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Sunset Beach in December, 2009:
Tuesday 1 December 2009 Episode 445Sean arrives to stop Emily from leaving, but she's already on the plane. When the security guard stops Sean from going onto the plane, Bette and Leo create a diversion.
Sean barely makes it onto the plane before the security guard drags him away, so all he can do is call out to Emily that there had been a terrible mistake. Emily's plane takes off, but she isn't on it. Sean explains to her that he didn't send the 'Dear Jane' letter.
Leo convinces the guard not to arrest Sean. Meg sees Ben and Maria by the swings, and wonders why they are there when Ben said he would be visiting her at Cedar Oaks.
Wednesday 2 December 2009 Episode 446Ben and Maria are speechless when Meg catches them kissing. Maria stops Meg from leaving and thanks her for being willing to help her, regardless of whom she is, which completely confuses both Ben and Meg.
It turns out that Ben is still legally married to Maria. Ben promises that he won't stop until they have their future secured. When Cole tells her that he'd decided that he isn't going to steal the rubies, Francesca realizes that AJ has the rubies.
Francesca tells Cole that if AJ has the rubies, then he's as evil as Bernie and Hillary are. Sydney tells Cole that he and Francesca belong together, and he admits that they did always say that death is the only thing that could separate them.
Olivia tells Annie that she's not sure that Cole will be willing to steal the necklace from AJ, so she wants Annie to convince Gregory to buy the necklace from AJ so that Cole can steal it from her.
When Annie says that AJ would never sell the necklace to Gregory, Olivia says Annie that she'll make sure that AJ's willing to sell the necklace to Gregory, and Annie's job will be to convince Gregory to buy the necklace.
Thursday 3 December 2009 Episode 447When Maria confronts her, Annie says that she only kept the truth from her as long as she did because Tim convinced her that she might regain her memories at the wedding.
When Maria asks her why she risked this precious friendship just to hurt Meg, Annie claims that the old Maria would have understood. Maria says that Meg is her best friend and that she will never forgive Annie for ruining that friendship. Meg tells Maria that she'll do whatever she can to help Maria - no matter what happens.
As Cole arrives, he overhears Bernie and Hillary demanding the jewels from Francesca at gunpoint. Working together, Cole and Francesca disarm the pair and threaten to call the police if Bernie and Hillary come around again.
Monday 7 December 2009 Episode 448AJ tells Olivia and Cole that he sold the necklace to Gregory. Now knowing that Gregory has the rubies, Cole has himself paged with the excuse that he has to go to work.
Gregory tells Annie that he gave her the necklace to apologize for getting carried away at Cedar Oaks. Annie has a nightmare about Olivia turning up in their bed, along with Cole, and Caitlin and AJ.
The conversation ends in a fight over the necklace. When Francesca tells him that she's leaving for Rosario that night, Cole realizes just how scared Francesca is.
Cole tells Francesca that Gregory has the rubies, and that he would help her to steal them from him, because he owes it to her to get them. They decide that they need to steal them that night.
Tuesday 8 December 2009 Episode 449Olivia tells Annie to meet her at the power plant, so Annie tells Gregory that he needs some time with Caitlin and that she is going out for a walk. She makes sure that Cole overhears Gregory saying that the necklace will be in the hotel safe overnight.
Amy gets a call from her father, telling her that everything was about to fall apart. When they are disconnected, she cries on Brad's shoulder.
Olivia instructs Annie to start telling people that she intends to give that necklace to the art museum immediately after the Halloween party.
Wednesday 9 December 2009 Episode 450Ben objects to Dr. Estrada's plan to have Maria move in with them. Dr. Estrada says that if Maria doesn't remember soon, she may suffer from a breakdown that she'll never recover from.
Ben and Meg make love. Afterward, Meg has a dream about Maria waking her up, demanding to know what she's doing in bed with Maria's husband. Olivia and Annie see a rat and decide that that's what made the sound they heard, but we later see the man's shoes.
Olivia explains that if Annie says that she is going to donate the necklace to the museum, Cole will think that the Halloween party will be his last chance to steal the necklace, and that once he's stolen the necklace, Caitlin will have to watch her husband being led away in handcuffs.
Thursday 10 December 2009 Episode 451When Michael makes waffles for her, Vanessa has her first bout of morning sickness, but she later explains it away by saying that the smell of maple syrup makes her ill.
Michael tells Virginia that Vanessa had been sick to her stomach that morning, and that Tyus is planning to leaving town. Virginia decides that if he knew that Vanessa is pregnant, Tyus wouldn't leave town.
In an effort to get a urine sample so that she could see if Vanessa is pregnant, she calls the Sentinel pretending to be an FBI agent, asking if they have a drug testing policy. When the woman in the human resources department says that they don't, Virginia offers to run drug tests on the Sentinel's employees.
Monday 14 December 2009 Episode 452When Ben tells her that there's nothing else they can do, Maria replies that since she's had a chance to get to know Ricardo, Antonio and Carmen, moving in with her family will help her memory every bit as much as moving in with Ben and Meg.
Dr. Estrada tells Maria that Ben is legally responsible to act in her best interest, so she appeals to him. He says that he won't force Maria to move anywhere that she doesn't want to.
He asks if this was what she really wants, and she reassures him that she really wants to move in with her family, and tells him that his place is with Meg. Maria, Ricardo and Antonio decide that she should move in with Carmen, and Ben signs the release papers. Maria leaves with Antonio and Ricardo.
Tuesday 15 December 2009 Episode 453Maria sees her self-portrait and says that the fact that she painted her self-portrait faceless is ironic because the face of that painting is as blank as her memory is.
Meg tells Ben that she had overheard Maria saying that she loved him. He explains that Maria had just had a flash of memory, and that she wasn't saying that she loved him at the time.
When Meg asks Ben what he would have done if she'd said that she loved him at the time, he replies that he chose Meg and that he's not going to change his mind.
Meg tells Ben that the only way they could be free of Maria will be if they can help her remember, so Ben says that he wants to give Maria's personal effects to her, in hopes that they could trigger her memories.
Wednesday 16 December 2009 Episode 454When Meg sees Ben looking at the picture of Maria, he says that it's nothing. She asks him why he was looking at it for such a long time if it was nothing.
Meg explains to Sara that she and Ben were about to give Maria's personal effects back to her. Sara tells Ben that Meg just was trying not to show how much this bothered her, and Ben responds that he and Meg weren't helping Maria only for her sake.
He says that they're trying to help her so that she will be able to grant him a divorce. Sara reminds him that he didn't want to let Meg get hurt by this. Meg and Sara leave to take Maria's things to her. Carmen comes in when Maria is trying on the wedding dress.
Thursday 17 December 2009 Episode 455Maria tells Ben that she saw her wedding dress and felt compelled to put it on, then Carmen says that if she keeps the dress on, it might trigger some memories, but it doesn't work.
Ben tells Maria that the last time he saw her in the dress, he thought she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Ben takes Maria home to warm up. When Meg offers to do anything she can to help Maria, Carmen says to stay out of Maria's life, because Maria belongs with Ben.
Ben calls and tells Carmen that Maria's with him. Hoping that Meg will see them together, Carmen tells Meg to leave immediately. Before they leave, Sara tells Carmen that she needs to stop living in the past.
Monday 21 December 2009 Episode 456When Sara berates her for being in Ben's house in her wedding dress, Maria promises to get out of their lives once and for all. Sara refuses to believe that Maria had Meg's best interests at heart.
Sara tells Maria how Carmen has been pressuring Meg. When Sara says that Meg doesn't need any additional pressure, Maria surprises her by saying that that was why she refused to move in.
Ben asks Meg what Carmen said to her, and Meg replies that Carmen said that Ben and Maria belong together, and that a part of Meg was beginning to believe that she's right.
Tuesday 22 December 2009 Episode 457Sara doesn't approve of Meg's decision to let Maria move in with her and Ben. Sara points out all the reasons why it wasn't a good idea, but Meg is determined.
Meanwhile, Carmen isn't pleased with the notion, either, but Ben tries to convince Maria. When Maria refuses, Ben returns home to Meg. Once they begin to enjoy their moment alone, Maria shows up.
She takes them up on their offer and decides to move in. At Surf Central, Gabi confronts Antonio about his strange behaviour.
Antonio concedes she was right and apologizes. He offers to help her with Ricardo's surprise party. They start getting along again, and later Antonio is plagued by his dreams of her.
Wednesday 23 December 2009 Episode 458Maria realizes that Ben and Meg changed their minds, but they assure her that they didn't change their minds and welcome her in.
They tell her that they were just surprised to see her because they thought that she had made her mind up not to move in with them. Ben takes Maria up to the studio.
Meg remembers Sara's parting words that once Maria moves in she may never move out again. Ben tells Meg how grateful he is that she was so good about Maria staying with them.
She responds that she has her own agenda - the sooner Maria remembers, the sooner they can be married. Maria walks in on Ben and Meg kissing.
She tries to leave unobtrusively, but stumbles on her way back up the stairs, and they hear her.
Thursday, 24 December 2009No Sunset Beach because of Christmas programming.
Monday 28 December 2009 Episode 459Gabi walks in when Antonio is telling the contractor that there's someone in his home that he can't live with anymore. She asks him why he's moving out, and he says that it was just because he's supposed to be at the mission.
Gabi tells Ricardo about her concerns that she has done something to alienate Antonio. After she leaves the room, Ricardo asks Antonio why he has been giving Gabi a hard time.
Bette overhears the kids talking about the mummy in Bernie's clothes. Amy asks Bette not to tell anyone about the mummy. When Ricardo arrives to tell Amy that there have been no further developments in the search for her father, Olivia asks Ricardo for the latest on the search for the rubies.
Please note: there is an extra episode on today, which follows directly afterwards ...Monday 28 December 2009 Episode 460Olivia admits that she set Cole up, but she tells him that she did it for Trey. Olivia loses her temper and says that Cole's not the type of person who should be with her daughter - or with her son. Cole assumes that her slip is evidence that she hadn't gotten over the loss of her baby yet.
Olivia goes to denounce him to Caitlin, but Cole stops her and tells her that he, Caitlin and Trey are leaving town together.
As he leaves with Trey, Olivia begs Cole to reconsider. Olivia decides that in order to keep Trey, she's going to have to tell Caitlin the truth.
A much-older Hillary draws a gun on Caitlin, demanding to know where the jewels are.
Tuesday 29 December 2009 Episode 461Ricardo asks Antonio why he lost his temper with Carmen, and Antonio says that it was difficult to see why she put so much faith in the cards, rather than in God.
Gabi thanks Carmen for the necklace and tells her that it's beautiful because it came from her. Carmen tells her sons that Maria has moved in with Ben and Meg. Antonio and Ricardo decide to speak to Ben.
Carmen tells Antonio that she'll continue to read the cards to find out what she can about the other man in Gabi's life. Hank, Joan and Sara bring breakfast to Ben and Meg and are surprised when Maria answers the door.
Maria explains that Dr. Estrada wants her to move in with Ben and Meg because it would be the fastest way to help her get better. Meg reflects on the events that brought Maria to live with them.
Please note: there is an extra episode on today, which follows directly afterwards ..Tuesday 29 December 2009 Episode 462Annie tells Ricardo that she wants her necklace back - now. Ricardo refuses to make investigating the theft a priority because he's still angry at Annie for keeping the truth from Maria.
Annie tries, unsuccessfully, to convince Ricardo that she has Maria's best interest at heart.
Annie overhears Carmen telling Ricardo that it was the best thing for Maria to move in with Ben and Meg. She says that it must have been Meg's idea to let her move in with them, declares that she's going to get her best friend back and storms out.
Carmen tells Ricardo that Maria moving in with him and Meg would be the best way to get Ben and Maria back together.
Wednesday 30 December 2009 Episode 463While they're watching them hug, Tim tells Sara that Casey's about to throw her over for Meg. Sara notices that Tim was drunk. He explains that he started drinking because he lost Meg.
He tells Sara that Gregory also fired him because he sold his Liberty Corporation stock to Annie. Casey tells Meg that he didn't know how any man could choose another woman over her. Sara approaches the pair.
Casey asks Meg to go out for coffee with him, telling Sara that they would have to postpone their plans. Dr. Estrada asks Ben what happened the night that Maria drowned, and he responds that he had accused Maria of being unfaithful to him, and that for five years; he blamed himself for her death.
Please note: there is an extra episode on today, which follows directly afterwards ..Wednesday 30 December 2009 Episode 464Sara tells Casey that she was expecting more of a crowd, so he tells her that he threw everyone out so that they could have some privacy. Sara spills her wine on Casey, and then the hors d'oeuvres that Casey was heating up burn.
When Casey goes upstairs to change into a dry shirt, Sara finds a romance novel, and has a fantasy about Casey sweeping her off her feet. When he hears Meg admit that she had similar problems with Derek to the ones that Maria had with him, Ben stops her from telling anymore and proves that Maria hadn't remembered anything.
Meg gets angry at Maria for lying, but Maria says that she'd lie again, if it meant that she could find out about that night.
Thursday, 31 December 2009No Sunset Beach because of New Year's programming.
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