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    JANUARY      1998    

    5TH      THROUGH        9TH    

Michelle and Jesse "make vows" to each other. Phillip tells Beth that he no longer loves her; he loves Harley. Michelle goes to the Institute of the Blind. Blake tells Reva of the bet she made with Ben. Harley learns that Beth is staying in Springfield permanently. Diana tries to run down Cassie with her car in the parking garage. Kevin has a fall from a chair and is taken to the ER. Rick lashes out at Ross, accusing him of child abuse.
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    12TH      THROUGH        16TH    

Kevin has an accident while in Ross' care. Blake was supposed to be at Harley's with friends. Ben came by Harley's to warn her off investigating him. He speaks with Abby alone and tells her she will hurt Rick's chance to get Kevin in his life because she is a murderer. Blake follows Ben back to his hotel room. She pretends she is ready to make love to him and starts taking off her jewelry. Her bracelets fall to the floor and she doesn't notice. She gets him to the bed and handcuffs him to the bedpost. He makes her angry and she smashes his head with a vase. He is all right but bleeding. Blake storms out of the room and leaves her bracelets. Jesse breaks in the to Bauer house to find information on Michelle. He locates her number and gives her a call. Annie pays a visit to Lewis Oil to rub in the Lewis's faces the fact that she will soon be a board member of Lewis Oil. Reva knows she has to find a way to stop Annie. She gets a tip from Phillip and pays a visit to Eddie Banks, a man from Annie's past. They were involved in a drug operation, they were caught and Annie faked her death. Eddie took the rap for everything. Cassie tells Hart that Dinah tries to run her down. He locates her at a bridal shop where Annie is trying on wedding dresses. He warns Dinah to leave them alone and she tells him she will make their life miserable. Matt and Vanessa finds out they will have a girl but Vanessa's illness is recurring. Matt wants her to have an emergency C-Section but she refuses. Phillip learns that Beth has called Mallet and they have an argument. Lizzie overhears them fighting, she gets upset and runs away.
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    19TH      THROUGH        23RD    

Lizzie runs away and falls into a well. Phillip and Beth comfort each other. Harley rescues Lizzie. Harley and Beth fight. Phillip buys a house for himself and Harley. Dinah steals and burns Reva's chance to ruin Annie's wedding. Abby's only hope to be cleared for murder (the WSPR tape) is in jeopardy. Dinah is gagged and put into a storage closet. Amanda gets control of Spaulding West and Roger isn't happy. Fletcher still wants to move to Canada, Holly doesn't want to go. Annie's husband crashes her wedding.
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    26TH      THROUGH        30TH    

Annie's wedding is demolished when her husband comes to town. Matt gets Ross to draw up papers to have Vanessa declared mentally incompetent to make decisions about her medical problems. Matt wants Vanessa to have an emergency C-Section to save her life. Beth misunderstands an argument between Phillip and Harley and finds herself in an embarrassing and possibly dangerous situation. Annie is thrown into jail and can't seem to manipulate anyone. She is devastated to find that her lawyer is an inexperienced 25 year old female. Dinah makes arrangements for Cassie's ex-husband to be contacted. Phillip declares his love for Harley. Vanessa goes into early labor. Annie propositions a guard.
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    FEBRUARY      1998    

    2ND      THROUGH        6TH    

Lillian tells Phillip that Beth tried to commit suicide. Vanessa gave birth to Maureen. Maureen has kidney problems. Dinah gets an address for Rob Layne from Tammy. Holly donated blood to Vanessa and was comforted by Roger afterward. Matt and Vanessa visit Maureen. Annie gave Ben an envelope of information about Ross in exchange for money. Judge Williams ruled to extradite Annie back to Ohio. Shane tells Ben where the tape is hidden. Annie breaks out of jail. Harley is uncertain about her future with Phillip. Vanessa's heart stops. She is revived but is in a coma with possible brain damage. Annie goes to see Ben after she breaks out of jail and demands more money. He obliges her and she goes to visit Reva and tries to kill her.
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    9TH      THROUGH        13TH    

Vanessa falls into a coma and meets Maureen in "Heaven." Maureen shows Vanessa how life will be if she stays "on this side." Diana locates Rob, Cassie's ex, and persuades him to return to Springfield with her to help break up Cassie and Hart. Lillian suspects that Beth deliberately let the car hit her. Hart and Cassie's romantic get-away is interrupted with the news of Vanessa's condition.
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    16TH      THROUGH        20TH    

Michelle hears Jesse and Drew making love. Vanessa wakes up from her coma. When she learns of her baby's condition, she insists on having it brought to her. The baby is better after she touches it. Rob insists to Cassie that he is changed and wants his family back. Ben offers Abby a deal: manslaughter instead of murder. Cassie offers Rob a large check to leave Springfield. Annie drugs and kidnaps Reva. Abby and Rick arrive at the minister's house and are married.
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    23RD      THROUGH        27TH    

Annie dons a parachute and jumps out of the plane, leaving a bound Reva to fend her for herself in the pilotless plane. Josh searches for Reva, but his sailboat is capsized in the storm and he is rescued by the Coast Guard. Josh finds the last message from Reva which she has left on the machine as the plane is going down. Holly is a match for donating the kidney to Maureen. Fletcher and Holly got into a major argument over Roger. Fletcher admitted that the reason he wanted to move so badly was because of Roger. Holly was furious and said she wouldn't let Roger manipulate her and she wasn't going to let her husband either! Rob goes to the cabin and "has" to stay because of car problems. Michael tells Josh that he can have his Reva back!
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    MARCH      1998    

    2ND      THROUGH        6TH    

Jesse finds the Institute and sees Michelle. He realizes that she is blind. He poses as a Hispanic janitor to be with her. Fletcher demands that Holly move to Canada with him and Meg. Robs plan to break up Cassie and Hart fails. Josh tries to call off the cloning deal, but it is too late. Josh tries to tell the kids the truth, but Michael stops him.
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    9TH      THROUGH        13TH    

Michael introduces Josh to the infant Reva. Rick and Abby spend their last night together before she is taken to prison. Cassie will not believe Josh's explanation about Reva's disappearance. Fletcher sees Roger and Holly kissing. Misunderstanding, he takes Meg and leaves the US. Reva washes up on shore of a deserted island in the Florida Keys. Phillip sides with Beth when he hears about Harley's investigation of Carl. Holly is devastated to learn her family is gone.
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    16TH      THROUGH        20TH    

Holly searches for Fletcher and Meg. While helping her, Hart is arrested. Abby goes to prison. Blake continues to put her marriage in jeopardy in order to save Abby. As Clone Reva continues to age, she becomes a handful for Josh and Michael. Clone Reva meets Marah and Cassie at the park. Ben shows the tape to Blake, but doesn't give it to her. Beth enters the elevator and comes face to face with Carl.
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    23RD      THROUGH        27TH    

Josh and Michael are in a panic when they find that Clone Reva has vanished. Clone Reva demands to know who she is. Hart tries to convince Cassie to take a trip to Aruba with him, but she would rather stay around town to find out about Reva. Reva makes a temporary shelter, and is determined to find her way back to Josh. Beth is accosted in the elevator by her ex-boyfriend, Carl. Beth encourages Harley to find Carl, knowing what Carl will do to her. Clone Reva will agree to the rules only if she is taken shopping for pretty clothes. Cassie accuses Josh of having an affair. Buzz makes plans to go to England to be with Jenna. Beth and Lillian have a violent confrontation with Carl. Carl and Harley have a confrontation. Someone watches as Reva takes a moonlight dip in the ocean. Carl shows up at the Spaulding mansion and frightens Lizzie. Alan lets Carl get away because Carl is in Alan's employ.
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    30TH      THROUGH        APRIL        3RD    

Reva discovers that she is not alone on the island. Cassie has trouble dealing with Reva's death and the clone Reva. Blake confides her feelings for Ben to Holly; Holly gives her a way out. Ben objects to moving Abby to a minimal security prison where she will be safe and the judge agrees. Ben gives the tape to Blake and Ross sets the wheels in motion to get Abby released. Abby meets her new cellmate. Ross goes to confront Ben just as Blake, not knowing where Ross is headed, decides to visit Ben one last time. Reva builds a raft. Clone Reva has another growth spurt.
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    APRIL      1998    

    6TH      THROUGH        10TH    

Clone Reva goes through another aging process. Hart and Cassie spend the night together for the first time. Dinah and Rob plant the suspicion that Cassie and Josh are having an affair. Marah speaks to her mother and gets a promise from her. Sean tries to save Reva's life after she is bitten by a Man-O-War. Beth and Phillip come to an understanding and "seal the deal" in a very pleasant way. After Carl threatens Lizzie's life if he doesn't get a large amount of money, Beth asks Harley to go ahead with the plan to trap Carl. Inadvertently, Phillip and Lizzie get in the way and make things dangerous. Carl lurks and watches as Lizzie's birthday party gets started.
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    13TH      THROUGH        17TH    

Dinah visits Cassie and, in front of Hart, accuses her of having an affair with Josh. Reva persuades Sean to help her get off the island; in return, she will not tell anyone she saw him there. Sean helps her build a raft, but destroys it before Reva can leave. Marah sees Clone Reva and they share secrets. A drunken Ben comes looking for Blake; he lets Holly know that he has a videotape of the two of them making love. Beth and Harley are ready to put their plan into effect, but someone has stolen Harley's gun. Carl ends up dead. Alan is arrested but soon he is released. Phillip destroys evidence against Beth. Alan blackmails Lillian.
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    20TH      THROUGH        24TH    

Billy throws one heck of a surprise party for Josh and Reva! Dina is there to stir up her usual trouble. She is suspicious of the entire situation surrounding Reva. Buzz wonders, "Who that 'pod person' sitting in my diner?" Real Reva and Sean finally set sail for the mainland. Hart asks Cassie and Tammy to move in with him. Beth and Phillip share a kiss; Beth offers Phillip a seductive invitation. Abby continues to resist the guard's advances, even when he plants drugs in her cell. Rick tells Abby that the tape has been found. Harley does her best to get past all the lies and discover who killed Carl. Beth makes a confession.
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    27TH      THROUGH        MAY        1ST    

Josh regrets making love to Clone Reva. Beth was charged with murder. Clone Reva told Buzz that she was a clone, but he didn't believe her----at first. Harley told Phillip that they were over. Dinah accuses Cassie---again---of having an affair with Josh, and Cassie doesn't deny it for Josh and Michael's sake. Real Reva calls home and no one will talk to her. Michelle learns that Carlos is really Jesse. Hart welcomes Dinah back into his house.
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    MAY      1998    

    4TH      THROUGH        8TH    

Jess begs Michelle to understand why he pretended to be Carlos. Harley agreed to investigate Carl's murder; she doesn't believe that Beth shot Carl. Dinah gains the upper hand with Cassie; Hart throws Cassie out of his house. Later, he gets drunk and shows up at Dinah's door. Buzz goes on the Internet and researches cloning. Clone Reva sings at the country club and this angers Josh. Later, Clone Reva jumped into the fountain a la Reva. Real Reva returns home and confronts the clone while she is waiting for Josh to return and make love to her.
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    11TH      THROUGH        15TH    

Dinah convinced Hart that they made love. Reva is held captive in the basement of the old lighthouse. Josh discovered Reva's wedding ring. Rick brings good news to Abigail, but she insists on staying in jail just a little while longer. Dinah invited Rob to her room and had sex with him before he left town. Harley and Phillip learn more about Carl's death.
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    18TH      THROUGH        22ND    

While trying to convince the clone to let her live, Reva tricks her into giving Josh a sign that she is still alive. Dru leaves Springfield to bury her father; Jessie goes along to help her out. Jessie tells Michelle that the world doesn't revolve around Michelle Bauer. Ben and Beth sleep together. Abby exacts her revenge on the prison guard. Abby comes home. Holly bonds with Maureen. Cassie and Hart decide to give their relationship another try while Dinah buys a pregnancy test kit. Phillip wants Harley to go to England to visit Jenna.
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    25TH      THROUGH        29TH    

Phillip learns that Beth slept with Ben. While confronting Ben, the judge learns of the assignation and Ben's career is put in jeopardy. Alan confronts Josh about Michael's experiments and says that he is going to have Michael do cloning for him. Lizzie has a tea party and Carl is a welcome guest. Cassie and Hart mend things; Tammy stays with Hart at the farm while Cassie is away on business. Dinah learns that she is pregnant. Matt overhears Holly call Maureen "my little Meg." Phillip and Harley hear a shocking admission.
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    JUNE      1998    

    1ST      THROUGH        5TH    

Just as Hart and Cassie are getting back together, Dinah tells him that she is pregnant with his baby. Dinah begs Marcus not to tell Hart the truth. The murderer of Carl is revealed and Beth and Phillip are pushed closer together. Matt and Ross both worry about Holly's strange behavior; Matt doesn't want to leave Maureen with Holly any longer. Michelle is upset when she sees Jesse and Drew getting closer. Alan recruits Vicki. Josh and Reva make love. She tries to tell Josh the truth, but he won't believe her. The Clone once again imprisons Reva.
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    8TH      THROUGH        12TH    

The court questions Beth's custodial rights. In order to keep Beth from losing Lizzie, Phillip agrees to maintain a residence with them. Harley tries to make it on her own. Josh comes to believe that he was with the real Reva; as he searches for her, he realizes that he needs help, so he tells Matt about the cloning. Josh convinces Michael that cloning is not a good thing, but Alan doesn't want to hear that. He tells Vicki to work on Michael. As Vanessa begins her first meeting of the support group, guess who goes into labor? At the hospital, Buzz stands toe to toe with the chief of staff.
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    15TH      THROUGH        19TH    

Jenna is in labor. Buzz and Jenna are married just before their son is born. Josh and the clone make wedding plans while secretly Josh and Matt try to prove that Reva is alive. Sean receives the letter Reva wrote to him. Dinah has some spotting and ends up in the hospital. She uses it to manipulate Hart, but he discovers what she is up to. Lizzie informs her parents what the kids are saying to her at school about her being a "killer." Vicki steals some of Michael's research. Michael finds out what she is up to before she steals all the papers, but she gets away with enough to duplicate the experiment. Harley and Cassie bond.
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    22ND      THROUGH        26TH    

After receiving Reva's letter, Sean breaks out of jail. Clone Reva and Josh plan their wedding. The clone says goodbye and begs forgiveness as she leaves Reva in the sauna to die without food or water. Dinah informs Vanessa that she can have any man she wants, including Matt. Alan and Vicky make plans to clone a human---maybe Annie. Beth continues to try to get Phillip back. When Phillip takes Lizzie to camp alone, on the advice of the therapist, Beth unexpectedly joins him thus giving false hope to Lizzie that her parents are together again. Blake serves Ben with a restraining order. Determined to get back the tape, Holly breaks into Ben's apartment and is caught. Having the same idea as her mother, Blake goes to Ben's place. Cassie informs Dinah that her pregnancy will not break up her and Hart. As Josh and Reva leave for Cross Creek, Sean shows up. He has a surprise confrontation.
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    29TH      THROUGH        JULY        3RD    

Jesse shows Michelle some of his drawings. Michelle is so impressed that she poses nude for Jesse. Blake is on her way out of Ben's hotel room with the video tape when Ross shows up. Josh walks into the pool house and finds Reva and the Clone. They have an emotional reunion. Cassie takes "Cleva" to Harley's and tells Harley about the clone. When he learns that Reva survived the plane crash, Michael goes to church and prays for forgiveness. He receives some good advice from the pastor. Rick finds a drunken Holly and refuses to leave the children with her. Buzz makes a faux pas when he is introduced to Serena. Ross and Ben face off in court. Beth is a surprise witness for Ben. The Bauer picnic gets under way with a bang. Drew steals Jesse's painting of Michelle and secretly donates it to the Second Chances auction. "Cleva" shows up at the party after promising Cassie that she would stay home. Dinah plays more games with Hart, but Cassie is there to run interference. Dinah loses control and gives Hart.
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    JULY      1998    

    6TH      THROUGH        10TH    

Reva drags an unwilling clone from the Bauer barbecue. Later, she tells Josh exactly what she thinks of the cloning. Jesse tells Drew that he is through with her after this last escapade; Drew continues to deny that she stole the pictures and Bill defends her. Selena tells Jenna that she isn't after her man. Holly gets a telegram from her brother. Where has Ken been all these years? Phillip decides whom he wants to marry; he makes one woman happy while another tries to commit suicide. Sean returns and he is begged to stay with Josh and Reva. Cassie guesses that Sean is in love with Reva. Michael returns and begs Josh for another chance; he wants to do good and he will even work for free. Blake is the designated punching bag this week as both Ross and Rick attacks her. Blake watches the tape and then shows up at Ben's room, but guess who she finds there. Dinah makes threat that has Hart seeing red. As they leave for dinner, Dinah misses an important call, but the answering machine was on. Reva introduces her cousin, Dolly!
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    13TH      THROUGH        17TH    

Ross tells his brother about Blake's Terible childhood. Later, Ben stuns Ross, Blake, and Beth when he tells them that he is leaving town. Dolly tries to seduce Sean as "Reva." Rob unknowingly gives Cassie ammunition against Dinah. Blake realizes that she can't get Ben out of her head. Drew arranges for an art gallery to take a look at Jesse's work. At a dinner that Harley is "cooking," Harley and Phillip announce their wedding plans to Buzz and Jenna; after a lot of shouting, Buzz reluctantly gives his blessing. Hart demands a paternity test, NOW. David accepts an offer from Josh to work for him as a spy at Spaulding. Alan wants to bring Annie back by cloning her. When she is caught breaking into Michael's place for the growth formula, Vicky learns that Michael has destroyed it. Dolly calls the police about Sean, but later regrets it. Dolly and Reva send Sean out the back door while they handle the police. Cassie is shocked to find Sean in her shower. Ben and Blake make love. As Ben is dressing to leave, Ross rushes in; seeing the two of them, Ross pulls out the gun and shoots.
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    20TH      THROUGH        24TH    

Dinah finds a doctor to do the paternity test; then she bribes her to make the paternity test come out the way she wants it to. Cassie helps Sean hide out but when she mentions Ben Warren's name, Sean is shocked. Blake undergoes surgery. When she awakes, she is paralyzed. Blake thinks a stranger has raped her but when she learns that Ben is suspected, she say there is no way Ben would rape her. Ross is arrested for attempted murder. Ben is surprised when confronted by an angry Sean who tells him that he has nothing to lose. After Michelle convinces Jesse that Drew is setting him up, they leave the gallery. The gallery owner tells Drew that Jesse is the real thing. Phillip and Harley become engaged but Harley lets the ring slip down the drain. Dolly reveals herself to Alan. Vanessa is suspicious of Vicki. Michael blows up the lab.
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    27TH      THROUGH        31ST    

Although Blake still cannot remember what happened, she tells the police that Ben wouldn't rape her. Dinah tells Blake that she had better lie to the police. Later she gets the same advice from Holly. Rick sees Holly nipping from her flask. Hart warns Holly not to trust Rick with the twins. Michael blows up the Spaulding lab. Josh and Vanessa are concerned about their friend; they are there to say goodbye when he dies. Alan, on the other hand, is only concerned with rescuing Michael's research. Alan promises Dolly the life of luxury but Josh and Reva "rescue" her. Dolly is heartbroken to learn that Michael is dead. To help Josh and Reva, Dolly drinks the remainder of the aging serum. Dinah and Sean strike a bargain. Serena gives Harley a duplicate of her engagement ring with a paste diamond.
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    AUGUST      1998    

    3RD      THROUGH        7TH    

Blake is paralyzed from the waist down but the doctor can find no medical reason for it. After Blake tells the police that she was raped, Ross is released from jail. Ben is arrested. Reva discovers that Dolly has overdosed on the aging serum and she is aging rapidly. Joshua scours Springfield for the antidote. Holly receives a letter from Fletcher that sends her further into the bottle.
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    10TH      THROUGH        14TH    

Wearing a nun's outfit, Harley keeps the station manager occupied while Josh searches for the antidote. Josh goes to Cross Creek with the antidote but he is too late. Dolly is buried beside HB without a headstone. Holly denies that she has a drinking problem, but Rick sees this as his chance to get custody of Kevin. Ben secretly tapes Blake's confession that she lied but later he gives her the destroyed tape. Phillip and Beth explain the family situation to Lizzie; Harley is able to help Lizzie accept the bad news. Blake confesses to her mother that Ben didn't rape her but she insists that Ben will not go to the police. Cassie and Sean are arrested but soon released. Sean and Dinah spend an evening together. Cassie tells Hart about the clone and he believes her. Phillip stands with Alan against Vicky who wants to be a part of Spaulding. Jesse has a meeting with the art dealer; later he lies to Michelle and Bill. Bill invites Jesse to another poker game. Ross promises Blake that he will not let anything else hurt her. After an argument with Holly, Ross rushes over to get his boys away from Rick. Alone at home, Abby is afraid to let Ross into the house in his present mental state. Ben tells Rick that Ross is the father of both the boys.
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    17TH      THROUGH        21ST    

Rick realizes that Ben has told the truth; he is not Kevin's father. Blake challenges Ben to prove that he didn't rape her. Ben begins his campaign to bring Blake down. Ben gives Frank fair warning of his intentions. Reva blames herself for Dolly's death and begins to suffer identity crises. Drew and Mick begin to set up Jesse. Vicky moves into the Spaulding mansion. Alan gets a message from Annie.
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    24TH      THROUGH        28TH    

Harley is depressed as Daisy's birthday approaches. Phillip tries to comfort her. Lizzie walks in on a heated argument between Beth and Phillip; she overhears Beth say that Harley is trying to kidnap Lizzie. Ross takes the sex video of Blake and Ben to the video store unaware of what it really is. A frantic Blake tries to get it back, but finds that the tape has not only been rented, it has been sold. Teri warns Eleni that Frank may be called to testify in Blake's case; later Frank blasts Teri for interfering in his marriage. Dolly convinces Reva to stop grieving and gives her the necklace that she was buried in. Later, Reva thinks it was a dream until she finds the necklace around her neck. Abby wants to start a family but Rick says no. Ben and Blake are both called by someone who puts the video up for bid. Harley breaks her ties with her mystery client but still receives a gift from him.
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    31ST      THROUGH        SEPTEMBER        4TH    

Harley eats a poisoned apple and she thinks that Beth did it. Something suspicious is found at the Spaulding mansion. Mick puts the videotape up for auction with the bidding starting at $50,000. Holly's brother, Ken, returns into her life. When he overhears Blake telling Holly how this tape could ruin her life, he finds Mick and gets the tape back for Blake. Cassie watches as Dinah and Hart bond in the Lamaze class. Hart tells Cassie that the baby won't come between them but she isn't sure that it hasn't already done so. Sean tells her that she has to tell Hart about the baby. Holly continues to drink, especially after she gets another note from Fletcher about Meg. Jesse plays poker again and loses all his money to Mick. Mick makes him a loan at 10% interest per day.
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    SEPTEMBER      1998    

    7TH      THROUGH        11TH    

Cassie keeps her pregnancy from Hart, hoping that she will be able to tell him while they are on their getaway. Holly receives dead flowers and a strange note from Don Minyard. Beth is questioned about the poisoned fruit and the flowers. Lizzie received a bride doll from Annie. Ben discovers that Uncle Ken was the one who beat up Mick and stole the videotape. Ken threatens to kill Ben if he doesn't stay away from Blake. Ben tells Ross about what was on the video but he doesn't believe him. Jesse and Michelle have a big night out.
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    14TH      THROUGH        18TH    

Vanessa guesses Cassie's secret. Instead of keeping her secret, as requested, Vanessa decides she has to tell Dinah. Ben loses hope and decides to leave town, but Blake tells Ross the truth. Ross walks out on Blake; later, he learns that Holly also knew the secret and kept it from him. Ross turns himself in to the police. Harley becomes more involved with the nursery rhyme case; she sets herself up as bait. Cassie reads her obituary in the paper and receives a nursery rhyme. Dinah is suspect. Hart tells Dinah that he is going away with Cassie; then he tells Cassie that he should stay around for Dinah. Mick mugs Jesse after he borrows money from Buzz to pay back the loan. Mick takes the money then tells Jesse that he can have an extension but he will have to pay 20% interest.
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    21ST      THROUGH        25TH    

Vanessa tells Dinah about Cassie's pregnancy. Dinah goes to the Lewis home to slip a note under the door not knowing that only a few moments earlier, someone attacked Hart outside in the bushes. Hearing someone on the porch, Hart hits the person, who happens to be Dinah, with the full force of the door. Dinah is taken to the hospital where she loses the baby. Matt, who has been left at the country club alone - again - has a few drinks with Beth. After Beth gets a little tipsy, he takes her home and she makes a pass at him. He promises to sit beside her until she goes to sleep---then he falls asleep and doesn't get home all night. Ross learns the truth and takes the twins and leaves Blake. Jesse finally tells Michelle the truth about his finances.
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    28TH      THROUGH        OCTOBER        2ND    

Teri and Reva join forces to bring Annie down; Reva tells Teri that to catch Annie you have to get into her head and she can certainly do that. Blake takes her children back from Ross. Ross and Ben think that Uncle Ken is responsible for helping Blake so they go to his house and accuse him. Ben finds the same poison in the basement that was used in the apple that Harley received. When Ross returns home, he finds Blake there. She tells him that she will not let him take her boys. Ross says that he will agree to share custody on one condition: she never lets Ben anywhere near the boys again. Ben receives a bottle of wine with a note from Blake, but it is really from the stalker. After drinking some of it, Ben feels strange. To wake himself, he gets into the shower where he passes out and hits his head. The stalker comes in, puts the plug in the drain so that the bathtub will fill up and takes the wine and note, leaving a nursery rhyme in its place. When she is unable to reach Ben by phone, Blake goes to his hotel room. She finds him just as he slips beneath the water. Dinah finds Vanessa's BP medication and devises a plan for getting Hart back. Taking the BP medicine, she grows worse medically. The doctors don't know what is causing her relapse. The family, including Hart, stand vigil. Every chance she gets, Dinah takes another pill. Mick offers Drew drugs. She fires him, but he promises that he will not bring them into her place again so she lets him keep his job. Michelle tells Drew that she and Jesse are moving in together.
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    OCTOBER      1998    

    5TH      THROUGH        9TH    

Cassie is shocked to learn that Hart has married Dinah but when he explains it to her, she tells him that she will support him. Dinah realizes she has won but makes a mistake when she is talking to Vanessa. Bill finds the BP medication and confronts Dinah. However, Dinah talks Bill into keeping her secret. Ben almost dies but Blake saves his life. To get to Ben in time, Blake has to walk. Ross swears that he will bring Ben down and he doesn't care if Blake gets caught in the middle. Uncle Ken is the chief suspect as the stalker. Harley is frightened when Ken forces his way into her house but she is able to alert Phillip. After telling her that he wants to hire her to find out who the stalker is, Harley believes Ken but by then it is too late; the police burst in and he takes Harley captive. Selena takes a second job waitressing for Drew. Sean and Hart have a fight and Sean blurts out that Cassie is pregnant but Cassie says the baby is Sean's. There are hard feelings between Frank and Teri after she kisses him.
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    12TH      THROUGH        16TH    

Annie gets in touch with both Reva and Alan. Ken releases Harley but he is arrested. Harley tells Frank that she believes Ken is innocent. Drew has a grand opening for her new club, Millennium. Jesse sells a painting. Cassie comforts Dinah. Bill tries to get Michele to see him as more than a childhood friend. Michele uses Bill to make Jesse jealous. Dahlia causes problems between David and Vicky. Marcus talks Dahlia into one more chance. There is an explosion at the waterfront. Ross wants to come home.
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    19TH      THROUGH        23RD    

Alan blamed Reva and Josh for Annie's death, but Reva has trouble accepting that Annie is really dead. Ken is given an experimental truth serum but the results are inconclusive. Ross can't make love to Blake. Marcus has a surprise visitor and it is over between him and Dahlia. Vicky realizes that there is no love lost between Vanessa and Beth. Cassie calls Hart but can't bring herself to speak especially when she hears Dinah laughing in the background. Later, she and Hart share an awkward moment. Cassie asks Sean to marry her. Vanessa tried to talk Dinah into telling Hart the truth but Dinah is successful in having Vanessa keep quiet.
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    26TH      THROUGH        30TH    

DNA tests prove that Annie is dead. Alan holds a memorial service for his love. Reva throws a big Halloween party to celebrate the end of Annie. Cassie and Hart have an intimate talk and share a kiss. When Dinah learns that Hart saw Cassie, she steals more BP medicine from Vanessa. When Hart goes to the Lewis house to sign some important papers, Dinah sets the bedroom on fire. The fire department arrives in time to save her live but not before she suffers burns. Ben refuses to help Blake. Ross instructs his attorney's to file for complete custody of his boys. Teri gets Josh alone and used the truth serum on him. She tries to get him to admit that he loves Annie, but he says that he only loves Reva. She tells him who she really is.
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    NOVEMBER      1998    

    2ND      THROUGH        6TH    

Teri continues to drug Josh and tell him to fall in love with Cassie. It pleases Teri that she will get her revenge on both Cassie and Reva at the same time. Mick attacks Michelle and Drew. To save each other, both Michelle and Drew hit him over the head with rocks. Later Mick's body washes up on the beach. Dinah's face is burned in the fire. Hart decides to stay with her and he tells Cassie. The nursery rhyme stalker struck again---or did he? Holly is drinking again. Selena tells David about the man who is possibly the father of her child.
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    9TH      THROUGH        13TH    

The teens agree to stick together so that no one finds out that Michelle and Drew are responsible for Mick's death. Mick's brother came to town and asked Drew for a job. Josh continues to chase Cassie; Cassie tells Reva to spend more time with Josh. Teri continues her plan. Dinah offers Hart and out but does he take it? The stalker pays a visit to Vanessa and she is in trouble. Beth and Matt grew closer when they try to help Holly.
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    16TH      THROUGH        20TH    

Cassie claims that Josh is making sexual advances to her. When she is not believed, she takes Tammy and leaves. Later, Teri instructs Josh to admit to Reva that he did try to have sex with Cassie. Vanessa recovers from the spider bite but she accuses Beth of being the stalker. Beth tells Vanessa some things that Vanessa does not want to hear. Beth barely escapes a visit from the Stalker. The Stalker is revealed! Harley and Phillip find nothing but trouble when they arrive in New York for their elopement but they have a big surprise in the end. Blake retains custody of the boys.
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    23RD      THROUGH        27TH    

Harley and Phillip marry in New York City. Teri drugs Josh but is interrupted by Reva. Dinah suspects that Teri could be Annie. Holly vows to stop stalking bad mothers. Ross informs India that his marriage is over and she suggests they become roommates. Michelle is convinced Danny knows the truth about Mick's death. Cassie prepares to leave Springfield, and Hart, behind.
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    30TH      THROUGH        DECEMBER        4TH    

Ben opens up to Blake about his abusive childhood. Danny kisses Michelle. Harley receives a visit from a teenaged girl claiming to be her daughter, Susan Lemay. Following a potentially deadly confrontation, Dinah agrees to keep Teri's secret. Reva tells Teri that she believes Annie is still alive. Teri tells a drugged Josh to dissuade Reva. Holly decides to teach Jenna a lesson for "losing" Lizzie and Marina. Jenna is horrified to learn that Jeffrey is being freed from jail on a technicality. Jenna finally realizes that Holly is the stalker. While Jenna is confronting Holly, Jeffrey arrives and learns that Rocky is his son. He confronts Jenna and demands to be taken to his son. Jenna agrees only to crash the car in an effort to stop him. After bidding goodbye to Buzz, Jenna dies.
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    DECEMBER      1998    

    7TH      THROUGH        11TH    

Jenna dies in Buzz's arms. Reva goes to Detroit to visit Teri's family. Teri continues to mess with Josh's mind. Harley meets Susan's father and learns that some of the things Susan told him weren't exactly the truth. Jenna "visits" everyone one last time to say good bye. Teri gives Josh a knock on the head with her gun
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    14TH      THROUGH        18TH    

Alan and Reva arrive just as Teri has knocked Josh out, forcing her to cover and tell them that Josh passed out. Josh is taken to Cedars while Teri considers getting rid of a suspicious Reva. Josh accuses Teri of being in cahoots with Annie, but winds up getting arrested himself. Wracked with guilt over her part in Jenna's death, Holly almost confesses all to Buzz but is stopped by Ken. Vanessa and Matt's relationship continues to deteriorate, this time over a business deal. Hart learns that not only is he the father of Cassie's baby, Dinah knew it all along. Selena realizes that Drew is her long lost daughter.
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    21ST      THROUGH        25TH    

Cassie decides to return to town but is intercepted by Dinah. As they argue, Dinah loses control of the car on the snow-slicked road and skids off the road, hitting an embankment. There, Cassie goes into labor and with Dinah's help gives birth to a baby boy. Ben learns about India's financial troubles but agrees to keep quiet. Susan's presence creates some tension in Harley and Phillip's marriage. Holly's mental state deteriorates even further. Selena confides in Buzz that Drew is her daughter, but keeps quiet to Drew when she appears to have no knowledge of being adopted.
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    28TH      THROUGH        JANUARY        1ST      1999    

Danny tests to see if Jesse has a temper by kissing Michelle right in front of him. His plan works and he begins to suspect that Jesse killed Mick. Danny is later warned that he has 48 hours to wrap up his investigation or Michelle, Drew, Bill and Jesse will all die. Josh and Reva figure out that his shaving cream is drugged and believe Teri is responsible. In order to cover her tracks, Teri plants the drugs in Alan's safe. A drunken Holly blasts Blake for her relationship with Ben. Dinah admits to Hart why she met Cassie in Chicago.
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