Recap by Sheri

One Life to Live Recap for Friday, July 12, 2002

Somewhere in the South Pacific

We begin our day with Todd tossing a grenade at Tea and Ross. As Tea screams at him, Ross picks it up and tosses it back at Todd. Nothing happens and as they both look around the cave wall they see Todd has suck out on them. They chase him down to the beach, shouting at him and he basically ignores them. Ross says they need to go back so he can tend to Tea's hand.

On the plane

Rae wonders if anyone back in Llanview knows about what has transpired on the island. She summons the courage to place a phone call. She calls Hank. As they exchange in idle chit chat, she determines right off the bat, that he doesn't know anything. They talk about the dinner he is escorting her to, and he tells her he is looking forward to it. As they conclude their phone call, she decides she might as well try and write an acceptance speech. As she sits there pondering her words carefully, she remembers Antonio telling her she will not be able to treat any more patients and when she gets back to Llanview she had better get a lawyer.

Hyatt Regency Maui

Antonio asks Keri again, as if she didn't hear him. He tells her he wants to spend every second with her, and starts rambling on because she is saying nothing to him. He begins to worry, out loud, that she is not accepting, and Keri tells him they haven't known each other very long, so with that he says, "That sounds like a no, is it?" Antonio rambles on and on about how it must be him, that he has pushed too hard from the very beginning. She tells him finally she is not saying "No" and she kisses him. She accepts his proposal.

Llanview hospital

In the chapel, Jessica proceeds to tell Al everything that has happened with Natalie and that she also suspects that Natalie pushed Ben out of the window at Llanfair. In the waiting room, Natalie tells Bo that some weird things have been happening lately and she doesn't understand them. Bo asks her what kind of weird things and if any of them have to do with Ben. Christian interrupts him, and tells him that Natalie is too upset to be questioned, and Bo reminds him that Natalie initiated the conversation. Natalie tells Christian to stop and she tells him that she needs to tell Bo everything.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Back in the cave, Ross uses a plant he found to treat Tea's hand. As they talk, Tea finally realizes that they are never going to be rescued. She asks Ross if he thinks they will be there forever. Tea gets up crying and he begs her not to cry. He says he will make things better and he promises her he will do whatever it takes to get them out of there. Todd interrupts them again, and demands to know if that goes for him too?

Hyatt Regency Maui

When they get back to their room, Keri tells Antonio that she feels so guilty when she is so happy and Rae is so miserable. As they talk about Rae, the phone rings. It is RJ. He tells her he misses her and asks specific questions about their return to Llanview. He tries to persuade her to stay longer. She tells him they are coming home. After they hang up, RJ is outraged with Antonio. He says to himself, for the first time ever he wants Vega to be with his daughter, and he wonders why he can't just keep her away? RJ realizes out loud that he can't very well have Keri come back if he has to help Lindsay escape from prison.

Llanview hospital

Outside Ben's room, Larry tells Viki, Renee and Asa that Ben is waking up. He offers to take Viki back in with him to be there when Ben does wake up. Niki blurts out, "No, No!" Niki begins to stall as she realizes she is about to get busted. She tells them she must go home immediately and find something. They cannot believe their ears and Renee and Asa demand to know why she would leave just as Ben is about to wake up. They question her as to what it is that is so important that she would even think of leaving now. She tells them it is a pair of fuzzy dice! Asa throws a fit! He cannot believe she would do this for a pair of lousy dice. He is so outrage that he tells her he'll go get them.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Ross asks Todd what is wrong with him, and why he is always eavesdropping on them? As Ross and Todd continue to insult one another, Tea asks Ross to leave so she can talk to Todd alone. Reluctantly he does. As she is talking to Todd, she realizes he is jealous of Ross. On the beach, Ross throws the grenade into the ocean and it explodes! As he is dazed a bit, he trips. He finds the end of a buried rope. Back in the cave, Tea tells Todd they need Ross and there is no room for jealousy now!

Llanview hospital

In the chapel, Al continues to question Jessica and asks her again if she really thinks Natalie actually did all of this. A nurse comes in and tells them that Ben is waking up and Dr. Wolek sent her to find everyone. Later, this same nurse finds Bo and Natalie as they are still discussing her situation and tells them as well, that Dr. Wolek has sent her to find them. 

Hyatt Regency Maui

Later, as they walk along the beach, hand in hand, Keri tells Antonio that she is looking forward to going home to start their new life together. They promise to return there one day, where it all began. They toss their Hawaiian leis in the ocean.

Llanview hospital

Outside Ben's room, Niki stops Asa from leaving, telling him he wouldn't know where to look. She is insistent that she is the one that goes home to find them. As she rushes past them so they cannot dissuade her any further, Jessica walks up. Asa informs Jessica what Viki is up to, and after he stops ranting long enough, Jessica tells Viki she'll drive her home. Niki is foiled again.  Outside of the chapel, Claire runs into Gabrielle who is looking for Bo. Claire immediately demands to know when Gabrielle is going to pay Al's medical bill. She tells her she heard that Bo paid her little non-purchase at the Silver Moon Boutique and wondered if Bo would pay this bill too. Gabrielle is appalled by such a suggestion. She lets Claire know she'll take care of it and finally manages to get away from her. Meanwhile, Al is inside the chapel and starts adding all of the pieces up and says to himself that Jessica is right. He knows now that Natalie does have DID. He says that Natalie did push Ben out the window, and as he processes all this new wealth of information, Gabrielle walks in. She notices his look of euphoria and wonders. He tells her he is about to get everything he has ever wanted. Gabrielle can only stare at him.

Llanview hospital waiting room hallway

Christian and Natalie continue to hash it out over her desire to tell Bo everything. Christian tells her she can't do it. He tells her she didn't do anything wrong. She can't understand why he believes in her so much when she doesn't even believe in herself. He tells her about being from Angel Square and having to fight for everything they ever had and he knows that she had to do the same thing growing up. He tells her she couldn't have done something like this. She is so touched by his devotion that she kisses him on the cheek and thanks him for believing in her.

Llanview hospital

Asa waits outside Ben's room and receives a phone call. (Hmmm, that's funny! I thought you weren't supposed to have cell phones turned on, in the hospital.) The man on the phone tells Asa he is from the Sun and has a tip for him. He tells Asa the tip is about his shrink!

Llanfair

As everyone waits anxiously outside Ben's room, Niki is racing around Llanfair trying to get herself out of there before Ben wakes up. She runs into the library and finds some hidden cash in the fireplace and shouts to the world that she is so glad to be out of that mausoleum! As she rushes to the door to make her escape, she finds Bo standing there.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Todd insults Tea and tells her he wants nothing to do with her because of what she did to him. He storms out of the cave. On the beach, the buried rope Ross found leads him to a boat. He says out loud as if he were talking to Tea, "I told you I was going to get you off this island Tea, and that's just what I am going to do!"

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