlee questions Jonathan about his past. Ryan warns Kendall not to try and hurt either Greenlee or Jonathan.
Jamie regrets telling Babe his suspicion that JR slipped her drugs. JR plants seeds of doubt about Jamie to Babe. JR later sees Babe slapping Jamie as she calls him a liar.
Derek releases Jamie, Reggie and Danielle. Tad suspects that Jamie knows more than he is saying.
Derek wants to be a better father to Danielle, who gets him to allow her to see Reggie. David asks Krystal to help him be a father to Babe.
Krystal questions David's motives and is surprised when he becomes emotional as he explains he needs to have someone in his life.
Friday, 29 August 2008David assures Krystal that he will always be there for Babe and Bess. Babe tells JR that Jamie accused him of drugging her.
Alone, Jamie asks JR if he drugged Babe in order to end his marriage and begs JR to tell him the truth. David suspects that JR did something to upset Babe. JR stuns Babe and Jamie when he claims that Jamie was the one who drugged Babe.
Kendall admits to Jonathan that she is obsessed with Ryan as she breaks down and cries. Jonathan later realizes that Kendall is trying to use him to get to Ryan and leaves.
Ryan is touched by Greenlee's romantic surprise. Ryan and Greenlee admit they are attracted to one another but agree that they both want to fall in love again.
Lena invites Bianca to spend the summer with her in Poland. Bianca admits to Maggie that there is something keeping her from leaving Pine Valley but she doesn't know what it is.
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