EDGE STORIES 1980





JANUARY 7-11, 1980:
Cliff accidentally ate Mrs. Cory's soup and got sick. Miles' drug reaction caused him to accuse Nicole and Derek of a sexual liasion. Star and Calvin were married. April had a vision that her baby will be a girl named Julia. During an interview with Nicole, Derek learned that Nancy had met drug dealer Benny. Derek had Benny brought in for questioning.

JANUARY 14-18, 1980:
Nola and Elliot wanted to run away together, but Margo refused to give Elliot a divorce. Draper exploded after learning that Margo convinced David Henson to revoke the New York job offer. Miles had visions of Denise, who taunted him about losing Nicole to Derek. Miles consulted with psychiatrist Alison Perry about him possibly having the same schizophrenia that plagued his mother. Benny assumed that Nancy was responsible for his being questioned by the police and plotted revenge. Steve and Deborah planned to spend a romantic weekend together.

JANUARY 21-25, 1980:
Deborah and Steve were snowbound together. Miles hallucinated Nicole and Derek in bed together, then confronted Nicole in a drug-induced rage. During the argument, Nicole fell on the stairs. Miles moved to a hotel to avoid further injury to Nicole.Benny tried to assault Nancy and was arrested. Nola and Elliot were furious that Margo won't ever give Elliot his freedom. Draper told April that he could kill Margo for all of her treachery, then in a rage, he left to confront her.

JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 1, 1980:
Draper saw Margo enter the penthouse elevator. When Draper took the next elevator, he found Margo, who had been bludgeoned with a fire poker. Draper searched the penthouse but couldn't find Margo's assailant. Steve saw Nola dressed as Mrs. Cory and chased her, but she got away. Deborah told Owen that she loves Steve. Derek suspected that Draper bludegeoned Margo. Margo awoke. Elliot overheard Margo say "no" when April asked Margo if Draper was innocent. Margo died from head injuries. The police searched for Miles, who was missing in a drugged stupor.

FEBRUARY 4-8, 1980:
Deborah suspected that Elliot killed Margo. Elliot claimed to have been at a movie when Margo was attacked, but Deborah proved that he was lying. Elliot confessed that he'd actually been with a married woman. April was devastated by Margo's death. Draper wondered if April believes in his innocence. Nola admitted to Steve and Deborah that she posed as Mrs. Cory as a joke. Logan insisted to Derek that Draper couldn't have killed Margo. Nicole professed Draper's innocence to Derek, who pointed out that it's easy for men like Draper and Miles to commit violent acts.

FEBRUARY 11-15, 1980:
Miles resurfaced and attacked Derek, who had him arrested. April experienced premature labor pains when Draper was indicted for Margo's murder. Cliff hoped to prosecute Draper, while Logan vowed to find the real killer. Benny was released on bail and tried to stab Nancy, but Mike saved her. Deborah taunted Nola about Elliot's "mystery woman" alibi. Miles feared that he might have killed Margo.

FEBRUARY 18-22, 1980:
Derek urged Deborah to press attempted murder charges against Nola, whose name was on Benny's drug customer list. Derek realized that Miles' water cooler was spiked with drugs and stopped Miles from drinking another dose. Deborah talked Logan and Cliff into putting Elliot on the stand at Draper's trial. Nola learned that Elliot still has keys to Margo's apartment building. Oscar, Margo's doorman, testified that Nola visited Margo the night of the murder, but Margo had left the apartment after Nola's visit.

FEBRUARY 25-29, 1980:
Elliot's surprise alibi turned out to be Raven, who testified that she had returned to Monticello the night Margo was murdered, and Elliot couldn't be the killer. Later, Raven told Elliot she has to be a good girl in order to get Jamey from Logan. Derek vowed to nail Nola, even though Deborah and Miles both refused to sign complaints against her.

MARCH 3-7, 1980:
April gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Julia, Logan's mother's name. Draper was found guilty of killing Margo and ordered to leave for Redstone Prison. Deborah and Calvin searched for more clues at the penthouse, and Deborah found a wig-pin. April offered a job at WMON to Geraldine. Draper asked Logan to take care of April and Julia while he's in prison. Logan was suspicious of Raven's reason for returning to Monticello. Steve realized that he saw Rachel Barnes, not Nola, the night of Margo's murder.

MARCH 10-14, 1980:
Nola hit the bottle again, accusing Elliot of wanting to dump her and run to Raven. Raven teased Derek in front of Logan. Miles made amends to Nicole about his accusations of her having an affair with Derek. Logan promised Draper that he would take care of April and Julia while Draper's in prison. On the train to Redstone prison, Draper's police escort Sam Dwyer admitted that he'd attended Draper's trial every day because he believes in Draper's innocence. Nicole confirmed for Deborah that Margo sometimes wore wigs. A torrential rainstorm washed out the Grand Falls bridge, causing Draper's train to crash.

MARCH 17-21, 1980: Draper's police escort Sam Dwyer was trapped in the wreckage of the train. Believing Draper's innocence, Dwyer released him then handcuffed himself to a dead passenger. Draper escaped from the train, but received a head injury when the train exploded. Everyone presumed that Draper died in the train crash. Deborah confronted Nola with one of Margo's wigs, claiming it was the won she wore the night she died. Nola confessed that she had bludegeoned Margo before Draper arrived, then donned a wig and disguised herself as Margo, which is why Draper thought he saw Margo enter the penthouse moments before her attack. April went beserk when she learned that Nola confessed to Margo's murder, moments before Draper's death. Draper collapsed on the doorstep of a neurotic woman named Emily, who thinks Draper is a man named Kirk.

MARCH 24-28, 1980:
Draper has amnesia. Emily's father Leo Gault realized that Emily thinks Draper is her ex-lover Kirk Michaels. Raven attempted to kidnap Jamey, but her plan was thwarted by Geraldine and Mrs. Goodman. Logan almost found Elliot in Raven's bed.Leo promised his housekeeper Molly that he'd get rid of Kirk (Draper), but then he suffered an angina attack.

MARCH 31 - APRIL 4, 1980:
Leo read a newspaper account of the train accudent and realized that Kirk is really Draper. Fearing for Emily's sanity, Leo burned the newspaper so that Emily won't have to lose "Kirk" again. Raven got caught trying to kidnap Jamey again. April moved in Mike and Nancy temporarily. Logan comforted April about Draper's death and promised to take care of her and Julia. Logan wanted to have himself legally named as Jamey's father. Geraldine helped the case by handing over records of Kevin Jamison's sterility, which prove that he couldn't have fathered Jamey. Miles was unable to make love to Nicole.

APRIL 7-11, 1980:
Deborah became Jamey's "security sitter". Mike and Nancy unwittingly played matchmaker for Cliff and April. Miles admitted to Derek that he'll only rest easy after Derek has his own girlfriend. Emily told Kirk (Draper) that they had eloped years ago with the family jewels, but Kirk disappeared after a state trooper stopped them with news that Emily's mother died in a car crash while attempting to stop the elopement.

APRIL 14-18, 1980:
April learned that she inherited most of Margo's fortune and fumed that Elliot inherited the Unicorn. Draper underwent hypnosis to get his memory back, but confused being sent to jail with Kirk's marriage to Emily. Raven seduced Derek. Nicole and Miles finally made love. Cliff has his eye on Draper's job and told Logan that he intends to resign.

APRIL 21-25, 1980:
Derek resisted Raven's seductions. Jamey became ill. Raven fears that she'll be cut off financially by Nadine if Raven loses Jamey. April dreamed about Draper's death and a carousel. Miles accepted Derek's offer as chief of forsenic medicine for the police department.

APRIL 28 - MAY 2, 1980:
Mike and Nancy learned that their nephew Kelly is arriving in Monticello. Draper questioned whether or not he might have had a car accident. Elliot turned the Unicorn into a disco. Cliff is anxious to begin working with Mike. Unsure of his identity, Draper informed Leo that he'd like to compare his fingerprints to Kirk Michaels'.

MAY 5-9, 1980:
Draper matched his fingerprints with those on Kirk Michaels' arrest record, and they matched perfectly. With Elliot at the wheel of the getaway car, Raven snatched Jamey from the hospital while Logan was out of town. Nancy's nephew, who uses the stage name Kelly McGrath, is a puppeteer. Steve asked Deborah to marry him, but once again, Deborah refused.

MAY 12-16, 1980:
April moved into Margo's penthouse. Draper and Emily checked into the same hotel that Raven and Elliot are staying in. Logan was furious to learn about Jamey's kidnapping and vowed to retrieve him.

MAY 19-23, 1980:
Disappointed over Deborah's refusal to marry, Steve accepted an undercover job in Arizona. Emily checked with Deborah and learned that Kirk doesn't have a current record. Draper was hit by a car. Nancy and Nicole helped Kelly get a job with his puppets. Ravenforced Elliot to babysit, then slipped off to meet with Derek. Draper was taken to the hospital, where Miles approached him.

MAY 26-30, 1980:
Draper wasn't spotted by Miles when he bandaged after the car mishap. April gave Logan the letter Raven wrote before leaving Monticello, which proved that she abandoned Jamey. Leo remembered substituting Kirk's fingerprints for Draper's. Draper and Emily went house hunting and wanted to buy April and Draper's former house in Oakdale. Leo feared that Draper's real identity will be exposed. Raven tried to enlist Cliff in her scheme to win custody of Jamey.

JUNE 2-6, 1980:
Raven dropped the abndonment letter over the side of April's terrace. Elliot retrieved the letter from the sidewalk below. Leo decided to tell Emily and Draper the truth, but before he could, he had a heart attack, fell down the stairs, and died. Molly vowed that she would always take care of Emily.

JUNE 9-13, 1980:
April agreed to testify on Logan's behalf in the custody trial. Deborah and Calvin tracked down Raven and learned that she's hired an inept babysitter for Jamey. Nicole is having dizzy spells. April planned to meet Kirk/Draper and Emily, who decided to buy April's house in Oakdale. Elliot kept Raven's abandonment letter to keep her in line. Logan kissed April.

JUNE 16-20, 1980:
A mysterious stranger named Jody tailed Miles and Nicole. April failed to recognize Draper's voice on the phone when he called to arrange for he and Emily to move in the house in Oakdale. Raven accused Logan of having a fling with April. Logan is falling in love with April. April and Emily became friends. While examining photos of the train crash, Mike realized that the position of "Draper's" body was wrong for a handcuffed man. Derek ordered Draper's body to be exhumed.

JUNE 23-27, 1980:
Mike's theory proved correct when an autopsy revealed that the body attached handcuffed to Sam Dwyer wasn't Draper. Jody found shelter at Gavin Wylie's dance studio, then found a job with Kelly at the Unicorn. April got Emily a job as Miles' receptionist, and Molly was hired as Jamey's babysitter. Raven revealed to Elliot that Jamey is worth a multimillion dollar inheritance. Deborah tipped off Logan that Kirk/Draper has a police record and may be pulling a con on April.

JUNE 30 - JULY 4, 1980:
Molly spotted a photo of April and Draper, realized that Kirk is actually Draper Scott, and warned Emily that Kirk must never meet April. Nicole was stunned that Jody's last name is Travis, which is Nicole's maiden name. Kelly was interested in Jody. Draper took a factory job with Jock DeLucca, then recalled a blond woman from his past.

JULY 7-11, 1980:
Cliff got drunk and blabbed to Raven that Draper wasn't killed in the train crash. Raven promised Logan not she wouldn't tell April about Draper, if Logan drops the custody fight. Jody revealed to Nicole that they're half sisters, since Nicole's father Ben Travis had an affair with Jody's mom Billie Lorraine. Gavin warned Kelly to stay away from Jody. April wondered why Logan Logan is suddenly cooler toward her. Molly confessed to Emily that Kirk is actually Draper Scott.

JULY 14-18, 1980:
Emily planned to tell Kirk/Draper the truth, but then he admitted that he is falling in love with her. Miles offered Jody money, but she refused to take it. Deborah and Logan decided to investigate the train crash, hoping to uncover information about Draper. Draper received free tickets to an amusement park, where he and Emily spent the day. Larry Watts, an amusement park employee, mistook Draper for the real Kirk Michaels, then produced a loaded gun.Deborah received a letter from Steve, who said that he's found a girlfriend in Arizona and will not be returning to Monticello.

JULY 21-25, 1980:
Emily feared for Draper/Kirk's life after he was kidnapped by Larry Watts and Larry's bosslady Frankie. Gavin and Kelly vied for Jody's attention. Jody was taken ill and moved in with Miles and Nicole. Logan admitted his love for April. Deborah was upset over Steve's departure. Frankie and Larry demanded to know where Kirk had stashed the money they stole in a robbery years before.

JULY 28 - AUGUST 1, 1980:
Larry and Frankie beat and tortured Draper when he couldn't tell them where the robbery money is hidden. Jody's interest began to steer in Mike's direction. Gavin punched a man who offended his manhood at the dance studio. Derek realized that Raven is using him so that she'll look more acceptable to Nadine. Logan learned that Emily had lived in the area near Draper's train crash and questioned whether Emily saw anyone following the crash.

AUGUST 4-8, 1980:
Logan learned that the real Kirk Michaels was killed in a payroll heist years ago. Frankie and Larry didn't believe Emily's story that Kirk/Draper is not the same man who double-crossed them in the past. Calvin strutted his stuff in Gavin's dance class. Kelly told Jody that he split from his parents, who believed that he attacked a girl in Italy. April suggested to Deborah that Derek would be a good new man in her life. Raven hustled to keep Nadine from learning about her true relationship with Jamey.

AUGUST 11-15, 1980:
Nadine fell for Raven's lies that Geraldine has been spreading ugly gossip about her. Raven told Elliot that she's off limits to him while Nadine is in town. Emily turned to April, when Frankie and Larry demanded ransom money for Draper, but Emily lied to April that it was to pay off a gambling debt. Kelly told Jody that his former girlfriend Karen had used him to make her Italian boyfriend Giorgio jealous. Giorgio beat up Karen then blamed Kelly. Raven played the "good mother" routine for Nadine. Derek and Logan investigated Kirk Michaels and ran a trace on the fingerprint card Logan took from Emily.

AUGUST 18-22, 1980:
Raven told April that Logan investigated Draper's death and has been witholding the fact that Draper might not have been killed in the train accident. After Emily confessed to Frankie, Larry, and Kirk/Draper that Kirk is actually attorney Draper Scott, Draper regained his memory. Emily and Draper escaped into the amusement park, with Frankie and Larry in pursuit. Logan and Derek learned that Kirk's supposed fingerprints match Draper's. Calvin and Deborah arrived at the amusement park and heard gunshots.

AUGUST 25- 29, 1980:
April and the police converged on the amusement park when everyone realized that Kirk is actually Draper. Just as Larry was about to shoot Draper, Calvin shot Larry, who fell from a roof and died, while Frankie was captured and arrested. Logan and Emily witnessed April and Draper's emotional reunion in front of the carousel from her visions. After Draper told Emily that their relationship is over, Emily attempted to jump to her death, was hospitalized, and slipped into a state of catatonia.

SEPTEMBER 1-5, 1980:
Raven told Draper that Logan and April had fallen in love while Draper was presumed dead. April footed Emily's psychiatric hospital bills. Elliot had the hots for Jody, who showed an unusual interest in Miles. Elliot suggested that Raven make Geraldine and Logan a monetary offer for the return of Jamey. Nicole didn't tell Miles that she's anemic. April and Draper decided to keep Molly in their employ.

SEPTEMBER 8-12, 1980:
Raven and Nadine had a strange conversation before Nadine left for the airport, where Nadine crashed her car and died. Deborah suspected that Nadine had been poisoned, but Raven had Nadine's body cremated before an autopsy could be performed. Elliot warned Kelly to cool his temper after Kelly nearly strangled a drunk who made fun of his puppets during a show at the Unicorn. Gavin noticed that Elliot is muscling in on Jody, who complained that Gavin is working her too hard at the dance studio.

SEPTEMBER 15-19, 1980:
Deborah continued to investigate the possibility that Raven poisoned Nadine, resulting in the car crash that took her life. Draper spotted Logan and April locked in an embrace, but April claimed that it was just a friendly hug. Miles insisted that Nicole be hospitalized when her dizzy spells worsened. Kelly was furious with Elliot, who made a pass at Jody.

SEPTEMBER 22-26, 1980:
A strange orderly named Matt Sharkey made overtures to a catatonic Emily in the psychiatric hospital. Elliot fumed that Raven has turned from him to Derek. Miles learned that Nicole is suffering from aplastic anemia, which might be fatal. April reassured Draper that she and Logan didn't become lovers during his absence. Gavin inadvertently referred to Jody as "Martine", while daydreaming about a beautiful dancer from his past.

SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 3, 1980:
During the custody trial, Raven testified that she never wrote a note relinquishing her right to Jamey. Later, Elliot taunted Raven that he still has the note in his possession and can give it to Logan at any time. Deborah learned that Raven will inherit a fortune if she attains custody of Jamey and realized that it's Raven's motive for killing Nadine. Emily came out of her catatonia and insisted that Kirk still exists. Kelly and Jody were fired after he punched Elliot for propositioning Jody. Elliot suspected that Raven killed Nadine and confronted Molly, who admitted that Raven served Nadine a cup of tea just before Nadine's car crash. Raven threatened Elliot's life, while Kelly vowed he'd kill, too, if Elliot makes another sexual play for Jody.

OCTOBER 6-10, 1980:
A jealous Elliot threatened to expose Raven's letter in court after he found Raven in Derek's arms. Later, while alone at the Unicorn, Elliot was stabbed in the back by someone wearing one of Kelly's hand puppets. Elliot left Raven's note in a magazine in his office. Martine DuVal, one of Gavin's former dancers, arrived in Monticello. April forbade Draper to visit Emily. Elliot's body was discovered.

OCTOBER 13-17, 1980:
Kelly asked Mike for help when he realized that one of his puppets was missing and he was being set up for Elliot's murder. Martine told Gavin that her current lover Sky will soon join her in Monticello. Deborah suspected that Raven murdered Elliot, because he had discovered that she killed Nadine. The police found Raven's custody note, which was turned over to Mike.

OCTOBER 20-24, 1980:
Raven lost the custody case after Mike presented Raven's note as evidence in court. April reassured Draper that she loves only him and not Logan. Jody was jealous that Martine is Gavin's former lover and dancing partner. Martine's present lover Sky arrived in Monticello with his menacing servant Gunther Wagner.

OCTOBER 27-31, 1980:
Nicole collapsed and was hospitalized. Geraldine stopped Raven from kidnapping Jamey. Cliff asked Mike to handle Kelly's case, and suspected that Raven was responsible for the murders of Nadine and Elliot. Kelly and Jody sealed their relationship with a kiss. Cliff learned that Kelly was acquitted in Italy of stabbing Giorgio, his former girlfriend's lover, in the back.

NOVEMBER 3-7, 1980:
Draper sent Molly to retrieve some papers from his office, and she bumped into to Kelly, who was rushing out of the building. Molly discovered Cliff, who had been stabbed in the back. Cliff survived the attack and claimed that the assailant had been a woman. Raven took a pillow into Cliff's hospital room and threatened to smother him if he doesn't stop spreading rumors that she killed Nadine and Elliot. Kelly asked Jody to provide him with an alibi for the night of Elliot's murder. Sky was jealous of Gavin's relationship with Martine. Emily admitted to Sharkey that she intends to leave the sanitarium and get Draper away from April.

NOVEMBER 10-14, 1980:
Emily stunned Draper with the news that she's pregnant with his child. Molly learned from Emily's psychiatrist that Emily is still mentally unbalanced. Jody confided to Nicole that she's jealous of Martine. Martine invited Jody to be a part of her dance troupe. Sky was revealed to be Geraldine's nephew Schyuler Whitney. Forensics proved that the same knife was used to murder Elliot and injure Cliff. Miles learned that Nicole will probably die without a risky bone-marrow transplant.

NOVEMBER 17-21, 1980:
Miles asked Jody for a bone-marrow transplant to save Nicole's life. Molly spotted Kelly's puppet show at the hospital, then feared that he was following her. Later, the police found Molly unconscious on the sidewalk, with Kelly's puppet by her side. Derek assured Raven that Kelly is the main suspect in the knife attacks. Miles feared that time is running out for Nicole. Kelly convinced Jody to join Martine's dance troupe.

NOVEMBER 24-28, 1980:
Nicole assured Jody that she doesn't have an obligation to donate the bone-marrow. Jody and Kelly decided to leave Monticello to escape their predicaments. Sky warned Gavin to steer clear of Martine. Emily taunted April that she will have to share Draper since Emily is pregnant with his baby. April suspected that Emily is lying about her pregnancy to trap Draper.

DECEMBER 1-5, 1980:
Nancy broadcast an appeal for Kelly and Jody's return after Derek issued a warrant for Kelly's arrest. Logan realized the basis for Raven's manueverings after learning that Jamey inherited the bulk of Nadine's estate. Raven met Sky and was swept off her feet. Draper insisted that Emily see a doctor to confirm her pregnancy claims.

DECEMBER 8-12, 1980:
Logan accepted a lucrative New York job offer. April and Draper were devastated to learn that Emily's telling the truth when the doctor confirmed her pregnancy. Emily took great delight in flaunting her condition in front of April. Jody and Kelly managed to get rid of a cop who showed up at their beach house hideaway. Kelly admitted that he's in love with Jody. Nicole's condition grew very grave.

DECEMBER 15-19, 1980:
Mike accepted the mayor's offer to be the new district attorney. Jody and Kelly decided to return to Monticello. Kelly was arrested for Elliot's murder. Jody agreed to donate her bone marrow to Nicole. Logan bid April a tender farewell before leaving for New York. Derek refused Deborah's request to bring Raven in for questioning even though Raven admitted to being in the Unicorn the night Elliot was killed. Raven claimed that she saw Kelly leaving the scene of Elliot's murder.

DECEMBER 22-26, 1980:
Emily warned Draper that if he doesn't stick by her, she'll get an abortion, but April wasn't fooled by the ploy. Kelly was released on bail. Raven told Derek that she was frightened by a shadow holding a knife outside her apartment. Nicole prepared to undergo the transplant surgery.

DECEMBER 29, 1980 - JANUARY 2, 1981:
Jody was hospitalized and underwent the bone-marrow extraction. Martine convinced Sky to hire Gavin as the director of the Whitney dance company after Sky's New York director decided not to come to Monticello. April found Emily asleep on the Scott's sofa and ordered her out of the penthouse. Raven persuaded Derek to give her a handgun and shooting lessons. Kelly decided to visit Raven and force her to admit that she lied about seeing him at the Unicorn the night Elliot was murdered. Raven was stalked by a knife-wielding shadow.



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