On
Sunset Beach in January, 2009:
Monday, 5 January 2009 Episode 259Tim explains his suspicions about Ben to Ricardo, but Ricardo says that there's no evidence that Ben was the murderer. Ben overhears Tim asking Ricardo why he thinks that Ben killed Maria, even though there was no evidence.
Annie sneaks into Caitlin's bedroom and listens to the tape of Gregory and the doctor, and finds that Gregory's plan was even worse than she could have imagined. Virginia goes to the job interview.
After reading a file that the administrator was carrying with him, Virginia tells him a story that's exactly what he wants to hear in order to get the job.
Tuesday, 6 January 2009 Episode 260The evil Ben rents a building and pays the landlord in cash, and when the landlord leaves, the evil Ben brings in a trunk filled with chains and shackles.
Annie realises why Caitlin is so angry with Gregory, and she plans to use the information in her favor. Caitlin wants to make up with her parents, and Olivia and Sean make a drastic move - they move back into the Richards' house.
Vanessa almost tells Gabi about her mother Lena. Michael tells Casey that he's finally ready to make a commitment to Vanessa. Olivia decides to sleep in the guest room, although Gregory wants her to sleep with him. Virginia is shocked when she enters Lena's room in the institution.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009 Episode 261Virginia finds out more about Lena's condition, Martin's Syndrome. Vanessa talks to Gabi about Lena. Ben and Meg are spending time together, and Ben tells her that he rented a warehouse as a home for teenage runaways. Tim interrupts them in a moment of tenderness, and thinks that Ben is about to attack Meg.
Meg tries to convince Tim of Ben's good intentions, but he isn't impressed. The evil Ben hangs the shackles from the ceiling and, remembering the fight that Mark put up, says that people put up less of a fight when they can't run away. He staples pictures of Ben and Meg up on the wall.
Thursday, 8 January 2009 Episode 262Cole is happy and informs Caitlin about the wedding preparations. Caitlin is having second thoughts, but she doesn't say anything, and instead, she listens to Cole talking about the wedding arrangements.
Annie fantasizes about visiting her father, Del Douglas in hell, and he advises her to take Olivia's baby and give it to Caitlin, but Annie says she could never do something like that. Annie informs Caitlin that she already found a baby for her.
Olivia is walking in the hallway, and overhears Annie and Caitlin talking. Tim is still trying to convince Meg about Ben, but she doesn't listen to him, and she keeps on defending Ben. They talk about the wound on the killer's leg.
Tim tells her that Ben wasn't in Santa Barbara, like she thought. Tim swears on his grandmothers' Bible that Ben is the person who killed Mark, but Meg isn't impressed. Tim pleads with Meg to check Ben's leg, to confirm that Ben isn't the killer.
Meanwhile, evil Ben notes that Meg should never have tried to take over Maria's place. Cole goes on yet another stealing spree.
Monday, 12 January 2009 Episode 263Annie continues working on her plan with Caitlin. She dresses as a flower child named, Amber Stone, and goes to take some drugs which should help Caitlin produce milk.
After he failed to convince Meg about Ben, Tim approaches Ricardo, and tries to make him go after Ben, because he knows how much Ricardo hates Ben. Meg checks Ben's leg, and she's happy when there isn't anything.
Cole asks JoBeth for a job because now that he is going to have a baby with Caitlin, he needs money, and JoBeth recommends him for the job.
Late at night, Meg wakes up in the bed and realises that Ben is gone. In his storage room, the evil Ben removes the fake skin that covered the stab on his leg.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009 Episode 264Cole is injured when his co-worker, jealous over JoBeth's preferential treatment to Cole, causes an accident. JoBeth rushes to help Cole get immediate medical attention.
There, JoBeth and Cole kiss, and Caitlin catches them, while picking up Cole for lunch. Michael and Vanessa, after a little treasure hunt, finally make love in the Sunset Beach Inn.
Virginia finds out more about Martin's syndrome, and she thinks of ways to use it against Vanessa.
Wednesday, 14 January 2009 Episode 265Olivia finds a bottle of lactating pills, and accuses Annie of supplying her kids with illegal drugs, so Annie takes some of the pills to prove that they aren't harmful.
While looking for a way to use Martin's syndrome against Vanessa, Virginia finds out that the Martin's Syndrome, or let's say, to become ill with it, is Vanessa's biggest fear.
Thursday, 15 January 2009 Episode 266Meg talks to Tim about Ben, and Tim still accuses him of the murders. Meg says Ben doesn't have a wound on his leg, so Tim calls Hank & Joan and tells them about Mark's last words "It was Ben," but they don't believe him.
Meanwhile, the evil Ben is in his hideout, taking care of his wound, and looking at Ben and Meg's wedding announcement. Annie convinces Caitlin to keep quiet about her miscarriage from Cole, and she gives her the natural-feeling pregnancy pad and the lactating pills.
Virginia continues plotting against Vanessa - she wants to take a picture of Lena.
Monday, 19 January 2009 Episode 267Tim is suspicious of Ben's behaviour and thinks that Ben actually does have a stab on his leg. Meanwhile, Ben gives Meg one pearl and promises to give one pearl every day to her, until their wedding.
Caitlin is surprised by a visit from Sister Beatrice, who knows that Caitlin hasn't told Cole anything about her miscarriage yet. Caitlin talks to her and Sister Beatrice advises her to tell Cole the truth before their wedding. Sean sees Caitlin's pregnancy pad, and talks to Annie about it.
Caitlin goes to confession and Antonio tells her that she knows what to do regarding the secret. Cole also goes to confession and he admits to Antonio about sleeping with Olivia, and the fact that he could be the baby's father. Ricardo talks to Gabi, and says that she's not at fault for his and Paula's breakup.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 Episode 268While Annie is doing her best to stop Caitlin from telling Cole the truth; Sean is trying to convince Caitlin to tell everyone the truth. While on confession, Olivia refuses to listen to Antonio's advice to tell Caitlin the truth about Cole.
Ben confesses to Tim about the murders, he says that he would have killed everyone if Tim hadn't shown up. Ricardo asks Tim to dig up some info about Ben, so he can re-open the Terror Island case.
Wednesday, 21 January 2009 Episode 269Right before telling Michael the truth about her mother Lena, Vanessa pays her a visit. Sean asks Cole if he would still want to marry Caitlin, even if she wasn't pregnant, and he says 'yes'. Caitlin's pad falls out while she's in a room full of people.
Thursday, 22 January 2009 Episode 270Cole worries that there's something wrong with Caitlin's baby, but Sean assures him that the baby is OK. Annie sets fire to Olivia's flowers, so that Caitlin can replace her padding.
When Gregory takes the bouquet away, Annie burns it again. Vanessa wants to speak to her mother, but Lena she becomes hysterical. Meanwhile, Virginia is hiding in the closet.
Gregory walks Caitlin down the aisle and the wedding begins. Both Cole and Caitlin think about the secrets that they are hiding from each other while Antonio is talking about honesty.
Monday, 26 January 2009 Episode 271Caitlin and Cole's wedding day has arrived. Sean asks Annie how long she knew Caitlin wasn't pregnant, and she answers by saying that the entire charade will be over soon.
While dancing with Olivia, Cole realises that he never felt Caitlin's baby kick. Gregory gives Olivia a silver spoon with the name Thomas engraved on it and tells her that he wants to name the baby Thomas Blake after Olivia's father. Virginia continues plotting in the hospital.
She gets the floor nurse fired, just so that she could take over her position. Tim follows Ben to his lair and finds shackles and pictures of Meg. Ben (or let's say, the evil Ben) catches him. Madame Carmen warns Meg about being in grave danger.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009 Episode 272Tim's life is put in danger by Pseudo Ben. Sean is worried about Caitlin. Meg is upset after Carmen gives her a warning.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009 Episode 273Meg is trying to find Ben, because she thinks that Madame Carmen's warning was about Ben being in grave danger. However, when she is unable to find him, she thinks about the possibility of Ben being the killer. She falls asleep and has a nightmare about Ben, in a skull mask, who is trying to kill her.
Olivia goes into labour, and Bette calls Tyus. They take her to the hospital, and Caitlin and Cole follow. Annie tells Caitlin that she still hasn't gotten the baby.
While talking to Cole, Sean realises that Cole really wants a baby of his own, and he also realises why it's so hard for Caitlin to tell Cole about her miscarriage.
Ben is making it seem like Tim fell off the scaffolding while he was drunk, and when he's about to beat Tim to death, Casey and Gabi interrupt him. They find Tim's unconscious body, so Casey examines Tim.
Meg freaks out when Ben appears in the apartment. He is pounding on the window because he forgot his keys and tells her he only went for a walk on the beach.
Olivia's labour turns out to be just a false alarm.
Thursday, 29 January 2009Episode 274While holding Caitlin in his arms, Cole feels the strap of her pregnancy pad, which Caitlin tells him is the strap of a back brace.
While a drunk Eddie tries to seduce Annie, she reaches for the pile of videotapes on his nightstand. Finally, Eddie passes out, and Annie is able to get away with the tape. When Annie watches the videotape, she first thinks that it's a particularly bad porno movie. But when she realises that it's a tape of Cole and Jade, she decides to use the tape to get Olivia alone and then drug her to induce labour.
Annie tricks Bette into telling her the name of the clinic where Olivia is taking Caitlin, so that she can blackmail that doctor into helping her steal Olivia's baby. Annie calls the doctor from the clinic, Dr. Brock, and begins her plan to blackmail him into helping her. Bette tells Annie that her scheme will only end up hurting herself, and not Olivia.