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All My Children

Caleb and Krystal suspected that JR had been responsible for AJ's disappearance during the Halloween party at Wildwind. Asher took AJ to Chandler Enterprises, where they bumped into Colby. Asher revealed to Colby that he was Caleb's son. Caleb managed to find out where JR had hidden AJ. JR confided to Annie that he had arranged for Asher to take AJ. Annie claimed that she had picked up AJ to go trick-or-treating with Emma, but Marissa didn't believe her. Marissa arrived at the mansion with a police escort to fetch AJ. JR produced court documents granting him custody of AJ. Erica received some good news about Cortlandt Electronics, so she went looking for Caleb. Erica discovered a file that contained information that Asher was Caleb's son. Asher took a tumble down a flight of stairs after an argument with Caleb. Asher was rushed to the hospital, where a DNA test confirmed that Caleb was Asher's father. Caleb told Erica about the last time that he had seen his son. Greenlee learned that Madison and Ryan had broken up. Liza confronted Greenlee on the witness stand about the kiss with Ryan in the courthouse hallway. Liza and Jackson made passionate closing statements. Ryan decided to dig a little deeper into Nick Pearson's background. Tad learned that Nick Pearson had been receiving money from David. Zach overheard Kendall and Greenlee talking about the vial of digitalis that Greenlee had found in Ryan's pocket. Amanda was curious why Jake never talked about his ex-wife, Carolyn. Angie and Jesse learned that their baby was perfectly healthy. Jesse accidentally found out the gender of the baby when the doctor dropped the file on the floor.

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The Bold and the Beautiful

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Amber managed to get Oliver drunk again so that she could hack into his computer and steal more of the "Hope for the Future" designs. Hope and Liam spied on Amber, and knew she had the designs. Hope moved her fashion show up a few days so that Amber had no time to get the designs into production. Brooke invited Nick to the fashion show to see that Amber had stolen Eric and Ridge's designs. Nick was furious, and he fired Amber. Thomas felt upstaged by Hope's fashion show, and the press started to leave before he could introduce his new line. Whip suggested that Thomas pull a publicity stunt in order to keep the press in the room and make the event memorable. Thomas told Brooke he had a plan for a newsworthy stunt, but did not disclose what it was. Rick was miffed that Thomas had his own line. Hope told Oliver that Amber had been using him, and Oliver kissed Hope. Hope remained committed to Liam, but Oliver felt the door was still open for him to win Hope back.

Days of our Lives

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Vivian failed to bribe her way out of the sarcophagus. Kayla and Stephanie were shocked after Caroline admitted to them that she had switched the results of Chloe's paternity test. Melanie pretended to be happy about Nathan and Stephanie's engagement. Hope told Bo that she suspected that another inmate had met an early death. Sami went ballistic after she caught Nicole and Kinsey in cahoots. Family and friends celebrated Arianna's life at a memorial service at the Brady Pub. E.J. vowed that he would get justice for Arianna and prove that Sami had shot him. Stefano ordered a hit on E.J.'s shooter. Justin arrived at the memorial service and announced that Arianna had retained him as her attorney before she died. Kate taunted Nicole about Brady's past feelings for Arianna. Victor, Kate, Nicole, Brady, and Philip formed a strange alliance and toasted to Vivian's continued imprisonment and pending demise.

General Hospital

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Things went terribly wrong when Brenda raced to the warehouse to stop Jason and Lucky from following through on their plan to use Sam as bait for the Balkan. One of the Balkan's men snatched Brenda, but Dante arrived in time to rescue her. Brenda picked up a gun and then shot the thug before he killed Dante. Brenda suffered horrific flashbacks of a similar incident years earlier. Spinelli found proof that Brenda and Dante had known each other in 2007. Carly gladly shared the news about the connection between Brenda and Dante with Jason. Sam was uncomfortable with the bond that she saw between Brenda and Jason. The Balkan emailed a picture of Siobhan, tied to a chair, to Dante; it was addressed to Detective Lucky Spencer. Patrick confronted Lisa after Robin told him that someone had pulled a frightening prank with Emma. Lisa denied any involvement in Emma's temporary disappearance. Patrick was unaware that the proof of Lisa's guilt was hidden in her locker at the hospital. The Scorpio house caught fire after a candle accidentally tipped over and then ignited some wrapping paper. Lisa raced inside the house to save Robin and Emma. Robin accused Lisa of setting the fire. Lisa threatened to file a lawsuit if Nikolas didn't intervene with the police on her behalf. Ronnie gave Claire proof that Sonny had been involved in the Zacchara car bombing. Claire decided to turn the incriminating recording over to her superiors. Sonny felt betrayed by Claire. Tracy insisted that Luke recover from his heart attack at the Quartermaine mansion. Monica gave Luke one month to get Tracy to marry him. Edward was delighted when Brenda stopped by for a visit.

One Life to Live

Natalie was forced to tell John that Cole's fingerprints had been found on the gun that had been used to kill Elijah. Marty was furious and lashed out at Natalie. Marty vowed to make Natalie pay for not covering for Cole. Marty and Nora blamed themselves for their roles in making Hannah's reign of terror possible. Cole revealed to Starr that he had killed Eli. Starr offered to go on the run with Cole, but Cole decided to turn himself over to the police. Viki realized that the letters attributed to Rex's biological parents were from a book of love letters written by Blaize Pardee, Asa's grandmother. Clint continued to pretend that he didn't know the significance of the necklace or letters that Rex's parents had exchanged. Echo told Clint that Rex was their son. Echo opened up to Clint about the day that she had decided to leave her newborn son at the hospital with half of the necklace that Clint had given to her. Echo was stunned when she realized that Clint had forged the letters. Cris was offered an opportunity to fly to Paris for work. Gigi was thrilled when Cris insisted that he needed her help on the trip. T�a and Dani faced Greg before Greg was carted off to jail. Shaun was horrified to learn that Greg had covered up the accidental death of Destiny's mother. Brody gave Natalie a copy of his DNA profile and then urged her to get a paternity test, so that she could find out who the father of her baby was. Jessica and Brody went ahead with the paternity test. Jessica agreed to let Ford know the test results. Natalie decided to have an amniocentesis.

The Young and the Restless

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Victor confessed that he wasn't sure he wanted to marry Nikki. J.T. learned that he had heart damage and was unable to handle the rigors of police work. J.T. and Mac decided to move to Washington, DC, when Mac was offered a job for a non-profit agency. Victoria was devastated that J.T. was moving Reed out of Genoa City. Billy discovered that Heather had accepted Victor's campaign donations in exchange for doing his bidding. When Billy published his allegations, Heather was forced to withdraw from the election. Nikki fumed when she learned that Victor had kept her from seeing Victoria. Nikki and Victor had a terrible fight when Nikki defended Deacon. Meggie plotted to drug Victor into marrying her...and then kill him. Lauren was traumatized by Daisy's return. Jana used Daisy's return to make Kevin believe that she was in danger. Ronan recognized that Murphy's finger tapping was Morse code. Kay moved Murphy to a recovery facility. Daisy was arrested and refused to have a paternity test while behind bars. Kay arranged J.T. and Mac's wedding. Meggie became Mrs. Victor Newman, but Victor turned on her before she could finish him off. Nikki was crushed when she saw the photo of Meggie and Victor's wedding. When Deacon kissed Nikki, she responded.