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Summaries for the Week of Week of July 18, 2011

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All My Children

Tad received a box of Dixie's belongings after Dixie's father passed away. Tad found Dixie's childhood diary among her personal effects. Griffin demanded to know if David had taken their research to the next level by experimenting on people. David admitted that he had tested the research on Greenlee and Maria with great success. David was revealed to have been keeping Dixie, and others, locked away in the same compound where Erica had been held captive. Jane had a change of heart after hearing Erica's uncensored memoirs. Erica persuaded Jane to release her, so that Jane could live her own life. Jane was afraid to be alone, but Ben promised to be by her side because he loved Jane. Erica returned to Pine Valley, where she told her unbelievable story of captivity to Jack and Jesse. David cleverly convinced Jack and Jesse that Erica had suffered a breakdown. Marissa told Krystal and AJ about her relationship with Bianca. JR took solace in alcohol when he realized that he had lost Marissa for good. Dixie managed to escape her prison, but she ended up wandering around the park where Kathy spotted her. Later, JR was in a drunken stupor when he stumbled across his mother.

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The Bold and the Beautiful

What happened during the week of

Ridge and Brooke reunited, and Ridge ordered Thomas to return his 25 percent of Forrester stock to his grandmother. Ridge demanded that Stephanie give the shares to Ridge to be distributed to the rightful Forrester heirs - his brother, sisters, and all the Forrester grandchildren. Bill advised Taylor that Thomas should not return the Forrester shares. Taylor prevented Thomas from signing away the shares because the shares were held in a trust, and she was the trustee. Taylor refused to return the shares because Ridge had put her family through hell. Stephanie tried to apologize to everyone. Ridge cancelled the Taboo line and told Thomas to report to Thorne in shipping. Steffy dished to Bill that her father had abandoned her, and Bill and Steffy made out. Liam saw Bill and Steffy, but Bill ordered Liam to remain silent. Bill promised that he would never abandon Steffy and he planned to leave Katie. Bill and Steffy made out in Steffy's bedroom at Taylor's and almost made love, but Taylor interrupted. Taylor angrily told Steffy to stay away from a married man. Steffy refused, and Bill told Taylor that he was heading home to tell Katie that he was leaving her because he was in love with Steffy. Katie had other plans brewing at home. As a surprise, Katie had invited a minister and family and friends, including Bill's sister Karen, to a vow renewal ceremony with Bill. When Bill entered, he was overwhelmed.

Days of our Lives

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A prisoner mistakenly murdered fake Rafe in his cell, thinking that he was Rafe, the FBI agent that sent the prisoner to jail a few years before. The untimely chain of events resulted in Stefano and E.J.'s release and left Commissioner Brady with egg on his face. Sami was outraged that E.J. and Stefano would never pay for what they had done to her and Rafe. Later, Sami was shocked when E.J. gave her full custody of Johnny and Sydney. Vivian ruined Carly's dinner plans with Daniel and arranged for Carly to find him with Jennifer at the restaurant. Carly turned to drugs again to help her through the hurt. Jennifer told Daniel that she cared for him, but that she had pushed him away because of Carly's romantic feelings for him. Chloe asked Quinn for an advance so that she could rent an apartment to prove to social services that she could provide a good home for Parker. Kinsey helped Chloe land a singing job at a local nightclub. Kate made plans to sabotage Chloe's nightclub debut by exposing her as a prostitute. Chad told D.A. Woods that he was happy that Woods was not his biological father. Brady wondered if Nicole still had feelings for E.J. Nicole found E.J. at the DiMera mansion suffering from excruciating head pain, and he begged her to help him. E.J. apologized to Nicole for all the pain and tragedy he had caused her and her family. She believed that he was sincere and rushed him to the hospital for treatment. Brady offered Dario a job at Titan as a way to keep Dario away from Melanie. E.J. remembered that Melanie had been at the pier the night of his attack.

General Hospital

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Brenda was furious when she realized that Sonny had framed Jax to secure custody of Josslyn for Carly. Brenda refused to raise her son in an environment where violence and crime were okay, so she decided to leave Sonny. Jax was devastated when the judge awarded Carly sole custody of Josslyn. Jax decided to leave town to clear his head, so he invited Brenda and Alec to join him. Sonny took off after he learned that Brenda and Jax had left town together. Jason arranged a romantic dinner on the rooftop of an apartment building, so that he could propose marriage to Sam. Maxie helped Jason to pick out an engagement ring, but she later lost the ring when she modeled it for Jason. Sam happily accepted Jason's proposal of marriage, despite the unusual engagement ring that he gave her. Siobhan accused Elizabeth of trading on Jake's tragedy to get what she wanted. Elizabeth threw Siobhan out of her home. Lucky was assigned a new case investigating missing narcotics from the hospital. Siobhan was furious when Elizabeth was reinstated at the hospital. Lulu and Dante's search for Luke led them to Greece, where Dante attempted to get a job working for Helena.

One Life to Live

Joey's divorce from Aubrey was finalized. Joey and Kelly left town to visit Zane. Vimal's parents arrived in town for a visit. Brody suggested that Natalie and Liam move in with him. Jessica warned Brody that Natalie would still be with John if Liam had been John's son. Natalie accused Jessica of hiding behind Tess to shirk responsibility for hurting others. Ford invited Jessica and Bree to spend time with him and Ryder in the park after Jessica's ugly confrontation with Natalie. Sam raced to Dorian's aid, dressed as Spider-Man, when he heard Dorian cry out for help. John followed a trail of string from Sam's web shooter, which led to Echo's room at the Minute Man Motel. Echo was taken into custody and then charged with kidnapping and conspiring to kill Dorian. Agent Baker caught up to the man with the scar and Todd outside of Todd's house. Agent Baker took the man with the scar into custody and then instructed Todd to forget the man with the scar. Later, Agent Baker shot the man with the scar and then dumped his body into the river, unaware that the man with the scar wore a bulletproof vest. A homeless man fished the man with the scar out of the river and put him in contact with John.

The Young and the Restless

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Ashley was impressive at the Jabot launch, where she covered for Tucker with the media. Abby turned to booze after learning about Ashley's wedding. Deacon asked Diane to let him in on her revenge schemes. Sharon was sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole. Abby confessed to Tucker that she'd driven the car that had hit him. Tucker forgave Abby, but when questioned point-blank, he refused to admit his tryst with Diane. Phyllis demanded that Adam produce the memory card that would have cleared Sharon, but Adam claimed it was rubbish. Phyllis wrote a blog about the memory card and suggested that Adam had destroyed it to punish Sharon for betraying him with Sam. Walsh offered Sharon a deal if she revealed Adam's role in her escape. Billy was hospitalized after a car crash, but was not arrested because he hadn't been drinking. While Billy was supposedly unconscious, Victoria confessed her love but said they were finished. Diane got Victor to sign off as Kyle's legal guardian by explaining that she was double-crossing Adam and feared Adam's wrath. Using a fake passport from Adam, Diane arranged for Kyle to go to Switzerland, where she'd join him later. Adam plotted to frame Victor for Diane's murder. Billy's birthday was a bust.