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Pilar pulls through her surgery. Lucinda fires Emily from Worldwide who rebounds quickly. Lily learns Diego's true identity.
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Connor's divorce is final from Cal... and just in time too. Margo and Lily plan against Diego. Emma goes to Maryland to convince Holden to come home. Holden returns only to hear Lily tell Diego a startling admission.
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Mark learns that Umberto may have killed Jones. John and Barbara get arrested. Holden overhears Lily propose to Diego. Mark takes a gun to Lily and Diego's engagement party.
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Lily and Diego go ahead with the wedding. Lucinda and Holden escape from their "grave." Mark buys a gun off the street. Margo's PST episodes become more intense. Diego is murdered following the wedding.
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Lily admits to shooting Diego and is subsequently arrested. Margo can't find her gun. Holden reveals to Lily that he's regained his memory. Pilar tells Mike that she's in love with him.
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Kim begins to show signs of short term memory problems. Pilar fights to have Lily's bail denied. Margo's PTS episodes get worse. Ryder is added to the list of suspects in Diego's murder. Emily confronts Pilar about Diego.
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Tom turns Lily's case over to David after Margo compromises it. Diego's body is stolen by Emily. Pilar is successful in getting Lily's bail denied. Cal learns of Mark's hideaway and finds a gun and bloody shirt. Lucinda proposes a deal for Kirk to be the "fall guy" for Diego's murder.
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Hal finds evidence that makes a strong case against Mark in Diego's murder. Cal admits that he is jealous of Mark and Connor and tried to implicate Mark for the murder. Pilar makes a plea for Lily to David but makes it worse. Pilar finds evidence of Diego's involvement in Damian's death but it could cost Mike his life. John and Barbara admit their fondness for each other.
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Holden and Lily have a joint imagination experience where Lily envisions herself out of jail. Connor tells Kirk and Cal about her engagement to Mark. We see scenes with Margo and Emily that make them look like they could be the killer. Margo finds a gun in Hal's coat and buries it in the trash. Later she digs it out again. She then breaks into David's apartment. Emily blackmails Lucinda at gun point and tells Lucinda she'll shoot her, just like she shot Diego. It works and gets her contract signed. Later Emily and Kirk celebrate. Molly tells Lily to watch out for Kit. Kit gets even with her.
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Kit and some of her flunkies decide it is payback time for "Princess" Lily. Holden discovers a bullet lodged in the Church's marker. Lucinda closes EAS. Emily went to the City Times for her first day of work. Lily met with a mysterious man who came to visit her. Emily finds Margo in a fugue state.
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Susan confronts Emily about putting her personal hit list on the front of the City Times. Mark and Connor enjoy a romantic evening on the roof. Molly tells Lily about her first love, a man that she has never been able to get out of her head. Margo finds the gun that killed Diego. Holden catches a stranger going through his things at the farm. Tom arranged for a locked room in the psychiatric ward for Margo.
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Diego's body was found in the trunk of Margo's car. Lily was set free, and Margo was arrested for the killing of Diego Santana. Samantha Markum returned to Oakdale. Jack Snyder has a link to a Shady Mysterious Caller who wants to buy The Falcon Club. Margo connects the "scent" to Kirk and starts remembering what happened at "The Wedding from Hell."
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David continues his investigation of Mark. Mark tells Connor about his background. Margo realizes that Kirk killed Diego, but has no evidence. Samantha gets Kirk to confess on tape. Lily and Holden bond when she shows him the home she's building. Jack continues to work for Stenbeck.
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Lily Grimaldi and her son, Luke, move into their new home. Samantha Markum gets Kirk Anderson to confess to killing Diego Santana, while Hal Munson is hiding and taping the whole thing. It turns into a hostage situation when Kirk pull a gun and grabs Sam. Kirk gets shot in the shoulder by James Stenbeck. Kirk gets arrested. James tells Lucinda Walsh that their son, that she thought was still born 30 years ago, is really alive and well...and is named David Allen. Nikki Munson runs away to be with Ryder Hughes. Lily helps Molly Conlan make bail. Connor Walsh and Mark Kasnoff's treehouse gets demolished. Emily gets closer to the truth about Kirk's shooter.
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Lucinda finds Mrs. Thompkins, the wife of Dr. Thompkins (Who delivered Lucy's son), and tells Lucinda that the baby was alive, not stillborn. Molly moves into Lily's house and is avoiding Holden, but Jack sees her and recognizes her as "Holden's Molly." Nikki finds a girl in Ryder's bed at South Beach...Ryder planned it so she'd go back to home and to school. Samantha has a date with "Mr. James." James tells her a secret ...that he plans to marry her in a couple of months. Amber poses as an HMO Rep. and cons John. Jack gets a mysterious phone call...Jack says if James catches him... he's dead.
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John and Barbara spend the night together. James visits Margo at the sanitarium but Tom has doubts about her story. David leaks information about Margo's hallucinations to Internal Affairs and is fired by Tom because of it. .Lucinda gets evidence that David could be her son. Kirk recants his confession. Molly attempts to bail out on Lily but is stopped by Jack. Jack scares away someone going after James. Connor puts in a bid for Mark for a construction project, to his chagrin. A disbelieving Lucinda has a DNA test done to see if David is her son.
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Holden and Molly finally meet face-to-face. Molly moves back into Lily's house. Lily is a bit jealous. John and Barbara make love. Sam visits Kirk at jail. Everyone finds out that David Allen has been made DA Tom tells David that he'll be sorry he every heard of "Oakdale." Sam has a date with "Mr. James," Lucinda follows and after everyone leaves. Lucinda lowers a rifle on James. Lily and Holden go off for a romantic rendezvous.
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Molly confesses to Jack that she had Holden's baby twelve years ago, when she was only 15. National Health Tech (pwned by James Stenbeck) bought out Memorial Hospital...Making John Dixon, Bob Hughes boss. Sam goes to Kirk for help. Snooping had finally lead Emily to "Fairwinds," she is horrified to find James there. Holden asks Lily to marry him. Somewhere unknown at the moment. Damian is alive and recovering.
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James holds Emily hostage. Molly asks Jack to help her find her and Holden's child she put up for adoption 12 years ago. With memories of Damian flooding her mind...Lily asks Holden if he'll wait a while for an answer to his proposal. Sam agrees to hold off on the divorce so she won't have to testify against Kirk. Camille recognizes Margo's picture of James. Lucinda devises a plan to see if David is more like her or James. Lucinda breaks into "Fairwinds," cracks the safe and steals some micro film...someone grabs her on the way out. Amber poisons Kirk. Mark thinks David is the one who set him up for the Wonder Building fall, because his name was listed as owner on the deed.
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Sam finds Kirk unconscious in his cell and saves him. Jack is the one who grabbed Lucinda. Lucinda knows he's an agent for the government, Jack wants the micro film. Lucinda makes him use David to arrest James or no micro film. Barbara is queasy lately, but her relationship with John she wants to forget. The free Clinic opens. Since Jack can't help Molly, she hires a private eye to find her daughter. Mark's accounts are frozen by the courts...Connor goes to David for help, but there's a catch. Tom doesn't believe Margo, so Margo checks herself out of the mental hospital and leaves. James finds out that Jack is an undercover Agent and tells Amber to get rid of him. Off in parts unknown at the moment, some men talk of a name Damian remembers, but isn't sure what it means..."Lily."
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Mark runs across Emily at Fairwinds and quietly rescues her. Amber and James discover Jack's true identity. James orders Jack and his fellow agents killed. Amber shoots Jack, Molly finds him and gets him help. James sets up John and Barbara at the Falcon Club, drugs them and leaves them locked inside, Molly finds and saves them. Damian remembers Lily and his son, but not all the details. David confronts James at Fairwinds and tells James that he turning him over to the authorities. James tells David that he's his father. Lucinda gets caught listening at Fairwinds. Emily sneaks back into her room at Fairwind with a tape recorder and a gun, no one ever knew she was gone
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James Stenbeck tells David Allen that he's his father. David turns him over to the police anyway. Amber escapes. Lucinda being David's mother is still a secret. Emily lets Lucinda know that, she knows her secret. John calls Margo and Tom in Switzerland and lets them know James Stenbeck is alive. With Holden's blessing, Lily goes to Maryland, to the crash site and tells Damian's memory goodbye. Molly tells Holden about their baby she gave up for adoption 12 years earlier.
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Margo is cold to Tom, because he didn't trust her judgment about James. David arrest Lucinda on "Falsifying Securities" charges, that James tipped him off to. (James planted the false evidence.) Dr. Bob Hughes tells Barbara that she's pregnant and wants to know if she'll tell John. Margo goes to see James in jail. At the big 4th of July party at Tom and Margo's, Lisa figures out that Barbara is pregnant. Molly and Holden tell Lily about the baby they made 12 years ago. Emily and David plot the downfall of Lucinda Walsh.
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Damian returns to a stunned Lily. Luke remembers his "Papa." Damian thanks Holden for taking care of Luke and Lily. Holden leaves for Florida on a tip Jack found, to try to find he and Molly's daughter. James gets moved to the Federal pen and won't corroborate Lucinda's claim to be David's mother. David plans to prosecute Lucinda. Lily is glad Damian survived, but is upset that it is going to mess up her and Holden's plans. Lily has Damian sleep in the guest room after he offers to stay at the Lakeview Towers. Lily realizes that Damian is suffering from his traumas and decides to wait to tell him about her plans to marry Holden. Kirk cheats and wins big at the Falcon club, Sam has to take him on as a partner in order not to go under.
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Damian goes to see a very startled Margo. Tom takes Lucinda's case. Jack joins the Oakdale PD Barbara and Kirk join forces to help each other out. Damian vows to get Lily and Luke back. Holden's trip to Florida turns up no clues for finding he and Molly's daughter. Mark and Connor leave for Spain to help Mike with a construction job. Lucinda's pre-hearing didn't go well, trial date is set. Damian sees the rest of Oakdale at the Breast Cancer Benefit. Lucinda and David share a dance. At the benefit, Lily sneaks away from Damian and shares a kiss with Holden. Molly asks Jack out on a date, while Holden watches.
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Kirk teams up with David to take over WorldWide and with Barbara to make Sam and John jealous. Barbara is still determined not to tell John about the baby. Emma "helps" Molly make dinner for Jack. Holden continues to wait for Lily to come clean with Damian who's in serious denial about their relationship. Margo takes Emily to a support meeting at the rape crisis center. Jack gives Holden and Molly news about their daughter. Emily tells David that Lucinda is his mother. David gets angry and frightens Emily. Damian takes Lily on a picnic where they share memories, fun and a passionate kiss.
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Barbara experiences complications with the baby and John wants to know what's happening. David apologizes to Emily and tries to help by calling Susan. Ben and Camille enjoy a romantic evening at the Falcon Club. Lisa helps Damian plan a surprise wedding. Lily tells Damian that she loves Holden, but Damian won't give up! Emily shares her rape experience with the group at the rape crisis center. Margo and Tom get steamy but cut it short when they argue. Ben tells Jess that he's seeing someone else. Barbara tells John that she's pregnant. Holden plans to whisk Lily away to elope. Molly tells Holden about what she's seen.
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Barbara reveals to John that he's her baby's father. Ben is arrested while on a picnic with Camille and files a discrimination lawsuit against the Oakdale PD. Tom agrees to represent Ben. Tom and Margo take a big step toward happiness. Emily finds proof that Lucinda is innocent and David drops the charges. Molly and Damian conspire to keeps Lily and Holden apart. Holden and Molly mistakenly think that Lily and Damian have been married, but Damian has decided to return to the seminary and encouraged Lily to go to Holden. Jack finds Abigail's adoptive parents. Molly convinces Holden to go to Chicago to look for Abigail.
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Kirk and David lock horns about control of World Wide. Kirk offers Lucinda a job at WorldWide and takes great pleasure in ordering her around. Emily helps David clear Kirk. Holden and Molly search for their daughter and find her at a small town carnival, with Jack and Lily hot on their heels (not hot enough, however). LEW appears in Oakdale and informs Camille that he's applying for a position at Memorial. The city offers Ben an out of court settlement, which he refuses. Barbara and John bicker while trying to find a niche with each other. Kirk and Sam steam up the office at the Falcon Club.
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Camille pretends not to know Lew. Holden and Molly see Abigail at the carnival, she's happy with her family. Molly gets pictures. Lucinda and David tell Kirk how they are related. Lily and Jack have car trouble and near-misses in their pursuit of Holden and Molly. Barbara sees a softer side of John. David wants to give up the D.A.'s office to get closer to Lucinda. Holden and Molly do the nasty, in a cheap motel, during the storm. Lily catches up, sees them going at it, and flees unseen by the busy pair. LEW sneaks into Camille's apartment and fixes her breakfast. Kim and Bob help Ben deal with his choice about the lawsuit. Barbara is having complications again. Lily makes Jack promise not to tell Holden what she saw or where she went. Jack tells Holden that Lily didn't marry Damian. Lily goes to see Damian at the monastery in Maryland.
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Lew tells Camille that he's going to move to Oakdale, but she wants him to leave her alone. John takes Barbara to the hospital, where she is assigned to complete bed rest. Jack tells Holden and Molly that Lily didn't marry Damian. Lily goes to the monastery in Maryland to see Damian. Damian sends her home to Holden. David decides to resign as D.A. to go to work at World Wide, with Lucinda. David goes to talk to his parents, who reside at the cemetery. Lily and Holden confront each other. Lily and Molly have a run in. David tells John to get Ben to drop his case or John will lose his job. Emily tells David about her past with James. Tom, "Mr. Gibson," successfully plans and executes a romantic evening with Margo. Samantha fires Molly. Camille gets accepted to Oakdale U. Lily gives Holden back his engagement ring. Molly contrives a plan to get Holden alone. Holden calls the monastery to see if Damian is still there. Lew feigns leaving Oakdale.
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Ben makes a speech about his arrest and reasons for suing the Oakdale P.D. at Tom and Margo's BBQ, after encountering some flack. Holden goes to see Damian at the monastery. Damian apologizes for interfering, and tells Holden that he won't anymore, unless Lily calls and needs him. Nikki agrees to go to college, instead of the police academy, as long as she can still work part time at the PD. Lucinda gives Lily the news that David is Lucinda's son. Lily doesn't like it. David finds a figurine of a dove in his attic that Damian gave Lily years ago. David gives it to Lily as a peace offering. "Beware the Trojan Horse," that figurine is harboring a listening device. Camille starts classes at Oakdale U. Lily and Molly have a confrontation. Molly's plan to get Holden out of town starts falling into place.
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John tells David that he won't do his dirty work and quits Health Tech. John and Barbara share their feelings of love for one another. Carly is the mystery person out in Montana. Molly manages to stay in Montana near Holden, with a little help from cousin Carly. Lily investigates, finds out and shares that David Allen's parents died in 1983. David hires Peter to distract Lily. David and Emily are moving towards closer relations. Kirk tries to make a love nest with Samantha. Jack has his hands full trying to run interference between Holden and Molly.
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Holden levels with Molly, but feels guilty when she's hurt. Carly is getting to the bottom of a mystery. Jack thinks he's on to Carly and Molly's schemes. Peter makes a start with Lily. Emily and David enjoy a romantic dinner, but he insists that they wait to be intimate. Nikki and Terri team up against David. Camille's mother, Sara Ruth, comes to town and she makes no secret about her feelings for her daughter's beaus. Sara Ruth and Lew bond. Nikki and Terri get a warning. Lily flips out when she finds out that Molly's in Montana with Holden.
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Emma finds a delirious Lily standing in the rain. When she collapses, Emma rushes her to Memorial where Bob theorizes that she is suffering from a heart condition. Emma calls Holden in Montana and urges him to return home. Holden rushes to Lily's side and discovers that Molly lied to him. Jack discovers the truth about the relationship between Carly and Molly. Carly sells the ranch and returns to Oakdale. After feeling their baby kick for the first time, John proposes to Barbara. Lew tells Pamela he's coming home. Nikki and Terri get an edge on David. Ben's lawsuit is held over for trial, but he and Camille get a troubling message via a broken window.
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Holden stays by Lily's side as she begins to forgive him. Molly contemplates doing away with Lily, but resists at the last moment. Ben decides to protect Camille by staying away from her, but they still receive a threatening package. Nikki and Terri learn more about David's parents, but Emily throws an obstacle in their way. David and Emily share a tender moment. John throws Barbara an engagement party. Carly tells Molly about her past and uses her wiles to gain the assistance of a lab tech who delivers some disturbing news to Lily.
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After hearing that Molly is pregnant, Lily flees Memorial with David's help. Holden tracks down Lily. David announces that Lew is National HealthTac's new administrator. Ben pushes Camille toward Lew, who takes full advantage of the situation. Molly pays a visit to Abigail, but ALICE is suspicious. Molly gets an earful from Emma and Jack. Lisa grudgingly gives Carly a second chance. Carly confides in Jack. Lucinda finds out about Sam and Kirk. David loses Fairwinds and moves into Casa de Walsh, but Emily has reservations.
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Lily gives Holden the news about Molly, but he isn't fooled. Holden gives Molly an ultimatum, but she has a trick up her sleeve. Hal comes to Carly's rescue, then gives her a job. Emily gives Molly a job. Ben takes drastic steps to keep Camille safe and Lew is happy to pick up the pieces. Barbara and John reach an understanding about trust in their relationship. Lucinda, at David's urging, invites Sam and Kirk to live with her. David and Emily grow closer as he tells her the story of his parents' deaths.
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Lily and Holden stand united against Molly as she tries to use emotional blackmail to get what she wants. Carly convinces Hal to give her another chance and continues to spin her web. Jack throws a monkey wrench in Carly's plan. Lew steers the stalker away from Camille and onto Ben who is getting fed up. Reverend Dansby rallies the community behind Ben but he receives an unwelcome visitor at the hospital. David and Emily get intimate but are interrupted by a disgusted Lucinda. Lucinda asks David to work with her at Worldwide and starts to exercise her maternal influence.
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Molly leaves Holden and Lily feeling helpless, but doesn't go through with the "abortion." Molly contemplates doing away with Lily and stages a suicide. Ben comes face to face with his stalker. Lew tries to take advantage of the situation by getting closer to Camille.
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Holden saves Molly, but her scheme is unraveled as he discovers that the pregnancy was a hoax. Lily and Holden share a romantic evening and propose to each other. Ben catches the Skinhead and turns him over to the police. Teague vows vengeance after he is fired. After making love to Camille, Lew jets off to Philadelphia to appease Pamela. Ben and Camille reconcile. Jack and Carly come up empty-handed and pointing fingers, but Carly gives it another try on her own. Lucinda enlists James' help in breaking up David and Emily. John and Barbara plan their wedding.
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John and Barbara marry, but John is plagued by nightmares. Ben and Camille enjoy a picnic in the park. Sarah Ruth starts flexing her muscles with her new business partners. Jessica unwittingly cooperates with Lew's plan to break the truth to Ben. Molly carries out her latest plan to break up Holden and Lily. Cal gives Lily and Holden a special wedding present. Lucinda adds David to her will and Emily says goodbye. Hal rescues Carly from Vic's clutches but Jack throws some accusations her way. Hal and Carly enjoy a night out on the town. Teague makes plans.
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Jessica tells Ben that Camille and Lew slept together. Molly attempts to make love to the drugged Holden. Carly and Hal get closer. Holden barely escapes being arrested. The doctored tape is delivered to Lily. Ben decks Lew. Holden tries to have Molly arrested, but only ends up looking bad. He threatens her in front of witnesses. Carly saves Jack's bacon when she grabs the "planted" drugs before the cops arrive at his apartment. Pamela shows up in Oakdale. Everyone gathers at the church for the unity concert. As the concert begins, Teague starts a fire.
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All of Oakdale feel the effects of the fire. Carly stays by Molly's bedside. Chris blames himself for his mother's condition. Teague is worried when he learns that Molly is still alive. David goes on dialysis. Lucinda and Lisa share a warm moment. Andy returns. John does what he thinks is best for the baby.
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Lew finds himself at Ben's mercy. Molly claims that she can't remember anything after Holden threatened to kill her. Lucinda learns that David is not her son. John sits in a rocking chair and talks to his son until Johnny dies. Carly tells Chris that the fire wasn't his fault. Barbara wakes up out of her coma. Lily and Holden set a wedding date. Lucinda bugs David's hospital room.
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Barbara can't understand why John let their baby die. Holden is arrested. Camille and Sara Ruth care for Lew's son while he is in the hospital. Margo is secretly reinstated as a detective. Molly brags to Carly that she just about has Holden where she wants him. Carly day dreams about having Hal's baby---and the 50 million dollars. Molly remembers who beat her and started the fire, but she keeps it to herself. Kim and Jennifer meet at death's door.
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Ben plans a trip to Paris for Camille never realizing that she has been there---and with Lew. Kim wakes up. Molly threatens that if Holden doesn't marry her, she will testify against him. Margo and Jack go undercover to catch Teague. Molly steals the outtake tape from the studio seconds before Holden and Lily arrive. Lew almost dies. James begins pursuing Sam. Lucinda learns that David never passed the bar exam. Lily tells Emma that she is going to have Holden's baby. Molly moves into Emma's house.
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David snoops at Jessica's desk and sees the agreement between Rosanna and Carly. The assets at The City Times are frozen, leaving Emily with nothing. Barbara continues to turn away from John. Margo refuses to allow Hal to take Adam to Al's diner with him and Carly. Lew hides the fact that he has feeling returning to his legs. Holden tells Jack that he isn't going to marry Molly. He is going to marry Lily, but this is all a secret. David blackmails Carly. Kirk gets his old job back at Worldwide. Christmas is celebrated by all the Oakdale families.
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Camille confronts Lew with all his lies and game-playing. David is arrested for fraud. Jack wears a wire. Holden and Lucinda make secret plans for his wedding to Lily. Barbara accuses John of playing God. Hal and Carly go away to the Inn but their lovemaking is interrupted--again. Molly discovers that her tape has been switched for a tape on tourism. She freaks.
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