JANUARY 1976:
Bill and Luke uncovered Tracy's prostitute past and her connection to Noel. Geraldine almost regained consciousness, but Noel disconnected her respirator tubes. Geraldine survived the attempt on her life. Under police scrutiny, Noel confesssed that Tracy pushed Geraldine down the stairs. Tracy was arrested. Adam was torn between his loyalty to Nicole and love for Brandy. Nicole convinced Dr. Clay Jordan to treat Geraldine in Monticello. Tiffany forgave Noel, who promised to change, but later he made a pass at Nicole. Jury selection for Serena's trial began. The Karrs' offered to take care of Timmy during the trial, and Serena consented.

FEBRUARY 1976:
Clay's metaphysical treatments seemed to work as Geraldine finally spoke. Mike and Adam realized that Geraldine was bludgeoned after her fall down the stairs. Tracy jumped bail, fleeing to Chicago and her former madam Mrs. Armstrong. Adam was unable to choose between Nicole and Brandy, so Nicole filed for a divorce. Johnny hired Nicole as his new hostess at the New Moon. Serena's trial began. Quentin's testimony helped Serena's case. Nancy feared that Josie is re-emerging. After witnessing a fight between Tiffany and Kevin, Geraldine remembered that Noel bludgeoned her after she fell down the stairs. Tracy decided to return to Danny after hearing a news report that cleared her name in Geraldine's accident. Meanwhile, a drunken Noel exposed Tracy's prostitute past to Danny.

MARCH 1976:
Danny couldn't forgive Tracy for her lies. Mike confronted Serena, who admitted that she's been Josie since the day of Mark's shooting. With Serena on the witness stand, Adam pulled off her blonde wig, revealing Josie's short, dark hair. Josie confessed that Serena's father had beaten and tortured her, causing Josie to emerge. Pretending to be Serena, Josie said goodbye to Timmy and was committed to a psychiatric facility. Adam refused to grant Nicole a divorce. Tiffany learned the extent of Noel's treachery and ordered him out of the Whitney mansion.

APRIL 1976: Kevin and Phoebe eloped. Geraldine insisted that Kevin and Phoebe stay at the Whitney mansion until they find their own home. Geraldine refused to press charges against Noel, who left the country. Nicole suffered from terrifying nightmares and suspected that she's being followed. Nicole's problems brought her closer to Adam, while Brandy vowed to fight for Adam's love. Danny and Tracy reconciled. Tiffany decided to file divorce proceedings against Noel but fell to her death out of a tenth-floor office window while waiting for the divorce attorney. Mike and Nancy instigated legal adoption papers for custody of Timmy.

MAY 1976:
Adam realized that Nicole is being followed. The police identified Joe Randy as Nicole's tail. Randy's fingerprints were found on the window sill where Tiffany fell, but before he could be arrested, Randy was the victim of a gangland execution. Nicole's nightmares of a machete wielding island native grew more disturbing. Adam saved Nicole from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills. Van Rydell, another stranger to Monticello, stalked Nicole. Mike decided to head a new anticrime organization. Serena's sister Josephine Harper arrived with plans of taking Timmy back to England with her.

JUNE 1976:
Draper went to New York to meet with his wealthy father, attorney Ansel Scott. Ansel offered Draper a job in his New York law firm, but Draper refused. Someone driving a yellow sports car attempted to run down Nicole. Bill and Luke worried about Adam after realizing Brandy's yellow car fits of the description of the one used in the attempt on Nicole's life. Social worker Ada Chandler warned the Karr's that Josephine will probably get custody of Timmy. Timmy admitted that Josephine reminds him of his mother. Bill and Luke are suspicious of Brandy. While Brandy was alone alone with Nicole, Adam heard Nicole scream.

JUNE 28 - JULY 2, 1976:
Following Nicole's scream, Adam burst into the room to discover that Nicole had simply fainted. Danny worried that he might be the next victim in the recent rash of gangland executions. The court awarded custody of Timmy to Josephine. Brandy was alternately sane and hysterical. Draper returned from New York. Geraldine accused Phoebe of getting romantic with Dr. Chris Neely, Phoebe's young psychology mentor.

JULY 5 - 9, 1976:
Clay referred to the man in Nicole's dream as Billy, saying he'd heard Nicole repeating the name. Nicole consulted with Quentin about drug therapy. Tracy's being blackmailed to tell Van Rydell everything about Nicole. Nancy was depressed by Timmy's absence.

JULY 12 - 16, 1976:
Draper made a play for Brandy, but she said she's had it with romance. Van Rydell broke into Nicole's house and mounted the stairs with a large butcher's knife in hand. Nicole had another nightmare and ran from the room before Van could kill her. Clay told Geraldine she can walk, but Geraldine claims she can't move.

JULY 19 - 23, 1976:
Nicole fell while running from Van Rydell and was later found unconscious in the woods. Nancy got a job as a consumer reporter for the Monticello News. Tracy confessed to Danny that she's being blackmailed by Van. Van was ready to leave Monticello until he heard a news report about Nicole's recovery. Chris and Phoebe quarreled over work, but there was sexual tension between the two.

JULY 26 - 30, 1976:
Nancy found a button in Nicole's room. Brandy admitted that the button was hers, but she was out of town during Nicole's accident. Geraldine offered to set Clay up in business, then she was shattered to learn from Adam that Clay's credentials are phony. Adam realized that Tiffany was wearing Nicole's coat the day she died, so Nicole was actually the intended murder victim.

AUGUST 2 - 6, 1976:
Nicole took truth serum to uncover what happened after The Sprite explosion, but 40 days are still missing. After Clay intruded on the session, Adam kicked him out. Adam's theory about Tiffany's death was accepted by Luke and Bill. Brandy found Raven and Draper in a romantic embrace.

AUGUST 9 - 14, 1976:
Realizing that Nicole is in terrible danger, Adam hired police bodyguard Steve Guthrie. Clay broke into Quentin's office to learn what Nicole had said under sedation, then killed Quentin who caught him ransacking the office. Brandy was distraught over Quentin's death. Kevin agreed to help Bill expose hood Anthony Saxon and was later kidnapped by one of Saxon's henchmen.

AUGUST 16 - 20, 1976:
Brandy secluded herself and refused to work as her depression over Quentin's death grew worse. Saxon released Kevin. Phoebe and Neely got closer when Phoebe fretted about Kevin's distance. Van attempted to kill Nicole again, but Steve saved her life. Van escaped.

AUGUST 23 - 27, 1976:
Johnny and Abby identified Van at the New Moon. Adam confronted Van, who pulled a gun. During the struggle, Adam was shot. Clay played on Geraldine's sympathy. Saxon somehow acquired Mike's anticrime investigation reports. Nancy suddenly grew uneasy about her new job.

AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 3, 1976:
Adam recovered from the shooting. Ansel became Tony Saxon's new attorney. Saxon's henchmen threatened Johnny. Van, disguised as a cop, knocked Steve unconscious and prepared to kill Nicole. Neely found an apartment for Phoebe and Kevin. Nancy was spotted with a strange man.

SEPTEMBER 6 - 10, 1976:
Van was shot before he could kill Nicole. At the hospital, Van whispered the word "Starkweather" to Steve. Later, Clay entered Van's room and shot him to death, then claimed he did it in self-defense when Van tried to escape. Tracy confessed to Danny that she's unable to ever have children. Draper learned that he'll be working on the Saxon case against his father.

SEPTEMBER 13 - 17, 1976:
Nancy lashed out at Mike for playing the crusader and constantly putting their lives in danger, then she met with the mysterious Beau Richardson. Nicole began to remember the missing 40 days. Adam suggested she undergo narcosynthesis. Neely told Phoebe that he'd treat Nicole.

SEPTEMBER 20 - 24, 1976:
Under drugs, Nicole remembered that she had been held prisoner on an island by embezzler Claude Revenant and his manservant Billy. Nancy told Kevin that man he saw her kissing was an informer for a story she's writing. Van's deathbed clue was a false lead. Mike told Saxon to stop the threats against his family.

SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 1, 1976:
Danny was repulsed to learn that Tracy can't have children because of past abortions. Nancy pleaded with Mike to resign from the crime commission. Draper asked Brandy to marry him. Nadine and Geraldine arranged a party for the Scott's and the Jamison's.

OCTOBER 4 - 8, 1976:
Danny quit his job and packed his bags to get away from Tracy. Saxon suggested to Ansel that Draper might come in handy as a pipeline to the district attorney. Beau, who's working for Saxon, played up to Nancy to make Mike look bad. Both Nicole and Steve decided to return to work.

OCTOBER 11 - 15, 1976:
Danny accepted a manager's job at one of Saxon's nightclubs, The Ace of Clubs. Trudy found Ansel and Raven necking. Clay admitted to Nicole that he's trying to locate Gilbert Darcy (Claude Revenant). Phoebe suspected that Clay stole Nicole's records from Quentin's office.

OCTOBER 18 - 23, 1976:
Nancy decided that she and Mike should separate. Johnny hired mysterious Molly O'Connor to be his new waitress. Clay begged Brandy to use her charms to spilt Adam and Nicole's marriage. Draper suggested that Brandy prosecute Saxon's case.

OCTOBER 25 - 29, 1976:
A drunken patron at the Ace of Clubs who Danny bounced turned out to be Saxon's daughter Deborah. Nancy told Mike she's thinking of moving into her own apartment. Clay bought a bottle of poison intended for Adam. Ansel admitted to Draper that he'll earn 7 million dollars for winning the Saxon case.

NOVEMBER 1 - 5, 1976:
Nancy gave Beau a list of Saxon's connections that she'd stolen from Mike. Ansel told Raven he intends to marry her mother, then embraced Raven passionately. Phoebe and Bill investigated Clay's connection to Quentin's death.

NOVEMBER 8 - 12, 1976:
Raven objected when Geraldine suggested that Nadine and Ansel marry immediately. Ansel insulted Brandy about her strange bedfellow relationship with Draper. Nancy and Mike's marriage disintegrated as Nancy packed her backs and moved out. Phoebe stole a wine glass from Clay, hoping to match his prints to those found in Quentin's office. Clay realized what Phoebe was doing and spiked her wine with chloral hydrate. Clay called Kevin and told him that a drunken Phoebe was on her way home. Kevin was devastated when the police informed him Phoebe's car careened off a cliff and blew up.

NOVEMBER 15 - 19, 1976:
On the run for suspicion of Phoebe's murder, Clay turned to Saxon for help. Deborah insisted that Danny be fired. Steve grew suspicious of Johnny's waitress Molly. Mike and Brandy cried on each others' shoulders about Nancy and Adam.

NOVEMBER 22 - 26, 1976:
Saxon rehired Danny. Tracy grew attracted to Steve. Steve searched for Molly after he discovered that she owns a registered gun and is missing with Nicole. Neely decided to stay in town and help Kevin find Phoebe's killer. Molly stopped her car on a deserted road, claiming car trouble. When Nicole turned to wave down an approaching car, Molly drew her gun and shots were fired.

NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 3, 1976:
Molly saved Nicole's life by shooting another hired killer. Steve learned that Molly is a cop, hired by Adam to protect Nicole. Ansel and Nadine set a January wedding date. Mike told Adam that he suspects Nancy is seeing another man. Tony warned Deborah that the Ace of Clubs and Beau are off limits. Raven denied being interested in Ansel.

DECEMBER 6 - 10, 1976:
Adam told Brandy that he loves Nicole. Brandy decided to marry Draper, but Draper slept with Raven. Beau and Saxon suspected that she moved out of Mike's house so that she won't have to spy on him anymore. Laurie planned a San Francisco trip to check up on Timmy. Deborah was attracted to Steve.

DECEMBER 13 - 17, 1976:
Beau and Saxon are blackmailing Nancy with threats against Timmy. Beau ordered Nancy to move back home or else he and Saxon will kill Timmy. Brandy proposed to Draper, who refused. Brandy decided to leave Monticello. Geraldine invited Kevin to move back to the Whitney mansion. Tracy played it cool with Steve. Nicole refused Adam's request that she give up her job at the New Moon.

DECEMBER 20 - 24, 1976:
Laurie and Johnny arranged a Christmas reunion for Mike and Nancy. Tracy and Danny decided to share Christmas dinner together. Nicole's life was threatened again.

DECEMBER 27 - 31, 1976:
Mike found Nancy in Beau's room and assumed the worst, so Laurie's reunion dinner was ruined. Danny was jealous of Tracy's interest in Steve, who had his own hands full with Deborah. On New Year's Eve, news broadcasts reported that Nicole had been shot and killed by an assassin.