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Soap Opera Flashback

This column represents summaries for July 6-10, 2009.


ALL MY CHILDREN: Annie stopped short of choking Erica, who was upset when Adam took Annie's side. Kendall told Adam she had a plan to prove Annie guilty of Stuart's murder. Adam tested Annie, but she maintained her innocence. North became violent and forced himself on Randi, who hit him with a bookend in self-defense. When she returned to the room and found him dead, she feared she would be arrested for killing him and confided to Jesse she is pregnant. Jesse strapped North's body into a car and pushed it off a cliff. Madison told Zach that the woman North was having a liaison with killed him. Ryan and Erica shared an afternoon together. Zach blackmailed Liza into taking Kendall's case.

AS THE WORLD TURNS: Carly got drunk on her wedding day and ended up in the hospital having her stomach pumped. Craig, Jack and Rosanna confronted her about her drinking, but she refused to get treatment. Craig took her to a cabin, where she drank the cooking wine while making dinner and ran off. Dusty, Bonnie, Lily and Damian discovered that Paul cut the fuel line on Damian's boat. Emily checked on Hunter, who wanted to be left alone to mourn Aurora. Later, Larry and Alison took him to meet his grandmother, Susan, but it didn't go well. Tom accused Riley of being an impostor, and Riley explained about his facial reconstruction. Brad was rattled when Henry, dressed as Geneva, came on to him.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Three major employees of Forrester Creations handed in their resignations, prompting Eric to beg Ridge to reconcile with Brooke for the company's sake. Ridge was unsuccessful in persuading Brooke to stay. Thomas and Steffy threw a surprise romantic dinner for Ridge and Taylor in hopes of getting them back together. Jackie and Owen celebrated their nuptials on the beach and were confronted by Nick and Bridget about eloping. Thomas gave Rick a stern warning about his future. The fashion show was a huge success until Donna took the runway wearing the showstopper.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Sami found a Mass card for Emily in Rafe's wallet, and after some research, she discovered Rafe and Emily were engaged and Emily died on their wedding day. Chloe recovered from the poisoning incident and later found Kate's scarf in Daniel's apartment. Max asked Bo for permission to marry Chelsea, but Bo told him it was her decision. Max and Caroline promoted Arianna to manager of the Brady pub, and Max left for London. Nicole was upset when she learned Stephanie and Philip broke up and worried that Stephanie would testify against EJ. Melanie lured Brady and Arianna to the Horton cabin and tried to push them together. Nathan found Melanie in the outdoor shower at the cabin. Will learned about Chad's past with Mia and told him to back off. Sami asked Rafe to move in, which led to an argument with EJ.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny ordered Jason and Johnny to take out the gunman who menaced Carly. They went to the Zacchara hideout, but Dominic had already left. Jason was brought in for questioning in connection with the shooting of the Zacchara gunmen. Carly gave Michael a temporary driving permit. Andrea planted e-mails on Alexis' computer to make it look as if she was obsessed with Mayor Floyd. The e-mails were made public, and Alexis was suspended from her job as district attorney. Johnny suspected Olivia still had feelings for Sonny. Ethan demanded Rebecca start getting money from Nikolas or he would expose her. Spinelli used a pitch correction device to help his voice when he serenaded Maxie, but when he took the stage on karaoke night, he was paralyzed by stage fright.

GUIDING LIGHT: Bill, Billy, James and Alan came to blows at Bill's bachelor party. Bill and Lizzie's wedding fell through, thanks to a series of disasters, including a misprinted invitation and a ruined cake, but Dinah saved the day by gathering the whole town to throw them a lavish wedding. Olivia and Doris went to the religious retreat where Natalia was staying but were denied entry. Jeffrey called Reva and told her his plane was going down. Josh suspected that Edmund sabotaged the plane in an attempt to frame Reva. Marina and Mallet discovered that Edmund had added Henry to his will, wondered how he knew Henry was his grandson and began to fear for the boy's safety. Reva insisted on going to search for Jeffrey and bring him home.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Blair was furious to see Tea at Cole and Starr's wedding. John interrupted the wedding to tell everyone that the judge had agreed to give Cole community service -- specifically, helping bust the drug ring -- instead of prison. Starr convinced Cole they should wait to get married, and they agreed to call off the wedding but stay together. Rex and Gigi made love, and Rex told Gigi he had a plan to trick Stacy into revealing the whereabouts of the stem cells. Greg told Bo, Nora and Matthew that a risky surgery might help Matthew walk again, but Nora opposed it. Markko was kicked out of the house after telling his father he planned to continue seeing Langston. Cristian made an unexpected return just as things were heating up between Layla and Fish.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Kay collapsed at the sight of Phillip alive and was taken to the hospital. Murphy saw Phillip in the hall and called Nina to tell her where he was. Cane told Lily, Neil, Billy, Chloe and Esther about his past and revealed to Billy and Chloe that he'd switched the vials during the DNA test. Lily confronted Cane about his lies and gave him back her wedding ring. Phillip admitted to Nina, Jill and Kay that he faked his own death because he felt trapped. Victor confronted Mary Jane about being at the hospital. He later discovered her "wall of revenge" with photos of Phyllis, Jack and Sharon and banished her to Rio. Paul told Victor of his suspicion that Mary Jane accused Phyllis of causing Summer's allergic reaction. Summer woke up, and Nick and Phyllis were allowed to see her.