Recap by Sheri

One Life to Live Recap for Thursday, July 11, 2002

Hyatt Regency Maui

As we begin today, Antonio is swimming in the hotel pool. As he gets out and as he is drying himself off, he pulls out Keri's ring and looks at it again. He says to himself, today is the day! Behind him, Keri walks up from across the pool and calls out to him and he quickly covers up what he is doing.

Statesville Prison

Loonsey sees Nora standing in the hallway, outside of the visitor's room on her cellphone, just as RJ has told her he is not going to help her.  Seeing her opportunity unfold before her eyes, Loonsey seizes the opportunity to force RJ into submission. She threatens RJ one last time, or she will tell Nora who gave her the drug that wiped out her memory. RJ threatens her that if she tells Nora anything, she will never escape from there, and he will give Tilly everything she needs to make Lindsay's next 28 years a living hell on Earth.

Llanview hospital waiting room hallway

Christian tells Jen that he can't tell her what is going on with Natalie. She asks him, "Can't or won't?" He says both. He tells her it is not his secret to tell. She reminds him that they promised never to keep secrets from one another and they were going to tell each other everything. She asks him, "We love each other don't we?"  Christian tells her of course they do, but he can't tell her the secret and it isn't about her or them. She tells him she is tired of all of the secrets and all of the lies and throws her mother in his face! Lindsay does the same thing all of the time. Jen tells Christian the reason he won't tell her is because he doesn't trust her! (Wow, where on Earth did that come from girlfriend?)

Llanview hospital waiting room

Al asks Natalie what all the DID "stuff" is all about. She cannot believe her ears. She accuses him of eavesdropping and spying on them. He coyly admits he was just walking by and overheard them talking.  He tells her he knows what DID is, and he asks her why she was talking to Christian about it? She tells him it is none of his business what she and Christian talk about. She asks him, "What is it with you anyway?"  With all of these questions about her and Christian, she tells him that he is just trying to get Jen back. He denies it and ignores the comment. He tells her she is always whining to Christian.

Llanview hospital chapel

Niki has come to the chapel to bargain with God. She of course tells Him that she has never asked Him for anything ever before, mainly because she has never been in church before, but she pleads with Him to let Ben just die. As she bargains with Him, Roxy comes storming in. Niki barks at her and tells her to have some respect and be quiet. She tells Roxy to kneel and pray! Niki asks Roxy not to say anything about the trick they played on Natalie. She tells Roxy they will go to jail. Roxy starts screaming at her, wondering what Viki has gotten her into this time. Niki is able to calm her down, and asks Roxy to tell people that she saw her at the nursery buying geraniums.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Tea tells Ross there is no way she is interested in Todd. As she tells him the story of what she did with Todd, she explains to Ross that Todd paid her 5 million dollars to marry him and get his daughter back. She tells Ross she 'd gladly give up every penny if she'd never met Todd. Ross can't believe his ears.  As they talk, Todd is eavesdropping and knocks over some rocks. They both hear it.

Statesville Prison

Nora turns around and sees them and cannot believe she has run into Lindsay yet again. Lindsay calls out to her. Nora tells her that she will not handle her appeal. Lindsay laughs and tells her she has some valuable information to tell her. Nora tells her she is not going to listen to anymore of Lindsay 's lies and leaves. As she gets out into the hall Nora calls for a guard and wants to know where the client she came to see might be. Lindsay hollers over her that she wants to tell her about the drug she used on her. Nora reappears in a split-second and RJ squirms.

Nora wants to know what Lindsay meant. Lindsay stalls for time, so that RJ can have some time to think about his next move. RJ caves in and Lindsay does her best side step routine in telling Nora how she has changed since she gave her that drug, and her legal fees were astronomical and that RJ had come to see her, in order to buy her art gallery. Nora is skeptical and tells RJ that if he needs a lawyer to handle the arrangements, don't call.

Llanview hospital chapel

Roxy can't quite comprehend what Viki is asking her, but Niki wrote it down for her.  Roxy asks her if any of this had to do with the stuff they did to Natalie.  Niki tells Roxy to keep doing what she has been doing, going around town bad mouthing Natalie to everyone, and as they talk and plot, Jessica walks in.  Jessica asks Viki what she is doing in there with Roxy when Ben needs her. Roxy quickly sneaks out, as Viki rushes up to Jessica and asks her, "Is Ben is dead?" Jessica tells her there is no change. As they talk, Jessica mentions it is no wonder that Natalie turned out the way she did, with Roxy for a mother. Niki sees her opening and pounces. She starts planting the seeds out doubt as she pumps Jessica for information. The one thing she keys in on, is making sure Jessica told her Uncle Bo that she saw Natalie in her bedroom "before and after" Ben went through the window. Jessica tells her she told Bo everything she saw.

Ben's hospital room

Bo asks Larry about Ben's condition. Larry tells Bo they are doing everything they can. Bo tells Larry he wants to stay and talk to Ben. Larry tells him that might be the best thing for both of them. Larry leaves. Bo sits down and begins to talk to Ben about when he and Clint were small boys. He tells Ben they made up a third brother that they could blame when they got in trouble for doing things. He promises Ben he will find out who did this to him. As he talks to Ben, he tells him he has to pull through because he wants to get to know his brother better and they only just found each other. As he talks to him Asa and Renee walk in. Through their mutual moments of regret for not knowing about Ben, Asa apologizes to Renee for her not ever being able to tell him. Bo leans over and tells Ben, " That ought to be worth waking up for," and Ben flat lines. Bo rushes out to get help.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Ross and Tea both get up and run over to where they heard the noise. They discuss what they heard and Ross thinks it is Todd. He leaves a plate of food just in case, as Todd hides from them. As Ross begins to tell his truth, Tea becomes very upset when he tells her Todd was right all along. The Feds were after him, however Todd was the one who ran the boat into the reef.  As he tells Tea this, Todd pulls the pin out of the hand grenade he has been holding. Ross tells Tea what he did, and she cannot believe her ears as he tells her she is on a deserted island all because of his insider trading scam. She is so upset with Ross that she burns her hand. He tries to help her and as he tends to her burn, Todd walks out and tosses the grenade at them. They both see it land and Tea screams at Todd.

Ben's hospital room

Larry rushes in amid Asa's threats and Renee's hysteria, which makes it almost impossible for him to get into the room.  Asa screams orders at him, as Larry ignores Asa and he tells his staff to clear the room immediately. Bo grabs a hold of Asa and Renee and forces them out of the room with him.

Hyatt Regency Maui

Keri finally reaches Antonio and as they talk, she tells him she cannot believe that this is their last day there on Maui.  As he chimes in, he tells her this is why they need to make the most of it! She promises him no distractions and tells him the Rae business is put away until they get back to Llanview.  He tells her the day will be more perfect than she could ever dream possible.

Llanview hospital waiting room

Al doesn't believe Natalie and Christian were talking about Mrs. Davidson's DID as she claims and tells her so. She tells him he is just trying to get Jen back. This time he bites. He is all over her, up in her face and admits it once and for all! He tells her she is right he does want Jen back because he has seen Natalie and Christian together, and the way Christian looks at her isn't right and he knows that Christian is going to hurt Jen.  Natalie screams at him that she and Christian are only friends! She tells him that nothing will ever happen between her and Christian and turns to leave. As she walks out she hears Jen and Christian fighting and Jen tells Christian to leave her alone; she is tried of all of the secrets. Natalie calls out to her. Jen turns around and if looks could kill, Natalie, honey, well you'd be a goner!

Hyatt Regency Maui

As Keri and Antonio swim, surf, bike, play, eat, run and have a fabulous day, they seem more in love than ever.  Later, as they sit on a bench in the garden of the hotel, Keri tells Antonio that this day couldn't be more perfect.  He knows it can, and he gets up, bends down on one knee, with her ring box in his hand, opens it and asks her to marry him!  Keri is stunned! She is speechless.

Llanview hospital waiting room

Jen is in tears and it's Al to the rescue. She tells Al that Natalie has been doing a lot of weird stuff and Christian doesn't believe her, he believes Natalie. Al asks her what kind of weird stuff and Jen tells him about her encounter with Natalie in the garden shed at Llanfair and how Natalie denied it and how Christian believed her. She starts to cry and whine about her uncle and now Christian and she tells Al she has lost her best friend. (Ahhhh, now, now, Jen, Al will take care of you.) Al helps her up, hugs her and tells her he will walk her to her car.  (Now isn't he special.)

Llanview hospital waiting room hallway

Later, Natalie tells Christian she is going to tell Bo everything because she is ruining his life and his relationship with Jen. Christian tries several times to convince her not to do it, and she is determined to set things straight. As they argue about her coming clean, Bo walks in looking for Viki. Natalie tells him she wants to talk to him about Ben.

Llanview hospital chapel

Al finds Jessica in the chapel praying, and he rushes in to talk to her, but she backs off when the conversation starts to lean towards Natalie and what she did Ben. At first, Jessica will not tell Al what is wrong, but then she finally tells him everything about what she thinks Natalie has done to Ben.

Ben's hospital room

Later, as Niki comes walking up, Asa and Renee lead her to believe Ben is dead, partly because Niki jumps to the wrong conclusion. They tell her they were just talking to him and his heart stopped and he is dead. Niki turns around and tells God as she looks up, "Good work!" However, Larry comes walking out of the room at the same time and informs them that Ben is all right, and that a lead fell off of his chest and that is what caused the monitor to go off.  He tells them Ben is better than all right and he has no idea how it happened, but not only is Ben all right, he is starting to wake up . . .

Stay tuned . . .

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Recap written by Sheri R. Vigil, © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2002