Recap by Kaydee B.

One Life to Live Recap for Thursday, April 25, 2002

Okay, everybody! Welcome to WKAYDEE-TV. Today’s show is one filled with much mystery, plenty of Buchanan-Manning-Olanov comedy, and an invasion of the green-eyed monster, just to name a few. Sit back, buckle up your reader safety belts, and come along for the Llanview ride. Ready? Lights, camera, action!!

Cops, Robbers, & the Professor:

Antonio, while staring darkly into RJ’s eyes, tells him that he’s lost, and he’s going to lose Keri when she finds out that he was the one who paid Shawna to lie at the hearing. Enter, Keri, who notices the tense face-off between the men in her life and she asks Antonio what’s going on. A very short silence follows, and she figures out that Antonio must have spoken to Shawna and found out what the little brat had to say about Keri’s father.

Antonio concurs, never once taking his digging stare off of RJ. Keri tells him that Shawna is lying. She is angry with Keri for breaking off her connection to her parents’ money and she’s retaliating by trying to cause a riff between Keri and RJ.

Antonio asks Keri why Shawna would pick RJ out of the blue, and Keri says because she’s a liar who’s spoiled and she wants to get back at Keri. RJ would never do anything to hurt, me Antonio. Antonio resists the urge to let out the sarcastic snort that had welled up in his throat. RJ smugly taunts Antonio, saying, You do believe that, don’t you, Antonio? (Okay, officer, at ease. Don’t punch his lights out while your sweetheart is watching!)

Antonio gracefully bows out of that match. He gives her a soft smile and tells her that if she believes that Shawna is lying, then that’s good enough for him. He asks her if she has time to have lunch with him. She checks her watch and says she does if they leave right then. As they walk to the door, she stops short and realizes that she left her note at the bar. Antonio suggests that she go soak in the sun and allow him to get the notes for her. He walks over to the bar, where RJ again is wiping the sweat off his brow, and he tells RJ that no matter what Keri thinks, they both know the truth.

What truth is that, Antonio? RJ says in his usual dodging manner. Antonio tells him that the only reason he’s not making RJ answer for his crimes is because he loves Keri too much to let her get hurt. He then reminds RJ that there’s nothing he can do about that. He loves Keri and Keri loves him back, and that’s all there is to it.

He walks away victoriously, leaving RJ alone to concoct some underhanded scheme to break them up. RJ stews in his own angry juices while Keri and Antonio shares a passionate kiss somewhere in the University. RJ gulps down a drink and says to himself,

I WILL break them up. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

Dum-duh-dum-dum!

LOONVIEW TEEN BEAT: The Whole Stories!

Story A: Showtime at the University, and Al goes bonkers!

A group of students gather in the student lounge, Shawna at the head of the group. That can only mean trouble, as we all know, and when Molly comes racing in from her guarding position at the entrance, her next action offers us viewers a little bit of an explanation.

HURRY UP! Molly says hurriedly, He’s coming!

Shawna quickly settles into a wheelchair and Molly stands over her. Just as Al walks in, the girls begin to act out a mock performance of the Al-Jen saga from start to finish, no pun intended. Al watches in humiliation as the girls entertain a group of students roaring with laughter over the most humiliating and devastating day of his life.

Shawna, as Al from the wheelchair: Oh, Jen, I love you, will you marry me?

Molly, as Jen: I will marry you, Al, even though I’m in love with Cristian.

Shawna stands up from the chair and grabs Molly’s hand, saying,

Oh, Jen, you have made me so happy!

Molly, as Jen: Wait a minute! You can walk! You lied to me…

Rae Cummings, who had walked in on the scenario, and noticed Al over in the corner, steps in to break up the commotion. She threatens to subject the entire group to disciplinary action if they don’t get moving on the double. She asks Shawna from where did she get the wheelchair from, then interrupts the devilish girl’s response with a harsh command to return the chair and get to class.

When the coast was clear, she goes over to Al and asks him if he’s okay. Al covers up his humiliation and tells Rae that her rescue mission was unnecessary because he can take care of himself. She tells him she interjected because she personally cannot tolerate cruelty, and she knows that he’s been through a lot lately.

Al is not willing to travel down that conversational path with the good doc, and he tells her so when she offers her services of support. He tells her that he sincerely doubts that he’ll find comfort in discussing the most humiliating day of his life with one of his professors. She tells him that she was talking as a psychologist, not a professor.

He indignantly asks her if she’s implying that he needs to see a shrink. She tells him that everyone needs a supportive ear to talk to. He angrily tells her that the only thing he needs is Jen back in his life. All he did was fight to hold on to the woman that he loves.

Rae tells him that he did way more than just fight for her. He outright lied about being paralyzed so that he could trick her into marrying him. He defensively tells her that he did what he had to do, and it would have worked. Rae forcefully tells that it most certainly would not have worked. Deception of that sort never works out in the long run.

Al screams out that it would have worked, because he would have loved and cared for her way more than Cristian ever would have! (Helloooo? Can you say FATAL ATTRACTION? Move over, Glenn Close, there’s a new psycho in the house!)

Rae’s psychology sirens are ringing. Maybe it took a psycho teen to get her juices flowing, but she certainly realized that something is aloof. She asks Al,

You DO realize that what you and Jen had is over, don’t you? I mean, she and Cristian are back together, and..You DO know this, right?

Al, with a strange look in his eyes, leans back and says that he knows that, so he and Rae have nothing more to discuss. Rae hesitantly backs off, but from the look in her eyes, she’s not buying his recovery act. Again, no pun intended.

Story B: Cris, Jen, and Natalie: The Jealousy Act

Out in the hall of the loft, Cris hugs Natalie as she tells the tale of the world against Natalie. Cris tells her that she has it all wrong. She must have misunderstood Viki, and Natalie said she didn’t misunderstand, she heard it outright. Cris tells her that she’s really not so bad a person as she thinks. She really has to stop beating herself up the way she does.

She bursts into tears again, and Jen comes out just as Cris hugs her again. Jen, glaring at Natalie, asks what’s going on. Cris, unaware of the friction between the girls, innocently tells Jen that Natalie is going through a rough patch. Jen unsympathetically asks, Oh, really?

To Cristian’s shocked surprise, Jen barks at Natalie that she thought she was pretty clear when she told Natalie that she and Cris are not interested in hearing anything more that she had to say. Natalie excuses herself, and Cris watches in total surprise and confusion as se disappears.

What the hell was that all about? He asks Jen as they move inside. Jen tells her about the fight, and Cris is surprised. Jen is surprised that Natalie didn’t tell him about it, and Cris tells her that Natalie expressed hurt over problems with her life at home.

Jen gets into that she found out Natalie knew about Al’s deception for a long time. Cris defended Natalie, saying that she made good by telling him the truth in time. Jen continues to bash Natalie, saying that she doesn’t like the way Natalie looks at Cris, and Cris continues to defend her. He tells her that Nat is not interested in him romantically; she’s still hung up on Seth. Besides, she isn’t half as bad as everyone thinks, he knows because he’s gotten to know her in the past couple of months. Jen sarcastically says,

Yeah, so I’ve heard. Cris angrily asks her what she means, and she asks him to tell her what truly transpired between him and Nat the day Jessica walked in on them. Cris impatiently tells Jen not to make a mountain out of a molehill, because Jessica got the wrong idea and ran with it.

Jen presses for details, and at first Cris was going to dismiss it, but he told her everything. The chance meeting at the gym, the argument, the forgotten gym bag. He told of how Natalie showed up with the bag and they argued again. They were both hurting over lost loves, and somehow they ended up kissing. Jen presses him to continue. You never took your clothes off?

No, well, things were unbuttoned, sort of, but we were nowhere near being naked, and we both realized we were about to make a HUGE mistake, so we backed off. That’s when Jessica showed up and blew things out of proportion. He finally convinces Jen that she’s the only one for him, and she disappears to change. She’s got to go visit her mom and fill her in on the turn of events.

 LLANVIEW’S COMEDY HOUR:

It’s comedy hour at the commish’s, starring the Zoot Suit Clan! (Honk! Honk!)

Asa is furiously banging on his son’s door. He can hear the muffled overlapping voices, but no one is answering his knock. Inside, Todd covers Alex’s mouth and drags her backwards on to the terrace. Nigel and the doctor follow.

Out on the terrace, Todd wonders aloud, (as he keeps Alex’s mouth in the palm of his hand), if Gabrielle will be successful in keeping Asa from finding out that they’re out there. He looks around and realizes that Dr. Schiller is still inside with Gagby.

Finally, they hear Gabrielle talking to Asa. She’s frantically trying to calm him down as he asks her what the hell is he doing in her son’s place. Where the hell is Bo? She tells him Los Angeles.

Oh, so you’re turning his place into a love nest?

WHAT! Gabby says, How dare you? I’m not doing anything of the sort!

Oh, yeah? Asa barks, Then who the hell is that clown? (Man, but Asa’s a riot!)  He’s referring to a very baffled Dr. Schiller, who is desperately trying to keep up with the deception game.

I’ll have you know, sir, that I am a very well respected doctor in the community.

And if you keep hanging around this she-devil, you’ll be a certified victim! Asa says, Keep fooling around with her, you’ll see.

There is most certainly not any fooling around going on here. I’m here because..

Gabrielle interrupts the doc and tells Asa that she summoned the doctor to discuss Al’s condition. Asa angrily, (and comically), barks,

WHAT condition? He lied! He made the whole damned thing up!

Yes, Gabby says, but in the beginning, he did have temporary paralysis and she called the doctor down to ask some questions. If Asa doesn’t mind, Gabby would like to get her money’s worth from the session.

At that precise moment, Alex jabs her shoe heel into Nigel’s foot, causing him to yelp. Gabrielle panics as Asa heads over to the terrace to investigate. She steps in front of him, saying that she can’t let him go out there because the terrace is flimsy, and if anything happened to Asa, Bo would have her hide. (No pun intended).

Todd, thinking fast on his feet, pushes Nigel into the fire. Asa is totally in a whirlwind as the details of the whole crazy scene become even stranger. What the hell is Nigel doing there? Don’t tell me that the Argentinean harpy has seduced him as well? Both Gabby and Nigel immediately and simultaneously voice their disgust with that suggestion.

Gabby thinks quickly. She comes up with a fabulous cover story that she tried to woo Nigel into working for her. Asa’s not buying that story. Why would he have to hide out on the terrace if that were true?

Gabby says that Nigel is terrified of Asa. Why, if Asa knew that he were thinking of working elsewhere, then Asa might toss him out in one of his rages. Asa accepts that theory, then summons Nigel home and heads for the door.

Just when they thought they were safe, Asa stops short. Wait just a damned minute! What is that smell? I know that perfume! Alex used to spritz it all around the place. I know what’s going on here.

Everyone is frozen with fear, then relieved when he says that he knows it was Gabby who was at his house that morning. You can’t fool me, lady. You have to do a whole lot more to get old Asa. And another thing. You ain’t no Alex Olanov. Alex is about to gloat.

NOT! Her world comes crumbling down when she hears him say:

That woman would make The Devil sick to his stomach. (Todd stifles a huge giggle)

She is so low that she makes a rattlesnake look like a giraffe. If I were to see her in a desert dying of thirst, I’d kick a pack of scorpions on her body and keep on walking!

He leaves with Nigel and everyone convenes in the living room. Alex says she’s never felt any pain like that. Todd says, Really? Then you’ll give up some bone marrow? Alex says what she wants most in the world is admiration and respect, and Todd manages to convince her that she’ll get both of those things as a donor. Everyone will know that she helped save his son’s life. She accepts the job---for a million dollars. Todd lets out a snort, but agrees.

Later, after her blood is drawn and Todd scares the lab courier off by screaming out: Hurry! Go! Go! GO! , he quickly drags Gabby into the hall and tells her that she must NEVER let Alex know that Jack is adopted.

Supposedly adopted, Gabby corrects him. Whatever, Todd counters, just keep that to yourself. If that windbag goes blabbing to Blair, then Blair will find out that Jack is really our son. Got it?

Yeah, Gabby’s got it, but who’s got Alex? The Windbag has already placed a call to Blair and told her everything!

THE DAVIDSONS, THE P.I. & THE “UN”WANTED:

At Llanfair, Niki covers for Jordan by telling Ben that she’s the reason Jordan was in the house. She tells Ben that Jordan came looking for him to apologize, and Niki insisted that Jordan tell her what she was apologizing for. Jordan told her everything. She came to apply for a job, she made a pass at Ben, and nothing came of it.

You’re damned right! And nothing will! Ben says, huffing. Despite Niki’s subtle praises of the woman’s integrity, Ben wants Jordan gone. When she leaves, he confronts Niki about her behavior toward Asa, and the things she’d said to him. Why did she tell Asa that he didn’t want to see him?

Oh, have you two reconciled? Niki asks innocently. Well, he was being rude, and, well, I’ll apologize the minute I see him.

I’d appreciate that, Ben tells her, then excuses himself to go to the hospital. Niki exhales deeply with relief. This is getting stupid! He bought the act this time, but I’m cutting it close here. Benjy has to go bye-bye and fast! She looks down at her keys, and somehow, she gets some brilliant idea. She calls Jordan again, persuades her to meet at the Break Bar, then jets out the door.

In the Break Bar, Natalie saunters over to the bar where Chad is cleaning up. He sympathetically tells her that she must have had a rough day. She concurs, adding that the day couldn’t get any worse. Enter Al, and she immediately says that she spoke too quickly. She and Al exchange a hateful glare, then Al walks away. Chad shivers, stating that it suddenly got very chilly in there. Natalie says it’s a residual effect from a very ugly and frank conversation that she and Al shared the night before. She excuses herself to the ladies room.

Enter Niki. She spots Chad at the bar and her hormones go ape. She flounces over and orders a drink from the bar, while adding Chad to the menu with seductive glances and gestures. Chad is hinting at a job in her publishing company, and she’s offering fringe benefits.

Nat returns from the ladies’ room and spots Niki. She asks Chad what Niki is doing there, and he laughs. Nat is confused. Chad relates the tale of the sexually charged encounter, and Natalie is defensive. That’s not possible. Her mom is no lonely sophomore, you know. Chad says that although it doesn’t happen to him very often, he knows when someone’s hitting on him. Mrs. Davidson definitely was.

Natalie walks over to Niki just as Jordan arrives. She smiles and asks Niki what she’s doing there. Didn’t she have to work?

Niki angrily barks, Oh, what the hell is that supposed to mean? You think I’m too old to be here?

LOONVIEW TEEN BEAT: THE FINAL FRONTIER!

Jen emerges from the bedroom, dressed in her own clothes. She makes a joke about being ready to meet her public, then kisses Cris and heads off to the prison. Cris lovingly watches as she leaves. From behind him, the other entrance door opens, and he turns to face Al. Disgusted, he asks Al what he wants. Al says nothing, from Cristian at least.

Cris informs him that Jen isn’t there, and Al says that he’s not there to see Jen. He’s there to inquire about renting the other loft. Cris asks him, What other loft? Al says, The one next door!

Stay tuned for scenes from the next One Life To Live.

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Recap written by Kimberley Barnett, © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2002.