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Ben surprises Viki by taking her to Crossroads where they spent their first New Year's Eve together. They share a romantic celebration together until a group of armed men bust in and drag Ben away.
Bo determines that he and Lindsay are trapped for the time being because of the computer-locking door to his office. Lindsay hints at her knowledge of his intentions to marry her sister. Bo thinks she is trying to upset his plans to marry Lanie when she admits that she already knows he is going to propose to her. Lindsay tries to seduce Bo by offering the truth about what happened to Nora if he will make love to her. Bo is firm with Lindsay that he doesn't have feelings for her anymore. Meanwhile, Colin and Melanie discuss her crime. He taunts her by claiming that once Bo finds out the truth he will have to do the right thing. Colin claims Bo will be torn between protecting her and turning her, which is the same way he feels.
Kevin can't be more pleased that Kelly has set up a romantic surprise for him at Viki's cabin. They agree that New Year's Eve is a very special night for them, as it was that night that they first realized they had strong feelings for each other. They decide that the time is finally right for them to make love.
R.J. goes to Todd's office to rub in the fact that his fresh, young bartender is getting it on with Todd's ex-wife. R.J. brings up Téa, and how hard it seems to be for Todd to hold on to women. Back at Break Bar, Blair and Cris get more turned on after the lights go out. Blair continues to seduce Cris and leads him into storeroom closet. She tells him that she wants him, but he tries to hold back. He knows she only wants to hurt Todd, and thanks her for everything she has done for him. She tells him she knows how he can pay her back, and they continue where they left off. Todd returns to the bar and finds them passionately making out. Fuming, he sets fire to some rags in front of the storeroom door.
Lanie's Apartment
It's midnight and Lanie waits in vain for Bo to arrive. As she's
waiting she daydreams that he shows up, showering her with gifts
and love. Colin appears to tell Bo that she murdered her father,
with Lindsay popping up and finally Sykes who suspends Bo and tries
to arrest Lanie. She comes to and rushes out.
Police Station-Storeroom
Lindsay is determined to have Bo make love to her one last time
while they are locked in due to a power outtage. She insists
it'll be a way for them to say goodbye though Bo tells her it
wouldn't mean anything. It'll mean forgiveness for all the pain
they've caused each other plus, they'll have fun she says. Bo
tells her it would be too high a price and that he couldn't break a
promise that he's made to someone else. He realizes that she only
came to see him to try to start their relationship up again and
that she never planned to say anything about Nora and Asa, though
he'd be happy to take her confession once the power is back on.
He'd never hook up with her again but he now knows that she knows
about Nora and Asa and he'll prove it someday, he informs her.
Lindsay calls him a bastard and vows to harm his and Lanie's
relationship. Just then the power returns and Lanie bursts in.
She assures her sister she's not jealous, even when Lindsay tells
her that Bo will drop her when he learns she's not perfect. After she storms out,
Lanie wants to call it quits for the evening but Bo refuses to let
Lindsay ruin things.
Palace Hotel
Half of Llanview is there to celebrate the New Year. Sykes
receives a call from Sophia and makes his apologies to Rae while
grabbing Antonio for back up on his way to Crossroads. Asa and
Renee discuss their midnight kiss and make a toast. Rae decides to
visit Skye. Will and Jess acknowledge their Christmas gifts from
Asa though Will tells him that Lindsay kept the money meant for him
since she needed it. He also mentions that he'll now be running B
& B. As they go off to dance, Renee compliments Asa for his
behavior. Lindsay arrives and is immediately accosted by Colin who
wants his money. Will chases him off.
Crossroads
As Viki frantically tries to dial a dead phone, Sophia walks in
looking for a party. Hysterically, Viki tells her that Ben has
been kidnapped. Sophia thinks it's a job done by "professionals"
and calls Sykes via cell phone. Though he's been suspended, he
agrees to help out. He and Antonio arrive, dragging in the real
cop on duty who was hit over the head. Harry and Jackie also
arrive after Viki calls them for help. Sykes assures Viki that
every available cop is looking for Ben. He offers to take her home
but she'll wait there in case he returns. The cops all leave. The
two mobsters offer her a drink, while they agree this may have to
do with Rourke. They imply that Ben could be dead.
R.J.'s Bar
Todd watches the fire that he's set after seeing Cris and Blair
together in the stockroom. As he turns to leave he pictures Blair
in a previous conversation, telling him that he always destroys
everything he loves. He has second thoughts and grabs a fire
extinguisher. When Blair and Cris manage to get out, Todd glares
at her but covers by stating that it was good he came by. Cris
needs to check the bar and once he goes Blair accuses Todd of
setting the fire because he saw the pair together inside. He
denies it but she doesn't accept it because she knows he saw them
and freaked out. Todd accuses Blair of trying to make him jealous.
They both refuse to apologize to each other. Cris returns to make
sure that Blair is ok and to see if she needs a ride home. She
assures him she's ok and has her own car. Blair wonders when Todd
will quit his antics. He tells her they will end when she marries
him.
Police Station-Jail Cell
Rae shows up to wish Skye a happy new year and to offer an apology
for treating her unfairly. She admits that she was obsessed with
finding her child and thought that Skye was coming between her and
Max when there was a possibility that he was that child. She's
also sorry for assuming that Skye was the one who shot Max though
she doesn't know what the truth is. Skye accepts her apologies and
all is nice until Rae pulls a bottle of champagne out of her bag to
give to Skye for the new year. Skye loses it and begins to rant
and rave about Rae trying to give her a bottle when she's an
alcoholic. She screams for the guard to remove Rae as the older
woman tries to tell her that she didn't know. The guard pulls her
out.
Back at Lanie's Apartment
Bo takes Lanie home and her daydream becomes reality when she sees
all of the gifts from Bo. They are the same ones that appeared in
her dream and they represent the five senses, she tells him. When
she thinks that something will happen next just like in the same
daydream (Colin appearing) Bo presents her with an engagement ring
and a marriage proposal.
John's Apartment..
John arrives home and Rae asks how Viki is doing, and Rae asks if
they have any leads and he tells her no. Rae begins to go on how
sorry she is for Viki starting the new year off so badly, and then
she mentions Skye starting the new year off so horribly as well.
Rae informs him on how bad her visit with Skye went over her peace
offering. Rae begins to rant on how she wanted to find her daughter
for herself, her own selfish ways, and reminisces on how she wishes
that she could of gotten to know her daughter, maybe become
friends. Rae then tells John she thinks she needs to leave
Llanview to get out of Skye's life. John later sits Rae down and
hopes that his love for her would make her stay and Rae admits that
she would never leave him, and that she loves him very much. Later
John asks Rae who Skye's father is and Rae admits that she knows
who he is and has seen him in the last year, but he doesn't know
(But doesn't give a name, I wonder why) Rae and John later go up to
bed.
Melanie's apartment...
Lanie is stunned that Bo wants to marry her, and she goes on that
she doesn't believe him. Bo goes on about how much he cares for her and
loves her since the first moment he saw her, even though he wanted
to arrest her for killing his motorcycle. That rubs Lanie the wrong
way and begins to deny Bo's proposal more. Bo offers to help
her with her problem and at first she goes to tell him, then backs
down. Later she orders Bo to leave, and Bo leaves crushed and
shocked that she won't let him help her.
The Store Room. R.J.'s Club
Blair is reaming Todd about wanting to marry her, saying that she
shouldn't get married after what she went through with Max. Blair
then asks the question if Todd loves her and at first Todd says "I
like the fact that your Star's mother", and then when Blair is
going at Todd saying that he is looking for someone since he lost
Téa and then he mutters "I (pause) L..ove You". Blair is
surprised and Todd later plays it off saying no one is really in
love, they just look for love as an excuse not to be lonely and
that everyone is a moron, and that love is nothing but an
imagination. Blair later mentions that it would serve the world
right to marry Todd and she agrees to marry him.
Country Club:
Will is ordering Colin to stay away from Lindsay, and Will wants to
know what is going on between them. Colin challenges Lindsay to
tell him the truth. Lindsay denies anything and Will is able to get
Colin to leave temporally as Jessica is watching. Renee comes over
and wishes Jessica a happy New Year and Jessica confides in Renee,
claiming that she feels Lindsay is hiding something and wasn't
honest with Will. Jessica also tells Renee that Lindsay spent the
money from Asa that was "suppose" to be for Will. Renee advises her
to stay away from the situation and let it go, saying that Will has
been dealt a tough hand and needs to play his cards. Meanwhile,
Will is asking Lindsay what really is going on and Lindsay says
that she's upset about Bo, especially since there is another woman.
Will gives her advice to avoid them, but Lindsay tells Will that Bo
is planning to ask Lanie to marry him. Will goes outside with
Jessica and Colin returns for his money. Lindsay warns him that
he can't be blackmailing her anymore, Lanie and Bo are starting to
get suspicious. Colin then mentions how they are made for each
other (Bo and Lanie) and how he hopes they choke in their
self-righteousness. Colin briefly mentions Lanie's secret and Lindsay
wants to know what it is, but Colin just leaves.
Lindsay stopped by Melanie's to see what was going on. She was
surprised when Melanie told her that she and Bo were not engaged.
Lindsay jumps to the conclusion that Bo had decided not to ask
Melanie to marry him and starts bad-mouthing Bo, telling Melanie he
is like that, jumping from woman to woman and not able to make up
his mind. Finally, Melanie stopped her rant and told her the truth,
that she had turned down Bo's proposal. Lindsay can't understand
why she would do that, unless... it has something to do with
Melanie and their father. What do you mean by that, Melanie asks.
Lindsay explains that Colin hinted that Melanie is keeping some
secret about their father. Melanie denies it and asks Lindsay to
leave, which she does.
At the bar, Cristian is cleaning up and finds a backpack with a
sketchbook in it. He picks it up and tries to draw, but can't with
his hand and throws the pad across the room in frustration. Just
then, Jessica walks in and is unhappy to see how upset he is, she
knows how much his drawing means to him. Blair comes in to talk to
Cris and Jessica leaves, taking the scarf which she had left behind
at the bar the night before. Blair at first apologizes to Cris for
what happened the night before. But then both decide that they have
nothing to apologize for. They discuss love and Cris says that the
right person is the one who accepts you the way that you are and
doesn't try to change you. Blair thinks about this a moment, and
then realizes that's how Todd and she are together, they accept
each other as they are. Blair receives a call from Max and heads
off to the Buchanan mansion, giving Cris a kiss on the cheek as she
leaves.
At Will's new office for B&B United, Asa shows up and offers to buy
Will out. He tells Will he's way over his head and can't handle it.
Will tells Asa that he knows that despite his act, he still hates
Will and his whole family. Jessica, who arrives and listens in the
doorway, hears Will tell Asa that he's determined to make this
business a success and take care of Jessica. Jessica enters and
warns Asa not to do anything that would hurt Will.
R.J. stopped by the Buchanan mansion to give Max a check. Apparently
Max had been the one who funded the opening of R.J.'s club and things
are going so well that R.J. is able to start paying him back already.
R.J. fills him in on Cristian and Blair's behavior the night before.
Max is determined not to give Blair any money in the divorce
settlement and starts to develop a plan. He calls Blair and asks
her to come over to discuss the terms of their divorce. Blair, who
is at the bar talking to Cris, agrees to come right away. When she
arrives, she informs Max she wants the divorce completed as soon as
possible because she intends to marry Todd.
Roseanne's new job at the police station started out well, with a
note from Antonio wishing her luck and balloons from Sophia, but it
was all downhill from there. Sophia offered Roseanne some 'helpful'
hints, then instructed Roseanne to get her some coffee. The phones
started ringing faster than Roseanne could deal with them and one
person kept calling up and Roseanne kept telling him he had the
wrong number. Sophia gave Roseanne filing to do and requested more
coffee. Then an officer came in to ask Roseanne if he'd received a
phone call from a source. When it turned out the source was the
person Roseanne had been saying had the wrong number, the officer
was not pleased. Roseanne, totally frustrated, headed for the
bathroom. R.J. ran into her in the hall and asked if she was willing
to accept his job offer now.
Sam stops by the police station to see Bo and see if there is any
news about Ben. Bo is being so calm and professional about the
whole thing, Sam is upset and almost blurts out to Bo that Ben is
his(Bo's) brother. He stops himself at the last second and changes
it to say that Ben is Asa's enemy instead. Sam won't reveal much
information to Bo about Ben's mob connections, but does suggest
that Bo should look into the Russo family more thoroughly. Bo
agrees and doubles the detail investigating the Russos. While they
are talking, Roseanne bursts in and hands Bo a file, telling him
it's the background check he requested on Melanie. Bo reprimands
her for not knocking before entering, and most especially for
reading a file marked "confidential". Roseanne apologizes
and leaves, but now Sam wants to know why Bo is investigating
Melanie. Bo explains that he proposed to Melanie the night before
and she turned him down. But it wasn't because she didn't love him,
it has somethin!
g to do with her past, so Bo wanted to find out what it is and help
her. Sam suggests that Bo shouldn't be snooping into Melanie's
background, if she wants him to know the truth, she will tell him.
Bo says she seems to want to tell him, but something is hold her
back, or someone. Bo wonders if Colin or Lindsay might have
something to do with it.
Viki paid Mr. Rourke a visit and demanded that he return her
husband. Rourke denied all knowledge of Ben and suggested that Viki
leave before something unfortunate happened to her. The man that
had pretended to be a state trooper and had pulled Viki and Ben
over on the motorcycle entered the bar and Viki immediately
recognized him. She threatened to call the police and turn him in
if Rourke doesn't release Ben. The man grabbed her and Rourke told
her that he had no idea where Ben was and threatened that she might
have an "accident" if she didn't drop this. Fortunately
for Viki, Antonio arrived at that moment and escorted her out of
the bar, warning Rourke that Viki is friends with influential
people and nothing had better happen to her. Outside, Viki thanks
Antonio, but refuses to give up until she finds Ben. She goes with
Antonio to the police station to talk to Bo. He is furious when he
finds out what she did and tells her to let him handle it. Viki's
very scared b!
ecause for some reason, she believes Rourke that he doesn't have
Ben. But if he didn't do it, then who did? In the meantime, Ben is
blindfolded and being led into a room by the men who kidnapped him.
He demands to know where he is. The men take off the blindfold and
Ben looks around.
