EDGE STORIES 1981



JANUARY 5 - 9, 1981:
Raven claimed that Kelly was at the Unicorn the night of Elliot's murder. Derek taught Raven how to fire a gun. April moved herself and Julia out of the apartment and into the house in Oakdale before Draper could tell Emily that he wants nothing to do with her or the baby. Draper offered to support financially Emily and her child. Logan returned briefly and urged April to reconcile with Draper. Jody survived the transplant operation. Martine cuddled with Gavin, while Sky entertained Raven, Geraldine, and Deborah. Alone in the Oakdale house, April dreamed that Draper and Emily slept there in separate beds. Emily searched for Matt Sharkey. Molly arrived at Raven's apartment and confronted her about who she saw leaving the scene of Elliot's murder.

JANUARY 12 - 16, 1981:
Molly confessed to Raven that she had accidently killed Nadine, after putting poison in Raven's sugar bowl to murder April, who was scheduled for a visit that night. Molly recalled stabbing Elliot and Cliff, because each had gotten too close to the truth. After her confession to Raven, Molly brandished a knife, admitting that she intended to murder April next. Raven managed to get Derek's revolver, but before she could call the police, Molly grabbed the gun in a struggle and shot Raven. When Deborah phoned Raven's apartment repeatedly and didn't get an answer, she speculated that Raven had skipped town. Molly arrived in Oakdale, and attempted to kill April with a cup of poisoned tea, but April didn't drink it. After April made Molly leave, Draper and Miles each phoned to persuade April to return to Monticello. Molly secretly re-entered the house after April went to bed, and, armed with a rope, planned to strangle her. April discovered Molly, who trapped her in the house as a violent thunderstorm raged. April hid in the basement, but Molly found her. As they struiggled, April fell and was knocked unconscious. Molly made a noose and prepared to hang April from the basement rafters.

JANUARY 19 - 23, 1981:
Before she could hang April, Molly spotted Raven, who hadn't been shot since Derek loaded the gun with blanks. Thinking Raven was a ghost, a terrified Molly lost her balance, falling to her death down the basement stairs. Emily remembered seducing hospital orderly Matt Sharkey, who is the real father of her unborn baby, not Draper. After learning about Molly's death, Emily lashed out at April, accusing of her of deliberately pushing Molly down the stairs. April warned Draper that the situation with Emily will only get worse now that Draper is the only person left in Emily's life. Emily insisted to Draper that she'll die if he cuts off all ties with her and the baby.

JANUARY 26 - 30, 1981:
Nancy suspected that Emily's baby was fathered by Sharkey. Geraldine asked Raven to move into her suite at the Monticello Arms, since Raven's place now holds too many unhappy memories. Raven accepted Geraldine's offer, but moved in only to get closer to Sky. Gunther mistakenly reported to Sky that Martine met secretly with Miles, of whom Sky is jealous. Nancy tracked down Sharkey's former girlfriend waitress Bobbie Gerard and grilled her about Sharkey's whereabouts.

FEBRUARY 2 - 6, 1981:
Gunther warned Miles to stay away from Martine. Sky romanced Raven on the sly, just as Raven had hoped. Nancy learned from Bobbie Gerard that Sharkey is now working for a private clinic in Eastmeadows. Calvin and Nancy both planned a trip to San Francisco to trail underworld crimelord Ira Gideon, who skipped town with a fortune. Mike was appointed Monticello's new district attorney, and later grew frantic when Nancy apparently never arrived in San Francisco.

FEBRUARY 9 - 13, 1981:
Calvin and Mike met in San Francisco, but they were unable to uncover any leads on Nancy, who has seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. Draper spent the night on Emily's sofa, after Emily claimed to experience pregnancy complications. Later, April discovered Emily and Draper together and angrily refused to accept Draper's explanation of the incident. Mike's panic intensified when the airline confirmed that Nancy had boarded the flight to San Francisco; meanwhile, it was revealed that Nancy is completely swathed in bandages and is being held captive in a mysterious location.

FEBRUARY 16 - 20, 1981:
Nancy is being held captive at the Rexford Institute by Sharkey and Dr. Kenneth Bryson. Jody rejoined the Whitney dance troupe. Gavin told Calvin that a masked man had assaulted him years ago outside a New York nightclub, breaking his leg and consequently ending his dancing career. Gavin suspects that Sky was responsible for the assault. Sharkey ordered Bobbie to keep quiet about Nancy's visit with her and request for information about him. Mike was desperate to find Nancy.

FEBRUARY 23 - 27, 1981:
Sharkey and Beth Bryson, Dr. Bryson's jealous wife, tormented Nancy. Nancy realized that she's being held captive at the Rexford clinic because she saw something she shouldn't have. A drunken Gunther confessed to Raven that he had broken Gavin's leg to keep Gavin away from Martine, but later, Raven told Gavin that Sky was responsible for the crime.

MARCH 2 - 6, 1981:
Nancy discovered that she had seen underworld crimelord Ira Gideon, who is undergoing plastic surgery at the Rexford to alter his appearance and escape prosecution. Ira is using the alias "Mr. Kincaid". April pretended to be Emily, then searched for Sharkey after Bobbie confessed to her that Nancy visited her and had been asking questions about Sharkey's whereabouts. A disgusted Martine severed her relationship with Sky when she learned that Sky had paid Gunther to break Gavin's leg in New York.

MARCH 9 - 13, 1981:
April posed as June, a gum-chewing tramp, and made her way to the Rexford. Later, April met Sharkey and barely escaped his sexual advances. Mike refused to believe the general consensus that Nancy has met with foul play, and speculated that Nancy never actually left Monticello. After sneaking into the clinic, April accidently stumbled into Nancy's room but didn't recognize her because of the bandages. April accepted a waitress job with Sid Brennan at a luncheonette near the Rexford clinic.

MARCH 16 - 20, 1981:
Sky revealed Martine's checkered past as a thief to Gavin, who didn't believe the story. Later, Gavin confronted Martine, and she tearfully admitted that Sky was telling the truth. Sharkey tried to force himself on April. Mike identified Nancy's bracelet, which Gideon's men had planted in San Francisco to throw the police off track. Draper learned that April has gone to Eastmeadows in search of Sharkey. Mike gave in to fears that Nancy might be dead.

MARCH 23 - 27, 1981:
April managed to escape Sharkey's sexual advances, while Draper arrived in Eastmeadows and assumed the name Richie Johnson. Apri remembered staring into the bandaged patient's eyes at the clinic and realized that Nancy is the bandaged patient. Draper and April reconciled, then Draper got a job as an orderly at the Rexford to rescue Nancy. Cliff revealed to Mike Emily's claims that Draper fathered her baby. Raven considered moving in with Sky.

MARCH 30 - April 3, 1981:
After finding a stranger in Nancy's room, Draper quit the Rexford, unaware that Nancy had just been switched to another room. Dr. Bryson promised a desperate Nancy that he would find a way to get an anonymous message to Mike, revealing that Nancy isn't dead. Sky gave Raven the same jewels that Martine returned to him. Calvin's new police partner Damian Tyler remembered Martine from Paris, where Sky's home had been robbed by a jewel thief during a dance company opening. Emily learned that April and Draper are in Eastmeadows under assumed names and looking for Sharkey.

APRIL 6 - 10, 1981:
Dr. Bryson admitted that he's falling in love with Nancy, whom he kissed. Emily arrived in Eastmeadows to end Draper and April's masquerade as Richie and June. Gavin proposed marriage to Martine, but she turned him down. Later, Gavin was jealous when Damian came to see Martine at the dance studio. Sky issued Raven an ultimatium to dump Derek, and she feared that she'd lose Sky to Jody if she didn't obey Sky's wishes.

APRIL 13 - 17, 1981:
At Gideon's insistence, Sharkey and Beth plotted to kill Nancy. Nancy considered sleeping with Dr. Bryson to escape the clinic. Emily met with Sharkey and warned him that April and Draper are on his trail. Gavin stormed out on Martine when Damian revealed that Martine can't marry anyone because she is still married to jewel thief Collier Wells. Raven accused Sky of using Jody to make Martine jealous. A bereft Martine planned to commit suicide.

APRIL 20 - 24, 1981:
Damian saved Martine after she jumped off of a bridge. Miles treated an injured Martine. Sky named Jody as his principal dancer in the Whitney Dance Company, replacing Martine. Geraldine applauded Raven's decision not to live with Sky. Beth and Sharkey set a trap for Nancy. Damian told Gavin that he's positive Martine was in love with her husband Collier. Desperate to find Nancy, Mike sought advice from professional psychic Zelda Moffett, who told him that she had a vision of Nancy in another man's arms.

APRIL 27 - MAY 1, 1981:
Ira refused to pay Dr. Bryson's surgical unless Nancy is eliminated. April accused Sharkey of fathering Emily's child, but Sharkey denied it. Later, Sharkey caused Bryson's colleague Dr. Arnold Featherstone to have a stroke after Featherstone recognized Nancy's picture in a magazine article. Damian kept quiet that he was the stranger who saved Martine's life. Beth prepared a lethal injection for Nancy.

MAY 4 - 8, 1981:
Dr. Featherstone collapsed and died after showing Nancy's picture to Draper. Dr. Bryson saved Nancy from Beth's fatal injection. Raven accepted Derek's marriage proposal. Valerie Bryson, Dr. Bryson's daughter, arrived at the Rexford. When Dr. Bryson refused to harm Nancy, Sharkey suggested performing plastic surgery on Nancy, altering her appearance so that no one would ever recognize her again.

MAY 11 - 15, 1981:
Dr. Bryson decided to change Nancy's face, but secretly planned to take her to Europe while leaving Beth and Sharkey behind. After Emily met Valerie, Valerie recognized Emily's photo of Draper, whom she had seen at the Rexford. Sky speculated that Raven is just using him to incite Derek's jealousy. Martine became more attached to Miles.

MAY 18 - 22, 1981:
Despite Nancy's pleas for him to let her go, Dr. Bryson took Nancy into surgery, intending to perform plastic surgery on her. Emily grew suspicious of Valerie, who met Draper, and deciding his story was true, agreed to help him prove that Sharkey fathered Emily's baby. Raven continued to plan her wedding to Derek, but she secretly hoped that Sky would prevent her from marrying him. A blood-stained Dr. Bryson emerged the operating room and declared Nancy's facial reconstruction a success.

MAY 25 - 29, 1981:
After Nancy awakened from her anesthesia, Dr. Bryson confided to her that he faked the plastic surgery to fool Beth, Sharkey, and Gideon. Martine's husband Collier Wells arrived in Monticello. Raven pumped Gunther about Sky's reaction to the news that she's engaged to Derek. Kelly made a scene after catching Jody having an intimate dinner with Sky. Draper sneaked back into the clinic and discovered Nancy, who revealed to him that she's being held captive because one of Dr. Bryson's patient Mr. Kincaid is actually Ira Gideon.

JUNE 1 - 5, 1981:
Beth and Sharkey caught Draper with Nancy, then they held Nancy, Draper, April, and Dr. Bryson hostage at the hospital. Martine pretended to leave for New York, but she actually shared a hotel room with Collier, who's calling himself Carlo Crown. Carlo planned to open a photography studio in Monticello and rekindle his relationship with Martine. Nicole phoned Miles from Key West with news that she will be returning to Monticello soon.

JUNE 8 - 12, 1981:
Sharkey planned to kill the hostages but was overpowered by a bandaged Ira Gideon, who was actually a disguised Mike. Mike and Calvin saved Nancy, April, Draper, and Dr. Bryson. Sharkey confessed to April and Draper that he fathered Emily's baby. Sharkey, the Brysons, and Ira Gideon were arrested and taken into custody. With all of her lies exposed, a scorned Emily left Monticello, vowing never to return. A jealous Sky proposed marriage to Raven. Martine told Gavin that she intends to stay in Monticello. Nicole returned from Key West. April suprised Draper with the news that she's pregnant.

JUNE 15 - 19, 1981:
Derek was devastated when Raven called off their engagement. Damian unsuccessfully attempted to talk Raven out of marrying Sky. Sky bought the Whitney Mansion as a wedding present for Raven. Nancy played mother hen to Valerie, but Kelly harbored animosity toward Val because she's Dr. Bryson's daughter. April planned to reopen the Unicorn restaurant, which reverted back to her ownership after Elliot's death. Sid agreed to manage the Unicorn for April. Carlo hired Valerie to work as his assistant at the photography studio. Draper left town after being appointed to a special task force investigating Dr. Bryson's criminal activities in Europe. Sky caught Raven snooping around his private study, which he keeps locked at all times, and violently slapped her across the face.

JUNE 22 - 26, 1981:
Mike speculated that Valerie might be in danger because of her father's criminal activities. Valerie remembered meeting Sky in Switzerland years ago during a summer at her father's clinic in Lucerne. Not recognizing him as thief Collier Welles, Sky hired Carlo to photograph the wedding. April and Sid hired Bobbie Gerard to waitress at the Unicorn, which April plans to remodel as a country-and-western tavern. Kelly's animosity toward Valerie began to fade.

JUNE 29 - JULY 3, 1981:
A curious Raven lifted the key to Sky's locked study. Sky threatened to permanently paralyze Gavin if he interferes with Jody as he did with Martine. Valerie recalled spending time with Sky years ago in Switzerland, as well as her romance with a bandaged army officer named Jim Dedrickson. Cliff and Kelly vied for Valerie's attention. Calvin and Star's marriage was on shaky ground after Star announced that she's leaving Monticello for an extended singing engagement in San Francisco.

JULY 6 - 10, 1981:
Gavin and Jody concealed their mutual passion at Sky and Raven's wedding, while Miles caught Gunther throwing darts at a photo of Sky. Calvin clashed with idealistic attorney Didi Bannister. Raven gained access to Sky's locked study, where she uncovered a photograph of Sky, Valerie, and a man named Jefferson Brown. Damian suspected that Carlo is really Collier Wells, who Damian pursued in Paris after Collier robbed Sky. Martine denied Damian's accusations that Carlo is actually her husband.

JULY 13 - 17, 1981:
Jody informed an enraged Sky that she's going to withdraw from the dance troupe, and Sky blamed Gavin for Jody's decision. Derek learned that Damian isn't using his surname which is Wilcox, not Tyler. Damian refused to explain to Derek the reason he's concealing his true identity. Calvin and Didi Bannister clashed in the courtroom over a young punk who Calvin arrested. Derek told Miles that Gunther doesn't have a criminal record, but Roxanne Walker, Gunther's last girlfriend, is confined to a state mental hospital. Raven noticed that the scar on Sky's back is an exact match to the one on appearing on Jefferson Brown's body in the old photo. Dr. Bryson suffered a major heart attack in Redstone Prison. Raven wondered if she's actually married to Jefferson Brown instead of Sky Whitney.

JULY 20 - 24, 1981:
After Dr. Bryson died in prison, the Karrs and Kelly promised to help Valerie recover from her father's death. Gunther picked up Jody in Sky's limousine then terrorized her. Raven asked Nancy to investigate Sky's past in Switzerland. Miles was enraged to learn about Gunther's sexual advances toward Jody. Sky overheard Nancy informing Raven that three years ago, Sky piloted a private plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing fellow passenger Jefferson Brown. Sky feared that Raven is getting too close to the truth and considered having her killed.

JULY 27 - 31, 1981:
Sky, who is actually a surgically altered Jefferson Brown, remembered seeing the real Sky dead in the snow, just before his body was carried into a mountain crevasse along with the wreckage of their plane. Jeff then pretended to be Valerie's army officer Jim Dedrickson, while awaiting facial reconstruction at Dr. Bryson's clinic in Lucerne. Miles and Damian confronted Gunther, warning him to shape up or face criminal charges for terrorizing Jody. Fearing that Raven knows his secret, Sky hired hitman Romeo Slade to kill her.

AUGUST 3 - 7, 1981:
Romeo paid small-time thug Sammy Wheaton to mug Raven and swipe her purse. After having a copy made of the keys to the Whitney Mansion, Romeo returned Raven's purse. Sky and Gunther left Monticello for Chicago on the pretext of a business trip so that Sky will have an airtight alibi when Raven is murdered. Mike speculated that a letter written by Dr. Bryson to Valerie shortly before he died might contain coded information about surgically-altered criminals. Damian grew suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Raven's mugging.

AUGUST 10 - 14, 1981:
Damian hinted that he knows something about Sky's criminal past and suspected that Sammy Wheaton was responsible for swiping Raven's purse. Romeo gained access to the Whitney mansion and assaulted Geraldine, who arrived unexpectedly to keep Raven company in Sky's absence. Raven discovered a severely injured Geraldine at the foot of the stairs and tried to escape, but Romeo caught her. Romeo ransacked the house, while holding Raven at gunpoint, and broke into Sky's locked study. Valerie had more memories of the real Sky Whitney, who she met before the plane crash. In Chicago, Sky had a change of heart and fled back to Monticello alone in a desperate attempt to stop Raven's execution. Just as Romeo took aim at Raven, Sky burst through the front door with a shotgun and shot Romeo, who was killed instantly.

AUGUST 17 - 21, 1981:
Sky confessed to Raven that he's actually Jefferson Brown and admitted that Dr. Bryson altered his appearance to resemble Sky so that Jeff could aassume Sky's identity and family fortune. Raven happily agreed to keep Jeff's secret and spend Sky's money. Sammy Wheaton confessed to the police that he lifted Raven's purse for Romeo. Gunther, who knows that Romeo is nicknamed "The Ladykiller", theorized that Sky hired Romeo to murder Raven. Raven told April that she and Sky are soulmates, and there's a whole lot more to Sky than she ever imagined. Sid realized that Bobbie is falling in love with Gavin, who is romancing Jody. Gunther broke into Sky's locked study to find out what he's hiding.

AUGUST 24 - 28, 1981:
Sky ordered Gunther to "take care" of Gavin, who quit the Whitney dance company along with Jody. Gunther blackmailed Sky into giving him Sky's treasured pocket watch, then Gunther warned that the watch is only the beginning. Damian suspected that Jefferson Brown survived the plane crash in Switzerland along with Sky. Gunther manhandled Jody again. April decided to join Draper in Europe and offered her penthouse to Miles and Nicole. Valerie learned that her father's letter indicates that Jim Dedrickson (Jeff Brown) might be in Monticello. Nancy suggested that Val advertise her story to bring Jim forward. Damian confessed to Derek that Jefferson Brown was an assistant to Damian's father Senator Fowler Wilcox, and Damian believes that Jeff was responsible for stealing confidential documents that led to his father's suicide after he was accused of treason.

AUGUST 31 - SEPTEMBER 4, 1981:
Sky concocted a scheme to goad Gavin into shooting Gunther with a gun loaded with blanks, then forcing Gavin to leave town rather than face conviction for Gunther's "murder". With the promise with great wealth, Gunther agreed to the plan and threatened Gavin, who bought a gun for protection. Later, Gunther broke into the dance studio and switched the real bullets with blanks. Marcus, one of Didi's punk clients, held Didi at knifepoint. After Calvin rescued her, a thankful Didi's kiss in gratitude turned passionate. Valerie showed Kelly a photo of a bandaged Jim Dedrickson, a picture she had secretly snapped without his knowledge. Miles, Nicole, and Jody packed to move into April's penthouse, after she left for Europe. Nancy wrote a feature article for the newspaper about Valerie's relationship with Jim Dedrickson, a man whose face she never saw. Mike speculated that Valerie stands to inherit several million dollars from Dr. Bryson's estate. Gunther trapped a terrified Jody in the dance studio.

SEPTEMBER 7 - 11, 1981:
Gavin rescued Jody from Gunther, and after she left, Gavin and Gunther struggled for possession of Gavin's gun, which discharged. After the gun went off, Gavin fled the dance studio, thinking he had killed Gunther, then Sky arrived and shot Gunther with live ammunition. Miles arrived at the studio and found a wounded Gunther, who mumbled to him about Sky's pocketwatch. Before Miles could call for an ambulance, Sky knocked him unconscious and removed the watch from Gunther's body. After Miles phoned with news that Gunther died, Gavin returned to the studio to turn himself in, but fled when he saw a cop, who fired shots at him. Raven feared that Nancy's feature story about Jim Dedrickson could lead back to Sky.

SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 1981:
Gavin, who was shot in the leg, turned to Bobbie for help. Bobbie spirited him away to her abandoned childhood home, after Jody, Didi, and Calvin realized where Gavin was hiding. Gunther's autopsy revealed that he had been shot from at least ten feet away, which contradicted Gavin's claims of a close struggle. Derek pressed Mike for Gavin's indictment, while Sky attempted to implicate Miles in Gunther's murder. Collier planned to rob the Whitney Mansion on the dance company's opening night and promised to grant Martine a divorce if she helps him. Nicole hired newcomer Nora Fulton as an executive secretary. While hiding Gavin, Bobbie investigated a noise outside her abandoned home and was grabbed from behind by Matt Sharkey.

SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 1981:
The grand jury indicted Gavin for Gunther's murder. Jody uncovered Gavin's hideout and followed him, only to be taken hostage by Sharkey, who's also holding Gavin and Bobbie captive. Derek learned about Sharkey's prison break and suspected that Sharkey might have gone to Bobbie's old house. Nora spied on the Cavanaughs and after overhearing Miles and Nicole talking about Gavin's murder indictment, she spoke lovingly to a newspaper photo of her "poor, darling Gunther". When Gavin barricaded Jody and Bobbie behind a locked door, Sharkey found an old shotgun, lured Gavin to the door, and fired the shotgun at him

SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 2, 1981:
Sharkey was injured when the shotgun backfired, wounding him in the chest. Derek arrived at Bobbie's house to arrest Sharkey, but Gavin and Jody managed to escape the police. Later, Gavin and Jody holed up in a seedy rooming house run by Mrs. Arnold and her dimwitted son Benny. After recognizing Gavin from the news, the Arnolds demanded money in exchange for not turning Gavin over to the police. Nora, who was revealed as Gunther's former girlfriend Roxanne Walker, blamed Miles for Gunther's death and plotted to make the Cavanaugh family pay. Sky hired Spencer Varney to replace Gunther and act as a bodyguard, while Sid hired ditzy actress Mitzi Martin to replace Bobbie.

OCTOBER 5 - 9, 1981:
As opening night at the Whitney theater neared, Carlo prepared to rob Sky and Raven. Damian commented to Martine that history seems to be repeating itself, since Sky was robbed years ago on opening night in Paris. Martine tried to stop Carlo, but was too late. Gavin and Jody realized the significance of Sky's pocketwatch, which could prove Gavin's innocence. Carlo successfully broke into the Whitney mansion. Cliff took Mitzi to the opening, but Didi refused to attend with Calvin. Mrs. Arnold allowed Jody to leave for ransom money and held Gavin prisoner. Martine was a brilliant success onstage. Damian arrived at the Whitney mansion and caught Carlo, who was stealing the pocketwatch Sky had removed from Gunther's body after shooting him.

OCTOBER 12 - 16, 1981:
Collier managed to escape from Damian. Martine confided to Jody that Collier lifted Sky's pocketwatch, but Collier later returned the watch to the Whitney mansion along with all of Sky's other possessions. A strange man stalked Valerie, who sensed being watched. Calvin was jealous to learn that Didi is dating successful Chicago attorney Julius Newcombe. Mrs. Arnold called the cops on Gavin, but he and Jody fled the scene before Derek arrived. Damian caught up with Collier, who was planning to give Martine her freedom then leave town.

OCTOBER 19 - 23, 1981:
Martine and Collier left Monticello together after Damian agreed to let them go. Gavin and Jody broke into the Whitney mansion to steal Sky's pocketwatch. Valerie's apartment was broken into but nothing was taken. Sky gave Spencer a gun. Damian revealed to Sky and Raven that Spencer killed two men for Mr. Bowie, his last employer, but Spencer claimed both incidents were in self-defense. It was revealed that Gunther, Nora, and Spencer all worked together years ago for Mr. Bowie. After Sky and Raven left for a trip to New York, Gavin and Jody, hiding in the attic, prepared to steal the watch.

OCTOBER 26 - 30, 1981:
Sky and Raven returned early from New York and caught Gavin stealing the pocketwatch. When Spencer hesitated, Sky grabbed his gun and fired shots at Gavin, who fled the mansion and got away. Later, Spencer discovered Jody hiding in the attic and turned her over to the police. Miles treated beautiful young actress Jinx Avery, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Romance blossomed between Cliff and Mitzi. Mrs. Goodman grew suspicious of Nora's intentions, when Nora made subtle insinuations about Miles' relationship with Jinx.

NOVEMBER 2 - 6, 1981:
Valerie confronted her stalker who claimed to be Jim Dedrickson, her former flame from Bryson's clinic in Lucerne. Jody told Mike her theory about the pocketwatch and Sky's possible involvement in Gunther's death. Gavin went to the bus station and planned to flee to Los Angeles. Mike, Derek, and Jody confronted Sky about the pocketwatch, but the watch didn't play the same distinctive tune that Jody and Gavin had heard Gunther's watch play.

NOVEMBER 9 - 13, 1981:
Jinx turned to Miles for help after she was caught shoplifting an expensive necklace from a jewelry store. Raven warned Sky that Damian thinks Jefferson Brown framed Damian's father for stealing government documents, but Sky denied being involved in the crime. Gavin, who's hiding in the dance studio, phoned Jody, who agreed to leave town with him. After eavesdropping on Jody and Gavin's conversation, Nora tipped off the police about Gavin's whereabouts. Calvin arrived at the dance studio and arrested Gavin for Gunther's murder. Jim planned to rent Gavin's empty studio.

NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 1981:
Gavin was jailed, and no one believed his story that he killed Gunther in self-defense. Mike suggested that Gavin recant his story and change his plea to guilty. Nora followed Miles to a meeting with Jinx. Bobbie replaced Chrissie as the Whitney's maid after Raven caught Sky drooling over Chrissie's tight uniform. Bobbie plotted to find the real pocketwatch and exonerate Gavin. Mitzi joined Jim's new repertory theater which is housed in the old dance studio. After proving his identity to Valerie with facts about their past relationship, Jim remembered researching Jim Dedrickson's past in Switzerland.

NOVEMBER 23 - 27, 1981:
Calvin declared his love for Didi. After Bobbie found the real pocketwatch, Spencer prevented her from stealing it. Bobbie accidently dropped the watch and broke it. Learning about Bobbie's fascination with his watch, Sky realized that Bobbie is actually working to clear Gavin's name. Raven pumped Geraldine, who knew Damian's father, for information about Fowler Wilcox's relationship with Jefferson Brown. Bobbie found Sky's jeweler who she theorized sold Sky a second pocketwatch with a different tune.

NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 4, 1981:
Bobbie took Sky's watch to be repaired, where Mr. Hoffman, the owner, admitted that he sold Sky a duplicate pocketwatch. Before Bobbie could leave with the evidence, Sky arrived and forced Bobbie into his limousine. Nora battled with Mrs. Goodman who is wise to Nora's true nature. Nora made insinuations to Nicole that Miles is having an affair with Jinx. Sky forced Bobbie to sign a confession to stealing his watch, then he demanded that she leave town permanently. Derek assigned Damian to nail racketeer Eddie Lorimer. Spencer found a note in the mansion indicating that Bobbie had decided to quit and leave town. Later, Bobbie's corpse was found in the woods.

DECEMBER 7 - 11, 1981:
Calvin discovered that Sky's pocketwatch was missing from Bobbie's body. Derek dated Jinx, who was also befriended by Nancy. With all of the suspicion surrounding Bobbie's murder, Sky made plans to whisk Raven off to Switzerland for an extended second honeymoon. Derek made it appear that he suspended Damian, so that Damian could go undercover to nail Eddie Lorimer. Nora's insinuations about Miles and Jinx started to upset Nicole.

DECEMBER 14 - 18, 1981:
Sky deliberately blew Damian's cover with Eddie Lorimer. Damian learned from Eddie's associate Chummy Davis that Gunther had purchased a box of blank cartridges just days before he was shot by Gavin. The government seized all of Valerie's inheritance from Dr. Bryson. Nora pursued Spencer, while Jinx and Derek's relationship grew much closer. Sky's jeweler Mr. Hoffman died suddenly and mysteriously. Having learned that Damian set him up, Eddie had Damian stabbed.

DECEMBER 21 - 25, 1981:
Jinx was hospitalized with another relapse of her illness. Mike confided to Geraldine that he suspects Sky murdered Gunther and framed Gavin, but admitted that the police can't prove their theory. Sky slapped Raven who was upset after hearing news of Damian's stabbing. Damian survived the knife attack, while Eddie and Chummy were arrested for his assault.

DECEMBER 28, 1981 - JANUARY 1, 1982:
Mike and Geraldine confronted Raven with all of the evidence against Sky, but Raven refused to believe that he could have had any responsibility in Gunther's death. A furious Raven told Geraldine that she'll never forgive her for betraying Sky and ordered her to leave the Whitney mansion. Jinx was released from the hospital and joined Jim Dedrickson's repertory theater. Mike gave Jody an unexpected Christmas present by arranging for Gavin to be released into the Cavanaughs' custody until his trial begins.



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