Recap by Sheri

One Life to Live Recap for Thursday, June 27, 2002

Somewhere in the South Pacific

While Ross searches desperately for someone on the island, in the cave, Todd finally realizes that is was Tea who betrayed him. Now he has lost the only two people who have ever loved him. Tea tries to explain that she didn't do this to him; she did it for him. He kindly thanks her for wrecking his life. 

At Nora' house

Sam brings Matthew home and she tells Matthew there are cookies in the kitchen. Sam wonders if she and Troy have plans and offers to take Matthew somewhere, or even to sleep over with him, if she wants some time alone with Tory. Nora becomes a bit defensive and tells Sam she has no such plans.  He keeps talking about it and further upsets Nora. Finally they sit down and play a board game with Matthew.

In the park

Blair and Troy talk about how she is doing and he asks how Starr is doing because she just called him. He tells Blair that Starr seemed very down on the phone.  He asks her if there is any way that she and Todd will get back together. She assures him that there is no chance for that to happen, and she has realized she needs to move on. They decide to go on their run, but Blair tells him that she needs to stretch first, on purpose of course, so that Troy can get a good look at her body.

At Looney Fair

Niki relishes her handy work while she puts a drugged Natalie's fingerprints, on the syringe she took from Ben's medical bag.  Downstairs, Ben tries desperately to reach Rae on the telephone. The gardener brings in a book he found, the one Niki has been reading about murdering someone. Ben's phone rings and he thinks it is Rae. It is Niki/Viki and she tells him how sorry she is about everything and how she has been acting. She lays it on real thick. 

Niki invites Ben to join her for an evening all alone with her, making love and spending time together. She asks him if he is at the clinic and he say he is. She tells him she needs time to get ready and to stay away for a couple of hours. He relents, and she falls for it. After she hangs up, Niki realizes that Natalie has been entering things into her diary on her laptop. Niki decides she will embellish Natalie's diary with some entries of her own.  Niki types that Natalie hates Ben and Viki, and wishes they were out of her life. To put her plan further into motion, she decides she needs a witness. Niki spots Jessica down in the garden.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Tea tells Todd that kidnapping his children wasn't good for them. He blames her for losing his children. He tells her he will never see them for the rest of his life, which is about how long he is going to hate her. She says that is fine as long as his children don't hate him because that is what is important to her!  He tells her his kids would never hate him. Tea tells him that Blair is a good mother, and Starr would never forgive him for taking her away from her mother because she needs Blair in her life. Meanwhile, Ross continues to yell, hoping anyone will answer. He finds the wreckage of their boat.

At Looney Fair

Ben tries to reach Natalie by phone. She doesn't answer and he leaves a message, asking her to call him immediately. Then he calls Sam and he doesn't answer either. Rex comes into the room and scares Ben. Rex asks Ben if there is something wrong with Mrs. Davidson and Ben is very curious and asks Rex why he thinks there is something wrong. They talk about Rex's encounter with her the other day and he tells Ben that she threatened him, that if he didn't stay out of her way, she would see to it that Natalie and Jessica would hate him. Ben repeats everything Rex has told him, trying to process what he has just heard. Ben asks Rex if he has seen Natalie and Rex tells him that he hasn't seen her. Ben says if he does see her to have her find him immediately because it is very important! Rex leaves.

Ben finally starts to remember all of the times that Viki has been acting very un-Viki like, including his attempts to call Rae, their encounter at Todd and Blair's when Viki refused to take Starr and Jack, and the conversation that he had with Natalie when she told him this Viki was different because she was mean and vicious.

In the park

After their run together, Blair tries to entice Troy further into her web, by offering to take him to Serenity Springs for a protein shake and a soak in the hot tub. He declines her offer stating that he has plans with Nora. He leaves. Blair wonders what went wrong because he didn't fall for her bait. She decides she will have to work harder next time.

Somewhere in the South Pacific

Todd tells Tea he forgot she knows everything when it comes to thinking what is best for his children. She tries to get him to realize that the kids would grow to hate him if he'd succeeded in taking them away from Blair, and that Blair would not stop looking for him, until she found him. She asks him what kind of life that would be for them. Todd tells her he needs to get out of there, and find out where Blair is hiding with the kids, right now, or he'll never find them.  ea tries to tell him that he hasn't lost his kids, and in time Blair will realize that her kids need their father. Ross comes back into the cave, and Todd tells Tea he is leaving. Ross informs them that there is a problem. Todd tells him there can't be a problem, but Ross tells him the island is completely deserted.

At Looney Fair

Rex finds Jessica sitting in the garden and asks her if she hates him, and apologizes to her for lying to her. She tells him she could never hate him because he is her brother and she doesn't want to lose him. She also apologizes to him for lying as well.  She assures him that she believes he is not after her money, and tells him she had a fight with Seth because he kept this from her.    

At Nora' house

As they play the board game, Nora accuses Sam of cheating and Matthew chimes in, taking Sam's side. Nora argues that Sam is cheating and Matthew tells Sam that he needs to play fair, because his mommy always plays fair. Sam tells Matthew he knows she does and tells both of them how much fun he is having, more than he ever thought he would. Troy knocks on the door and walks in, interrupting them, in their little family moment. Matthew invites Dr. Troy to join them. Sam tells Matthew that Dr. Troy can take his place and gets up to leave. Nora stops him by asking if he is going to go to Matthew's tee-ball game the next day. He says he will be there and leaves.

At Looney Fair

Upstairs, Niki uses the syringe, that she had Natalie touch, and injects a drug into a bottle of wine. She fantasizes about how her plan will unfold. Ben pours them some wine and toasts his undying love for her as he drinks. He asks her why she doesn't drink her wine, and she tells him because there is poison in it.  Ben chokes a couple of times and falls to the floor. He is dead.  Natalie walks into the room and Niki tells her to look at what she has done! The police arrive. (Boy, what timing! Who called them anyway?) Niki tells them that her daughter has lost her mind and has poisoned their wine, and poor Ben has drank his wine and thank Heavens she didn't drink any. The police ask Natalie if she did this and Niki tells them that Natalie has DID.  They arrest Natalie and leave. Niki walks over and lightly kicks Ben's leg, and shouts with glee, "I'm free, I'm free, I'm free!"  Finally, Niki comes out of her trance and finds the red wig hidden in her drawer and puts it on.

Niki puts her plan into action by standing near the bedroom window, and phones Jessica. She tells Jessica she is at the nursery and wants to buy more flowers. Jessica, however, isn't looking upstairs yet, so she asks Jessica to look at the second story windows to see if the paint is chipping on the shutters.  As Jessica looks up, she sees someone in her mother's room.  She tells Niki that it looks like Natalie. While a drugged Natalie sleeps in her room, Jessica tells her mother it is definitely Natalie in her room, because she can tell by her hair. Rex comes back with a glass of water for Jessica, and Niki ends the phone conversation. Rex asks if that is Natalie up there in the window, and Jessica tells him it is. He tells her that Ben is looking for Natalie and it seemed very important. Jessica wonders if everything is all right.

Niki tells herself that this was too easy, and all she has to do now is plant the syringe in Natalie's room, and wait for Benjy to show up! As she savors her handiwork, Ben walks in. He slams the door, and Niki looks very panicked . . .

Stay tuned . . .

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

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