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Sunset Beach in February 2010:
Monday 1 February 2010 Episode 481Meg and Ben decide to make a party out of decorating their tree. Sara apologizes for accusing Maria of faking her amnesia, but, of course, she doesn't really mean it. She has a fantasy in which Ben is so wrapped up in Maria that Meg turns to Casey, leaving Sara behind.
Maria tells Gabi that she wants to look through family photographs to make a Christmas present for Carmen. In the box, she finds a picture of a tree from when she was married to Ben, and decides to make that her next memory.
Tuesday 2 February 2010 Episode 482When she notices Sara watching her practice her next memory, Maria accuses her of spying on her. Sara responds that she was there to pick something up for the picnic and says that she hopes that they can learn to get along, for Ben and Meg's sake.
Maria finds the ornaments in a box in the closet and plans to have her memory when she sees the star for the top of the tree. The guests arrive for the tree-trimming party.
Maria brings the ornaments into the living room, which convinces Ben that Maria's memory is coming back because she was able to find the ornaments. Meg suggests that Maria put the star on the top of the tree.
Wednesday 3 February 2010 Episode 483Maria claims to remember everything - the house, the tree, her marriage to Ben. She even says that she remembers going to camp with Casey. Ben tells Meg that he is skeptical because the emotions that Maria shows are wrong.
Maria walks in just as Meg asks Ben whether he would have been convinced if Maria had declared that she still loved him. Maria tells them that she is moving out, because she promised that she'd move out once she regained her memory. Meg tries to convince Maria to stay until she's sure that she has all of her memories.
Thursday 4 February 2010 Episode 484Antonio frees Gabi and himself. Amy tries to steal the necklace from Emily. Caitlin continues receiving anonymous phone calls. Cole tells Francesca and A.J. that everyone who touched the Rosario jewels will die on Christmas Eve if they don't return the jewels by midnight.
Antonio realizes that the dead man's body belongs to Juan Sanchez.
Monday 8 February 2010 Episode 485When they realize that Gregory changed the combination to the safe, Annie asks him for her money. He asks why she needs it, so she replies that the money is for Gregory's Christmas present.
He is, apparently, so touched by this that he gives Annie the combination to the safe. Annie speculates that it was too easy to get the combination out of him. Caitlin tells Olivia about the blackmail, and Olivia offers to get the money for her.
Tuesday 9 February 2010 Episode 486Sara tells Tim that Maria is planning to file for a divorce, and that since Ben and Meg are going on with their lives, she wants to go on with hers as well. Meg overhears Ben telling Maria that she was too detached for him to believe that she really regained her memory.
The crate contains some kind of strange sheet-metal statue. It's obvious that the metal contains something else, but Jimmy isn't able to open it himself. He almost shows the "statue" to Antonio, but then realizes that he is running late for basketball practice.
Francesca tells Caitlin that after she leaves town, if she finds out that Caitlin has done anything to make Cole unhappy, Francesca will come back to steal Cole from her.
Wednesday 10 February 2010 Episode 487Cole tells Bette that he needs to see Amy about the emerald, and she responds that she gave the emerald to Emily, and that Emily has gone blind.
Amy shows Brad the fake emerald she had made, telling him that if she gets the emerald back, she might not have Sean, but at least she would be able to sleep at night.
Telling her that she was only switching the chains, Amy convinces Emily to let her switch the necklaces. Sean gives Emily a bottle of the perfume she borrowed from Francesca during the cruise, and that was too expensive for her to buy for herself.
Thursday 11 February 2010 Episode 488Annie and Caitlin are tormented by repetitive laughter that turns out to be coming from tape recorders hidden all over the power plant. Annie realizes that the caller was just playing with their minds.
When Caitlin begs for mercy, the caller gives them more time to get the money together. Annie and Caitlin resolve to get the money as soon as they could and they leave. We see the face of their tormentor. It's Gregory.
Monday 15 February 2010 Episode 489Gregory says that his phone calls are payback to Annie for keeping his son from him. When Annie tells Caitlin that she would have shot the blackmailer, Gregory, who is eavesdropping, asks her to elaborate.
They tell him that they were talking about a video game they saw at the mall. Olivia arrives with the money, telling Gregory that it's a Christmas present for Trey. Gregory says that whatever the women have planned, he is sure he is going to enjoy it.
Tuesday 16 February 2010Episode 490Meg arrives at her parents' house, and finds her entire family, and Casey, sharing a champagne toast to Maria regaining her memory. She tells them that Maria was pretending that she remembered so that she could give Ben and Meg the divorce that they want.
Casey and Meg have a tender moment when he gives her a book on Venice for Christmas. A jealous Sara gets rid of Casey and asks Meg if there is anything else wrong, so Meg confesses that she is afraid that she is going to lose Ben to Maria.
Wednesday 17 February 2010 Episode 491Virginia fantasizes that she gets exactly what she wants for Christmas - Michael. Tyus comes by with a present for Vanessa - a picture frame with the words "our baby" engraved into it, which Vanessa promptly drops. Vanessa nearly tells Tyus about her fear that the baby was his, but when Michael interrupts them, she decides to tell them both the truth.
Michael interrupts her again, saying that he knows that she was going to say how grateful she is for the life she has so soon after she thought she was going to die. After this, Vanessa can't bring herself to tell Michael the truth.
Thursday 18 February 2010 Episode 493Sara tells Hank about her doubts about Maria's motivations. When Hank asks why she thinks that Maria is after Ben, Sara says that Maria's not the angel everyone thinks she is, and that Maria will find some way to get Ben over to Ricardo's for Christmas.
Ben notices that Maria left her presents, and says that he'll take them over later, so Sara offers to take the presents to Ricardo's while she's running another errand.
Monday 22 February 2010 Episode 494Carmen tells Maria that a door will literally open and she'll remember everything. Ben and Meg get romantic, but Maria's return puts them out of the mood. Maria starts drawing a door with a lion handle on it.
She walks to the balcony doors to open them, but they were stuck. When she goes into the hall to find something to use to open the door, she bumps into Ben, and tells him that the window is stuck.
Ben opens it, telling her that she always needed help with it.
Tuesday 23 February 2010 Episode 495Maria wakes up from her dream of the door, and looked at her drawing, wondering if she's been to the place where the door is. Meg tells Maria that ever since she lied about having her memory back, she hasn't felt as close to her as she did before.
Meg says that she wants her to get her memory back, even if it means that she'll remember how much she loves Ben. When Meg sees the pad that Maria drew the door on, Maria asks her not to look at it and she respects Maria's wishes and doesn't look at the picture.
Wednesday 24 February 2010 Episode 496Maria tells Ben that what is behind the door could hold the key to getting her memory back. Ben says that she has to risk everything that she is in order to be everything that she wants to be. He offers to go through the door with her. Their cave is behind the door, and Maria remembered that the cave was their hideaway when they were together.
When Maria asks him when he was last there, he says that it was the night before she disappeared. Maria remembers that Ben had been having terrible headaches, and that she had been afraid of him.
Thursday 25 February 2010 Episode 497Casey tells Meg that he'd never seen any indication that Ben wants anything other than to be with Meg and that if she keeps getting upset, it might turn out that her fears are a self-fulfilling prophecy. Meg agrees that he is right and goes upstairs.
When Casey is about to leave, Sara arrives. She tells him what she thinks she saw in the cave - Ben and Maria kissing. He leaves, cautioning Sara to not tell Meg anything of what she thought she saw, because it would make Meg leave Ben, not fight for him.
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