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Sunset Beach this January, 2009:
Monday 4 January 2009 Episode 465Three positive tests later, Vanessa realises that she is really pregnant. Michael walks in on Vanessa and Gabi discussing the pregnancy. Gabi is about to make her escape when Ricardo arrives. The two women's refusal to tell their boyfriends what they are up to frustrates both Michael and Ricardo.
After they finish eating their Chinese takeout, Vanessa asks Michael to open a particular fortune cookie, which had a fortune that says that he was going to be a father. He thinks there must have been a mistake, but Vanessa tells him that she put it there because she's pregnant.
Tuesday 5 January 2009 Episode 466Michael's first reaction to the news is disbelief. She tells him that she double and triple-checked. Michael is overwhelmed with joy. Tyus and Jimmy return from playing basketball together.
When Tyus says that he wanted a family someday - just not now, Virginia asks him if he'd feel the same way if he had a chance with Vanessa. He responds that he doesn't want to talk about Vanessa, because he'll never have her. He says that he's moving to Maryland to start a new life for himself.
Wednesday 6 January 2009 Episode 467Caitlin gets a phone call saying "I know your secret." When she overhears Ricardo telling AJ that there was plenty of evidence linking Cole to Hillary's disappearance, Gabi asks him about it, but he refuses to tell her.
Olivia tells Cole that she thought that Hillary was dead long before last night. She also said that she wasn't going to turn him in, because she'd only hurt Caitlin by doing so. She promises not to turn him in to Ricardo or to try to turn Caitlin against him if he promised not to take Caitlin away with him. He agrees.
Ricardo brings in the evidence that they found. He says that the blood on the clothes was Hillary's.
Thursday 7 January 2009 Episode 468Emily refuses the emerald, saying that she hasn't done anything to deserve it, but Amy won't take no for an answer.
When Emily goes to look at it in the mirror, Amy tries the chanting, and a strong wind blew up out of nowhere. Amy realises that the wind was caused by her chanting, and continues.
When Amy convinced Sean that she gave the necklace to Emily out of kindness, he tells her that he was glad that she was getting beyond her jealousy. Amy almost tells Sean that the emerald wasn't all it seemed to be. Olivia overheard her chanting, so she tells her that she was just doing yoga.
Monday 11 January 2009 Episode 469Meg tells Maria that she's going back to work. She was supposed to have taken a leave of absence for her honeymoon, but her honeymoon never happened. She tries to convince Maria that she wasn't angry at her, but Maria realises that Meg was angry because Ben stayed up with her after her nightmare.
Ben interrupts his wives' discussion. He walks Meg outside, and she tells him that it was disconcerting for him to leave their bed to comfort Maria. After Meg leaves Ben gives Maria some money so that she can be more independent.
Tuesday 12 January 2009 Episode 470When Francesca tears the room apart looking for the emerald, Cole tells her that it must have fallen out on the beach. Cole suggests that she go to Rosario with the jewels she has, but she refuses because she is afraid that what happened to Bernie and Hillary will happen to her, too.
Cole says that he is going to ask A.J. about the jewels. A.J. finds the information he wants about the jewels among some old manuscripts. Francesca has a nightmare about being turned into a mummy.
When Ben propositions Meg, she tells him that she can't make love to him, because Maria's there even when she isn't.
Wednesday 13 January 2009 Episode 471Vanessa and Gabi tells Casey that Michael's looking for him at the lifeguard headquarters. After Casey leaves the two women tell Meg that Vanessa's pregnant. Vanessa asks Meg not to tell anyone but close family and friends that she's pregnant.
Michael tells Virginia that Vanessa's pregnant and they're going to get married as soon as possible. Virginia is stunned that Michael thinks that he's the father of the baby. Michael tells Casey that Vanessa's pregnant. Vanessa and Gabi go on a baby book buying spree.
Vanessa decides to ask Tyus for a recommendation of an obstetrician.
Thursday 14 January 2009 Episode 472Ben tells Meg they are spending the day together - in Santa Barbara - so they can be alone. Meg thanks him, but Ben senses something is wrong. She admits she had an argument with her father.
Ben suggests they stop by the Cummings house on the way to Santa Barbara. Maria overhears Ben mention that Meg's fight with her father was about Maria. Later, Maria leaves another message for Pete Valente.
Carmen brings Maria's favourite dishes, even though Gabi is making Thanksgiving dinner. Ricardo accuses Carmen of not accepting Gabi, but Carmen insisted she only did it for Maria.
Monday 18 January 2009 Episode 473Sara tells Casey and Joan that she started the fight with Meg on Thanksgiving by telling Meg that she made Maria cry. While Meg and Ben are talking on the phone, Ben finds that Maria left a gardenia inside his briefcase for him.
Ben hungs up with Meg and tells Maria that she used to put a gardenia in his briefcase every morning, and Maria explaines that she found the briefcase in the back of Ben's closet, and that leaving the gardenia in it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
After Ben leaves, Maria says that she has to convince them that she has her entire memory back so that they'll let her give Ben a divorce.
Tuesday 19 January 2009 Episode 474When Virginia recommends Dr. Green, Vanessa realises that a number of other friends have also recommended him, so she decides to give him a try. Virginia asks Michael if they're sure that Vanessa's three months pregnant, reminding Michael that Vanessa stayed with Tyus while they were apart.
Virginia has a crisis of conscience when she realises that she'll go to prison if anyone finds out what she did to Vanessa, but it is too late, because Vanessa decides to go with Dr. Green.
When Michael runs late, Dr. Green tells Vanessa that she's four and a half months pregnant, making her remember the day that she woke up half-undressed in Tyus' apartment. Pete gives Maria the file he put together on her life before she married Ben.
Maria is overwhelmed by the amount of material that Pete compiled on her. Maria begins reading Pete's portfolio, and the pages get blown out of her hands.
Wednesday 20 January 2009 Episode 475While picking up the pages of the dossier, Maria passes out. Carmen finds her and helps her to her feet. Maria grabs up the papers so that Carmen won't see them, and then Carmen takes her home.
Maria finds a copy of the videotape of her wedding to Ben. She leaves the tape, and, telling Carmen that she needs to rest, she leaves. Maria watches the beginning of the videotape she took from Carmen's house - Ben showing her the house for the first time.
After Michael takes Vanessa home, Dr. Green admits to Virginia that Vanessa's only two and a half months pregnant, not four and a half, like he told her.
Thursday 21 January 2009 Episode 476Gabi tells Antonio that she still feels guilty that she had plotted to break Ricardo and Paula up when she first came to Sunset Beach. Antonio reminds her there is always the chance to redeem oneself and start over, and she is living proof of that, which makes her feel better.
Later Ricardo is thrilled by his surprise party. Madame Carmen tries to appear happy for Ricardo and Gabi, but she is plagued by her premonition that there is another man in Gabi's life.
Ricardo tells Amy that Bernie is broke and his house is being repossessed. Emily invites Amy to stay at her mom's for Christmas, but breaks the news to Amy that she and Sean plan to go to Aspen.
Monday 25 January 2009 Episode 477Meg and Ben walk in on Maria while she is watching the tape of Ben giving her the tour of the house. Ben and Meg unwittingly make it impossible for Maria to remove the tape from the VCR, so Maria goes up to bed.
When she returns downstairs later, she catches Meg about to watch the videotape. Antonio tries to convince his mother that the other man she saw in the cards doesn't exist, but she says that she's as certain that there'll be pain ahead for Ricardo as she was that Maria was still alive.
Tuesday 26 January 2009 Episode 478Casey walks in on Tim taunting Sara that if Maria tries to get Ben back, then Casey will go after Meg. When Tim begs Joan to tell him how he can make amends, she tells him to stop making trouble for Meg. The car crashes.
When the kids regain consciousness, Emily still can't see. Amy remembers that she wished that Emily would "stop seeing" Sean, right before she went blind. She decides that she did this to Emily.
Cole tries to stem the flow of blood, but it doesn't work. Francesca says that she hasn't taken the diamonds from her bracelet yet, and when they remove the bracelet, the bleeding stops.
Wednesday 27 January 2009 Episode 479While Tyus is in the process of telling Emily that she'll have to see a specialist, Bette comes in, relieved that Emily is all right. It takes Bette a minute to realise that Emily has gone blind.
Bette tries to convince Emily that her blindness is traumatic blindness caused by the accident, but Emily tells her that her blindness was the cause of the accident. Antonio starts praying.
When AJ and Cole join in, the smoke clears, the doors open, and Francesca regain consciousness.
Thursday 28 January 2009 Episode 480Gregory asks Annie to sign an insurance claim form for the Faberge egg that she told him was broken the previous night, reminding her that falsifying an insurance claim form is a felony. She never gets around to signing it.
Olivia tells Gregory and Annie that she's heard about a professional prank caller who makes vague threats, but never says exactly what he's calling about. Caitlin tells the blackmailer that she needs more time to get the money.
They keep the caller on the line long enough to trace it, but the tracer says that they haven't gotten any phone calls.
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