Recap by Sheri

One Life to Live Recap for Thursday, February 20, 2003

Blair's mansion

Blair is finally home after her long ordeal with Mitch Laurence. She is extremely pleased to be home with Starr. She tells Starr to go upstairs and get ready for bed. Starr refuses saying she is going to wait for her dad. Blair tries to tell Starr that her daddy will not be coming home because the police are holding him. Starr tells Blair that her dad is a hero. Just as she says this, Todd breaks through the front door with a security guard in tow. The guard threatens to throw him out, as Todd runs over to Starr for protection. Blair excuses the guard for the moment, but tells him to stay within earshot of hearing her if she needs help. The guard leaves. Blair tells Starr to go upstairs and she refuses once again. She tells Blair again that her daddy is a hero. Blair is adamant and Starr reluctantly stomps off in a tiff.

Outside Llanview hospital

As Cristian sneaks out of the hospital, he spies an empty police car. He hops in and tries to hotwire it. Antonio stops him. Antonio tells Cristian he isn't going to steal a police car. Cristian talks him into helping him. Antonio tells Cristian he is driving.

Llanfair

Viki and Jessica continue to worry about Natalie and Jessica realizes that there is something else bothering Viki. She asks and Viki tells her about the monogrammed scarf. Jessica talks Viki into calling Bo about the scarf. At the police station, Nora and Bo continue to look through everything that concerns Mitch Laurence and they realize that Mitch doesn't know that Viki saw the scarf. Bo immediately asks for all of the Victor Lord files.

Jason's Landing

As Mitch arrives with a drugged Natalie, he finds Victor hanging on to life. Victor asks him what took so long, and Mitch tells him that it was because of a person named Cristian Vega, but he is dead now. Natalie screams hysterically as she overhears Mitch. Victor tells Mitch to get her ready. He asks Victor if he has signed the documents. Victor tells him not yet. Mitch tells him that he has held up his part and now it is up to him to hold up his.

Blair's mansion

Blair tells Todd to shut up and listen to her. She tells him that Cristian is in the hospital with a gunshot wound and Natalie is God knows where being tortured by a psycho. Blair tells Todd to listen to her as he keeps interrupting her. Blair tells him that he didn't save her. He brought Natalie to Mitch and his men were told to take her out and kill her once he did. Blair tells him that he took his own niece, in order to trade Natalie for her. He said he had a plan and Cristian ruined it. Blair can't believe her ears, as Todd tries to blame Cristian for everything that happened. She yells at him that he should have gone to the police. She asks him why he didn't? Todd has an answer for everything he did. His plan was to get Laurence for everything he did to his family. He asks Blair how come Mitch gets away with everything and he gets blamed for everything instead. Blair tells him that she can't take it anymore. Llanfair

In the attic, Jessica finds a trunk of Victor's belongings. Jessica asks Viki if she is all right. Viki reassures her that Niki Smith isn't coming back and she isn't afraid to look through her father's things. As Viki opens the trunk, she sees a monogrammed robe, with the same "L" on it. She immediately falls back down to her knees and covers her face with her hands.

Blair's mansion

Todd tells Blair he messed up. He tells her he probably should have gone to the police but he was scared. As he tries to play on her sympathy, he starts to blame his two fathers, Peter Manning and Victor Lord.

Llanview Police Department

In Bo's office Nora wonders about the Victor Lord angle and how he fits into the events that have taken place. Gabrielle shows up with breakfast for Bo. Nora leaves. As she leaves Bo's office she runs into Troy.

Llanfair

As they look through the trunk, Viki finds the same white scarf as Bo has in his office. Viki cannot figure out how Mitch Laurence would have known about the scarf. Jessica finds a necklace with a pendant and Viki remembers back to a time when she was a small child as her father places the necklace around her neck.

Searching for Natalie

As Antonio and Cristian drive around in the police car, Cristian becomes agitated because Antonio hasn't told him everything he knows about where Mitch Laurence could be. He tells Antonio they have to find Natalie before it is too late. Antonio tells him they are on their way to see a Mr. Saunders.

Jason's Landing

Natalie lies on a gurney semiconscious calling out Cristian's name.

Blair's mansion

Todd tells Blair she needs him. She tells him she doesn't know what she needs anymore. She tells him all his lies and power plays don't matter to her, but her kids do. She asks Todd to love his kids enough to leave them.

Llanview Police Department

Nora tells Troy that Bo is inside. Troy tries to talks to her but she refuses to listen. She tells him to go be with Lindsay and have a nice life. As he tries to protest, Bo walks out and invites Troy into his office. Gabrielle leaves. Bo asks Troy if he received his fax. Troy tells him that he has never heard of donor information being part of a simple paternity test. Bo tells him there is nothing simple about this. Troy also tells Bo that Jessica has a very rare blood type and no one else in her family shares it other than Victor Lord. Troy tells Bo that Natalie doesn't have the same blood type. He asks Bo if Jessica has ever been a candidate for a transplant. Troy tells Bo that these blood types are 1 in a 100,000. Bo thanks Troy because his information has been very helpful. As Troy leaves, Nora gives him back his ring.

Llanfair

Jessica asks Viki if she is all right. Viki starts to relive the horror that one of her alter personalities murdered her father. Jessica tells Viki that her father was an evil man. They agree that they both have dreadful fathers. Viki is extremely worried and fears that Natalie is in terrible danger.

Jason's Landing

Natalie continues to lay of the gurney ready and prepared for surgery.

Blair's mansion

Todd asks Blair if she really wants him to leave. She tells him for Starr and Jack's sake. He asks her what she wants. She tells Todd she loves him and then begs him to let her be free. He tells her he wants to tell the kids good-bye and she stops him. He leaves. Sitting upstairs, Starr watches as Todd walks out, and Blair crumbles to the floor.

Llanview Police Department

Bo and Nora try to sift through the files. They are hopeful that they will find something that will solve the puzzle. Bo apologizes to Nora because she had to run into Troy. Nora finds something and shows it to Bo. They grab their coats and head for Llanfair.

Mr. Saunders' office

Antonio and Cristian arrive at Mr. Saunders' office and ask the receptionist if he is in? She calls a man and explains there is a policeman asking to see him. He tells her to tell the police that he isn't there. The receptionist tells Antonio that Mr. Saunders will not be in today. Cristian doubles over in pain to get rid of her. Antonio tells her to get a doctor. She leaves to get help.

Jason's Landing

Mitch whispers to Natalie not to fight the drug as she continues to lay there, unable to stop what is happening or Mitch.

Llanfair

Viki shows Bo and Nora the scarf. Bo admits it is identical to the scarf they found with Jen. Viki asks if they think it is Mitch manipulating her. Nora tells them about the hair dye and Jessica's blood type. They tell Viki that Victor Lord's body was removed from the mortuary within minutes of it getting there. Viki cannot understand what they are telling her. Bo asks her if she is certain that it is really Victor Lord's body buried in his coffin?

Jason's Landing

The nurse tells Mitch that Natalie/Jessica is ready for the transplant. Victor asks Mitch if she is under. Mitch tells him not yet and makes him sign the documents. Victor tells Mitch he is cold, since he would kill his own daughter. Mitch tells him that Jessica despises him anyway. Mitch grabs the signed documents and tells the nurse, "It's a go!"

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Recap written by Sheri R. Vigil, © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2003.