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Sunset Beach in December 2008:
Monday, 1 December 2008 Episode 243Caitlin is still trying to tell Cole about her miscarriage, but she just can't do it, and Cole interrupts her, thinking of their wedding. Tyus asks Caitlin what happened to her friend who miscarried, and Caitlin tells him that her friend is infertile, so Tyus advises her to tell her friend to adopt a baby.
Mark plays a little with the people on the boat - he tells them a story about a group of people who came to a party and were all murdered. He offers them a game to find a murder weapon, unaware of what is happening.
Meg and Gabi go down to the basement together, where they find a doll hanging from a noose. Casey scares Michael and Vanessa on the boat, and Sean scares Meg, but it's all just a game.
Tuesday, 2 December 2008 Episode 244Caitlin, lead by her wish to hide her miscarriage, goes to an adoption agency to adopt a baby, saying that she is stable enough to have a baby and provide everything that it needs, but she freaks out when she finds out that it will take more than a year to adopt a baby.
She meets Rachel, a pregnant girl, who tells her that she can't keep her baby and that she wants to find someone who will love her baby as much as she does.
Cole realises that Jade stole his money that Olivia gave him to get Caitlin out of Sunset Beach, and Olivia advises him to go to the island and get Jade. While looking for a tape, Cole stumbles upon an injured Eddie who's staying at Annie's, and he claims to have the tape.
Wednesday, 3 December 2008 Episode 245Caitlin comes to terms with Rachel, a girl that wants to give away her baby. Caitlin accepts to cover the cost of Rachel's mother's operation and provide a home for her baby, which makes her happy.
While looking for Cole's money, Caitlin gets surprised by Cole who tells her that someone stole his money. Caitlin, who believes that Gregory stole his money, goes to his office to steal $10,000, but she gets interrupted by Gregory.
Alex, Gregory and Tyus discuss the death of Jackson Harrison, Virginia's husband, and the Gang War which Tyus wasn't aware of at the time. Eddie blackmails Cole with the tape, and Cole steals it from him and destroys it. However, Eddie was just playing with him, because he gave him the wrong tape.
The people on the island are hallucinating, and Mark is reassuring everyone that this is not just another game. The islanders imagine weird and creepy stuff including scalps bleeding, disfiguration, and attacks with a knife, poisonous snakes.
Vanessa hallucinates Virginia is teasing her about her mother, while Michael hallucinates killing Jackson Harrison again. Jade goes out to open a box of cans, and when her knife disappears, a mystery person with a skull mask attacks her.
Thursday, 4 December 2008 Episode 246Annie finds Tyus's information about infertility and she thinks of a great way to use it against Caitlin. Caitlin, who was interrupted by Gregory while stealing his money, lies to him about the reason why she wants it.
Caitlin goes to Rachel to finish her deal, but she's stopped by Annie, who tells her that she knows about her infertility. However, Caitlin lies to her, and tells her it's for her friend.
The people on Terror Island still hallucinate, especially Meg, who thinks that Ben is about to kill her, just like he did to Maria. Tim figures out that someone put something in the soup.
Gabi is shaken by her hallucinations of her abuser from childhood, her father Lorenzo. Mark says to Gabi that he likes her, in his way. Meanwhile, Jade is trying to rescue herself, and she pulls off the mask off her attacker and recognizes him, which leaves another mystery - who of the known people is the killer.
Monday, 8 December 2008 Episode 247Caitlin convinces Rachel to give her the baby, but then the baby's father Joe suddenly appears and says that he won't let Caitlin take his baby. Later, he wants the $10,000 for himself.
Suddenly, Annie appears and demands that Rachel and Joe return the money to Caitlin. She threatens them with the police and tells them to run before they arrive. Annie realises that Caitlin isn't pregnant. The masked killer drag's Jade's lifeless body somewhere in the bushes.
Gabi and Mark talk about love, and they admit that they both want something more, but not so soon. Meg, who is alone in the bushes, hears the killer moving, but she's surprised by Tim who was worried about her. When Meg gets rid of Tim, the killer arrives. Vanessa sets up their blanket in the bushes, near Jade's lifeless body.
Virginia lets a spider crawl onto her arm and starts freaking out, just so that she can make Michael leave Vanessa. Michael goes back to the house with Virginia, and leaves Vanessa in the bushes. While waiting for him, Vanessa stumbles upon Jade's dead body.
Tuesday, 9 December 2008 Episode 248Ricardo questions Cole about Jade's whereabouts, because she has been accused for a number on jewel thefts in O.C. Caitlin confesses to Annie the entire truth about her miscarriage, and shows her the pregnancy pad that she keeps under her clothes.
Annie thinks of a really good way to use what she knows to get closer to Caitlin and then maybe to someone else. Caitlin reveals why she is reluctant to tell anyone about her miscarriage. When Caitlin tucks the pregnancy pad back under her clothes, Cole arrives and is about to see that it's all fake.
When they find Jade's lifeless body, Meg feels like she is the guilty one for bringing everyone onto the island. The islanders, however, tell her that they came of their own volition.
The islanders talk about possible suspects, and Mark feels guilty because he told them all of those scary stories, while Tim believes that Grogan could be the killer, because his boat is no longer at the dock. However, he suspects that it could be Ben more, and tells it to Meg, who doesn't believe him.
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 Episode 249Annie helps Caitlin hide the pregnancy pad from Cole, and Caitlin decides to tell Cole the truth, while putting the pregnancy pad back in the bathroom. However, Annie, who told a few lies to Cole about what they were talking about, tells her that she shouldn't say anything, because she might lose Cole.
Caitlin interprets Annie's words and thinks that Annie will help her find a baby to pass off as her own, and Annie is ready to do that, just to get Caitlin's support for the inheritance. Tim finds the bloody gaff in Mark's bag, which leads Tim to suspect that Mark is the killer. Casey and Michael run after Mark, who left the house to find the murderer.
Meg and Vanessa follow them without saying anything. The islanders find out that Jade was a thief. Suddenly, Amy finds Mark's camera and the islanders watch the tape of Elizabeth getting murdered by a killer in a skull mask. Meg calls out Mark's name when she hears a sound, but she doesn't know that it's actually the killer.
Thursday, 11 December 2008 Episode 250Tim accuses Mark of being the killer, but nobody believes him. Gabi tries to prove that Mark isn't the killer, and she takes another look at the tape of Elizabeth getting murdered, in order to find proof.
When Tim can't find Meg in the house, he goes after her. Casey and Michael find Grogan's boat - complete with a puddle of Elizabeth's blood. Vanessa falls down into a hole. Mark tells Meg that he's not going to go back until he can prove that he's not the killer.
Monday, 15 December 2008 Episode 251Alex leaves Sunset Beach, in order to get rid of her feelings towards Gregory. Vanessa and Virginia talk about Michael and Virginia says that she knows that Michael will never love her in the way she wants. Meg struggles against the killer and he corners her. Is her life over?
Virginia tries to help her, but she can't do much for her, because the killer kicks her out. Meanwhile, the others on the island go to Grogan's boat, where they find out that the boat is about to explode.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 Episode 252Cole asks Caitlin about what she was talking to Annie about, but Caitlin lies to him, she tells him she asked her to be at their wedding. When Caitlin tells Annie that if she hadn't been arguing with Olivia in the car, she would never have lost her baby, Annie tells her that Caitlin's miscarriage is Olivia's fault.
Annie says that she needs to marry Gregory before the end of June, and she believes that Caitlin is just what she needs to catch Gregory in her web. Mark is hunting the killer and he actually catches him. The two guys struggle, until the killer wins. Mark takes the killer's mask off and it turns out to be someone you'd least expect.
Wednesday, 17 December 2008 Episode 253Olivia confronts Annie about her true intentions towards Gregory and Olivia's children. Annie talks to Caitlin and tells her that she should blame Olivia for everything that has happened to her, but Caitlin tells her that she blames Gregory much more than Olivia for her miscarriage.
Mark reveals Ben's face under the mask, and manages to escape from him. He runs away, while Ben (hurt from the wound where Tim stabbed him) follows him. Sadly, the others find Mark with a hook in his back. Meg and Tim start screaming, while Mark is about to die. Before he dies, Tim hears Mark's last words: "It was Ben."
Thursday, 18 December 2008 Episode 254Gabi, Casey and Meg hold Mark as he dies. Tim tries to convince everyone that Ben is guilty for all the murders on the island, because Mark said so before he died, but nobody believes him. Gabi and Meg suspect that Grogan is the murderer.
However, when they search for him, Meg, Gabi, Tim and Casey find Grogan's dead body, wearing the mask. Meg tells everyone that the killer had a wound on his leg, and at the same time, Ben is also looking at his wound.
Tim sees that Grogan has a wound on his leg, and apologizes for telling that Ben is the murderer. Casey and Michael watch over Mark's dead body.
Monday, 22 December 2008 Episode 255Bette is surprised when one of her ex-husbands, a former tycoon Vincent Duke, surprises her. After so many years, Vincent is now a homeless man, and Bette gives him some money. Ben finally arrives on the island, with a bouquet of roses for Meg. Ben asks everyone where Mark is and Casey gives him the sad news. Tim, who is suspicious of Ben, asks him about where he was all this time, and Ben says that he had a special meeting in Santa Barbara.
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Episode 256Now that she's finally back in Sunset Beach, Virginia continues plotting against Vanessa and she visits Lena, Vanessa's sick mother, again. She overhears a nurse complaining about how short-staffed they are.
Caitlin doesn't want to visit Tyus when Cole asks her to, but he convinces her to do it. Caitlin is scared because her secret may be discovered. However, Annie saves her at the last time.
Annie is also working on her plan to get with Gregory, and she uses Sean as a pawn in her game. She wants to know why Caitlin is so mad at Gregory. Gabi feels like she is guilty for Ricardo and Paula's breakup, when she receives Paula's goodbye-letter.
Monday, 29 December 2008 Episode 257Annie tries to use Caitlin's sadness over Mark's death in order to convince her to make up with her father, because she believes that Caitlin couldn't bear to lose Gregory in the way she lost Mark. However, Caitlin is not at all moved by Annie's words.
When that doesn't work, Annie plots to find the tape which Caitlin has. She orders Caitlin to look if her family is around so she could sneak out, but she's actually looking for the tape in Caitlin's room. Olivia goes up to Caitlin's room to talk to her, not knowing that Annie is inside.
Meanwhile, Annie finds the mysterious tape of Gregory making a phone call. Virginia decides to use the lack of nurses in the hospital to sneak into Lena's room. She goes to visit Selita Jones, tells her to leave the apartment, and then she steals Mrs. Jones's name-tags and nurse uniforms. However, just as she's about to leave the apartment, she bumps into Michael.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 Episode 258Caitlin saves Annie before Olivia can find her in Caitlin's room. When Annie realises that Caitlin is coming back to her room, she returns the tape to her jewelry box.
Caitlin asks Annie if she has some other motive which for helping her. Annie tells her that she wants to get good with Gregory, and the two girls make a deal to help each other. Caitlin will do anything she can to help her with Gregory, if Annie can get her a baby.