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All My Children

The identity of Erica's captor remained a mystery, but Erica suspected that Krystal was behind the kidnapping. Erica's kidnapper promised to send Erica's family a message if Erica agreed to talk about the happiest day of Erica's life. Erica insisted that marrying Jackson would be her happiest day. Krystal decided to resign after she and Jackson shared a close moment that nearly led to a kiss. Krystal changed her mind when she found Jackson flustered about a missing file. Krystal realized that she and Jackson made a great team. Asher captured his father on video, talking about Erica. Caleb was furious when he realized that Asher had hacked into Bianca and Kendall's email accounts to discover that Erica had emailed her daughters. Caleb confessed Asher's wrongdoings to Bianca. Bianca was inspired to persuade Jackson to record a special message to Erica. Kendall decided to pretend to want a relationship with Ricky in the hopes of finding proof that Ricky was responsible for Zach's death. Griffin reluctantly agreed to go along with Kendall's plan, but he insisted on keeping a close eye on her. Kendall shared her suspicions about Ricky with Bianca. Bianca deliberately gave Ricky the impression that Kendall and Zach had merely pretended to reconcile for the sake of the children. Cara was heartbroken when Kendall claimed that Griffin had left town to aid doctors on the Afghan border. Tad reminded Cara that she wasn't alone because she still had Tad and the girls. JR played matchmaker by fixing Bianca up with a woman that he worked with. Bianca's date quickly sensed that Bianca had romantic feelings for Marissa.

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The Bold and the Beautiful

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Battered and bloody from the plane crash, Thomas and Brooke washed ashore on a deserted island. They slept in a cave but had trouble finding food and water. Brooke discovered some berries, but Thomas warned against eating them. Brooke decided she could no longer go without food and ate the berries. She convinced Thomas to eat them. They became euphoric and frolicked on the beach. They started to have visions of rainbows. Inside the cave, they discovered flowers and a waterfall that appeared to be part of their joint hallucination. They embraced and laughed under the waterfall. Meanwhile, Bill, Steffy, Ridge, and Taylor set out on Bill's private plane to find Brooke and Thomas. Bill called in some favors and got satellite imaging installed on the plane's computer. The satellite spotted Brooke and Thomas when they were on the island beach, but Steffy had distracted Bill, and they missed the images. Ridge and Taylor rented a fishing boat to participate in the search, and Nick advised them on search data. Nick, who was an expert on the Pacific Ocean's currents from his years at sea, sent Ridge and Taylor to a cluster of islands where he believed Brooke and Thomas would have washed ashore. The captain of the fishing boat warned that the islands were rough terrain where hallucinogenic vegetables and fruit were about the only vegetation. In Los Angeles, Katie, Donna, Stephen, Pam, Stephanie, Eric, and Hope awaited word from the rescue team. Dayzee joined them. The Forrester family kept R.J. busy with friends and away from any news that Brooke and Thomas had disappeared.

Days of our Lives

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Fake Rafe took the undeserved credit for rescuing Theo and Ciara. Lexie and Abe seemed confused at Theo's indifference toward Rafe. Likewise, Bo and Hope were surprised that Ciara told them that Rafe was mean to kids when there were no grownups around. Rafe escaped unharmed, but his captors assumed he had died in the chase and reported the good news to Stefano. Meanwhile, Rafe continued to seek out the truth about his identity. After completing his civic duty, fake Rafe couldn't wait to get out of town, but Sami showed up at Bo and Hope's house before he could leave. Sami told Rafe that she wanted to talk about their relationship, but fake Rafe thought about finding a way to get rid of Sami -- permanently. Victor and Brady mended family fences thanks to Maggie. A stunned Nicole caught E.J. and Taylor in a passionate kiss. E.J. and Taylor struggled with the consequences that would follow if Nicole learned of their affair. E.J. convinced Taylor that he needed to tell Nicole the truth and ask her for a divorce. Nicole told Chloe that E.J. and Taylor had betrayed her, and that she planned to fight back and get revenge. Nicole and Chloe consoled each other about the loves of their lives and their failed marriages. Nicole awaited the results of the DNA test that she hoped would prove that E.J. had held Rafe prisoner in the DiMera basement. Carly's dependency on drugs continued to affect her personal and professional life. Adrienne told Abigail that she was troubled over Jack's lack of concern for Jennifer's well-being. Daniel and Jennifer kissed, and then Daniel asked Jennifer out on a date. Abigail was thrilled that Jennifer had accepted a date with Daniel and was moving on with her life without Jack. Stefano dropped a subtle hint to Abigail to not encourage Chad to accept the hospital internship. Later, Chad told a delighted Stefano that he had decided to work for DiMera Enterprises for the summer.

General Hospital

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Elizabeth remained reluctant to tell Lucky the truth about Aiden's paternity because she didn't want to drive a wedge between Lucky and Nikolas after they had worked things out. Maxie wondered why Lucky's relationship with Nikolas was more important than Lucky's relationship with Aiden. Luke tried to provoke Jason to kill him by going after Sam. Sam warned Lucky that Luke was treading on dangerous ground, so Lucky decided to stage an intervention for Luke. Ethan and Lucky were forced to drug Luke to get him to a warehouse for the intervention. Luke denied that he was an alcoholic, and then refused to seek treatment. The interventionist warned Luke that there would be consequences for not going to rehab. Luke was unmoved by everyone's threat to cut Luke out of their lives. Robin persuaded Brenda to have a DNA test to determine if Lucian were truly Brenda's son. Suzanne was not pleased when she learned of Brenda's plans. Brenda was horrified when Lucian suddenly disappeared. Kristina continued to take the "herbal supplements" that Lisa had given to her. Lisa stopped by while Kristina was babysitting Emma. Lisa offered to keep an eye on Emma while a heavily medicated Kristina took a short nap on the sofa. Abby was arrested for Brandon's murder, so Michael tried to confess. Michael's confession was ignored because there had been a witness to the shooting. Jason and Dante suspected that Abby had been framed. Sonny and Dante feared that Michael's association with Abby might compromise Michael's parole, so they urged Abby and Michael to maintain some distance until the murder was solved.

One Life to Live

Natalie and Joey suspected that Niki had returned, so they questioned their mother when she arrived for Ryder's custody hearing. Niki, posing as Viki, tried to assure her children that she was fine; however, Niki then informed the judge that she wanted to withdraw her bid for custody. Jessica smiled triumphantly, but Joey and Natalie immediately raised objections. Jean made a brief appearance as Viki tried to regain control. Things reached a crisis point when Viki collapsed. Viki woke up as herself, but the judge had seen enough. The judge decided to place Ryder in foster care because Viki and Jessica needed treatment. Aubrey persuaded the judge to grant Joey temporary custody of Ryder. Dr. Buhari pleaded with Marty to do the right thing by telling John the truth about Liam's paternity. Marty feared that John would reconcile with Natalie. John decided to play along with Marty to find out what she was hiding. Marty surprised John with a kiss. Deanna revealed that Eddie Ford had used her desire to find her birth mother to force Deanna to break up with James. Starr realized that Deanna had hoped to work things out with James. Deanna announced her intention to remain in Llanview instead of returning to Dayton. Cutter overheard a revealing conversation between Clint and Dorian. Cutter decided to use his newfound information to blackmail Dorian to keep quiet about his true relationship with Aubrey. Gigi confessed that she had stolen the tape of Shane's session, unaware that it was actually a tape of Marty's session with Dr. Buhari. Rex and Gigi wanted to respect Shane's privacy, so Natalie offered to listen to the tape for them.

The Young and the Restless

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Victoria was shocked that Billy had used a baby broker and Lucy's biological parents were Daniel and Daisy. Jana abducted Delia and Lucy and forced Kevin to go along with her. Jack dumped Phyllis after she confessed to making love with Nick in St. Martins. Kevin convinced Jana to let Delia and Lucy return to their families. The police assumed Kevin was Jana's partner, even though Chloe claimed that Jana was deranged. Jana held a gun on Kevin and asked him to love her again. Daniel asked Phyllis to stop searching for his baby because he'd found her already. That led Phyllis to discover that Lucy Abbott was Daniel's daughter. Lily urged Daniel not to sign away his rights to Lucy. Abby resented that Daniel had confided in Lily instead of her. Phyllis confronted Victoria and Billy, wanting to take custody of Lucy. Daniel stopped his mother's attempt to disrupt Lucy's life by showing her that he'd legally assigned his rights to Lucy to Billy and Victoria. The charges against Adam were dropped when he blackmailed the Newmans with Sharon's goodbye letters. Adam learned that he'd been left Sharon's house in her will. Sharon went online and saw reactions to her death.