One Life to Live Recap for the Week of November 28 - December 2, 2005

Nash and Tess spent the night together, Nash wants to know what Tess wants regarding the baby. Tess can’t promise anything right now, all Nash wants is to be with Tess. Tess doesn’t want anybody controlling her life and wants to leave Llanview again, Nash promises not to take her away from her family and the help she needs. Tess realizes she left her purse at the bar and they head back. Niki is just waking up with a hangover, still at the bar. Niki tries to figure out why they wanted to bring her back. Tess and Nash run into Niki, they talk to her as if she were Viki. Paige overhears Spencer and Mike talking about a patient, Paige wonders when Spencer took on Mike as a protégé. Kevin and Kelly bring Ginger in and Spencer begins to treat her. Spencer does everything he can but losses Ginger on the table. Duke shows up and they explain what happened, Adriana overhears. Duke and Adriana get into a fight about their relationship. Paige is concerned with Spencer’s connection with Ginger and can’t believe that Spencer lost her. Bo and Agent Arlen begin to make preparations for the final move to retake the prison. Spencer tells everyone the bad news, in turn everyone goes in to say goodbye to Ginger. Bo knows that Carlo is sneaky, Arlen doesn’t want to play anymore games with Carlo. Rex tries to get information from Bo, but gets caught. Rex tells Bo why he’s there, Bo gets aggravated with Rex because Rex put his life in danger by coming down to the prison. Bo tells Rex to leave because he doesn’t want the town to lose another kid. Bo and Arlen butt heads over how to handle the riot. Rex overhears Haskell talking to Carlo about his payment. Bo tells Rex to leave before he can tell Bo about Haskell. Bo goes into the prison in search for John, Rex follows him in. John and Cris devise a plan to escape and bring Carlo’s “regime” down but they get attacked by two inmates. Cris gets taken out while John fails to fend off the inmates. Cris comes too and fends off the guards, knocking them out. Frustrations get to Nat as she realizes that her life won’t be ok. Van and Mike watch the news about the riot, Van tells him that John is inside the prison and that Cris is really alive. Hugh and Van get to talking about the riot and Todd’s case. Mike runs off to find Nat, he runs into her outside Rodi’s. Mike and Nat console each other. Mike sees Hugh with Van and asks to speak with him, Mike thinks Hugh is working over every woman while Hugh doesn’t see it like that. Carlo and a few prisons move into their final phase of their escape plan – ordering all guards to shoot at will. Bo sneaks around inside the prison and gets shot. . .

Clint and Antonio are looking for Jess and Viki when they run into Nat. Clint tells Nat that Niki is back, Nat tells Clint that Cris is alive. Clint is taken aback by the news, Nat explains that Cris lied to spare the feelings of the people he loves. Nat also explains that John also knew about Cris, Antonio overhears the conversation. Nat makes a cover story, Antonio buys it. Tess begins to figure out that Viki has turned into Niki. Niki tries to play it off, but Tess knows Niki is back. Tess explains that she also has DID, Niki doesn’t understand what she has to do with anything. Jess comes come back out, Nash wants to call Dr. Jamieson. Niki can’t believe that Jess has an alter. Antonio, Nat and Clint show up at the bar. Antonio takes Jess back home. Clint sends Nat home so he can deal with Niki. Clint confronts Niki and takes her back to Llanfare. Van visits Layla and explains the situation at the prison. Layla is confused over Cris being alive, but knows that John and Cris are in danger. Layla thinks Van wants to free Cris so that Nat will run back to him and John will come back to Van. Van admits that she’s scared for John and Cris, blaming herself if they get killed. John and Cris heard a gunshot, John knows the roof must be secured before they attempt to escape. The helicopter arrives to take Bo to the hospital, Rex goes with them. Arlen takes over, contacting Carlo. Carlo plays his games with Arlen, asking how Bo is. John and Cris hear Carlo over the PA system giving his demands. John overhears Carlo saying that Bo was shot and changes his demands. Cris needs Carlo alive to confess about the brainwashing scheme. John comes up with a plan to wear a wire, let Carlo trap him and get a confession. Cris runs out, John follows him. Carlo tells Hayes to find John and bring him back alive. Cris runs into Hayes and manages to get his gun.