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Weekly Summaries for the Week of May 17, 2010

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All My Children
Amanda feared that she would follow in her mother's footsteps. Jake believed that Amanda had allowed an irrational fear to take root because of the ramblings of a very ill woman. Jake surprised Amanda by proposing that they get married again. Damon was disappointed when Bailey called off her trip to Europe because she couldn't bear to part with Stuart. Tad reached out to Bailey, who revealed that Damon wasn't Stuart's father. Liza warned Bailey that they would need a paternity test to confirm Bailey's claims. Marissa admitted that she wanted to try to save her marriage. JR promised Marissa that he would do whatever it took to get their lives back on track. JR and Marissa were stunned to discover that Scott had invited Annie to live at the gatehouse. Scott revealed to Annie that he had been working with Palmer on a new product that had the potential to earn billions. Greenlee and David took steps to make it appear as if Erica had skimmed the profits from the Miranda line. Erica and Jackson made love, but their happiness was short-lived when Erica discovered a revealing text message to Jackson from Greenlee. Jackson promised that he hadn't been scheming against Erica, but Erica didn't believe him. Erica went to Pigeon Hollow to retrieve some of Palmer's things. In Pigeon Hollow, Erica was given a letter that Palmer had written to her. David arranged to have the fuel pump in Erica's jet disabled. Erica ordered her pilot to take off without having the jet checked. Shortly after takeoff, Erica's pilot was forced to crash-land the jet.

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As the World Turns
Carly and Jack's relationship was strained when he learned that she had advised Parker to keep his role in Gabriel's incident quiet. Jack tried to strike a deal with Craig to help save Parker, but Craig wouldn't go for it. The guilt over ruining his parents' relationship and injuring Gabriel got to Parker, and he confessed to Margo. Jack and Carly told Parker that they'd handle it as a united front, but in private, the couple vehemently tossed around the blame for Parker's predicament. Gabriel awakened, and after a visit from Lucinda, he accused Craig of hitting him following the scuffle with Parker at Monte Carlo. After warning Vienna not to use Casey, Alison told him that seeing Vienna was a mistake. When Barbara heard that she was cancer-free, Henry kissed her. Vienna witnessed the kiss and announced that she was pregnant. Later, Barbara suggested that Henry get a paternity test. While trying to trap Alison and Chris in a room together, Katie wound up locked in with Chris instead. She shared her grief over Brad and said she never wanted to experience a loss like that again. Luke wanted to tell the recovering Noah about Luke and Reid, but Reid said that Noah needed comfort, not a confession. Luke and Noah discussed their separation, and though he loved Luke, Noah decided that he'd hurt Luke too much to ask him to stick around. For Lisa's 50th anniversary in Oakdale, her loved ones gave her a tribute featuring reenactments of her love life.

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What happened during the week of
Hope worried that Steffy was constantly trying to seduce Oliver, and Hope said that she would do anything to keep Oliver. Brooke warned Hope and Oliver that Hope was not ready for a sexual relationship. Pam and Stephanie urged Steffy to break up Hope and Oliver in order to get Hope to go away to college. Brooke begged Steffy and Taylor to stop the war on the Logans for Ridge's sake. Taylor and Steffy appeared to be moved by Brooke's plea. Even Ridge pleaded with Steffy to stay away from Oliver, but Steffy refused. Steffy plotted with Pam and Stephanie to get rid of the Logans. Stephen had trouble dealing with Beth's death, and fell into a deep depression. Brooke urged him to meet her for lunch, but he stepped in front of a car when he went to visit her. At Jackie M, Bridget didn't feel up to traveling to New York with Nick for a meeting, so Aggie happily took her place. Jackie and Bridget continually yakked about keeping the paternity of Bridget's baby a secret, but Bridget cracked and told Owen that he was her baby's father. Owen was thrilled and surprised when Bridget informed him that Jackie knew all about their tryst and the baby's paternity. Jackie didn't know that Bridget told Owen that he was the father.

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Days of our Lives
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One of Stefano's minions poisoned Anna just before she could tell Rafe who had masterminded Sydney's kidnapping. Stefano took credit for Anna's silence. Sami continued to fall under E.J.'s charm, unaware that his secret could destroy her world. E.J. tried to help Will and Sami reconcile; meanwhile Stefano seemed able and willing to guide Will down the DiMera path. E.J. and Stefano disagreed about child rearing. Sami and Will clashed over her lifestyle. Nighttime Hope attacked Roman, but was unaware that Nicole forced Dr. Baker to incriminate Arianna for the mugging crimes. Hope arrested Arianna based on the DNA evidence. Nicole's plan to implicate Arianna to win back Brady seemed to work like a charm. Nicole played the sympathetic friend to a clueless Brady. Chloe told Philip that Nathan knew she cheated on Daniel. Carly overheard Chloe and Nathan arguing and later realized that Chloe had cheated on Daniel. Daniel almost caught a guilty Philip in a lie. Daniel sought couples advice from Father Matt. Melanie and Stephanie had a drag-out fight at the nurse's stations about Nathan. Maggie asked Melanie why she thought Stephanie might hurt Nathan. Stephanie put her plan in motion to trap Nathan. Bo returned from Los Angeles to learn that the muggings continued, and this time Roman was the victim.

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General Hospital
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Jason and Sam had a romantic getaway before Jason turned himself over to the police. Mayor Floyd threw up a roadblock to delay Jason's transfer to Pentonville. Dante resorted to blackmail, in order to force the mayor to back down. Carter jumped to Michael's aid when Frank threatened to teach Michael that the Corinthos name didn't carry any weight in prison. Carter made it clear that everything in prison, including his help, had a price. Michael grew alarmed when Carter showed up in Michael's jail cell after lockdown to collect payment. Carly remained determined to destroy Dante and Lulu. Lulu feared that Dante would never look at her the same if he knew that she had an abortion before they had met. Carly discovered that Dante knew Brook Lynn Ashton. A quick investigation revealed that Brook had been having financial difficulties that had led to legal troubles for credit card fraud. Carly tracked down Brook. Claire admitted to Lucky that her biological clock was ticking. Nikolas tried to warn Lucky that trouble was brewing when Helena suddenly disappeared. Luke suspected that something was wrong when Tracy failed to show up at the casino to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Helena stashed Tracy in a dungeon in the hopes of luring Luke into a trap. Patrick admitted that he was jealous when he saw Lisa flirting with Steve. Robin was determined to honor Stone by working in the AIDS wing. Maxie decided to snap Spinelli out of his depression by making him jealous.

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One Life to Live
Markko was furious when he discovered that Langston and Ford had been sleeping together. Markko broke things off with Langston and then moved out. Matthew kissed Danielle and then declared his love for her. Matthew was disappointed when Danielle mumbled, "That's sweet," before fleeing into her suite. Starr was delighted when Cole was released from jail long enough to attend the prom with her. Layla walked out on the prom when it was announced that Cris and Jessica had been elected the prom king and queen. Cris followed Layla and then proposed marriage to her. Layla happily agreed to marry Cris. Jessica was crushed when she witnessed Cris's proposal. Brody revealed to Jessica that Mitch had tried to rape her. Jessica refused to believe Brody. Jessica went to Cris's place to make another attempt to convince him that they were destined to be together. Ford took advantage of Jessica's fragile state of mind. Jessica's memories rushed back while she was in bed with Ford. Marty realized that John was in love with Natalie, so she broke things off with him. Natalie misinterpreted John and Marty's goodbye kiss. Natalie waited at Rodi's for John to show up, but when he didn't arrive by midnight, she went to Brody's place to get a lift to the airport. Natalie and Brody used alcohol and sex to try to escape their broken hearts. Afterwards, Natalie went to the airport, where she encountered John. Brody's prayers were answered when Jessica turned up on his doorstep with news that her memories had returned.

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The Young and the Restless
Jana still felt no emotion and no connection to Kevin. Ryder returned to Genoa City to turn himself in and apologize to Kevin. Kevin blamed Ryder, Daisy, and Sarah for Jana's condition. Frank Ellis, the man that Adam hired to forge Victor's diary, tried to stab Nick in prison. Michael got Nick released on bail due to the attempt on Nick's life. Phyllis and Sharon continued to work together to track down leads on Adam's murder. They discovered that Adam spent time in Minneapolis before his death. Ashley accepted Tucker's offer to be the CEO of Jabot, as long as she was the only Abbott that worked there. Abby wanted to produce her own reality show with her inheritance from Brad. Ashley and Victor did not like the idea of a reality show, so they refused to give Abby her inheritance. Abby was determined to get the money and become famous. Tucker told J.T. that he was the reason J.T. got custody of Reed. Tucker asked J.T. to return the favor by spying on Victoria. Mac told Cane that she did not want to use the twin's stem cells for Lily's treatment. Lily found a clinical trial in France that used adult stem cells to ward off cancer. Lily went to France to get the treatment, but Cane feared it would not be as effective as the babies' stem cells. Cane consulted a lawyer to see if he could sue Mac for the stem cells.

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